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LIVING By the Seat of My Pants! Inspirational Exploits, Splinters and All
Edmund C. Hughes
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ASIN: 1553694589
Release Date: 2006-07-06 |
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From humble beginnings to a panoply of successes encompassing 87 years of vibrant living. That's the story interestingly told by Edmund C. Hughes in this inspirational book detailing the author's advance from a small town newspaper to the staff of General Douglas MacArthur during World War II.
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Mark Christensen grew up with a simple dream-to build a 600 horsepower suicide machine able to accelerate from zero to sixty in less time than it takes to read this sentence. When a friend offers him $100,000 to realize that dream, Christensen enlists Nick Pugh, the best young auto designer in the country. An idealistic, charismatic, twenty-two year old star student from the celebrated Art Center for Design in Pasadena, Pugh shows Christensen his sketches of the Xeno I-drawings that are stunningly original and strangely familiar-"as if they were the best ideas I never had." Thus inspired, the author sets out to assemble a "best of the best" group of engineers, mechanics and fabricators. But the dream becomes grander and the designs of the Xeno evolve spectacularly after the endlessly hard working utopian Pugh develops an ingenuous method for automobiles to triple their driving range. And as new and wilder Xenos fly from Pugh's monster imagination, nothing seems impossible. That is until the author discovers that $100,000 may not even pay for the hubcaps that Pugh has envisioned. Build the Perfect Beast is a window into 21st century technology and cutting edge design at its most relevant and bizarre-an epic odyssey about craft, cars, opportunity and ambition that sizzles like American Graffiti on acid. This is a classic tale of chasing down the American dream.AUTHORBIO: Mark Christensen is the author of several books, including The Sweeps: Behind the Scenes in Network TV and two novels, Mortal Belladaywic and Aloha. A former media columnist for Rolling Stone, his feature stories have appeared in American Film, Connoisseur, The Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, Playboy, and Wired. He lives in Long Beach, California.
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I was there.......2002-11-21
As someone who was involved in this project, the story is unbelievable but true. It is trully amazing to me that the car was ever built after so many years of frustration, but it was.
... The finished car is mindboggling and has received great press as a car and work of art. Nick Pugh is a genius and deserves all the credit in the end to complete the car when he could have walked away from it a hundred times. There is nothing like preserverance and a dream to overcome every sort of obstacle imaginable starting with no money. Durring the Don Quiote journey no one knew how Mark Christensen would interpret this ordeal. It was so painful for so many years. The finished book was very different then I would have imagined it to be. No one involved saw any of Mark's writing until the book was printed. But then again Mark has a amazing way of seeing events unfold from his own perspective. Please read the book. I think you will find it great read.
Almost great.......2002-10-09
It is almost great, and I don't think it's Christensen's fault that it isn't. It is clearly the portrait of an obsession that consumed his life--all his money, his home, his family, but frankly, the editing leaves something to be desired. Several times while reading this book I turned to my wife--an editor--to ask if a confusing passage made any sense. It never did. This is a terrible frustration in an otherwise engrossing book.
In a way, it reflects the naivete that Christensen himself exhibits--why did a man who, frankly, knows almost nothing about cars think he can shanghai one of the most brilliant young designers of his generation and build a supercar for peanuts? Because he didn't know any better, is why. It's the same reason he doesn't know you can't run a car on water, and why you can't expect to raise millions of dollars without some sort of business, and why he gets suckered in by half the shysters in California. The force of his will and his dream are almost enough to overcome the obstacles of his ignorance and blind faith. If I had a million dollars, Mark, I'd give it to you.
Fulfilling a childhood dream has its pitfalls -- and rewards.......2002-03-18
Build the Perfect Beast is the story of Mark Christensen's 5-year effort to fulfill his childhood dream: Build the perfect hot rod. Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, Christensen wanted to drive one of those high-performance street machines that all the California cool kids drove. As a high school or college student, however, he never had the talent or money to put together his dream vehicle. He never got past the tearing down part of the process. Until he met Nick Pugh, a talented young designer who has, since the events described in this book, gone on to bigger successes. The dream car Mark and Nick set out to build is the Xeno, a million-dollar one-of-a-kind fantasy on wheels. The book details the ups and downs -- mostly brief ups followed by prolonged downs -- of this process. Mark, an author, not an engineer, has vision to spare. Nick, a brilliant designer, refuses to let engineering realities interfere with his vision. The people that are attracted to the plan, lend their financing, and then walk away, are captured by the vision and become true believers, but, inevitably, are driven away by the complexities and vagaries of the other people involved. Mark puts himself into debt financing the car -- they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars of their own money, and that of investors, trying to make the car work. Less a story of personal triumph than a story of the weary reality of chasing a dream, this book is nonetheless satisfying to read. In the end, the car is built, but not the way anyone planned, and not the way anyone wanted.
