Download or read book Motocross Saved My Life written by Brent Worrall and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2011, former Canadian national champion motocross racer Brent (Airmail) Worrall, who had recently returned to the sport after a lengthy absence due to struggles with alcohol, gambling, and depression, was again in a fight to save his own life. His shot at redemption and making peace with the sport he loves was cut short by a near-fatal crash. A mechanical malfunction in mid-flight over the track’s largest jump sent him spiralling into a nose dive. He had just enough time while airborne to say, “Survive, survive, survive.” He broke his back and neck in six places, fractured his clavicle, sternum, and multiple ribs and collapsed his lungs. After flat-lining on the operating table four times, Brent’s doctors finally managed to stabilize him. He required two blood transfusions, and his doctors feared the worst. He emerged from hospital a paraplegic, given only five to ten years to live due to various complications from his accident. After losing the sport he loved many years before to the seedy underworld of depression, alcoholism, drugs, and compulsive gambling, he vowed never to let go of his lifeline passion again. Brent meticulously takes us through his troubled journey to the eventual promised land where he now sits. Along the way, he recounts his many inspirational interactions with those who helped mould his character, including Rick Hansen on his Man in Motion tour as well as looking into Terry Fox’s eyes on his Marathon of Hope. In keeping with his character as an avid sports and history enthusiast, Brent takes us back through many pertinent historical events that shaped his life and society as a whole. Two years after his accident, Brent was back at the track, this time to announce races rather than participate in them. Shortly after that, he launched the Canadian Moto Show, a live online talk-radio show, as well as a magazine, with his good friend Kevin Lefebvre. Throughout the process of giving back to the motocross community while also reinventing himself, he maintained a position as a senior writer at Motocross Performance Magazine. In 2016, he was nominated for a Coast Mental Health Courage to Come Back award. He continues to reshape his life within the sport he loves, refusing to let any of the formidable obstacles he has faced slow him down. This book is Brent’s firsthand account of his journey, written in all five senses, with the hope that his story will motivate and inspire others to see that any seemingly insurmountable obstacles can be overcome.

Download or read book Daredevil Dads written by Tam Rodwell and published by Crux Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daredevil Dads chronicles the lives of a group of men who do some of the most dangerous jobs on (and off) the planet – and in some instances even below the earth's surface. Every day they walk out the door, they know it might be their last as they push themselves to the edge of their limits. The price to be paid if things go wrong is greater than just their own life as all have raised, or are raising, children and know very well the risks they take. The book showcases lesser known jobs like Smoke Jumping as well as better-known professions such as Astronaut and Paratrooper. It also delves heavily into the world of extreme sports with big wave surfing and stunt bike mega stars who are chasing the shadow of the godfather, Evel Knievel. You’ll find tales of jumps over giant canyons, discover the sound a great white shark makes as it circles its prey and learn about a bomb disposal expert who’s more scared of the dentist’s chair than stepping on a land mine! Daredevil Dads is a book where men speak candidly about the thrills, spills and broken bones of life in and out of the red zone, as well as sharing their tales of epic parenting mishaps that will bring a smile to your face. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545}

Download or read book Captivating Clay written by Amy Sparling and published by Amy Sparling. This book was released on with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clay Summers has a reputation for being a jerk. He was one of the youngest teenagers to be signed to Team Loco, a professional motocross racing team, and he knows it’s because of his dedication to the sport. Clay doesn’t have time for friends, family, or girlfriends. Autographs and publicity stunts annoy him to no end. All he wants to do is ride his dirt bike. Avery Dunn just graduated high school and she has no idea what to do next. Tired of living in her small town, she dreams of traveling the world and getting paid to do it. So when the perfect internship with Team Loco comes around, she’ll do whatever it takes to keep her spot on the team so she can travel the country as they go to races each week. Team Loco is determined to have a family friendly image, and Avery’s number one job is to make Clay become a team player with their fans. If she doesn’t get him to sign autographs, takes pictures, and smile more, she’ll be out of a job. She’s spent enough time with Clay to know there’s a little softness underneath his intimidating exterior, and before she knows it, she’s starting to fall for him. Little does Avery know, Clay might be falling for her, too. Captivating Clay is the third standalone book in The Team Loco Trilogy, a series of flirty, upper Young Adult romances. No cliffhanger and a happily ever after!

