Nora Roberts

A little Latino bookstore in Palm Springs says adios

2013-01-15 14:25:00

The last little Latino bookstore in downtown Palm Springs is in its last days. Until recently things were going pretty well for the owners, Luciano Ramirez, a retired teacher and school administrator, and his wife, Tonia.When they opened Latino Books...

The bestselling e-book of 2012: 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

2013-01-02 13:30:00

If you bought a copy of "Fifty Shades of Grey" for your e-reader, you are not alone -- not by a long shot. E.L. James' sexy novel about innocent college student Anastasia Steele and her love affair with handcuff-inclined billionaire Christian Grey was the...

Love with a twist of art: Historical novelist will sign books in Boonsboro bookstore

2013-02-20 14:34:00

You can’t always judge a book by its author. But if that book is written by Alyson Richman, there’s a good chance the storyline will be woven around art. She has told the tale of a young Japanese man who studied with the Impressionists in...

Poetic passions, tragic partings among Baltimore's greatest romances

2013-02-08 05:10:00

Baltimore has witnessed love and loss. From the banks of the harbor to Mount Vernon's cobblestones to the grassed-over burial plots of Greenmount Cemetery, embedded in this city are vestiges of some of history's great romances, stories of people coming...

Bottom row, from left, Anne Shephard, director of grants development at Hagerstown Community College; author Nora Roberts; Theresa Shank, dean of Continuing Education and Business Services at HCC; and author Jeanne Adams.

2013-02-27 16:01:00