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Author |
: Richard Bach |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: 072253535X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780722535356 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (5X Downloads) |
Synopsis Running from Safety by : Richard Bach
Fifty years ago Richard Bach promised to come back through time and teach himself everything he had learned from living. In this encounter with his 9 year-old self he tries to explain the things that really matter. He finds his teachings do not go as planned.
Author |
: Richard Bach |
Publisher |
: Delta |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 1995-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780385315289 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0385315287 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Running from Safety by : Richard Bach
A half-mile up, suspended by nylon wings and the promise of good lift, life hanges on a pledge. Richard Bach made that pledge, fifty years before, to return to the frightened child he used to be and teach him everything he had learned from living. His promise went unfulfilled until one day, hovering between earth and sky, Richard encounters Dickie Bach, age nine--irrepressible challenger of every notion Richard embraces.... In this exhilarating adventure, Richard and Dickie probe the timeless questions both need answered if either is to be whole: Why does growing spiritually mean never growing up? Can we peacefully coexist with the consequences of our choices? Why is it that only by running from safety can we make our wildest dreams take flight?
Author |
: Augusten Burroughs |
Publisher |
: St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages |
: 347 |
Release |
: 2010-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429902526 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429902523 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Running with Scissors by : Augusten Burroughs
The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors, now a Major Motion Picture! Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead-ringer for Santa and a lunatic in the bargain. Suddenly, at age twelve, Augusten Burroughs found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian in perfect squalor. The doctor's bizarre family, a few patients, and a pedophile living in the backyard shed completed the tableau. Here, there were no rules, there was no school. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, and Valium was eaten like Pez. And when things got dull, there was always the vintage electroshock therapy machine under the stairs.... Running with Scissors is at turns foul and harrowing, compelling and maniacally funny. But above all, it chronicles an ordinary boy's survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.
Author |
: Angie Schmitt |
Publisher |
: Island Press |
Total Pages |
: 247 |
Release |
: 2020-08-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781642830835 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1642830836 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Right of Way by : Angie Schmitt
The face of the pedestrian safety crisis looks a lot like Ignacio Duarte-Rodriguez. The 77-year old grandfather was struck in a hit-and-run crash while trying to cross a high-speed, six-lane road without crosswalks near his son’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. He was one of the more than 6,000 people killed while walking in America in 2018. In the last ten years, there has been a 50 percent increase in pedestrian deaths. The tragedy of traffic violence has barely registered with the media and wider culture. Disproportionately the victims are like Duarte-Rodriguez—immigrants, the poor, and people of color. They have largely been blamed and forgotten. In Right of Way, journalist Angie Schmitt shows us that deaths like Duarte-Rodriguez’s are not unavoidable “accidents.” They don’t happen because of jaywalking or distracted walking. They are predictable, occurring in stark geographic patterns that tell a story about systemic inequality. These deaths are the forgotten faces of an increasingly urgent public-health crisis that we have the tools, but not the will, to solve. Schmitt examines the possible causes of the increase in pedestrian deaths as well as programs and movements that are beginning to respond to the epidemic. Her investigation unveils why pedestrians are dying—and she demands action. Right of Way is a call to reframe the problem, acknowledge the role of racism and classism in the public response to these deaths, and energize advocacy around road safety. Ultimately, Schmitt argues that we need improvements in infrastructure and changes to policy to save lives. Right of Way unveils a crisis that is rooted in both inequality and the undeterred reign of the automobile in our cities. It challenges us to imagine and demand safer and more equitable cities, where no one is expendable.
Author |
: David Rothkopf |
Publisher |
: PublicAffairs |
Total Pages |
: 578 |
Release |
: 2009-04-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780786736003 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0786736003 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Running the World by : David Rothkopf
Never before in the history of mankind have so few people had so much power over so many. The people at the top of the American national security establishment, the President and his principal advisors, the core team at the helm of the National Security Council, are without question the most powerful committee in the history of the world. Yet, in many respects, they are among the least understood. A former senior official in the Clinton Administration himself, David Rothkopf served with and knows personally many of the NSC's key players of the past twenty-five years. In Running the World he pulls back the curtain on this shadowy world to explore its inner workings, its people, their relationships, their contributions and the occasions when they have gone wrong. He traces the group's evolution from the final days of the Second World War to the post-Cold War realities of global terror -- exploring its triumphs, its human dramas and most recently, what many consider to be its breakdown at a time when we needed it most. Drawing on an extraordinary series of insider interviews with policy makers including Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Henry Kissinger, senior officials of the Bush Administration, and over 130 others, the book offers unprecedented insights into what must change if America is to maintain its unprecedented worldwide leadership in the decades ahead.
Author |
: Jonice Webb |
Publisher |
: Morgan James Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2012-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781614482420 |
ISBN-13 |
: 161448242X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Running on Empty by : Jonice Webb
A large segment of the population struggles with feelings of being detached from themselves and their loved ones. They feel flawed, and blame themselves. Running on Empty will help them realize that they're suffering not because of something that happened to them in childhood, but because of something that didn't happen. It's the white space in their family picture, the background rather than the foreground. This will be the first self-help book to bring this invisible force to light, educate people about it, and teach them how to overcome it.
Author |
: Wallace Stegner |
Publisher |
: Modern Library |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 2007-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307430861 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307430863 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Crossing to Safety by : Wallace Stegner
Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams Afterword by T. H. Watkins Called a “magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom” by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.
Author |
: Rana DiOrio |
Publisher |
: Little Pickle Press |
Total Pages |
: 40 |
Release |
: 2019-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1492680834 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781492680833 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis What Does It Mean to Be Safe? by : Rana DiOrio
You have the power to protect yourself and others! What does it mean to be safe? Does it mean beating a throw to home plate? Does it mean never taking risks? No! Being safe is about feeling secure, feeling protected and being responsive--no matter the environment or situation. You can be safe in so many simple ways. From being aware of your limits to creating healthy boundaries. By not giving in to peer pressure and by standing up to bullies. And by being safe on the Internet, or knowing the right time to get a caring adult's help. This revised and updated addition to the award-winning What Does It Mean to Be...? series is the perfect book to spark meaningful dialogue and ensure every child knows what it means to be safe.
Author |
: Christopher McDougall |
Publisher |
: Profile Books |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 2010-12-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781847652287 |
ISBN-13 |
: 184765228X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Born to Run by : Christopher McDougall
A New York Times bestseller 'A sensation ... a rollicking tale well told' - The Times At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini, pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.
Author |
: Haruki Murakami |
Publisher |
: Vintage Canada |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 2009-08-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307373083 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307373088 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by : Haruki Murakami
From the best-selling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and After Dark, a rich and revelatory memoir about writing and running, and the integral impact both have made on his life. In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Haruki Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a slew of critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and—even more important—on his writing. Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and includes settings ranging from Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvellous lens of sport emerges a cornucopia of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs and the experience, after the age of fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.