The Magic of Thinking Big and a New Science Study Series
A Prentice-Hall review discusses David J. Schwarz The Magic of Thinking Big, praising its goals yet criticizing its self centered approach. It also notes Anchor Books with Doubleday Wesleyan plan a Science Study Series introducing accessible titles on physics, biology, and earth science.
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Englewood Cliffs
N. J
Norman Vincent Peale
Prentice-Hall
David J. Schwarz
Schwarz
Buddy
Success
Dr. Schwarz
Georgia State College of Business Administration
Anchor Books
Doubleday and Co. Inc
Wesleyan University Press
Robert Marks
Moss Hart Autobiography On The Stage Act One Review
Hugh Mulligan hails Moss Hart's On The Stage Act One as a moving, intimate memoir that transcends celebrity memoirs. Hart portraits poverty and family love with dramatic clarity, tracing his rise from Brooklyn fur storage to Broadway success, ending with the curtain poised for Act Two.
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Moss Hart
Random House
Hart
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Kate
Tennessee Williams
Blanche du Bois
Alhambra
George Kaufman
Ing
Carrie
Cypress Hills
Brooklyn
Kaufman
Hugh Mulligan
Different Tolstoy, Same Topic PETER THE FIRST
Tolstoy presents Peter the Great as a transformative ruler amid 17th to 18th century Russia, detailing brutal power struggles, reform drives, and war with Sweden. The epic follows Peter’s rise, court intrigues, and modernization as he reshapes a feudal state into a centralized power, with vivid, sometimes graphic scenes.
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Peter
Alexey Tolstoy
Tatiana Shebunina
Macmillan
Russia
Tsar Alexis
Europe
Alexis
Feodor Ll
Ivan
Sophia
Miloslavskys
Charles XII
Sweden
Catherine
Tolstoy
Charles
Moscow
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Review notes Hill House a sprawling eighty year old mansion in the hills. Luke Theodora and Eleanor stay with a host to seek a spook. Ghosts appear as cold drafts banging walls and unseen presences. The author hints ghosts exist for those who see them.
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Shirley Jackson
Viking
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Theodora
Elearno
Miss Jackson
W. G. Rogers
Reading List Fragments and Notable Titles in Review
The note lists varied works from fiction to non fiction including The Ugly American Dear and Glorious Physician and Lady Chatterley which reflect broad literary tastes. It also cites How I Turned $1000 Into a Million in Real Estate and Folk Medicine and mentions tobacco as a major global product with the United States China and India as leading producers. The origin of Idaho is noted as an Indian name Edahhoe.
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Jury
Exodus
Urs
Lederer & Burdick
Caldwel
Lady Chatterley
Lawrence
Packard
Strunk
Nickerson
Jarvis
Rise Stevens Profiles In Home Life In Subway To The Met
Metropolitan Opera star Rise Stevens relaxes at home with husband Walter Surovy and their son Nicky. The feature discusses her life and career as captured in the new biography Subway to the Met by Lyle Crichton.
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Metropolitan Opera
Rise Stevens
Walter Surovy
Nicky
Miss Stevens
Subway
MET
Yle Crichton
Balboa Reaches Pacific Ocean on Isthmus of Darien
In 1513 Balboa crosses the Isthmus of Darien in Central America and becomes the first European to view the Pacific Ocean. The voyage marks a landmark in exploration and opens European access to the western ocean.
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Pacific
Darien
Central and
South America
Greatest Athens in the Age of Pericles
University of Oklahoma Press offers a concise study by Charles Alexander Robinson Jr. on Athens during its golden 25 years under Pericles. The volume covers Marathon and Thermopylae, Salamis, the Parthenon era, and the era’s political artistry and writing.
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Athens
Pericles
Charles Alexander Robinson Jr
University of Oklahoma Press
B. C
Marathon
Thermopylae
Salamis
Parthenon
Propylaea
Phidia
University of Oklahoma
Police Seek Artificial Arm in Pensacola
A city in Pensacola asks for help locating an artificial arm after it vanished from a vault. A man from Troy wrote claiming he needs the arm to secure employment and offered restitution for the time he owes, but cannot afford a replacement. Officials say the arm is missing and its whereabouts are unknown.
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Pensacola
Fla
Troy
Price Fashions and Minoan Emancipation in Antiquity
Joy Miller surveys Agnes Carr Vaughan’s House of the Double Axe, arguing Minoan fashion hints at decadence and gender roles. The piece notes social history pointers, bulls and bull grappling, and the palace destruction around 1400 B C at Knossos.
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House OF the Double Axe
Agnes Carr Vaughan
Crete
Miss Vaughan
Knossos
Mediterranean
Arthur Evans
B. C
Smith College
Joy Miller
Plane's Engine Loses Power at San Francisco Airport
A United Air Lines DC6 with 35 aboard skidded to an emergency halt on the San Francisco International Airport runway after one engine failed during takeoff. All passengers escaped via canvas chutes. seven sustained minor injuries. Four tires blew out. nose gear and one main gear damaged. wing flap bent. Passengers continued to Los Angeles on another plane. Flight originated in Seattle.
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San Francisco
United Air Lines
San Francisco International
UAL
Los Angeles
Seattle
Alexander the Great forms Atenas team with Bare
Alexander the Great launches a new club named Atenas with Bare as a key member, signaling a strategic expansion in local sports circles. The move places emphasis on competitive play and regional visibility.
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Alexander the Great
Atenas
Bare
Americans Drink 32 Billion Soft Drink Bottles in 1958
The article notes estimated consumption of 32 billion soft drink bottles nationwide in 1958, equivalent to about 184 bottles per person, reflecting high demand and industry growth during the period.
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