The Long Hitch Home

Author : Jamie Maslin
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781632200334

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The Long Hitch Home by Jamie Maslin Pdf

Tasmania to London. 800 hitchhiking trips. One year. Intrepid traveler and author Jamie Maslin does it again as he undertakes one of the most grueling, enlightening, and hilarious journeys of his life. How many rides does it take to hitch from Tasmania to London? Intrepid traveler and rogue wanderer Jamie Maslin decides to find out. The Long Hitch Home is a vibrant travelog of well-researched social, cultural, and historical introductions to the score of countries Maslin passed through. Whether writing about the exotic backstreets of cities few of us will get to see firsthand, or the unique geographical wonders of far off countries, Jamie Maslin gives a thrilling account of what it is like to hit the road and live with intensity and rapture.

Author : Jamie Maslin
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781602397910

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Iranian Rappers and Persian Porn by Jamie Maslin Pdf

This work presents a hilarious, charming, and astonishing account of one Westerner's life-altering rambles across Iran and the secret counterculture world he discovers. 24 color illustrations.

Author : Stephen King
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780684853529

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On Writing by Stephen King Pdf

Stephen King reflects on how his writing has helped him through difficult times and describes various aspects of the art of writing.

Author : Bruce
Publisher : New Canadian Library
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551995076

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Township of Time by Bruce Pdf

The Township of Time follows a throng of newcomers who stream into the ports of Nova Scotia, the outposts of British North America: Highlanders, Hessians, and United Empire Loyalists – men and women caught on the losing side of a Revolution that was also a tragic civil war. It is a series of multi-generational stories that cross-links several of those families from 1786 to 1950.

Author : Michael Costello
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1989-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0821727230

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A Long Time from Home by Michael Costello Pdf

Author : Elijah Wald
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781569762370

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Riding with Strangers by Elijah Wald Pdf

This fascinating tale of the author's cross-country hitchhiking journey is a captivating look into the pleasures and challenges of the open road. As the miles roll by he meets businessmen, missionaries, conspiracy theorists, and truck drivers from all ages and ethnicities who are eager to open their car doors to a wandering stranger. This memoir uncovers the hidden reality that the United States remains hospitable, quirky, and as ready as ever to offer help to a curious traveler. Demonstrating how hitchhiking can be the ultimate in adventure travel—a thrilling exploration of both people and scenery—this guide also serves as a hitchhiker's reference, sharing the history behind this communal form of travel while touching on roadside lore and philosophy.

Author : Mark Whitaker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451627565

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My Long Trip Home by Mark Whitaker Pdf

In a dramatic, moving work of historical reporting and personal discovery, Mark Whitaker, award-winning journalist, sets out to trace the story of what happened to his parents, a fascinating but star-crossed interracial couple, and arrives at a new understanding of the family dramas that shaped their lives—and his own. His father, “Syl” Whitaker, was the charismatic grandson of slaves who grew up the child of black undertakers from Pittsburgh and went on to become a groundbreaking scholar of Africa. His mother, Jeanne Theis, was a shy World War II refugee from France whose father, a Huguenot pastor, helped hide thousands of Jews from the Nazis and Vichy police. They met in the mid-1950s, when he was a college student and she was his professor, and they carried on a secret romance for more than a year before marrying and having two boys. Eventually they split in a bitter divorce that was followed by decades of unhappiness as his mother coped with self-recrimination and depression while trying to raise her sons by herself, and his father spiraled into an alcoholic descent that destroyed his once meteoric career. Based on extensive interviews and documentary research as well as his own personal recollections and insights, My Long Trip Home is a reporter’s search for the factual and emotional truth about a complicated and compelling family, a successful adult’s exploration of how he rose from a turbulent childhood to a groundbreaking career, and, ultimately, a son’s haunting meditation on the nature of love, loss, identity, and forgiveness.

Author : Heather Smith
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780143198666

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The Agony of Bun O'Keefe by Heather Smith Pdf

Little Miss Sunshine meets Room in this quirky, heartwarming story of friendship, loyalty and discovery. It's Newfoundland, 1986. Fourteen-year-old Bun O'Keefe has lived a solitary life in an unsafe, unsanitary house. Her mother is a compulsive hoarder, and Bun has had little contact with the outside world. What she's learned about life comes from the random books and old VHS tapes that she finds in the boxes and bags her mother brings home. Bun and her mother rarely talk, so when Bun's mother tells Bun to leave one day, she does. Hitchhiking out of town, Bun ends up on the streets of St. John's, Newfoundland. Fortunately, the first person she meets is Busker Boy, a street musician who senses her naivety and takes her in. Together they live in a house with an eclectic cast of characters: Chef, a hotel dishwasher with culinary dreams; Cher, a drag queen with a tragic past; Big Eyes, a Catholic school girl desperately trying to reinvent herself; and The Landlord, a man who Bun is told to avoid at all cost. Through her experiences with her new roommates, and their sometimes tragic revelations, Bun learns that the world extends beyond the walls of her mother's house and discovers the joy of being part of a new family -- a family of friends who care.

