Reading list notes from Lawrence high school students
William Woody Jr. asks what readers are reading then lists Julia Hall Lawrence history major and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer. Ajala Anavberokhai, FSHS sophomore, Just One Wish by Janette Rallison about a teenager and her ill brother. Jason Stryker, Topeka junior, Python Programming Third Edition by Michael Dawson to self teach coding.
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Julia Hall
Lawrence
William L. Shirer
Ajala Anavberokhai
Janette Rallison
Hollywood
Jason Stryker
Topeka
Michael Dawson
May and Vidal bring 3-D village photos to light in art book
Queen guitarist Brian May and Elena Vidal teamed to publish A Village Lost and Found, chronicling the 1850s stereo photography by TR Williams. The book features 59 original views and a stereoscope, exploring art, science, and a village once misidentified as Three Mile Cross near Reading.
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Atlantic
Louis Daguerre
Henry Fox Talbot
Charles Wheatstone
Brian May
May
Queen
Windlesham
Surrey
United Kingdom
Freddy
Freddy Mercury
Vidal
Williams
T.R. Williams
Our Village
Three Mile Cross
Reading
Mary Russel Mitford
England
Hilton Waldrist
Oxfordshire
Poet's Showcase Notes on Dreams and Fairy Tales
A student reflection compares dreams to dreams and nightmares and urges taking the stage. Katelyn Johnson is identified as a Baldwin High School freshman entrant for the Poet's Showcase with submission instructions to email mniccum ljworld com.
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Katelyn Johnson
Baldwin High School
Mniccum
Ljworld.com
Best-Sellers List Highlights 12 Debuts and Hits
A collage of top sellers across fiction and memoirs includes Nora Roberts The Search and Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Also featured are Private by Patterson and Paetro Sizzling Sixteen by Evanovich The Help by Stockett The Overton Window by Beck My Dad Says Medium Raw Coming Back Stronger Sliding Into Home The Big Short and Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang with varied genres and notable figures.
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Nora Roberts
Putnam
Pacific Northwest
Stieg Larsson
Knopf
James Patterson
Maxine Paetro
Little, Brown
Janet Evanovich
St.Martin’s
Stephanie Plum
Kathryn Stockett
Amy Einhorn
Justin Halpern
It Books
HarperCollins
Anthony Bourdain
Ecco
Drew Brees
Chris Fabry
Tyndale House
N.F.L
New Orleans Saints
Kendra Wilkinson
Gallery
Playboy
Michael Lewis
Norton
Chelsea Handler
Grand Central
Red Hook Road review finds love amid loss in Maine
A review of Ayelet Waldman novel Red Hook Road follows Becca Copaken and John Tetherly as they are killed before their wedding in Maine and their families endure grief. The book tracks four summers of coping, secrets, and shifting relationships sparked by tragedy. Iris confronts memorial choices as Ruthie and Matt begin an affair, affecting Iris and Daniel’s marriage.
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Ayelet Waldman
Red Hook Road
Doubleday
Maine
Becca Copaken
John Tetherly
Becca
John
Copaken
Tetherly
Ruthie
Matt
Jane
Iris
Daniel
Waldman
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William Woody Jr
Jim Vestal
R. A. Salvatore
Kimberlee Keleher
Colorado Springs
Colo
John Irving
Rock
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Charles Dickens
Peter Barberie
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Barberie
Man Ray
Lee Miller
Marcel Duchamp
John Morn
Abacapress
Poet's
By Katelyn Johnson
By Alicia Rancilio
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