It's Been One Hell of a Ride

It's Been One Hell of a Ride
Author: Jennifer Collins-Timm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2020-01-22
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781645841197

It's Been One Hell of a Ride is a pretty sarcastic, totally true, and comical ride. A two-part book started as a journal of our family story to my Timm men. It's a book on how we began this ride. How we dealt with many life hiccups with humor. How we picked our battles and learned to breathe through the struggles. How we enjoyed the little things. Also, to remember the good times, remember the bad times, and to learn from it and move on. Keep trucking as this is your ride and ultimately up to you to make it the best ride it can be! In this creating process, it dawned on me that this book is not just for us but also for others. It's for all pondering their place on the path. It reassures all panickers this isn't going the way it was planned and that's okay. You just let the ride take you, learn to love it, and find the humor in it, as the grass really isn't greener over here or there. I'm sure many of you can relate that our rides have bumpy paths, but we always have the option to steer it in a different direction.

One Hell of a Ride

One Hell of a Ride
Author: Pierre Charette
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2019-10-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1532083653

“A HISTORICAL LIFE STORY OF “PIERRE “PETE” CHARETTE “A “DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION” AGENT, HIRED TO WORK UNDERCOVER IN FRANCE A ON THE “FAMOUS CORSICAN MOB! KNOWN AS “THE FRENCH CONNECTION” HIS CASES WERE HISTORICAL AND WORLDWIDE AND FILLED WITH “DANGER AND INTREAGUE”. BOYKIN ROSE Associate Deputy Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice. In today's society, the word "hero" is thrown around freely with little regard to the actions or circumstances involved. But Pete earned that title, although he'll never use that title or admit it. But isn't that one of the traits of a true hero? If you want to learn what life as a DEA Agent can be like, the dangers, the excitement, staying focused on your mission, this is the book for you. Pete doesn't tell stories about what others did while he sat back and watched. He lays out firsthand knowledge of how he worked undercover in a seedy and violent world when any day could realistically be his last. This isn't Hollywood, this is real life from a man who lived it!!! Steve Murphy DEA NARCOS

I Gotta Tell You

I Gotta Tell You
Author: Matthew Wayne Seeger
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1994
Genre: Automobile industry and trade
ISBN: 9780814325469

The book concludes with speeches delivered on special occasions, such as commencements and the celebration of the Statue of Liberty, when Iacocca donned the role of celebrity and statesman.

My Senior Gap Year

My Senior Gap Year
Author: Chris Herrmann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-07-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9780648522225

Chris Herrmann never intended to take a gap year. Certainly not a senior gap year. Life was too comfortable in Perth, Western Australia. Grandchildren were coming along one after another. Living the family dream. But suddenly life threw a spanner in the works. The reality hit. It's not something that just happens to other people. He was now on his own. Life is a journey. Not a destination. He knew that. There were however a hundred reasons why not to do this gap year. To give up his home in one of Perth's most beautiful locations, sell the furniture, sell the car, say goodbye to family and friends. To take off for twelve months backpacking around the other side of the world. What, giving all this up? Surely, you're too old. And what, travelling solo? But his gut feeling kept saying otherwise. Thankfully his gut feeling won out. My Senior Gap Year, The Book, tells his story in his own unique style. From pushing himself out of his own comfort zone. From not knowing a word of Spanish to his humorous attempts to communicate with the people he encountered. Navigating his own way around from one country to another. Experiencing every form of transport from a horse and cart to a five star coach. From sleeping on the floor of a Buddhist temple to a mat in the middle of a jungle. Finding himself left literally penniless in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country. And how his experiences with the people he met, like drugs, waste, terrorism have changed his views. He left with no purpose, other than to step out the door, travel and explore. But then how he turned an opportunity he discovered in the middle of the desert to benefiting charities worth around quarter million dollars. And that was just at the beginning of his journey.My Senior Gap Year. It's never too late.

One Hell of a Ride

One Hell of a Ride
Author: John Reynolds
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-07-20
Genre: Businessmen
ISBN: 9781553654919

The hell-bent-for-leather story of helicopter magnate Craig Dobbin, a larger-than-life figure and one of Canada's greatest entrepreneurs. One Hell of a Ride traces the life, triumphs and tragedy of Craig Laurence Dobbin, weaving a tale that is inspiring, amusing, tragic and, like its subject, never less than gripping. Dobbin was an irrepressible Newfoundlander who counted prime ministers and U.S. presidents among his friends, teetered on the edge of bankruptcy for much of his life, and remains a legend among all who knew him. Born during the Great Depression, Dobbin built a small empire in real estate and discovered the joy of fishing in remote salmon pools. To reach these he bought a helicopter. Ten years later, he was running CHC Helicopters, a public corporation earning hundreds of millions of dollars annually, most from ferrying men and equipment to offshore oil platforms. He soon grew the company into the largest operation of its kind in the world. When he died in October 2006, Dobbin left behind a legacy of business and personal achievements unmatched by any Canadian of his time. Everyone who dealt with him agrees: they will never see his like again.

