Roma, the Hound Dog

Posted by on May 13, 2013

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This story is told by Roma, Steve Madden’s beloved dog. We have a chair that is magic. If I sit on it, you come back, always. This ratty old chair was pulled out of the dumpster when you were living in student housing and had no money for furniture. Every time you leave you say, [...]

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Have You Seen This Cat?

Posted by on February 14, 2013

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Crazy cat lady is a label many of us wear with pride. Gina Gershon, star of great cinematic fare like Bound and Showgirls is no exception. In The Search for Cleo: How I Found My Pussy and Lost My Mind, Gershon engagingly and humorously recounts returning from the Cannes Film Festival to discover that her [...]

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Dog Tales

Posted by on May 26, 2011

The Library has acquired several new pet memoir books that look like they will be good reads.

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Sunday Afternoon with Kansas Author Kipp Van Camp

Posted by on April 28, 2011

Always Allie

  Join us in the Topeka Room on Sunday, May 1, 2:00-3:00pm for a discussion of Kipp Van Camp’s new book Always Allie. Topeka radiologist Kipp Van Camp has written his first book about the relationship between Allie, the family’s “four-legged daughter” and the other members of the family.  Kipp is the son of a [...]

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