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...GIST: Expanding on the Pulitzer Prize-winning series published last year in the Washington Post (co-written with Jo Becker), Gellman explores Dick Cheney's reign as the most powerful vice-president in American history. Angler - the VP's Secret Service nickname - reveals Cheney's heavy hand in formulating everything from financial policy (Cheney favored of more tax cuts for the wealthy and cuts in the capital gains tax) to energy policy (he forced a reversal on President Bush's 2000 campaign promise to reduce carbon emissions). The bulk of the book's drama, though, is found in Cheney...
...pioneering author in the genre of young-adult fiction, Jeannette Eyerly boldly tackled challenging topics in her work. She delved into issues such as unwanted pregnancy and divorce in a way that her young readers could relate to. Among her nearly 20 books were Bonnie Jo, Go Home (which dealt with abortion) and The Girl Inside, a story about coping with death. Her candid presentation was unprecedented in girls' fiction in the 1960s and helped pave the way for generations of writers to follow...
...Hans Christian Andersen tale - we see her and her dozens of sisters navigating Miyazaki's notion of the sea. The director doesn't bother much with the usual cartoon bubbles; he trusts the blue-green palette, the gentle undulating of the creatures and the haunting buoyancy of Jo Hisaishi's score to establish the location with the waves of a watery wand. One little adventuress, known to her kin as Brunhild, escapes this seeming paradise, floating up under the umbrella-penumbra of a jellyfish. Nearing land, she gets her snout stuck in a jar, and a five-year...
...continue to be fresh without losing the essence of Hello Kitty? Jo-Anne Sears, Yorktown, Va. Trends are the key - what colors and what motifs are in. If roses are in fashion, then I think of rose designs. I have to be able to predict more or less what is coming...
...Musical Milestone I was interested to note that Jo Stafford had died [Aug. 4] and was surprised that you made no reference to her significant involvement in the late '50s with Billy Graham. Perhaps her most telling song was It Is No Secret (What God Can Do), and this became a favorite with Christians worldwide. Peter Smith, CO. ANTRIM, NORTHERN IRELAND...