5/31/2023 0 Comments Kristin hannah night road movie![]() ![]() “A rich, multilayered reading experience, and an easy recommendation for book clubs.” - Library Journal (starred review) “…movingly written and plotted with the heartless skill of a Greek tragedy, you’ll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob.” - The Daily Mail ![]() In short, the entire range of human emotions are explored in this…hopeful book about the triumphant power of the human spirit in the process of forgiveness.” - New York Journal of Books ![]() The reader becomes a first-hand witness to the pitfalls of parenthood, mortality, heartbreak, guilt, life choices, grief, forgiveness, and much more. “ Night Road is one special book that can transform the lives of readers by influencing how they think about certain important life issues. “A rich, multilayered reading experience, and an easy recommendation for book clubs.” Library Journal (starred review) ![]() In short, the entire range of human emotions are explored in this…hopeful book about the triumphant power of the human spirit in the process of forgiveness.” -New York Journal of Books ![]()
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![]() A researcher, clinician, educator, advocate, mentor and friend to the entire sleep community and beyond, Dement is a luminary in the history of sleep medicine who helped build the sleep field with unrivaled passion, dedication and enthusiasm.ĭement’s lifetime of sleep discoveries began at the University of Chicago in the 1950s, where he joined physiologist Nathaniel Kleitman and graduate student Eugene Aserinsky, who discovered rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in 1953. The AASM regrets to announce the passing of our founding president, Dr. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Civil disobedience 1849![]() ![]() “I heartily accept the motto, ‘That government is best which governs least:’ and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. ![]() Here are the ten best quotes from his 25-page essay. He was actually annoyed when an anonymous person paid his bail because Thoreau saw his time in jail as a worthy sacrifice to protest the injustice of extortion AKA taxes. ![]() Thoreau had also spent a night in jail years earlier after refusing to pay a poll tax, which he discusses in Civil Disobedience. At this point, Thoreau had already spent his time at Walden Pond. Thoreau was 32 years old, living in Massachusetts. Henry David Thoreau believed that it was not only proper but necessary to disobey bad laws.Ĭivil Disobedience, or Resisting Civil Government as it was originally titled, was published in 1849. Although the essay was written 168 years ago, the subject of Civil Disobedience is more relevant than ever.Īs people debate the scope of government power in regards to Covid-19 lockdowns, some are openly defying the law. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments The killer inside me novel![]() ![]() From the acclaimed director of A MIGHTY HEART and 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, THE KILLER INSIDE ME is a thrill–ride that Stanley Kubrick called 'the most chilling and believable first–person story of a criminally warped mind I have ever encountered. In THE KILLER INSIDE ME' S blacker–than–noir universe, nothing is ever what it seems. But when the job brings him face to face with a gorgeous prostitute (Jessica Alba) on the edge of town, Ford' s fragile world cracks – unbridling his own dark urges. I had seen the film previously and been impressed by it on release. ![]() A quiet charmer of his idyllic West Texas town, Ford has a simple life and a pretty girl (Kate Hudson) to come home to. Thompsons novel is violent and Winterbottom presents it in stomach-churning detail. Based on the classic novel by legendary pulp writer Jim Thompson, THE KILLER INSIDE ME tells the story of handsome, unassuming small town sheriff’s deputy Lou Ford (Casey Affleck). From director Michael Winterbotton comes THE KILLER INSIDE ME which has electrified audiences at the Sundance, Berlin and Tribeca Film Festivals. ![]() |