Summer reads and local titles fuel bookstore buzz
Readers chase light summer fiction and doorstopper classics with buzz around The Kite Runner and The Secret Life of Bees. Pulitzer picks Gilead and Tinkers rise in requests while Agatha Christie fans and local authors like Laura Moriarty and John Ralston draw attention. A Fordlandia curiosity intrigues buyers seeking unusual true tales and familiar childhood favorites such as Winnie the Pooh and Roald Dahl.
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Earle
Roald Dahl
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Rank
Lawrencians
Laura Moriarty
Lawrence
Kansas City
John Ralston
Permission Before Photographing A Christmas Meal
A photographer recalls a choking incident while covering a community Christmas meal after misidentifying a subject. The piece discusses historical and modern views on photography, emphasizing consent, respectful engagement, and clearly asking permission before shooting.
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U.S
Sweaty T-Shirt Club Aims To Rally After Gym Gaffe
Cathy Hamilton, 54, recounts rushing into a grocery store after a workout, her sweat and a laughing stranger prompting a joke about forming a Sweaty T Shirt and No Makeup Society. She imagines meeting post gym to defy a perspiration free world and notes her contact details.
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Red Hat
Status symbol Facebook marks half a billion users
Facebook passed 500 million users this week, more than the combined population of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The piece frames ambient intimacy and discusses how the platform reshapes relationships, privacy expectations, and online social fatigue with quotes from scholars and a Pakistan-based user revealing rising friend requests.
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Washington
Facebook
United States
Canada
Mexico
China
Zeynep Tufekci
University of Maryland
Baltimore County
Google
Wikipedia
Bing
AP Chem
Jason Whatshisname
el Paso
Jason
William Powers
Technology Liberation Manifesto
Hamlet
Madeeha Syed
Pakistan
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Maine
Henry Ford
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Sarah Henning
Mike Yoder
Journal-World Photo
Carthage
Journal-World
Express
Cathy Hamilton
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