Dan Wakefield
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dan Wakefield's biography of Kurt Vonnegut: "You could say the same for his stories, novels, and memoirs. And for the way he spoke. He said things that other people thought but didn't say, or hadn't dared to think, but recognized as true when they heard it. The truth is often shocking, he wrote, because we hear it so seldomly.""--
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
This inspiring spiritual audiobook will appeal to patrons from many different religious backgrounds. Best-selling author Dan Wakefield leads listeners on a rich and illuminating tour of the miracles in everyday life. This tour includes miracle stories ranging from the birth of a child to the gift of friendship, along with testaments from celebrities such as singer Judy Collins and best-selling author Michael Crichton. Expect a Miracle is a warm, wise,...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Description
Artie is ten years old at the time of Pearl Harbor. He throws himself into the Home Front's War Effort while his brother joins the Marines and goes off to the South Pacific. Artie watches not only the war but the love affair of his hero brother and "the girl he left behind." Artie's own innocence, like that of a whole nation, is finally lost when he tries to understand and actively cope with the realities of love and death, betrayal and trust, as...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Award-winning writer Dan Wakefield reveals how writers, artists, musicians, and creative people of all kinds can unleash the principle of creativity within, so that it can infuse every aspect of our lives. Wakefield challenges the belief that to be creative, one must be alienated, neurotic, irresponsible, and a failure at relationships. Drawing on examples from religion, philosophy, and literature Creating from the Spirit teaches us that the key to...
Author
Publisher
SkyLight Paths Pub
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Spirituality is full of rules. You need to find your own way straight through them.
Will tattoos and convertibles keep you from finding "true" spiritual fulfillment?
Some people claim that you cannot truly achieve spiritual fulfillment if you're not a vegetarian. Some say you'll never find the path if you don't learn yoga. And some would insist that any display of vanity-cosmetic surgery! hair mousse!-is a sign that inner peace is way out of your...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
After decades of atheism and hard living, author Dan Wakefield experienced a profound religious awakening that led him back to the church. He describes his religious journey, fraught with peaks and pitfalls, and his hard-won realization that faith is not static. In a continuing quest to maintain his faith over the long-haul, Wakefield speaks plainly about the challenges of maintaining one's convictions in today's complex, secular world. Wakefield'...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English
Description
Two friends come of age in Indianapolis at the close of the Korean War in this touching, funny, and brilliantly etched portrait of America in the throes of adolescence. It seethes with pent-up frustration and confusion, and nearly every episode bubbles with hilarity. In its keen-eyed look at the beginnings of the sexual revolution, it perfectly captures the mood, texture, and morality of a bygone era.
8) Home free
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
Pub. Date
[1977]
Language
English
Description
A slacker hero embarks on a rollicking cross-country journey of love-ins and acid trips in this rich portrait of the 1960s When his foxy professor/girlfriend kicks him out of her apartment, perennial college student Gene Barrett sets off on a road trip in search of a place he can call home. He ventures from Boston to Maine to Iowa City, ultimately making his way to the "last resort" of California's Venice Beach. Experimenting with LSD, hash, and heroin,...
15) Complete stories
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The complete short stories of Kurt Vonnegut"--
16) Friends
Author
Publisher
Laurel-Leaf Books
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
Adolescence.
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Selected and introduced by fellow novelist and friend Dan Wakefield, this much-expanded edition now includes a total of fifteen of Kurt Vonnegut's speeches. In each of these talks Vonnegut takes pains to find the few things worth saying and a conversational voice to say them in that isn't heavy-handed or pretentious or glib, but funny and serious and joyful even if sometimes without seeming so.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"A collection of speeches by the author of such works as 'A Man Without a Country,' conveys his recommendations on how to make a difference in the world, his considerable humor, and his thoughts about the religious and cultural figures who most inspired his career." --
