John Lennon called himself a working class hero. George Harrison was a working class mystic. Born in Liverpool as the son of a bus conductor and a shop assistant, for the first six years of his life he lived in a house with no indoor bathroom. This book gives an honest, in-depth view of his personal journey from his blue-collar childhood to his role as a world-famous spiritual icon.
Author Gary Tillery's approach is warmly human, free of the fawning but insolent tone of most rock biographers. He frankly discusses the role of drugs in leading Harrison to mystical insight but emphasizes...
John Lennon called himself a working class hero. George Harrison was a working class mystic. Born in Liverpool as the son of a bus conductor and a ...
Fifty thought-provoking haiku, gathered from a lifetime of encounters with nature. Each captures a mystical moment in which the commonplace takes on an added dimension of meaning. Illustrated with artwork by the author.
Fifty thought-provoking haiku, gathered from a lifetime of encounters with nature. Each captures a mystical moment in which the commonplace takes on a...
The sixty-six poems in this volume range from the whimsical to the profound, offering succinct insights into both the world we see and the world of our inner vision.
The sixty-six poems in this volume range from the whimsical to the profound, offering succinct insights into both the world we see and the world of ou...
Saigon, 1968 -Crossroads on the Darkling Plain of War Gordon Hunter begins his tour of duty and soon encounters the very real war behind the images on the evening news ... the Marine with a twisted heart ... the soldier who has seen too much and goes sane ... the boy who must grow up too soon ... the old Buddhist ennobled by his suffering ... the enchanting Vietnamese girl who conceals a bitter secret. Unconventional in structure, Darkling Plain is a novel-like series of short stories revealing the impact of the Vietnam War on a young American.
Saigon, 1968 -Crossroads on the Darkling Plain of War Gordon Hunter begins his tour of duty and soon encounters the very real war behind the images on...
MEET JACK SAVAGE -- Soft-Boiled Detective. Jack Savage is a private eye whose turf is the Monterey Peninsula. No one tries harder than "Monterey Jack," but unfortunately he labors under two handicaps--he is a neophyte, and he happened to be born under a very strange star. Life, for Jack, is a succession of square pegs and round holes. His first case is so embarrassingly simple--find a locket lost by two Mexican women visiting the peninsula as tourists. Yet he soon finds himself ensnared in a dangerous web that links the CIA, a dominatrix, sinister visitors from Taiwan, and a Silicon Valley...
MEET JACK SAVAGE -- Soft-Boiled Detective. Jack Savage is a private eye whose turf is the Monterey Peninsula. No one tries harder than "Monterey Jack,...
JACK SAVAGE, DETECTIVE -- As Soft-Boiled as They Come. Roger Collier is a failed poet, failed painter, and failing sculptor. But that's not the worst of his troubles... When he's found dead in his Pebble Beach home--dispatched by a well-played five iron--the police say the killer is a pretty blonde model. Jack Savage suspects that it was one of the four critics who wrote blistering reviews of Collier's work, and then discovered new levels of hell when he repaid them with "getting even" tactics. As he pursues his hunch, Jack finds himself victimized by a psychotic stalker who subjects him to...
JACK SAVAGE, DETECTIVE -- As Soft-Boiled as They Come. Roger Collier is a failed poet, failed painter, and failing sculptor. But that's not the worst ...
On a moody Chicago night, Joe Harper sneaks onto the grounds of Wrigley Field, The young pitcher has in mind to confront and overcome his rookie fears. But this is not an ordinary April night, and Wrigley is not an ordinary ballpark, and the keepers of the legend-filled stadium have other aims in mind. Much will come to pass before the night is through...
On a moody Chicago night, Joe Harper sneaks onto the grounds of Wrigley Field, The young pitcher has in mind to confront and overcome his rookie fears...