Along with the engineering, design, and financial issues that haunt the protagonists, Christensen also weaves his own biography into the story, describing his lifelong dream of hotrods from grade school through the present [the book ends about 1995]. I found the biographical story more interesting than the car story, but by the end they have weaved together into a whole.
The inner workings of making a dream come true.......2002-01-30
OK, I have dreams of some day building my own super car with a massive mid mounted V8, incredible performance, etc. This is a book about a couple of guys who had the dream to go out and do it.
Mark Christensen is a writer who meets a designer, Nick Pugh, who is at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Nick has just made (ca 1990) auto design obsolete, and everyone at the school has become his clone or disciple. Mark convinces Nick to shy away from the big automakers and build the car, with the promise of $100,000 from a friend. The rest of the book goes on to describe two things:
1) The way Mark and his friends grew up in the car-crazy 50s and 60s with dreams of making super hot rods to impress the chicks.
2) The years long process of trying to build their perfect beast.
I'll say this about Mark's writing: I will do whatever I can to try and find the rest of his body of work. His sense of narrative and way of making events pop off the page is astonishing. I have not had this strong a desire to keep reading deep into the night since the last Nabokov novel I read. This man is a credit to writing and is to be admired for his wordcraft. His sentences evoke the images of a 40ish
guy reliving the triumphs, failures and regrets of "a generation that grew up under a tremendous lack of oppression". His hot rodder stories make you ache for the chance to make right the butchery that perfectly good iron suffered for the sake of "cool" on hot summer nights. The tales of the huge wheeling dealing finances, backed with barely being able to pay his rent bring all the dreams of automotive excess to shocking clarity. Its spine-tingling, laugh out loud, whack your forehead and groan all in one easy to carry hardback!
This novel has reinvigorated and frightened me all at the same time about my crazy schemes to make my own car. I believe it within the realm of possibility for me to turn my dreams someday into metal and fiberglass. I now know vividly just how hard a road it can be.
The characters in this very true story (the evolution of the design and pics of the final car, which is for sale, are available, wend their way through a wonderful array of characters from flimflam men, conspiracy theorists, alternative fuels, patent attorneys and the whole of SoCal speed shop and fabricator culture in their pursuit of the perfect machine. The cast of characters is numerous, the pace is hectic and the humor is everywhere, along with yearning, hope, fear and desperation.
This is simply the best bit of non fiction I have read in years.
Read it.
RangeR "Oh no! Now he's reviewing books too!" BoB
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- The Type 2 Diabetes Cookbook: Simple & Delicious Low-Sugar, Low-Fat, & Low-Cholesterol Recipes
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The Type 2 Diabetes Cookbook : Simple & Delicious Low-Sugar, Low-Fat, & Low-Cholesterol Recipes
Lois Soneral
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Offers wholesome and customized recipes with easily obtained ingredients that are simple, practical, healthy, and delicious. Soneral dispels the dietary myths about diabetes and includes recipe modifications for such forbidden foods as desserts, casseroles, appetizers, and snacks that are low in sugar, fat, and cholesterol and don't compromise flavor. The Type 2 Diabetes Cookbook contains updated nutritional information and recipes that can be the beginning to a healthier, happier lifestyle.
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The Type 2 Diabetes Cookbook: Simple & Delicious Low-Sugar, Low-Fat, & Low-Cholesterol Recipes.......2005-10-16
Very good book with lots of wonderful recipes that anyone would enjoy. Healthy food prepared simply and delicious.
The Type II Diabetes Cookbook: Simple and Delicious Low-Sug.......2001-10-16
This is a wonderful book. It has useful information about diabetes, including the effects of stress. It contains many useful charts. One of the best features of this book are popular recipies that have been adapted for a diabetic diet. You don't have to sacrifice enjoyment in order to eat well.
It does contain ingredients that myth declares taboo. This book will show you how to use foods in a healthy way. If you are using books that were written 10 years ago, I would replace them with this and similar books. This book is up-to-date with medical findings.
Simple Recipes.......2000-06-11
This book contained many simple and quick recipes for this special diet needs of a diebetic. Substitutes were listed, however, some sugar is used in a few recipes.
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Authentic Laos Cuisine.......2000-06-19
If you would like to prepare Laos food like that you would find in Luang Prabang, on the Banks of the Mekong, Pakse, etc, this is the book. Great recipes that include both the classics and obscure recipes. Good luck finding some of the ingrediants outside of South East Asia though. A very thoughtful approach from a Master Chef.
