Passages, Poems, Prayers, and Promises is a daily devotional that offers Scripture readings, poetry, and a space to record your thoughts and prayers. The perfect way to start the day!
When he died in 1983, Ross Macdonald was the best-known and most highly regarded crime-fiction writer in America. Long considered the rightful successor to the mantles of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald and his Lew Archer-novels were hailed by The New York Times as "the finest series of detective novels ever written by an American." Now, in the first full-length biography of this extraordinary and influential writer, a much fuller picture emerges of a man to whom hiding things came as second nature. While it was no secret that Ross Macdonald was the pseudonym of Kenneth Millar -- a Santa Barbara man married to another good mystery writer, Margaret Millar -- his official biography was spare. Drawing on unrestricted access to the Kenneth and Margaret Millar Archives, on more than forty years of correspondence, and on hundreds of interviews with those who knew Millar well, author Tom Nolan has done a masterful job of filling in the blanks between the psychologically complex novels and the author's life -- both secret and overt. Ross Macdonald came to crime-writing honestly. Born in northern California to Canadian parents, Kenneth Millar grew up in Ontario virtually fatherless, poor, and with a mother whose mental stability was very much in question. From the age of twelve, young Millar was fighting, stealing, and breaking social and moral laws; by his own admission, he barely escaped being a criminal. Years later, Millar would come to see himself in his tales' wrongdoers. "I don't have to be violent," he said, "My books are." How this troubled young man came to be one of the most brilliant graduate students in the history of the University of Michigan and how this writer, who excelled in a genre all too often looked down upon by literary critics, came to have a lifelong friendship with Eudora Welty are all examined in the pages of Tom Nolan's meticulous biography. We come to a sympathetic understanding of the Millars' long, and sometimes rancorous, marriage and of their life in Santa Barbara, California, with their only daughter, Linda, whose legal and emotional traumas lie at the very heart of the story. But we also follow the trajectory of a literary career that began in the pages of Manhunt and ended with the great respect of such fellow writers as Marshall McLuhan, Hugh Kenner, Nelson Algren, and Reynolds Price, and the longtime distinguished publisher Alfred A. Knopf. As Ross Macdonald: A Biography makes abundantly clear, Ross Macdonald's greatest character -- above and beyond his famous Lew Archer -- was none other than his creator, Kenneth Millar.
Cast out of the refrigerator because of a small crack, Eggbert sets out into the world, using his talent for painting to try to blend in. Eventually he realizes that cracks are everywhere and reminds us all that our flaws are perfectly natural.
This unauthorized biography of entertainment legend Diana Ross strives to give a balanced account of her life and career while giving her the historical due that seems to have escaped her previously. Captured in vivid detail are her groundbreaking performances leading the Supremes, the renowned concert in Central Park amidst a raging thunderstorm, and the peaks and valleys of the more than 40 years of her ongoing stage, studio, and screen career. The book steers clear of dry biography, in that it is interspersed with entertaining essays that capture the effect her life and career have had on fans throughout the years. This book is a must-read for anyone with an appreciation for popular culture over the last half century.
Cashing out to the countryside is one of the biggest trends of the decade. "Country Bound!" comes to the rescue as one of the most comprehensive books of its kind and shows how to "prosper in paradise". The book provides hundreds of essential tips for turning rural dreams into workable reality.
This unauthorized biography of entertainment legend Diana Ross strives to give a balanced account of her life and career while giving her the historical due that seems to have escaped her previously. Captured in vivid detail are her groundbreaking performances leading the Supremes, the renowned concert in Central Park amidst a raging thunderstorm, and the peaks and valleys of the more than 40 years of her ongoing stage, studio, and screen career. The book steers clear of dry biography, in that it is interspersed with entertaining essays that capture the effect her life and career have had on fans throughout the years. This book is a must-read for anyone with an appreciation for popular culture over the last half century.
“Hating America: The Left's Long History of Despising (and Slowly Destroying) Our Great Country” uses the keen insights, often based on first-hand dealings with those who would tear down this country, of former five-term Congressman Tom Tancredo. From his perspective as a national and international leader on border and security issues, the former history teacher and former U.S. Department of Education official deconstructs faulty conclusions and false premises by the various shades of radicals in each succeeding chapter. Tancredo, bolstered by the expertise and research of former longtime journalist, public relations practitioner and political “junkie” Phil Ross, sets the stage of attack by debunking the fallacious theories, piece by piece. Fueled by incredible minutiae about the most notorious anti-American critics, both current and from throughout history – who unbelievably consider themselves the ultimate patriots – the book makes a compelling case to debunk all of them. The fearless Tancredo, rarely a stranger to controversy when the truth is on the line, relates many never-before-published recollections and recountings. Included are some of his most-notable moments in face-to-face debates and confrontations with left-wing radicals of all stripes. Along the way, Tancredo not only deconstructs the anti-patriots, but offers viable solutions to counter them. The book is designed to illustrate how America is being literally destroyed to the core of its collective soul, as these reckless, dangerous radicals gradually but forcefully continue to gain a foothold on the American psyche. “Hating America” emerges as an extremely timely read, helping clarify why this radicalism must be stopped in its tracks as soon as possible. It is important that, to better grasp what is happening to our republic, the public must understand the historical pattern of how the Left always has despised this country by slowly destroying it.
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