The album First Dance,
by Amy Lauren,
was released on August 11, 2011.
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Sunday, August 11, 2024
On this day in movie history - The Greene Murder Case (1929):
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The
Greene Murder Case,
directed by
Frank Tuttle,
written by Louise
Long and Richard H. Digges Jr.,
based on the novel by S. S. Van Dine,
was
released in the United States on August 11, 1929.
Cast:
William Powell, Florence Eldridge, Ullrich Haupt, Sr., Jean Arthur, Eugene Pallette, E. H. Calvert, Gertrude Norman, Lowell Drew, Morgan Farley, Brandon Hurst, Augusta Burmeister, Marcia Harris.
William Powell, Florence Eldridge, Ullrich Haupt, Sr., Jean Arthur, Eugene Pallette, E. H. Calvert, Gertrude Norman, Lowell Drew, Morgan Farley, Brandon Hurst, Augusta Burmeister, Marcia Harris.
Born on this day – Laurel Goodwin:
Laurel Goodwin
Actress
August 11, 1942 – February 25, 2022
Credits:
Birth
of a Timeless Legacy (2004); Call to Danger (1968); Get Smart (1966); Girls!
Girls! Girls! (1962); Here's Hollywood (1962); Law of the Lawless (1964); Leonard
Nimoy: Star Trek Memories (1984); Mannix (1969); Papa's Delicate Condition
(1963); Premiere (1968); Run Buddy Run (1966); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Star
Trek (1966); Stroker Ace (1983); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The Beverly
Hillbillies (1967); The Bob Hope Show (1963); The Dain Curse (1978); The
Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Glory
Guys (1965); The Hero (1966); The Partners (1971); The Roddenberry Archive: The
Cage (2022); The Virginian (1964).
Born on this day – Carl Möhner:
Carl Möhner
Actor
Director
Writer
Painter
August 11, 1921 – January
14, 2005
Born on this day – Enid Blyton:
Enid
Blyton
Writer
August 11, 1897 – November 28, 1968
Credits:
Books:
A Very Special Birthday
(2010); Adventure of the Wishing Chair (1937); Adventure Stories (1960); Amelia
Jane Again (1946); At Appletree Farm (1944); Before I Go to Sleep (1947); Benjy
and the Others (1955); Bible Stories from the New Testament (1955); Bible
Stories from the Old Testament (1955); Brer Bear's Red Carrots (1987); Brer
Rabbit Again (1963); Brer Rabbit and His Friends (1948); Brer Rabbit Book (1948);
Brer Rabbit's a Rascal (1965); Child Whispers (poems) (1922); Chimney Corner
Stories (1963); Christmas Treats (2017); Circus Days Again (1942); Claudine At
St. Clare's (1947); Come Along Twins (1952); Come to the Circus (1948); Deadlier:
100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women (2017); Dog stories (1960); Don't
Be Silly, Mr. Twiddle! (1973); Down At the Farm (1952); Eight O'Clock Tales
(2017); Enid Blyton's Adventure Treasury (1999); Enid Blyton's Christmas Story
(1953); Enid Blyton's Christmas Tales (2016); Enid Blyton's Eighth Bedside Book
(1956); Enid Blyton's Happy Hours Story Book (1964); Enid Blyton's More Chimney
Corner Stories (1955); Enid Blyton's Nature Lessons (1929); Enid Blyton's
Omnibus! (1952); Enid Blyton's Santa's Workshop (1991); Enid Blyton's Treasury
(1947); Fifth Formers at St Clare's (1945); First Term at Malory Towers (1946);
Five Are Together Again (1963); Five Fall Into Adventure (1950); Five Get Into
a Fix (1958); Five Get Into Trouble / aka Five Caught in a Treacherous Plot (1949);
Five Go Adventuring Again (1942); Five Go Down to the Sea (1953); Five Go Off
in a Caravan (1946); Five Go Off to Camp / aka Five on the Track of a Spook
Train (1948); Five Go to Billycock Hill (1957); Five Go to Demon's Rocks (1961);
Five Go to Mystery Moor (1954); Five Go to Smuggler's Top (1945); Five Have a Mystery
to Solve (1962); Five Have a Puzzling Time (1995); Five Have a Wonderful Time
(1952); Five Have Plenty of Fun (1955); Five O'Clock Tales (2017); Five On a
Hike Together (1951); Five On a Secret Trail (1956); Five On a Treasure Island
