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  • Fastest Things on Wings

    Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood

    by Terry Masear ...
    A heartwarming memoir by “one of California’s hardest-working hummingbird rehabilitators . . . will leave the average bird lover agog” (The Washington Post).Before he collided with a limousine, Gabriel, an Anna’s hummingbird with a head and throat cloaked in iridescent magenta feathers, could spiral 130 feet in the air, dive 60 miles per hour in a courtship display, hover, and fly backward. When ... Read more

    9200

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  • We Share the Sun

    The Incredible Journey of Kenya's Legendary Running Coach Patrick Sang and the Fastest Runners on Earth

    by Sarah Gearhart ...
    An enlightening biography and gripping sports narrative that takes us behind the scenes into the lives of some of the world’s most elite runners in Kenya and their coach, Patrick Sang.At a secluded training camp in Kaptagat, Kenya, a small town nearly 8,000 feet above sea level in the Great Rift Valley, three-dozen world-class runners, including Olympic champions, world record holders and the ... Read more

    8400

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  • The Emerald Mile

    The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

    by Kevin Fedarko ...
    From one of Outside magazine’s “Literary All-Stars” comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever, down the entire length of the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon, during the legendary flood of 1983.In the spring of 1983, massive flooding along the length of the Colorado River confronted a team of engineers at the Glen Canyon Dam with an unprecedented emergency that may ... Read more

    6800

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  • History's Greatest Automotive Mysteries, Myths and Rumors Revealed

    James Dean's Killer Porsche, NASCAR's Fastest Monkey, Bonnie and Clyde's Getaway Car, and More

    by Matt Stone, Preston Lerner ...
    "Chock-full of amusing car-related trivia and miscellany." —Detroit NewsDid you know that after James Dean's death behind the wheel of his Porsche 550 Spyder, parts of the car were sold off, and said parts then cursed their new owners? (Or did they?)Did you know Bonnie and Clyde stole Ford V-8s almost exclusively as getaway cars because they were the fastest cars of their day—and that Clyde wrote ... Read more

    8000

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  • Audiobook

    Hacking Growth

    How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success

    by Sean Ellis, Morgan Brown ...
    Narrated by Sean Ellis, Morgan Brown ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 43 min

    The definitive playbook by the pioneers of Growth Hacking, one of the hottest business methodologies in Silicon Valley and beyond.It seems hard to believe today, but there was a time when Airbnb was the best-kept secret of travel hackers and couch surfers, Pinterest was a niche web site frequented only by bakers and crafters, LinkedIn was an exclusive network for C-suite executives and top-level ... Read more

    8800

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    Also available as: eBook

  • The Startup Playbook

    Secrets of the Fastest-Growing Startups from their Founding Entrepreneurs

    by David Kidder ...
    According to the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, more than 565,000 new businesses were created in 2010 in the United States alone—each one of them hoping to strike gold. The Startup Playbook will help them succeed. Going insider to insider with unprecedented access, New York Times bestselling author and Clickable CEO, David Kidder, shares the hard-hitting experiences of some of the ... Read more

    9600

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  • Horse Of A Different Color

    A Tale of Breeding Geniuses, Dominant Females, and the Fastest Derby Winner Since Secretariat

    by Jim Squires ...
    Everybody in the thoroughbred horse business wants to win the Kentucky Derby, but the odds on making it to the winner's circle at Churchill Downs are about 35,000-to-1. How did a former Chicago newspaper editor bring together the stallion and mare and breed the winner of the world's most famous and important horserace?Jim Squires's Horse of a Different Color tells the story of his wild ride from ... Read more

    4800

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  • Strong Language

    The Fastest, Smartest, Cheapest Marketing Tool You're Not Using

    by Chris West ...
    A great brand voice grabs attention, persuades your audience, and builds loyalty. But as the number of brand channels explodes, organisations are finding it harder than ever to create a consistent, differentiated brand voice and express exactly what they stand for. In Strong Language, international tone of voice expert Chris West walks you through the process of creating a compelling brand voice – ... Read more

    3600

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  • How To Make Money: The Fastest & Easiest Way To Make Money Online: Make $3,000 Per Month With Zero Skills, No Website and No Investment

    by Richard Carroll ...
    get How To Make Money With Kindle Direct Publishing: The Fastest & Easiest Way To Make Money Online: Make $3,000 Per Month With Zero Skills, No Website and No Investment. Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device.This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to make a lot of money through Kindle Direct Publishing. Contrary to popular belief, KDP is not at all hard to get ... Read more

    2400

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  • SR-71

    The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane

    by Col. Richard H. Graham ...
    At the height of the Cold War in 1964, President Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to strategic reconnaissance. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flew more than three-and-a-half times the speed of sound, so fast that no other aircraft could catch it. Above 80,000 feet, its pilots had to wear full-pressure flight suits similar to what was used aboard the space shuttle. Developed by ... Read more

    14800

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  • New Slow City

    Living Simply in the World's Fastest City

    by William Powers ...
    Burned-out after years of doing development work around the world, William Powers spent a season in a 12-foot-by-12-foot cabin off the grid in North Carolina, as recounted in his award-winning memoir Twelve by Twelve. Could he live a similarly minimalist life in the heart of New York City? To find out, Powers and his wife jettisoned 80 percent of their stuff, left their 2,000-square-foot Queens ... Read more

    7200

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • How to Write Dazzling Dialogue

    The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript

    by James Scott Bell ...
    Book 5 - Bell's Knockout Fiction Series
    There is one sure-fire way of improving your novel fast ...You may know the fundamentals of how to write fiction. You may be more than competent in plot, structure and characters. But if your dialogue is dull it will drag the whole story down.On the other hand, if your dialogue is crisp and full of tension it immediately grabs the reader. And if that reader is an agent or editor, sharp dialogue ... Read more

    2800

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