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1 week ago | 
beaconjournal.com | Barbara McIntyre
Show Caption Hide Caption Top headlines of the week, May 17, 2025 | VideoHere are some stories you may have missed on BeaconJournal.com and in the Akron Beacon Journal newspaper. Inspirational series is set in a fictional village in Wayne County, Ohio. Mastof Press specializes in mostly nonfiction books about Amish. Two more books, ‘Susan's Hope’ and ‘Fannie's Love,' are planned.
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3 weeks ago | 
beaconjournal.com | Barbara McIntyre
Barbara McIntyreThe road trip that Lee Livingston and his best friend took in 1961 involved hitchhiking, trainhopping and riding with a convicted murder. “In the Rearview Mirror” by the former Cleveland resident is a lively memoir with deep observations about the nature of friendship. Livingston and Bob “Dango” Lyons had been friends since the summer before they began eighth grade at the upper-crust University School in Shaker Heights.
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1 month ago | 
beaconjournal.com | Barbara McIntyre
Show Caption Hide Caption Book Talk selections, Spring 2025Here are some recent releases of local interest that Barbara McIntyre checked out for the Akron Beacon JournalThere’s a thousand years of Chinese history in “The Chow Maniac,” 12th (if you include an e-short story) in the Noodle Shop Mystery series by Cleveland author Vivien Chien.
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1 month ago | 
beaconjournal.com | Barbara McIntyre
“Vigilant” is the third book in the Live psychological suspense series by a Conneaut resident who goes by the name Tiffany D. The series began in 2023 with “Languish” and continued in 2024 with “Inhale.”The first two books concern Lana Grant, who has been stalked by Matt, a former romantic partner who already has killed Lana’s best friend.
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1 month ago | 
beaconjournal.com | Barbara McIntyre
Barbara McIntyreSpecial to USA TODAY NETWORK - OhioToad is a helper. Toad is always in a happy rush to find motorists in trouble, so he can tow them to safety. In Hudson children’s author Jashar Awan’s brilliant storybook “Towed by Toad,” Toad is too busy to eat breakfast: “No time, Pop! Can’t stop!”Toad rescues Catie Cat, who has a flat; Davey Dog, who hit a log. Stanley Snout’s engine has fallen out. “I’m happy to help!” he cries.
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1 month ago | 
beaconjournal.com | Barbara McIntyre
Show Caption Hide Caption Book Talk selections, Spring 2025Here are some recent releases of local interest that Barbara McIntyre checked out for the Akron Beacon JournalHe just wants to make his delivery. Mercury Carter is a self-employed courier who will deliver anything from pizza to people. In “The Mailman,” a thriller by Columbus writer Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Carter is a single-minded man who steps into 24 hours of the worst kind of trouble.
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2 months ago | 
beaconjournal.com | Barbara McIntyre
Show Caption Hide Caption Book Talk selections, Spring 2025Here are some recent releases of local interest that Barbara McIntyre checked out for the Akron Beacon Journal“Moving Maggie” is third in Austintown author Nancy Christie’s uplifting “Midlife Moxie” series about middle-age women facing personal and career challenges. Maggie Cartwright is reeling from her husband’s infidelity after taking a forced retirement at 60 from her executive job at a hospital.
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2 months ago | 
beaconjournal.com | Barbara McIntyre
“Having a great time; wish you were here.” Sometimes that’s all you need to say. Before email and Facebook, a traveler could send greetings on a penny postcard with a penny stamp. Kenneth J. Weiss has selected about 200 from his extensive collection for “Postmarked Akron: Lost Stories of Places and People Discovered in Vintage Postcards.”The postcard business was huge in the early 20th century.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
beaconjournal.com | Barbara McIntyre
Akron native Renée Rosen says that her novel “Let’s Call Her Barbie” was “in the works long before the Barbie movie came out,” and the timing could hardly be better. The story of an American icon is told through three main characters, two real and one made-up. Ruth Handler, who founded Mattel with her husband Elliot, returns from a European trip with a souvenir — a doll called Bild Lili, made in the figure of an adult woman.
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
beaconjournal.com | Barbara McIntyre
“The Hiding Game” is a twisty mystery romance by Struthers native J.E. Irvin. The chapters alternate between the points of view of Veronica Simon and Calderón Castro; she’s the manager of her family-owned jewelry store in Michigan; he’s a real estate baron. When he strides into her shop just minutes before closing time, he acts like a self-entitled jerk, demanding to find an engagement ring that will please his high-maintenance fiancée.