(1942); Five On Finniston Farm (1960); Five On Kirrin Island Again (1947); Five
Run Away Together / aka Five Run Away to Danger (1944); Five-Minute Summer
Stories (2024); Four in a Family (1956); Fun for the Secret Seven / aka The
Secret Seven and the Case of the Old Horse (1963); Giantland (2009); Go Ahead
Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven Get Their Man (1953); Gobbo (2008); Good
Old Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Old Fort Adventure (1960); Good
Old Timmy and Other Stories (2017); Good Work Secret Seven / aka The Secret
Seven and the Case of the Stolen Car (1954); Hallo, Little Mary Mouse (1945); Hedgerow
Tales (1986); Hello Mr. Twiddle (1968); Hello Twins (1951); Here Come the Twins
(1953); Here Comes Mary Mouse Again (1947); Heyo, Brer Rabbit! (1938); Hide and
Seek Fun (2009); Holiday House (1955); Hollow Tree House (1945); Hurrah for the
Circus! (1939); I'll Tell You Another Story (1943); In the Fifth at Malory
Towers (1950); Last Term at Malory Towers (1951); Let's Garden (1948); Let's Go
to the Circus (1951); Look Out Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case
of the Missing Medals (1962); Martha Monkey (2008); Mary Mouse and Her Family
(1946); Mischief Again! (1955); More About Amelia Jane! (1974); More Adventures
of Mary Mouse (1943); More Adventures on Willow Farm (1942); Mr Plod (2008); Mr.
Galliano's Circus (1938); Mr. Pink-Whistle's Party (1971); My Third Enid Blyton
Book (1955); Mystery Stories (1960); Naughty Amelia Jane (1946); Noddy and His
Car (1951); Noddy and His Friends (1993); Noddy and the Bunkey (1959); Noddy
and the Pirates (2009); Noddy and the Tootles (1962); Noddy at the Seaside
(2010); Noddy Goes to School (1990); Noddy Goes to Toyland (2010); Noddy Goes
Vroom! (2009); Noddy Has an Adventure (1958); Noddy in the Land of Spells and
Top Speed the Golly (1970); Noddy Meets Father Christmas (2009); Peter and the
Magic Shadow (2004); Puzzle for the Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the
Case of the Music Lover (1958); Rubbalong Tales (1949); Secret Seven Adventure /
aka The Secret Seven and the Circus Adventure (1950); Secret Seven Fireworks / aka
The Secret Seven and the Bonfire Adventure (1959); Secret Seven Mystery / aka
The Secret Seven and the Missing Girl Mystery (1957); Secret Seven On the Trail
/ aka The Secret Seven and the Railroad Mystery (1952); Secret Seven Win
Through / aka The Secret Seven and the Hidden Cave Adventure (1955); Seven
O'Clock Tales (2017); Shadow and Johnny (1987); Shadow in Trouble (1987); Shadow
Learns a Lesson (1987); Shadow the Sheep Dog (1942); Shadow to the Rescue (1987);
Shock for the Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Dog Lover
(1961); Six Cousins Again (1950); Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm (1948); Six
O'Clock Tales (2017); Smuggler Ben (1943); Snowball the Pony (1953); Spellworld
(2009); Springtime Stories (2018); Stories of Magic and Mischief (2018); Stories
of Wizards and Witches (2017); Stories of Wonders and Wishes (2022); Story Book
of Jesus (1956); Summer Holiday Stories (2017); Summer Term at St Clare's (1943);
Summertime Stories (2018); Sunny Stories (2018); Tales of Betsy-May (1940); Tales
of Brer Rabbit: Retold (1928); Tales of Green Hedges (1946); Tales of the Twins
(1948); Tales of Toyland (2013); The Adventure of the Secret Necklace (1954); The
Adventure of the Strange Ruby (1960); The Adventures of Scamp (1943); The
Adventurous Four (1941); The Adventurous Four Again (1947); The Bonfire Folk
(1984); The Boy Next Door (1944); The Boy Who Came Back (1965); The Boy Who
Wanted a Dog (1963); The Boy With the Loaves and the Fishes (1948); The Brown
Family (1945); The Buttercup Farm Family (1951); The Caravan Family (1945); The
Castle of Adventure (1946); The Children at Green Meadows (1954); The Children
at Happy House (1946); The Children of Cherry Tree Farm (1940); The Children of
