Kevin Drinkell has always put himself in the firing line. Now he lifts the lid on his rollercoaster life in football
- as a striker
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Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people
- at work at school at home. It is wrong. As Daniel H. Pink
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Set mostly in Arizona & L.A. Drive is about a man who does stunt driving for movies by day & drives for criminals at night. Sallis combines murder treachery & payback in a sinister plot with resonances of 1940s pulp fiction & film noir. Told through a cinematic narrative that weaves back & forth through time & place the story explores Drivers near existential moral foundations intercut with moments of bloody violence. ...

Much later as he sat with his back against an inside wall of a Motel 6 just north of Phoenix watching the pool of blood lap toward him Driver would wonder whether he had made a terrible mistake. Later still of course thered be no doubt. But for now Driver is as they say in the moment. & the moment

Includes:: this blood lapping toward him the pressure of dawns late light at windows & door traffic sounds from the interstate nearby the sound of someone weeping in the next room... Thus begins Drive a novella by James Sallis. Set mostly in Arizona & L.A. the story is according to Sallis.. .about a guy who does stunt driving for movies by day & drives for criminals at night. In classic noir fashion he is double-crossed & though before he has never participated in the violence (I drive. Thats all.) he goes after the ones who doublecrossed & tried to kill him.""

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This book explores the experience of driving cars as a way of encountering landscapes & cities around the world. A richly illustrated cultural history drawing on social & urban history art literature & music Drive explores in particular how car driving is portrayed in cinema & other moving images from America to Europe & Asia & from Hollywood to the avant-garde. Drive is about dynamic journeys experiences & speeds rooted in specific places & roads & expanded into the realm of cinema art & video games. It moves from the gentle deserts of The Grapes of Wrath to the adventurous city streets of The Italian Job from the aesthetic delights of Rain Man & Traffic to the existential musings of Two-Lane Blacktop Thelma & Louise & Vanishing Point from the contemplative freeway pleasures of Lift to the Scaffold Radio On & London Orbital to the hallucinatory high-speed dangers of Crash Bullitt Death Proof & C'etait un Rendezvous. It shows how various kinds of driving
- with different speeds cars attitudes roads & cities
- provide experiences & values that we ignore at our peril. Written by a leading urban & cultural historian Drive's conclusion is a timely riposte to commonplace anti-car attitudes.

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Seven years have passed since Driver ended his campaign against those who double-crossed him. He has left the old life become Paul West & founded a successful business back in Phoenix. But walking down the street one day he & his fiancee are attacked by two men & while Driver dispatches both his fiancee is killed. Sinking back into anonymity aided by his friend Felix an ex-gangbanger & Desert Storm vet Driver realises that his past stalks him
- & will not stop. He has to turn & face it.
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Jeremy Clarkson is once more Driven to Distraction". Brace yourself. Clarksons back. & hed like to tell you what he thinks about some of the most awe-inspiring earth-shatteringly fast & jaw-droppingly cool cars in the world (oh & a few irredeemable disasters...). Or he would if he could just get one or two things off his chest first. Matters such as: the prospect of having Terry Wogan as president; why youll never see a woman driving a Lexus; the unforeseen consequences of inadequate birth control; why everyone should spend a weekend with a digger. " Driven to Distraction" is Jeremy Clarkson at full throttle. So buckle up sit tight & enjoy the ride. Youre in for a hell of a lot of laughs. Praise for Jeremy Clarkson: " Brilliant.. .laugh-out-loud". (" Daily Telegraph"). " Outrageously funny.. .will have you in stitches". (" Time Out"). Number-one bestseller Jeremy Clarkson writes on cars current affairs & anything else that annoys him in his sharp & funny collections. " Born To Be Riled" " Clarkson On Cars" " Dont Stop Me Now" " Driven To Distraction" " Round the Bend" " Motorworld" & "I Know You Got Soul" are also available as Penguin paperbacks; the Penguin App "i Clarkson: The Book of Cars" can be downloaded on the App Store. Jeremy Clarkson because his writing career on the " Rotherham Advertiser". Since then he has written for the " Sun" & the " Sunday Times". Today he is the tallest person working in British television & is the presenter of the hugely popular " Top Gear"." ...

Could more than a million species disappear in the 21st century? Drawing upon a wide range of illuminating case studies from around the world Driven to Extinction provides a balanced & highly readable insight into the potential impacts of climate change on the diversity of life. Richard Pearson meticulously assembles the evidence of how species of plants & animals have reacted to temperature changes in the past & how they are likely to respond in the future. He shows how different species are interconnected how subtle yet essential those connections can be & how severing one link in the complex chain of mutual cooperation & dependency can lead to the breakdown of a once-thriving community & ultimately extinction. At the same time he also explores how climate change can offer some species new opportunities even as it narrows prospects for others highlighting the adaptability & survival techniques of some of the weirdest & most wonderful creatures on the planet. Exposing successes & flaws in current research Driven to Extinction is an engaging & unbiased overview of what scientists know
- & dont know
- about the impacts of climate change.

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The Driver": John Tanner is the wheelman an undercover cop with an awesome driving ability. He earned his stripes racing stock cars through city streets & now hes the best in the business. But his legendary skills are about to be put to the ultimate test..." The Mission": Tanner must infiltrate the criminal underworld of The Indian the most feared gang leader in New Orleans
- a man so terrifying that people claim he has voodoo powers. But when a figure from his past appears Tanner must face an even more deadly enemy..." The Nemesis": Jericho is an ice cold hitman with a longstanding grudge against Tanner who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Tanner is going to have to drive for his life to survive complete his mission & stop the city being brought to its knees."
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When you play with fire everyone gets burned.. . Joe Weeks is new to the Grange Estate. Tolerant doesn't mind a bit of weed doesn't try to pull other men's women. Live & let live is his motto.. . Eddie Quinn is the hardest man on the estate. Everyone knows that it's a bad idea to cross him or his pit bull. But everyone also knows he's honest as drug dealers go. Joe's pleased when Eddie offers him a job. But then he meets Katya. A prostitute. A slave. & desperate to escape from Eddie. ...