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Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
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Holmgren expresses interest in Browns position
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Singletary update
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Headed For Disaster
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Will Health Care Reform Pass?
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Federal Judge Declares DOMA Unconstitutional
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TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
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Silverdome Potentially SOLD!
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George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.
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Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
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Colloquium at University of Akron
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Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
Published on Sunday, Mar 15, 2009
Upper Sandusky writer Gene Logsdon is best known for his thoughtful nonfiction work about sustainable farming and homesteading, and he contributes a blog to the Web site http://www.OrganicToBe.org, where he's known as ''the Contrary Farmer.''
The Last of the Husbandmen: A Novel of Farming Life is the episodic, spirited story of Ben Bump. It begins in 1940, when Ben is 16 and working on the family farm in the Ohio town of Gowler. His best friend is Emmet Gowler, who is conflicted about being descended from the town founders and who later has a romance with Ben's feisty sister Nan. The narrative takes the three through the war years, an encounter with the Ku Klux Klan, good times, hard times and the price of corn.
Though the story ends in 1985, it's hardly outdated. Logsdon knows all about family farming today. The Last of the Husbandmen (342 pages, softcover) costs $16.95 from Ohio University Press at http://www.ohioswallow.com.
/> Teaching guide
Two Kent State University instructors have co-written books to help teachers get the most out of themselves and their students.
Psychologist Branton Shearer, whose work emphasizes multiple intelligences (spatial, linguistic, interpersonal), and British colleague Mike Fleetham aim to help teachers find their leadership potential by understanding their strengths with Creating Extra-Ordinary Teachers: Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom and Beyond. Some of the book is oriented toward the English school system. The 130-page softcover book costs $22.95 from http://www.continuumbooks.com.
Timothy V. Rasinski, a professor of curriculum and instruction, and Colorado professor Michael F. Opitz, wrote Good-bye Round Robin: 25 Effective Oral Reading Strategies, in which they offer alternatives to ''round robin'' classroom reading — where one student reads aloud while the others follow in turn. The 140-page softcover costs $24.38 from http://www.heinemann.com.
Footnotes
• Jackson Township writer Lil Blosfield contributed a story called The Life List to the new inspirational book Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Resolution, released in December. It profiles those who have decided to adopt healthful diets, travel and shed consumerism.
• Boubacar N'Diaye, associate professor of Africana studies and political science at the College of Wooster, is the editor of two new books: Challenges of Security Sector Governance in West Africa and Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector in West Africa.
Events
Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Legacy Village, Lyndhurst) — In anticipation of next week's visit to Siegal College by Israeli author Etgar Keret, Nili Adler, the college's director of Hebrew studies, and Joseph-Beth's Amy Rosenfield will moderate a discussion of Keret's short stories at 7 p.m. Monday. John Carroll University instructor Paula McLain will sign her debut novel, A Ticket to Ride, at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Diana Joseph, a teacher at Minnesota State University, will sign I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: The Astonishing but True Story of a Daughter, Sister, Slut, Wife, Mother and Friend to Man and Dog, 7 p.m. Thursday. Jeannine Garsee of Strongsville will sign her Cleveland-set novel Say the Word at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Orrville Public Library (230 N. Main St.) — J.G. Woodward, author of Cut the Fluff for Job Seekers — Just Tell Me What I Don't Already Know, will participate in a workshop called Jump-Start Your Job Search. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free, but registration required; call 330-683-1065.
Mustard Seed Market (6025 Kruse Drive, Solon) — Bev Shaffer signs Cookies to Die For! 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Twinsburg Public Library (10050 Ravenna Road) — Writer's retreat features Cleveland Heights author Sarah Willis (The Sound of Us) and Indianapolis writer Jennette Fulda (Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir). 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; register at 330-425-4268, ext. 2.
— Barbara McIntyre
Special to the Beacon Journal
Send information about books of local interest to Lynne Sherwin, Features Department, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309 or lsherwin@thebeaconjournal.com. Event notices should be sent at least two weeks in advance.
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