Go Hard Or Go Home

Go Hard Or Go Home
Author: Stewart McSkimming
Publisher:
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9780473565381

"It's not that Stewart 'Scuff' McSkimming goes looking for trouble, it's just that trouble seems to have a way of finding him. And when opportunities land in his lap (sometimes quite literally) he's been taught to grasp them with both hands. It doesn't always make for an easy life but it sure makes for an interesting one! From his early antics as a schoolboy in Clyde to his many near misses in agricultural aviation and skydiving, two near drownings, being chased by a guy with a gun and surviving four major earthquakes in a year, this is a colourful tale filled with highs and lows. Go Hard or Go Home is about hard living, hard knocks and why Stewart found getting in touch with his softer side the hardest lesson of all. Stewart McSkimming is the co-founder of Global Tractors Ltd. He lives in Christchurch and has spent most of his working career in heavy machinery sales and brokering. He has a long-standing passion for rotary wing aircraft and is now an ambassador for the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust"--Back cover.

Go Hard!

Go Hard!
Author: Craig Null
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2020-09-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781732460416

This is a detailed account of the life of Coach Walter "Kayo" Emmot, who served as head coach of the Independence (Kansas) High School Bulldogs Under his strong leadership, Kayo's teams compiled a win streak of 49 consecutive games, a Kansas state record at thet time. The text is carefully annotated with foot notes and end notes

The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs

The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs
Author:
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2012-05-22
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0300136021

Collects more than 1,400 English-language proverbs that arose in the 20th and 21st centuries, organized alphabetically by key words and including information on date of origin, history and meaning.

Go Big or Go Home

Go Big or Go Home
Author: Will Hobbs
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2008-02-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0060741414

A meteorite is hurtling toward the Black Hills of South Dakota. . . . Brady Steele watches in awe as a fireball comes crashing through the roof of his house. Brady immediately calls up his cousin, Quinn. They both love all things extreme, and this is the most extreme thing ever! Fred, as Brady names his space rock, turns out to be one of the rarest meteorites ever found. Professor Rip Ripley from the museum in Hill City wants to study a sliver of it in search of extraterrestrial bacteria. He's hoping to discover the first proof of life beyond Earth, a momentous breakthrough for the new science of astrobiology. During a wild week of extreme bicycling, fishing, and caving, Brady and Quinn battle their rivals, the notorious Carver boys, for possession of the meteorite. With each new day, Brady is discovering he's able to do strange and wonderful feats that shouldn't be possible. At the same time, he's developing some frightening symptoms. Could he be infected with long-dormant microbes from space? Is Fred a prize or a menace?

Evolution

Evolution
Author: Joe Manganiello
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2015-10-27
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1476716714

Joe Manganiello first gained recognition around the world for his incredible, sculpted body while winning both popular and critical praise as the star of HBO's True Blood. Now, from the man that Magic Mike director Steven Soderbergh called "walking CGI," comes the cutting-edge guide to achieving the perfect body and therefore enhancing your overall quality of life. With a build that men envy and women adore, Joe Manganiello is more than qualified to write the end-all guide to sculpting the perfect body. His fit physique catapulted him to the top of the list of Hollywood's most desired male actors following his memorable performances in HBO's hit show True Blood and in the 2012 film Magic Mike--and he will expand on that role in this summer's highly anticipated Magic Mike XXL. In Evolution, Manganiello shares his lifetime of experience and research in terms of diet, cardio, and anatomy to bring you the only fitness book you'll ever need in order to look and feel your best. Throughout the book are black-and-white photographs and Manganiello's step-by-step workout routine that combines weights, intense cardio, and a high protein diet. With a lifetime of athletic achievement behind him, Manganiello was named one of Men's Health's 100 Fittest Men of All Time alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson, Michael Phelps, Carl Lewis, and others. His Men's Fitness and Men's Health covers consistently rank among the top selling around the globe. In 2014, People magazine named him the Hottest Bachelor Alive, and he is one of the few actors to have ever graced the cover of the #1 selling body building magazine in the US, Muscle & Fitness, not once but twice (with a third on the way). "A comprehensive yet straightforward and effective roadmap to better health and fitness" (Shawn Perine, editor in chief of Muscle & Fitness), Evolution reveals exactly how to get the body of one of Hollywood's hottest stars--promising to turn any Average Joe into a Joe Manganiello

Victims Anonymous

Victims Anonymous
Author: Angela R. Hester
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2014-11-11
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1450225020

Many people feel so overwhelmed by their past that they become victims of that past. This is no way to live. In Victims Anonymous: Do Not Allow your Past to Victimize You, author Angela Hester provides advice and encouragement for coming to terms with the past in order to live fully in the present and succeed in the future. Drawing from her own life experiences, Hester delivers empowerment to make amends with the past in order to realize the success you can have in the future by transforming the negative you into a positive and successful, new you. Victims Anonymous: Do Not Allow your Past to Victimize You eliminates the fictitious factors that lead you to believe achieving something great is unthinkable because of where you have come from and what you have been through. Through the use of reflective exercises and anecdotes from others, Victims Anonymous: Do Not Allow your Past to Victimize You instills trust that if you work hard to overcome obstacles, whether in the past or present, that achievement is remarkable. The past is labeled just that, because it describes events that have already taken place. The beauty of your future is that you can dictate the outcome if you do not let your past rule your future.

