Books that bridge the generation gap and unite readers
A survey of titles bridging generations, highlighting All Together Now by Sue Ellen Bridgers and Words by Heart by Ouida Sebestyen. Also discussed are A Woman’s Place by Anne Eliot Crompton, Beauty a Retelling by Robin McKinley, and Cats Eyes by Anthony Taber, noting themes, audience appeal, and narrative strengths across ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Ellen Bridgers
Knopf
Ouida Sebestyen
Little Brown
Anne Eliot Crompton
Little, Brown
Robin McKinley
Harper and Row
Anthony Taber
Dutton
New England
Taber
Tiger
Mariana
Books review roundup of crime novels and thrillers
A compact critique notes George Bagby’s The Criminal Element and other crime titles. It praises Bagby for NYC ambience and character life, while critiquing street realism. It also reviews The Blind Pig by Jon A. Jackson, You Bet Your Life by Stuart Kaminsky, and Accident by Hans Heinrich Ziemann, commenting on plotting, tone, and relevance to era themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bagby
Crime Club
New York City
O. Henry
Damon Runyon
Bagby
Nyc
Jane Harcourt
Somerset Maugham
Jon A. Jackson
Random House
Detroit
Mutheisen
Jackson
Hammett
Mulheisen
Blind Pig
Stuart Kaminsky
St. Martin’s
Kaminsky
Toby Peters
American Given Names by George R. Stewart review
A thoughtful Oxford University Press dictionary of names that traces origins meanings and usage from Aaron to Zuriel. The work opens with a history of given names in the United States and surveys names with examples such as Mahershalalhashbaz Adolph Joy and Barry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Stewart
Oxford University Press
Aaron
Zuriel
Stewart
United States
Uae
Rhode Island
Adolph
Joy
Barry
Matarese Circle and Ghost Story reviewed for suspense fans
Book editor Bridget Janus weighs Robert Ludlum's The Matarese Circle and Peter Straub's Ghost Story. Ludlum blends espionage romance and action across a globe spanning plot, while Straub crafts a supernatural noir set in Milburn New York with a blizzard amplifying terror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matarese Circle
Robert Ludlum
Richard Marek
Peter Straub
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Ludlum
Rhinemann Exchange
Holcroft Covenant
Matarese Society
Brandon Scofield
Vasili Taleniekov
K.G.B
Matarese
Assas
Milburn
New York
Angie Maule
Ann-Veronica Moore
Alma Mobley
Straub
Bridget Janus
Faculty Art Exhibit Brings Cedar Rapids Group Works
Coe, Cornell, Kirkwood and Mount Mercy professors display about 60 works at Cedar Rapids Art Center this month. Opening today 2 to 5 p.m. features etchings, ceramics, photographs, drawings and textiles from faculty including four Coe mentors and three Mount Mercy artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Cornell
Kirkwood
Mount Mercy
Cedar Rapids Art Center
Robert Kocher
University of Missouri
Charles Stroh
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Stroh
Roanoke College
Salem
John Beckelman
Illinois State University
Change
England
Wolverhampton College of Art
Durham University
College of
Bristol Polytechnic
Robert Naujoks
Cedar Rapids Art Center Opens Spring Class Series
The Cedar Rapids Art Center announces spring classes led by instructors including Joe Messner of the Iowa Watercolor Society and Pam Berg. Topics cover watercolor, felting, dyeing, spinning, wearables design, and landscape painting across May. Pre-registration advised at 366-7503. fees due before class start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Art Center
Joe Messner
Iowa Watercolor Society
Pam Berg
Dale Jacobi
Spring Art Center
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Casey Flanagan
Korea
Casey
Dwayne Pickens
Dwayne
Bridgers
Pansy
Hazard
Gleness
Taylor
Sills
Lena Sills
Ben
Lena
Sebestyen
Beauty and Beast
Beauty
McKinley
By Ed Gorman
Free Lance
Hans Heinrich Ziemann
Three Mile Island
Scofield
Taleniekov
Lud
Lum
Dave Goodwin
University of Ohio
Athens
University of Iowa
Vivian Heywood
Reading
Drexel University
Philadelphia
Art Center
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