Download or read book Finding Resilience written by Rachel Leland and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of survival and hope in the face of a debilitating illness When thirteen-year-old Rachel Leland fell during a soccer game, she had no idea that her life was about to change forever. A seemingly simple injury to her wrist led to an outbreak of inexplicable, debilitating pain throughout her body, leaving her bedridden and needing a wheelchair. This set Rachel and her mother, Dorothy, on a quest to find relief from her agonizing symptoms. Refusing to accept the opinions of doctors who either claimed that she was “faking it” or that nothing could be done, Rachel at last found the underlying cause—chronic Lyme disease. Rachel and her family were forced into a wildly different reality of long-distance doctor appointments, battles with unsupportive school and healthcare systems, and daily doses of IV medications. Throughout the ordeal, Rachel’s mental health deteriorated as well, landing the teenager in a psychiatric hospital. Based on the journal Rachel kept during her years battling Lyme and depression, this raw memoir chronicles Rachel’s journey to becoming the strong, healthy woman she is today. Interspersed with Dorothy’s insights, Finding Resilience is an unflinchingly honest and inspiring account of the struggles and triumphs they experienced together.

Download or read book The Journey written by Brian A. Hopkins and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2023-02-08 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2001 and later with Hep-C, award-winning author Brian A. Hopkins started writing about the experience immediately, sharing his story online in personal, often humorous, and frequently poignant episodes, many of which were penned by his miniature Schnauzer, Gator. This is the compilation of that 20+ year journey, a unique journal that ventures beyond one man's struggles with illness and the entity his dog labeled "The Great Recycler" to illustrate the bond between human and canine and the inevitable conclusion all such relationships must endure. It's the true story of two friends supporting each other "through chemo and interferon-induced depression and all the grey days of human existence." Hopkins says, "I’m no superhero, but Gator always was ... If you walk away with nothing else from this book, you’ll know the absolute nobility of her breed, and through her words, I hope you’ll come to love her, just as I did, just as all my friends on Facebook did. There was rarely a day she wasn’t in their newsfeeds. For a great many of them, it felt like she was their dawg too." Brian is a four-time winner of the coveted Bram Stoker Award for excellence in horror literature. He’s also been nominated for the International Horror Guild Award, the Nebula Award, and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. His books include These I Know By Heart, Salt Water Tears, Phoenix, Road's End, Escape Velocities, and others.

Download or read book The Sea Was in Their Blood written by Quentin Casey and published by Nimbus+ORM. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journalist and maritime historian investigates the deadly 2013 storm that claimed the lives of five fishermen off the coast of eastern Canada. It was a frigid night in February 2013 when the five young fishermen vanished. The crew of the Miss Ally—a 12-metre Cape Islander from Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia—was fishing for halibut far off the Nova Scotia coast when their boat’s spotlight malfunctioned. A vicious winter storm was approaching from her south, and all other boats at the fishing grounds were steaming for shore. Unable to locate his longlining gear, the Miss Ally’s young captain decided to stay an extra day to retrieve the gear and, hopefully, a big catch. Their retreat delayed, the Miss Ally crew ended up pounded by hurricane-force winds and waves well over 10 meters high. Late on February 17, the boat foundered. The five young men aboard—Katlin Nickerson, Billy Jack Hatfield, Joel Hopkins, Cole Nickerson, and Tyson Townsend—were never found. The Sea Was in Their Blood explores two key questions: who were the men aboard the Miss Ally, and why were they battered and sunk by a storm forecasted days in advance? Through interviews with the crew’s families and friends, rescue personnel, and members of the tight-knit fishing communities of Woods Harbour and Cape Sable Island, award-winning journalist Quentin Casey pieces together the tragic sinking—including important case details not previously reported—and weaves in the backstories of the Miss Ally’s crew and the lingering effects of their disappearance. A portion of the royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to various charitable causes associated with the Miss Ally.

