The Big Red Machine and Other Book Notes
A survey of diverse books including The Big Red Machine by Yuri Brokhin on Soviet Olympic champions, a classical life in Country Life in Classical Times, and Haley's Roots. plus Genealogy tools and local librarians aiding residents in tracking ancestors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hertzel
Nyet
Sparky
Yuri Brokhin
Mount Olympus
K.D. White
Varro
Virgil
Cassiodorus
Haley
Pat
Genealogical Sources in Middletown Library Featured
Reviews by Current Books Brewer highlight tools at the Middletown Public Library including war rosters pensions passenger lists and census records. Ohio census indexes for 1820 1830 and 1850 are available with the 1875 index on order. A kids puppet show titled E KIDS will be held next Wednesday at 11 am on the library lawn by City Parks and Recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewer
Middletown Public Library
Ohio
E Kids
City Division of Parks
Ards Recreation
Hardcover best sellers list appears with varied hits
The week’s top hardcover sellers include Scruples by Krantz at No 2 and The Holcroft Covenant by Ludium in parentheses with three copies. Bloodline by Sheldon, Stained Glass by Buckley, The Women’s Room by French, If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries by Bombeck, The Complete Book of Running by Fixx, My Mother My Self by Friday, Pulling Your Own Strings by Dyer, and The Memoirs of Richard Nixon by Nixon each appear with page counts or rank indicators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krantz
Holcroft Covenant
Sheldon
Bombeck
Fixx
Myself
Friday
Dyer
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Gulag trilogy finale exposes old wounds and new revolts
John Bausman reports for the Associated Press on Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago Three. The final volume spans Stalin’s death to Khrushchev, detailing uprisings at Kengir in 1954 and Novocherkassk in 1962, autocratic resilience, autobiographical depth, and a sobering verdict on Soviet justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander I Solzhenitsyn
Harper & Row
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Solzhenitsyn
Novocherkassk
Russia
John Bausman
Associated Press
Best selling paperbacks and notable titles listed
A catalog of numerous paperback titles and authors including THE BIRDS LOOKING OUT FOR NO 1 DAMIEN OMEN 2 GREEK TYCOON COMPLETE RUNNER MARILEE JAWS 2 VIVIAN LEIGH EDWARDS THE LAWLESS JAKES CONDOMINIUM MACDONALD THE INVESTIGATION UHNAK BLOOD RED ROSES COKER TWINS GEASLAND LOVES DARING DREAM MATTHEWS WITHOUT A TRACE BERLITZ THE PROMISE A DIFFERENT WOMAN HOWARD SPLINTER OF THE MIND S E FOSTER MONTY LAGUARDIA OLIVER STORY DEATH SAILS THE BAY FEEGE THE CAMERA NEVER BLINKS NIGHT WING SMITH THE RICH ARE DIFFERENT HOWARD FM RACINA FAIRY TALES FREEMAN WINTER FIRE LEIGH SWORD OF SHANNARA BROOKS DRAGONS OF EDEN SAGAN DARE TO LOVE WILDE COMA COOK BOOK OF LISTS WALLACHINSKY HAYWIRE HAYWARD VOYAGE A NOVEL OF 1896 HAYDEN plus other titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coker Twins
Geasland
Love
Matthews
Berlitz
Steel A
Woman
Howard Splinter
Foster Monty
LaGuardia
Oliver
Feege
Rather
Also Mentioned on This Page
Big Red
Rome
Ty Douglas
J. Bean
Middletown
Buckley
Kengir
AL Cowen
Middletown Shopping Center
Sh Parmar
the Birds
Cull
Ringer
Damien
Lottman
Marilee
Sellers
Searls
Vivian Leigh
Edwards the Lawless
Jakes
MacDonald
Uhnak
Night Wing
Smith the Rich
Howard FM
Racina
Hayward
Hayden
Famous Maker
WEBER
Rily
Mererdes
Pfueger
Olympic
Lawn & Garden
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