Driven To It

Author : Mike Schultz
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1637270194
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven to Ride written by Mike Schultz and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high-octane memoir of unflappable determination from an X-Games and Paralympics champion When "Monster" Mike Schultz won snowboarding gold in Pyeongchang, South Korea, it was the culmination of a decade of reinvention, in every sense of the word. Ten years earlier he'd lain bleeding on the side of a mountain after a devastating snowmobile accident. Now he stood tall on the Paralympic podium, supported by a prosthetic knee and foot of his own creation. Driven to Ride chronicles Schultz's improbable journey following a lifesaving amputation. From a place of debilitating pain and depression, he tapped into the same sense of adventure that had once taken him to the top of competitive snowmobile racing and followed it to the pinnacle of an entirely new sport: adaptive snowboarding. As he launched himself into the world of adaptive sports, Schultz's ambition was only tempered by his need for better equipment—prostheses that could withstand the vibrations of a motocross bike or the impact of rough terrain. His obsessive tinkering, without any formal engineering background, has presented yet another new path designing innovative prostheses for athletes and wounded military veterans. Inspiring and thrilling in equal measure, this is a singular story of uncommon strength, ingenuity, and seizing golden opportunities.

Author : Marcello Di Cintio
Publisher : Biblioasis
ISBN 13 : 1771963859
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven written by Marcello Di Cintio and published by Biblioasis. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the Bressani Literary Prize • A Globe and Mail Book of the Year • A CBC Books Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2021 In conversations with drivers ranging from veterans of foreign wars to Indigenous women protecting one another, Di Cintio explores the borderland of the North American taxi. “The taxi,” writes Marcello Di Cintio, “is a border.” Occupying the space between public and private, a cab brings together people who might otherwise never have met—yet most of us sit in the back and stare at our phones. Nowhere else do people occupy such intimate quarters and share so little. In a series of interviews with drivers, their backgrounds ranging from the Iraqi National Guard, to the Westboro Baptist Church, to an arranged marriage that left one woman stranded in a foreign country with nothing but a suitcase, Driven seeks out those missed conversations, revealing the unknown stories that surround us. Travelling across borders of all kinds, from battlefields and occupied lands to midnight fares and Tim Hortons parking lots, Di Cintio chronicles the many journeys each driver made merely for the privilege to turn on their rooflight. Yet these lives aren’t defined by tragedy or frustration but by ingenuity and generosity, hope and indomitable hard work. From night school and sixteen-hour shifts to schemes for athletic careers and the secret Shakespeare of Dylan’s lyrics, Di Cintio’s subjects share the passions and triumphs that drive them. Like the people encountered in its pages, Driven is an unexpected delight, and that most wondrous of all things: a book that will change the way you see the world around you. A paean to the power of personality and perseverance, it’s a compassionate and joyful tribute to the men and women who take us where we want to go.

Author : Robert Herjavec
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
ISBN 13 : 1443404586
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven written by Robert Herjavec and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Herjavec has lived the classic “rags to riches” story, from having $20 in his pocket to starting up technology companies worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Now the star of television’s Dragons’ Den and Shark Tank, this son of Croatian immigrants earned his incredible wealth by overcoming the odds with hard work and determination. On television, Herjavec bankrolls the best inventions and shoots down the best of intentions. Now, he’s sharing his hard-won wisdom in one of the most inspirational business books of recent times. In Driven, Herjavec shares the secrets that took him from his job waiting tables to growing his nascent technology company into a world-class conglomerate, The Herjavec Group. Herjavec’s principles are as valuable in the living room as they are in the boardroom. Anyone can succeed, on their own terms, by following his sage but simple advice—if they’re willing to take chances, to take control of their own future and to stay true to their own visions.

Author : Paul R. Lawrence
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470638532
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven to Lead written by Paul R. Lawrence and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRAISE FOR DRIVEN TO LEAD "A powerful scientific framework, grounded in evolutionary biology, that helps us think about leadership successes and failures throughout history and how we might address humanity's need for better leadership going forward." —NITIN NOHRIA, dean, Harvard Business School "Brilliant insights—straightforward, easy to comprehend, and extremely useful to anyone in business. I predict the four-drives model will replace Maslow's hierarchy of needs as the accepted way of describing human behavior." —DAVID N. BURT, chairman emeritus, Supply Chain Management Institute, University of San Diego "Paul Lawrence is back! Driven to Lead is the most comprehensive general theory of leadership ever created. By digging deeply into Darwin, Lawrence offers a practical guide for authentic leaders to excel in today's challenging world." —BILL GEORGE, professor of management practice, Harvard Business School, and former chair and CEO, Medtronic "If Darwin had written a book about leadership in the twenty-first century, this would be it." —RANJAY GULATI, Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School "It's the E = mc2 of human behavior." —MALCOLM DELEO, Vice President of Innovation, Daymon Worldwide "This book presents a rigorous and novel theory on how evolution and the human brain can produce effective and ineffective leadership. The writing is clear. It is accessible to practitioners as well as to researchers." —CHRIS ARGYRIS, professor emeritus, Harvard Business School

Author : Robert Scott
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780786018192
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven To Murder written by Robert Scott and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2007-12-25 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the brutal killing of an entire family by a fourteen-year-old boy who claimed that he had suffered years of relentless physical and psychological abuse at their hands.

