Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 9780671692773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Hardy Boys must stop an extortionist from ruining a monster truck and hot rod show.
Fear on Wheels
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 9780671692773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Hardy Boys must stop an extortionist from ruining a monster truck and hot rod show.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 9780671692773
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Hardy Boys must stop an extortionist from ruining a monster truck and hot rod show.
My Wheels Gave Me Wings
Author: Willow Rockwell
Publisher: Sunbury PressInc
ISBN: 9781620060308
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
This gripping memoir chronicles Willow Koerber Rockwell's heartfelt journey through a life filled with fear and despair... into one imbued with love and healing. She chronicles her difficult childhood-characterized by sexual abuse and isolation-her path to near self-destruction, and the ultimate healing that inspired her to write this book. Willow, 33, a World Cup Champion mountain-bike racer for 17 years, relates details of the intense pressure and fear she has faced throughout her career, and her gradual realization that no amount of winning would ever replace loving or being loved. She recounts dramatic racing experiences and successes, and her equally dramatic falls from grace, and provides agonizing accounts of her self-destructive tendencies and her struggle to love herself and her body unconditionally. Willow's ride has been a spiritual one, full of deep and meaningful lessons, imparted by healers, helpmates, and unexpected guardian angels. She shares the spiritual lessons she has learned along the way; and also reveals to the reader how to train without suffering, and how to accept peace and well-being rather than endlessly striving for perfection. In the last few years of her career, Willow has risen to the top of the sport. She has won two Bronze Medals at the World Championships (2009 and 2010), and she led the World Cup Series for a brief time before eventually finishing second in 2010. In 2011, she was expected to reach the very top of the podium, but life had other plans. She found out that she was six weeks pregnant the day before the first World Cup of 2011, so she didn't race. Circumstances compelled her to rediscover herself, reclaim her identity, and admit that she had never loved or respected herself or her body. It was truly a time to let light in to the dark places she had been repressing since childhood. Willow's book is needed because the energies on this planet are changing. People are being asked to do away with their outdated versions of success and to embrace new ways of living. In striving for perfection, what is important has faded into the background, or has disappeared altogether. Willow dissolves the illusion that if one is the best, that person will be happy. She herself lived that lie for almost 30 years of her life; and it was only when she decided to look long and hard at her life that she realized that all the medals and money and acclaim and magazine covers couldn't give her contentment. It was only when she learned to love herself that the healing could begin. From a place of love and acceptance of the self, a beautiful life can unfold, which is the essence of Willow's story. People can express their passion through any medium they desire; and Willow contends that this is what everyone is seeking. In the end, medals and other material symbols are just dust collectors. The joy of the ride is what matters most.
Publisher: Sunbury PressInc
ISBN: 9781620060308
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
This gripping memoir chronicles Willow Koerber Rockwell's heartfelt journey through a life filled with fear and despair... into one imbued with love and healing. She chronicles her difficult childhood-characterized by sexual abuse and isolation-her path to near self-destruction, and the ultimate healing that inspired her to write this book. Willow, 33, a World Cup Champion mountain-bike racer for 17 years, relates details of the intense pressure and fear she has faced throughout her career, and her gradual realization that no amount of winning would ever replace loving or being loved. She recounts dramatic racing experiences and successes, and her equally dramatic falls from grace, and provides agonizing accounts of her self-destructive tendencies and her struggle to love herself and her body unconditionally. Willow's ride has been a spiritual one, full of deep and meaningful lessons, imparted by healers, helpmates, and unexpected guardian angels. She shares the spiritual lessons she has learned along the way; and also reveals to the reader how to train without suffering, and how to accept peace and well-being rather than endlessly striving for perfection. In the last few years of her career, Willow has risen to the top of the sport. She has won two Bronze Medals at the World Championships (2009 and 2010), and she led the World Cup Series for a brief time before eventually finishing second in 2010. In 2011, she was expected to reach the very top of the podium, but life had other plans. She found out that she was six weeks pregnant the day before the first World Cup of 2011, so she didn't race. Circumstances compelled her to rediscover herself, reclaim her identity, and admit that she had never loved or respected herself or her body. It was truly a time to let light in to the dark places she had been repressing since childhood. Willow's book is needed because the energies on this planet are changing. People are being asked to do away with their outdated versions of success and to embrace new ways of living. In striving for perfection, what is important has faded into the background, or has disappeared altogether. Willow dissolves the illusion that if one is the best, that person will be happy. She herself lived that lie for almost 30 years of her life; and it was only when she decided to look long and hard at her life that she realized that all the medals and money and acclaim and magazine covers couldn't give her contentment. It was only when she learned to love herself that the healing could begin. From a place of love and acceptance of the self, a beautiful life can unfold, which is the essence of Willow's story. People can express their passion through any medium they desire; and Willow contends that this is what everyone is seeking. In the end, medals and other material symbols are just dust collectors. The joy of the ride is what matters most.
