Tigerland is about war the only way war can be told...intimate, spectral, tortuous. Do not let the benign abstractions of mere history mislead you. History is a myth, created by men unable to see... More > truth for what it is. War is a horror beyond description, beyond abstraction. The only scheme that can support such a truth is one of unlimited compassion and understanding that can be offered to each individual who has been ravaged by the scourge of war until all have told their stories. Tigerland is only one of those stories. But it is a beginning. Are you ready for the truth< Less
"What the hell am I supposed to do now " When Alex Baines spoke those words, he did not know how such an apparently simple question would not only change his life, it would change who he... More > was as a man. RISING SUN, DISTANT MOUNTAIN is a love story, a travelogue, and a spiritual tract all rolled into one. In Alex Baines' consternation, and in Barbara Nickerson's wisdom, the reader will find a Truth where they might not have expected it...within themselves. The title itself is a metaphor for this discovery. The rising sun represents the dawning of self-awareness. The distant mountain suggests the first and final challenge of a self-aware life...the full exploration of one's nature and identity. This, many believe, is the only really important task we face in this world.< Less
In the Spring of 1976, drifting, lost, confused, like so many Americans then, I set off on a bicycle to discover America. However, my solitary traverse through my country became instead a journey of... More > a very different sort. As I rode, I discovered an abundance of both mystery and magic, but nothing more significant than what I found at the end.< Less
TIGERLAND is about war the only way war can be told...intimate, spectral, tortuous. Do not let the benign abstractions of mere history mislead you. History is a myth, created by men unable to see... More > truth for what it is. War is a horror beyond description, beyond abstraction. The only scheme that can support such a truth is one of unlimited compassion and understanding that can be offered to each individual who has been ravaged by the scourge of war until all have told their stories. TIGERLAND is only one of those stories. But it is a beginning. Are you ready for the truth< Less
"What the hell am I supposed to do now " When Alex Baines spoke those words, he did not know how such an apparently simple question would not only change his life, it would change who he... More > was as a man. RISING SUN, DISTANT MOUNTAIN is a love story, a travelogue, and a spiritual tract all rolled into one. In Alex Baines' consternation, and in Barbara Nickerson's wisdom, the reader will find a Truth where they might not have expected it...within themselves. The title itself is a metaphor for this discovery. The rising sun represents the dawning of self-awareness. The distant mountain suggests the first and final challenge of a self-aware life...the full exploration of one's nature and identity. This, many believe, is the only really important task we face in this world.< Less
In the Spring of 1976, drifting, lost, confused, like so many Americans then, I set off on a bicycle to discover America. However, my solitary traverse through my country became instead a journey of... More > a very different sort. As I rode, I discovered an abundance of both mystery and magic, but nothing more significant than what I found at the end.< Less
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