Hell of a Ride

Hell of a Ride
Author: John Podhoretz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1993
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Imagine a White House MASH written by a Reagan-Bush staffer/speechwriter who saw it all--clueless president, witless sycophants, panicked encumbents, soon to be out on the street. Only a true story of high power at a very low ebb could be this funny.

I Miss Your Purple Hair

I Miss Your Purple Hair
Author: Robert Chandler
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2010-02-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0578044056

I MISS YOUR PURPLE HAIR is a survival adventure centered upon 15-year-old Veronica "Violet" Lima and her father, Mateo. When an apocalyptic series of earthquakes and tsunamis ravages the Earth, they find themselves trapped in the ruins of the San Diego Zoo. The quakes have ended many lives, freed the wild zoo animals, unleashed toxic gases, and created an organic prison from which escape appears impossible. Tensions escalate as temperatures soar and limited resources are depleted. Violet struggles to recover from injuries suffered during the quake and begins to piece together vital clues, thanks to the blessing of her burgeoning psychic gifts. Mateo perseveres despite the harsh conditions and his own near-death experience, compelled to protect his daughter from additional harm. The band of exhausted survivors press on in search of any possible escape route... until one among them risks everything in a quest for salvation.

The Act of Love

The Act of Love
Author: Cache' Ivon e' Jhai e'
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 634
Release: 2023-03-28
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1662417454

Something is happening, something very peculiar, visions just won't let up. Sapphire has been having these visions for far too long, what is it about? Why is it happening? The mystery lingers on. At only nine years old, these mysteries are still happening. Now that she is all grown up, one discovery will lead her to the next discovery. Sapphire feels like the light of the world has invoked her most inner spirits. With a beyond ordinary gift that she inhabits, her light team is constantly guiding her and also helping her to understand her purpose, which pretty soon will lead her to her destiny. Discovering something sweet and fragile, a gift given from the unknown. But despite of her beautiful nature, she must go through the motions that are just ahead of her, to fully understand the world around her. With such a kind, gentle soul and heart, she will stop at nothing to help those along her journey, and it's not always sweet. It is ever so challenging. She is aware that life is all about experiences, but nothing is ever tickled sweet. She will soon learn about a mission, that has been written in the stars. Sometimes things can be so simple, dangerous, weird, and uncomfortable. But it's a courageous thing, to have the strength and power to fear nothing making the effort to see the intention through. With the support of her friends, things are about to become very strange for her, snatching her out of her comfort zone. It is up to Sapphire to show just how strong, powerful, and determined she is, but even with that is a challenge within itself. She will have to put all of her logical knowledge, wisdom, and faith to the test. To see this intent through. Although this may be dangerous, a gamble, and maybe even a struggle. But in the end, it will all turn out to be sweet. But you'll just have to see to find out! Drama, lies, drugs, a violent history, lust, discovery, faith, true love, trust, murder, and digging out the truth despite of the nature of the circumstance! All simmer into this thing we all call life of experiences.

Small Is the New Big

Small Is the New Big
Author: Seth Godin
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2006-08-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101218363

As one of today’s most influential business thinkers, Seth Godin helps his army of fans stay focused, stay connected, and stay dissatisfied with the status quo, the ordinary, the boring. His books, blog posts, magazine articles, and speeches have inspired countless entrepreneurs, marketing people, innovators, and managers around the world. Now, for the first time, Godin has collected the most provocative short pieces from his pioneering blog—ranked #70 by Feedster (out of millions published) in worldwide readership. This book also includes his most popular columns from Fast Company magazine, and several of the short e-books he has written in the last few years. A sample: • Bon Jovi And The Pirates • Christmas Card Spam • Clinging To Your Job Title? • How Much Would You Pay to Be on Oprah’s Show? • The Persistence of Really Bad Ideas • The Seduction of “Good Enough” • What Happens When It's All on Tape? • Would You Buy Life Insurance at a Rock Concert? Small is the New Big is a huge bowl of inspiration that you can gobble in one sitting or dip into at any time. As Godin writes in his introduction: “I guarantee that you'll find some ideas that don’t work for you. But I’m certain that you're smart enough to see the stuff you’ve always wanted to do, buried deep inside one of these riffs. And I’m betting that once inspired, you’ll actually make something happen.”