Mental Speed Bumps

Mental Speed Bumps
Author: David Engwicht
Publisher:
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2005
Genre: City planning
ISBN: 9780858812093

Speed Bumps on a Dirt Road

Speed Bumps on a Dirt Road
Author: John Cohen
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781576879269

Speed Bumps on a Dirt Roadis a living document of country music's founding fathers and mothers. John Cohen photographed musicians, at home, backstage at public events, from the wings at fiddlers' conventions, out in country music parks, and in the studio for live radio show performances and recording sessions. Back in 1961 it was still possible to know a few of America's original country musicians from the '20s and '30s. Renowned and celebrated musician and artist John Cohen came of age at the confluence of old time and early bluegrass music, the historic intersection of traditional and folk music. Cohen traveled the country playing music, recording, and documenting what was to be a generation of musicians who would influence American music and culture for decades to come. Traveling between the Union Grove fiddlers' convention to the Grand Ole Opry to a coal celebration in Hazard, Kentucky, Cohen made historic photographs of performers like Bill Monroe and Doc Watson, the country's very first all-bluegrass show, and a bluegrass bar in Baltimore, among much more.Speed Bumps on a Dirt Roadpresents old time music as the root of country music. Includes photographs of: Flatt & Scruggs, fiddler "Eck" Robertsonin Amarillo, Texas, Doc Watson, bluegrass fiddler "Tex" Logan, the Stanley Brothers at Sunset Park, Sara and Maybelle of the Carter Family, and Cousin Emmy, Alice & Hazel, and a dulcimer in a parking lot.

Speed Bumps

Speed Bumps
Author: Ken Casper
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2007-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426800967

Star NASCAR driver Gabby O'Farrell can't believe her mother is harping at her again. How many times does she have to say it? She's not going to help run the family's corporation. She's not shopping for a husband of the right pedigree. And there's no way she's ever going to give up racing! Who cares what the other macho, hothead drivers are saying about her? Gabby knows team owner Vaughn Steiner has got her back. And since they started sharing kisses and strategy in equal measure, she's determined to go all the way…to win the coveted NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship. But now that she's growing close to Vaughn's adorable daughter, is she ready for the mommy track, too?

Speed Bump

Speed Bump
Author: Dave Coverly
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2020-07-01
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1684068681

This silver anniversary edition of Dave Coverly’s Reuben award-winning Speed Bump collects 300 of his best cartoons into one full-color book. 25 years of ideas. 25 years of drawings. 25 years of coffee. Man, that’s a lot of coffee. Coverly’s work has appeared in over 400 newspapers, including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Detroit Free Press, as well as in Parade magazine, textbooks, greeting cards, and even on that internet thingy. Dry and gentle not only describes Dave’s hands, but his sense of humor as well. And while there are no guarantees in life, this new collection of Speed Bump cartoons hopes to make you think, smile, snort awkwardly, rethink, pause for a bathroom break, maybe get a second cup of coffee, and return to read a few more before realizing you really should be doing something a little more productive.

Speedbumps

Speedbumps
Author: Teri Garr
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2006-10-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1440627304

In this laugh-out-loud funny and inspiring autobiography, one of Hollywood’s best-loved comediennes muses about movies, men, motherhood, and MS In a book that is at once Hollywood hilarious and personally moving, Teri Garr, star of such classic films as Young Frankenstein, Oh God!, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mr. Mom, and Tootsie, for which she received an Academy Award nomination, writes about her life with the same wit and warmth that have won the hearts of fans for over three decades. From sipping Cokes with Elvis Presley to hangin’ with the Beatles; from her secrets to succeeding in Hollywood without losing her sanity, to dealing with the fear, anxiety, and denial of being plagued by mysterious physical problems that eluded diagnosis for over twenty years—the insights in Speedbumps, while always couched in Garr’s trademark humor, are honest, heartfelt, and often profound. BACKCOVER: “The driven comedian tells (almost) all…[and] she’s as dizzily funny as ever.” —Entertainment Weekly “Garr sticks to the truth whether it’s hysterically funny, or, at times, heart wrenching. Read this book, it’s a lesson in courage.” —Mel Brooks

Speed Bumps

Speed Bumps
Author: Lois Weis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780807739662

This unique collection of essays invites readers to trespass the borders of schooling in order to understand the range of spaces within which youth are forming and reforming identities, relations, and, in some cases, social movements amidst the cloudy backlash to feminism, civil rights, welfare rights, and lesbian/gay movements.

