Download or read book Journey Thru America My Quest For Peace Volume One written by Gary L Beer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To travel America had been a lifelong dream; I promised myself, that on completing university (which I attended as a mature student studying chemistry), I would pluck up the courage and GO! I meet a white witch of the Wicca cult online and she invites me to stay with her in Virginia in the 'Bible Belt' in September 2002. I live with her for a month where things turn out badly between us; I had bought a second hand car and one morning 'do a runner' and head for Niagara Falls. Canada is too cold for me in October, as is Michigan so I head south through Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas to the Gulf of Mexico, Padre Island and then through the deserts to California. This book is a compilation of the long letters (that became a diary) that I wrote home to my daughter up to February. March to May; California to West Virginia is covered in my second Novel - available now

Download or read book Journey Thru America My Quest for Peace Volume One written by Gary L. Beer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travelling the back roads across America in a seven month, eighteen thousand mile journey brought out survival instincts and a perception of life in Gary that we all possess and rarely experience in this modern world that we live. The result is clearly written in Journey Thru America, My Quest for Peace, in which Gary describes his incredible journey in such a way that the reader experiences the excitement and travelling as if they are experiencing it themselves. Gary speaks his mind of America and American people that is controversial at times and thought provoking.

Download or read book Journey Thru America The Way Home Volume Two written by Gary L Beer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second volume of Gary's incredible journey through America; continuing his adventures from Journey Thru America - My Quest For Peace. The Way Home starts in California in the Giant Redwood forest at Big Sur - Gary prepares for the return journey east across this vast continent. Travelling alone the journey back is filled with excitement and adventure as Gary meets many fascinating and hilarious characters who also travel this huge country.

Download or read book Journey Thru America My Quest for Peace written by Gary L. Beer and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2010-12-25 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travelling the back roads across America on his own in a seven month, eighteen thousand mile journey brought out survival instincts and a perception of life in Gary that we all possess and rarely experience in this modern world that we live.The result is clearly written in; Journey Thru America, My Quest for Peace, in which Gary describes his incredible journey in such a way that the reader experiences the excitement and travelling as if they are experiencing it themselves. Gary speaks his mind of America and American people that is controversial at times and thought provoking.My journey really begins in Virginia, in the 'Bible Belt' of America in September 2002 living with a witch of the Wicca cult called Tigerlilly. Tigerlilly had no appearance of being a witch being blonde and dressing in middle class American clothes. Tigerlilly drove a new metallic silver coloured Dodge car and lived in a trailer on a large trailer park a few miles from the city. By all outward appearances all appeared normal from the outside of her trailer home; with flowers and shrubs surrounding the 60 foot long white trailer. Wooden steps led up to the front door where a large black and white plastic owl stood guard from the top of a railing post. The inside of the trailer also appeared to be middle class American, the lounge was nicely decorated in wheat coloured wallpaper with patterns of dried grass. Pictures of a bearded Jesus were on every wall, tending his flock of white sheep and generally looking holy. The trailer also had 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen diner and a room that was dedicated to the worship of her gods. Fierce upright blood coloured dragons about a foot tall stood upon large shiny black columns that flanked the door, guarding the room with its closed door. On entering the strange room a large painting of what appeared to be a merman painted directly upon the facing wall stared with coal black eyes. The lower half of the strange looking man was fishlike with scales of green and a large curved tail. The upper half was human, complete with long black beard and scowling expression. The eyes appeared to fix upon me, the scowling expression making me feel most unwelcome. Strange idols filled the shadowed room along with more dragons of gold and bronze. A large dagger in a decorated brass and copper coloured scabbard lay centrally upon a square of red velvet flanked by wax covered gothic candleholders.“I will hide nothing from you,” said a smiling Tigerlilly. “Our magic is strong – I have cast many spells to bring you here, soon you will meet the coven sisters – and their approval will be needed before we are able to continue”. Not the start I had dreamed of, or planned…..

Download or read book A Good Find written by Gary L Beer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary L Beer the popular travel writer delves into the realms of fiction and presents us with a fascinating crime thriller. Three friends go for a cycle ride along the North Kent coast and find a bag of money belonging to local smugglers and drug dealers. The drug dealers are soon hot on their trail to regain their money and the three friends soon find themselves in very serious trouble. With twists and turns a complicated web of deceit amongst the drug dealers is woven and the unconcern they show for the health of their customers in the dangerous substance they sell is portrayed vividly. The gangland life appears very real and one that is shocking and violent and strangely often hilarious.

Download or read book Belief Of The Reborn written by Gary L Beer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kir considered himself a normal child with a normal childhood and attained good grades at college. On reaching maturity his body suddenly starts to change into something different; a warrior species of alien. Having to leave his home and planet with his parents to save their lives they head out into deep space to find a new home to live; and where Kir learns who he is and who his parents really are.

Download or read book SUZY written by Gary L Beer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burying her husband in the garden under the runner bean patch seemed the best idea. At least burying him there she would be able to keep an eye on him. Suzy had not meant to kill him and then she meets her old friend Lewis, would he help her, or make things worse?

Download or read book Starship Stinedern written by Gary L Beer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set many thousands of years in the future Mankind now inhabits more than one hundred and fifty thousand planets. The planets have long been overcrowded and man needs to expand to survive. Following the earlier great explorations of thousands of years ago when civilisation was prosperous the Starship Stinedern searches for the descendants of those great explorers - if any remain.

Download or read book Aylie written by Gary L Beer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick receives a telephone call from his long-time friend Aylie inviting him to stay with her for the weekend. The weekend turns into several days and they have an enjoyable time together. Aylie suddenly changes as she suffers a mental breakdown and she puts a strong sedative into Patrick's coffee. Patrick wakes up in total darkness and finds that Aylie has imprisoned him and has chained him up in her basement. Patrick suffers much abuse and torture by Aylie who then permanently maims him. Trapped in her basement the pleasant time becomes a living nightmare as Aylie continues her torture and abuse and with no sign of escape Patrick is driven into the depths of terror and despair.