The Adventurer's Glossary

The Adventurer's Glossary
Author: Joshua Glenn
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2021-09-29
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0228009480

Adventure is always escapist and often utopian, yet we find solidarity with others and Kafkaesque existential rabbit holes within the words we use to celebrate high-flying escapades. Even when adventures are small in the cosmic scope, the terminology of thrilling exploits promotes a life lived at a high pitch. This go-to glossary for the philosophical explorer delves into these contradictions and insights through more than five hundred terms, from A-OK to zoom. Semiotician Joshua Glenn sourced terms from Shakespeare, military and biker jargon, hip hop and surfer slang, survivalist and gamer subcultures, comic books, extreme sports, and beyond to ask questions about meaning and selfhood. This diverting survey, paired with copious illustrations by the acclaimed cartoonist Seth, is introduced by Mark Kingwell in a thought-provoking essay. The Adventurer’s Glossary extends the entertaining and incisive critique found in the trio’s previous books, The Idler’s Glossary and The Wage Slave’s Glossary. This third instalment turns its lens to the language of risk, excitement, and journeying into the unknown, taking readers on their own semantic adventure.

My Teenage Zombie

My Teenage Zombie
Author: David L. Henderson
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 071803127X

A must-read guide for parents and grandparents who want to practically and successfully help their teenager navigate the ever-lengthening stage of adolescence launching them into society with confidence, vision, and success. Zombies are not just found in horror movies, sometimes they’re lying on your living room couch. These are undead adolescents whose psychological and social development has come to a screeching halt. Torn by their yearning for freedom and their fear of surviving the outside world, they have stalled in their maturity, motivation, and purpose in life, hijacked by a helplessness and fear of responsibility. Parents often feel ill-equipped to love, support, and guide them—especially when they may be facing a midlife crisis of their own and battling some of the same issues in their own lives. Is it really possible to escape this “undead” state of being? In My Teenage Zombie board-certified psychiatrist and medical doctor David L. Henderson explains the parts of a teenage zombie (their brain, heart, and spirit), how they got into this undead state, and how to resurrect them back to life. Using real-life examples of families he has counseled, he describes both their physical and psychological characteristics and offers practical suggestions on how to deal with, and in many cases avoid, having an undead adolescent in your home.

Faith and Trust

Faith and Trust
Author: Blake Karrington
Publisher: Urban Renaissance
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2022-03-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1645563154

Faith and Trust are a couple who seem to have everything right at their fingertips but losing faith and trust in one another may just be the cause of their ultimate downfall… Faith often feels that her man has way too much money for the small legal endeavors that he tells her about, but she chooses to believe in him—that is until the feds kicks in her door one day. She doesn't know if she has it in her to be a ride or die. Putting her belief in Trust may give her an everlasting love or cause her to lose what she loves most. Trust is a natural born hustler. When it comes to getting money, he’s strategic and thorough. He likes his money fast and plentiful. For obvious reasons, he has to keep that between him and his partners. But living a double life isn't easy. His main objectives are to stay free and to protect his future wife. When Trust has the chance at the biggest score of his life, he doesn’t hesitate to risk it all.

Let's Talk About Love

Let's Talk About Love
Author: Carl Wilson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2014-03-13
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1441183566

For his 2007 critically acclaimed 33 1/3 series title, Let's Talk About Love, Carl Wilson went on a quest to find his inner Céline Dion fan and explore how we define ourselves by what we call good and bad, what we love and what we hate. At once among the most widely beloved and most reviled and lampooned pop stars of the past few decades, Céline Dion's critics call her mawkish and overblown while millions of fans around the world adore her “huge pipes” and even bigger feelings. How can anyone say which side is right? This new, expanded edition goes even further, calling on thirteen prominent writers and musicians to respond to themes ranging from sentiment and kitsch to cultural capital and musical snobbery. The original text is followed by lively arguments and stories from Nick Hornby, Krist Novoselic, Ann Powers, Mary Gaitskill, James Franco, Sheila Heti and others. In a new afterword, Carl Wilson examines recent cultural changes in love and hate, including the impact of technology and social media on how taste works (or doesn't) in the 21st century.