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Glen Campbell's "Adiós" album cover, showing him outdoors holding a guitar neck against a sunlit greenery background.
Glen Campbell died yesterday. While his death was not unexpected, it does give us pause to look back on his stellar career and graceful goodbye.
Book cover for Why They Run the Way They Do.
Whether you're pressed for time or need some vacation reading, short stories are the answer.
Closeup of Sam Shepard smoking.
He wrote with Bob Dylan, played Dolly Parton’s husband, penned prize-winning off-Broadway plays and maintained a dignity to his work through the years that never betrayed his rough beginnings. When you consider a modern day Renaissance man, you could easily be referring to Sam Shepard.   
Film sill of a man with a bald head wearing a tan jacket and a pinky ring.
The end of Summer Challenge is bittersweet. It means school is starting up and the prizes have all been awarded. The good news is there’s a new Star Trek show premiering this fall, with a whole new cast and a whole new mission. Before the franchise begins this new chapter, let’s take another look at its past.
Cover for Stephen Kings "Six Scary Stories".
Six Scary Stories is a collection of horror short stories, hand-picked by Stephen King. Each tale takes the mundane and turns it into something horrifying!
Black and white photo of a police station from a 1904 city directory.
Nashville is a city whose past is often overlooked—or intentionally forgotten—but that doesn’t make it any less fascinating. In Brian Allison’s recently published book, Murder & Mayhem in Nashville, he explores some of the city’s more macabre and peculiar stories.