Speed Bump: A 25th Anniversary Collection

Speed Bump: A 25th Anniversary Collection
Author: Dave Coverly
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1684057043

This silver anniversary edition of Dave Coverly's Reuben award-winning Speed Bump collects 300 of his best cartoons into one full-color hardcover book. 25 years of ideas. 25 years of drawings. 25 years of coffee. Man, that's a lot of coffee. For 25 years - did we mention it's been 25 years? - Coverly's work has appeared in over 400 newspapers, including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Detroit Free Press, as well as in Parade magazine, textbooks, greeting cards, and even on that internet thingy. Heck, we bet some of your friends have even shared them on your social media platforms! And yeah, that uncredited cartoon you saw that one time on a B-list celeb's Facebook page? That was Dave's! Dave Barry has said of Coverly, "He's very, very funny, AND he can draw. I hate him." Which is nice, though it does explain the lack of invitations to the Barry's summer home. Dry and gentle not only describes Dave's hands, but his sense of humor as well. And while there are no guarantees in life, this new collection of Speed Bump cartoons hopes to make you think, smile, snort awkwardly, rethink, pause for a bathroom break, maybe get a second cup of coffee, and return to read a few more before realizing you really should be doing something a little more productive.

Living Life Loudly

Living Life Loudly
Author: Victoria Porter Cramer
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2016-01-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781519616838

Victoria is adjusting to life as the mother of twin eight-month-old girls when she receives the news no one wants to hear: she has breast cancer. Suddenly, the new mom and amateur mountain bike racer is confronted with a tidal wave of information and raw emotion. Still reeling from the diagnosis, she is expected to make life-changing decisions about surgery and chemotherapy-all while attempting to process her fear, anxiety, and confusion. But Victoria chooses to battle breast cancer with the same intensity she approaches any of life's speed bumps. Tenacity, humor, a willingness to consider options that aren't doctor recommended, and a strong and committed support group help her hit this largest of speed bumps at full speed. Living Life Loudly chronicles Victoria's fifteen-month fight to ensure her daughters would have a mother to raise them. But it's more than a memoir. Within these pages is a strategy for overcoming life's challenges by jumping boldly into action while injecting joy into all aspects of your life. We are all going to run into our own life-changing speed bumps at least once. Why not be prepared?

Strong Towns

Strong Towns
Author: Charles L. Marohn, Jr.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119564816

A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live.

How to Break Up with Your Phone

How to Break Up with Your Phone
Author: Catherine Price
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2018-02-13
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0399581138

This evidence-based, user-friendly guide presents a 30-day digital detox plan that will help you set boundaries with your phone and live a more joyful and fulfilling life. “I wrote The Anxious Generation to help adults improve the lives of children. Many readers have asked me for a version of the book aimed at helping adults and teens help themselves. Catherine Price has written the best such book.”—Jonathan Haidt Do you feel addicted to your phone? Do you frequently pick it up “just to check,” only to look up forty-five minutes later wondering where the time has gone? Does social media make you anxious? Have you tried to spend less time mindlessly scrolling—and failed? If so, this book is your solution. Award-winning health and science journalist and TED speaker Catherine Price presents a practical, evidence-based 30-day digital detox plan that will help you break up—and then make up—with your phone. The goal: better mental health, improved screen-life balance, and a long-term relationship with technology that feels good. This engaging, user-friendly guide explains how our smartphones and apps are designed to be addictive and how the time we spend on them is increasing our anxiety and damaging our abilities to focus, think deeply, form new memories, generate ideas, and be present in our most important relationships. Next, it walks you through an effective and easy-to-follow 30-day plan that has already helped thousands of people worldwide break their phone addictions and feel more fully alive. Whether you need help for yourself or for your family, friends, students, colleagues, clients, or community, How to Break Up with Your Phone is the ultimate guide to digital detoxing. It’s guaranteed to help you put down your phone—and come back to life.