Download or read book A Glistening Planet written by Gary L Beer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rumors of a planet that is covered in gold, diamonds and precious metals has been talked about for centuries. Many believe that the planet does exist somewhere in the galaxy and astronomers even refer to it as planet R4591, but most people call it the Glistening Planet. A group of engineers contracted to fit life-support systems to the domes on the planet find that the Glistening Planet is no myth as it glitters and shines as the surface is indeed covered in a fortune of precious metals and gemstones. The engineers find out that there is more to the Glistening Planet than vast wealth and they soon find themselves fighting for their lives. More are on the way to raid the planets' riches as well as an army from a military regime and the engineers know they must get off the Glistening Planet as they know of its location and to remain means certain death.

Download or read book My American Journey written by Colin L. Powell and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2010-12-29 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A great American success story . . . an endearing and well-written book.”—The New York Times Book Review Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history—Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm—but a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Here, for the first time, Colin Powell himself tells us how it happened, in a memoir distinguished by a heartfelt love of country and family, warm good humor, and a soldier’s directness. My American Journey is the powerful story of a life well lived and well told. It is also a view from the mountaintop of the political landscape of America. At a time when Americans feel disenchanted with their leaders, General Powell’s passionate views on family, personal responsibility, and, in his own words, “the greatness of America and the opportunities it offers” inspire hope and present a blueprint for the future. An utterly absorbing account, it is history with a vision.

Download or read book Confronting the War Machine written by Michael S. Foley and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the draft resistance movement in Boston in 1967-68, this study argues that these acts of mass civil disobedience turned the tide in the antiwar movement by drawing the Johnson administration into a confrontation with activists who were largely young, middle-class, liberal, and from suburban backgrounds--the core of Johnson's constituency.

Download or read book Journey Thru America the Way Home Volume Two written by Gary L. Beer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second volume of Gary's incredible journey through America; continuing his adventures from Journey Thru America - My Quest For Peace. The Way Home starts in California in the Giant Redwood forest at Big Sur - Gary prepares for the return journey east across this vast continent. Travelling alone the journey back is filled with excitement and adventure as Gary meets many fascinating and hilarious characters who also travel this huge country.

Download or read book Journey Thru America the Way Home written by Gary Beer and published by . This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second volume of Gary's incredible journey through America; continuing his adventures from Journey Thru America - My Quest For Peace.The Way Home starts in California in the Giant Redwood forest at Big Sur - Gary prepares for the return journey east across this vast continent. Travelling alone the journey back is filled with excitement and adventure as Gary meets many fascinating and hilarious characters who also travel this huge country.

Download or read book Journey Thru America The Complete Journey written by Gary L Beer and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Novels in one Publication My Quest For Peace: To travel America had been a lifelong dream; I promised myself, that on completing university, I would pluck up the courage and GO! My journey really begins in Virginia, in the 'Bible Belt' of America in September 2002 living with a witch of the Wicca cult called Tigerlilly. Tigerlilly had no appearance of being a witch being blonde and dressing in middle class American clothes. Tigerlilly drove a new metallic silver coloured Dodge car and lived in a trailer on a large trailer park a few miles from the city. By all outward appearances all appeared normal from the outside of her trailer home; with flowers and shrubs surrounding the 60 foot long white trailer. "I will hide nothing from you," said a smiling Tigerlilly. "Our magic is strong - I have cast many spells to bring you here, soon you will meet the coven sisters - and their approval will be needed before we are able to continue". Not the start I had dreamed of, or planned..... The Way Home: Gary turns for home and starting in California in the Giant Redwood forest at Big Sur - Gary prepares for the return journey east across this vast continent. Travelling alone the journey back is filled with excitement and adventure as Gary meets many fascinating and hilarious characters who also travel this huge country. Two Novels in one Publication

Download or read book Spying on the South written by Tony Horwitz and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's journey across the American South in the 1850s, on the eve of the Civil War. Olmsted roamed eleven states and six thousand miles, and the New York Times published his dispatches about slavery and its defenders. More than 150 years later, Tony Horwitz followed Olmsted's route, and whenever possible his mode of transport--rail, riverboats, in the saddle--through Appalachia, down the Ohio and Mississippi, through Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, and across Texas to the Rio Grande, discovering and reporting on vestiges of what Olmsted called the Cotton Kingdom"--

Download or read book Just Peace Theory Book One written by Valerie Elverton Dixon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these essays I often refer to social contracts such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other international conventions that describe a vision of just human relations, especially in the area of culture and health care. We do not live behind a veil of ignorance where we enter into contemplation of questions of right and wrong without an awareness of our own particularities. Moreover, we do not always determine what is right based on reason. But, we do make decisions every day about how we will live within the social contracts that govern our lives. Many of us go along to get along with a lets-not-rock-the-boat-preserve-the-status-quocaution. Then there are those of us who use the documents of our social contracts to secure more justice and more peace. The purpose is to rock the boat and to disrupt the status quo when it is unjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I understand Christ as a title not as a person. It is a designation of an anointing. This, in my opinion, is the anointing of radical love. Christ is the human incarnation of divine love. We each ought to strive to become this whether or not we are Christian, whether or not we are even believers. Those of us who are Christians believe that Jesus paid it all. There is no more need for blood-shed sacrifice. Murder is never holy. God does not need it or want it. Our work now is to become living sacrifices that will redeem this world through justice and peace. That is the meaning of these essays. (From the Introduction)