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Anti-aging Recipes with 100 Chinese Herbs ('Bai lei zhong yao fang lao shi pu', in traditional Chinese/English)
Liqin Tan
Manufacturer: Da Zhong
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Rabbits and Other Furry Pets
Elizabeth Randolph
Manufacturer: Fawcett
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ASIN: 0449220338
Release Date: 1992-10-24 |
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Little furry creatures, once known mainly as children's pets, have now become favorites with adults, too. And no wonder. They're entertaining, affectionate, clean, and easy to care for. They live contentedly in apartments, and many of them naturally sleep all day, so they don't get lonely while their owners are at work. Like all creatures, however, they need a nutritious diet, comfortable living space, and intelligent care. This superb guidebook thoroughly discusses how to meet these basic needs, including:
* Picking a species and breed whose habit and temperament suit yours
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* Where to shop and how to recognize healthy animals
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With the help of experts nationwide, Elizabeth Randolph has prepared a virtual encyclopedia of information that you would be hard put to find anywhere else. And she writes so engagingly about these odd and endearing little creatures that you find yourself reading not only for the vast amount of sound advice she provides but also for the sheer pleasure of it.
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Wouldn’t it be nice to have a comfy, cozy quilt in no time at all? With these time-saving techniques, even a quilter with very limited experience can enjoy fast, gorgeous results. There’s something here for all seasons and all reasons. Imagine one with yellow stars that seem to float in and out among ribbons of green and burgundy. It’s made entirely with squares and half-square triangles that are easy to cut and piece, making it especially simple to create. Or, try a heavenly quilt fashioned from angel novelty prints surrounded by coordinating fabric; it’s so pretty it will enhance any room. There’s more, too, including a Christmas quilt, a patriotic quilt, and a quilt for music lovers, all with easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions.
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Great Book for Fast and Fun Quilts.......2007-08-20
I purchased this book and couldn't wait to get started on some of the quilts. I've made 2 so far: Stars and Stripes / A Garden Walk. Both quilts turned out beautiful. The instructions were not only accurate, but very easy to follow. If you like a particular quilt pattern, but don't like the sample shown in the book, some simple fabric color changes can turn a quilt you find interesting into fantastic.
This book is great for beginners, but also great for making great gifts quickly for the advanced.
Another Good Beginner's Book.......2007-01-30
Lots of great colour photographs and illustrations. A good "General Quilt-Making Directions" section. The book has 20 projects all of which are quilts of varying sizes. They could all be made in a relatively short time using the quick piecing methods described. Some nice quilts that look more difficult than they are. There are a couple of Asian inspired quilts, most are bright and contemporary. Inspiring for a beginner.
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Great gardening reference.......2001-11-14
Of all my gardening library, this one is the most used. Very good basic gardening information source.
One of the ABSOLUTE BEST Gardening/Landscaping How-To Books.......2000-05-11
This is, without a doubt, one the BEST gardening & landscaping how-to books on the market. Easy to find topics, including: The Basics, Flowers, Food Gardens, Lawn & Groundcovers, Trees and Shrubs, Houseplants and Container Gardens and much more! Hundreds of easy to follow illustrations! This book is PACKED with useful tips, directions and wonderful projects! A HIGHLY recommended book!
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Produced to be the most comprehensive do-it-yourself book on successful landscaping.
Half how-to and half idea guide, this book will contain 240 pages with 400+ photos/illustrations.
Includes a visual encyclopedia of the most popular plants, shrubs, trees and flowers.
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A very informative book on landscaping and unique displays. A great book for those interested in beautiful landscaping
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This book is presented in the hope of furthering the ever increasing interest in and enjoyment of Camellias, one of nature's most artistic shrubs and exquisite flowers.
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In this book a psychologist and stepparent describes what to expect when creating a second family and how to prepare for specific challenges. Issues include overcoming alienation, competition, and defensiveness; disciplining children; and creating new stepfamily traditions. Assessment questions and exercises help readers develop their own family plans rather than adapt to existing models. With 1,300 new stepfamilies made every day, this book helps stepparents successfully assume their new roles and create a cohesive family. Charts and worksheets are included.
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Seven Stones: A Portrait of Arthur Erickson, Architect
Edith Iglauer
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The book on the architect. Time magazine (US) has described Canada's Erickson as a superstar in his field. Iglauer, in her best New Yorker tradition, provides a biographical portrait and a complete survey of Erickson's pioneering projects.
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