Author: Max Chafkin Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1984878549 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial, and hugely influential power broker who sits at the dynamic intersection of tech, business, and politics “Max Chafkin’s The Contrarian is much more than a consistently shocking biography of Peter Thiel, the most important investor in tech and a key supporter of the Donald Trump presidency. It’s also a disturbing history of Silicon Valley that will make you reconsider the ideological foundations of America’s relentless engine of creative destruction.”—Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store and Amazon Unbound Since the days of the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, no industry has made a greater impact on the world than Silicon Valley. And few individuals have done more to shape Silicon Valley than Peter Thiel. The billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur has been a behind-the-scenes operator influencing countless aspects of our contemporary way of life, from the technologies we use every day to the delicate power balance between Silicon Valley, Wall Street, and Washington. But despite his power and the ubiquity of his projects, no public figure is quite so mysterious. In the first major biography of Thiel, Max Chafkin traces the trajectory of the innovator's singular life and worldview, from his upbringing as the child of immigrant parents and years at Stanford as a burgeoning conservative thought leader to his founding of PayPal and Palantir, early investment in Facebook and SpaceX, and relationships with fellow tech titans Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Eric Schmidt. The Contrarian illuminates the extent to which Thiel has sought to export his values to the corridors of power beyond Silicon Valley, including funding the lawsuit that destroyed the blog Gawker and strenuously backing far-right political candidates, notably Donald Trump for president in 2016. Eye-opening and deeply reported, The Contrarian is a revelatory biography of a one-of-a-kind leader and an incisive portrait of a tech industry whose explosive growth and power is both thrilling and fraught with controversy.
Author: John A. McDougall Publisher: New Win Publishing ISBN: Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 328
Book Description
With his question-and-answer format, John McDougall leads the readers to an understanding of an approach to their health that puts them in charge of their own health and/or treatment.
Author: Martin Katahn Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393342883 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 401
Book Description
Lose those unwanted pounds and keep them off once and for all with an easy three-week diet. The Rotation Diet’s unique and simple plan varies the daily calorie intake over a three-week period, leading to an average weight loss of 13 pounds. Users who have a great deal of weight to lose may drop up to a pound per day in week one. When The Rotation Diet was first published, more than seventy thousand Nashvillians went on the diet and weighed in weekly at supermarkets. The results showed that the city became almost a million pounds lighter. This new, updated, and revised edition of The Rotation Diet offers a scientifically proven maintenance plan that requires only small changes to establish a permanently healthier lifestyle. There are tasty new recipes and menus based on USDA and HHS dietary guidelines, and numerous examples show how people who have changed their lives achieved success as they built weight-management confidence.
Author: Caperton Tissot Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1387821601 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 154
Book Description
This is the story of a woman born to money and privilege, who rejected the upper class values of her parents while still a child. The bookÕs title refers to the difficulty of changing thingsÉ like piles of leaves, once kicked, return to their original state. CapertonÕs life has been filled with both amazing and deplorable people, charming and not so charming animals, frightening and joyous events. She has always been active in progressive causes, once pulling an outrageous stunt to talk with Mario Cuomo about an environmental issue. She was active in the anti-war movement and lived close to New York when the twin towers went down. CapertonÕs life has not been all kicking leaves. She has touched the lives of many people who will remain changed by her humor, generosity, and spirit. She has written prose, poetry, and memoir. As her mother lived until almost 106, we can anticipate much more writing from Caperton in the future.
Author: Wayne Allyn Root Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101099259 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 300
Book Description
The King of Las Vegas and America's premier sports gambler reveals a powerful program for breaking all the rules, beating all the odds, and achieving all your dreams. In The King of Vegas' Guide to Gambling, Wayne Allyn Root of Spike TV's King of Vegas (TM) demonstrates why it is vital to take risks in life—whether in the casino, on the playing field, or in the boardroom. Root lives an American dream: He makes money watching sports on television. In fact, as CEO of GWIN Inc., America's only publicly traded sports-handicapping firm, Root is a self-made millionaire with hundreds of thousands of sports-betting clients and fans. In this book, he reveals the spiritual principles behind his consistently winning hand. Turning the popular conception of the casino denizen on its head, Root shows readers how to concentrate on the risks they take and to cultivate tranquillity in the face of life-defining, stressful moments. Bringing a unique contrarian approach to gambling, Wayne Allyn Root states his maxim of never following the masses and always taking the lead in life, and guides the way to navigate successfully the many gambles life offers.
