The Longest Way Home

Author: Andrew McCarthy
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451667507
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
The author, a travel writer and actor, delivers a memoir about how travel helped him become the man he wanted to be, helping him overcome life-long fears and confront his resistance to commitment. From time immemorial, travel has been a pursuit of passion, from adventurers of old seeking gold or new lands, to today's spiritual and pleasure seekers who follow in the footsteps of Elizabeth Gilbert. Some see travel as a form of light-hearted escapism while others believe it has the power to open your mind, forcing you to confront your demons, and discover your true self. The author belongs to this second category of traveler. His memoir follows his excursions to Patagonia, the Amazon, Costa Rica, Baltimore, Vienna, Kilimanjaro, Dublin, and beyond. He uses his wanderlust to examine his motives and desires, and explore his ambivalence about commitment. He ponders his personal life, his acting career, and his impulse to leave home, all building toward one of the most significant moments of his life: his wedding day. His message about the transformative power of travel is universal, and his exploration of the nature and passion of relationships, both fleeting and enduring, strikes a chord with every man and woman who has ever wondered at the vicissitudes of the human heart.

Just Fly Away

Author: Andrew McCarthy
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616207736
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271

Book Description
SPECIAL PREVIEW! A debut novel about one girl’s discovery of family secrets, first love, the limits of forgiveness, and finding one’s way in the world, written with wisdom and sympathy by the bestselling memoirist, actor, and director. When fifteen-year-old Lucy Willows discovers that her father has a child from a brief affair, an eight-year-old boy named Thomas who lives in her own suburban New Jersey town, she begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her family and her life. Lucy can’t believe her father betrayed the whole family, or that her mother forgave him, or that her sister isn’t rocked by the news the way Lucy is. Worse, Lucy’s father’s secret is now her own, one that isolates her from her friends, family, and even her boyfriend, Simon, the one person she expected would truly understand. When Lucy escapes to Maine, the home of her mysteriously estranged grandfather, she finally begins to get to the bottom of her family’s secrets and lies. Fans of the rebels and antiheroes in the novels of Rainbow Rowell, A. S. King, and Meg Wolitzer will welcome this sharp, observant new voice in young adult fiction.

The Longest Way Home

Author: William Elmer Bittle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description

The Longest Way Home

Author: Robert Silverberg
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575106441
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183

Book Description
For more than a thousand years, Homeworld has been unchanged: the Great Houses rule and peace between them is enforced by unbreakable webs of kinship. The Folk accept what the system offers them - stability, prosperity and peace - and the Indigenes are placid. Then, on one night of rebellion everything changes, as the Folk overthrow the Great Houses. Joseph, the young son of one Great House is visiting another and survives the violence, but his home is ten thousand miles away and communications and transport have been destroyed. For all he knows his family may have been wiped out but his only hope lies in making that ten thousand mile trek across a world turned strange and hostile. To succeed, he must set aside all his old beliefs and assumptions and learn the truth about the world he lives in.

Brat

Author: Andrew McCarthy
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1538754282
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
Fans of Patti Smith's Just Kids and Rob Lowe's Stories I Only Tell My Friends will love this beautifully written, entertaining, and emotionally honest memoir by an actor, director, and author who found his start as an 80s Brat pack member -- the inspiration for the Hulu documentary Brats, written and directed by Andrew McCarthy. Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at Bernie's, and Less than Zero, and as a charter member of Hollywood's Brat Pack. That iconic group of ingenues and heartthrobs included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, and Demi Moore, and has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture. In his memoir Brat: An '80s Story, McCarthy focuses his gaze on that singular moment in time. The result is a revealing look at coming of age in a maelstrom, reckoning with conflicted ambition, innocence, addiction, and masculinity. New York City of the 1980s is brought to vivid life in these pages, from scoring loose joints in Washington Square Park to skipping school in favor of the dark revival houses of the Village where he fell in love with the movies that would change his life. Filled with personal revelations of innocence lost to heady days in Hollywood with John Hughes and an iconic cast of characters, Brat is a surprising and intimate story of an outsider caught up in a most unwitting success.