Download or read book Team Loco written by Amy Sparling and published by Amy Sparling. This book was released on with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These handsome dirt bike racers each meet the girl of their dreams. The Team Loco trilogy is a series of flirty, upper Young Adult contemporary romances. No cliffhangers, and all have a happily ever after. BOOK ONE: Taming Zach She never meant to fall for someone she can’t have. He never meant to let her. Bree Grayson may have graduated high school in her small Tennessee hometown, but she never got to leave it. She works as a maid with her mom and flags at the local motocross track on the weekends. It’s good money but it won’t get her out of Hopewell. She’s determined to make something of herself, but she’d settle for something—anything to get her out of this rut. Zach Pena’s notorious motocross fame crashed and burned as quickly as he had risen to the top. He let the fame get to his head and the partying and girls took over his life. Now he’s off the race team. Determined to get back into the sport he loves, he moves back home to spend the summer focusing solely on motocross. Girls are off the menu. And then he runs into Bree. She’s gorgeous and sweet and everything he shouldn’t have this summer. He doesn’t recognize her as the girl from his childhood, but Bree knows exactly who Zach is. She’s only had a crush on him forever. She knows he’s a womanizer and too hot for his own good, but he’s fun. Bree doesn’t expect to fall for someone she can’t have. And Zach doesn’t expect to be pulled back into his world of fame before the summer is over. Will Bree finally be the girl to tame his wild ways? Or will their romance crash and burn? BOOK TWO: Alluring Aiden "It’s just six weeks. Or forever. You choose.” Aiden is supposed to be traveling the country with his professional motocross racing team. He isn’t supposed to break his wrist over summer and be benched for the whole fall season. He definitely isn’t supposed to find himself falling for a hometown girl who loves dirt bikes as much as he does. And when her boyfriend cheats on her, he probably shouldn’t agree to be her fake boyfriend just to piss him off. But Aiden has never been good at doing the right thing. Jenn’s relationship just fell apart. She thought she’d had it all: a hunky motocross racer boyfriend, an awesome job at her dad’s shop, and a promising career as a physical therapist on the horizon. Then it all falls apart, leaving her broken and hopeless. A fake relationship might get back at her ex, but there’s something in the way Aiden looks at her that doesn’t feel very fake at all. BOOK THREE: Captivating Clay Clay Summers has a reputation for being a jerk. He was one of the youngest teenagers to be signed to Team Loco, a professional motocross racing team, and he knows it’s because of his dedication to the sport. Clay doesn’t have time for friends, family, or girlfriends. Autographs and publicity stunts annoy him to no end. All he wants to do is ride his dirt bike. Avery Dunn just graduated high school and she has no idea what to do next. Tired of living in her small town, she dreams of traveling the world and getting paid to do it. So when the perfect internship with Team Loco comes around, she’ll do whatever it takes to keep her spot on the team so she can travel the country as they go to races each week. Team Loco is determined to have a family friendly image, and Avery’s number one job is to make Clay become a team player with their fans. If she doesn’t get him to sign autographs, takes pictures, and smile more, she’ll be out of a job. She’s spent enough time with Clay to know there’s a little softness underneath his intimidating exterior, and before she knows it, she’s starting to fall for him. Little does Avery know, Clay might be falling for her, too.

Download or read book Closure Has Come Goldman Sachs written by Bobby Sachs and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You heard about my book, you saw me on the front cover just a few seconds ago, you're debating in your mind right now whether you should read it or not. You are on the internet or standing at Barnes and Noble ready to make your decision. This is my first autobiography, which took me six months to type and edited three times before sending it to Page Publishing. For pure entertainment, I would encourage you as an avid reader or a first-time reader to confidently make this purchase. This read is full of true relishing stories that will make you laugh, cry, or go "WTF, that's unbelievable." I believe after all my forty-three years on this planet that we call Earth, this is my true calling to produce writings to the public. By now you have made your decision to read this or not, and I pray to become your new favorite author. We all should look forward to what is next in life.

Download or read book Believe in Me written by Amy Sparling and published by Amy Sparling. This book was released on with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's a famous dirt bike racer... she's the girl next door. From the author of the bestselling Summer Unplugged series, comes Believe in Me, The Complete Series. Perfect for fans of Abbi Glines, Monica Murphy, and Kasie West. Jett Adams is the fastest sixteen-year-old dirt bike racer in the state. He's got girls, fame, and the love of every single person in this stupid small town. And I can't stand him. I'm still dealing with the fact that my mom has left me here for the summer -- straight up abandoned me in the middle of Texas, and now her friends want Jett to hang out with me? To show me around town? To pretend to be my friend? Yeah, no thanks. I'm doing a pretty good job of avoiding him until, well, I can't avoid him anymore. He's everywhere. All this time together has me thinking that maybe there's a little more to Jett Adams than the cocky, annoying, incredibly hot dirt bike prodigy. Everyone in my life has always let me down. But Jett says he won't. He asks me to believe him. Should I risk putting my heart on the line? Or should I only believe in myself? Download Believe in Me, a Young Adult Romance, FREE today! Don't miss the other books in this series: Book 1 - Believe in Me Book 2 - Believe in Us Book 3 - Believe in Forever Book 4 - Believe in Love (A short story) Book 5 - Believe in Summer Book 6 - Believe in Fall Book 7 - Believe in Winter Book 8 - Believe in Spring Book 9 - Forever and a Day

Download or read book Risky Demeanor written by Kevin L Trachsel and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on true events At thirteen, Tracy has mastered escaping from his bedroom on the family farm south of Chicago in the mid-to-late-night hours. His only transportation is his dirt bike. He blends in at the parties by drinking from a beer keg. Tracy lives on a farm with his parents, plays football, and has few friends. His world changes, though, when his parents divorce, his mom moves to town, and his dad sells the livestock. Tracy must decide where to live. He discovers how things can go from good to bad and bad to good and learns how right and wrong decisions from family, friends, and others can change the trajectory of one’s life. Based on true events, Risky Demeanor shares one young man’s coming-of-age story. It identifies how one’s life can be led and influenced directly from the results of someone else’s actions, to alter another’s path.

