With glorious photography and sharp writing, Never Stop Driving presents the case for the mental and social benefits of driving and engaging with automobiles. It also shows you—from dreaming about a car to living with it—how to jump in and get the most from your machine. There’s never been a better time to go for a drive. As a nation, we are chronically overstressed, overworked, and not sleeping enough. Worse yet, our digital devices are taking ever increasing chunks of what remaining free time we do have. Activities that force us to engage with ourselves and the environment around us are needed more than ever. Might I suggest a spin in a four-wheeled escape pod? The car—the act of driving, repairing, maintaining—drives out distraction and demands we be “present.” Making the car a pursuit invites not just the freedom of the road, but the potential to connect with thousands of like-minded individuals as well as the pleasure of simply caring for the machine. Further, there’s the thrill of commanding an object that represents a high point of human ingenuity and design. Cars invite passion. The first step is embracing the itch and acting on it. Learn how to choose your perfect weekend car, hunt for it, and make the deal. Then, find peace in the wrenches with tips on taking the plunge into maintaining your ride, including how your car can be an opportunity to tear your kids away from their screens and strengthen your bond with them. Next, explore the joy of driving, from scenic byways to taking your car to its performance limit. You’ll also tour the various highlights of the driving life, like how to become an automotive archaeologist, the possibilities for those short on cash but high for adventure, the car as a social gathering point, and what the future with autonomous cars means for those who love to drive. Never Stop Driving shines some light on why we find these machines so captivating, offering some inspiration and validation, and finally inviting those who are curious but haven’t made the leap to get in the car. Let’s roll.
The Life Story Of Author Larry Earl Toombs is based on how he lived his life, and how he influenced the homeless people, the abused and battered women of the world today and the life Author Larry Earl Toombs has lived
An essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley. Unlike other histories of rock, Before Elvis offers a far broader and deeper analysis of the influences on rock music. Dispelling common misconceptions, it examines rock's origins in hokum songs and big-band boogies as well as Delta blues, detailing the embrace by white artists of African-American styles long before rock 'n' roll appeared. This unique study ranges far and wide, highlighting not only the contributions of obscure but key precursors like Hardrock Gunter and Sam Theard but also the influence of celebrity performers like Gene Autry and Ella Fitzgerald. Too often, rock historians treat the genesis of rock 'n' roll as a bolt from the blue, an overnight revolution provoked by the bland pop music that immediately preceded it and created through the white appropriation of music till then played only by and for black audiences. In Before Elvis, Birnbaum daringly argues a more complicated history of rock's evolution from a heady mix of ragtime, boogie-woogie, swing, country music, mainstream pop, and rhythm-and-blues--a melange that influenced one another along the way, from the absorption of blues and boogies into jazz and pop to the integration of country and Caribbean music into rhythm-and-blues. Written in an easy style, Before Elvis presents a bold argument about rock's origins and required reading for fans and scholars of rock 'n' roll history.
This book offers the reader an interesting collection of double meanings and entendres to keep you on your toes while laughing 'till the cow come home! Its root lies in the educational flair from which it stems. Laugh out loud (LOL) and roll on the floor (ROF) while reading clever puns & one-liners which will knock you off your chair. There are illustrations every few pages to awaken sleeping dogs and enough nonsensical jokes to have a few readers jumping for joy! Balanced are the two sides of humor: one being to get you thinking about a subject and the other being just plain laughing at how silly some things are! This is how Larry Kattan writes humor. He uses good taste and respect in presenting 200 jokes for laughing hyenas. See if you can enjoy just starting at any page of this work and finding a few short quips, riddles or stories which are ridiculous yet entertaining!
A refutation of virtually the entire historiography surrounding the outcomes of the Revolution, this epic narrative traces the shift from the ideas of liberty to the politics of order during the difficult period between 1783 and1800. 70 illustrations.
Crises of Empire offers a comprehensive and uniquely comparative analysis of the history of decolonization in the British, French and Dutch empires. By comparing the processes of decolonization across three of the major modern empires, from the aftermath of the First World War to the late 20th century, the authors are able to analyse decolonization as a long-term process. They explore significant changes to the international system, shifting popular attitudes to colonialism and the economics of empire. This new edition incorporates the latest developments in the historiography, as well as: - Increased coverage of the Belgian and Portuguese empires - New introductions to each of the three main parts, offering some background and context to British, French and Dutch decolonization - More coverage of cultural aspects of decolonization, exploring empire 'from below' This new edition of Crises of Empire is essential reading for all students of imperial history and decolonization. In particular, it will be welcomed by those who are interested in taking a comparative approach, putting the history of decolonization into a pan-European framework.
Going through the motions will never deliver amazing and transformational results, in your business, your career, nor your spiritual life. To achieve the legal and God-given right to life, freedom and happiness, every assumption, every belief, every habit, and every tradition that has become your experience must be challenged. Our assumptions about the purpose of people and relationships in our lives, our beliefs about who we are and who God is, our habits and routines in the daily navigation of our experience, and the traditions of worship, church, and spirituality should be appraised to ensure they are potent, powerful, and purposeful in bringing the happiness, health and wealth we innately desire. So what are these smooth stones? These stones are the foundation of our relationship with God. They are the firm truths about God, others, and ourselves we’ve tested and know for sure. We use them as tools to learn, advance, and propel us to the happiness, health, and prosperity we were created to inherit and experience as children of God. Like David, we use these stones as weapons, against our personal Goliaths; giant challenges, threats and illusions of lack, sickness, and distress whether imposed by others or ourselves. These stones are also reminders of how we’ve grown and matured from the lessons we’ve learned through our experiences. We lay these stones down and walk on them on this road of salvation and success. In his inaugural book, Five Smooth Stones: What I Know About God for Sure, Larry shares his journey from religious complacency to spiritual empowerment. Through metaphysical interpretation of scripture, valuable spiritual educational insights, and candid storytelling, this first-time author leads us through his journey to spiritual accountability and empowerment. For the believer and non-believer as well, this provocative essay will compel you to start, resume, or refocus your relationship with God.
The McClellands of Bakers Creek By: Larry McClellan The McClellands of Bakers Creek is the third book in a series chronicling the lives of Larry McClellan's family. All three books represent his commitment to his passion for researching historic family genealogy for well over 50 years. While his books have had conservative readers, generally friends and family, other readers may find his first-person account and research methods interesting and helpful for their own dive into genealogy This third book chronicles life "from the cradle to the grave" of 80-year-old Larry McClellan, his wife of over 55 years, Beverly, and their respective families. He dedicates this book to Beverly, who passed away in 2013.
A valuable window into a long-underreported dimension of African American history."--Newsday When George Pullman began recruiting Southern blacks as porters in his luxurious new sleeping cars, the former slaves suffering under Jim Crow laws found his offer of a steady job and worldly experience irresistible. They quickly signed up to serve as maid, waiter, concierge, nanny, and occasionally doctor and undertaker to cars full of white passengers, making the Pullman Company the largest employer of African Americans in the country by the 1920s. Drawing on extensive interviews with dozens of porters and their descendants, Larry Tye reconstructs the complicated world of the Pullman porter and the vital cultural, political, and economic roles they played as forerunners of the modern black middle class. Rising from the Rails provides a lively and enlightening look at this important social phenomenon. - Named a Recommended Book by The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Seattle Times
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