The Longest Trip Home

Author: John Grogan
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061980889
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
Meet the Grogans Before there was Marley, there was a gleefully mischievous boy navigating his way through the seismic social upheaval of the 1960s. On the one side were his loving but comically traditional parents, whose expectations were clear. On the other were his neighborhood pals and all the misdeeds that followed. The more young John tried to straddle these two worlds, the more spectacularly, and hilariously, he failed. Told with Grogan's trademark humor and affection, The Longest Trip Home is the story of one son's journey into adulthood to claim his place in the world. It is a story of faith and reconciliation, breaking away and finding the way home again, and learning in the end that a family's love will triumph over its differences.

Journeys Home

Author: Andrew McCarthy
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1426215029
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 466

Book Description
Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, this compelling narrative combines intriguing tales of discovery with tips on how to begin your own explorations. Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy’s featured story recounts his recent quest to uncover his family’s Irish history, while twenty-five other prominent writers tell their own heartfelt stories of connection. Spanning the globe, these stories offer personal takes on journeying home, whether the authors are actively seeking long-lost relatives, meeting up with seldom-seen family members, or perhaps just visiting the old country to get a feel for their roots. Sidebars and a hefty resource section provide tips and recommendations on how to go about your own research, and a foreword by the Genographic Project’s Spencer Wells sets the scene. Stunning images, along with family heirlooms, old photos, recipes, and more, round out this unique take on the genealogical research craze.

The Longest Journey

Author: E. M. Forster
Publisher: East West Studio
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
The Longest Journey is a bildungsroman by E. M. Forster, first published in 1907. It is the second of Forster's six published novels, following Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) and preceding A Room with a View (1908) and Howards End (1910). It has a reputation for being the least known of Forster's novels, but was also the author's personal favourite and one of his most autobiographical. It is the only one of Forster's novels not to have received a film or television adaptation.

Slow Journey South

Author: Paula Constant
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 1741667968
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
"When Paula Constant and her husband, Gary, attempt to break away from the conventional 9-to-5 routine, a few weeks lazing in a resort or packed in a tour bus is not what they have in mind. What starts out as an idle daydream to embark on 'a travel to end all travels' turns into something far greater: an epic year-long 5000-kilometre walk from Trafalgar Square in London to Morocco and the threshold of the Sahara Desert"--Publisher.

Nepal Guidebook

Author: David Ways
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781471661785
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Best Guidebook to Nepal (2022) Explore Nepal like never before with this 100% original fully comprehensive & up-to-date paperback guidebook to an epic country filled with adventure. This is a better guidebook: Take advantage of easy step-by-step walkthroughs & GPS pinpointed maps like no other guidebook before. Discover what others miss out on: Know exactly what temple, building or trek you are looking a with over 984+ photographs plus exclusive compound diagrams! Includes more than just the top attractions in Nepal: with all of the Kathmandu Valley, DIY old city heritage walks, every Durbar Square, city markets, Bhaktapur, Patan, Boudhanath, plus Chitwan, Bardia, Panauti, Dhulikhel, Nuwakot, Pokhara, Ilam, Eastern Nepal, Everest / Annapurna trekking routes & more ..., find out what to buy & where to shop, the best trekking preparation, independently recommended agencies, local & private transport, tour activities, travel itineraries, tourist visas, shipping agents for souvenirs, hotels & restaurant reviews plus so much more 2015 Earthquake + COVID-19 Updates: Contains the best updates on which temple is currently being renovated and which hotels or businesses are still open. Nepal is open to visitors! Save your money: Learn what's important to see and what can be skipped if you're in a rush. See your trekking routes: This is the only guidebook that lets you see photos of every day on every trekking route in the book. Find out what a trek is really like before you go & what to expect when you arrive! Save time: Enjoy easy-to-follow DIY walking routes through Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Panauti, Patan, Dhulikhel & treks - no other guidebook in the world delivers on heritage like this one! Descriptive photos & maps: over 628 pages, 984+ photographs, 123 maps & 5 compound diagrams used to show you exactly where you are & what you are looking at. Eat, sleep, & enjoy! Find out the best places to eat or sleep in Nepal no matter your budget. With independent reviews from rock bottom budgets to high-end treats. Never before has there been a print guidebook to Nepal that will save you so much time and money without all the usual guidebook frustrations. Why? It was written in-country by a real traveler. This is true boots-on-the-ground guidebook writing. First published in Nepal, now in its third edition, this incredible guidebook is available worldwide with this special 2022 International Edition!