Choices The Ulysses Long Story A Long Time Coming

Author : Chris Warner
Publisher : Wagon Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Choices: The Ulysses Long Story: A Long Time Coming by Chris Warner Pdf

A Long Time Coming...The Ulysses Long Story By Ulysses Long with Chris Warner One fleeting moment can derail a life. A youthful mistake that netted him $6.50 ultimately bore a 130-year prison sentence. In 1968, Ulysses Long was 25. An honorably discharged Air Force veteran of three years, he was a free spirit on the streets of New Orleans, hanging out on corners, chasing girls and good times. He was young and extremely naïve. An emotional roller coaster ride, the Ulysses Long Story follows Ulysses from the bustling New Orleans riverfront docks to the perilous prison conditions of Angola State Penitentiary, and finally to Baton Rouge--the viper pit of Louisiana politics. Ulysses maintained a sense of right throughout his time among the brutal social circles of the Angola State Penitentiary. He persevered to freedom through the twisted, bureaucratic manipulations of a racist judicial system during a time when Louisiana was reluctant to make the United States Constitution work for blacks. Ulysses survived his tortuous twenty-year odyssey through uncanny personal strength. Anger at the incredible odds against him would have been understandable. And yet, anger did not fuel his crusade for freedom, nor does bitterness taint his story. Hope is the main character. In time, Long finds faith and friendship in an unlikely knight, LSU Basketball Coach Dale Brown, that leads to his eventual pardon by Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards. The subject of a forthcoming George Soros Open Society Institute documentary titled, New Orleans Justice (N.O. Justice), the Ulysses Long Story is a fascinating tale of corruption, greed, fear and faith. This is not a scared straight story. It s an honest lesson in personal responsibility, a lasting testament of human faith, and an indelible tribute to the ultimate power of hope.

Author : Kate DiCamillo
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763667245

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Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo Pdf

Winner of the 2014 Newbery Medal Holy unanticipated occurrences! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in a genre-breaking new novel by master storyteller Kate DiCamillo. It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is just the right person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the squirrel) has been born anew, with powers of strength, flight, and misspelled poetry — and that Flora will be changed too, as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart. From #1 New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo comes a laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters and featuring an exciting new format — a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black-and-white by up-and-coming artist K. G. Campbell.

Author : George Loewenstein,Jon Elster
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1992-10-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610443654

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Choice Over Time by George Loewenstein,Jon Elster Pdf

Many of our most urgent national problems suggest a widespread lack of concern for the future. Alarming economic conditions, such as low national savings rates, declining corporate investment in long-term capital projects, and ballooning private and public debt are matched by such social ills as diminished educational achievement, environmental degradation, and high rates of infant mortality, crime, and teenage pregnancy. At the heart of all these troubles lies an important behavioral phenomenon: in the role of consumer, manager, voter, student, or parent, many Americans choose inferior but immediate rewards over greater long-term benefits. Choice Over Time offers a rich sampling of original research on intertemporal choice—how and why people decide between immediate and delayed consequences—from a broad range of theoretical and methodological perspectives in philosophy, political science, psychology, and economics. George Loewenstein, Jon Elster, and their distinguished colleagues review existing theories and forge new approaches to understanding significant questions: Why do people seem to "discount" future benefits? Do individuals use the same decision-making strategy in all aspects of their lives? What part is played by situational factors such as the certainty of delayed consequences? How are decisions affected by personal factors such as willpower and taste? In addressing these issues, the contributors to Choice Over Time address many social, economic, psychological, and personal time problems. Their work demonstrates the predictive power of short-term preferences in behavior as varied as addiction and phobia, the effect of prices on consumption, and the dramatic rise in debt and decline in savings. Choice Over Time provides an essential source for the most recent research and theory on intertemporal choice, offering new models for time preference patterns—and their aberrations—and presenting a diversity of potential solutions to the problem of "temporal myopia."

Author : James Joyce
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547806448

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ULYSSES (Modern Classics Series) by James Joyce Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "ULYSSES (Modern Classics Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It is considered to be one of the most important works of modernist literature, and has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement". Ulysses chronicles the peripatetic appointments and encounters of Leopold Bloom in Dublin in the course of an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Ulysses is the Latinised name of Odysseus, the hero of Homer's epic poem Odyssey, and the novel establishes a series of parallels between its characters and events and those of the poem (the correspondence of Leopold Bloom to Odysseus, Molly Bloom to Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus to Telemachus). Joyce divided Ulysses into 18 chapters or "episodes". At first glance much of the book may appear unstructured and chaotic; Joyce once said that he had "put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant", which would earn the novel "immortality". James Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses, the short-story collection Dubliners, and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Finnegans Wake.

Author : Nemo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000646706

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The Poetical Magazine: Being a Selection of Poems by Nemo Pdf

Author : Owen Wister
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547809319

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OWEN WISTER Ultimate Collection: Historical Novels, Western Classics, Adventure & Romance Stories (Including Non-Fiction Historical Works) by Owen Wister Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "OWEN WISTER Ultimate Collection: Historical Novels, Western Classics, Adventure & Romance Stories (Including Non-Fiction Historical Works)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. When he started writing, he naturally inclined towards fiction set on the western frontier. Wister's most famous work remains the novel The Virginian, set in the Wild West. It describes the life of a cowboy who is a natural aristocrat, set against a highly mythologized version of the Johnson County War and taking the side of the large land owners. The Virginian paved the way for many more westerns by such authors as Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, and several others. It is also widely regarded as being the first cowboy novel. Table of Contents: The Dragon of Wantley Lin McLean The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University Lady Baltimore Padre Ignacio: or, the Song of Temptation Red Man and White Little Big Horn Medicine Specimen Jones The Serenade At Siskiyuo The General's Bluff Salvation Gap The Second Missouri Compromise La Tinaja Bonita A Pilgrim on the Gila The Jimmyjohn Boss A Kinsman of Red Cloud Sharon's Choice Napoleon Shave-Tail Twenty Minutes for Refreshments The Promised Land Hank's Woman Mother How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee Non-Fiction: Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat The Pentecost of Calamity A Straight Deal; Or, The Ancient Grudge

