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Carl Deuker

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A few more minutes, and I figure I can say goodnight to my parents and my sister, take a long shower, and climb into my bed.
I won’t sleep; I’ll go over the game play-by-play like I do after every game, reliving my good plays, my bad plays, my so-so plays. The sting of losing won’t go away, but at least I’ll be alone.
As my dad turns into our driveway, the VW’s headlights light up our porch. “Our f Read more of this blog post »
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Carl is on page 150 of 608 of Oliver Twist: Oliver back with Fagan, part of the gang. Bill Sykes nearly gets him killed in a robbery. Evil grandson, deceiving his grandfather, is out to kill OT while all the while pretending to be looking for him. Grandfather mistreated Agnes . . . regrets it, wants the girl and her child back.
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Carl is on page 50 of 608 of Oliver Twist: Orphan "sold" to carpenter who makes coffins. Low man always, but plucky
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Sort of an Ugly Ducking story. Anne Eliot listens to all the good advice and doesn't (at 19) marry the love of her life, a seaman. So many better financial offers will come from connected families. None come, and Anne at 27 is regretful and looking a ...more
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The title pretty much says it all. Kushner documents the MANY attacks on immigrants throughout Germany, but especially in the form East Germany, after reunification. What's amazing in how soon after reunification the attacks began. Also amazing and d ...more
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Moll lives by her wits, using her beauty and sex appeal to make her way through the world. Feminist novel in many ways. Men have only one thing on their minds and delude themselves on every topic. Moll is subtle, able to see the inequities of the wor ...more
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Written by a doctor and rising star in Black literature who died in his 30's, this is an Agatha Christie style plot set in Harlem in the 30s. Plot is extremely convoluted; the main pleasure for me was the glimpse into the past. There's a great feel ...more
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“Games are lost and won in your mind as much as they are on the field.”
Carl Deuker, Gym Candy

“There was no anger in his voice, no disappointment even. It was as if he'd given up on me. He pulled his keys out of his pocket. "I should be going now. Merry Christmas, Nick”
Carl Deuker, Night Hoops

“I heard Coach Downs never started freshman," he told us. "Well that's not how it is with me. I play the best players, period. If you're a junior with three letters on your jacket, and you shave twice a day, and some smooth-faced freshman whips your ass in practice, then your collecting splinters while he's playing. Understood?
Coach Carlson”
Carl Deuker, Gym Candy

“What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.”
Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

“The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous. In”
Albert Camus, The Plague

“he turned and, leaning against the shop-front, watched Rieux approach. “Oh, Doctor, Doctor!” He could say no more. Rieux, too, couldn’t speak; he made a vague, understanding gesture. At this moment he suffered with Grand’s sorrow, and what filled his breast was the passionate indignation we feel when”
Albert Camus, The Plague

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