The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead: A MemoirKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 5. 2. 2008 - 256 strán (strany) NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers, a book that expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality. |
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... legs and the track coach insisted that I run high . hurdles ; I stutter - stepped before each hurdle to make sure I cleared it and came in last . Having never learned to dive , I jumped in the pool feet first . The swimming instructor ...
A Memoir David Shields. arms and legs , held me in the air for a second , then dropped me into the pool . At the last instant , I turned my face , and water broke my fall like a bed of electric needles . What was I scared of ? Why have I ...
... legs . At 2 months , it can face straight ahead while lying on its back . On its stomach , it can lift its head about 45 degrees . At 3 months , a baby's neck muscles are strong enough to support its head for a second or two . Babies ...
... legs , had legs hard as rubber , tanned as an Indian . My girlfriend was 9 and ran , too . We ran together . We raced , and she won ; I thought she got a false start and demanded a rematch . She said no . I took off my sneakers , threw ...
... I thought I could talk to wooden animals . ) I wrapped my arms around his neck and kicked my legs back and forth in the stirrups , then lay my cheek against the back of his head , pressing myself to his curves and carved - 14 Origins.
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Motherhood | 27 |
Hoop Dream ii | 34 |
Rattlesnake Lake | 43 |
3 | 48 |
Boys vs Girls ii | 49 |
Superheroes | 59 |
27 | 112 |
Notes on the Local Swimming Hole | 121 |
Hoop Dream viii | 135 |
Decline and Fall iii | 139 |
The Thing About Life Is That One | 151 |
Boys vs Girls iv | 160 |
29 | 163 |
Death Is the Mother of Beauty | 173 |
Hoop Dreams iv and | 66 |
Ye Olde MindBody Problem | 78 |
Decline and Fall ii | 87 |
14 | 91 |
Bloodline to Star Power ii | 98 |
19 | 103 |
Sex Changes Everything | 104 |
The Trouble with Being Food | 111 |
How to Live Forever i | 181 |
114 | 184 |
How to Live Forever ii | 189 |
Bloodline to Star Power iii | 200 |
The Story Told One Last Time | 211 |
Notes for Eulogy for My Father | 218 |
PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 227 |