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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…
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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…
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Sep
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Trivia Night at Thornwell Books

Big Al's Trivia Night is back in September! Join us on Thursday, September 25th 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.
Sept. 25, 2025, 6 p.m.
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Just a reminder that we are closed today (9/5) & tomorrow (9/6) for the Historic Morganton Fest…
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Join Book Club #2 for their next meeting on Tuesday, September 30th at 6:00 PM. They are reading “S…
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Join us for our next wine tasting…tomorrow, September 4th at 6:00 PM here at Thornwell Books. 🍷 We’…
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Happy #NewReleaseTuesday! If today feels like a Monday…you’re not alone! Stop by for a yummy specia…
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Hi friends! Just a note to say Thornwell Books will be closed on Monday, September 1st for Labor Da…
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Happy #NewReleaseTuesday! Today’s the day many of us have been waiting for…the new R.F. Kuang novel…