Download or read book Mud Blood and Motocross written by Mick Wade and published by . This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MUD, BLOOD AND MOTOCROSS "There is no way Billy did this That's not what you're saying is it?" Even as the police drag Billy Mackenzie away from the crime scene of a murdered girl, Nick Bishop cannot believe his friend is guilty. But as he uncovers the truth about Billy's relationship with the beautiful victim, Nick finds himself in a race against time and on a terrifying collision course with a ruthless drug ring. Mud, Blood and Motocross is full of action at breakneck speed, but you don't need to be a fan of extreme sports to be carried away by this exhilarating ride.

Download or read book Unplugged Summer written by Amy Sparling and published by Amy Sparling. This book was released on with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a special edition of the best-selling Summer Unplugged novella! Unplugged Summer is a retelling of Summer Unplugged, but told from Jace’s point of view. The original novella is also included in this book so that both can be read back to back. Bonus Content included. Jace Adams had a promising career in professional motocross, until he threw it all away thanks to a girl who treated him like crap. After getting in trouble with the law, Jace decides to banish himself from a busy life in LA to a small town in Texas for the summer. He needs a fresh start to figure out where his life goes from here. The last thing he needs is a distraction from the beautiful girl next door. And then he meets her and decides that maybe she’s exactly what he needs after all.

Download or read book The Brother Years written by Shannon Burke and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of Black Flies and Into the Savage Country and co-creator of top-ten Netflix hit Outer Banks, a powerful new novel of class striving and the precarious dynamics of brotherhood in the Chicago suburbs of the late 1970s. "In our family, there was none of this crap about everyone being a winner," says Willie, the narrator, who looks back on his teen years--and his nearly mortal combat with his domineering older brother, Coyle. In the Brennan house four kids sleep in a single room, and are indoctrinated into "The Methods," a system of achievement and relentless striving, laced with a potent, sometimes violent version of sibling rivalry. The family is overseen by a raging bull of a father, a South Side tough guy who knocks them sideways when they don't perform well or follow his dictates. Rivals, enemies, and allies, the siblings contend with one another and their wealthy self-satisfied peers at New Trier, the famous upscale high school where the family has struggled to send them. Evoking their crucible of class struggle and peer pressures, Burke balances comedy, tragedy, and a fascinating cast of characters, delivering a book that reads like an instant classic--an unforgettable story of the intertwining of love and family violence, and of triumphant teen survival that echoes down through the years.

Download or read book Lane written by LeAnn Ashers and published by LeAnn Ashers. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amelia I'm screwed. I'm screwed, plain and simple. How, you ask? This tattooed, bearded alpha popped into my life and took it over, driving me insane. Am I complaining? Hell no. Do I love him? Yes, more than anything—and his daughter too. Lane is everything to me. He came into my life when I needed him the most. I just didn’t know it at the time. He completes me. He is someone I have waited for my whole life. Lane This five-foot-two, feistier-than-shit woman came into my life and knocked me on my ass. She brings out every protective instinct I have, and I’m ready to go nuclear if someone even looks at her. I love two people in this world more than life itself: Amelia and my daughter, Tiffany. Someone made the biggest mistake of their life by trying to take them both away. Game on. **This book is book one in what will be a series of Inter-connected standalones*

Download or read book The Chopper written by Paul D'Orléans and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chopper is quintessentially American and, since Easy Rider, has embodied the American dream. This book tells the true story of the most rebellious of all motorcycles. The chopper is a quintessentially American invention, rivaling jazz and abstract exp

Download or read book Ski written by and published by . This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Book of Broken Hearts written by Sarah Ockler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When all signs point to heartbreak, can love still be a rule of the road? A “touching father-daughter story” (Kirkus Reviews) from the author of Bittersweet and Twenty Boy Summer. Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. She’s seen the tears and disasters that dating a Vargas boy can cause, and she swore an oath—with candles and a contract and everything—to never have anything to do with one. Now Jude is the only sister still living at home, and she’s spending the summer helping her ailing father restore his vintage motorcycle—which means hiring a mechanic to help out. Is it Jude’s fault he happens to be cute? And surprisingly sweet? And a Vargas? Jude tells herself it’s strictly bike business with Emilio. Her sisters will never find out, and Jude can spot those flirty little Vargas tricks a mile away—no way would she fall for them. But Jude’s defenses are crumbling, and if history is destined to repeat itself, she’s speeding toward some serious heartbreak…unless her sisters were wrong? Jude may have taken an oath, but she’s beginning to think that when it comes to love, some promises might be worth breaking.