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Book Report: About those book covers…
I was told years ago by my English teacher Sara Keeler that one should never judge a book by its cover, but I couldn’t resist the wrapping of Minnesota author Carla Hagen’s new book from North Star Press of St. Cloud, “Hand Me Down My Walking Cane.”
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 26, 2012
Book Report: Try authors with an edgy twist 
I’ve been a big fan of female humorists for years, starting from the days when I first read about Dorothy Parker and her antics at the Algonquin Hotel. That’s where she parried with the male wits like Alexander Woolcott and Robert Benchley to great acclaim.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 20, 2012
Book Report: Keep reading, keep discovering
Just when you think you know all you need to know about a subject, a new book pops up and you’re able to learn much more.
By Dave Wood, columnist , December 29, 2011
COLUMN: Saying goodbye to a place
My husband has gotten another job within his company, and we are all moving back to Kansas City. It’ll be a good move for us as a family, especially since we’ll be close to relatives (a.k.a. babysitters).
By By Julia Ybarra-Young , December 23, 2011
Book Report: Books make great gifts, put these on your list
Gift giving time has once again rolled around and today we’ll talk about some notable books I’ve read and reviewed over the past year. We’ll start with some books from the region, then move on to books published in New York City, (some of them from authors in our region):
By Dan Wunrow, Outdoor Columnist , December 09, 2011
COLUMN: Making-up an excuse to omit Christmas list items
The other day my daughter was reading off her Christmas list. “My own room, my own laptop...” it began.
By By Julia Ybarra-Young , December 09, 2011
Book Report: Eisenhower: An in-depth look
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a much admired and likeable president who accomplished much during his presidency. But he wasn’t much of a speaker.
There’s an old story that wonders what Ike would have said had he the opportunity to deliver the Gettysburg Address.
By Dave Wood, columnist , December 01, 2011
COLUMN: Baring it all on the house scene
We are selling our house – the one all six of us are still living in – and people are coming over to look over every nook and cranny.
By By Julia Ybarra-Young , November 25, 2011
A few years with a famous author, jazz in the Twin Cities, life in the Dakotas in 1936 for this week
Ernest Hemingway is by no means a beloved American author in the minds of many people.
November 25, 2011
COLUMN: Dating from a different angle
I thought I was out of the dating scene. Being a married mom of four, I am not talking about dating for myself.
By By Julia Ybarra-Young , November 18, 2011
A Hollywood upbringing, cows, Vietnam War on tap as this week’s selections
Even before Michael Lindsay-Hogg made his name as a director of films like “Brideshead Revisited” and the Beatles’ “Let it Be,” he led an exciting life as the son of the talented actress Geraldine Fitzgerald (“Wuthering Heights,” et al.) and a father who was a baronet.
By Dave Wood, columnist , November 17, 2011
Book Report: Death, travel, voodoo will interest readers
Here’s a book that should make it from the region all around the country.
It’s “A New Billy Collins: Keeping an Eye on Death,” by Joy Lee Davis (Trade Press, Inc., 4312 Pond View, White Bear Lake, 55110, $20.)
By Dave Wood, columnist , November 11, 2011
Book Report: Read about revolutionaries, get spooked, too
I remember my political science professor telling us naïve freshmen that if you took strip of plastic and bent it into a hula hoop, fascists and communists would end up together at the juncture where the two ends meet.
By Dave Wood, columnist , November 03, 2011
Book Report: With winter months approaching, read about Antarctica’s explorers
Two months from last Friday marks the 100th anniversary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen’s historic arrival at the South Pole.
By Dave Wood, columnist , October 27, 2011
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