A Journey to Greatness The Life and Music of George Gershwin
Richard E Bennett reviews David Ewens biography noting Gershwin’s prolific scope from Broadway songwriter to serious composer. The piece praises Porgy and Bess and Rhapsody in Blue while faulting Ewens for bias and glossed periods yet calls the study the best available and recommends reading with Gershwin’s recordings.
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George Gershwin
David Wen
New York
Henry Holt and Co
America
Gershwin
Porgy
Bess
Max Libeman
David Ewen
Paul Whiteman
Paris
Ishwin
Rey
Tin Pan Alley
London
Vienna
Cuba
Charleston
Folly Beach
Hollywood
Ewen
George Kwin
Richard E. Bennett
The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir A Summer Bestseller
A lavish profile of Simone de Beauvoir author of The Mandarins praised as a leading summer book in the United States. The piece describes her life in Paris travels studies with Jean Paul Sartre existentialism influence and a rigorous writing schedule from dawn to dusk.
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United States
Simone de Beauvoir
New York Times
France
Europe
Paris
Mile. de Beauvoir
Milo. de Beauvoir
Jean-Paul Satre
Satre
St. Paul
Milo
de Beauvoir
Montparnesse
Mexico
China
UNC Chapel Hill Announces New Titles and Topics
The UNC press outlines forthcoming publications including The Pursuit of Science in Revolutionary America 1735 1789 by Brooke Hinl, Tarheel Talk by Norman Eliason, and The Civil War era works by John Garrett and James Street. Other titles cover The Cokers of Carolina, cotton economy mechanization, and Bandung meaning, with multiple authors and historical focus.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Press
Brooke Hinl
Essor
New York University
Carl Bridenbaugh
Carolinas
John Garrett
Robert A. Lively
Cokers
Carolina
George Lee Simpson Jr
Coker
South Carolina
Caleb Coker
Hannah Lide
Darlington County
Coker College
University of North Carolina
James Street
Rutgers University
Cotton Belt
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bandung
Carlos P. Romulo
Floyd Hunter
Ruth Connor Schaffer
Cecil G. Sheps
Thomas Hardy
J. O. Bailey
Lee Russa Oe
Wiliam Hardin
Written From The Heart A Thing Of Beauty
Cronin's novel follows Stephen Desmonde a gifted painter who abandons a clerical path to pursue art across France Spain and England His struggle for recognition amid family opposition war losses and personal relationships culminates in a posthumous critical vindication and a war memorial commission reflecting the author’s heart felt theme.
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A. J. Cronin
Boston
Little, Brown
Stephen Desmonde
Oxford
Bertram Desmonde
Stillwater
England
Stephen
London
Paris
France
Italy
Spain
United Service
Red Cross
Dr. Cronin
Jepelin
L$n
Tate Gallery
Claire
David
Jenny
Critis
Cronin
Dorothy Johnston
A Report Moscow Was My Parish
Reverend Georges Bissonette recounts two years as Catholic Chaplain at the American Embassy in Moscow. He describes parish life among officials and embassy staff, travel with Russian police pursuit, and a final chapter assessing religion in Russia as government manipulated but still a force.
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Moscow
Russia
Secret Service
Father Bissonnette
Romance With Eyes Open by Paul Hyde Bonner
A middle aged, wealthy American travels 3000 miles to Scotland for grouse shooting to heal grief after his wife Emily Graham. He meets Lady Carter Owen, falls for her, and returns to the United States with a new Emily. The tale hints at danger through past marriages and ends with open questions for the reader.
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Paul Hyde Bonner
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
Anthony Gaylord
Carter-Owen
Emily Graham
Anthony
Emily
United States
South Carolina
Scotland
Mr. Bonner
Emily Carter-Owen
Georgia Cox
Multipurpose Fans Provide Easy Way To Cool Your Home
The article discusses large multipurpose fans that cool homes by drawing in night air to ventilate up to seven rooms. It explains calculating cooling needs in cubic feet per minute, temperature balance after air changes, and features like thermostatic controls and movable stands for versatile use in kitchens laundries and living spaces.
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Nature
U. S. Weather Bureau
Viking
What To Look For When Buying Your Air Conditioning
Experts advise buyers to consider room size capacity, with 1 h p units handling up to 350 square feet and 3 h p up to 1800 square feet. Check outside location impact, accessible filters, clear controls, low noise, adequate guarantees, and available service policies. Multipurpose fans and window options are also common.
Pocket size alcohial helps gauge drinking safely
Toronto doctors Bell and Ferguson designed a cardboard alcohial calculator to estimate alcohol in the bloodstream. By rotating a dial and weighing adjustments, users see if a final drink is safe or if they should stop. The device marks green yellow red to indicate safe, caution, or avoid driving, and is sold for one dollar with about 1000 units produced.
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Toronto
R. Gordon Bell
K. W. Ferguson
Connaught Laboratories
University of Toronto
Bell
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Todd Duncan
UNC
Frederick D. Patterson
John Amos Comenius
Werner P. Friederich
Horst Frenz
Dante Alighieri
Eugene O'Neill
David H. Malone
John E. Deller
Germany
Hermann J. Weigand
Wittenwiler
Colkelbie Sow
George Fenwick Jones
Georges Bissonnette
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc
Ted Adler
Arts and Crafts
Adler
Bolinger
Texas A & M Engineering Research Station
Robin
Bird
William Munch
Decatur
Mary
Anna Marie Alberghetti
Los Angeles
Myra Edwards
Jacksonville
Ala
Isle of Palms
Michael Casillo Jr
Altoona
Marine Corps
J. C. McQueen
Michael
Atlantic S. & L
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