Follow this car enthusiast's extraordinary journey through life, as he expresses it through cars, from age 4 through his mid-70's, ever in search of the car that might fulfill his evolving dream of what it would mean to own that car of a lifetime. This is a fun read that is equally informative and instructive. With the author never losing sight of the need to entertain with real life experiences that can best be described as "sanitized," he admits that if this book were rated as a movie, this volume would definitely not be rated PG, yet, he claims an unshakable religious faith. The real story here is CARS ... make no mistake about it. Hilderbrand's love of cars gets lifted right off the page like a rocket as you travel with him through his mischievous adventures in high school and the impact cars had on his studies and love of rock and roll music. He analyzes today's market for automobiles and describes the myriad of changes coming our way due to technology, mobility, and ecological factors--autonomous-driven cars, powered by alternative energy sources, an expose on the industry and its "makers and shakers," and car /ride-sharing options are but a few of the topics tackled in this comprehensive view of the automobile industry. As Hilderbrand says, "it ain't going to be all fun and games, especially, if you like to hear the growl of exhaust pipes or smell the sweet aroma of gasoline." A major portion of the book is devoted to the art of buying, leasing, and selling cars that Hilderbrand writes with authority as founder and President of Automobile Buyer Services, a concierge-based car buying service that he launched in 2005 to a market largely uninformed about the pitfalls and minefields associated with buying, selling, or leasing cars. Car manufacturers and their dealers don't escape Hilderbrand's scrutiny and offers the reader an insightful view into what goes on behind the scenes in Detroit, Silicon Valley and their car dealerships as it gets played out daily in the U.S. marketplace. As a former General Motors employee, sales training consultant, car enthusiast extaordinaire, automobile historian, and entrepreneur whose family owned and operated Ford, Mercury, Lincoln multipoint dealerships, Hilderbrand offers a unique sagacious investigation into the retail car business that you won't be reading about elsewhere anytime soon. If you are a car enthusiast, collector, buyer, seller, a new or pre-owned car dealer, manager, sales consultant, or leasing agent, Soooooo Many Cars, Soooo Little Time is a must read!
Human rights activists Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi provide a broad political history of the emergence and development of the human rights movement in the 20th century through the crucible of the United Nations, focusing on the hopes and expectations, concrete power struggles, national rivalries, and bureaucratic politics that molded the international system of human rights law. The book emphasizes the period before and after the creation of the UN, when human rights ideas and proposals were shaped and transformed by the hard-edged realities of power politics and bureaucratic imperatives. It also analyzes the expansion of the human rights framework in response to demands for equitable development after decolonization and organized efforts by women, minorities, and other disadvantaged groups to secure international recognition of their rights.
The gripping story of the men of 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, the comrades of the Band of Brothers, from their formation through the D-Day landings and beyond, in their own words. The exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment have long been overshadowed by those of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion. Yet the actions of the 3rd Battalion during the D-Day landings were every bit as incredible. This is the astounding story of how, after suffering many immediate casualties on landing, the surviving paratroopers fought on towards their objective against horrendous odds. Using fascinating first-hand accounts of the soldiers and the French civilians who witnessed the Normandy campaign, and illustrated with black and white photographs and maps throughout, the authors offer a unique and comprehensive account of the experiences of the 3rd Battalion from training through to D-Day and beyond.
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