The Sunset Route
The Sunset Route

Author: Carrot Quinn

Publisher: Dial Press

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0593133285

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The unforgettable story of one woman who leaves behind her hardscrabble childhood in Alaska to travel the country via freight train—a beautiful memoir about forgiveness, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of nature, perfect for fans of Wild or Educated. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER • “An urgent read. A courageous life. Quinn’s story burns through us and bleeds beauty on every page.”—Noé Álvarez, author of Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land After a childhood marked by neglect, poverty, and periods of homelessness, with a mother who believed herself to be the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, Carrot Quinn moved out on her own. She found a sense of belonging among straight-edge anarchists who taught her how to traverse the country by freight trains, sleep in fields under the stars, and feed herself by foraging in dumpsters. Her new life was one of thrilling adventure and freedom, but still she was haunted by the ghosts of her lonely and traumatic childhood. The Sunset Route is a powerful and brazenly honest adventure memoir set in the unseen corners of the United States—in the Alaskan cold, on trains rattling through forests and deserts, as well as in low-income apartments and crowded punk houses—following a remarkable protagonist who has witnessed more tragedy than she thought she could ever endure and who must learn to heal her own heart. Ultimately, it is a meditation on the natural world as a spiritual anchor, and on the ways that forgiveness can set us free.

Racing the Sunset
Racing the Sunset

Author: Scott Tinley

Publisher: Lyons Press

Published: 2006-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781592286638

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A seventh-generation Californian, Scott Tinley led the quintessential Golden State dream. As he grew from beach rat to lifeguard to a recreational administration major, it seemed only natural to him that he would try to parlay the athletic skills gleaned from this idyllic lifestyle into a profession as one of the best triathletes in the world. For twenty years, his skill, tenacity, and devil-may-care attitude guided him along the path. But when age took hold of his legs, and no amount of training would help, his athletic gold rush went bust. Cracks in his psyche began to show, as if beneath it all--like much of California itself--his athletic life had been built on a fault. Always introspective and inquiring, Tinley threw himself headlong into athlete retirement and the larger issues of life transition and change. His new journey, driven by his quest for personal growth and healing, was filled with pain, false starts, and heartrending intimacies. It led him to hundreds of other retired professional athletes who would openly discuss their own triumphs and tragedies. With much discipline, Tinley completed one of the most thorough athlete research projects ever attempted, and befriended such superstars as Bill Walton, Eric Heiden, Greg LeMond, Jerry Sherk, Steve Scott, and Rick Sutcliffe. Along the way he uncovered secrets about himself and the process of change, turmoil, and final acceptance, all shared openly and eloquently in Racing the Sunset. This book will do for athletes of every level what Passages did for an entire generation.

Writing Wild
Writing Wild

Author: Tina Welling

Publisher: New World Library

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1608682870

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Align Your Creative Energy with Nature’s “Everything we know about creating,” writes Tina Welling, “we know intuitively from the natural world.” In Writing Wild, Welling details a three-step “Spirit Walk” process for inviting nature to enliven and inspire our creativity.

Sunrise, Sunset
Sunrise, Sunset

Author: Linda Sommer

Publisher: Charisma Media

Published: 2007-09

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 159979201X

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Morning and Evening Inspiration A daily devotional with insight and wisdom from the books of Psalms and Proverbs. Bibles reference One Year year nourishment s

He Opens Another Door
He Opens Another Door

Author: Deepak Sethi

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2013-07-11

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 148177168X

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Destiny forces an Indian Army Brigadier to quit his promising career after 31 years service. He starts afresh by joining the PhD program at the University of Texas at Dallas, and completes it in three years, this too in very dramatic circumstances. Then he goes on to teach at three American universities and makes a mark in his second innings too. But this gripping account is not merely about his transition into U.S. academia. It traces his lifes journey, on either side of the time and space divide, and the manner in which he deals with various twists, troubles, and triumphs that His Grand Schema orchestrated for him. Equally fascinating is its overview of the cultural, social, and military milieu in India, now a strategic partner in the emerging geopolitical dynamic.

On the Trail of the Sunset's Dawn
On the Trail of the Sunset's Dawn

Author: Lynne Armstrong-Jones

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2024-08-21

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1038306507

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Brave swordsman Nico, now in his fifties, has been married to sorceress Veras for twenty years, their daughter, Justice now sixteen. His thoughts are often with his daughter as she develops her sword and archery skills. But when tragedy strikes, his life is changed forever. While Nico struggles, his daughter finds that she has inherited a great deal of her mother’s magic. This magic is very strong, and she requires the aid of Superior Sorcerer Xyron to learn to manage it. While the family is challenged with their own struggles, trespassers enter the City of Espri from Queen Brillianna’s neighbouring realm, with a plan to expand their own territory into this one. As armies cross the border river into King Yurmar’s land, Queen Brillianna’s sorceress uses sinister spells to render Yurmar’s people helpless. The finest practitioners of magic are sent to battle this strange power, including the palace sorcerer Wystan, Superior Xyron, Justice, Giever, Aislinn, and Creda. Joining them are warriors Joul Zann, Ferren, and Nico’s son Aldred. However, King Yurmar has asked Nico to remain in the city. But Nico has had a dream. In it, it is his fate to save Justice’s life as she battles Brillianna’s sorceress. Will he remain behind? Or will he lose his own life to save his daughter’s?

The Rhythm of Life
The Rhythm of Life

Author: Matthew Kelly

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2004-11-16

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0743273516

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In this classic bestseller, acclaimed author and speaker Matthew Kelly offers inspiring, take-charge strategies to help you discover your deepest desires, identify your unique talents, and lead a life filled with passion and purpose. Do you ever feel that if you weren’t so busy you would be happier, healthier, more effective, more fulfilled...and maybe even a better person? The Rhythm of Life will help you to bring into focus who you are and why you are here. Through this book Matthew Kelly will help you discover your legitimate needs, deepest desires, and unique talents—and become the-best-version-of-yourself. He helps you bring into focus who you are, why you are here, and what possibilities stand before you... Everything is a choice. This is life’s greatest truth and its hardest lesson. It is a great truth because it reminds us of our power to live the life of our dreams. It is a hard lesson because it causes us to realize that we have chosen the life we are living right now. The measure of your life will be the measure of your courage. Fear stops more people from doing something with their lives than lack of ability, contacts, resources, or any other single variable. Fear paralyzes the human spirit. Life takes courage. With this groundbreaking guide, Kelly cuts through the stifling clutter of our everyday lives and delivers a clarity that is both refreshing and liberating.