Bøger af Don Hall

This book is a historical romance based on true events. The story takes place in northeastern Pennsylvania in the 1800s during the Civil War. John Doud, Jr. is a young, hard-working farmer who woos and wins a neighboring farmer's daughter, Elizabeth Hall. This young couple experiences both immense happiness and soul-wrenching heartache. The story of their indomitable faith in a loving God is living proof that God heals the broken-hearted.

Every casino is the same physical space. No windows, no clocks, the Feng Shui of confusion with ranks of slot machines, blackjack tables, carpet with a labyrinthian design, cocktail waitresses with trays of drinks in plastic cups, the constant promise of the quick buck and a timeless oasis of ups and downs, hope and despair. Some are palaces, others are dumps, all offer something subversive and, underneath the smell of smoke, whiskey, and oddly manufactured air deodorizer, a whiff of possibility. What sets one casino from another is the people who decide that this place is *the* place, their place. Las Vegas did have a place for me but it wasn't anything like I imagined. A building is just a building but the Wild Wild West was something so much more, so much seedier and alive, than the tried and true dazzle of this circus in the desert that it felt like *the* place, my place. Part memoir, part history of Las Vegas, "Casino at the End of the World" is a as wild and seedy as the place it memorializes.

"More Spock, Less Kirk" is a metaphor for seeking to become more rational than irrational, more pragmatic than impulsive. This series of essays are conclusions of a self described James Kirk type as he works to see the world through a more Spock-like perspective. From examining the concepts of white privilege, historical revisionism, and transactional relationships to dealing with the untimely overdose of a nephew, Hall is trying to find an ideological place in between the extreme partisans making the most noise these days.

The Regeneration Handbook offers an abundance of insights, stories, tools, and resources for experienced and aspiring changemakers to step into their power. By introducing readers to a different kind of activism, based on natural and universal patterns, it points the way to a truly just and regenerative future.

Coming of Age and Growing Old - hilarious and entertaining, with a Punch! Sure, this could be anybody but it may remind you of a very famous somebody ... you!

Don Hall served as host of The Moth Story Slams in Chicago for five years. For each theme, he composed a word jazz introduction. This is a collection of a few of these pieces.

"My ex-wife is a whore" is one of the most common phrases known to modern society. In Don Hall's case, it is the literal truth.After a confession that blows his life up, Hall-through a series of essays and sixteen short stories-clumsily navigates his membership in a very select club. Shock turns to grief which transforms to rage and finally acceptance, his story is an extreme in a sea of common infidelity."I Didn't Marry a Prostitute... is a journey of healing through the fallout from an emotional nuclear devastation. It shows the power of exorcising demons by writing what you know. Part therapy, part what the hell!?, these stories are entertaining cautionary tales of beating hindsight to the punch."-David Himmel, author of The Last DJ: The Life and Times of a 20-Something Oldies Radio Disc Jockey

Sky Pilot is a story of a community that finds its voice as the racial and social fabric of America post World War II is beginning to change. Post-war Chicago is a place of opportunity for those not afraid to take it. The Pellegrino family has a comfortable business running all the gambling and much of the wholesale distribution on the South Side. However, a new threat has emerged, a gang funded by a mysterious leader takes over the numbers racket. At the moral center of the story is Joe Flint, a lawyer, whose connections, smarts and willingness to dig deep help guide a cast of characters to come to terms with their lives and the changes around them. Follow the business dealings, romantic entanglements and coming and goings of the staff and patients of the Heaven-Up Convalescent Home as the surrounding turmoil deeply affects their lives and how they interact with each other.

After Brett Kavanaugh referenced "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" as a cultural landmark in his sexual assaulting youth and the realization that I am exactly the same age as the SCOTUS justice, it was time to go back and revisit fourteen comedies from the 1980's to see which hold up in the cultural shift of 2020.Includes breakdowns of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," "Stripes," "Revenge of the Nerds," and "Weird Science" plus ten more you might remember.

It's finally here! The follow-up to 2018's crusty, snarky "Belief is a Sledgehammer" has arrived every bit as angry and full of tidbits to live by as that celebrated tome.Complete with hundreds of beliefs and commentary about the chaotic world we've been living in, the book includes essays including: WHEN THE WORLD IS ON FIRE, WHO CAN LAUGH ABOUT ANYTHING?THE FEAR MONGERING WILL BEGIN BY HITTING THE PLAY BUTTONPERFORMATIVE TRAUMA IS A DEVIL'S BARGAINYOUR LIFE IS NOT LIKE THE MOVIESTHE ERA OF UNRELENTING COMPARISONCULTURE IN REAL TIMEIF THERE IS NO EVIL, HOW CAN THERE BE GOOD?Hop on the couch or the toilet or some weird drinking game and dive in because BELIEF IS A BULLDOZER.

More Secret Life of Waldo F. Dumbsquat is the second volume in a series of books by Don Hall. In this humorous story collection, Don captures the essence of cadet life at the United States Air Force Academy. More Secret Life.describes the misadventures of Waldo F. Dumbsquat, a perpetual freshman fated to never graduate. As cadets encounter academic and military training challenges at the Blue Zoo, Waldo comes to the aid of his classmates in an amazing way. Mixing Academy mythology with cadet issue satire, Don recruits the reader into the ranks of the Cadet Wing for a laugh-filled flight.