Reading List For A Fourth Of July Library Weekend
The article highlights Independence Day related library materials and reads. It counts 1 001 Things Everyone Should Know About American History by Garraty, David McCullough’s John Adams, the musical 1776, Bob Hope comedy America There’s Still Hope, and William Jennings Bryan Oleander’s Guide to Kansas. It notes a holiday schedule with Saturday hours until 5 p.m. and closures Sunday and Monday, wishing readers a safe holiday.
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John Adams
McCullough
Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Abigail Adams
William Daniels
America
Bob Hope
Betsy Ross
Phyllis Diller
Ms. Ross
Paul Revere
Jim Backus
John Hancock
Louis Nye
William Jennings Bryan
Kansas
Thomas Fox Averill
Washburn University
Averill
Kanu Public Radio
William Jennings Bryan Oleander
Here
There
KC native to discuss anti-diet book
Kansas City author Rob Stevens, once morbidly obese after constant dieting, says he lost 140 pounds by abandoning diets in 1999 and promoting habits of naturally thin people. He discusses The Overfed Head and signs July 11 in Lawrence and July 13 in Fairway, with radio appearances July 10 and 12.
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Herald Staff
Kansas City
Rob Stevens
Stevens
KLWN
the Lazer
Lawrence
Walt Bodine
KCUR
Borders Books
Rainy Day Books
Fairway
Best Sellers List From Publishers Weekly
The week's top hardcover fiction includes Janet Evanovich and Dan Brown titles with The Da Vinci Code leading, while Mitch Albom, Stephen King and Dan Brown appear in other spots. Nonfiction features Clinton, Sedaris, Warren, and Truss. mass market and trade paperbacks list notable aging titles and new editions.
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Publishers Weekly
Janet Evanovich
St. Martin's
Dan Brown
Doubleday
Ian Caldwall
Dustin Thomason
Dial
Heaven
Mitch Albom
Hyperion
Sassannah
Stephen King
Grant
Catherine Coulter
Putnam
Atria
Robert Ludlum
Eric van Lustbader
Karen Joy Fowler
Plum Sykes
Miramax
Bill Clinton
Knopf
David Sedaris
Litte, Brown
Arthur Agarston
Rodale Press
Rick Warren
Zondervan
Lynne Truss
Gotham
Big Russ and Me
Tim Russert
Father Jon
Tony Hendra
Random House
David Bach
Broadway Books
Bob Woodward
Simon & Schuster
Nicholas Sparks
Warner
John Grisham
Dell
Pocket
Dark Horse
Tami Hoag
Bantam
St. Martin's Press
Clive Cussler
Paul Kemprecos
Berkley
Jude Daveraux
Nora Robarts
Silhouette
South Beach
M.D
Rodale
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin
Lovely Banes
Alice Sebold
Back Bay Books
Leo Tolstoy
Richard Pevear
Larissa Volokhonsky
Penguin Classic
Audrey Niffenegger
Harcourt
Harvest
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John Garraty
Garraty
Rutherford B. Hayes
Hayes
David McCullough
Barbara
Ubbary Line
Ottawa
Ford
Lincoln
Mercury
Prc
Explorer
Jac
Crown Vic
Villager
Taurus
Mustang
Teene
LeSabre
Tanneau
Thunderbird
Bath
Eddie Bauer
Ranger
Mazda
W. Main
Mark Haddon
Vintage
Lauren Weisberger
Tehran
Azar Nafisi
Life of
Yann Martel
Harcoun
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Scribner
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