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"Carson McCullers has not been a prolific writer, but each successive volume of stories or novel has had serious at_tention from the critics. She began her career at the age of twenty-two with the publication of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. After the appearance of this first novel, until her death in 1967, Carson McCullers has written comparatively little. Suffering from bad health, McCullers writes slowly and almost always in pain. During the last years of her life her hands were crippled with paralysis and arthritis; yet she managed - by writing one page a day - to finish a play : The Square Root of Wonderful, and a novel : Clock Without Hands. These last works are less successful than her earlier ones and will not concern us here; however, the circumstances in which the author produced these works, shows us the unrelenting spirit of McCullers. Without this spirit, it would be hard to imagine McCullers' success; not because we doubt the authoress' creature talent, but because McCullers was also beset by a series of per-sonal disasters, besides being physically handicapped. She married Reeves McCullers in 193, the marriage was not a success and there was a divorce; several years later, she remarried Reeves McCullers, however, another separation followed. Reeves_"

"Dangerous CO2 emissions, massive oil spills, dwindling supplies the problems with fossil fuels are driving a longoverdue reassessment of our nation's energy policies. U.S. Congressman Jerry McNerney, a renewable energy engineer and the first representative with expertise in energy independence, leads the way to change. In "Clean Energy Nation", he and journalist Martin Cheek make an impassioned argument for drastically reducing dependency on fossil fuels and developing sustainable, readily available energy sources solar, wind, biofuel, geothermal, and hydrogen-based power. Bringing together a rare combination of scientific knowledge, political savvy, and insightful journalism, the authors reveal the pros and cons of alternative energy sources and examine how our nation became addicted to fossil fuels in the first place. The book reads like the dramatic story it is, complete with dire projections about peak oil and grim scenarios of rising oceans! keen insights into policies and players that have stalled progress on climate change and favored big oil!and astute recommendations for building a clean energy economy and a prosperous, stable future."