Late June 2011
There is so much going on right now --- and coming up in the next few weeks --- that we here at Kidsreads.com can hardly handle it! For one thing, it's summer, and summer is always a reason to go a little crazy with excitement. It's warm! There's swimming! You can do cannonballs into a pool! (Not while your friends are reading, though --- that probably wouldn't go over so well.) And, with all the cool reads that are out there this season, how can parents say no to an extra few minutes of poolside lounge time? You'll be reading!
Late June 2011
There is so much going on right now --- and coming up in the next few weeks --- that we here at Kidsreads.com can hardly handle it! For one thing, it's summer, and summer is always a reason to go a little crazy with excitement. It's warm! There's swimming! You and your kids can do cannonballs into a pool! (Not while anyone's reading, though --- that probably wouldn't go over so well.) And, with all the cool reads that are out there this season, how can anyone say no to an extra few minutes of poolside lounge time? You'll all be reading!
Frida Kahlo
The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.
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Frida Kahlo
Editorial Content for Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned
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Stuart Shiffman
It's a high honor for a product name to be "genericized." A lot of people call copy machines Xerox machines, tissues are Kleenex, and all gelatins are Jell-O. In the post-World War II generation, many skilled advocates were complimented by being identified as "regular Clarence Darrows." The comparison served as recognition of a man whose career and accomplishments in American courthouses still resonate in the annals and history of the law. Read More
Teaser
John A. Farrell draws on previously unpublished correspondence and memoirs to offer a candid account of America’s legendary defense attorney, touching on Clarence Darrow’s divorce, affairs and disastrous finances; a shocking disclosure about one of his most controversial cases; and explosive revelations of shady tactics he used in his own trial for bribery.
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John A. Farrell draws on previously unpublished correspondence and memoirs to offer a candid account of America’s legendary defense attorney, touching on Clarence Darrow’s divorce, affairs and disastrous finances; a shocking disclosure about one of his most controversial cases; and explosive revelations of shady tactics he used in his own trial for bribery.
About the Book
Clarence Darrow is the lawyer every law school student dreams of being: on the side of right, loved by many women, played by Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind. His days-long closing arguments delivered without notes won miraculous reprieves for men doomed to hang.
Darrow left a promising career as a railroad lawyer during the tumultuous Gilded Age in order to champion poor workers, blacks, and social and political outcasts against big business, Jim Crow, and corrupt officials. He became famous defending union leader Eugene Debs in the landmark Pullman Strike case and went from one headline case to the next --- until he was nearly crushed by an indictment for bribing a jury. He redeemed himself in Dayton, Tennessee, defending schoolteacher John Scopes in the “Monkey Trial,” cementing his place in history.
Now, John A. Farrell draws on previously unpublished correspondence and memoirs to offer a candid account of Darrow’s divorce, affairs, and disastrous finances; new details of his feud with his law partner, the famous poet Edgar Lee Masters; a shocking disclosure about one of his most controversial cases; and explosive revelations of shady tactics he used in his own trial for bribery.
CLARENCE DARROW is a sweeping, surprising portrait of a legendary legal mind.
Bestselling author Ann Patchett lets readers into her private life with this special essay about the relationship with her dog, Rose. Patchett's latest novel, State of Wonder, is in stores now!
Editorial Content for Nobody's Perfect: Two Men, One Call, and a Game for Baseball History
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Ron Kaplan
One of the highlights of the 2010 Major League season was something that didn't happen.
Armando Galarraga, a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, did not get his perfect game --- a no-hit, no-run effort in which no opposing player gets on base via a walk, error, or any other means. There have only been 20 in the history of the national pastime, so it's obviously something special.
Paisner does a commendable job in the project, showing a humanity in the sports world that's rarely noted.
Teaser
The perfect game is one of the rarest accomplishments in sports. No hits, no walks, no men reaching base. In more than 130 years of Major League Baseball, it has only happened 20 times. On June 2, 2010, Armando Galarraga threw baseball’s 21st perfect game. Except that’s not how it entered the record books.
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The perfect game is one of the rarest accomplishments in sports. No hits, no walks, no men reaching base. In more than 130 years of Major League Baseball, it has only happened 20 times. On June 2, 2010, Armando Galarraga threw baseball’s 21st perfect game. Except that’s not how it entered the record books.