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Jessica Bruder
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393249328
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
The inspiration for Chloé Zhao's celebrated film starring Frances McDormand, winner of the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress March and April pick for the PBS Newshour-New York Times "Now Read This" Book Club New York Times bestseller "People who thought the 2008 financial collapse was over a long time ago need to meet the people Jessica Bruder got to know in this scorching, beautifully written, vivid, disturbing (and occasionally wryly funny) book." —Rebecca Solnit From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads. On frequently traveled routes between seasonal jobs, Jessica Bruder meets people from all walks of life: a former professor, a McDonald’s vice president, a minister, a college administrator, and a motorcycle cop, among many others—including her irrepressible protagonist, a onetime cocktail waitress, Home Depot clerk, and general contractor named Linda May. In a secondhand vehicle she christens “Van Halen,” Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying Linda May and others from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy—one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable “Earthship” home, they have not given up hope.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393249328
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
The inspiration for Chloé Zhao's celebrated film starring Frances McDormand, winner of the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress March and April pick for the PBS Newshour-New York Times "Now Read This" Book Club New York Times bestseller "People who thought the 2008 financial collapse was over a long time ago need to meet the people Jessica Bruder got to know in this scorching, beautifully written, vivid, disturbing (and occasionally wryly funny) book." —Rebecca Solnit From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads. On frequently traveled routes between seasonal jobs, Jessica Bruder meets people from all walks of life: a former professor, a McDonald’s vice president, a minister, a college administrator, and a motorcycle cop, among many others—including her irrepressible protagonist, a onetime cocktail waitress, Home Depot clerk, and general contractor named Linda May. In a secondhand vehicle she christens “Van Halen,” Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying Linda May and others from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy—one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable “Earthship” home, they have not given up hope.
Walden on Wheels
Author: Ken Ilgunas
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054402883X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Inspired by Thoreau, Ilgunas set out on a Spartan path to pay off $32,000 in undergraduate student loans by scrubbing toilets and making beds in Alaska. Determined to graduate debt-free after enrolling in graduate school, he lived in an Econoline van in a campus parking lot, saving--and learning--much about the cost of education today.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054402883X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Inspired by Thoreau, Ilgunas set out on a Spartan path to pay off $32,000 in undergraduate student loans by scrubbing toilets and making beds in Alaska. Determined to graduate debt-free after enrolling in graduate school, he lived in an Econoline van in a campus parking lot, saving--and learning--much about the cost of education today.
Fear on Wheels
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780606049153
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Undercover in the world of monster trucks, hot rods, and motorcycle shows, Frank and Joe Hardy, with the help of pretty motorcycle stunt rider Jessica, set out to catch the extortionist who has threatened to sabotage a successful stunt show
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780606049153
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Undercover in the world of monster trucks, hot rods, and motorcycle shows, Frank and Joe Hardy, with the help of pretty motorcycle stunt rider Jessica, set out to catch the extortionist who has threatened to sabotage a successful stunt show
Fearless Living
Author: Rhonda Britten
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399527531
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The creator of the groundbreaking Fearless Living program shows readers how to overcome unrealistic expectations and live a life based on instinct and intention rather than fear, clinging, and regret. Reprint.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399527531
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The creator of the groundbreaking Fearless Living program shows readers how to overcome unrealistic expectations and live a life based on instinct and intention rather than fear, clinging, and regret. Reprint.
Wheels of Change
Author: Darlene Beck-Jacobson
Publisher: Creston Books
ISBN: 1939547709
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Racial intolerance, social change, and sweeping progress make 1908 Washington, D.C., a turbulent place to grow up in for 12-year-old Emily Soper. For Emily, life in Papa's carriage barn is magic, and she's more at home hearing the symphony of the blacksmith's hammer than trying to conform to the proper expectations of young ladies. When Papa's livelihood is threatened by racist neighbors and horsepower of a different sort, Emily faces changes she'd never imagined. Finding courage and resolve she didn't know she had, Emily strives to save Papa's business, even if it means going all the way to the White House.
