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In this moving memoir, Robert J. Wagner opens his heart to share the romances, the drama and the humor of an incredible life. Under the mentorship of stars like Spencer Tracy, Wagner became a salaried actor and began to appear in a number of films alongside the most beautiful starlets - but his first love was Barbara Stanwyck, an actress twice his age. As his career blossomed, and after he separated from Stanwyck, he met the woman who would change his life forever, Natalie Wood. They fell instantly and deeply in love and stayed together until the stress of their careers drove them to divorce. Trying to forget the pain, he made more movies and spent his time in Europe with the likes of Steve ...
How knowing the extreme risks of climate change can help us prepare for an uncertain future If you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming and there's a 10 percent chance this might eventually lead to a catastrophe beyond anything we could imagine, why aren't we doing more about climate change right now? We insure our lives against an uncertain future—why not our planet? In Climate Shock, Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman explore in lively, clear terms the likely repercussions of a hotter planet, drawing on a...
Taking the reader from their early years working under the old Hollywood studio system, to the final, shattering hours before Natalie Wood's life mysteriously ended, Natalie and R.J. brings the magic and the madness of these legendary lovers brilliantly alive. Natalie, the child star of Miracle on 34th Street, spotted R.J. for the first time when he was a handsome eighteen-year-old whose mentors included Gary Cooper and Clark Gable. Their first marriage was a tempestuous one, torn apart by gossip columnists and Natalie's sensational liaison with Warren Beatty. They were divorced and their subsequent marriages were doomed relationships. They remarried and, amid career jealousies, extramarital affairs and a painful suicide attempt by Natalie, there existed a love that knew no bounds.
Contains 19 short papers and abstracts presented at the 84th annual winter meeting of the New England Society of American Foresters, Forestry Across Borders, in Quebec City, Canada, March 23-26, 2004.
List for March 7, 1844, is the list for September 10, 1842, amended in manuscript.