Pushing The Envelope

Author : Marion Carl,Barrett Tillman
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612515489

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First published in 1994, this stirring autobiography of a fighter and test pilot takes readers full throttle through Carl's imposing list of "firsts." Beginning with his World War II career, he gained such commendations as first Marine Corps ace, among the first Marines ever to fly a helicopter, and first Marine to land aboard an aircraft carrier. His combat duty included the momentous battles at Midway and Guadalcanal. Not one to rest on his laurels, however, he participated in photoreconnaissance operations over Red China in 1955 and flew missions in Vietnam. In peacetime he gamed fame for "pushing the envelope" as a test pilot, adding the world's altitude and peace records to his wartime feats and becoming the first U.S. military aviator to wear a full pressure suit. Such achievements also led to Carl's being the first living Marine admitted to the Naval Aviation Hall of Honor, as well as the first Marine to be named to the Navy Carrier Aviation Test Pilots Hall of Honor. This very readable memoir is as forthright and compelling as the man it chronicles.

Author : Donald M. Pattillo
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0472086715

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The most comprehensive history of the aircraft manufacturing industry to date

Author : Rochelle Paige
Publisher : Rochelle Paige
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Blythe College by Rochelle Paige Pdf

Author : Rochelle Paige
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1494392690

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Push the Envelope by Rochelle Paige Pdf

Alexa is just your average college junior, attending classes and piloting Mile High Club charter flights. Boys haven't been on her radar for a couple of years since the disastrous breakup with her high school sweetheart. Her plans to focus on school hit a bit of a snag when she meets bad boy Drake Bennett and he sets his sights on making her his own.

Author : Marthe Le Van
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1600593984

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So often we focus on what’s in the envelope, we forget the envelope itself. But this collection embraces the envelope as a creative form. Devised by a group of talented designers, these unique handmade envelopes come in all shapes and sizes. Some involve embellishing commercial envelopes with surface treatments, such as stamping. Others require folding techniques, and a few use unconventional and recycled materials. There are projects for packaging CDs, photographs, gift cards, and more.

Author : Harvey Mackay
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780307416452

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Pushing the Envelope is packed with triumphs, wit, and wisdom gleaned from Harvey Mackay and the super-successful people he’s learned from over the years as a marketing whiz and bestselling author. The man who taught us how to “swim with the sharks” is back with a boatload of tips and techniques for becoming more savvy and successful in everything you do. To Harvey Mackay, “pushing the envelope” means pushing the boundaries and pushing yourself to maximize your advantage—to be better, faster, and smarter and to get the results you want, in business and in life. In his new book, Pushing the Envelope: All the Way to the Top, you’ll learn • How to get the order • The art of negotiating the best deals for you • The essential qualities all leaders possess • Fail-safe ways to move up the corporate ladder • Business titans’ secrets to achievement • The keys to balancing work and family • How to use laughter as a productivity tool • And much more! Humor. Honesty. Fairness. The ability to get others to see your vision. Judgment. Guts. Respect for the bottom line—and all the lines that lead to it. These are the values that have made Harvey Mackay the business and civic leader he is today. A born communicator, Mackay distills the lessons of his forty years in business into pithy, punchy chapters that cut to the heart of everyday problems and situations. As usual, Mackay has his trademark, no-nonsense lists, including: • 5 ways to ruin a good sales force • 11 questions to ask a job prospect • 10 New Year’s resolutions • 7 things not to do with a friend • 12 ways to ruin your next speech Both practical and entertaining, charged throughout with Harvey Mackay’s inimitable style, humor, and entrepreneurial wisdom, Pushing the Envelope puts the fun, the creativity, and the challenge back in business. Whether you’re at the top of your company or determined to get there, this is one business book that will earn your stamp of approval. Praise for Pushing the Envelope “What would our nation be without Minnesotans? Besides Post-it notes, the state has given us the sublimely American town, Lake Wobegon; the spectacularly American wrestler-turned-Governor, Jesse Ventura; and the quintessentially American businessman, Harvey Mackay.”—The New York Times “A refreshing delivery of advice.”—USA Today

Author : Jt Storm
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781434361493

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War has changed over the past centuries. The war on terror and the hopes to change nations to democratic policies is an uphill and dangerous battle.

Author : Maureen Zappala
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1881462579

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Pushing Your Envelope by Maureen Zappala Pdf

You're talented, accomplished and successful. You are a technical expert, a high level manager or a prospering entrepreneur. You have it all together. At least everyone thinks so. Except you. You look around and think, "Everyone thinks I'm smarter than I really am! I feel like a fake! What if they're on to me?"Many smart and successful people, especially those in a creative, technical or educational career, experience this. They feel they don't deserve their success. They discount their own achievements, and harbor secret doubts about their own capabilities. They attribute their success to things like lucky connections, good timing or serendipity, and they fear they'll be discovered as a fraud. Wrapped up in this chronic insecurity, they live within self-imposed limits, unable to enjoy their own success.It's called Impostor Syndrome, the persistent feeling of not measuring up to one's own resume. If this is you, you are not alone. It's estimated that 70% of successful people suffer from this. But there's help. There are strategies that can silence that impostor voice so you can embrace your success and confidently push ahead without fear of being unmasked as a fake.In the aerospace world, researchers and test flight pilots will "push the envelope¿approach, exceed, or even extend the limits of what is considered possible for that aircraft. It's bold, gutsy and exhilarating. Like these pilots, you too can push your envelope, exceed what you consider possible, and extend beyond the confines created by your impostor fears.You can be released from the clench of the counterfeit, to live with bold enthusiasm.

