Serendipity and the Sand Pebbles in China’s Rise
A review of Richard McKenna’s The Sand Pebbles highlights the novel as an adventure that probes China’s mindset and its bid for global power. It traces historical tensions from foreign domination to the Kuomintang revolution and China’s emergence, noting prejudice, reform, and a shifting national identity.
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Richard McKenna
Harper & Row
China
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Jake Holman
San Pablo
Po- Han
Chiang Kai-shek
Jake
McKenna
Eight Books Top Best Sellers List
The lists show fiction best sellers including Seven Days in May Fail Safe A Shade of Difference Ship of Fools The Sand Pebbles and nonfic Travels with Charley Silent Spring O Ye Jigs and Juleps The Points of My Compass Letters from the Earth.
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Knebel and Bailey
Burdick and
Wheeler
Drury
Porter
McKenna
Charley
Steinbeck
Carson
Hudson
Twain
Updikes The Centaur A Major Literary Effort
A critique of John Updikes novel The Centaur from Knopf argues it is a significant literary work by a gifted writer. It may gain lasting fame and reflects Updikes innovation though its universal appeal is debated.
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Updike
Milhaud Premieres A Frenchman in New York Suite
Darius Milhaud explains his six part suite A Frenchman in New York to RCA Victor Records. The work follows a Parisian’s view of New York landmarks from Fog on the Hudson to Baseball in Yankee Stadium. Milhaud’s 70th birthday observance runs through September with a Milhaud Month in San Francisco and a Daniel Milhaud watercolor show at the De Young Museum.
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Darius Milhaud
Central Park
New York
Milhaud
France
RCA Victor Records
Hudson
Times Square
Yankee Stadium
San Francisco
Daniel
Florence
Italy
San Francisco de Young Mu
Hemingway
Finca Vigia
San Francisco de Paula
Havana
O Hara Cape Code Lighter and Milhaud Portraits
A diverse blend of literary notices and reviews. John O'Hara’s Cape Code Lighter collection is praised for compact stories and sharp city life portrayals while Milhaud dominates discussions of modern music and opera. Updike’s 1947 linked novel is analyzed for mythic structure and character acuity.
Hemingway Home Tour With Castro Highlights Isle Biography
Fidel Castro toured Ernest Hemingway's hilltop Havana home with four Americans, recalling Hemingway's Idaho death by gunshot and describing the writer's life, pets, and rooms. The visit, from dock to watchtower farm, included anecdotes from the custodian Rene and notes on Hemingway's hunting trophies and 5,000 plus volumes.
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Fidel Castro
Ernest Hemingway
Havana
Castro
Hemingway
Idaho
Rene
U.S
Germany
Beethoven Emancipating Music and Future Talent
The piece highlights Beethoven as the liberator of musical art, recounting a dramatic 1795 concert in Vienna and his creative prowess. It then notes the Winston-Salem Symphony's upcoming Mendelssohn Violin Concert, featuring Eugene Jacobowsky, in Reynolds Auditorium, and mentions Brevard Music Center offering sixty $300 scholarships this summer.
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Beethoven
London
Vienna
Society of Musicians
Dr. Wegeler
Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra
Mendelssohn
Eugene Jacobowsky
Reynolds Auditorium
John Juele
Brevard
Z. Melnikov
Satire SHELA by Aubrey Menen
A satirical novel from Random House mocks Cold War culture through HeLa and SheLa Lamas. Buddha, angels, and a mock United Nations stir humor with American politics and East West modernization. The brisk tone and playful nonsense aim for light entertainment and Broadway musical potential.
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Shela
Aubrey Menen
Random House
Buddha
Michael
Jehovah
Dalai Lama
Iron Curtain
Switzerland
Menen
HeLa
White House
New York
United Nations
High Point Public Library Bookmobile Schedule Week Feb 4 8
The bookmobile routes list daily stops and times for College Village Shopping Center Pine Valley Road Marywood Oak View Woodview Bridges Street Futrelle Ingleside Westover Old Winston Oak View Parkside Clover Tabor Dayton E Lexington Lindale Locust Gordon Kimrey Cedrow Arlington Barbee Fifth Street W College North Drive Woodrow Farriss Terrell Drive Kimmons and Willard Wendell Streets with morning and afternoon blocks.
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High Point Public Library
College Village
Pine Valley Road
Marywood
Oak View Road
Woodview
Bridges Street
Futrelle
Ingleside
Westover
Old Winston Road
Parkside
Clover
Tabor
Dayton
E. Lexington
E. College
Lindale
Locust
Gordon
Kimrey
Cedrow
Arlington
Barbee
Fifth Street
W. College
North Drive
Woodrow
Forrest
Blain
Farriss
Terrell Drive
Kimmons
Willard Street
Gordon Street
Elwood Street
Wendell Street
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Knopf
Milhaud and
David
Oakland, Calif
Seum
O'Hara
John O’hara
Assembly
Hollywood
Claude Emerson
San Francisco Symphony
Enrique Jorda
Mills College
Jorda
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Canada
Aspen
Colorado
Henri Sauguet
Oliver Messiaen
Walter Piston
Yvonne Loriod
Paris
Bouver
Berlin Opera Company
la Scala
Madeleine
Paris Conservatory
Aaron Copland
Russia
George Caldwell
Olinger High School
Pennsylvania
Peter
Chiron
Caldwell
Prometheus
Mount Olympus
Maes
Mary
Alfred Boerum
Leonard Scheele
U. S
E. Barrett Prettyman Jr
Washington
Papa
Uganda
East Africa
Africa
Watchtower Farm
Acce
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