What Are You Reading by Respondents
A collection of reader recommendations from Lawrence area residents. Entries mention Erin Ashcraft praising The Sherlockian by Graham Moore and Judy Smith noting The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Kassie May recommends Smokin Seventeen by Janet Evanovich, while another reader cites Reconciliation by Thich Nhat Hanh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin Ashcraft
Lawrence
Graham Moore
Judy Smith
Thich Nhat Hahn
Kassie May
Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum
KU alumna Bair lands book deal on 2008 crisis
Sheila Bair, KU alumna and former FDIC chair from 2006 to July 8, 2011, has a forthcoming book “Bull by the Horns” to be published by Free Press. The work covers the financial crisis, her clashes with Timothy Geithner, and policy suggestions for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sheila Bair
Free Press
Bair
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Martha Levin
Treasury
Timothy Geithner
FDIC
One Nation Under Sex explores politicians past and present
Larry Flynt and David Eisenbach examine how private sexual lives have shaped public policy from Franklin to Buchanan and Kennedy to Clinton. The authors argue sexual scandals influence national discourse, urging open discussion while noting hypocrisy and coverups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Larry Flynt
David Eisenbach
Ben Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Bill Clinton
Eliot Spitzer
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Flynt
Eisenbach
White House
Franklin
France
James Buchanan
Franklin Roosevelt
Eleanor
Clinton
the Kennedys
John Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy
Jackie
Mary Jo Kopechne
Ted Kennedy
Chappaquiddick
Bobby
Columbia University
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Lincoln
Eleanor Roosevelt
Alabama
William Rufus King
The Tap of Travel by Paul Theroux reviewed
Veteran travel writer Paul Theroux examines how travel evolves from perilous solo journeys to an industry. The book surveys travel history, writers, and philosophies, offering Theroux’s insights, extensive notes, and a 27 chapter structure with stories from ancient to modern voyagers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Theroux
London
Herodotus
Pretty
Theroux
Chekhov
Hilton
Caribbean
Henry Fielding
Robert Louis Stevenson
Freya Stark
Claude Levi- Strauss
Poet’s Showcase on centipedes and footwear
Loren R Chenoweth of Tonganoxie muses on naming a centipede versus its arthropod status and the impracticality of sharing human concerns like buying shoes or trimming nails to highlight human fortune in contrast to creatures.
Poet's Showcase Seeks Local Verse Submissions
Our Poet's Showcase invites area poets to share work by emailing with the subject Poet's Showcase to danderson ljworld.com. Include your hometown and contact information for potential publication.
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Danderson
Ljworld.com
Best-seller lists reveal July week rankings across publishers
Weekly best-sellers compile data from independent and chain bookstores, wholesalers, and distributors nationwide. Top titles include A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin, Now You See Her by Patterson and Ledwidge, Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner, and Smokin’ Seventeen by Janet Evanovich, among 32 listed works across fiction and non fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dragons
George R.R. Martin
Bantam
James Patterson
Michael Ledwidge
Little, Brown
Jennifer Weiner
Atria
Smokin
Janet Evanovich
State of Wonder
Tess Gerritsen
Ballantine
Maine
J. Courtney Sullivan
Knopf
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Joe Previer
William Goldman
Paige Schauf
Jim Garcia
KU Alumna
John F. Kennedy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
Poet's
Loren R Chenoweth, Tonganoxie
Jaycee Dugard
Simon & Schuster
Adam Mansbach
Ricardo Cortes
Akashic
Laura Hillenbrand
Random House
Erik Larson
Crown
Mike Moreno
Laura Ingraham
Raymond Arroyo
Threshold
Tina Fey
Reagan Arthur
Timothy Ferriss
David McCullough
Dukan
Pierre Dukan
Howard E. Wasdin
Stephen Templin
St. Martin's
Rob Bell
HarperOne
Chelsea Handler
Chelsea
Grand Central
Tim Tebow
Nathan Whitaker
Harper
Ben Merrick
Doubleday
Gretchen Morgenson
Joshua Rosner
Times Books
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