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54Winston Churchill: The Last Lion. Visions of Glory 1874-1932
Most of us are familiar with Winston Churchill's heroic and inspiring service to Great Britain during World War Two. In this immensely readable book by the late historian William Manchester, we discover the early trials and triumphs that helped form...
30Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Woman for All Seasons.
This gloriously intelligent and passionate woman, of olive hues and dark, abundant hair, of flashing poetic genius, was born March 6, 1806, in Durham, England...An avid reader, by age 10 she had devoured Shakespeare and Milton...By age 12 she had...
57An American Tragedy: Crack-cocaine in our schools.
Crack paraphernalia manufactured crack According to Bureau of Justice Statistics, on an average day in America 14 youths will commit suicide, 19 will be murdered, 2,600 will drop out of school, 15,006 ( that's almost 5 million a year ) will begin...
66Poems to Ponder 3: Joie de vivre
Ah, the Joy of Life...To steal the juice from tomorrow's imagined fruit, that wondrous trope that exceeds our desperate grope... To cling to fresh scents of natures vapors...a warm,  earthy bouquet that give rise to primordial images of Man's...
124Haiku Spring
Cherry tree in snow... Soundlessly cries with pink tears... A Bouquet of Spring !! Cherry blossoms fall... Ancient pond accepts their kiss... Trailing limbs embrace. A riot of color... The...
84The Organ Grinder's Monkey
Evening bloomed quickly, with dark arms thickly holding me hostage to my chasing thoughts... . Treasures long hidden, rise unbidden to speak of forgotten aughts and naughts... The Organ Grinder's monkey flits, fusses, and fumes...reaching out with...
107The Empty Man
By: Larry L. Conners...2009 Elusive passion, where art thou..? Come,...slake my thirsty heart, give warm comfort to this Empty Man.... What insidious force has torn you from my breast..? All is kitten soft,...no sharp, unforgiving edges...no...
83Walter Benton: The Passionate Poet
Walter Benton has been my bedside companion for a very long time, going back to college where I discovered him 50 years ago. I have shared him with many " creatures of an hour ", most intimately with my beautiful bride, and have never tired of his...
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Films with a Philosophical bent: A personal review by Larry L. Conners
Here is a list of films with a philosophic bent that are not only entertaining but highly educational as well. I've broken them down by philosophical significance. Quite a few of these films I had to watch twice to fully understand the...
74A brief summary of Alexander the Great
The son of King Phillip II of Macedon, educated by the philosopher Aristotle, Alexander first led troops at age 18. After his father's death he became king, destroyed the Evil Empire, Persia, and conquered much of the civilized world. In 323 BC,...
49Poems to Ponder...Sisyphus Envy
  Oh, but to have the passion of Sisyphus.....To be contemptuous of Hope... To look forward to the endless struggle...To rail against that heartless slope... Freedom is found within the heart, Tyranny cannot enter thee.. We are...