Kidillin (1940); The Children of Willow Farm (1942); The Children's Life of
Christ (1943); The Circus of Adventure (1952); The Dog with the Long Tail (1975);
The Enchanted Wood (1939); The Enid Blyton Bedtime Story Book (1980); The
Family at Red Roofs (1945); The Folk of the Faraway Tree (1946); The Four
Cousins (1961); The Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit (1942); The Goblin
Aeroplane and Other Stories (1986); The Golliwog Grumbled (1954); The Happy
House Children (1966); The Happy House Children Again (1947); The Hidey Hole
(1932); The House at the Corner (1947); The Island of Adventure (1944); The
Island of Surprises (2009); The Land of Blue Mountains (1993); The Land of
Fairytales (2009); The Land of Far-Beyond (1942); The Land of Mythical
Creatures (2009); The Little Girl at Capernaum (1948); The Little White Duck
(1946); The Magic Brush (1942); The Magic Faraway Tree (1943); The Magic
Watering Can (2010); The Man Who Stopped to Help (1965); The Mountain of
Adventure (1949); The Mystery of Holly Lane (1953); The Mystery of the Banshee
Towers (1961); The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (1943); The Mystery of the
Disappearing Cat (1944); The Mystery of the Hidden House (1948); The Mystery of
the Invisible Thief (1950); The Mystery of the Missing Man (1956); The Mystery
of the Missing Necklace (1947); The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat (1949); The
Mystery of the Secret Room (1945); The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters (1946); The
Mystery of the Strange Bundle (1952); The Mystery of the Strange Messages (1957);
The Mystery of the Tally-Ho Cottage (1954); The Mystery of the Vanished Prince
(1951); The Mystery That Never Was (1961); The Naughtiest Girl Again (1942); The
Naughtiest Girl in the School (1940); The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor (1945); The
Night The Toys Had A Party (1991); The O'clock Tales (2010); The O'Sullivan
Twins (1942); The Pole Star Family (1950); The Put-Em-Rights (1946); The Queen
Elizabeth Family (1951); The Queer Adventure (1952); The Ragamuffin Mystery
(1959); The Rat-A-Tat Mystery (1956); The Rilloby Fair Mystery (1950); The Ring
O'Bells Mystery (1951); The River of Adventure (1955); The Rockingdown Mystery
(1949); The Rubadub Mystery (1952); The Saucy Jane Family (1947); The Sea of
Adventure (1948); The Seaside Family (1950); The Second Form at Malory Towers
(1947); The Second form at St Clare's (1944); The Second Holiday Book (1947); The
Secret Island (1938); The Secret Mountain (1941); The Secret of Cliff Castle
(1947); The Secret of Killimooin (1943); The Secret of Moon Castle (1953); The
Secret of Spiggy holes (1940); The Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the
Mystery of the Empty House (1948); The Secret Seven Short Story Collection
(1997); The Ship of Adventure (1950); The Six Bad Boys (1951); The Sixth
holiday Book (1951); The Smith Family (1947); The Sneezing Dog and Other
Stories (1993); The Story of My Life (1952); The Tenth Holiday Book (1955); The
Three Golliwogs (1946); The Treasure Hunters (1940); The Troublesome Three
(1955); The Twins at St Clare's (1941); The Upper Fourth at Malory Towers (1949);
The Valley of Adventure (1947); The Very Big Secret (1952); The Wishing Chair
Again (1950); The Wishing Chair Collections (2002); They Ran Away Together
(1948); Third Year at Malory Towers (1948); Those Dreadful Children (1949); Three
Boys and a Circus (1940); Three Cheers Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and
the Grim Secret (1956); Trouble for the Twins (1964); Up the Faraway Tree (1951);
Visitors in the Night (1953); Welcome Mary Mouse (1950); Well Done Secret Seven
/ aka The Secret Seven and the Tree House Adventure (1951); Well, Really, Mr.
Twiddle! (1968); What an Adventure (1950); Winter Stories (2018); Winter
Wonderland (2009); World Book Day 2017.
