Bud Wilkinson engineered a 47-game winning streak as the legendary football coach at the University of Oklahoma. Now, more than 50 years later, 47 of his personal letters to his son are bound together in Jay Wilkinson’s new book, “Dear Jay, Love Dad: Bud Wilkinson’s Letters to His Son.” Bud Wilkinson penned dozens of letters […]
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How to date your dragon
After a helpful quiz in “Dating the Undead: Loving the immortal man,” authored by a pair of Oklahoma City writers, you just might decide you’re better suited for zombies, vampires, dragons, shifters, angels or demons. Move over Cosmo. This new, tongue-in-cheek book adopts the picture-friendly medium usually reserved for glossy magazines to create the ultimate […]
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The Oklahoma book holiday gift guide
OK, so he’s biased, but he’s also correct. Book sales increase significantly during the holidays. This season, instead of giving the reader on your list the Steve Jobs biography, Stephen King’s “11/22/63” or a box set of “The Hunger Games,” consider something that literally strikes closer to home. The past year has offered no shortage […]
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Blacktop book
Three photographers and one mother road. The result of this combination is “Route 66 Sightings,” a photography book with built-in street cred. Roadside shutterbugs Jerry McClanahan, Jim Ross and Shellee Graham will be present Saturday afternoon at Full Circle Bookstore for a signing of the coffee-table book they call “beautiful.” And from the looks of […]
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Blacktop book
Three photographers and one mother road. The result of this combination is “Route 66 Sightings,” a photography book with built-in street cred. Roadside shutterbugs Jerry McClanahan, Jim Ross and Shellee Graham will be present Saturday afternoon at Full Circle Bookstore for a signing of the coffee-table book they call “beautiful.” And from the looks of […]
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Blacktop book
Three photographers and one mother road. The result of this combination is “Route 66 Sightings,” a photography book with built-in street cred. Roadside shutterbugs Jerry McClanahan, Jim Ross and Shellee Graham will be present Saturday afternoon at Full Circle Bookstore for a signing of the coffee-table book they call “beautiful.” And from the looks of […]
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Hangman
Not many Oklahomans know this story, but local historian and author Alvin Turner based his new book of poetry, “Hanging Men,” on it. He said that the story should be better recognized, even if it’s not crucial to Oklahoma’s overall history. “The particular story’s not especially important; you can tell all of Oklahoma history without […]
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Book learning
The book relays the story of Rachel, who finds herself rescued and captured by pirates. She applies lessons she’s learned from her five brothers to earn the pirates’ trust. Her tale is filled with adventure and weaves a web on the importance of family. Anna said she came up with the idea on a family […]
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Beach reads
Erin Collazo Miller of About.com addressed the question in “Top 8 Smart Beach Reads,” in which she answered, “Smart beach reads are books that are well-written and have well-developed characters, but aren’t hard to understand or depressing. They are deep enough for book clubs, but don’t require work to read.” That’s a good way to […]
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Geek love
I am an unashamed geek for all things “Harry Potter,” but that is far from the only thing about which I get really nerdy. (Ahem, “X-Files,” “Firefly” and a whole lot more.) And there’s nothing wrong with that. I say, celebrate all those geeky things that you love! Geeks of all ages can find a […]