Author : Wolfgang Schnellbächer,Daniel Weise
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030519841

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Jumpstart to Digital Procurement by Wolfgang Schnellbächer,Daniel Weise Pdf

This book shows how digital transformation has the power to revolutionize the way procurement operates, and discusses how especially buyer decisions are empowered through artificial intelligence. Depending on a company’s strategy all desired outcomes are possible, including doubling savings, innovation, sustainability, quality, speed, and halve the risk. Jumpstart to Digital Procurement is a hands-on guide on how companies can grasp the opportunities offered by digital transformation.

Author : Rob Fortier,Meryl Hooker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0578056976

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Pushing the Envelope by Rob Fortier,Meryl Hooker Pdf

Are your greeting card sales at a standstill? Do you want to move your sales beyond the local store to stores across the country? Have you thought about working with sales reps but have no idea where to begin? This is the book you've been waiting for. Finally, everything the small greeting card manufacturer needs to know about finding, recruiting and retaining a winning sales force can be found in this easy-to-read handbook. Written from both the manufacturer and sales rep perspectives, this nuts and bolts guide is full of industry information, sales tips and guidance for building successful and profitable rep relationships. Are you ready to push the envelope?

Author : J. Robert Lennon
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : City and town life
ISBN : 1862076731

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Mailman by J. Robert Lennon Pdf

Albert Lippincott is a 30-year veteran of the Nestor, New York, Post Office - a letter carrier extraordinaire, aggressively cheerful, obsessively efficient. But Albert has a few things to hide. His unfortunate habit, for instance, of reading other people's mail.

Author : Richard Whitmire
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118611333

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On the Rocketship by Richard Whitmire Pdf

The face of American education is evolving—and the roadmap is clear On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools are Pushing the Envelope examines the rise and expansion of leading charter school network Rocketship, revealing the "secret sauce" that makes a successful program. A strong narrative with a timely message, the book explores how Rocketship started and the difficulties encountered as it expands. Designing schools for children who have been failed by traditional schools is extremely challenging work. Setbacks are inevitable. Later in the book the narrative shifts to the national picture, exploring how high performing charter schools are changing the education landscape in cities such as Denver, Memphis, and Houston. The book emerges just as charter schools are running into stiff political opposition in New York City and elsewhere. Even in San Jose, Rocketship's home base, the pushback against charter schools is gaining speed. On the Rocketship becomes a valuable resource for explaining what's at stake in this battle. Lose these schools, in New York, San Jose and other cities, and low-income and minority students lose their best shot at a quality education. Written by a veteran journalist who followed Rocketship through a school year, the book explores some of the factors that make Rocketship and other charters successful, including the blended learning that was pioneered at charter schools, especially Rocketship. Many schools around the country are looking to Rocketship as a model for implementing blended learning. The interplay between charter schools and blended learning is setting a change in motion, and the American education system is ready to evolve. On the Rocketship details this phenomenon, providing insights for educators across the nation.

Author : Maureen Johnson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780061973802

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13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson’s funny, heartbreaking, and utterly romantic tale gets a great new cover! Ginny Blackstone never thought she’d spend her summer vacation backpacking across Europe. But that was before she received the first little blue envelope from Aunt Peg. This letter was different from Peg’s usual letters for two reasons: 1. Peg had been dead for three months. 2. The letter included $1000 cash for a passport and a plane ticket. Armed with instructions for how to retrieve twelve other letters Peg wrote—twelve letters that tell Ginny where she needs to go and what she needs to do when she gets there—Ginny quickly finds herself swept away in her first real adventure. Traveling from London to Edinburgh to Amsterdam and beyond, Ginny begins to uncover stories from her aunt’s past and discover who Peg really was. But the most surprising thing Ginny learns isn’t about Peg . . . it’s about herself. Everything about Ginny will change this summer, and it’s all because of the 13 little blue envelopes. Look for the sequel, The Last Little Blue Envelope!

Author : Tom Wolfe
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429961325

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The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe Pdf

From "America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. "Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review) Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure; namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers, that made The Right Stuff a classic.

Author : Harold Rabinowitz
Publisher : MetroBooks (NY)
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 1567995969

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Pushing the Envelope by Harold Rabinowitz Pdf

Written by experienced aviation historian Harold Rabinowitz and illustrated with stunning black-and-white and full-color photographs, Pushing the Envelope documents the dramatic rise of jet-powered airplanes and points the way to jets of the future.