Author : John Waters
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780374709303

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Carsick by John Waters Pdf

Carsick is the New York Times bestselling chronicle of a cross-country hitchhiking journey with America's most beloved weirdo John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads "I'm Not Psycho," he hitchhikes across America from Baltimore to San Francisco, braving lonely roads and treacherous drivers. But who should we be more worried about, the delicate film director with genteel manners or the unsuspecting travelers transporting the Pope of Trash? Before he leaves for this bizarre adventure, Waters fantasizes about the best and worst possible scenarios: a friendly drug dealer hands over piles of cash to finance films with no questions asked, a demolition-derby driver makes a filthy sexual request in the middle of a race, a gun-toting drunk terrorizes and holds him hostage, and a Kansas vice squad entraps and throws him in jail. So what really happens when this cult legend sticks out his thumb and faces the open road? His real-life rides include a gentle eighty-one-year-old farmer who is convinced Waters is a hobo, an indie band on tour, and the perverse filmmaker's unexpected hero: a young, sandy-haired Republican in a Corvette. Laced with subversive humor and warm intelligence, Carsick is an unforgettable vacation with a wickedly funny companion—and a celebration of America's weird, astonishing, and generous citizenry.

Author : Paul Loukides,Linda K. Fuller
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0879726237

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Beyond the Stars 3 by Paul Loukides,Linda K. Fuller Pdf

The third of five volumes of new scholarship on American movie conventions. The 19 essays explore cinematic representations of such material items as food, weapons, clothing, tools, technology, and art and literature. Not illustrated. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $13.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Eve Otto,Jozef Otto
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780595335633

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Our Times, Our Lives by Eve Otto,Jozef Otto Pdf

Eve Otto explains, "When I began writing this book, I had in the back of my mind that those who are young now might someday be interested in what life was like when their grandparents were growing up -- how life changed drastically with the coming of World War II in Europe and the turbulent years that followed... the traumas of our emigration to America with our three young children and the difficult adjustments we had to make. My book, then, is sort of a legacy to them."

Author : Penny Roker
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781853119958

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At Home with God by Penny Roker Pdf

Retreats are increasingly popular and, in stressful and anxious times, perhaps the need to refocus our lives on what will nurture and sustain us inwardly is greater than ever. This versatile resource offers a complete kit for making a day, weekend or week-long retreat without leaving home. It is both gentle and challenging, recognising that some can only grab a brief interlude of solitude on the way to work or when the children are asleep, while others have more time on their hands than they would like.

Author : Josiah Bushnell Grinnell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Iowa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005436931

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Men and Events of Forty Years by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell Pdf

Author : Radhanath Swami
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781608879854

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The Journey Home by Radhanath Swami Pdf

The story of one man’s journey from his youth in suburban Chicago to an adult in spiritual India and a world of mystics, yogis, and gurus. Within this extraordinary memoir, Radhanath Swami weaves a colorful tapestry of adventure, mysticism, and love. Readers follow Richard Slavin from the suburbs of Chicago to the caves of the Himalayas as he transforms from young seeker to renowned spiritual guide. The Journey Home is an intimate account of the steps to self-awareness and also a penetrating glimpse into the heart of mystic traditions and the challenges that all souls must face on the road to inner harmony and a union with the Divine. Through near-death encounters, apprenticeships with advanced yogis, and years of travel along the pilgrim’s path, Radhanath Swami eventually reaches the inner sanctum of India’s mystic culture and finds the love he has been seeking. It is a tale told with rare candor, immersing the reader in a journey that is at once engaging, humorous, and heartwarming. Praise for The Journey Home “Here is an inspiring chapter of “our story” of spiritual pilgrimage to the East. It shows the inner journey of awakening in a fascinating and spellbinding way.” —Ram Dass, author, Be Here Now “He tells his story with remarkable honest—the temptations of the 1970s, his doubts, hopes, and disappointments, the culture shock, and the friendships found and lost . . . Add a zest of danger, suspense, and surprise, and Radhanath Swami’s story is a deep, genuine memoir that reads like a novel.” —Brigitte Sion, assistant professor of Religious Studies, New York University

Author : Truman Capote
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780812994384

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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Pdf

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time From the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Truman Capote—also available are Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Other Voices, Other Rooms (in one volume), Portraits and Observations, and The Complete Stories Truman Capote’s masterpiece, In Cold Blood, created a sensation when it was first published, serially, in The New Yorker in 1965. The intensively researched, atmospheric narrative of the lives of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, and of the two men, Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith, who brutally killed them on the night of November 15, 1959, is the seminal work of the “new journalism.” Perry Smith is one of the great dark characters of American literature, full of contradictory emotions. “I thought he was a very nice gentleman,” he says of Herb Clutter. “Soft-spoken. I thought so right up to the moment I cut his throat.” Told in chapters that alternate between the Clutter household and the approach of Smith and Hickock in their black Chevrolet, then between the investigation of the case and the killers’ flight, Capote’s account is so detailed that the reader comes to feel almost like a participant in the events.