Riding With Strangers

Author : Elijah Wald
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781569762370

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Riding with Strangers by Elijah Wald Pdf

This fascinating tale of the author's cross-country hitchhiking journey is a captivating look into the pleasures and challenges of the open road. As the miles roll by he meets businessmen, missionaries, conspiracy theorists, and truck drivers from all ages and ethnicities who are eager to open their car doors to a wandering stranger. This memoir uncovers the hidden reality that the United States remains hospitable, quirky, and as ready as ever to offer help to a curious traveler. Demonstrating how hitchhiking can be the ultimate in adventure travel—a thrilling exploration of both people and scenery—this guide also serves as a hitchhiker's reference, sharing the history behind this communal form of travel while touching on roadside lore and philosophy.

Author : M.Todd Henderson,Salen Churi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108494236

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The Trust Revolution by M.Todd Henderson,Salen Churi Pdf

Traces the history of innovation and trust, demonstrating how the Internet offers new ways to rehabilitate and strengthen trust.

Author : John Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1676438777

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Don't Ride with Strangers! by John Lee Pdf

Marcus and Anthony, make the biggest mistake of their lives by disobeying their parents. And now they are facing reality with a blood sucking vampire!

Author : Robert A. Simons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780429891076

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Driverless Cars, Urban Parking and Land Use by Robert A. Simons Pdf

The subject of driverless and even ownerless cars has the potential to be the most disruptive technology for real estate, land use, and parking since the invention of the elevator. This book includes new research and economic analysis, plus a thorough review of the current literature to pose and attempt to answer a number of important questions about the effect that driverless vehicles may have on land use in the United States, especially on parking. Simons outlines the history of disruptive technologies in transport and real estate before examining how the predicted changes brought in by the adoption of driverless technologies and decline in car ownership will affect our urban areas. What could we do with all the parking areas in our cities and our homes and institutional buildings that may no longer be required? Can they be sustainably repurposed? Will self-driving cars become like horses, used only by hobbyists for recreation and sport? While the focus is on parking, the book also contains the views of real estate economists, architects, and policymakers and is essential reading for real estate developers and investors, transport economists, planners, politicians, and policymakers who need to consider the implications of a future with more driverless vehicles. Fasten your seat belt: like it or not, driverless cars will begin to change the way we move about our cities within ten years.

Author : Kristen Pond
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000990089

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Strangers and the Enchantment of Space in Victorian Fiction, 1830–1865 by Kristen Pond Pdf

Tracing the origins of how we think about strangers to the Victorian period, Strangers and the Enchantment of Space in Victorian Fiction, 1830-1865 explores the vital role strangers had in shaping social relations during the cultural transformations of the industrial revolution, transportation technologies, and globalization. While studies of nineteenth-century Britain tend to trace the rise of an aloof cosmopolitanism and distancing narrative strategies, this volume calls attention to the personalizing impulse in nineteenth-century literary form, investigating the deeply personal reflections on individual and national identities. In her book, Dr. Pond leads the reader through homes of the urban poor, wandering the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, loitering in suburban neighborhoods, riding the railway, and touring a country estate. Readers will experience how the ordinary can be enchanting, and how the mundane can be unexpected, discovering a new way of thinking about strangers and their influence on our lives. Through an examination of the short and long fictional forms of Martineau, Dickens, Brontë, Gaskell, and Braddon, this study locates the figure of the stranger as a powerful topos in the story Victorian literature and the ethics of social relations. This book will be ideal for those seeking to understand the dynamics of the stranger in Victorian fiction as a figure for understanding the changing dynamics of social relations in England in the early nineteenth century.

