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Still wild about Harry
If only there was a spell to fight the "dark art" of sleep deprivation. Hundreds of Harry Potter fans of all ages - some costumed - waited late into the night Friday at Lawrence bookstores for the midnight release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," J.K. Rowling's latest novel about the orphaned wizard. Many readers were expected to dive into the novel immediately upon purchase and keep reading until dawn.
- Retreat offered for writers
- May 28, 2012
- Mostly, writing is a solitary act, and like many lonesome endeavors, it benefits from company every now and again.
- Book helps family heal after tragedy
- Big Springs mother finds peace in writing, speaking about daughter’s murder
- May 28, 2012
- You know from the outset that this isn’t a happy tale: A 19-year-old woman is murdered in the California countryside. But, from Carol Noe’s perspective, the story of her daughter’s life isn’t a tragedy.
- Arlington guide unearths trove of history
- Local resident is author of definitive book on America’s premier national cemetery
- May 27, 2012
- Arlington Cemetery is home to the nation’s war heroes, presidents and astronauts. But it is also the final resting place of famous explorers, athletes and musicians.
- Summer Arts Guide: Your guide to Lawrence’s arts scene from now until Labor Day
- May 27, 2012
- Whether you’re a kid or adult, bookworm or concert junkie, want to dress up like Harry Potter or Elvis, Lawrence has plenty of opportunities to keep you busy this summer, from the season’s staples to one-time-only special events.
- KU student documents Brazilian shanty town
- April 29, 2012
- Sarah Stern, a Lawrence native and Kansas University junior, still thinks about Rocinha. It’s been a year since her trip to the Brazilian favela, but her memories are still clear and unshakable.
- KU student documents Brazilian shanty town
- April 27, 2012
- Sarah Stern, a Lawrence native and Kansas University junior, still thinks about Rocinha. It’s been a year since her trip to the Brazilian favela, but her memories are still clear and unshakable.
- Rediscovering Dickens: Book by Kansan explores author’s reformist mission
- April 8, 2012
- Author Andrea Warren did not go about her latest book, “Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London” (Houghton Mifflin, 2011) like her six earlier works.
- Kansas first lady Mary Brownback announces book festival grant winners
- March 20, 2012
- The grants will go to 16 libraries in Walton, Great Bend, Thayer, Bird City, Gypsum, Iola, Westmoreland, El Dorado, Baileyville, Towanda, St. Francis, Holton, Sedgwick, Athison, Argonia and Stafford.
- University Press publishing book on ‘Deep Throat’
- March 20, 2012
- A new book being published by the University Press of Kansas on the reasons why the man known as “Deep Throat” helped newspaper reporters in the Watergate case caught the attention of John Dean, a former White House counsel who served President Richard Nixon.
- Book review: ‘Adventures of Beanboy’ pleases superhero fans
- March 12, 2012
- In “The Adventures of Beanboy” by Tonganoxie author Lisa Harkrader, a seventh-grader named Tucker MacBean enters a comic book contest that has a college scholarship as the prize.
- Vodka shots and hashtags: PBR Book Club defies stuffy literary discussion
- March 11, 2012
- It ain’t your grandmother’s book club.
- Lawrence resident Louise Krug chronicles life-changing brain injury in new book
- March 8, 2012
- Nearly seven years ago, at age 22, Lawrence resident Louise Krug suffered from a brain bleed that caused weakness, dizziness, headaches and difficulty with hearing and vision.
- Book review: ‘Drop In’ a gnarly tale about skateboarding, dude
- March 5, 2012
- “Drop In” by Donald Lemke, volume 1 of the “Tony Hawk’s 900 Revolution” series, starts when Tony Hawk lands the first ever 900-degree spin on a skateboard. That is two and a half spins!
- Book review: ‘Mastiff’ hard to get into at first
- March 5, 2012
- You know that awkward moment when you don’t fully understand a book you’re supposed to be reviewing for a citywide newspaper? I wouldn’t recommend it. Maybe if I had read the two other books that come before “Mastiff” by Tamora Pierce in the Tortall Legend Series, I would have understood it a lot better, and enjoyed it more? Just a thought.
- Lawrence author distills advice into ‘Marriage Rules’
- February 20, 2012
- Clinical psychologist, best-selling author and relationship expert Harriet Lerner, of Lawrence, has just released her 11th book, “Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and Coupled Up” (Gotham Books, 2012). And just as its title suggests, the compact book teaches readers how to stay connected to their partners. How to navigate this most intimate and complicated of relationships, giving the best of ourselves without sacrificing our core values, beliefs and priorities.
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