History Of A Pipe Dream

Author : Susan Miller
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462073085

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History of a Pipe Dream by Susan Miller Pdf

Growing up on a farm in Wyoming taught Susan Miller perseverance. Her parents, hard-working and inspiring, taught her that life is full of obstacles-and one has to choose how she will overcome them. History of a Pipe Dream is the story of her struggle to overcome the prejudice that existed (and to a certain degree, continues to exist) regarding women in the field of industrial construction. She started out as a common laborer and worked her way up to journeyman, and along the way, she got to know people from all walks of life. Some amused her, some inspired her, but most just stood in her way. And then there was Jack, one of the most helpful men she ever met-who was also, at the same time, the most destructive force she'd ever know in her life. Through it all, she fought hard to stay focused on her goal: to be accepted as an equal. She chose to pursue a career that challenged her as fiercely as it challenged the perceptions and prejudices of others. The art of survival she learned so well as a child and young woman would soon be the key to her success. Hers is a journey into a world that few women have known, but all women can relate to.

Author : Maya K. Peterson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108475471

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Pipe Dreams by Maya K. Peterson Pdf

A long environmental history of the Aral Sea region, focusing on colonization and development in Russian and Soviet Central Asia.

Author : Darrell Dennis
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-18
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781771003629

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Peace Pipe Dreams by Darrell Dennis Pdf

Darrell Dennis is a stereotype-busting, politically incorrect Native American/Aboriginal/Shuswap (Only he’s allowed to call himself an “Indian.” Maybe. Under some circumstances). With a large dose of humour and irreverence, he untangles some of the truths and myths about First Nations: Why do people think Natives get free trucks, and why didn’t he ever get one? Why does the length of your hair determine whether you’re good or bad? By what ratio does the amount of rain in a year depend on the amount of cactus liquor you consume? In addition to answering these burning questions, Dennis tackles some tougher subjects. He looks at European-Native interactions in North America from the moment of first contact, discussing the fur trade, treaty-signing and the implementation of residential schools. Addressing misconceptions still widely believed today, Dennis explains why Native people aren’t genetically any more predisposed to become alcoholics than Caucasians; that Native religion doesn’t consist of worshipping rocks, disappearing into thin air, or conversing with animals; and that tax exemptions are so limited and confusing that many people don’t even bother. Employing pop culture examples, personal anecdote and a cutting wit, Darrell Dennis deftly weaves history with current events to entertain, inform and provide a convincing, readable overview of First Nations issues and why they matter today.

Author : Solomon Jones
Publisher : Villard
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375506598

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Pipe Dream by Solomon Jones Pdf

The lawyer turned on the tape recorder, handed his client a cigarette, and lit it for him. Black drew hard, squinting as the smoke rushed into his lungs. "Where do you want to start?"the lawyer said, lighting a cigarette of his own. "I guess there’s only one place to start; at Broad and Erie." Johnny Podres, a politician whose record against corruption had been propelling him straight to the mayor’s office, is found murdered in a North Philly crack house. Enter Samuel Jackson, a.k.a. Black, a drug addict who knows better, a man embittered by the fact that he can’t seem to escape from his addiction to crack cocaine or, for that matter, from himself. Though he was once a family man with a wife and son, Black’s only concern these days is getting his next high, that is, until he stumbles across a friend and fellow addict, Leroy, and both become prime suspects in the Podres murder. Black and Leroy hook up with two female pipers: Clarisse, a registered nurse who is slowly losing to crack any semblance of a respectable life, and Pookie, who already has lost it. Soon the hunt is on for all four as they try to stay one step ahead of a police department under tremendous pressure to solve the case—because if a killer isn’t found soon, this could blow up into one of the biggest scandals in Philadelphia history. Solomon Jones weaves a suspenseful story against the backdrop of corruption in the Philadelphia police department and centers it on a group of drug addicts who, in the process of fleeing the law, come to terms with their own addiction, leading to some devastating consequences.

Author : Richard Rodgers,Oscar Hammerstein
Publisher : Vocal Score Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1981-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 0881880450

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Pipe Dream by Richard Rodgers,Oscar Hammerstein Pdf

(Vocal Score). Complete vocal score to the 1955 musical with 22 pieces in all: All at Once You Love Her * All Kinds of People * Everybody's Got a Home but Me * How Long * The Man I Used to Be * Suzy Is a Good Thing * Sweet Thursday * Will You Marry Me * and more.

Author : Max Shulman
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781609388454

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The American Pipe Dream by Max Shulman Pdf

"The American Pipe Dream examines the representational history of addiction on the U.S. stage from 1890 to the start of the nation's involvement in the second World War in 1941. Through intensive archival work, textual and performance analysis, and by considering related literary, legislative, and medical histories, this work argues that performance was essential in the creation of the drug addict in the U.S. cultural imagination. Though little attention has been paid to the figure of the stage-addict, this conventionalized figure was a major presence in U.S. popular entertainment through the Progressive Era into the Roaring Twenties, and through the Great Depression. The aim of this study is to trace this complex history, establish the stage-addict's place in U.S. theatre studies, and, by doing so, provide a new lens for examining the history of drug addiction and drug use in the U.S"--

Author : Rick Newcombe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Pipe smokers
ISBN : 0966623916

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In Search of Pipe Dreams by Rick Newcombe Pdf

Stories of pipe-smoking's greatest craftspeople intertwine with advice and commentary in these essays on the art of pipe smoking. While exploring pipe craftsmanship worldwide, these writings combine tales of the author's visits to Europe's most prestigious pipe-makers with a look at pipe-smoking's history and the hobby's most famous practitioners, including Albert Einstein, Norman Rockwell, and Mark Twain. Interviews with Old World craftspeople provide insight into the delicate and personal craft of pipe-making, and a treatise on pipe-smoking's relaxing benefits intermingles with advice on how to smoke, buy, break in, clean, and use a pipe to cope with the frantic pace of the 21st century. Includes a 16 page color photo insert.