Author : Daniel Sperling
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610919050

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Three Revolutions by Daniel Sperling Pdf

Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Will the Transportation Revolutions Improve Our Lives-- or Make Them Worse? -- 2. Electric Vehicles: Approaching the Tipping Point -- 3. Shared Mobility: The Potential of Ridehailing and Pooling -- 4. Vehicle Automation: Our Best Shot at a Transportation Do-Over? -- 5. Upgrading Transit for the Twenty-First Century -- 6. Bridging the Gap between Mobility Haves and Have-Nots -- 7. Remaking the Auto Industry -- 8. The Dark Horse: Will China Win the Electric, Automated, Shared Mobility Race? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- About the Contributors -- Index -- IP Board of Directors

Author : David A. Robertson
Publisher : Portage & Main Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781553797371

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Strangers by David A. Robertson Pdf

From Governor General’s Award-winning author David A. Robertson comes the first book in a compelling new trilogy. A talking coyote, mysterious illnesses, and girl trouble. Coming home can be murder... When Cole Harper gets a mysterious message from an old friend begging him to come home, he has no idea what he's getting into. Compelled to return to Wounded Sky First Nation, Cole finds his community in chaos: a series of shocking murders, a mysterious illness ravaging the residents, and reemerging questions about Cole’s role in the tragedy that drove him away 10 years ago. With the aid of an unhelpful spirit, a disfigured ghost, and his two oldest friends, Cole tries to figure out his purpose, and unravel the mysteries he left behind a decade ago. Will he find the answers in time to save his community?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556029568904

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An Analysis of the Potential for Dynamic Ridesharing in a Low-density Area by Anonim Pdf

Author : Natalie D. Richards
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781492657224

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Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards Pdf

A New York Times Bestseller A "page-turning thriller that will keep readers guessing until the very end" (School Library Journal) about a road trip in a snowstorm that turns into bone-chilling disaster, from New York Times bestselling mystery author and "master of tension" (BCCB) Natalie D. Richards. She thought being stranded was the worst thing that could happen. She was wrong. Mira needs to get home for the holidays. Badly. But when an incoming blizzard results in a canceled connecting flight, it looks like she might get stuck at the airport indefinitely. And then Harper, Mira's glamorous seatmate from her initial flight, offers her a ride. Harper and her three friends can drop Mira off on their way home. But as they set off, Mira realizes fellow travelers are all total strangers. And every one of them is hiding something. Soon, roads go from slippery to terrifying. People's belongings are mysteriously disappearing. Someone in the car is clearly lying, and may even be sabotaging the trip—but why? And can Mira make it home alive, or will this nightmare drive turn fatal? Perfect for readers who love: YA horror books for teens Mystery books for teens Natasha Preston, Megan Miranda, Karen McManus and Ruth Ware Praise for Five Total Strangers: "A twisty thrill ride that will leave you breathless. I stayed up after midnight just to see how it all ended."—April Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Girl, Stolen "Richards is a master of tension. Suspense fans will get all the ups-and-downs of a well-paced narrative, but they may never want to drive on a snowy road again."—BCCB "A page-turning thriller that will keep readers guessing until the very end. Just the kind of fun book one needs for a hot summer day or a cold winter's night."—School Library Journal on Five Total Strangers "High thrill factor."—Booklist Also by Natalie D. Richards: Six Months Later Gone Too Far My Secret to Tell One Was Lost We All Fall Down What You Hide

Author : Muhammad Mashhood Alam
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351266550

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Transforming an Idea Into a Business with Design Thinking by Muhammad Mashhood Alam Pdf

