Poet's Showcase Features Area Poets
Poet's Showcase presents work by area poets at Kansas University. Submit poetry by email with a Poet's Showcase subject to mpaget jworld.com or send typed submissions to Mindie Paget 645 N.H. Lawrence 66044 attn Poet's Showcase. Teen writers should submit to the 18 & Under page at teens Ijworld.com.
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Michael Johnson
Kansas University
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Mindie Paget
N.H
Lawrence
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Best Sellers Catalog Highlights Modern Reads
A list of top selling books across genres and authors. Notable titles include True Believer by Nicholas Sparks and The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman, with summaries of plots, themes, and author backgrounds across five titles per group.
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Former Green Beret shares leadership lessons from arm wrestling tale
Former Green Beret Lt Col Mark Johnson of Eudora recounts a 1990 arm wrestling bout in a Saudi desert with a national champion Egyptian soldier. He ties the incident to his leadership philosophy, highlighting confidence and team-building as core elements. Johnson, 46, author of Lessons In Leadership, draws on his 20 years with the Special Forces and notes foreword by Col. Roger Donlon.
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Johnson books talk and KU game event at Borders
Mark Johnson promotes his new book Lesson Rare Ship at Borders Books Music Cafe 700 N.H. He will sign copies 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday and throw out the first pitch at KU's Hogland Ballpark Friday night. He earned a Bronze Star serving with Egyptians during the Gulf War and urges confident leadership and team empowerment.
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Wien
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Johnson
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Kansas University
Hogland Ballpark
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Readers share thoughts on varied books and authors
Readers discuss titles from Robert Riley Charlotte Kass Candace Bushnell John Meyendorff and Les Standiford. Reactions highlight themes from spiritual history to modern city life and industrial power, with diverse opinions from a Lawrence homemaker teacher waitress and retirees.
New Guide Explains Cosmetic Ingredient Labels
Three Rivers Press releases the sixth edition of A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients. It clarifies pan tothenic acid and Pantothenic acid as vitamin B-12 roles in metabolism and conditioner use. The guide also distinguishes natural from organic cosmetics.
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