Willie Sutton was born in the squalid Irish slums of Brooklyn in l901 and came of age when banks were out of control. If they weren't failing outright, causing thousands of Americans to loose their jobs and homes, they were being propped out with emergency bailouts. Trapped in a cycle of panics, depressions and soaring unemployment, Sutton saw only one way out, only one way to win the girl of his dreams.
So began the career of America's most successful bank robber. Over three decades, Sutton became so good at breaking into banks, and such a master of breaking out of prisons, police called him one of the most dangerous men in New York and the FBI put him on its first-ever MOST WANTED LIST.
But the public rooted for Sutton. He never fired a shot, after all, and his victims were merely those bloodsucking banks. When he was finally caught for good in 1952 crowds surrounded the jail and chanted his name.
It was more than poverty or rage that drove Sutton. It was one unforgettable woman. In all his crimes and confinements, his first love was never far from his thoughts.
When Sutton finally walked free on Christmas Eve of 1969, he set out to find her.
AN EXCELLENT READ!!!!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
SAFE HAVEN BY NICHOLAS SPARKS
Love hurts. There is nothing as painful as heartbreak. But in order to learn to love again, you must learn to trust again.
When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family.
But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo’s empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards . . . and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.(less)
This was a very enjoyable book to read!!!!!
When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family.
But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo’s empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards . . . and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.(less)
This was a very enjoyable book to read!!!!!
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
PROOF OF HEAVEN BY DR. EBEN ALEXANDER III
In 2008, Dr. Alexander contracted bacterial meningitis. The deadly infection soaked his brain and sent him into a deep coma.
During that week, a life slipped away, he says that h was living intensely in his mind. He was reborn into a primitive mucky Jell-o-like substance and then guided by, " a beautiful girl with high cheekbones and deep blue eyes," on the wings of a butterfly to an "immense void," that is both, "pitch black," and, "brimming with light," coming from an "orb," that interprets an all-loving God.
I loved this book!!!!!
During that week, a life slipped away, he says that h was living intensely in his mind. He was reborn into a primitive mucky Jell-o-like substance and then guided by, " a beautiful girl with high cheekbones and deep blue eyes," on the wings of a butterfly to an "immense void," that is both, "pitch black," and, "brimming with light," coming from an "orb," that interprets an all-loving God.
I loved this book!!!!!
Friday, April 12, 2013
LONG HALFTIME WALK BY BILLY LYNN
Overview
A finalist for the National Book Award!
Three minutes and forty-three seconds of intense warfare with Iraqi insurgents has transformed the eight surviving men of Bravo Squad into America's most sought-after heroes. Now they're on a media-intensive nationwide tour to reinvigorate support for the war. On this rainy Thanksgiving, the Bravos are guests of the Dallas Cowboys, slated to be part of the halftime show alongside Destiny's Child.
Among the Bravos is Specialist Billy Lynn. Surrounded by patriots sporting flag pins on their lapels and Support Our Troops bumper stickers, he is thrust into the company of the Cowboys' owner and his coterie of wealthy colleagues; a born-again Cowboys cheerleader; a veteran Hollywood producer; and supersized players eager for a vicarious taste of war. Over the course of this day, Billy will drink and brawl, yearn for home and mourn those missing, face a heart-wrenching decision, and discover pure love and a bitter wisdom far beyond his years.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
MORE OR LESS BY JEFF SHINABARGER
More or Less: Choosing a Lifestyle of Excessive Generosity
In More or Less, Jeff Shinabarger calls readers to create their own social experiments to answer the question, “What is enough?”
It all started with one idea: What would happen if we created a culture in which we gave away whatever was more than enough for us? How would our habits change if we shed the excess of money, clutter, and food in our lives? In More or Less, readers will learn how to draw a line of “enough” in their consumer choices, how to see generosity as a chance to experience freedom in a greedy world, and how to make small changes now that will help others forever. As Shinabarger reminds them, defining “enough” is more than a responsibility—it is an opportunity to give hope.(less)
It all started with one idea: What would happen if we created a culture in which we gave away whatever was more than enough for us? How would our habits change if we shed the excess of money, clutter, and food in our lives? In More or Less, readers will learn how to draw a line of “enough” in their consumer choices, how to see generosity as a chance to experience freedom in a greedy world, and how to make small changes now that will help others forever. As Shinabarger reminds them, defining “enough” is more than a responsibility—it is an opportunity to give hope.(less)
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published March 1st 2013 by David C. Cook
Monday, April 1, 2013
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO BY BORIS PASTERNAK
Dr. Zhivago is the story of the life and loves of a poet-physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he believes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Yuri Zhivago finds himself embroiled in the battle between the White Army and the Bolshevik Reds of the Russian Civil War. Set against this backdrop of cruelty and strife is Dr. Zhivago's love for the beautiful and tender Lara, the very embodiment of the pain and chaos of those cataclysmic times.
This is a classic of world literature.
This is a classic of world literature.
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