![]() On appeal, Jerry and Pat Reece raise four points. Jerry and Pat Reece appeal the trial court's dismissal of their application for guardianship of Brandon Reece, their thirteen-year-old mentally handicapped nephew. Ferguson, Columbia, for respondent.īefore KENNEDY, P.J., and BRECKENRIDGE and SPINDEN, JJ. Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District. In re the Application of Pat REECE and Jerry Reece, Appellants, ![]()
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![]() Alan Hlad is the internationally bestselling author of historical fiction novels inspired by real people and events of WWI and WWII, including The Book Spy, Churchill’s Secret Messenger, A Light Beyond the Trenches, and the USA Today and IndieBound bestseller The Long Flight Home. ![]() He currently divides his time between Ohio and Portugal and can be found online at. A member of the Historical Novel Society, Literary Cleveland, Novelitics, and the Akron Writers' Group, he is a frequent speaker at conferences, literary events, and book club gatherings. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The students know that the class is not for credit, but Ruth’s father does not. They lie and tell him that the department has asked him to lead the course, and he agrees. Ruth struggles to find her place at home until her father’s former teaching assistant contacts her, suggesting they round up some students so that her father can teach a class on California’s history. At Christmas, their family is down one child Ruth’s brother won’t come home, because he hasn’t forgiven their father for years of pain caused by infidelity and drinking. Ruth, less a fiancé, leaves her job and moves back home to help take care of her father, who is experiencing dementia and has lost his job as a professor at a university. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rachel Khong’s debut novel, Goodbye, Vitamin, is a story about subtraction. ![]() ![]() ![]() For me that’s the sign of a seasoned pro in the writing industry. It gets me hooked from the first chapter and keeps me that way to the end, and always wanting more. The way she introduces the main character and sets the backdrop of the story never fails to amaze me. One of the things I like about Nora’s writing is her ability to intrigue the reader from the get go. I couldn’t put the book down and the flow of the story just sweeps you along. It was a book that had me turning the page to see what would happen next. ![]() I enjoyed The Witness from beginning to end. So every time I pick up a Nora Roberts book it feels like going home to me and this book was no different. ![]() After the university and all the work and studying was done Nora was the first author I turned too and got me back into reading for the joy of it. She was one of my first adult authors I’ve ever read way back when. I have always been a fan of Nora Roberts. ![]() ![]() ![]() The myth refers to Herakles’ tenth labour that consisted in killing three-bodied giant Geryon and in robbing his red cattle. 650 BC) and his Geryoneis (“The Geryon Matter”), which only survives in fragments. She blends the sources, ideas and themes from all her fields of expertise and thus often produces hybrid works that make her peculiarity in today’s literary scene.ĢShe wrote over the Greek myth of Geryon and Herakles with special reference to Stesichoros (born c. ![]() Her poetry, prose or essays are also deeply influenced by history, literature and art. As a Hellenist, her works are pregnant with Greek mythology she references, modernizes or translates. (Lyn Hejinian The Language of Inquiry)ġAnne Carson is a contemporary Canadian poet, essayist and translator. We delight in our sensuous involvement with the materials of language, we long to join words to the world- to close the gap between ourselves and things- and we suffer from doubt and anxiety because of our inability to do so. In the gap between what one wants to say (or what one perceives there is to say) and what one can say (what is sayable), words provide for a collaboration and a desertion. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If life is too absurd to matter, one question remains-whether to commit suicide. Part 1, “An Absurd Reasoning,” posits that there is only one truly important philosophical problem: whether life is worth living. The Myth of Sisyphus contains five parts, including three extended essays on absurdity, a short piece on Sisyphus as a tragic hero of the meaningless, and an appendix that critiques Franz Kafka’s Existential novels. He criticized existentialists for peering into the abyss of life’s emptiness and backing away in fear, believing it better to stare at absurdity unblinkingly and defiantly. ![]() Though he deserves acclaim as a representative of existentialism, a philosophy that grapples with life’s meaninglessness, Camus rejected that term and instead called himself an absurdist. The tragic Greek figure Sisyphus-a rebel whom the gods punish by forcing him to push a boulder up a mountain only to watch it fall back down, over and over forever-symbolizes the absurd human condition. ![]() The huge gap between that craving and life’s actual sterility is an absurd condition that can’t be pushed aside but must be faced squarely. The book’s premise is that humans yearn deeply for something they can never have: the certainty that life is worthwhile and meaningful. