Showing results for "John Long" in Biographies & Memoirs

A compelling memoir documenting John's addictions, relationships, the supernatural, spiritualism and the 12 steps. The story is filled with raw, jaw dropping accounts of real life events that are dreamlike, laugh out loud humor, and life lessons that leave the listener feeling uplifted, lighter and exploding into a million pieces of joy! Through his personal experiences John shows how he ultimately reached that place of peace and understanding that the world can neither give nor take away.

True crime writer John Olszewski interviews convicted murderers from the prisons they're serving their sentences in.

Taking risks and exploring the unknown are as vital to human beings as our need for air, for growth, for affirmation, for something. These 19 stories reach deep into humanity's compulsion for the rush of new experiences.

A memoir of a young man's 4,000-mile journey on horseback across 1970s America—an unforgettable adventure of self-discovery and close companionship that captures the world from a view like no other: as seen between a horse's ears "One of those rare and splendid books that stay with you long...

In "The Green Arch," mountaineer and author John Long offers vivid descriptions of ascending the west face of Tahquitz Rock—a granite, 8,846-foot-tall rock formation located on the high western slope of the San Jacinto mountain range in Southern California—as a teenager with his childhood climbing friends.

The Rainbow: A Journey to Unconditional Love by John T. Long is a heartfelt and introspective novel that explores themes of love, forgiveness, and personal growth. The story follows a protagonist who embarks on a transformative journey after facing challenges and heartache. Along the way, the protagonist encounters a series of meaningful relationships and life events that help them uncover the true essence of unconditional love.

Published in Rock and Ice Magazine in 1986, this essay, co-written by John Long and Dwight Brooks, tells the story of a hair-raising caving adventure in Papua New Guinea.

This book is about the journey of a man--from meager beginnings, being abused and misunderstood by schoolmates and cousins, starting an adventure with very little, surviving on the kindness of others, and refusing to accept something without paying for it in some way. They expected a long-haired bearded boy in an army jacket to be a bum, but he would be a surprise to them by his work ethic.

Bill Corum rode over 2500 miles in handcuffs, leg-irons, and waist-chains in his first 21 years of life. After his release from prison, he finally returned to his home in Kansas City, MO, determined to never go back. Yet, he had no intentions of ever becoming a law-abiding citizen, only covering his tracks.