Download or read book Beyond Bubba written by Sam Wyly and published by BrownBooks.ORM. This book was released on 2021-12-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “From computers to energy to even my love: restaurants . . . Sam’s journey reminds us that the American Dream is alive and well.” —Kimbal Musk, founder and owner of The Kitchen Restaurant Group Known throughout his childhood as “Bubba,” Sam Wyly’s story is one of evolution, connection, and unrelenting optimism. Born in rural Louisiana, Sam’s humble beginnings may have made him seem an unlikely candidate to become one of the preeminent entrepreneurs of the last century, but his accomplishments speak for themselves. Told with candor and humor, primarily through the lens of his business endeavors, Sam’s story tracks a lifetime of growth and betterment, as he consistently utilizes what may seem like limitations to his advantage. “I cannot think of a proper way to salute Sam Wyly. He has accomplished a great deal, and his success has always been accomplished with honor and integrity.” —George H. W. Bush “Sam is certainly an amazing visionary, a successful entrepreneur and definitely lives the American dream.” —Michael Rouleau, former CEO and president of Michaels Stores “Sam Wyly has been an extraordinary visionary for the long term.” —John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods “Spanning four decades and remarkably diverse industries, the career of Sam Wyly—a true original—shows what good ideas, strong will and access to capital can accomplish.” —Michael Milken, chairman of The Milken Institute
Download or read book Beyond the Sangres written by Wes Brewer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the Sangres is a family saga that tells of the life long struggle of Zan and Liette to reconcile their heritage with the forces that run rough shod over their lives in the later half of the twentieth century. Beyond the Sangres reveals what happens to people of mixed ancestry when they are entangled by ties to divergent cultures. This powerful first Novel is a tale about the failure and success of adaptation and the creation of a new ethnicity. It is a story of love: love of the land, love of country, love of a lost way of life, and the love of a woman and man for each other. The heroism of human longing and the anguish of revolution set the stage in Beyond the Sangres for rebirth in a new creation. 'Beyond the Sangre' reveals an America that few know, but many long for. This book is as enigmatic as its title and and has layer upon layer of meaning. If you want a unique read about a yet to be discovered America, read 'Beyond the Sangres.'
Download or read book Reach Beyond written by Lou Vickery and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “…a rich resource of gems blended with stories, illustrations, quotes, and life-changing insights.” — Janet Perez Eckles, International Speaker and Author On the canvas of life, we each paint our own destiny. How we paint it depends on our approach to life. If our approach is far-reaching and visionary, our life will be far-reaching and visionary. The most meaningful way to live is to continually reach beyond where we are for the greater fulfillment of what we can become. We each have within us all the “seeds” we need for personal growth and development. There is no reason to look to external factors, or anywhere else. New knowledge, new skills, new ways of looking at things are lying deep in our consciousness awaiting positive nourishment. When we truly embrace this thought, we are always in a state of renewal. So, long as we have a fresh eye for new perceptions and new awakenings, the natural tendency to reach beyond is ever present. Reach Beyond and Find Your Path To Success is a resource book. It is designed to help one look forward to a horizon filled with possibilities. It is full of ideas geared to help one understand the power within and how to harness that power to build a better tomorrow. It waters the wholesome qualities within that are just waiting to be awakened. Those watered are the ones that sprout, make their way into awareness, and manifest outwardly. We don’t grow old. When we stop growing, we become old. Accepting change and welcoming the unknown, is to recognize the authentic realism of reaching beyond. Answer the highest calling of your heart, establish your foothold and reach beyond your grasp. Let Reach Beyond ignite your spirit and the power that is generated through its everlasting words be your guide.
Download or read book Beyond the Mountain written by Steve House and published by Patagonia. This book was released on 2013-10-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty. In 2005 Steve and alpinist Vince Anderson pioneered a direct new route on the Rupal Face of 26,600-foot Nanga Parbat, which had never before been climbed in alpine style. It was the third ascent of the face and the achievement earned Steveand Vince the first Piolet d"or (Golden Ice Axe) awarded to North Americans. Steve is an accomplished and spellbinding storyteller in the tradition of Maurice Herzog and Lionel Terray. Beyond the Mountain is a gripping read destined to be a mountain classic. And it
Download or read book Beyond Darkness written by Jim Robertson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do if in a matter of seconds you went from being healthy and strong to being so badly damaged even your loved ones would have trouble recognizing it was really you? If you wound up being robbed of the ability to see the world as you had always done, how could you make up for such a loss? What kind of future could you have if you were no longer the person you'd always known yourself to be? The author of this autobiography had to start facing these questions when he was only 20 years old. His answers provide insight into his true character and portray the people and the era from which he came.