We are living in fascinating times, when the power of technology is not just reshaping, but is transforming the globe in unprecedented ways. These include the ability to connect with anyone across the globe in an instant using a tiny device in the palm of our hands to the availability of self-learning systems to take over, not only the most mundane of tasks, but the most sophisticated tasks previously thought to be performable only by superior human faculties. Regardless of whether you consider this progress to be beneficial to society or harmful, these technological advancements are here to stay. On one hand, these current transformational technological advancements threaten this stability of society. On the other hand, they present an opportunity for all of us to awaken our inner entrepreneurs. This book makes the transition from an employee to an entrepreneur smooth for the masses. Many of us have ideas to improve this world in some way and even feel strongly about some of those ideas at a deeper level. However, we find ourselves perplexed on two levels: 1. Where to start when building an idea into a business? 2. What are the various dimensions and activities needed to launch an idea into a business? This book will introduce you to a structured framework, called Transform3+1, to transform your idea into a business by following simple and specific steps spread across four stages. The framework is grounded in the belief that all solutions solve human problems using technology or otherwise. The first stage will help you understand the problem facing your target user by building empathy. Once you understand the problem, comes the stage of devising a solution in an iterative manner through prototyping the new concept and validating with the user. Most start-ups fail not because they didn’t find the right problem to solve for the target user or that their solution lacked technological prowess but because they could not figure out a sustainable business model. Third stage will focus on crafting a business model. And the final stage introduces you to a unique approach of managing risk associated with your venture. This unique framework leverages the principles of Design Thinking, agile development, and lean start-up combined in an easy to follow manner by anyone and helps transform ideas into business in a short timeframe with little or no investment.

Author : Robert Burgin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 837 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216091059

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Going Places by Robert Burgin Pdf

Successfully navigate the rich world of travel narratives and identify fiction and nonfiction read-alikes with this detailed and expertly constructed guide. Just as savvy travelers make use of guidebooks to help navigate the hundreds of countries around the globe, smart librarians need a guidebook that makes sense of the world of travel narratives. Going Places: A Reader's Guide to Travel Narratives meets that demand, helping librarians assist patrons in finding the nonfiction books that most interest them. It will also serve to help users better understand the genre and their own reading interests. The book examines the subgenres of the travel narrative genre in its seven chapters, categorizing and describing approximately 600 titles according to genres and broad reading interests, and identifying hundreds of other fiction and nonfiction titles as read-alikes and related reads by shared key topics. The author has also identified award-winning titles and spotlighted further resources on travel lit, making this work an ideal guide for readers' advisors as well a book general readers will enjoy browsing.

Author : Eric Stalloch,Clifford Crandall
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780615193229

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Be Safe Physically and Mentally with the Crandall System by Eric Stalloch,Clifford Crandall Pdf

If you are concerned about the safety of children or want to improve your own self-defense and awareness skills, then this book is for you. The Crandall System is a complete program for educators, community leaders, parents, and personal use that will increase your awareness and safety in your daily life. It presents information about vulnerabilities, potentially dangerous situations and assaults, and provides effective solutions for these situations. The four levels of the Crandall System are: Children's Self-Defense and Awareness, Teenager's Self-Defense and Awareness, Women's Self-Defense and Assault Prevention, and Senior Citizen's Self-Defense. All levels include detailed pictures for self-defense techniques. Some of these areas include defense against grabs, punches, knives, and guns. Self-defense with a cane is also covered. Through well-founded educational principles let the Crandall System help you become more in control of your safety in the world that surrounds you.

Author : United States. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research and Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015048061314

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Report No. FHWA-RD. by United States. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research and Development Pdf

Author : John Hargrave
Publisher : Gallery Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781982113544

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Blockchain for Everyone by John Hargrave Pdf

From the author of Mind Hacking and founder of Bitcoin Market Journal comes the first book to explain the money-making secrets behind bitcoin and blockchain in a user-friendly format. When John Hargrave first invested in cryptocurrency, the price of a single bitcoin was about $125; a few years later, that same bitcoin was worth $20,000. He wasn’t alone: this flood of new money is like the early days of the Internet, creating a new breed of “blockchain billionaires.” Sir John has unlocked their secrets. In Blockchain for Everyone, Sir John reveals the formula for investing in bitcoin and blockchain, using real-life stories, easy-to-understand examples, and a healthy helping of humor. Packed with illustrations, Blockchain for Everyone explains how (and when) to buy bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and other blockchain assets, with step-by-step instructions. Blockchain for Everyone is the first blockchain investing book written for the layperson: a guide that helps everyone understand how to build wealth wisely. It’s the new investing manifesto!

Author : Rhonda Wiley-Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Car pools
ISBN : NWU:35556021285721

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Wisconsin Rideshare by Rhonda Wiley-Jones Pdf