Fowler Revised and a Dictionary from Margaret Nicolson
The fragment recalls Fowler’s fictional misfires and notes Margaret Nicolson’s forthcoming dictionary about Fowler. Nicolson, once head ofOxford University Press publishing, works with Macmillan now and studies grammar obsessions and officialese in prose.
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Oxford University Press
Macmillan
Author Of The Week David Low Tells His Auto Biography
David Low reflects on 35 years as a cartoonist for London newspapers starting in his native Dunedin New Zealand. He recounts his early life and career leading to his reputation in satire and political cartoons.
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Poetry Broadside Debuts With Writers and Editorial Clash
The issue features poems by Michael Benedict Carol Christopher Drake B Romney J M Rosenberg Richard Weisensel and James Wright along with Alan Swallow Kenneth Pitchford reviews and translations. Barbara Romney argues for poet as craftsman urging discipline amid public critique of Ciardi and Lindbergh.
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Poetry Broadside
Michael Benedict
Carol Christopher Drake
B. Romney
J. M. Rosenberg
Richard Weisensel
James Wright
Alan Swallow
London
Kenneth Pitchford
Richard L. Pope
Robert Thomas
George Harvary
Peter Aczel
Mr. Ciardi
Barbara Romney
Miss
The Dark of Summer by Eric Linklater
Mystery novel about Tony Chisholm and Gudrun discovering a peat bog corpse linked to Mungo Wishart. Chisholm, an intelligence officer, confronts past hatred in Shetland and a war era murder puzzle spanning Faroe Islands and Korea. A reviewer notes the book's re read value and lingering guilt.
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Eric Linklater
New York
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Tony Chisholm
Gudrun
Chisholm
Faroe
Mungo Wishart
Shetland Islands
Silver
Shetland
Wishart
Olaf
Britain
Chisholm II
Fae Rae Snag
Se Pene
Bob Horney
Freedom Journey The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Book review of Henriette Roosenburg memoir detailing four political prisoners' escape from Waldheim in WWII. They flee toward the Elbe, drift toward Hamburg, face Russian checkpoints and internment, and rely on ingenuity to reach Allied lines. Reviewer Bob Horney praises the true account as one of the war era’s best.
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Waldheim
Odessa
Black Sea
Elbe
Hamburg
Allied
Bob Horney
The FBI Story reviewed by Martin B. Tuska
Don Whitehead’s The FBI Story surveys the bureau from Roosevelt era roots to Hoover era. The review notes the book blends history and Hoover biography, praising clarity and the FBI’s claimed independence from politics despite criticism.
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FBI
Don Whitehead
New York
Random House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Theodore Roosevelt
J. Edgar Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Whitehead
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Hoover
Department of Justice
United States
Treasury Department
Secret Service
Martin B. Tuska
Much Ado About Me by Fred Allen review
Book review praises Fred Allen memoir Much Ado About Me as warm and entertaining. It chronicles his Boston upbringing, vaudeville years, and radio heyday with keen observation and vivid anecdotal memory, noting his distinctive New Yorker style and sharp humor.
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Fred Allen
Boston
Little, Brown
New Yorker
Allen
Robert W. Barner
Notable Books in 20th Century American Writing
A list of fiction and nonfiction titles including The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier, Peyton Place by Grace Metalious, The Blue Camellia by Frances Parkinson Keyes, Compulsion by Meyer Levin, The Philadelphian by Richard Powell, FBI Story by Don White, The Nun's Story by Kathryn Hulme, This HalLOWED Ground by Bruce Catton, The Bridge at Andau by James Michener, and Men to Match My Mountains by Irving Stone.
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the Scapegoat
Daphne du Maurier
Peyton Place
Grace Metalious
Blue Camellia
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Compulsion
Meyer Levin
the Philadelphian
Richard Powell
FBI
Don White
Kathryn Ulme
New Library Additions at High Point Public Library
The High Point Public Library adds numerous novels including The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov Home Before Dark by Eileen Kee Proving Flight by David Tyler The Legacy by Sybille Bedford The Tiger Among Us by Leigh Brackett A Little More Time by David Chandler The Threshing Floor by Joseph Some Must Watch by Edwin Daly The Distant Music by Harold Davis For Every Favour by Ruby Ferguson Wanderer Upon Earth by Jack Finegan Twilight for the Gods by Ernest Gann The Case of the Lucky Lose by Erle Stanley Gardner A Moment of Warmth by Francis Irby Gwaltney Off Limits by Hans Habe Bitter Victory and The Enormous Shadow by Robert Harling The Last One by Dion Henderson Able Company by Douglas Hoblands Blue Camellia by Frances Partinson Keyes The Green Kingdom by Rachel Sete Tokyo by J P Maxquand All the Kingdoms of Earth by Morris
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High Point
Isaac Asimov
Eileen Kee
David Ty
Sybille Bedford
Leigh Brackett
David Chandler
Joseph
Edwin Daly
Harold Davis
Ruby Ferguson
Jack Finegan
Ernest Gann
Erle Stanley Gardner
Fran ‘Cis Irby Gwaltney
Hans Habe
Robert Harling
Dion Henderson
Able Company
Douglas Hoblands
Frances Parteinson Keyes
Rachel Sete
Tokyo
J. P. Maxquand
Kingdoms of Earth
Morris
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