Misfortunes of Ogier the Dane translated for children
Salisbury native Dr Robert White Linker, UNC Chapel Hill professor, translates the medieval epic for children The Misfortunes of Ogier the Dane into a slim illustrated volume from John F Blair of Winston-Salem The work draws on a 12th century French chanson de geste by Raimbert of Paris and aims at readers nine to twelve.
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Salisbury
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
John F. Blair
Winston-Salem
Ogier the Dane
France
Blair
Robert White Linker
Mitzi Shewmake
Linker
UNC
Chapel Hill
Modern Language Assn. of America
Linguistic Institute
South
George Washington University
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Kennedy Father The Founding Father: The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy
Richard J. Whalen profiles Joseph P. Kennedy as a driven entrepreneur and patriarch shaping a Boston dynasty. The book covers his Harvard start, stock market fortunes, New Deal role, London embassy tenure, postwar real estate surge, and his sons’ rise, offering brisk gossip-like history.
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Joseph P. Kennedy
Richard J. Whalen
New American Library
Joseph Patrick Kennedy
Whalen
Boston
Joseph
Cabinet
Senate
Joseph Kennedy
Harvard
New Deal
SEC
Mtg
London
Ora
Chamberlain
Orchestras Busy with Operas and Classic Concerts
New opera in concert form appears regularly with major symphonic houses. New York Philharmonic to perform Strauss Electra this week following a 1958 Mitropoulos version. Dorothy Lewis headlines Christmas Cheer at Memorial Auditorium with Bach, Beethoven, and Girard classic pieces. Handel's Messiah praised for choirs while debates over simplified official versions continue. Baptists plan Handel’s Messiah performance in High Point. The Collegians host a fundraising folk concert at High Point College for the Quadrennial Methodist Student Movement Conference in Lincoln Nebraska.
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New York Philharmonic
Strauss
The
Philharmonic
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Dorothy Lewi
New York
Town Hall
Miss Lewis
High Point
High Point College
Collegians
Folkers
Lincoln
Nebraska
Z. Melnikov
Blacklist Blasted Fear on Trial
The 1950s blacklist era is recounted through John Henry Faulk’s 1962 triumph over AWARE and Hartnett in a landmark case. Edward R. Murrow supported Faulk, key witnesses testified, and the verdict damages reveal the era’s chilling impact on entertainment careers and free speech.
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John Henry Faulk
Simon & Schuster
AWARE
Vincent Hartnett
New York
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
AFTRA
CBS Radio
WCBS
Faulk
Hartnett
Syracuse
Laurence Louis Nizer
Edward R. Murrow
Carl Sandburg
Texas
Nizer
David Susskind
Charles Collingwood
Kim Hunter
Everett Sloan
Garry Moore
Mark Goodson
Niver
Blachbuine
Maruice Dolbier
Exasperating Book The Wounded Land by Hans Habe
Review pummels Hans Habe's The Wounded Land calling it exasperating yet containing worthwhile points. It faults Habe for a preachy tone and simplistic utopian critique of U S society while acknowledging insight into fears and intolerance and the dangers of sweeping generalizations about regions and people.
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Hans Habe
Coward McCann
Switzerland
Habe
United States
Kennedy
Best Sellers List Reveals Wide Range of Authors
A selection of popular books includes Herzog and Bellow works by diverse authors like The Rector of Justin and This Rough Magic. Other titles feature The Man, Candy, and Nonfiction Reminiscences. Readers encounter My Autobiography, The Italians, Markings, and Harlow in a broad catalog.
Weekday Bookmobile Routes and Times
The schedule lists daily routes with time slots from 9:30 to 4:45. Locations include College Village Shopping Center Pine Valley Road Marywood Oakview Road Ingleside Westover Southgate Oberlin Rockspring Brantley Farriss Hedrick Ashe Oakwood Rotary Ridgecrest Shopping Center Ragan Woodbury Franklin Worth Clara Cox Circle College Village Willard Gordon Elwood Wendell and Daniel Brooks homes.
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College Village
Pine Valley Road
Marywood
Oakview Road
Woodview
Ingleside
Westover
Southgate
Oberlin Drive
Eastwood
Rockspring Road
Eaton Place
Brantley Circle
Farriss
Hedrick
Ashe
Oakwood
Rotary
Ridgecrest
Shopping Center
Ragan
Woodbury
Franklin
Worth Avenue
Clara Cox
Willard
Patton Profile Reveals Brilliance and Flaws
A long profile of George S Patton Jr recounts his wartime genius with tanks and fierce loyalties, alongside vanity and rough rhetoric. The review notes his complex character, possible reincarnated warrior beliefs, and his impact on military tactics, ending as a balanced but mixed assessment.
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Patton
Ladislas Farage
Obolensky
George Smith Patton Jr
Remy
Navy
Paitton
Joseph L. Benham
Treason Again The New Meaning Of Treason
Rebecca West argues that treason's meaning has shifted with time and technology. The book expands from Joyce and Haw-Haw to atomic spies, Rosenbergs, Burgess and Maclean, plus the Profumo affair. She critiques egocentric scientists and money driven ethics shaping modern treason.
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Rebecca West
Viking
Rebecca
William Joyce
Lord Haw-Haw
John A. Ece
Mans
Microscopi
Cally
Alan Nunn May
Klaus Emil Fuchs
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Col. Abel
Donald Maclean
Guy Burgess
Britain
Family Memoir of the Barry Mores and Their Turbulent Lives
The author presents three Barrymore siblings through tragedy and resilience. Alpert’s tale centers on a family bond during theater and film fame and later strain. Lionel sacrifices his etching career while John’s notorious exploits are explored with mixed judgment and sympathy.
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Alpert
Lionel
John
Gene Fowler
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Ruby Woolf
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