What Are You Reading By George Diepenbrock
Reading responses list several books with brief descriptions by local readers. Tobias Twofeathers references Bitterwood by James Maxey about dragon hunters. Others mention Marketing in the Moment by Michael Tasner, Fool's Gold by Doug Tjaden, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, and Dance Lest We All Fall Down by Margaret Willson about empowerment for poor Brazilian girls.
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Tobias Twofeathers
St. Louis
Bitterwood
James Maxey
Rachel Evans
Seattle
Margaret Willson
Brazil
Bahia Street
Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for a Digital Age
Review of William Powers book urges balance amid constant online noise. It notes inner versus outer mental worlds, the lure of validation, and productivity losses from constant distractions. The author advocates periodic Internet Sabbaths and selective attention while criticizing lecture-like sections.
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Henry David Thoreau
Hamlet
Harper
William Powers
Powers
Sonny Barger turns motorcycle riding into a life creed
The Hells Angels icon, age 71, promotes riding as a spiritual discipline while detailing six decades on bikes and 53 years in the club. He authored Lets Ride with Darwin Holmstrom, sharing safety lore and life lessons from a storied career, including crashes, prison time, and tax success from books.
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Phoenix
Sonny Barger
Hells Angels
Barger
Darwin Holmstrom
Oakland
Calif
The
California
Hell’s Angels
U.S
Arlen Ness
San Francisco
Motorcycle Safety Foundation
Veterans Affairs
Zorana
Kelly
Cowboy
Two Wheels
Susan Carpenter
Los Angeles Times
Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
Victory Vision
Cliffs Outside of Town by Ronda Miller
Poet Ronda Miller from Lawrence presents Cliffs Outside of Town a vivid love poem about a radical kiss and daring acts in a night sky setting. The piece blends fear desire and gravity as cliffs symbolize a risky ascent and a fall back to Earth.
Best sellers roll out in mixed genres from memoirs to thrillers
A list of top books includes Janet Evanovich’s Sizzling Sixteen about Stephanie Plum aiding a cousin in gambling debt, Stieg Larsson’s The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet s Nest as the final trilogy volume, Glenn Beck s The Overton Window exposing a conspiracy, Justin Halpern s My Dad Says a Twitter based coming of age memoir, Anthony Bourdain s Medium Raw critiquing food culture, and Michael Lewis s The Big Short detailing real estate crash forecasters who profited.
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Janet Evanovich
St.Martin’s
Stephanie Plum
Stieg Larsson
Knopf
Justin Halpern
It Books
HarperCollins
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Chad Rea
Doug Tjaden
Amy Munsterman
JCCC
Jay Asher
Review
Rasha Madkour
Associated Press
Sonny
With Darwin Holmstrom
Poet's
Ronda Miller
Glenn Beck
Threshold Editions
Mercury Radio Arts
America
Anthony Bourdain
Ecco
Michael Lewis
Norton
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