Told With Laughter A Guest And His Going
A Newby novel features Muawiya the enigmatic Egyptian invited to London as Suez tensions rise. He outwits, borrows, and provokes Perry and Mary while flirting with danger and political aims. The book contrasts Durrell's Justine with Newby's cool, dispassionate wit and aims to linger through striking conversations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Newby
Knopf
Newby
Muawiya
London
Suez
Waldo Grimbley
Lawrence Durrell
Justine
Durrell
Nile
Civil War Compendium by Dyer Gets New Edition
A review notes Frederick H. Dyer’s Civil War Compendium remains a monumental, multi volume war record. The 1908 work catalogues Union units, commanders, and actions, with Volume One listing about 3,000 units and 7,800 officers, Volume Two detailing 10,455 actions, and Volume Three covering 3,500-plus regiments and batteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer
Bell Irvin Wiley
Yoseloff
Bob Price
Bitter Measure
Kay Boyle novel set in postwar Germany shows a rigid Army colonel and a tense family drama. Narrated by Jaeger, a former Africa corps prisoner now interpreter and journalist, the story probes clashes of Old World and New World cultures and the gulf between people despite goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Col. Roberts
Catherine
Millicent
Miss Boyle
Roberts
Stephany
Seth Honerkamp
America House
Chris Horn
Lipizzan
Jaeger
Srand German Africa Corps
Pris
Colorado
Nuclear policy and new books on pioneers and Cumberland life
Thomas E Murray former Atomic Energy Commissioner will discuss nuclear policy in his book Nuclear Policy for War and Peace from World Publishing Co amid moral questions on wartime and peaceful power He will review industrial use of atomic energy and other nuclear issues Harriette Simpson Arnow author of The Dollmaker and Hunter's Horn has a new nonfiction work Seedtime on the Cumberland published by Macmillan Co It traces early American life in Tennessee with roots in Virginia Kentucky and Illinois and cites wills newspapers memoirs family records and regional histories
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Murray
Atomic Energy Commissioner
The
World Publishing Co
Murray
Atomic Energy Commission
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Harriette Simpson Arnow
Hunter's Horn
Macmillan Co
Cumberland
Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
Tennessee
Mississippi
Mrs. Arnow
Cumberland River
Old South
Pavlov
Dag
Robert Marks
Last Valley novel review by Maurice Dolbier
A grim 1637 38 winter tale of a refugee hiding in a Rhine valley haven. Vogel, Korski, and wary peasants clash as fear and violence erupt amid strained cohabitation. The story probes whether humanity can curb its destructive instinct even in a fragile retreat from war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Pick
Little, Brown
Germany
Rhine
Fat Valley
Vogel
Korski
Gruber
Inge
Maurice Dolbier
Meeting With Japan by Fosco Maraini review
A perceptive travel narrative recounts Fosco Maraini’s postwar reunion with Japan. It blends memory with cultural analysis, detailing cities, landscapes, conversations, and digs into literature, art, philosophy, and daily life. Rich color photographs complement Maraini’s insights into Japan’s dual refined and warlike sides.
Fiction and Nonfiction Book List Cited by Publisher
Ac ieental ey ac ieental ey FICTION ADVISE AND CONSENT by Drury Hawaii Michener Dear and Glorious Physician by Caldwell The War Lover by Hersey The Darkness and the Dawn by Costain Nonfiction Act One by Hart The Armada by Mattingly The Status Seekers by Packard This Is My God by Wonk The Longest Day by Ryan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury
Hawaii
Michener
Caldwell
Hersey
Costain
Hart
Mattingly
Status Seekers
Packard
Wonk
Ryan
Arabian Nights Change in Jeddah Reveals Time Confusion
In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, residents use varied time systems from ancient Arab to GMT plus four, Cairo time, and European Sun Time. The piece notes strict social codes, slave abolition for formal gifts, low crime, and a scene at Kilo Ten where Osman and friends unwind with tea and a hashish-like smoke, under puritanical rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
WXNN
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Defense
Cairo
Osman
Holy
Medina
Ladies Cast A Line Long Branch N J
Women join outdoorsmen on the pier for winter fishing in Long Branch New Jersey. They wear long johns and army surplus gear and endure the cold with enthusiasm. A grandmother calls the pier her weekly night out with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
N. J
Inside Plymouths sprawling Detroit auto plant
A detailed tour of Plymouths integrated Detroit facility shows a 30 acre complex where 339 welding machines assemble body shells, engines arrive from two plants, painting, rustproofing and final assembly occur on moving lines. The 1,972 foot final line grooms interiors, windshields and trim while hundreds of parts flow through a highly synchronized process. About 12 hours pass from parts to final inspection as over 700 cars sit in various stages of assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Plymouth
Detroit
Bohemian Young Man Willing
Roy Doliner's stage door Greenwich Village style first novel follows Ben Horne as he pursues bohemian life while entangled with Maggi Clair who tempts him with a moneyed stake and a breezy theater world. The narrative centers on his reluctance to replace Maggi with a newer model Martha and the brassy, talky campus of Bohemia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Doliner
Scribners
Ben Horne
Maggi Clair
Martha
Maggs
Ww. G. Rogers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edgar Perry
Perry
Egypt
Hillingdon
Blain
Sacramento
Calif
James M. McDonnel
Howard H. Mary
Beth L. Miller
Mary
McDonnell
Frederick H. Dyer
Kay Boyle
Japan
Fosco Maraths
Eric Mosbacher
Viking
Fosco Maraini
University of Kyoto
Tibet
Signor Maraini
Tokyo
West
Saud
Saudi
Gahwagie
Haj Abdullah
Zibid
Yemen
Mecca
Ilo Ten
India
East
Bud
Cecil
Office Equipment CO
Main ST
High Point
E. Washington St
Jarrett
Wrenn ST
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!