Author : John Swanson
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781609112158

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God, Science and the Universe by John Swanson Pdf

No religion that claims to be relevant in today's world can ignore the truths that science teaches us. Nor can it ignore the spiritual values and teachings of past generations. The deep religious heritage of humanity is like a pirate's buried treasure chest. The ancient chest decays into rotten wood and rusty iron, but the precious jewels inside remain as fresh as the day they were buried. They need only to be reclaimed and then placed in a fresh container. The same is true for our religious heritage. Religion today is undergoing a radical transformation that is affecting all aspects of our lives. This book presents a synthesis between traditional values and our changing understanding of the universe. We live in an age of science and technology that profoundly affects the way we see things. God, Science and the Universe presents the outline for a new faith grounded in the natural world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044089267819

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Literary World; Choice Readings from the Best New Books, with Critical Reviews by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Sociology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005634659

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Mid-American Review of Sociology by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : UCAL:B2892315

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Choice Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Owen Wister
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732662531

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The JimmyJohn Boss and Other Stories by Owen Wister Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The JimmyJohn Boss and Other Stories by Owen Wister

Author : Owen Wister,John Fox Jr,Mary Austin,Ernest Haycox,Robert E. Howards
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788577777051

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Big Book of Best Short Stories by Owen Wister,John Fox Jr,Mary Austin,Ernest Haycox,Robert E. Howards Pdf

This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers. The theme of this edition is: Western. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Owen Wister. - John Fox Jr. - Mary Austin. - Ernest Haycox. - Robert E. Howards.

Author : Owen Wister
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788577776948

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7 Best Short Stories by Owen Wister by Owen Wister Pdf

Owen Wister was an American novelist whose novel The Virginian (1902) helped establish the cowboy as a folk hero in the United States and the western as a legitimate genre of literature. The Virginian is the prototypical western novel and, arguably, the work most responsible for the romanticized view of the West that is an important part of American cultural identity. This book contains: - The Jimmyjohn Boss. - A Kinsman of Red Cloud. - Sharon's Choice. - Napoleon Shave-Tail. - Twenty Minutes for Refreshments. - The Promised Land. - Hank's Woman.

Author : Anthony Hope,E. Pauline Johnson,Harvey J. O'Higgins,John Fox Jr.,Mary Roberts Rinehart,Neith Boyce,W. C. Morrow,Wilhelm Hauff,August Nemo
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 1185 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783967999112

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Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 15 by Anthony Hope,E. Pauline Johnson,Harvey J. O'Higgins,John Fox Jr.,Mary Roberts Rinehart,Neith Boyce,W. C. Morrow,Wilhelm Hauff,August Nemo Pdf

This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: W. C. Morrow: - His Unconquerable Enemy. - A Game Of Honor. - The Resurrection Of Little Wang Tai. - Two Singular Men. - The Faithful Amulet. - Over An Absinthe Bottle. - The Hero Of The Plague.Wilhelm Hauff: - The Severed Hand. - The Cold Heart. - The Little Glass Man. - The Story Of The Caliph Stork. - The Story Of Little Muck. - Nose, The Dwarf. - How The Stories Were Found.Rabindranath Tagore: - The Cabuliwallah. - The Home-Coming. - Onde There Was A King. - The Child's Return. - Master Mashai. - Subha. - The Postmaster.Owen Wister: - The Jimmyjohn Boss. - A Kinsman of Red Cloud. - Sharon's Choice. - Napoleon Shave-Tail. - Twenty Minutes for Refreshments. - The Promised Land. - Hank's Woman.Neith Boyce: - Two Women. - Sophia. - Molly. - The Blue Hood. - Love in a Dutch Garden. - Navidad. - The Mother.Mary Roberts Rinehart: - Affinities. - The Family Friend. - Clara's Little Escapade. - The Borrowed House. - Sauce For The Gander. - Twenty-Two. - Jane.John Fox Jr: - On Hell-Fer-Sartain Creek. - Through The Gap. - A Trick O' Trade. - Grayson's Baby. - Courtin' On Cutshin. - The Message In The Sand. - The Senator's Last Trade.Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins: - Silent Sam. - His Mother. - In The Matter Of Art. - Tammany's Tithes. - The Devil's Doings. - The Hired Man. - Larkin.E. Pauline Johnson: - The Shagganappi. - A Red Girl's Reasoning. - The King's Coin. - The Derelict. - Little Wolf-Willow. - Her Majesty's Guest. - The Brotherhood.Anthony Hope: - The Adventure of Lady Ursula. - AspirationsExplanations. - A Cut and a Kiss. - Promising. - Imagination. - Uncle John and the Rubies. - Lucifera.

Author : Owen Wister,John Fox Jr.,Mary Austin,Ernest Haycox,Robert E. Howard,August Nemo
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783968583303

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Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Western 2 by Owen Wister,John Fox Jr.,Mary Austin,Ernest Haycox,Robert E. Howard,August Nemo Pdf

This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers.The theme of this edition is: Western. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Owen Wister. - John Fox Jr. - Mary Austin. - Ernest Haycox. - Robert E. Howards.