Bode Go Fast Be Good Have Fun

Author : Bode Miller
Publisher : Villard
ISBN 13 : 1588365069
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bode: Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun written by Bode Miller and published by Villard. This book was released on 2005-10-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I don’t master the mountain, I master speed.” Coming from Bode Miller, this isn’t boasting, it’s just the way he lives: fast, honest, and wide open. In this candid book, the two-time Olympic medalist and champion skier shares his story, the secret of his success, and his philosophy of life. Born and raised “off the grid”–without electricity or indoor plumbing–in the cabin built by his father in the woods near Franconia, New Hampshire (pop. 850), Bode is unconventional to the core. The strong values of his simple upbringing, where he and his family had to “invent, grow, or carry in” all the essentials have made Bode unique among today’s top sports stars. Bode’s approach to life is straightforward: “Get a plan, stick to it, and trust your instincts . . . and almost anything is possible.” And practically since birth, the iconoclastic Bode has been achieving the impossible and laying down tracks for others to follow. He revolutionized his sport by adopting new and crossover technologies, such as “shape” skis. He drives his tradition-bound European rivals to distraction, skiing and winning by instinct. His outsider status, killer smile, and outspoken yet laid-back persona have earned him a reputation as the Michael Jordan of skiing. Men’s Journal named Bode the second greatest athlete in the world. And in the 2005 season, Bode may have moved up a notch by becoming the first American to win the Overall World Cup Alpine championship in twenty-two years. In short, he is the kind of person everybody wants to know and hang out with. In a book loaded with insight, good humor, and eye-opening stories about the world of competitive skiing, Bode, as always, holds nothing back.

Author : Jack McEnany
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312368913
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brush Cat written by Jack McEnany and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Year in the Woods Brush Cat recounts a year in the life of men who perform one of the most dangerous jobs in America—logging New England’s vast forests for timber used in hundreds more ways than most of us realize, from houses to furniture to paper to electricity. In the spirit of John McPhee and Tracy Kidder, we meet an unforgettable cast of characters; feel their pain and exultation, and come to realize the centrality of wood in all of our lives. While they are first and foremost loggers cutting down trees, they are also ardent and effective conservationists who depend on healthy, intact forests for their long-term survival. True, some loggers are wood pirates, but most are pragmatic environmentalists, always asking the question: How do we keep this crop alive and thriving forever? The narrative moves deftly from useful tips on how not to lose body parts to a chain saw, through the terror of huge trees that fall the wrong way, to inconsistent and wrong-headed government forest management. It explores the worldwide demand for wood and wood chips, as well as the effect of climate change on the forest, and traces the money that keeps it all moving. Brush Cat clears the branches to reveal a hidden and fascinating world.

Author : Mike Magnuson
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1400052416
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heft on Wheels written by Mike Magnuson and published by Crown. This book was released on 2005-05-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take one very large guy. Add booze, cigarettes, and an extreme amount of junk food. Mix in a wry, self-effacing wit. Throw in a bike. The result? Heft on Wheels, a potently funny look at turning your life around, one insanely unrealistic goal at a time. Not that long ago, Mike Magnuson was a self-described lummox with a bicycle. In the space of three months, he lost seventy-five pounds, quit smoking, stopped drinking, and morphed from the big guy at the back of the pack into a lean, mean cycling machine. Today, Mike is a 175-pound athlete competing in some of the most difficult one-day racing events in America. This irreverent and inspiring memoir charts every hilarious detail of his transformation, from the horrors of skin-tight XXL biking shorts to the miseries of nicotine withdrawal. Heft on Wheels is an unforgettable book about getting from one place to another, in more ways than one.

Author : Hermann Maier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781931382830
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hermann Maier written by Hermann Maier and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hermann Maier's 'The Race of My Life' is the inspiring autobiography from one of the sport's most electric figures, newly available on the eve of his return to the Olympic Games this winter. The Winter Olympics run from 10-26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy.

Author : N. E. Bode
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061905917
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anybodies written by N. E. Bode and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anybodies Fern discovers that she was swapped at birth and leaves her tragically dull parents for an unforgettable adventure with her true father, the Bone. Just who are the Anybodies? You'll have to read to find out! Narrated by the hilariously intrusive N. E. Bode, The Anybodies is a magical adventure for readers of all ages. The Nobodies Fern Drudger's quirky adventures continue in this delightful sequel to The Anybodies. She goes to Camp Happy Sunshine Good Times and is bombarded by desperate messages from people who call themselves the Nobodies. But who are the Nobodies, and what do they want from Fern?

Author : Nelson W. Aldrich
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812974182
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book George, Being George written by Nelson W. Aldrich and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors include Harold Bloom, Jules Feiffer, John Guare, Norman Mailer, Peter Matthiessen, Maggie Paley, Richard Price, James Salter, Robert Silvers, William Styron, Gay Talese, Calvin Trillin, Gore Vidal, and 200 other Plimpton intimates Norman Mailer said that George Plimpton was the best-loved man in New York. This book is the party that was George’s life–and it’s a big one–attended by scores of famous people, as well as lesser-known intimates and acquaintances. They talk about his life: its privileged beginnings, its wild and triumphant middle, its brave, sad end. They say that George was a man of many parts: the “last gentleman,” founder and first editor of The Paris Review, the graceful writer who brought the New Journalism to sports, and Everyman’s proxy boxer, trapeze artist, stand-up comic, Western movie villain, and Playboy centerfold photographer. George’s last years were awesome, truly so. His greatest gift was to be a blessing to others–not all, truth be told–and that gift ended only with his death. But his parties, if this is one, need never end at all.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ski written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : N. E. Bode
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061905992
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nobodies written by N. E. Bode and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fern and Howard are off to camp to learn the art of being Anybodies. But Camp Happy Sunshine Good Times is not what they expected: The bus driver is blind, the counselors have beaks, and a vicious mole is on the loose, attacking campers! Fern and Howard are coping as best they can—but why oh why is it that every time Fern shakes a book, a message in a bottle plops out? The messages are urgent: "Save us, Fern!" "We need you!" They are all signed by the Nobodies. But who are these mysterious Nobodies, and what do they want from Fern? This book promises weird surprises! Multiple jujitsu-like plot twists! An escaped rhinoceros! A girl whose braids turn into snakes! So go on, snap to it! Read the book already! You might just learn the secret art of being an Anybody. . . .

Author : Randy Cohen
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1934572284
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ticket to the Limit written by Randy Cohen and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the founder and CEO of TicketCity who talks about the importance of work/life balance as part of any successful life.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ski written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: