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Author : Lynne Ewing
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062028334

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Drive-By by Lynne Ewing Pdf

"Jimmy always told me there were only two kinds of gangbangers: Those who were dead and those who were going to die. Joining a gang doesn't make sense to Jimmy..." Jimmy is dead now—gunned down in front of his little sister, Mina, and his brother, Tito. And Tito is left wondering: Was Jimmy in a gang after all? Ice Breaker Joe and Lamar think so. They say Jimmy was skimming their drug money. And if the missing cash isn't returned, Tito may have to pay—with his life. Some people go to the crossroads, but Tito's crossroads laid themselves down in front of him. His brother Jimmy sprawls on the sidewalk at his feet. Shot in a drive by. Now a gang claims that Jimmy was their Ace Man. They say Tito must take his place and resolve some unfinished business. They give him a gun. "You need protection. It's not safe on the street." What path will be choose at the crossroads? He knows one leads to safety and one to death . . . but which is which?

Author : Greg Brookes
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-17
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781525531521

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Drive By Shootings by Greg Brookes Pdf

Between 2010 and 2012, I worked as a courier, delivering computer and medical equipment throughout the province of Nova Scotia. I was an ‘on call’ driver, and as long as there was music playing in the car, I could set out at any time, day or night. I got in the habit of taking pictures as I drove around. Sometimes, it wasn't possible, medical equipment can be very time sensitive, but wherever and whenever I could, I clicked away to show the sights of this beautiful province. So I am giving you a personal perspective of Nova Scotia. Put the book on your coffee table, flip through the pages frequently as you sip that morning java, but mostly, let the photographs inspire you to come and visit Canada’s Ocean Playground! We would love to see you! I have endeavoured to give you some enjoyment with this book. Hopefully I have succeeded.

Author : Chris Benjamin
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781552664803

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Drive-by Saviours by Chris Benjamin Pdf

Demoralized by his job and dissatisfied with his life, Mark punches the clock with increasing indifference. He wanted to help people; he’d always believed that as social worker he would be able to make a difference in people’s lives. But after six years of bureaucracy and pushing paper Mark has lost hope. All that changes when he meets Bumi, an Indonesian restaurant worker. Moved from his small fishing village and sent to a residential school under the authoritarian Suharto regime, Bumi’s radical genius and obsessive-compulsive disorder raise suspicion among his paranoid neighbours. When several local children die mysteriously the neighbours fear reaches a fevered pitch and Bumi is forced to flee to Canada. Brought together by a chance encounter on the subway, Mark and Bumi develop a friendship that forces them to confront their pasts. Moving gracefully between Canada and Indonesia and through the two men’s histories, Drive-by Saviours is the story of desire and connection among lonely people adrift in a crowded world. Drive-by Saviours Trailer on YouTube Drive-by Saviours on MySpace Chris Benjamin’s website Drive-by Saviours on Facebook

Author : Daniel H. Pink
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101524381

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Drive by Daniel H. Pink Pdf

The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation from the author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose-and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.

Author : David Bradford,Gerhard Waldherr
Publisher : Ullmann
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Photography
ISBN : 3833112980

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Drive-By Shootings by David Bradford,Gerhard Waldherr Pdf

David Bradford is a taxi driver who takes photographs, or a photographer who drives a taxi, six days a week--and has been doing so since 1995. One hand on the wheel, camera in the other--art on wheels.

Author : Stephen Deusner
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781477323939

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Where the Devil Don't Stay by Stephen Deusner Pdf

In 1996, Patterson Hood recruited friends and fellow musicians in Athens, Georgia, to form his dream band: a group with no set lineup that specialized in rowdy rock and roll. The Drive-By Truckers, as they named themselves, grew into one of the best and most consequential rock bands of the twenty-first century, a great live act whose songs deliver the truth and nuance rarely bestowed on Southerners, so often reduced to stereotypes. Where the Devil Don’t Stay tells the band’s unlikely story not chronologically but geographically. Seeing the Truckers’ albums as roadmaps through a landscape that is half-real, half-imagined, their fellow Southerner Stephen Deusner travels to the places the band’s members have lived in and written about. Tracking the band from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Richmond, Virginia, to the author’s hometown in McNairy County, Tennessee, Deusner explores the Truckers’ complex relationship to the South and the issues of class, race, history, and religion that run through their music. Drawing on new interviews with past and present band members, including Jason Isbell, Where the Devil Don’t Stay is more than the story of a great American band; it’s a reflection on the power of music and how it can frame and shape a larger culture.