Movies and television:
À
la vitrine du libraire (1963–1968); Adventures of Noddy (1955); Circus of
Adventure (1995); De 5 i fedtefadet (1970); De 5 og spionerne (1969); Famous
Five (2012); Famous Five 2 (2013); Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1964); Five on
a Treasure Island (1957); Fünf Freunde 3 (2014); Hanni & Nanni (2010); Hanni
& Nanni 3 (2013); Hanni & Nanni: Mehr als beste Freunde (2017); Hanni
and Nanni 2 (2012); Jackanory (1974–1986); Lilalu im Schepperland (2000–2001); Make
Way for Noddy (2001–2003); Malory Towers (2020–2024); Noddy (1975); Noddy
(1998–2000); Noddy Goes to Toyland (1963); Noddy in Toyland (1957); Noddy Saves
Christmas (2004); Noddy: Anything Can Happen at Christmas (1998); Noddy's
Playtime (1992); Noddy's Toyland Adventures (1993); Personality Meet: Enid
Blyton (1946); Readers and Writers (1951); Secret Lives (1996); Success Story
(1974); The Castle of Adventure (1990); The Comic Strip Presents (1982); The
Enid Blyton Adventure Series (1996); The Enid Blyton Secret Series (1997–1998);
The Famous Five (1978–1997); The Famous Five (2023); The Famous Five Adventure
Game (2018); The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs (2018); The Famous
Five: Five on a Treasure Island (1991); The Island of Adventure (1981); The
Magic Faraway Tree (2024); The Project (2010); The Twins at St. Clare's (1991).
Born on this day – Hobart Bosworth:
Hobart Bosworth
Actor
Director
Writer
Producer
August 11, 1867
– December 30, 1943
Credits:
A Child of the
Wilderness (1912); A Counterfeit Santa Claus (1911); A Cowboy Damon and Pythias
(1912); A Crucial Test (1912); A Cup of Cold Water (1911); A Frontier Girl's
Courage (1911); A Little Brother of the Rich (1915); A Man of Peace (1928); A
Messenger to Kearney (1912); A Modern Rip (1911); A Mormon Maid (1917); A Night
Out (1912); A Painter's Idyl (1911); A Plain Girl's Love (1913); A
Reconstructed Rebel (1912); A Sacrifice to Civilization (1911); A Tale of the
Sea (1910); A Thousand to One (1920); A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1920); A
Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920); A Wise Old
Elephant (1913); A Woman of Affairs (1928); Abraham Lincoln (1930); Across the
Plains (1910); After the Storm (1928); Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913); Altar of the
Aztecs (1913); An Englishman's Honor (1911); An Indian Vestal (1911); An
Odyssey of the North (1914); Annapolis (1928); Annie Laurie (1927); Arthur
Preston Hankins (1912); As a Father Spareth His Son (1913); As Told by Princess
Bess (1912); Atala (1912); Baby Peggy, the Elephant in the Room (2012); Behind
the Door (1919); Below the Surface (1920); Betrayed (1917); Betty in Search of
a Thrill (1915); Blackbeard (1911); Blind Hearts (1921); Boots and Saddles (1909);
Bread (1924); Briton and Boer (1909); Buck Richards' Bride (1913); Buckshot
John (1915); Bullet Scars (1942); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Bunkie (1912); Burning
Daylight (1914); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in
Alaska (1914); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in
Civilization (1914); Business Is Business (1915); Captain January (1924); Carnival
Boat (1932); Chickie (1925); Coals of Fire (1911); Colorado (1915); Damon and
Pythias (1908); Darkfeather's Strategy (1912); Davy Crockett (1910); Dirigible
(1931); Disillusioned (1912); Doctor Neighbor (1916); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908);
Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930); Escape from Crime (1942); Eternal Love (1929);
Evangeline (1911); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); Fate Fashions a Letter (1913); Fatherhood
(1915); Fighting Bob (1909); Freckles (1917 / 1928); General Crack (1929); General
Spanky (1936); George Warrington's Escape (1911); Getting Atmosphere (1912); Greater
Wealth (1913); Hangman's House (1928); Harbor Island (1912); He Fell in Love
with His Wife (1916); Hearts of Oak (1924); Hello, 'Frisco (1924); Help Wanted
(1915); Her Guardian (1913); His Own Law (1920); Hollywood Extra Girl (1935); Hollywood
Without Make-Up (1963); Hurricane (1929); I Was Framed (1942); If I Marry Again
(1925); In God We Trust (1913); In Old California When the Gringos Came (1911);
In the Badlands (1909); In the Days of Gold (1911); In the Days of Witchcraft (1913);
In the Frozen North (1910); In the Great Northwest (1910); In the Midst of the
Jungle (1913); In the Palace of the King (1923); In the Shadow of the Pines (1911);
In the Sultan's Power (1909); In the Tents of the Asra (1912); It Happened in
the West (1911); Joan the Woman (1916); John Barleycorn (1914); John Colter's