Author : Clarence Lusane,Dennis Desmond
Publisher : South End Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Discrimination in criminal justice administration
ISBN : 0896084108

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Pipe Dream Blues by Clarence Lusane,Dennis Desmond Pdf

Lusane argues that "the federal drug war being waged in the nation's capital is parallel to that waged against other communities nationwide and worldwide."--SF Bay Guardian

Author : Robert Bryce
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1586482017

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Pipe Dreams by Robert Bryce Pdf

After the shocking collapse of Enron in fall, 2001 came an equally shocking series of disclosures about how America's seventh-largest company had destroyed itself. There were unethical deals, offshore accounts, and accounting irregularities. There were Wall Street analysts who seemed to have been asleep on the job. There were the lies top executives told so that they could line their own pockets while workers and shareholders lost billions. But after all these disclosures, the question remains: Why? Why did a thriving, innovative company with rock-solid cash flow and reliable earnings suddenly flame out in a maelstrom of corruption, fraud and skulduggery? The answer, Texas business journalist Robert Bryce reveals in this incisive and entertaining book, is that bad business practices begin with human beings. Pipe Dreams traces Enron's astounding transformation from a small regional gas pipeline company into an energy Goliath...and then tracks step-by-step, business decision by business decision, extra-marital affair by extra-marital affair, how, when and why the culture of Enron began to go rotten, and who was responsible. The story of Enron's fall isn't just a story about accounting procedures; it's a story about people. Bryce tells that story with all the personality, passion, humor, and inside dope you'd hope for, and the result is an un-putdownable read in the tradition of Barbarians at the Gate and The Predators' Ball.

Author : Kelly Slater,Jason Borte
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780063028289

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Pipe Dreams by Kelly Slater,Jason Borte Pdf

Soon to be an ABC reality series entitled Ultimate Surfer, starring 11-time World Surf League champion Kelly Slater Six-time world surfing champion, actor, and American heartthrob Kelly Slater tells his inspiring story of triumph over adversity From Beach Blanket Bingo to Baywatch to Blue Crush, surfing has fascinated people for years, and Kelly Slater is the sport’s hottest star. He has won more world championships than any other competitor, and he continues to change peoples’ minds about what can and can’t be done on a surfboard. His wild ride has included fame, fortune, a stint on Baywatch, and a high-profile relationship with Pamela Anderson. Not bad for a skinny kid from a broken home in Cocoa Beach, Florida. In Pipe Dreams, Kelly takes the reader into oceans around the world to take on thunderous walls of water and shares the outrageous stories, solemn moments, and undeniable spirit that have made him a superstar.

Author : Anna McGrath,John Fones McGrath
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595204595

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Pipe Dreams by Anna McGrath,John Fones McGrath Pdf

Professor Bill Thayer's solution to world energy problems takes him from underground caves to exotic places through Baptism by Fire into the world of BIG Business and International Manipulations.

Author : Meera Subramanian
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781610395311

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A River Runs Again by Meera Subramanian Pdf

Crowded, hot, subject to violent swings in climate, with a government unable or unwilling to face the most vital challenges, the rich and poor increasingly living in worlds apart; for most of the world, this picture is of a possible future. For India, it is the very real present. In this lyrical exploration of life, loss, and survival, Meera Subramanian travels in search of the ordinary people and microenterprises determined to revive India's ravaged natural world: an engineer-turned-farmer brings organic food to Indian plates; villagers resuscitate a river run dry; cook stove designers persist on the quest for a smokeless fire; biologists bring vultures back from the brink of extinction; and in Bihar, one of India's most impoverished states, a bold young woman teaches adolescents the fundamentals of sexual health. While investigating these five environmental challenges, Subramanian discovers the stories that renew hope for a nation with the potential to lead India and the planet into a sustainable and prosperous future.

Author : Barry Kornhauser
Publisher : Anchorage Press (UK)
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Children's plays, American
ISBN : 0876023162

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This is Not a Pipe Dream by Barry Kornhauser Pdf

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440635496

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Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck Pdf

A Penguin Classic In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row—the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears—from Doc, based on Steinbeck’s lifelong friend Ed Ricketts, to Fauna, new headmistress of the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction and notes by Robert DeMott. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Mike Gellman
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1497576563

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Pipe Dreams by Mike Gellman Pdf

Are you stuck in your career? Do you want to advance within your company, but can't seem to figure out how to chart a path to success and fulfillment while navigating obstacles along the way? Mike takes the mystery out of unspoken rules of engagement that every employee should know about moving around within your company. He offers an insider's perspective and shares a behind-the-scenes look into key factors that effective employees master. In his book, he discusses essentials for your success including how to: - Clarify your purpose and discover your passion - Prepare for getting what you want - Identify your preferences and interests - Use your principles and values to guide your career choices - Harness your energy and personality and build your personal brand - Examine your performance and demonstrate your potential - Overcome resistance, fear, and personal risk of change - Recover from career mistakes and missteps