Author : Mike Wells
Publisher : Top Ten Best Murder Mystery Detective Thriller Crime Suspense Books Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781311565624

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The Drive-By Wife, Book 1 (Free Book) by Mike Wells Pdf

In this explosive psychological thriller, Allen and Cynthia Hunt are an upper middle-class San Francisco couple who make one small but serious mistake. This momentary lapse in judgement plunges them into an endless nightmare that threatens to destroy not only their marriage, but their very lives. From Rabid Readers Reviews: The Drive-By Wife is a wonderful psychological thriller in the vein of "Cape Fear" and "Misery." If you like Stephen King, Dennis Lehane and Gillian Flynn, you will like Mike Wells. "This book is a gripping, absorbing and disturbing portrayal of domestic strife leading to a violent nightmare." - Emma Hunneyball, Book Reviewers (UK) "Excellent character development, plot line is through-the-roof original, and the whole premise is marvelously bizarre and intimidating." - The Word Verve, Alpharetta, GA (USA) "If you are into psychological crime thrillers grab this book." - Reviewer CristiAk, Juneau, Alaska "I have read most of the great thrillers and this is right at the top with them. Wells does not disappoint." Sheena Jennings, Butte, Montanta (USA) Fans of James Patterson and Mary Higgins Clark will enjoy this book. Keywords: psychological thriller, crime, murder, con, con artist, blackmail, danger, adventure, dark, gothic, South, classy female, dramatic, intrigue, provocative, racy, exotic, unpredictable, plot twists, cliff-hanger, page-turner, gripping, long series, short books

Author : Guy Barefoot
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501365904

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The Drive-In by Guy Barefoot Pdf

The Drive-In meaningfully contributes to the complex picture of outdoor cinema that has been central to American culture and to a history of US cinema based on diverse viewing experiences rather than a select number of films. Drive-in cinemas flourished in 1950s America, in some summer weeks to the extent that there were more cinemagoers outdoors than indoors. Often associated with teenagers interested in the drive-in as a 'passion pit' or a venue for exploitation films, accounts of the 1950s American drive-in tend to emphasise their popularity with families with young children, downplaying the importance of a film programme apparently limited to old, low-budget or independent films and characterising drive-in operators as industry outsiders. They retain a hold on the popular imagination. The Drive-In identifies the mix of generations in the drive-in audience as well as accounts that articulate individual experiences, from the drive-in as a dating venue to a segregated space. Through detailed analysis of the film industry trade press, local newspapers and a range of other primary sources including archival records on cinemas and cinema circuits in Arkansas, California, New York State and Texas, this book examines how drive-ins were integrated into local communities and the film industry and reveals the importance and range of drive-in programmes that were often close to that of their indoor neighbours.

Author : Gabrielle D'Emilio-Lappa
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781039104464

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1 Sussex Drive by Gabrielle D'Emilio-Lappa Pdf

Rideau Hall, the official Residence of Canada’s Governors General, has been host to some of the greatest leaders and dignitaries in history. Members of royal families, world leaders and heads of state have stayed there and have experienced, firsthand, the warmth and hospitality so often associated with Canadians. For those chosen to serve as Governors General, as well as for their families, Rideau Hall becomes their home for five years, and sometimes longer. To the outsider, a visit to Rideau Hall as an invited guest is like watching a theatre performance, with the supporting cast and crew somewhere in the background but always where they are supposed to be. This book provides first-person narratives and real accounts of memorable moments by those who worked with quiet dignity behind the scenes, and often for the greatest part of their working lives, to make Rideau Hall a home.

Author : Francis X. McKenna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Drive-in restaurants
ISBN : UVA:X001573265

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Starting and Managing a Small Drive-in Restaurant by Francis X. McKenna Pdf

Author : Sierra Tango Alpha Romeo
Publisher : LifeRich Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-09
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781489705730

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Just Drive through It by Sierra Tango Alpha Romeo Pdf

Mental health is still a taboo subject, but it affects so many. In Just Drive through It, author Sierra Tango Alpha Romeo shares a chronicle of his life and the struggles of dealing with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and PTSD. From his birth in Appalachia, to his service in the military, and his love for aviation, this memoir recalls Tango’s many life events, including the near-fatal traffic accident while on active duty with a drunk driver that changed his life and the lives of his wife, children, and extended family forever. It narrates his battle with his many demons after the accident and tells how his deep faith in God helped him overcome the negative encounters that blocked his progress. In Just Drive through It, Romeo writes about family, friends, his relationship with God, the United Methodist Church, and answering the calling to be a certified lay speaker. It’s a love story filled with God’s presence, love, anger, disappointment, euphoria, wealth, health, transgressions, forgiveness, and memories that most people never dream of.

