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Show I New Books at S. H. Library The following books will be t released Aug. 12 at the Sprague j library, according to Miss t Aurelia Bennion, librarian: "Applejack for Breakfast," by Alfred and Helen Campbell, a delightful!: de-lightful!: refreshing book about the authors' going rustic on a ' farm in Delaware River valley.' "Room For the Night," by Pauline Leader, a picturesque i book about the "Leader Blocks" ' a group of flats and their transient and permanent ten-! ten-! ants. Albert Guerard, a Frenchman ' who has taught for 40 years in ! American universities, has writ-' writ-' , 'n a short history of France ' '.villi no thesis but two guiding ithruclits: (1). that France is a collective achievement without t i which the world would be dark-) dark-) er: (2) that France and the i United States more perhaps than any other major nations, are founded upon the same principles. prin-ciples. Orrin Dnulap Jr., in his book "Radar" tells what radar is and how it works. He also traces its ' ''-tory and looks forward to its 1 promising future and peace time applications. "The Great Promise" is the first novel of Noel Houston and is the story of Sawyer Bolton and the three men in her life. And it all took place in Oklahoma Okla-homa territory with the excitement excite-ment and struggle of virgin territory. ter-ritory. "Thanks Angel," by Cynthia Millburn, is the story of a girl who went into journalism after her father's death and, of course, her choice between two men who work with her. "Border City," by Hart Stilwell tells of Dave Atwood's struggle for racial equality between whites and Mexicans on a Texas border. Valentine Williams has written writ-ten another clubfoot story "Courier of Marrakesh" a story of intrigue connected with War II in Africa and Italy. "Her Own People," by Grace Tomkinson is more than a tender ten-der and touching story of first love. Here are two peoples living liv-ing side by side, one of which cannot quite forget it was once conquered by the other. Rich in character and in early humor, this novel has the charm of year-round year-round country atmosphere and country living. Crime Club's choice of mystery mys-tery stories for release this week is Amber Dean's "Call Me Pandora," Pan-dora," a beauty shop murder story. "Drygulch Canyon," by Frederick Fred-erick R. Bechdolt is a mixture of Mexican jails, stolen bullion, firing fir-ing squads, escapes across Mexican Mex-ican borders, all adding up to make an exciting western. |