This story is true, although it reads like fiction. During WWII Charles Woods flew B-24 Liberators loaded with gasoline across the "hump" from India to China, to help supply Gen. Clair Chennault's "Flying Tigers". When he crashed on takeoff his bomber exploded into flames, Charles was the only survivor. Horribly burned, his only hope for survival was a pass that read "Priority One". This is an inspiring story of how Charles Woods willed himself to live, became a success in life, and at his death was honored in the U.S. Senate.
Virginia Tech’s Shayne Graham trots onto the field at West Virginia on November 6, 1999, with two thoughts in his mind. One is a missed field goal that would have beaten Miami a year earlier. The other is the 44-yard field goal he is about to try against the Mountaineers, a kick he must make if the Hokies are to stay unbeaten and on track for a national championship. Head down, he focuses on his mark as the ball is snapped. He steps forward, the dream of an entire team resting with his leg. Now, hear Graham’s memory of that kick in his own words, for the first time. Game of My Life: Virginia Tech Hokies, first published in 2006, celebrates the extraordinary football and basketball moments that have shaped the college’s rich athletic heritage. Through interviews with some of the school’s most prestigious athletes, Hokies fans can relive the big games that defined the school’s winning tradition. Carroll Dale, later a fixture with the Green Bay Packers, dove—arms outstretched—to haul in a crucial two-point conversion in a 1957 game against the University of Richmond. Les Henson shot from the baseline—the other baseline—as the clock neared zero against Florida State in 1980. Chris Smith went well beyond the "double-double" standard for points and rebounds. How about 30 and 31 against Marshall in 1959? Corey Moore made life miserable for Clemson quarterback Brandon Streeter one night in 1999. Bruce Smith did the same for Duke quarterback Ben Bennett in 1983. The Hokies’ Jim Pyne, meanwhile, made sure Syracuse’s Kevin Mitchell didn’t do the same to Tech quarterback Maurice DeShazo in 1993. Carlos Dixon, Mike Imoh, Andre Davis, Dell Curry, Bryan Still, Don Strock, Bryan Randall—all the Tech greats from the gridiron and hardwood—are in these pages, including coach Frank Beamer. Join thousands of Virginia Tech fans in remembering these cherished stories. For the athletes within, these truly were the games of their lives. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Would you love to start your own business but feel daunted by the slim odds of success? Do you dream about making millions but simply don't know where to start? Find Your Lightbulb answers all these questions, helping you to harness your ability to make millions from nothing more than a simple idea. You don't need to be superhuman, you don't need to have funds in the bank - you don't even need to have an amazing idea in order to get started. Serial entrepreneur Mike Harris shows you that all it takes is enthusiasm, commitment and a willingness to learn. And Mike should know - he's spent the past 20 years creating successful businesses from apparently impossible ideas - ideas which everyone told him would never work. With invaluable business advice and case studies from entrepreneurs and innovators on both sides of the Atlantic, this make-it-happen manual will help you fix the odds of success firmly in your favour.
A comprehensive monograph on the Atlantic Puffin. With its colourful beak and fast, whirring flight, this is the most recognisable and popular of all North Atlantic seabirds. Puffins spend most of the year at sea, but for a few months of the year the come to shore, nesting in burrows on steep cliffs or on inaccessible islands. Awe-inspiring numbers of these birds can sometimes be seen bobbing on the sea or flying in vast wheels over the colony, bringing fish in their beaks back to the chicks. However, the species has declined sharply over the last decade; this is due to a collapse in fish stocks caused by overfishing and global warming, combined with an exponential increase in Pipefish (which can kill the chicks). The Puffin is a revised and expanded second edition of Poyser's 1984 title on these endearing birds, widely considered to be a Poyser classic. It includes sections on their affinities, nesting and incubation, movements, foraging ecology, survivorship, predation, and research methodology; particular attention is paid to conservation, with the species considered an important 'indicator' of the health of our coasts.
Free Spirited with Salty Lyric Waves Poet Mike Harris pens his disillusions on his own terms and comes up with truth, philosophy, epiphany and catharsis-in-jest Beaufort, South Carolina. – (Release Date TBD) – For a surety (shoe-rate-ey), True Adventures of the Floating Poet, Mike Harris’ collection of verse, is not The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. But it is as salt- and barnacle-encrusted as that distant predecessor. Born out of a need to get away from Wall Street-induced (and ultimately fake) problems, self-styled Capt. Mike left for the Caribbean on a normal day in New York. All poets who have followed the seabreeze to a life of adventure on the waves share the author’s respect for the sensible in the face of chance and nature. From the first poem “The Holy Clam and the birth of Clamism,” the author divests himself of the trappings of the “civilized” jungles of boardroom and yuppie restaurants, distances himself from them because they induce spiritual phobia, and rides out on the crests of a versified ocean like Neptune riding sea-horses. Not unlike Hunter S. Thompson’s (author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) famous sojourn into pre-Castro Cuba, this Mike Harris’ “vacation” has produced an awesome, seismic new reading of the largely unspotlighted areas of the American dream that few except the disillusioned intellectuals get to comment on. Both Thompson and Harris, like Coleridge, do not get to drink much water. In both the modern writers’ cases, whiskey (or perhaps rum, in Harris’ case) is the philosophical lubrication of choice. The difference is that Harris holds out some hope for the reader whom this volume will surely hook – it makes Harris an excellent, not quite indifferent, grungy, but compassionate fisher of men. He who floats has surely lived to tell a deeply funny, ultimately meaningful, compelling tale...
