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Jim Beaver
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August 12, 1950
in Laramie, Wyoming, The United States
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Life's That Way: A Memoir
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John Garfield: His Life and Films
by Jim Beaver (Goodreads Author), James N. Beaver Jr., James N. Beaver 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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1978
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Life's That Way: A Memoir
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2010
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Movie Blockbusters
by Steven H. Scheuer, Jim Beaver (Goodreads Author)  4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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1983
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| This is pretty much the official U.S. Marine Corps overview of the battle for the island of Guadalcanal, which was essentially the turning point of the war in the Pacific in World War II. While there are scattered throughout a very few personal anecd...more | |
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| One of the best of C.S. Forester's series of seafaring tales of the Napoleonic era, COMMODORE HORNBLOWER follows the newly-knighted Horatio Hornblower into the Baltic Sea where he attempts to help stave off the siege of the port of Riga. While fully...more | |
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| Glen McDonald was the Vancouver Coroner and British Columbia Supervisory Coroner for a quarter century. This memoir of his work, the lessons learned and the practices instituted therein, is interesting and dramatic, if occasionally repetitive and con...more | |
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| You know those imaginary dinner parties where you get to invite any five people from history for an evening of amazing conversation? This book is the reason Stephen Tobolowsky has always been one of my five. He is a raconteur of the first order, and...more | |
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| In the early 1950s, two British intelligence agents defected to the Soviet Union, throwing suspicion on one of Britain's highest-placed intelligence officers, Kim Philby, whom many thought to have warned the defectors of their imminent arrest. But Ph...more | |
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“While I was drying off Maddie after her bath tonight, she said, 'I love you' to me for the first time. It sounded like 'All lub boo,' but I didn't care. To reciprocate, I showed her what an ex-Marine looks like when he cries.”
― Jim Beaver, Life's That Way: A Memoir
― Jim Beaver, Life's That Way: A Memoir
“Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else; it's something you do for yourself. To forgive is not to condone, it is to refuse to continue feeling bad about an injury.”
― Jim Beaver, Life's That Way: A Memoir
― Jim Beaver, Life's That Way: A Memoir
“April 11, 2004
Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the rules of thought, feeling, and behavior in these circumstances? It seems like there should be a rule book somewhere that lays out everything exactly the way one should respond to a loss like this. I'd surely like to know if I'm doing it right. Am I whining enough or too much? Am I unseemly in my occasional moments of lightheartedness? At what date and I supposed to turn off the emotion and jump back on the treadmill of normalcy? Is there a specific number of days or decades that must pass before I can do something I enjoy without feeling I've betrayed my dearest love? And when, oh when, am I ever really going to believe this has happened? Next time you're in a bookstore, as if there's a rule book.
11:54 p.m.
Jim”
― Jim Beaver, Life's That Way: A Memoir
Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the rules of thought, feeling, and behavior in these circumstances? It seems like there should be a rule book somewhere that lays out everything exactly the way one should respond to a loss like this. I'd surely like to know if I'm doing it right. Am I whining enough or too much? Am I unseemly in my occasional moments of lightheartedness? At what date and I supposed to turn off the emotion and jump back on the treadmill of normalcy? Is there a specific number of days or decades that must pass before I can do something I enjoy without feeling I've betrayed my dearest love? And when, oh when, am I ever really going to believe this has happened? Next time you're in a bookstore, as if there's a rule book.
11:54 p.m.
Jim”
― Jim Beaver, Life's That Way: A Memoir
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“Man is born to live, to suffer, and to die, and what befalls him is a tragic lot. There is no denying this in the final end. But we must deny it all along the way.”
― Thomas Wolfe
― Thomas Wolfe
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.”
― John Wayne
― John Wayne
“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld
― François de La Rochefoucauld
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Thanks very much for accepting me as one of your friends. :) I'm a big Supernatural fan and really like your character on the show. Who doesn't like Bobby!? lol. It was sad to see him go.But its Supernatural so who knows,maybe Bobby will come back in some shape or form, at least for a little while. hehe. Anyway, it's interesting to see the books you have in your collection. I've actually read some of them. Looking forward to reading your book as well, it seems very intriguing. :)
Thanks for the add Jim. A big Supernatural fan and looking forward to getting to read your books. P.S. Your character is my husbands favorite on Supernatural.
Your quote about Maddie saying 'I love you' was absolutly beautiful. Thank you for sharing that no matter how life is, love and beauty are in our lives. Thank you for writing a book that is helping me heal.
Thanks for the accepting the friends add, sir, looking forward to expanding my reading by picking up some of your favourites :)
I'm so excited that you have one of these accounts!!! I'm reading Life's That Way. It's sad but inspiring. :)
Thanks, Jim. Looking forward to spending time on Goodreads. What's that quote from Jefferson? "I cannot live without books." That's how I feel about it.
I do not know you as anything but "Bobby" from my daughter's (and now mine) favourite show "Supernatural" and I must say I enjoy your character there immensely! I look forward to observing you from this view and a more realistic one? Cheers
Marie :)
Hey Jim thank you for adding me. It was great to meet you on Saturday. I don't think that anyone has made me blush that much in years. I hope that you have gotten some sleep since then.Dina aka brokensouls
Thank you for adding me to your friends list!I see you have a great collection of books. Very impressive! Have fun reading much more!
Natascha
Mr. Beaver,Thank you for adding me as a "friend." You have an very interesting collection of books here, and I will no doubt read some of them.
I have read an excerpt from your book and can say that I am very intrigued by it. It looks like you wrote it well.
Cheers and Regards,
Grace
