Bøger af Gary Tillery

"Den Kyniske Idealist - John Lennon" er den første Lennon-biografi, der fokuserer på hans spirituelle side og filosofiske tænkning. Bogen blev valgt til:'Official Book of the 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute' i 2010.John Lennon var den geniale komponist og sangskriver fra The Beatles.Men Lennon var også meget mere end det; han var digter, oprører, politisk aktivist – og ifølge forfatteren Gary Tillery også en stor filosof.På toppen af sin berømmelse ramte Lennon i 1965 en mur, der fik ham til at søge efter livets mening. Han opfordrede alle til at se på eksperter med kynisme og til at tænke selv. Grundlæggende troede John Lennon på kærlighedens kraft. Han tegnede glorier på folk, der var vrede på Yoko Ono og ham. Det fjernede måske ikke vreden, men det fik i stedet vedkommende til at ligne en engel. Samtidig var han overbevist om, at hvis vi ønsker forandring i verden, bør vi først og fremmest transformere os selv. Så vil verden følge efter. Det siger de kosmiske love. Lennons sange ’Instant Karma’ og ’Mind Games’ minder os netop om, at vi selv har magten til at præge, ikke en fremtid vi frygter, men den vi ønsker.Hele livet igennem tog Lennon stilling til de opgaver, som han mødte. Hver gang forholdt han sig kritisk og fandt sine egne svar. Altid kunne hans skarpe syn se igennem autoriteter og faderfigurernes skjulte dagsordener. Lennon gik selv nye veje, og han var ikke bange for at indrømme, at han også tog fejl.Forfatteren Gary Tillery har ved at forske i Lennons lyrik, poesi, prosa og interviews fulgt sporet af Lennons tænkning, som den udviklede sig fra den forstyrrede arbejderklasse-barndom til de mange roller som en Beatle, fredsmager, social aktivist og som hjemmegående feminist.John Lennon: ( ’I Found Out’)”Den guru, der kan se tingene med dine øjne, findes ikke.”

MEET JACK SAVAGE -- Soft-Boiled Detective.Jack Savage is a private eye whose turf is the Monterey Peninsula.No one tries harder than "Monterey Jack," but unfortunately he labors under two handicaps--he is a neophyte, and he happened to be born under a very strange star.Life, for Jack, is a succession of square pegs and round holes.His first case is so embarrassingly simple--find a locket lost by two Mexican women visiting the peninsula as tourists. Yet he soon finds himself ensnared in a dangerous web that links the CIA, a dominatrix, sinister visitors from Taiwan, and a Silicon Valley company with its super-secret "stealth bomb."All this, while being upstaged by an inscrutable dog with his own agenda.

The sixty-six poems in this volume range from the whimsical to the profound, offering succinct insights into both the world we see and the world of our inner vision.

Saigon, 1968 -Crossroads on the Darkling Plain of War Gordon Hunter begins his tour of duty and soon encounters the very real war behind the images on the evening news ... the Marine with a twisted heart ... the soldier who has seen too much and goes sane ... the boy who must grow up too soon ... the old Buddhist ennobled by his suffering ... the enchanting Vietnamese girl who conceals a bitter secret. Unconventional in structure, Darkling Plain is a novel-like series of short stories revealing the impact of the Vietnam War on a young American.

A man in search of solace, a woman whose dreams come true, and a remarkable discovery in the heartland of Africa-all in the shadow of a looming rebellion.Devastated by a personal tragedy, Ryan Locke seeks distraction on an archaeological dig in the heartland of Africa. There he meets Tia Cole, who has eerily accurate dreams about the fossils coming out of the ground-fossils that have lain hidden for a quarter of a million years.Locke, a young philosophy professor, has searched futilely for answers in the works of the great thinkers. Now he hopes to find wisdom in the place where humanity began. Instead, he is caught up in the birth of a rebellion, and finds himself in love with a woman whose mysterious dreams may trace back to her troubled childhood, or may be something more.Set in a remote corner of Congo, and drawing its atmosphere and detail from an expedition in which the author took part, The Roots of the Wind is a suspenseful adventure that also explores the belief systems that enmesh us all.

JACK SAVAGE, DETECTIVE -- As Soft-Boiled as They Come. Roger Collier is a failed poet, failed painter, and failing sculptor. But that's not the worst of his troubles... When he's found dead in his Pebble Beach home--dispatched by a well-played five iron--the police say the killer is a pretty blonde model. Jack Savage suspects that it was one of the four critics who wrote blistering reviews of Collier's work, and then discovered new levels of hell when he repaid them with "getting even" tactics. As he pursues his hunch, Jack finds himself victimized by a psychotic stalker who subjects him to the same tactics, then kidnaps his unruly dog. The trouble is, all four of the critics have iron-clad alibis, and Jack is not so sure he wants the dog back...

JACK SAVAGE TAKESA LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NOIR This time it's personal. Someone murdered the brother of Ralph Brown, Jack's close friend and favorite bartender. Despite Jack's best efforts to direct it elsewhere, the finger of suspicion keeps swinging back to point at the gorgeous French actress who just arrived on the peninsula-the one Jack is falling for, the one with the devil-may-care attitude toward life, love, and nudity. If only he had a little peace of mind, he could solve the case. But there's the distraction of a time-traveling stranger who needs his help ... and Bay Area thugs whose weapon of choice is a nutcracker ... and the French politician at the reins of a sinister cabal ... not to mention an insufferable dog whose sessions with a pet psychiatrist are going terribly awry. It's a full plate for a soft-boiled detective.(Third book in the "Monterey Jack" series.)

Fifty thought-provoking haiku, gathered from a lifetime of encounters with nature. Each captures a mystical moment in which the commonplace takes on an added dimension of meaning. Illustrated with artwork by the author.

On a moody Chicago night, Joe Harper sneaks onto the grounds of Wrigley Field, The young pitcher has in mind to confront and overcome his rookie fears. But this is not an ordinary April night, and Wrigley is not an ordinary ballpark, and the keepers of the legend-filled stadium have other aims in mind. Much will come to pass before the night is through...

A woman in the audience once handed Elvis a crown saying, "You're the King." "No, honey," Elvis replied. "There is only one king -- Jesus Christ. I'm just a singer." Gary Tillery presents a coherent view of Elvis's thoughts through such anecdotes and other recorded facts. We learn, for instance, that Elvis read thousands of books on religion; that his crisis over making bimbo movies like Girl Happy led him to writers such as Gurdjieff, Krishnamurti, and Helena Blavatsky; and that, while driving in Arizona, an epiphany he had inspired him to learn Hindu practice. Elvis came to believe that the Christ shines in everyone and that God wanted him to use his light to uplift people. And so he did. Elvis's excesses were as legendary as his generosity, yet, despite his lethal reliance on drugs, he remained ever spiritually curious. When he died, he was reading "A Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus." This intimate, objective portrait inspires new admiration for the flawed but exceptional man who said, "All I want is to know and experience God. I'm a searcher, that's what I'm all about."