Written with warmth, sensitivity, and insight, Crossing Paths shows parents how to get through the worst flash points of an adolescent-induced midlife crisis and how to make this time an opportunity for positive change.

Contributors include Cheryl Strayed, Carrot Quinn, Barney "Scout" Mann, Aspen Matis, Nicholas Kristof, Heather Anderson, Will "Akuna" Robinson, and many more Shares new stories over the last decade to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original PCT Readers Sidebars address some of the issues affecting the PCT today Includes a map of the PCT to follow along with the stories What’s it like to be a trail angel and can romance truly blossom from first meeting to marriage on the Pacific Crest Trail? How do trail names get bestowed and what does it mean when you find yourself roaring back at a mountain lion? How have climate change, technology, and the sheer number of hikers affected life on the PCT? Find the answers to all these questions, and so many more, in the diverse writings gathered in Crossing Paths, an anthology of stories and poems written by PCT hikers. Reflecting the contributors’ rich and varied individual experiences, this collection includes both ordinary and extraordinary experiences, from dodging lightning strikes on an exposed ridge south of Sonora Pass or surviving early fall snowstorms in the Cascades, to deeply personal walks-as-therapy following military service or cancer treatment. The selection represents geographic, gender, ethnic, and age diversity, and strives to reflect the totality and depth of life on the trail.

Each discussion contributes to a portrait of these three composers as musical storytellers, each in his own way simulating the structure of lived experience in works of art."--BOOK JACKET.

"From the maudlin to the absurd, and all roads in between, Baeli asserts her unique brand of scathing humor, raw sincerity, and insightful angst in this collection of essays." Kindred Ink Writer's Initiative

Some choose their path. Others trip and fall onto one. But none can predict where it will end. When a well-dressed man sits on the dirty sidewalk and offers Jack a bag of fast food, a Peregrine Falcon circles the city skyline, watching. There are moments when you know; life is about to change, and at that moment, Jack knew. But he could never have guessed how.

This fascinating book will interest anyone wanting to learn more about the relationship between mathematics and the arts.

Organ transplantion is always a cruel crossing of paths: there is a life that ends, and another that regains vital energy. This book, a real memoire, talks about the implications of an organ transplant – also thanks to some patients’ direct accounts. Main theme is the training-both medical and human - the author conducted at the Liver transplantation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London. Part of the revenue of this book will be deployed to fund scientific research of young Italian doctors abroad.