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Author: Adam Lashinsky
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735211396
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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Uber is one of the most fascinating and controversial businesses in the world, both beloved for its elegant ride-hailing concept and heady growth, and condemned for CEO Travis Kalanick's ruthless pursuit of success at all cost. In 'Wild Ride', Adam Lashinsky, veteran Fortune writer and author of 'Inside Apple', traces the story of Uber's meteoric rise: from its murky origins to its plans for expansion into radically different industries.

Author: Peter Richardson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520395638
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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A superbly crafted study of Hunter S. Thompson’s literary formation, achievement, and continuing relevance. Savage Journey is a "supremely crafted" study of Hunter S. Thompson's literary formation and achievement. Focusing on Thompson's influences, development, and unique model of authorship, Savage Journey argues that his literary formation was largely a San Francisco story. During the 1960s, Thompson rode with the Hell's Angels, explored the San Francisco counterculture, and met talented editors who shared his dissatisfaction with mainstream journalism. Peter Richardson traces Thompson's transition during this time from New Journalist to cofounder of Gonzo journalism. He also endorses Thompson's later claim that he was one of the best writers using the English language as both a musical instrument and a political weapon. Although Thompson's political commentary was often hyperbolic, Richardson shows that much of it was also prophetic. Fifty years after the publication of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and more than a decade after his death, Thompson's celebrity continues to obscure his literary achievement. This book refocuses our understanding of that achievement by mapping Thompson's influences, probing the development of his signature style, and tracing the reception of his major works. It concludes that Thompson was not only a gifted journalist, satirist, and media critic, but also the most distinctive American voice in the second half of the twentieth century.

Author: Disney Books
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1423147677
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19

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Woody has been stolen by a toy collector who plans on selling him and other Roundup dolls to a museum in Japan! Now it's time for Buzz and the toys to rescue Woody and his new friends. Can they rescue them before it's too late, or are the toys destined to spend life on the shelves in a Japanese museum? Don't miss this action-packed adventure to find out!

Author: Walt Disney Company
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780721479279
Category : Toy and movable books
Languages : en
Pages : 14

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Author: Woody Guthrie
Publisher: LB Kids
ISBN: 9780316052160
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Click clack, open up the door, girls; Click clack, open up the door, boys; Front door, back door, clickety clack, Take you riding in my car. Inspired by his love of Woody Guthrie's Riding In My Car, award winning illustrator Scott Menchin invites readers on an exciting cross-country road trip with a family of dogs! This interactive novelty format features pull-tabs, pop-ups, and lift-the-flaps on every page, and makes kids feel like they're really coming along for the ride, visiting some of America's most notable landmarks including the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, the Grand Canyon and more! Hidden beneath each flap are fun American facts for the child readers and interesting biographical details about Woody Guthrie for adults. The entire song will be hosted on www.ridinginmycarbook.com so readers can read and sing along!

Author: Disney Press Staff
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1423145895
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18

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It's moving day for Andy's family, but there's one problem: Andy's favorite toys—Woody the cowboy and Buzz Lightyear the space ranger—are missing! The toys are trapped at Sid's house, Andy's next-door neighbor. And Sid has a reputation for not being very nice to his toys. So when Sid tapes a rocket to Buzz Lightyear, Woody and Sid's mutant toys have to join together and act fast to save their friend. Can the toys save Buzz before Andy's family moves away, or will Woody and Buzz be trapped at Sid's house forever?

Author: Ward Serrill
Publisher: Girl Friday Books
ISBN: 9781954854185
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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An adventure-driven Alaskan memoir with an extraordinary dog. From a remote, abandoned cabin by the ocean where orcas breeched, beneath thirteen feet of rain, a remarkable yellow Labrador named Woody helped a runaway from the corridors of corporate America seek a fierce freedom in the Alaskan wilds. Award-winning director Ward Serrill (The Heart of the Game) discovered his Shakri-La, sixteen miles from the nearest town, and accessible only by boat, in the remote Alaskan wilderness. This little hut near a waterfall and next to the ocean is where he and Woody took up their vigil. This years-long experiment in solitude and immersion in the natural world, with Woody as his only companion, took Serrill down some dark paths, forcing him to confront the reality and the emotional cost of running away all his life. By facing his darkness, he discovers an unexplored region of his heart opened by grief that offers the true possibility of belonging.

Author: Disney Book Group
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1368044794
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Everyone's favorite toys are hitting the big screen! But the fun can be taken home and enjoyed over and over again with this brand-new storybook collection, timed to the release of Disney*Pixar's Toy Story 4! Tag along for a talent show in Bonnie’s room, follow Woody on his Wild West rescue, join the gang for a frighteningly fun adventure, party with Rex in his over-the-top bath-time bash, and even more! Meet new friends and visit with your old pals in this fun-filled volume featuring eighteen stories packed with friendship, adventure, and toy mania.

Author: Eric Weiner
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 1455505706
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 317

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Bestselling author of Geography of Bliss returns with this funny, illuminating chronicle of a globe-spanning spiritual quest to find a faith that fits. When a health scare puts him in the hospital, Eric Weiner-an agnostic by default-finds himself tangling with an unexpected question, posed to him by a well-meaning nurse. "Have you found your God yet?" The thought of it nags him, and prods him-and ultimately launches him on a far-flung journey to do just that. Weiner, a longtime "spiritual voyeur" and inveterate traveler, realizes that while he has been privy to a wide range of religious practices, he's never seriously considered these concepts in his own life. Face to face with his own mortality, and spurred on by the question of what spiritual principles to impart to his young daughter, he decides to correct this omission, undertaking a worldwide exploration of religions and hoping to come, if he can, to a personal understanding of the divine. The journey that results is rich in insight, humor, and heart. Willing to do anything to better understand faith, and to find the god or gods that speak to him, he travels to Nepal, where he meditates with Tibetan lamas and a guy named Wayne. He sojourns to Turkey, where he whirls (not so well, as it turns out) with Sufi dervishes. He heads to China, where he attempts to unblock his chi; to Israel, where he studies Kabbalah, sans Madonna; and to Las Vegas, where he has a close encounter with Raelians (followers of the world's largest UFO-based religion). At each stop along the way, Weiner tackles our most pressing spiritual questions: Where do we come from? What happens when we die? How should we live our lives? Where do all the missing socks go? With his trademark wit and warmth, he leaves no stone unturned. At a time when more Americans than ever are choosing a new faith, and when spiritual questions loom large in the modern age, Man Seeks God presents a perspective on religion that is sure to delight, inspire, and entertain.

Author: Doug J. Swanson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0143127586
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A rip-roaring saga of murder, money, and the making of Las Vegas They say in Vegas you can’t understand the town unless you understand Benny Binion—mob boss, casino owner, and creator of the World Series of Poker. Beginning as a Texas horse trader, Binion built a gambling empire in Depression-era Dallas. When the law chased him out of town, he loaded up suitcases with cash and headed for Vegas. The place would never be the same. Dramatic as any gangster movie, Blood Aces draws readers into the colorful world of notorious mobsters like Clyde Barrow and Bugsy Siegel. Given access to previously classified government documents, biographer Doug J. Swanson provides the definitive account of a great American antihero, a man whose rise from thugdom to prominence and power is unmatched in the history of American criminal justice.