Download or read book From the Gulf States and Beyond written by Michael Montgomery and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Gulf States and Beyond demonstrates how LAGS material can be used to address issues important to socio-linguists, dialectologists, folklorists, and others about the speech and culture of the 20th-century South. In addition to the authors' own insights, these essays show how the LAGS project has created an enormous treasury for future research.
Download or read book Beyond the Homestretch written by Lynn Reardon and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2011 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002, Lynn Reardon quit her Washington DC area office job and moved to rural Texas to open a racehorse adoption ranch, LOPE (LoneStar Outreach to Place Ex-Racers). Since then, LOPE has helped transition more than 425 thoroughbreds into new homes. These are some of their stories.
Download or read book A Paper Statue written by Roger Naylor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-08-17 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lt. Lee Marks, a Fifth Air Force P-38 pilot, tastes the blend of excitement and fear as he enters the air war over 1944 New Guinea. In a campaign where the weather claims as many pilots as the Japanese, Marks must quickly learn the idiosyncrasies of both if he is to survive. A rapid succession of air victories confirms his preparation for combat. But nothing in his training has prepared him for duty under Major Mo Brennan. A triple ace, Brennan manipulates his men and the system as efficiently as he eliminates the enemy. Becoming his leader's Exec, Lee Marks finds himself torn between what works and what is right, what the future might bring-and what he must sacrifice to find out. And he learns along the way that sometimes an airman's toughest battles are fought on the ground. The rousing story traces the Allied course of action in the unique New Guinea campaign, and it explores the war, the men who make the war, and the natives who find themselves the hosts. The novel is sprinkled with GI humor, the uplifting ingredient that kept it all together, and it pays tribute to that highly sophisticated piece of engineering, Lockheed's P-38 Lightning.
Download or read book WWE Beyond Extreme written by Dean Miller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ferocious Battles. Shocking Stunts. No Holds Barred! Relive the action from the most rip-roaring matches. Marvel at spectacular takedowns and death-defying stunts. Discover WWE's scariest and strangest Superstars. Sports entertainment doesn't get more extreme than this! © 2020 WWE, Inc. All rights reserved.
Download or read book Mile Zero written by Thomas Sanchez and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1990-10-03 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mile zero" marks the location of Key West -- the island that defines the end of the American road, the cultural junction where Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Afro worlds collide. On this island, with its cruel legacy of slave trade and Latin revolution, and its turbulent present of marijuana millionaires, threadbare illegal immigrants, and hard-luck treasure hunters, lives St. Cloud, an American expatriated in his own country, a fugitive from the unresolved anguish of his generation. Chronicling St. Cloud's dangerous reawakening, Mile Zero illuminates the inward and outward tumult of our time in a huge, startling, and profoundly felt novel.
Download or read book Getting Started in Tax Consulting written by Gary W. Carter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-03-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete, Authoritative Guide to Getting Started in Tax Consulting Tax consulting and return preparation is a fast-paced, dynamic industry-one that promises high earning potential. In this book, tax advisor Gary Carter shows you just what it takes to become an in-demand tax consultant. You'll discover how to break into the tax business, even with relatively limited education and training, and build a path to your new career with Carter's five-step formula for success. Brimming with expert advice from tax professionals and featuring up-to-the-minute coverage of everything from qualifications and employment opportunities to Internet resources, Getting Started in Tax Consulting shows you how to: * Assess your personality fit for the tax profession * Formulate your business plan for starting a tax practice * Find a niche for your tax services * Choose between a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a C corporation, an S corporation, and a limited liability company * Set your fees and market your services * Perform research-an essential skill of the tax professional * Make the IRS your partner and advisor-not your adversary * Start a Web-based tax service
Download or read book Caring for your senior or terminally ill pet Mikey s Journey beyond Skull Bone Cancer written by Nik Rich and published by Nik Rich. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nikky wrote this book with the intention of providing valuable information to pet owners who are navigating the challenging path of Palliative and hospice care for their older and ailing pets. It's a resource for those who may be new to the concept of Palliative and hospice care or seeking a deeper understanding of how it works. My motivation stems from a personal experience with my first dog that required hospice care. At the time, I was unsure of how to best support my pet and ended up relying solely on veterinary decisions. However, I soon realized that there were many ways I could enhance my pet's well-being at home.