Escape (1912); John Oakhurst, Gambler (1911); Just Imagine (1930); Justinian
and Theodora (1910); King of the Mountain (1929); King of the Sierras (1938); Lady
for a Day (1933); Land Sharks vs. Sea Dogs (1912); Law of the Tropics (1941); Little
Church Around the Corner (1923); Little Injin (1911); Little Sunset (1915); Lost
and Won (1911); Mammy (1930); Man Alone (1923); Martin Eden (1914); McKee
Rankin's '49' (1911); Merely a Millionaire (1912); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Miss
Aubry's Love Affair (1912); Monte Cristo (1912); Music in the Air (1934); My
Best Girl (1927); My Son (1925); Name the Man! (1924); Nan of the Woods (1913);
Nearly a Lady (1915); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); No Greater Love
(1932); Oliver Twist (1916); On Thanksgiving Day (1908); On the Border (1909); On
the Little Big Horn or Custer's Last Stand (1909); One Foot in Heaven (1941); One
of Nature's Noblemen (1911); Peck's Bad Boy / Together We Live (1935); Personality
Parade (1938); Pierre of the North (1913); Pine Ridge Feud (1909); Portia on
Trial (1937); Pretty Mrs. Smith (1915); Range Pals (1911); Rip Van Winkle (1908);
Rivals (1912); Rollin' Plains (1938); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Saved from the
Snow (1911); Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (1941); Screen Snapshots Series
22, No 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 2 (1923); Screen Snapshots,
Series 4, No. 7 (1923); Seeds of Silver (1913); Shipmates (1931); Show of Shows
(1929); Sin Town (1942); Sit Tight (1931); Songs of Truce (1913); Souls for
Sale (1923); Spangles (1926); Stability vs. Nobility (1911); Steamboat Round
the Bend (1935); Steel Preferred (1925); Sundown (1924); Susan Lenox (Her Fall
and Rise) (1931); Tainted Money (1915); Tenderfoot Bob's Regeneration (1912); The
Artist and the Brute (1913); The Awakening (1912); The Barge Man of Old Holland
(1910); The Beachcomber (1915); The Beaded Buckskin Bag (1913); The Big Parade
(1925); The Blood Ship (1927); The Bootlegger (1911); The Border Legion (1918);
The Brute Master (1920); The Buccaneers (1911); The Caprices of Kitty (1915); The
Chechako (1914); The Chief's Daughter (1911); The Chinese Parrot (1927); The
Christian Martyrs (1909); The Code of Honor (1911); The Common Enemy (1910); The
Common Law (1923); The Convert of San Clemente (1911); The Count of Monte
Cristo (1908); The Country Mouse (1914); The County Fair (1932); The Courtship
of Miles Standish (1910); The Crusades (1935); The Cup of Life (1921); The
Danites (1912); The Dark Hour (1936); The Devil's Holiday (1930); The
Devil-Stone (1917); The End of the Romance (1912); The Eternal Three (1923); The
Eye of Conscience (1911); The Far Cry (1926); The Fisherboy's Faith (1912); The
Foolish Matrons (1921); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Girl and the Judge (1913); The
Girl of the Lighthouse (1912); The Girl of the Mountains (1912); The Golden
Strain (1925); The Half-Way Girl (1925); The Hand of Fate (1912); The Haven of
Refuge (1911); The Hobo (1912); The Inner Shrine (1917); The Iron Hand (1916); The
Junior Officer (1912); The Keeper of the Bees (1935); The Knight Errant (1911);
The Last of the Mohicans (1932); The Legend of the Lost Arrow (1912); The
Leopard Queen (1909); The Little American (1917); The Little Circus Rider (1911);
The Long Trail (1910); The Love of an Island Maid (1912); The Love of Penelope
(1913); The Maid at the Helm (1911); The Man Higher Up (1929); The Man Life
Passed By (1923); The Mate of the Alden Bessie (1912); The Miracle Man (1932); The
Nervous Wreck (1926); The New Faith (1911); The Novice (1911); The Office Wife
(1930); The Other Fellow (1912); The Padre (1911); The Phantom Express (1932); The
Pirate's Daughter (1912); The Polo Substitute (1912); The Price He Paid (1912);
The Professor's Wooing (1912); The Profligate (1911); The Pursuit of the
Phantom (1914); The Rancher's Failing (1913); The Right Name, But the Wrong Man
(1911); The Roman (1910); The Sanitarium (1910); The Sawdust Paradise (1928); The
Scarlet Sin (1915); The Schoolmaster of Mariposa (1910); The Sea Lion (1921); The
Sea Wolf (1913); The Secret of Treasure Island (1938); The Sergeant (1910); The
Sheriff (1910); The Sheriff of Tuolomne (1911); The Shrinking Rawhide (1912); The
Silent Watcher (1924); The Smart Set (1928); The Spirit of '76 (1908); The Spy
(1911); The Stampede (1909); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The Substitute
Model (1912); The Target (1916); The Tenderfoot (1909); The Test (1912); The
Third Alarm (1930); The Totem Mark (1911); The Trade Gun Bullet (1912); The