Author : Jeremy Clarkson
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141946288
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven to Distraction written by Jeremy Clarkson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeremy Clarkson is once more Driven to Distraction. Brace yourself. Clarkson's back. And he'd like to tell you what he thinks about some of the most awe-inspiring, earth-shatteringly fast and jaw-droppingly cool cars in the world (oh, and a few irredeemable disasters...). Or he would if he could just get one or two things off his chest first. Matters such as: * The prospect of having Terry Wogan as president * Why you'll never see a woman driving a Lexus * The unforeseen consequences of inadequate birth control * Why everyone should spend a weekend with a digger Driven to Distraction is Jeremy Clarkson at full throttle. So buckle up, sit tight and enjoy the ride. You're in for a hell of a lot of laughs. Praise for Jeremy Clarkson: 'Brilliant . . . laugh-out-loud' Daily Telegraph 'Outrageously funny . . . will have you in stitches' Time Out 'Very funny . . . I cracked up laughing on the tube' Evening Standard

Author : Rosmarie Waldrop
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780811218795
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven to Abstraction written by Rosmarie Waldrop and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new poetry collection of startling beauty and thought by a great American poet.

Author : Rebecca Zanetti
Publisher : Zebra Books
ISBN 13 : 1420153021
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven written by Rebecca Zanetti and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping, unpredictable new serial killer thriller by acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti, perfect for fans of the chilling novels of Kat Martin, Laura Griffin, and Jayne Ann Krentz. “Zanetti is a master.” —Kirkus Reviews Unswerving: Angus Force is determined to hunt down the serial killer he’d once shot dead—or so he thought. But an anonymous source reports that Lassiter is alive. Force hasn't slept since, knowing it’s only a matter of time before “the Surgeon” strikes again. And soon, a body is found, bearing Lassiter’s same maniacal MO. It’s just the beginning of a murderous trail blazing through DC and Virginia, right to Force’s backyard . . . Unstoppable: Nari Zhang is the shrink for the ragtag Deep Ops Unit, though she isn’t Force’s shrink—which is a very good thing. Because once they’re thrown together on the case, their attraction is explosive and irresistible. They’ll just have to fight that much harder to keep the heat between them from flaming out of control. But things are about to become far more challenging, and deadly, than they could have imagined . . . Unhinged: Once the killer catches a glimpse of Nari, she becomes his new obsession. She is now the focus point—for both Force and Lassiter—in a dangerous dance for survival . . . “Action-packed…Zanetti still makes time to dig into her characters’ psyches in the midst of the action, adding nuance to the exciting plot.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Ava Catori
Publisher : Ava Catori Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven to Temptation written by Ava Catori and published by Ava Catori Books. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All signs pointed to disaster. Nick was the last person Amanda wanted to be around. Nick was insufferable, not to mention arrogant and irresponsible. He pushed her buttons every chance he got. This would be the world’s longest, worst road trip, ever. It’s not like she trusted him to go alone—their rescue mission was too important. Brody was her best friend and Nick’s brother. He’d gotten himself into a heap of a mess. Amanda promised that she’d do whatever she could to bail him out…even if it meant spending time with Nick for days on end. "Driven to Temptation" is a fun, easy-read that with a friends-to-lovers vibe that you won’t want to miss.

Author : Alicia Micklethwait
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113759053X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven to the Brink written by Alicia Micklethwait and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven to the Brink is a collection of short stories about corporate disasters and how inadequate governance and flawed culture caused a massive destruction of shareholder value. Look at any major corporate meltdown and two factors emerge: a failure of corporate governance and a culture where short-termism and greed are rewarded and risk is encouraged to flourish unchecked. Two years before the latest crash, Alicia Micklethwait co-wrote the best-selling Greed and Corporate Failure which examined some of the high profile corporate disasters of the early years of the 21st century. Sadly those lessons were forgotten. Companies have continued to be Driven to the Brink of disaster. Now, with co-author Patty Dimond, they examine what we must learn this time around. Drawing on in-depth case studies of the Libor scandal, Olympus, Co-op, Kids Company and others, Dimond and Micklethwait ask what have we learned and more importantly, what can we do to prevent these disasters from happening again? They also examine the large, emerging and less widely understood world of Corporate China with detailed discussion of the Lixel and Glaxo frauds. On a positive note, staying with China, they look at the story of Alibaba and ask is an ethical culture enough to protect shareholder rights?