PDF--to most of the world it stands for that rather tiresome format used for documents downloaded from the web. Slow to load and slower to print, hopelessly unsearchable, and all but impossible to cut and paste from, the Portable Document Format doesn't inspire much affection in the average user. But PDFs done right is another story. Those who know the ins and outs of this format know that it can be much more than electronic paper. Flexible, compact, interactive, and even searchable, PDF i...

The crew manager droned on ... 'You are now ready to become a crew member in an enviable and very unique job that not only will take you to places you could only dream of, but you will see funny, sad, surprising, unbelievable, incredible, stupid and fascinating things of life in your travels.'Brian Leary's amusing, touching and sometimes shocking tales show just how prescient the crew manager was."This truly was an emergency. If we did not get these kids into the air-condit...