Publisher: Creston Books
ISBN: 1939547709
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Racial intolerance, social change, and sweeping progress make 1908 Washington, D.C., a turbulent place to grow up in for 12-year-old Emily Soper. For Emily, life in Papa's carriage barn is magic, and she's more at home hearing the symphony of the blacksmith's hammer than trying to conform to the proper expectations of young ladies. When Papa's livelihood is threatened by racist neighbors and horsepower of a different sort, Emily faces changes she'd never imagined. Finding courage and resolve she didn't know she had, Emily strives to save Papa's business, even if it means going all the way to the White House.
The Scrolls of the Bonefairy Castle
Author: David Spiegel
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663233063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Young Hunter knew very little about his family’s history. After experiencing a very embarrassing moment at school, Hunter knew he must discover who his ancestors are. By simply asking his grandpa where his ancestors came from, it opened the door to the most outrageous adventure of his life. He learned all about his namesake, Sir Hunter, who was the leader of the Royalmen who served the Queen of the Bonefairy Castle. Sir Hunter led the Royalmen in all battles to safeguard the land of the Bonefairy Castle. Sir Hunter encountered numerous challenges that were extremely dangerous and frightening, while returning from battle to the Bonefairy Castle. Sir Hunter knew he must fulfill his obligations to the Queen. The most powerful of all queens. This Queen wrote everything in scrolls, the same scrolls that young Hunter found. Young Hunter soon understood why he was named Hunter and was given a mission by the Queen. This was a very important mission that will change the way of the world. With young Hunter’s new founded friend Galaxy, the leader of all the Queen’s fairies, Hunter and Izzy made their assigned mission their own life endeavor. Their new endeavor will be a crucial element to the human race.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663233063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Young Hunter knew very little about his family’s history. After experiencing a very embarrassing moment at school, Hunter knew he must discover who his ancestors are. By simply asking his grandpa where his ancestors came from, it opened the door to the most outrageous adventure of his life. He learned all about his namesake, Sir Hunter, who was the leader of the Royalmen who served the Queen of the Bonefairy Castle. Sir Hunter led the Royalmen in all battles to safeguard the land of the Bonefairy Castle. Sir Hunter encountered numerous challenges that were extremely dangerous and frightening, while returning from battle to the Bonefairy Castle. Sir Hunter knew he must fulfill his obligations to the Queen. The most powerful of all queens. This Queen wrote everything in scrolls, the same scrolls that young Hunter found. Young Hunter soon understood why he was named Hunter and was given a mission by the Queen. This was a very important mission that will change the way of the world. With young Hunter’s new founded friend Galaxy, the leader of all the Queen’s fairies, Hunter and Izzy made their assigned mission their own life endeavor. Their new endeavor will be a crucial element to the human race.
Dr. Ruth
Author: Ruth K. Westheimer
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307982391
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A lively rhyming story--starring Dr. Ruth and her grandchildren--that celebrates the special bond between children and their grandparents.
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307982391
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A lively rhyming story--starring Dr. Ruth and her grandchildren--that celebrates the special bond between children and their grandparents.
Wyatt's Wheels
Author: Chelsey Davis Hamilton
Publisher: Chelsey Davis Hamilton
ISBN: 9781737499909
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Achieving a dream takes a lot more than action. It takes courage, confidence and a cheering section. In "Wyatt's Wheels", the main character, Wyatt, explores how he's differently able with the use of his wheelchair. Parents, teachers and kids alike will explore the figurative hurdles and inspiring success from one Track Team Tryout! Like Wyatt, the right mindset will take you in the right direction!
Publisher: Chelsey Davis Hamilton
ISBN: 9781737499909
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Achieving a dream takes a lot more than action. It takes courage, confidence and a cheering section. In "Wyatt's Wheels", the main character, Wyatt, explores how he's differently able with the use of his wheelchair. Parents, teachers and kids alike will explore the figurative hurdles and inspiring success from one Track Team Tryout! Like Wyatt, the right mindset will take you in the right direction!