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Empire of Pain

Patrick Radden Keefe
2021
Decades into the opioid epidemic, once-elusive Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family have become hou…
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James

Percival Everett
2024
Mark Twain's novel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was written between 1876 an…
Fiction —
When Crack Was King

When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

Donovan Ramsey
2023
The United States’ crack epidemic of the 1980s and 90s was undeniably a period of great suffering a…
Political Science —
Fourth Wing

The Empyrean series

Rebecca Yarros
2022
"Fourth Wing""Iron Flame" Doomsayers have been predicting the demise of printed…
Fantasy —
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Oct
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Trivia Night at Thornwell Books

Big Al's Trivia Night will be back for a trivia night on Thursday, October 23rd at 6pm. Bring your Jeopardy-watching friends and family (or just a few smart Burke County teachers!) and compete for TB Trivia Champ of the month.
Oct. 23, 2025, 6 p.m.
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Join Book Club #2 for their next discussion. They’re meeting on Tuesday, October 28th at 6:00 PM to…
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It’s #NewReleaseTuesday! Our table is full of new and new-to-us titles, including the new Ali Hazel…
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Happy Monday! It’s #BannedBooksWeek and we’re taking a stand against censorship by featuring common…
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It’s spooky season! 🎃👻🕷️ We hope you made it to our wine sale yesterday…here’s what else is coming …
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Happy October! Instead of our usual wine tasting on the first Thursday of the month, we’re having a…
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Happy #NewReleaseTuesday! There are so many good mysteries and thrillers on our table, just in time…