Gay spirituality and sensibility come to light in these pages of striking portraits and trenchant interviews. Thompson brings out the unique contributions of the esteemed gay men - including Will Roscoe, Joseph Kramer, Harry Hay, James Broughton, Andrew Harvey, Paul Monette, Malcolm Boyd, and Ram Dass - who lead the spiritual life.Thompson elicits vivid musings on such provocative issues as the third gender, S&amp;M, ritual as `holy fire', and spirituality in the age of Aids. His interviews call out the deepest emotions of each of these vibrant leaders who reveal, as never before, the spirit and the soul of the gay life.

Gay Soul: Finding the Heart of Gay Spirit and Nature With Sixteen Writers, Healers, Teachers, and Visionaries

Health, Fitness & Dieting

THOMPSON, Mark

Psychology & Counseling

Harpercollins

ONE OF THE MOST PROVOCATIVE BOOKS TO APPEAR IN GAY LITERATURE IN YEARS
From longtime 'Advocate' editor Mark Thompson – black-and-white photographs and searching, provocative interviews with sixteen renowned gay elders whose vision and leade

Gay Soul

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

HarperOne

A travelogue and analysis of the disintegration of Yugoslavia investigates the country's politics, history, and culture, and describes the author's encounters with politicians, writers, rock musicians, nationalists, and ex-dissidents

PAPER HOUSE

History

Europe

RANDOM HOUSE UK

The Paper House

Vintage

Enough Said: What’s gone wrong with the language of politics?

Philosophy

Chosen by BusinessWeek as one of the top 5 books of 2006 in careers. Read the full story at businessweek.com. Imagine discovering what successful people have in common, distilling it into a set of simple practices, and using them to transform your life and work. Authored by three legends in leadership and self-help — including Built to Last co-author Jerry Porras — it challenges conventional wisdom at every step. Success Built to Last draws on face-to-face, unscripted conversations with hundreds of remarkable human beings from around the world. Meet billionaires, CEOs, presidents of nations, Nobel laureates and celebrities — the rich, the famous and the unknown. Meet unsung heroes who've achieved lasting impact without obvious power or charisma. Famous or not, most started out ordinary. Discover how successful people "harvest" their strengths and their weaknesses, their victories and their surprising failures. Discover how you can find meaning in your life and work just as they did and summon the courage to follow your passions. Above all, see how they've sustained success for decades and you can too. Foreword by Senator John McCain Acknowledgements Introduction–From Built to Last to Success Built to Last Chapter 1: From Great to Lasting–Redefining Success Part I: Meaning–How Successful People Stay Successful Chapter 2: Love it or Lose–Passions and the Quest for Meaning Chapter 3: Portfolio of Passions–It’s Not About Balance Chapter 4: Why Successful People Stay Successful–Integrity to Meaning Part II: ThoughtStyles–Extreme Makeovers Start in Your Head Chapter 5: The Silent Scream–Why It’s So Damn Hard to Do What Matters Chapter 6: The Cause Has Charisma–You Don’t Have to Be Charismatic to Be Successful Chapter 7: The Tripping Point–Always Make New Mistakes Chapter 8: Wounds to Wisdom–Trusting Your Weaknesses and Using Your Core Incompetencies Part III: ActionStyles–Turning Passion into Action Chapter 9: Earning Your Luck–Preparing for Serendipity by Using Big Hairy Audacious Goals Chapter 10: Naked Conversations–Harvesting Contention Chapter 11: Creating Alignment–The Environment Always Wins The Pleasure of Finding Things Out–A Look at the Research Behind Success Built to Last Endnotes Biographical Index Index

Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters

Business & Money

Porras, Jerry I.

Emery, Stewart

Management & Leadership

Wharton School Pub

Chosen by BusinessWeek as one of the top 5 books of 2006 in careers.  Read the full story at businessweek.com.      Imagine discovering what successful people have in common, distilling it into a set of simple practices, and using them to transform your life and work. Authored by three legends in leadership and self-help – including Built to Last co-author Jerry Porras – it challenges conventional wisdom at every step. Success Built to Last draws on face-to-face, unscripted conversations with hundreds of remarkable human beings from around the world. Meet billionaires, CEOs, presidents of nations, Nobel laureates and celebrities – the rich, the famous and the unknown. Meet unsung heroes who've achieved lasting impact without obvious power or charisma. Famous or not, most started out ordinary. Discover how successful people "harvest" their strengths and their weaknesses, their victories and their surprising failures. Discover how you can find meaning in your life and work just as they did and summon the courage to follow your passions. Above all, see how they've sustained success for decades and you can too.      Foreword by Senator John McCain Acknowledgements   Introduction—From Built to Last to Success Built to Last  Chapter 1: From Great to Lasting—Redefining Success      Part I: Meaning—How Successful People Stay Successful  Chapter 2: Love it or Lose—Passions and the Quest for Meaning Chapter 3: Portfolio of Passions—It’s Not About Balance Chapter 4: Why Successful People Stay Successful—Integrity to Meaning      Part II: ThoughtStyles—Extreme Makeovers Start in Your Head  Chapter 5: The Silent Scream—Why It’s So Damn Hard to Do What Matters Chapter 6: The Cause Has Charisma—You Don’t Have to Be Charismatic to Be Successful Chapter 7: The Tripping Point—Always Make New Mistakes Chapter 8: Wounds to Wisdom—Trusting Your Weaknesses and Using Your Core Incompetencies      Part III: ActionStyles—Turning Passion into Action  Chapter 9: Earning Your Luck—Preparing for Serendipity by Using Big Hairy Audacious Goals  Chapter 10: Naked Conversations—Harvesting Contention Chapter 11: Creating Alignment—The Environment Always Wins The Pleasure of Finding Things Out—A Look at the Research Behind Success Built to Last    Endnotes Biographical Index Index

Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters

Porras, Jerry

Business Culture

Ft Press

Bomber: The Whole Story

Biographies & Memoirs

Penguin Random House, Australia

After 34 years in the game at a thousand kilometers an hour, Mark ‘Bomber’ Thompson stepped away from AFL footy following the Essendon drugs scandal. In this candid and uncompromising autobiography, he sets the record straight on his often controversial career. We ride the bumps of the playing field, the coaches’ box the boardroom and the press conferences as Thompson handles things his own way. He talks about his mentors, his protégés and his contemporaries with insight and candor, and reveals what he considers to be the trademarks of a successful coach. This is as good a book about football as you’ll get, by a purist who understands and loves the game, and who refuses to put up with politics. Mark Thompson’s legacy is some of the greatest footy to be played in the modern era.

Bomber: the Whole Story

Blake, Martin

Michael Joseph Australia

Gay Spirit, the psychic and creative energies generated by people we now call gay, has always existed on the outer shores of our culture's collective consciousness. In the past, gay people were labeled heretics, perversions of nature, or categorized pseudo-scientifically. Gay people lived on the edge of the global village or worked within its mainstream in denial and disguise. But today that spirit has re-emerged and lives among us. This book of essays explores the possibilities of that spirit--suggesting ways in which gay people might find a place and purpose in human culture unique to themselves, departing with the questions asked nearly forty years ago by the Mattachine Society: Who are we? Where have we come from? Why are we here?

Gay spirit: Myth and meaning

St.Martin's Press

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