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The love or hearts collected weren't solely romantic either. Puppy love in its purest form makes me smile. The day-to-day collecting hearts stories were so adorable. "Tim Burton meets magical anime girls" kinda deal. In the end it was worth it however, and the ending worth reaching. When I started reading it, at first it wasn't very eye catching, or heart capturing, and it takes a while for a real story to start unfolding and it was a tad monotonic, to be honest. Supporting cast is sadly thrown to the side most of the time, which is really lame considering the roles and potential they COULD have. Chocolat seem to become more mature as the story goes on, confronting others as well as herself about feeling and the way things are going on and Vanilla, well, read on and find out. The development of character was one of the things I praise. Weird, quirky and LOVELY art but scattered paneling. ![]() any illogical decisions, so it has that going for it, if anything. ![]() Sure, with it's setting and genre, it's not exactly hard to see it coming, but the characters aren't exactly empty headed caricatures who are making The story itself, while not entirely original, is interesting because you're never exactly sure what might happen next. And it really isn't as bad as I had initially thought it would be. But one day, by some circumstances, I actually got the first volume of it for free, and decided, 'Hell I could give it a try'. Sugar Sugar Rune wasn't really my top choice, although it was one of the few I could actually have in my hands while reading. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ann's DI Vera Stanhope series of books is set in Northumberland and features the well loved detective along with her partner Joe Ashworth. While she wa Ann is the author of the books behind ITV's VERA, now in it's third series, and the BBC's SHETLAND, which will be aired in December 2012. After dropping out of university she took a number of temporary jobs - child care officer, women's refuge leader, bird observatory cook, auxiliary coastguard - before going back to college and training to be a probation officer. Ann grew up in the country, first in Herefordshire, then in North Devon. Ann's Shetland series bring us DI Jimmy Perez, investigating in the mysterious, dark, and beautiful Shetland Islands. Ann is the author of the books behind ITV's VERA, now in it's third series, and the BBC's SHETLAND, which will be aired in December 2012. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Simultaneous release with the Crown hardcover (Reviews, Oct. But fans of Lennon and the Beatles, as well as those interested in 1960s and 1970s popular culture, should find this a satisfying, albeit abbreviated, listen. The production is capped off with a brief, artificial-sounding author interview with wooden questions and Lennon's rehearsed answers. It's disappointing that Random House decided on an abridgment since this is a never-before-heard take on a well-worn subject. ![]() This straight-from-the-horse's-mouth narrative is lovingly introduced by Julian, Cynthia and John's only child, and should capture the imagination of even the most casual fan. Paul McCartney By: Philip Norman Tune In By: Mark Lewisohn John Lennon By: Philip Norman The Beatles By: Bob Spitz You Never Give Me Your Money By: Peter Doggett Publishers Summary When she was 18-years-old, a girl named Cynthia Powell met a boy named John Lennon, and they fell in love. She also uncorks opinions on rival Yoko Ono, often in bitter tones. From teenage love to Beatlemania to spiritual pursuits in India, Lennon successfully conveys the excitement and trauma of an intimate life with one of pop culture's most cherished figures. But Lennon's voice of experience taps a well of feeling no audio actor could truly access. Cynthia Lennon, John Lennon's oft-overlooked first wife, is so soft-spoken, her voice threatens to trail off at times. ![]() ![]() I want the whole world to be out of whack, I want every one to scratch himself to death.’ ( ) I am crying for more and more disasters, for bigger calamities, grander failures. Instead of being discouraged or depressed, I enjoy it. ![]() However, the effect upon me is exhilarating. Scratch and scratch, until there's no skin left. The atmosphere is saturated with disaster, frustration, futility. It's in the blood now - misfortune, ennui, grief, suicide. Everywhere I go people are making a mess of their lives. You scratch and scratch until the blood comes, but you can't get permanently deloused. People are like lice - they get under your skin and bury themselves there. Second time reading and still remains my favourite work, does writing get any better than this? but a literary ménage à trois doesn’t seem like the worst thing in the world. ![]() Has this ruined my personal relationship with the book? Maybe. Ian McShane does a tremendous job bringing out the humour and lyricism of Miller that my Beckett-esque mental voice tends to miss. Third time through, caved in and finally listened to my first audiobook. ![]() |