Author of glassblowing series to speak at McKee
Author and artist will meet ? figuratively ? on Tuesday, when Sheila Connelly discusses her book, under the pen name Sarah Atwell, ?Through a Glass, Deadly? at McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach, site of Hans Frabel?s continuing exhibit, ?Reflections of Glass on Water.?
Martin County At the Library: Friedman calls for green energy revolution
Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is best known for his excellent analyses of politics in the Middle East, Asia and throughout the world.
Celebrated speakers on tap for Emerson Center in Vero Beach
Four national award winners make up the roster for this year?s Celebrated Speakers Series at The Emerson Center in Vero Beach.
Fabricated Holocaust love story fools Oprah, publisher
Herman Rosenblat acknowledged that he and his wife did not meet, as they had said for years, at a sub-camp of Buchenwald. Rosenblat's believers included not only his agent and his publisher, but TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey, film producers, journalists, family members and strangers who ignored, or did not know about, the warnings from scholars that his story did not make sense.
Martin County At the Library: Scarpetta still sleuthing in 16th novel
Scarpetta is hard at work on an autopsy when Benton calls from New York and asks her to get there as fast as possible.
St. Lucie County At the Library: Cop faces personal, professional issues
In this second Ellie Hatcher story, Burke brings to light the problem Ellie has being the "new kid on the block" in the NYPD.
Indian River County At the Library: Depot plans holiday book sale this week
To celebrate the holidays, the Friends of the Library Used Book Depot will sell all books in the $1 fiction, mystery, biography and true-story sections at four for $1 this week.
Martin County At the Library: Mother, daughter offer holiday mystery
The holiday season is upon us, and the mother-daughter Clark mystery writers offer readers their fifth Christmas mystery (after "Santa Cruise" in 2006).
St. Lucie County At the Library: Racial conflict at heart of murder mystery
William Krueger's tales of the Minnesota Northwoods are stimulating. His main character, Cork O'Connor, seems always to be involved in a situation pitting cultural and generational groups against one another.
Martin County At the Library: 'Divine Justice' a rousing adventure story
In the previous best-selling installment about the Camel Club, Oscar Stone (alias John Carr) assassinated two corrupt high-ranking government officials — intelligence head Carter Gray and Sen. Roger Simpson — and then threw himself off a 30-foot cliff into the freezing Chesapeake Bay.
St. Lucie County At the Library: 'Darkness' series paranormal family tales
Christina Dodd wrote the Darkness Chosen series, four books in a paranormal series. The Varinskis have been in league with the devil after making a life-altering pact.
'Three Cups of Tea' author to speak in Vero Beach
Greg Mortenson co-founded and serves as executive director of the Central Asia Institute, which promotes and supports community-based education ? especially for girls ? in remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
