{"id":76736,"date":"2023-05-29T17:22:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T17:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediabooks.org\/books\/id-10836585\/"},"modified":"2023-05-29T17:22:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T17:22:52","slug":"id-10836585","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediabooks.org\/books\/id-10836585\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Itself by Roger Ebert (ePUB)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life Itself by Roger Ebert is now available for free ePub download or online reading.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intro:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roger Ebert is the best-known film critic of our time. He has been reviewing films for the <em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em> since 1967, and was the first film critic ever to win a Pulitzer Prize. He has appeared on television for four decades, including twenty-three years as cohost of <em>Siskel &#038;amp, Ebert at the Movies<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, complications from thyroid cancer treatment resulted in the loss of his ability to eat, drink, or speak. But with the loss of his voice, Ebert has only become a more prolific and influential writer. And now, for the first time, he tells the full, dramatic story of his life and career.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Ebert&#8217;s journalism carried him on a path far from his nearly idyllic childhood in Urbana, Illinois. It is a journey that began as a reporter for his local daily, and took him to Chicago, where he was unexpectedly given the job of film critic for the <em>Sun-Times<\/em>, launching a lifetime&#8217;s adventures.<\/p>\n<p>In this candid, personal history, Ebert chronicles it all: his loves, losses, and obsessions, his struggle and recovery from alcoholism, his marriage, his politics, and his spiritual beliefs. He writes about his years at the <em>Sun-Times<\/em>, his colorful newspaper friends, and his life-changing collaboration with Gene Siskel. He remembers his friendships with Studs Terkel, Mike Royko, Oprah Winfrey, and Russ Meyer (for whom he wrote <em>Beyond the Valley of the Dolls<\/em> and an ill-fated Sex Pistols movie). He shares his insights into movie stars and directors like John Wayne, Werner Herzog, and Martin Scorsese.<\/p>\n<p>This is a story that only Roger Ebert could tell. Filled with the same deep insight, dry wit, and sharp observations that his readers have long cherished, this is more than a memoir-it is a singular, warm-hearted, inspiring look at life itself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn&#8217;t always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.&#8217;<br \/>-from <em>LIFE ITSELF<\/em>. First published September 13, 2011. Original format: Hardcover. Pages: 436. #life-itself-ebook #life-itself-epub #read #download<\/p>\n<p>User Rating: 3.92 (based on 6337 ratings)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download EPUB Life Itself by Roger Ebert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc1 File details: <em>life-itself.epub<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mediabooks.org\/redirect\/id-10836585\" class=\"mi-boton\">DOWNLOAD<\/a> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life Itself by Roger Ebert is now available for free ePub download or online reading. Intro: Roger Ebert is the best-known film critic of our time. He has been reviewing films for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and was the first film critic ever to win a Pulitzer Prize. 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