Author : Alistair Weaver
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781845841003

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A Drive on the Wild Side by Alistair Weaver Pdf

Written by award-winning journalist and television presenter Alistair Weaver, and illustrated by some of the world's leading automotive photographers, A Drive on the Wild Side, takes you on a fascinating journey across some of the world's most challenging roads. This book tells the fascinating, hair raising and moving stories experienced during a career-spanning automotive adventure in style, with 400 stunning photos.

Author : Constance Glidden Josef
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781639611232

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Why Don't We Drive From Portland, Oregon to Argentina? by Constance Glidden Josef Pdf

After twenty-five years, she has decided to publish a true adventure story of two friends who set off from Portland, Oregon, and drove a 4x4 (that already had 143,000 on it) to Argentina. An adventure that is not without dangers, laughs, and tears. Above all, it is the discovery about two people who never really knew each other until a year before. This amazing journey would achieve many personal discoveries and shared adventures. Come along for the drive and discover the beauty and wonder of thirteen countries and their welcoming people. Well, welcoming almost all the time! Stories were captured throughout the drive in 1995 and held in a box for twenty-five years. An adventure that took place during a time without the worldwide internet (no Google or Expedia) and no cell phone to call ahead. Nope, just guidebooks, planning, and paying attention to details. So come along and enjoy five and one-half months of pure adventure through mountains, countryside, border crossings that don't want you to cross constant question from officials (Are you sure you want to do this?), overnight sea voyage, finding the equator, a highway that turns into plane runway, and crossing the Alps during a brief break in a snowstorm. Over twelve thousand miles of daily adventure. Yes, come along for the ride.

Author : Kate Stewart
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Man-woman relationships
ISBN : 1978098758

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Drive by Kate Stewart Pdf

Music . . . the heart's greatest librarian. The average song is three and a half minutes long; those three and a half minutes could lead to a slow blink, a glimpse of the past, or catapult the soul into heart-shattering nostalgia. At the height of my career, I had the life I wanted, the life I'd always envisioned. I'd found my tempo, my rhythm. Then I received a phone call that left me off key. You see, my favorite songs had a way of playing simultaneously. I was in love with one man's beats and another's lyrics. But when it came to the soundtrack of a life, how could anyone choose a favorite song? So, to erase any doubt, I ditched my first-class ticket and decided to take a drive, fixed on the rearview. Two days. One playlist. And the long road home to the man who was waiting for me.

Author : Matthew B. Crawford
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780062741981

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Why We Drive by Matthew B. Crawford Pdf

A brilliant and defiant celebration of driving as a unique pathway of human freedom, by "one of the most influential thinkers of our time" (Sunday Times) "Why We Drive weaves philosophers, thinkers, and scientific research with shade-tree mechanics and racers to defend our right to independence, making the case that freedom of motion is essential to who we are as a species. ... We hope you'll read it." —Road & Track Once we were drivers, the open road alive with autonomy, adventure, danger, trust, and speed. Today we are as likely to be in the back seat of an Uber as behind the wheel ourselves. Tech giants are hurling us toward a shiny, happy “self-driving” future, selling utopia but equally keen to advertise to a captive audience strapped into another expensive device. Are we destined, then, to become passengers, not drivers? Why We Drive reveals that much more may be at stake than we might think. Ten years ago, in the New York Times-bestselling Shop Class as Soulcraft, philosopher-mechanic Matthew B. Crawford—a University of Chicago PhD who owned his own motorcycle shop—made a revolutionary case for manual labor, one that ran headlong against the pretentions of white-collar office work. Now, using driving as a window through which to view the broader changes wrought by technology on all aspects of contemporary life, Crawford investigates the driver’s seat as one of the few remaining domains of skill, exploration, play—and freedom. Blending philosophy and hands-on storytelling, Crawford grounds the narrative in his own experience in the garage and behind the wheel, recounting his decade-long restoration of a vintage Volkswagen as well as his journeys to thriving automotive subcultures across the country. Crawford leads us on an irreverent but deeply considered inquiry into the power of faceless bureaucracies, the importance of questioning mindless rules, and the battle for democratic self-determination against the surveillance capitalists. A meditation on the competence of ordinary people, Why We Drive explores the genius of our everyday practices on the road, the rewards of “folk engineering,” and the existential value of occasionally being scared shitless. Witty and ingenious throughout, Why We Drive is a rebellious and daring celebration of the irrepressible human spirit.