Jesse: 898 books

A comprehensive survey of the United States, at the end of the Civil War, would reveal a state of society which bears little resemblance to that of today. Almost all those commonplace fundamentals of existence, the things that contribute to our bodily comfort while they vex us with economic and political...

《紐約時報》暢銷書、《洛杉磯時報》暢銷書榜第1名！ 是自我挑戰？還是自討苦吃？ 百萬企業家V.S.地表最強男人，一場最有紀律的人生脫軌改造行動。 「有什麼會比邀請海豹特種部隊跟我住一個月、並訓練我更瘋狂呢！ 跳脫一成不變，帶來衝擊，我才能用不同的方式面對機會和迎接挑戰。」 傑西是曾獲艾美獎的前嘻哈歌手，現今是百萬富翁的大企業老闆。對他來說，生活就是要勇於冒險。他曾大膽地假扮一名著名的嘻哈歌手，鋌而走險的結果，是讓自己簽到第一張唱片合約；他也說服一群事業有成的企業家投資一項史無前例的商業計畫，結果他成立了世上最大的飛機租賃公司－－馬奎斯飛機公司。他還誠懇地提出要求穿著Spanx塑身褲跑一百英里的賽跑，只為能讓這家公司的美女創辦人注意到他－－最後他也如願把這位美嬌娘娶回家。 宛如人生勝利組的傑西，卻發現自己正日復一日過著如自動導航般的規律生活，毫無進步。他決心要擺脫這個模式，大舉顛覆一成不變的生活方式。 在參加一場二十四小時的極限馬拉松賽時，傑西見到了真人版的「神鬼戰士」、美國海豹特戰隊員－－海豹。他被海豹在參賽時的堅強與專注所吸引，於是力邀對方前來紐約與自己同住，展開為期一個月的體能魔鬼訓練。而海豹只有一個條件：沒有任何限制，只能say...

The lessons of Full Steam Ahead! are revealed through the inspirational story of two people who were able to create a vision for the place they worked and for their own lives. Jim Carpenter, president of a mid-sized insurance agency, didn't get the "vision thing." The agency was doing well,...

The bad boys who were constant sources of controversy and pushed the term “living” to its absolute extreme are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From the founder of gonzo-journalism Hunter S. Thompson to rock ‘n roll’s most dangerous...

The most accurate and honest retelling of my mom's headache that turned into the most impossible situation and the tough choices that had to be made as a result.

BOBY is the story and experiences of a young boy as he was growing up. The story includes some of his moral weakness and strengths; his admiration and love for his parents that he feels came too late in life. That love also extended too many relatives and friends. Some of which are in BOBY.

Rumors, witchcraft, and murder in this true crime account of one of New Jersey’s most notorious cold cases—from two Weird N.J. magazine contributors. As Springfield residents decorated for Halloween in September 1972, the crime rate in the affluent New Jersey township was at its lowest...

This is an art book on the politics of urban conflict based around artist Stan Douglas' stunning photo installation of the same name, depicting a violent confrontation in 1971 between police and Vancouver's counterculture known as the Gastown Riot. The book, which features essays by Alexander...

TAKE THEM OUT OF THE BALL GAME–PLEASE! From star running back Bryon “Bam” Morris’s interesting (and totally illegal) sideline career to the 1950s Kansas City A’s sneaky relationship with the New York Yankees; from French golfer Jean Van de Velde’s epic choke on 18 at the 1999 British...

This book brings together recent Spanish fictions and films that point to individualism as the root problem driving diverse circumstances of social, economic, and psychological suffering in the present and recent past. The works privilege sensation, movement, and emotion—rather than identity—as...

With the dying rate of World War II veterans, now at 30,000 per month, I thought it would be fitting and appropriate to set forth my experiences during those years of America's greatness and the nobility of its people and its warriors. Dedicated to my wife, Jimmie, who endured much, and to my children,...

Now in its fifth hardcover printing, Deadline Artists celebrates the relevance of the newspaper column through the simple power of excellent writing. It is an inspiration for a new generation of writers— whether their medium is print or digital—looking to learn from the best of their predecessors....

This book is not about what we can teach animals, but what they can teach us. Their differences are often not as radical as most humans imagine, which is one reason we love animals. We have more neurons in our neurological systems, but we share many of the same features and underestimate what they...

Finding coins to collect is easy but finding ones that are actually valuable to collect is the challenge faced by most collectors. As a rule of thumb, the older the coins is the more collectible it becomes as often they are more rare than more modern coins. With this ebook discover: - 3 antique coins...