Author: Marla Heller Publisher: Balance ISBN: 145551277X Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 156
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Marla Heller provides readers with a DASH diet program specifically for losing weight fast and keeping it off for good, named "#1 Best Diet Overall" by US News & World Report, for eight years in a row! The Dash diet isn't just for healthy living anymore-now it's for healthy weight loss, too. Using the key elements of the Dash (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet and proven, never-before-published NIH research, bestselling author, foremost Dash dietitian and leading nutrition expert Marla Heller has created the most effective diet for quick-and lasting-weight loss. Based on the diet rated the #1 Best Overall Diet by Us News & World Report, this effective and easy program includes menu plans, recipes, shopping lists, and more. Everything you need to lose weight and get healthy! With a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, low-fat and nonfat dairy, lean meats, fish and poultry, nuts, beans and seeds, heart healthy fats, and whole grains, you will drop pounds and revolutionize your health, while eating foods you love. In just 2-weeks you'll experience: Faster metabolism Lower body fat Improved strength and cardiovascular fitness Plus lower cholesterol and blood pressure without medication, without counting calories! As effective as the original DASH is for heart health, the program is now formulated for weight loss!
Author: Joe King Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781516845507 Category : Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
What if everything you thought you knew about dieting was wrong? What if the so-called experts have been lying to you all these years? What if veggies and exercising were really just making you fat? There is a growing body of obesity research that suggests weight loss is counterintuitive. The Contrarian Diet turns dieting on its head by focusing on a diet rich in sugar, carbs, sodium, and fat. The low-fat, low-carb, and calorie counting diets born in the 60's and 70's are 40 to 50 years out of date. While disco music and bell bottom pants went out of style, somehow these wacky ideas about nutrition have stuck around. It's time for the modern diet. It's time for The Contrarian Diet. Lose weight eating ice cream, pizza, and candy. You have nothing to lose, but your waistline.
Author: Larry Osborne Publisher: Multnomah ISBN: 0735290970 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 242
Book Description
An updated edition with two all-new chapters, a new introduction, and a fresh look, this book challenges widely accepted ideas about what it means to know God and offers fresh paths for pursuing genuine spirituality. This practical guide speaks to those who are weary of formulaic faith or who are haunted by nagging doubts about the church, as well as those who find the traditional spiritual disciplines impractical or even agonizing because of their personal wiring. Easy to read but filled with challenging ideas, this book provides a spiritual foundation for pastors and teachers, committed Christians, and anyone interested in discovering God for themselves but wary of predictable paths.
Author: Mel Fisher Publisher: FriesenPress ISBN: 103830699X Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 338
Book Description
How did bananas come to be? Who is the most useless member of society? What do language fads tell us about the history of human development? What would space aliens say about our well-kept lawns? These short pieces and essays provide thought-provoking and entertaining social commentary from a point of view not usually seen—that is, Contrarian. Written for a small-town (Dryden, Ontario) newspaper and the author’s blog between 2012 and 2023, Mel Fisher appeals to the “common sense of the common people,” writing about everything from breakfast cereal to Darwin to global warming to God. Contrarian Commentary pokes fun at the foibles of modern life, questions mainstream media, and celebrates the profound strangeness of humanity on the blue-and-green planet we call home.
Author: Wm. Curtis Holtzen Publisher: InterVarsity Press ISBN: 0830866671 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 284
Book Description
The Bible resounds with affirmations that God is faithful and trustworthy. But might he also exhibit faith and trust? Wm. Curtis Holtzen contends that because God is a being of relational love and exists in relationship with humans, then God is a God who trusts. Holtzen argues that understanding the relationship between divine trust and human faith can give us a fuller, truer picture of who God is and who we are.
Author: Max Chafkin
Author: John A. McDougall
Author: Martin Katahn
Author: Caperton Tissot
Author: Wayne Allyn Root
Author: Marla Heller
Author: Joe King
Author: Larry Osborne
Author: Mel Fisher
Author: Wm. Curtis Holtzen