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    The Ultimate Life
    The Ultimate Life
    The Ultimate Life
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    The Ultimate Life

    Written by Jim Stovall

    Narrated by Rob Lamont

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    When Jason Stevens found out he had to learn twelve lessons to maybe get an unnamed inheritance from his billionaire grandfather, he was not amused. By the time he'd finished learning the imposed lessons, he'd become a different man. Ready to tackle the duties of running a multibillion dollar trust, his plans for the year are once again derailed; this time by his pugnacious family. Not content with their cattle ranches and oil fields, his aunts, uncles, and even his mother are determined to see every last dime entrusted to their own self-serving pockets. With none of the reluctance he initially showed for The Ultimate Gift, he eagerly accepts the challenge and pushes himself to prove not only to his family and the court but also to the world that with determination and the simple tenets of The Ultimate Gift, anyone can lead The Ultimate Life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOasis Audio
    Release dateSep 7, 2007
    ISBN9781608146611
    Author

    Jim Stovall

    James Glen Stovall (Jim) is a retired professor of journalism who lives in East Tennessee. During his teaching career, he taught at the University of Alabama (1978-2003), Emory and Henry College (2003-2006) and the University of Tennessee (2006-2016). He is now working on a second career writing young adult fiction and mysteries. Jim is the author of the a selling writing textbook, Writing for the Mass Media, as well as other journalism texts such as Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How and Web Journalism. Other books include:  • Seeing Suffrage:The 1913 Washington Suffrage Parade, Its Pictures, and Its Effects on the American Political Landscape • Battlelines: Gettysburg: Civil War Sketch Artists and the First Draft of War In addition to writing, Jim likes to paint (watercolor), draw (pen and ink), play music (dulcimer and banjo), garden and piddle around in his woodworking shop. Jim grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and that is his favorite setting for his novels.

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    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved it. It was like a love story. Story was lessons for us All on how to give to each other, care for each other. Unite with each to get things done in our lives. It a human story
    • 3/5
      A nice continuation of the The Ultimate Gift. However, I read them both both within a week, and was disappointed with the amount of material that was duplicated. It was a nice little story, but left me wanting more.
    • 5/5
      Amazing and so inspiring. Reminds us about what is important in life.
    • 4/5
      The author provides another interesting book in keeping with the Ultimate Gift. The setting is a court room where Jason's relatives, even his own mother, are suing him. They want to force the trust fund managed by Jason to be distributed among Red Stevens children; Jason's aunts and uncles and his mother.As Jason defends himself, you'll be challenged to live your life differently.
    • 4/5
      The Ultimate Life by Jim Stovall is a novel about living, getting, and giving back. It is about a crusty old oilman named Red Stevens. Red is a multigazillionaire who has died and in his will he left the just a few gazillions to his greedy heirs and the bulk of his estate to a grandson, Jason Stevens. However Jason has to show that he has learned about the gifts of life and further demonstrate that that he knows how to teach others about the giftsWell, old Red's other heirs wanted all the gazillions of dollars and are thus trying to overturn Red's last will and testament in court. The judge hearing the suit is the narrator and so he has to oversee the education of young Jason and test whether Jason is meeting the tests. The gifts that Jason must learn are things such as Work, Money, Friends, Learning. There is a chapter for each. It opens with a court session where Jason demonstrates that he has learned what the particular day's gift is and is then directed by the judge to go out and demonstrate that he learned how to teach that gift to others. I loved the book. Mr. Stovall has a gift for writing and moving the story along. He also has a great sense of humor. The courtroom repartee between Jason's lawyer and the greedy heirs' attorney is really funny. He also writes with a gentle good humor and I just felt good by the time I finished the book. Mr. Stovall has a talent for showing how things like work, giving, gratitude, learning, and problems, are really blessings to be learned and passed on.