We've all gathered around the dinner table with family and friends and shared our Murphy's Law stories, when what could go wrong did at the worst possible time. In short time our daily routines returned to normal, and recounting those stories made for fun dinner conversation. But what do we do-and this is truer today during the global economic crisis-when Murphy's Law becomes the new routine? When months, even years later, the break you prayed for never came? Like quicksand, the harder you tried to free yourself from dark corners, closed doors and missed opportunities, the more stuck you became. In time you donned the scarlet letter V on your brow. After all, you'd earned the right. Only then you were more bound in the mire than ever. There is a way out. Breaking free is my story.
DATES FROM HELL (And A Few Moments Made In Heaven)' is a collection of true, funny-awful nightmare dating stories. We asked people to send us their 'hell date' tales, and they sure did! We received stories from all over America, as well as Great Britain, Canada, and Australia. And, yes, we include a few 'Moments Made In Heaven' just to prove that romance isn't quite dead. Of course, the funniest stories are the 'Dates from Hell' such as...
Whether we are male or female, young or old, a young boy's search for respect is something we can all relate to. The search for significance is an innate desire that permeates our choices, even though we don't always realize it. Especially when what we bring to the table (our natural strengths) aren't so obvious and positive attention isn't so automatic. And so it was with Curio. This is a story of an adolescent's search for himself, told through the bedtime talks between a single, widowed father and his son. Not only does it portray a healthy relationship between father and son, it uncovers many of the paradoxes associated with our search for a respectful identity. Each night, Dad spurs his son on like Jesus would have, with just enough insight to prod Curio's desire for more. Until finally, Curio surprises his father with wisdom straight out of Heaven itself.
As ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communications grow increasingly important to long and short term cruising, Mike Harris, a veteran sailor and the author of Understanding Weatherfax, offers this complete guide to all forms of communication at sea. He examines the international marine use of cell phones, satellites, amateur radio, and email, cutting through the jargon and sales hype and allowing readers to make the right choices for their needs.
Jumping all in to a new career. It s a dream likely far removed from where you re at today. We re talking about a bold move a move other people may think you aren t qualified for or capable of. But it can be done. In Career 180s, Mike Harris proves it with the inspiring stories of ten brave individuals who dove headfirst into their new careers careers they chose and pursued with vigor. Yes, they had doubts, and yes, they had to learn new things but they charged ahead anyway. Do you have what it takes to do a Career 180? Regardless of how you answer, one thing is for sure: after reading the stories in this book, you ll be more prepared, more inspired, and more ready to pursue your passion than ever before. Who knows . . . this book may be what it takes for you to start pursuing that new career!
Many Christian teachers dismiss the field of psychology, and self-discovery, similarly, is often discounted. But this author begs to differ. For inasmuch as we were created in God's image, to learn more about self is to learn more about the Father we were fashioned after, and vice versa. After all, we look a lot alike. ALL truth is compatible with Scripture because God is the author of it all, and that includes many of the theories of psychology. True, psychology typically leaves out the main character of the biblical story, but that's not to say we still can't learn from this discipline, as long as we keep things in proper perspective. In this book, six psychological theories of human behavior are given a Christian interpretation. The goal is to incorporate all of God's truth to more fully understand our struggle to become princes.
When you look at marriage, how would you describe it? Is it healthy, thriving, and vibrant, or is it slowly withering and losing the luster that characterized its early days? If the walls of your marriage have been broken and battered by the storms of life, there is yet hope for you! This book is an enduring victorious testimony of how two severely wounded people miraculously survived their storm with God's help and through the help of others. Ronnie & Mike Harris have been where you are. When it seemed as though there was no hope to ever rebuild what sin had destroyed in their marriage of 16 years, God, the Restorer of the Breach, stepped in and changed everything after 5 years of separation and divorce. Now after their 7th year of remarriage jubilee, their story must be told as mandated by God. Join Ronnie & Mike and see how every broken wall in your own marriage can be rebuilt and how your marriage can be become a place of healing and true restoration that can echo throughout the earth. This book is a great resource for those who are separated, divorced, married, and even re-married. Ronnie & Mike have three children. Ronnie has a Business Administration Degree. Mike is a licensed minister, former college coach, campus minister, youth director, Pastoral Counseling / Sports Psychology / Biblical Studies Degree. Former professional baseball player, coach, and scout (St. Louis Cardinals & Chicago White Sox). They both work together at Miracles Baseball Academy, 501(c)3 Non Profit founded by Mike. Ronnie & Mike are marriage advisors and lay leaders at The Church Without Walls (Houston, TX) under Senior Pastor Dr. Ralph Douglas West. They are also sought after for Marriage Enrichment Workshops & Public Speaking Engagements as Mike entertains Sports Ministry and Preaching Opportunities, etc.
