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Honorable Bandit
Brian Bouldrey traveled to the island of Corsica, with its wine-dark Mediterranean waters, powdered-sugar beach sand, sumptuous cuisine, and fine wine. And then he walked away from all of them. Bouldrey strapped on a backpack and walked across Napoleon's native land with the same spirit many choose to dance or drink: to celebrate, to mourn, to think, to avoid thinking, to recall, to ignore, to escape, and to arrive. This wonderfully textured account of a two-week ramble along a famous Corsican hiking trail with his German friend Petra (she was good at the downhills while he was better at the uphills) offers readers a journal that is a launching point for reflection: thoughts on cultural differences, friendship, physical challenge, personal challenge, and getting very, very lost. Part travelogue, part memoir, and part lampoon, this book offers readers an impressionistic view of a little talked about yet stunningly beautiful landscape. Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians and the Public Library Association Runner-up, Best Travel Book, National Association of Travel Journalists
The Peasants and the Mariners
Storytellers, said Walter Benjamin, are descended from one of two tribes: the mariners or the peasants. We revel in the stories of the sailors, with their lure of exotic places and the treasures a mariner brings home. We hearken to the stories of the peasants for a glimmer of the past, best revealed to natives and landed people. Brian Bouldrey, professional vagabond, and his very organized friend Garth, two unlikely mariners, hit dry land with backpacks and point their hiking boots down the Ulster Way. Along the more than 600 miles of Northern Irish mountains, moors, and monuments, they pursue a quest. Among the causeways and caves and publicans cups, they seek faraway places revealed by the wisdom that only the peasant can offer. Part of the Gemma Open Door Series, originally designed for new readers, these books confirm the truth that a story doesn't have to be big to change the world.
Traveling Souls
True stories of 20 modern trips to Jerusalem, Canterbury, Rome, the Ganges, Ayers Rock, Mecca, and Santiago de Compostela by fine writers such as Malcolm X, Pico Iyer, and Michael Wolfe reveal the nature of pilgrimage--the search for something spiritual, cultural, historical, or a combination of all these things.
The Sorrow of Elves
Walace Weiss, a once?-?famous fantasy novelist, now troubled by drug addiction, sets ?himself on a final two?-?fold quest?: ?to finish his first novel in over a decade, and, like the ?immortal elves of his stories, to try and remember what, in his long life, he should not ?have forgotten?.? Part of the prestigious Gemma Open Door Series, originally designed for adult literacy in, these books confirm the truth that a story doesn't have to be big to change ?our world?.? ?The Sorrow of Elves? marks the US launch of Open Door books written ?by North American authors?.
The Autobiography Box
Addressing the growing popularity of the memoir, this book presents writing tips in a visually dynamic, hands-on portable kit. Sixty appealing cards filled with quotes, questions, directions, and exercises provide the practice, while the book provides inspiring quotes from great writers and journal spaces for personal entries. Shrink-wrapped.
Inspired Journeys
Full of humor, profundity, and obsession, these are tales of writers on pilgrimage, in search of legends, artistic inspiration, spiritual epiphany, or fulfillment of a promise.
Monster
Self-proclaimed sissy, Brian Bouldrey goes undercover to investigate American machismo, infiltrating everything from a bachelor party to the World Wrestling Federation's RAW. Whether he's hosting a red-meat BBQ where the menu reads like the supporting cast of Crocodile Dundee, or deer hunting with his ex-marine brother who works as a prison guard, Bouldrey's sharp wit and wry autobiographical reflections prove that manly stereotypes yield surprising subtleties and contradictions when viewed close-up.
The Genius of Desire
Hopelessly drawn to the romantic notion of a double life, young Michael Bellman spends summers in Monsalvat, Michigan, coming of age in a loving tangle of highly eccentric relatives: Great Uncle Jimmy speaks to his dead wife during meals; Cousin Anne torments Michael beyond endurance; reckless Cousin Tommy secretly smokes cigars and can't wait to "kick butt in 'Nam" - and Michael watches every magical move he makes. A few years and one driver's license later, as family alliances change and long-silent desires surface, Michael begins to understand his attraction to the double life because he's living one - at roadside rest stops, in library washrooms, and public parks. Coming out is the first...
Acts of Faith, Acts of Love
McGinley uses the autobiographies of Gay men to explore the overlap between their religious and sexual identities. >
Wrestling with the Angel
In highly personal twenty-one essays, gay men recount their struggles with institutionalized religion, their longing for spirituality, and the meaning of their experiences for theology. Reprint.
