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GRAND FORKS, N.D.—The German invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, drew Britain and France into World War II. And Maria Merien Mullally, a longtime resident of Grand Forks, found herself at age 14 trying to escape to England with her family from their home in Antwerp, Belgium....

KYOTO, Japan -- A Japanese WWII orphan’s memoirs were published in China in late July, the first of its kind released in both Chinese and Japanese. The memoir took 73-year-old Nakajima Yuhachi two years to complete. Yuhachi came to the northeast Chinawith his parents when he...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- A new electronic book, written by retired Grand Forks Herald publisher Mike Jacobs, examines present-day North Dakota and explores the challenges that lie ahead for the state. The book, "A Birthday Inquiry: North Dakota at 125: A collection of essays," is...

FARGO — There were times when Greg Rom got so immersed in his book project that he started talking about it in his sleep. At least that’s what his wife tells him. But you could forgive him considering the mass number of baseball player interviews and statistics that help form...

FARGO — People usually have a tough time getting out of jail. But Alexander Reynolds had the opposite problem. He had a tough time getting into some of them, short of committing a crime. “I did entertain that thought initially, before I started to get in,” Reynolds said from...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- A publisher says a former top Navy SEAL sniper and best-selling author who was fatally shot at the weekend had a second book in the works. Sharyn Rosenblum says Chris Kyle was working on "American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms" with co-author...

The Rev. Tom Eckstein will be selling and signing copies of his new book, "Bearing Their Burden," at The Mustard Seed in The Buffalo Mall from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 10 and 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 11. The cost of each book is $29.99 (plus tax). Eckstein's 370-page book explains what Scripture...

The Rev. Tom Eckstein, pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church in Jamestown, has authored "Bearing Their Burdens, Speaking the Truth in Love to People Burdened by Homosexuality." The 370-page book has been lauded as thoroughly pastoral, evangelical and biblical. His ministry with gays...