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Jim Beaver

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Average rating: 4.55 · 492 ratings · 155 reviews · 4 distinct works
Life's That Way: A Memoir
4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions
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The Life & Times of William Howard Taft by Henry F. Pringle
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The Guadalcanal Campaign by Major John L. Zimmerman
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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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Commodore Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Commodore Hornblower
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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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How Come I'm Dead by Glen McDonald
How Come I'm Dead
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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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The Dangerous Animals Club by Stephen Tobolowsky
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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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No, But I Saw the Movie by David Wheeler
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Some of the greatest movies ever made have come from short stories, and in this collection David Wheeler reprints several wonderful examples. Most are very close to their subsequent film versions (ALL ABOUT EVE, THE FLY, STAGECOACH, IT'S A WONDERFUL...more
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Gilligan's Wake by Tom Carson
Gilligan's Wake: A Novel
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This ambitious and very funny novel is not remotely a linear narrative. Rather, as its title suggests, it moves with the spirit of James Joyce and presents a series of seemingly jumbled narratives riffing lightly on characters from the TV series GILL...more
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Philby by Bruce Page
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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

“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

“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

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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

“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

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
Oscar Wilde

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
George Bernard Shaw

“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
François de La Rochefoucauld

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message 13: by Britt (last edited Feb 19, 2012 01:51am)

Britt 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. :)


message 12: by Priya

Priya Thank you for adding me, Jim! :)
Loved you on Supernatural and was sad to see you go...
:(


message 11: by Amber

Amber 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.


message 10: by Stepha

Stepha 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.


message 9: by Kit

Kit Blackaller-Goode Thanks for the accepting the friends add, sir, looking forward to expanding my reading by picking up some of your favourites :)


message 8: by Laura

Laura I'm so excited that you have one of these accounts!!! I'm reading Life's That Way. It's sad but inspiring. :)


Khushi Thanks for accepting me as a friend! =D I love your character in Supernatural..!!


message 6: by Leigh

Leigh Ann 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.


message 5: by Marie

Marie 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 :)


message 4: by Dina

Dina 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


Natascha 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


message 2: by Grace

Grace 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


message 1: by Ed

Ed Thanks for the friend add, Jim. Good to meet you here. Have a great Sunday and lots of good reads in 2009.

Ed Lynskey
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