Traitor (1914); The Unseen Defense (1913); The Valley of the Moon (1914); The
Vintage of Fate (1912); The Vision Beautiful (1912); The Voyager: A Tale of Old
Canada (1911); The Way of the World (1916); The White Medicine Man (1911); The
White Scar (1915); The Woman God Forgot (1917); The Woman on the Jury (1924); The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910); The Yaqui (1916); The Young Mrs. Eames (1913); Thelma
(1911); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); This Modern Age (1931); Three
Hours (1927); Through the Dark (1924); 'Twas Ever Thus (1915); Two Men of Sandy
Bar (1916); Unconquered (1917); Unto Us a Child Is Born (1911); Up San Juan
Hill (1909); Vanity Fair (1923); What Money Can't Buy (1917); When Edith Played
Judge and Jury (1912); White Hands (1922); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wild
Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Wildcat Trooper (1936); Willie (1910); Winds of
Chance (1925); Wolves of the Sea (1936); Yankee Doodle Dixie (1913); Zander the
Great (1925).
Recommended reading - No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality (2020):
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No Time Like the Future:
An Optimist Considers Mortality (2020).
By Michael J. Fox.
Published by Flatiron
Books.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1250265630
ISBN-13: 978-1250265630
Description:
The entire world knows
Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to
the Future; as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties; as Mike Flaherty in Spin
City; and through numerous other movie roles and guest appearances on shows
such as The Good Wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Diagnosed at age
29, Michael is equally engaged in Parkinson’s advocacy work, raising global
awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael J. Fox
Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the world’s leading non-profit funder of
PD science. His two previous bestselling memoirs, Lucky Man and Always
Looking Up, dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while
exhibiting his iconic optimism. His new memoir reassesses this outlook, as
events in the past decade presented additional challenges.
In No Time Like the
Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael shares personal stories
and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and
friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach
mortality. Thoughtful and moving, but with Fox’s trademark sense of humor, his
book provides a vehicle for reflection about our lives, our loves, and our
losses.
Running through the
narrative is the drama of the medical madness Fox recently experienced, that
included his daily negotiations with the Parkinson’s disease he’s had since
1991, and a spinal cord issue that necessitated immediate surgery. His
challenge to learn how to walk again, only to suffer a devastating fall, nearly
caused him to ditch his trademark optimism and “get out of the lemonade
business altogether.”
Does
he make it all of the way back? Read the book.
Recommended reading - The Embezzler (1940):
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The Embezzler (1940).
aka Money and the
Woman.
By James M. Cain.
Published by Avon
Books, Inc.
Paperback novella.
ASIN: B002MICS6C
Description:
A bank employee’s wife
teams up with his boss – with fatal results – in this noir novella by the
legendary author of The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Despite an ulcer that
requires surgery, workaholic Charles Brent doesn’t want to take time off from
his job as a head teller at the bank. What eventually convinces him to give in
and take a break is the prospect of his young wife, Sheila, temporarily taking
over his responsibilities. Then, in Charles’s absence, his wife and his boss
discover the embezzlement he’s been hiding—and the reason behind it. But
instead of reporting Charles, the two form a pact . . .
Originally published
under the title Money and the Woman, The Embezzler is a standout
novella from James M. Cain, celebrated crime writer and master of the noir
thriller.
“James M. Cain is one
novelist who has something to teach just about any writer, and delight just
about any reader.” – Anne Rice, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Interview
with a Vampire.
“One
of the greats of American noir.” – The Guardian.
Betsy Byars, on reading and writing:
For me, reading books
and writing them are tied together.
The words of other writers teach me and
refresh me and inspire me.
- Betsy Byars.
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