The use of electronically scanned phased arrays is increasing in systems such as radar, wireless networks, and satellite ground terminals. An important and necessary component for these systems is the transmit receive (T/R) module, which provides the amplification and electronic beam steering that is required for proper function. This new resource presents a comprehensive overview of all design, fabrication, integration, and implementation issues associated with T/R modules for radar and communications. This book provides engineers and researchers with practical designs and 44 examples of analysis, circuits, and components used in T/R modules. It also provides a solid explanation of the theory for how T/R modules operate and how they can be optimized. In addition, this book shows how the latest technical advances in silicon germanium (SiGe) and gallium nitride (GaN) are allowing levels of performance that were previously unachievable. The book concludes with informative chapters on testing, cost considerations, and the future of next generation T/R modules.
In the autumn of 1955, as a four year old boy, Mike Harris had his very first race - he finished 3rd from 3! Advance 60 plus years to the spring of 2016 and now just three months short of his 65th birthday, Mike had yet another race, literally one of thousands since 1955, but this time, despite his advancing years, and unlike his first outing so long ago, he finished 1st. On conclusion of the event, as the other competitors departed for a well-earned rest and something to eat, Mike went directly to the nearest swimming baths and swam 150 lengths, before he too went for a rest and something to eat. As simple as it is, therein lies the secret of Mike's latest win and the many hundreds of sporting victories which preceded it. His theory is that he simply trained 'more' and did it 'more often'. The continuous extraordinary sporting successes over the previous 60 years were earned by being different! A quite remarkable journey, from 1955 to 2016!
The central charecter had been traumatised by a rapid descent from riches to rags and being of Romany stock was branded 'Pikey Joe'. The narrative unfolds as the subject's troop shiparrives at Tilbury Docks. War experience had broadened his mind and he embarks on a triangle of relationships with his Grandmother a gypsy and a former SOE officer married to an Eastern European Romany. The triangle develops nthrough his marriage and there is an explosion of business and civic responsibility and brotherhood.
Leads the way to a useful understanding of how to repair and maintain and adjust the marine compass. Indicates when to seek the training and experience of a professional adjuster.
Annotation "In this fifth volume of the Canada Strong and Free series, Mike Harris and Preston Manning call for Canada to reclaim its leadership role in the international arena. They focus on three foreign policy priorities which would enable Canada to significantly advance its national interests and international influence across a broad front." "Freer international trade offers the most effective means of increasing Canadian prosperity and sustaining essential social services." "Harris and Manning propose a Canada-US Customs Union involving a common external tariff, a joint approach to the treatment of third-country goods, a fully integrated energy market, a common approach to trade remedies and border security, and an integrated government procurement regime." "Harris and Manning recommend the adoption of the Tools of Wealth Creation approach to attacking poverty - focusing not on the redistribution of wealth but on a broader distribution of tools for creating wealth such as property rights, access to capital, human capital development, access to technology, and access to trade markets. They also propose greater use of public-private partnerships for infrastructure and vaccine development, reforming CIDA, completely untying food aid from any requirements that it be provided from Canadian sources, and the new paradigm of providing aid and peacekeeping simultaneously in conflict and post-conflict situations."--Jacket.
In 1980 Mike Harris led the first expedition to search for the Titanic in the North Atlantic. TITANIC: "THE EXPERIENCE" gives a behind-the-scenes look at the first Titanic expedition, how Mike then formed ORE, Ltd., the company that picked up Titanic artifacts with the French and began exhibiting Titanic artifacts around the world. TITANIC: "THE EXPERIENCE" also explains how Mike got his son, G. Michael Harris, involved in the Titanic project, how G. Michael built his own Titanic: "The Experience" exhibit in Orlando, Florida and how G. Michael took his son, Sebastian, down to the Titanic in the Russian submersible Mir 1 when Sebastian was 14 years old. For Sebastian's unique experience, he was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2007 and made a member of The Explorers Club of New York. TITANIC: "THE EXPERIENCE" features exclusive color photographs of Mike's original 1980 Titanic expedition, multiple gallery photographs of G. Michael's Titanic: "The Experience" exhibit in Orlando, Florida, a sample of historic Titanic artifacts that have been recovered from the wreck of the Titanic and G. Michael's dive with his son, Sebastian, in the Russian submersible Mir 1. TITANIC: "THE EXPERIENCE" has a unique collection of historic Titanic photographs and illustrations.
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