Download or read book Above the Rim written by Jen Bryant and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Elgin Baylor, basketball icon and civil rights advocate, from an all-star team Hall-of-famer Elgin Baylor was one of basketball’s all-time-greatest players—an innovative athlete, team player, and quiet force for change. One of the first professional African-American players, he inspired others on and off the court. But when traveling for away games, many hotels and restaurants turned Elgin away because he was black. One night, Elgin had enough and staged a one-man protest that captured the attention of the press, the public, and the NBA. Above the Rim is a poetic, exquisitely illustrated telling of the life of an underrecognized athlete and a celebration of standing up for what is right.
Download or read book Beyond The Pride and The Privilege written by Agustina Purnamasari and published by IAP. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attrition among doctoral students has become a perennial issue in higher education (Gardner, 2009; Golde, 2000) as 40 to 60 percent of doctoral students do not complete their program of study (Bair &Haworth, 2005). Such outcomes are inconsistent with the rigorous evaluation that occurs prior to being accepted into a doctoral program (Bair & Haworth, 2005). Despite deemed levels of student excellence, promise and efforts made by programs to counter student departure (Offerman, 2011), attrition rates remain alarmingly high (Bair & Haworth, 2005; Gardner, 2009). The purpose of this book is to provide a view into doctoral student work-lives and their efforts to find a balance between often seemingly conflicting responsibilities. In addition to contributing to the ongoing dialogue on work-life balance in doctoral studies (Brus, 2006; Golde, 1998; Moyer, Salovey, & Casey-Cannon, 1999), the intention of this book is to provide other doctoral students with potential coping mechanisms, guidance, and assurance that they are not alone in this process. Lastly, we anticipate that these doctoral student narratives will help illuminate potential strategies that doctoral programs, departments, and institutions can incorporate in their efforts to help students successfully complete their program of study. As such the intended audience is doctoral students, higher education professionals, faculty members, and educational leaders.
Download or read book Flying Black Ponies written by Kit Lavell and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragic, the comic, the terrifying, the poignant are all part of the story of the Black Pony pilots who distinguished themselves in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. Flying their turboprop Broncos "down and dirty, low and slow," they killed more of the enemy and saved more allied lives with close-air support than all the other naval squadrons combined during the three years they saw action. Author Kit Lavell was part of this squadron of "black sheep" given a chance to make something of themselves flying these dangerous missions. The U.S. Navy's only land-based attack squadron, Light Attack Squadron Four (VAL-4) flew support missions for the counter insurgency forces, SEALs, and allied units in borrowed, propeller-driven OV-10s. For fixed-wing aircraft they were dangerous, unorthodox missions, a fact readers quickly come to appreciate.
Download or read book Beyond Duty written by Thomas E. Hill, Jr. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Duty presents a new collection of essays on Kantian moral theory and practical ethics from a distinguished philosopher known for making Kantian ethics accessible and relevant to contemporary problems. With a new emphasis on ideals beyond the strictest requirements of moral duty, Thomas E. Hill, Jr. expands the core aspects of Kantian ethics and offers a broader perspective on familiar moral problems. Some essays explain Kantian concepts, while others review work of leading contemporary philosophers or raise challenging ethical questions for more general audiences. Crucially, Hill develops an ethical ideal of appreciation of people and their lives. Distinguished from both respect and beneficence, this has important implications about how we should think about close personal relationships, such as friendships, families, and relationships with people with disabilities. Part I focuses on Kantian moral theory. Topics include the structure of Kant's argument in the Groundwork; his idea of imperfect duties to oneself; autonomy; and human dignity. Rawls' constructivism is defended against O'Neill's objections, and Kantian ethics defended against the charge of utopian thinking. Part II focuses on practical ethics, including the ethics of suicide; philanthropy; conscientious objection; and tragic choices when it seems that every alternative offends against human dignity. An essay on moral education contrasts Kantian and Rawlsian perspectives; another traces the role of self-respect in Rawls' theory of justice and contrasts a Kantian conception. The volume concludes with two essays that develop and illustrate the ideal of appreciation.
Download or read book Chem Storm written by Joe Barfield and published by Joe Barfield. This book was released on 2010-11-28 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Alexander, a reporter for The Houston Post, has gained unauthorized access to a chemical plant where she finds five dead bodies. She wants to know why they died.A Civil/Chemical Engineer, Travis Selkirk, agrees to show her the dangers that exist on the Houston Ship Channel.Now they must race to save Houston from a disaster worse than a nuclear explosion—a chemical storm!
