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NC LIVE has added 330 Arcadia Publishing eBooks to its HomeGrown eBooks Collection, covering local history in 130 cities, towns, and regions across North Carolina, from Building the Blue Ridge Parkway in the mountains to the Outer Banks on the coast. Like the rest of HomeGrown, these titles are unlimited and simultaneous-use, so there's no waitlist or checkout limit. As many patrons who want to read about their community's history can do it at the same time.

We've made it easy to explore stories written by NC authors with our newly designed NC author label.