Bøger af Richard Greene

The definitive one-volume biography of a literary legend.

Edited 3-15-2024: Wade Garrison was tried and acquitted for murder and then shot in the chest in the courtroom by a friend of the man Wade was accused of killing. Going in and out of a coma for days, Wade promised God that if he would let him have more time with his wife Sarah, and their children, he would never pick up a gun, or kill another man as long as he lived. A year has passed since that fateful day, and Wade has kept his promise to both God and Sarah. While he missed the life of a United States Marshal, Wade Garrison was happy with his simple life on his ranch near the small town of Harper, Colorado. All that changed when three men robbed the Harper Bank killing his old friend Sheriff Harry Block. When asked to help track down the three men, recover the money and bring them back for justice, he refused saying, "I don't do that anymore." Thinking the town and his son would think him a coward, Wade searched for a way out of his promise to God.

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A collection of poems on aging, such as:I See Myself Becoming OldMy closet is full of suits I don't wear anymore.Nothing I need to wear them for.There are days when I stay in my pajamas till noon.I picture my heirs looking at my wardrobe one dayasking "Can you think of anyone who can use theseor should we give them to Goodwill?"Or, "Would you like this tie as a remembrance of Dad?"As I read the obits of the recently deceased,which I took to doing a few years ago,I compare their ages to mine.Then there's the arthritis in my hands and feet.My left foot aches when I walkand I suffered a rupture in a time-worn tendon not long ago.I have more trouble lifting things and getting around.Don't jump over puddles anymorefor fear of the damage I might do coming down.(No more kicking up heels for me.)What will it be next,the incipient cataracts?My hearing isn't what it used to be.I don't think I need a hearing aid yet,though my daughter disagrees.Or will it be something unforeseenlike that ill-fated tendon?I see myself becoming old,yet it's as if I were watching it happen to somebody else.

The Broken Guitar by Richard Greene is a collection of poems about war:MemorialReading the nameof a young man who died in warsaddens us.Yet more the names of thousandsengraved in granite, or marble,their parents' hopes and dreamsinterred in stone.All that remains are a few keepsakes,and memoriesof newborns, toddlers, vulnerable boys,youths becoming men,those now sad memories,and names carved in cold stone.Who wanted those wars?Their leaders of course,but all too often those same young men,and all too oftenthose who mourn for them.

A collection of autobiographical poems by Richard Greene.Richard Greene has been writing poetry intensively since he retired from a 38-year career in international development in the mid-1990s. A lawyer by training, he fell into his development career by accident when, after law school, though planning not to practice law but interested in international affairs, he accepted an unsolicited job offer from the U.S. Agency for International Development. After a few years in Washington (or Foggy Bottom, as the location of the U.S. foreign policy establishment is known), he was assigned as legal advisor to the USAID mission in Laos and there discovered that the development business suited his interests and inclinations very well.Greene wrote poetry beginning in the 8th grade and continued through college where he studied with a Professor, Henry Rago, who later became editor of Poetry magazine, the leading U.S. poetry journal. However, he wrote few poems after law school as he became absorbed in international development, but turned back to poetry as he neared retirement.

After a breakup with her boyfriend, Linda wants to know what is it that people seem to have in their relationships, that make them seem perfect, that she doesn't have. When she's paired up with a guy (Jamal) she played in front of her clients at the salon, on a road trip, her view of him changes. And so does her feelings. And as fate would have it, their relationship is challenged from an event that they don't see coming. And it rocks their relationship. Will Linda be able to save it? Or will it be another failed relationship.

Now revised and updated with new aphorisms!Reader beware: This book contains material that disparages cherished beliefs, opinions and institutions including political and religious ones. While some readers may find that material refreshingly irreverent, others may find it offensive. The aphorism quoted on the cover, Patriotism, piety and chastity are all much overrated virtues, offers a relatively mild example. Some of the aphorisms offer potentially even more offensive material, so proceed with caution.Here are a few examples of Mr. Greene's aphorisms:Sex wouldn't be nearly so interesting if it weren't so widely forbidden.The truly strong are those who aren't driven by the need to prove their strength.Lawyers, actors and politicians must fool others. In the process they often fool themselves.We tend to forget that not all mothers are saints, nor all soldiers heroes.The most important measure of civilization is compassion, not technology, culture, sophisticated institutions, power or the gross national product.

A collection of poems describing the exterior world, such as:Orinocos of the ImaginationI've never been to the Orinocoand have seen few photos of it,but I feel I know its sinuous lengths,winding between thick jungle walls,flashing silver in the sun,delicate waterfallsthreading from cloud-shrouded cliffs,dense foliageadorned with birds of kindergarten colorsand jaguars that merge into shadow,the insistent musicof bird cry and monkey chatter,dugouts and caimansscoring its sleek waters,those who people its valleygliding nearly nakedthrough twilight forests,dappled by the distant sun.I know these lush landscapesfrom my dreams.

Probably the greatest British novelist of his generation, Graham Greene's own story was as strange and compelling as those he told of Pinkie the Mobster, Harry Lime, or the Whisky Priest. A restless traveller, he was a witness to many of the key events of modern history - including the origins of the Vietnam War, the Mau Mau Rebellion, the betrayal of the double-agent Kim Philby, the rise of Fidel Castro, and the guerrilla wars of Central America.Traumatized as a boy and thought a Judas among his schoolmates, Greene tried Russian Roulette and attempted suicide. He suffered from bipolar illness, which caused havoc in his private life as his marriage failed, and one great love after another suffered shipwreck, until in his later years he found constancy in a decidedly unconventional relationship.Often called a Catholic novelist, his works came to explore the no man's land between belief and unbelief. A journalist, an MI6 officer, and an unfailing advocate for human rights, he sought out the inner narratives of war and politics in dozens of troubled places, and yet he distrusted nations and armies, believing that true loyalty was a matter between individuals.A work of wit, insight, and compassion, this new biography of Graham Greene, the first undertaken in a generation, responds to the many thousands of pages of lost letters that have recently come to light and to new memoirs by those who knew him best. It deals sensitively with questions of private life, sex, and mental illness; it gives a thorough accounting for the politics of the places he wrote about; it investigates his involvement with MI6 and the Cambridge five; above all, it follows the growth of a writer whose works changed the lives of millions.

This book contains spoilers-as well as entertaining and thoughtful analysis of them.

For the better part of forty years, Edith Sitwell's poetry has been neglected by critics. But born into a family of privileged eccentrics, Edith Sitwell was highly regarded by her contemporaries: the great writers and artists of the day who attended her unlikely London literary salon. Her quips and anecdotes were legendary and her works like English Eccentrics confirmed her comic genius, while later she established herself as the quintessential poet of the Blitz.This masterly biography, meticulously researched and drawing on many previously unseen letters, firmly places Edith Sitwell in the literary tradition to which she belongs.

Contains selections of Irish prose and poetry which represent this nation's literary heritage.

* The first book of Graham Greene's letters - the most intimate record we have of a life lived at the heart of modern history

Now in paperback. A magnificent collection of letters by one of Britain's most famous literary figures

Covering everything from Aristotle to ziti, this title explores such topics as: is Tony Soprano a good man?; is Carmella a feminist?; morally speaking who is the worst person on "The Sopranos"; and is watching "The Sopranos" harmful to your mental or moral health?