My Bum Deal
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A Bum Deal
Author: Rufus Hannah
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2011-08-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781402260872
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPRAISE for A BUM DEAL "Hannah's recollections of his mental state at the time are almost heartbreaking in their honesty and intensity...remarkable story of personal redemption." -Booklist starred review "Here is the remarkable story behind an American tragedy, a twisted fall into unspeakable exploitation and the hoary depths of human existence followed by a redemptive return to grace."-Steve Lopez, author of The Soloist and LA Times columnist "A remarkable true story of how a chance meeting between two very different men transformed them not only into friends, but humanitarians on a crucial mission. If there was ever a lesson on the nobility of the human spirit, even under the most adverse circumstances, it is found in the pages of this incredible book." -Brian Levin "A Bum Deal: An Unlikely Journey from Hopeless to Humanitarian artfully explains theimportance of understanding homelessness one life at a time. This gritty no-holds-barred memoir juxtaposes acts of unthinkable exploitation with instances of profound and encouraging exhortation." -Neil J. Donovan, Executive Director, National Coalition for the Homeless Rufus Hannah is known to millions around the world, unfortunately, as "Rufus the Stunt Bum" because of his participation in the infamous Bumfights video series. But his story doesn't end there...it is a story of incredible pride and perseverance, and a recovery few could have imagined. Rufus's story is inspiring to anyone who has ever struggled with personal demons and life challenges and wondered where they would find the strength to survive even one more day.
A Bum Deal
Author: Rufus Hannah
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781402244711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKI was supposed to give a speech when I got the award, but I had no idea what to say. Given what my life had been like in recent years, I felt as if this were some kind of bad dream. I thought about being born in a small southern town, beginning my life by drinking beer from a baby bottle, getting kicked out of school, the whole army disaster, the crazy van trip out west, train jumping-and then, all those years I spent as a homeless drunk. And, of course, the Bumfights-when I risked life and limb for booze while some kids filmed the whole damn thing. Looking at all this on paper, I wondered how any man could have survived. And I noticed my hands. Even after a number of painful and expensive laser treatments the letters were still there, tattooed across my knuckles: B-U-M-F-I-G-H-T. I thought about the damage these hands had done-to me, and even worse, to my best friend... The last thing Rufus Hannah expected the morning he climbed into an alley Dumpster was to have his life completely changed. It was the last thing Barry Soper expected either, when he spotted a homeless man sifting through the trash outside his apartment complex. But in that moment they'd join on a path of triumph and defeat, despair and salvation. Rufus Hannah is regrettably known to millions around the world as "Rufus the Stunt Bum" because of his participation inthe infamous Bumfights-an underground video series in which homeless men were given booze and cash to fight or do bone-shattering stunts. But his story doesn't begin or end where the videos do...it is a story of incredible pride and perseverance, and a recovery no one-least of all Rufus himself-could have imagined. A Bum Deal is a story of our personal demons and a journey from the depths of despair to recovery and rebirth, and the ordinary man who risked everything to help this stranger survive against the most unimaginable cruelty. Rufus Hannahis an advocate for the homeless, and currently an assistant manager of a townhome development. He was formerly featured in the infamous Bumfights videos. Activist and businessman Barry Soperis chairman of the board of Oak Grove, a nonprofit educational and residential treatment center serving 160 children, ages five to eighteen. Soper has served onthe board of St. Vincent DePaul Village, a key center for San Diego's large homeless population.
Torrent
Author: Howard Birnstihl
Publisher: Howard Birnstihl
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 0646574876
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVenture Deals
Author: Brad Feld
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011-07-05
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1118118642
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn engaging guide to excelling in today's venture capital arena Beginning in 2005, Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson, managing directors at Foundry Group, wrote a long series of blog posts describing all the parts of a typical venture capital Term Sheet: a document which outlines key financial and other terms of a proposed investment. Since this time, they've seen the series used as the basis for a number of college courses, and have been thanked by thousands of people who have used the information to gain a better understanding of the venture capital field. Drawn from the past work Feld and Mendelson have written about in their blog and augmented with newer material, Venture Capital Financings puts this discipline in perspective and lays out the strategies that allow entrepreneurs to excel in their start-up companies. Page by page, this book discusses all facets of the venture capital fundraising process. Along the way, Feld and Mendelson touch on everything from how valuations are set to what externalities venture capitalists face that factor into entrepreneurs' businesses. Includes a breakdown analysis of the mechanics of a Term Sheet and the tactics needed to negotiate Details the different stages of the venture capital process, from starting a venture and seeing it through to the later stages Explores the entire venture capital ecosystem including those who invest in venture capitalist Contain standard documents that are used in these transactions Written by two highly regarded experts in the world of venture capital The venture capital arena is a complex and competitive place, but with this book as your guide, you'll discover what it takes to make your way through it.
Butts
Author: Heather Radke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2023-06-13
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1982135492
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Winning, cheeky, and illuminating….What appears initially as a folly with a look-at-this cover and title becomes, thanks to Radke’s intelligence and curiosity, something much meatier, entertaining, and wise.” —The Washington Post “Lively and thorough, Butts is the best kind of nonfiction.” —Esquire, Best Books of 2022 A “carefully researched and reported work of cultural history” (The New York Times) that explores how one body part has influenced the female—and human—experience for centuries, and what that obsession reveals about our lives today. Whether we love them or hate them, think they’re sexy, think they’re strange, consider them too big, too small, or anywhere in between, humans have a complicated relationship with butts. It is a body part unique to humans, critical to our evolution and survival, and yet it has come to signify so much more: sex, desire, comedy, shame. A woman’s butt, in particular, is forever being assessed, criticized, and objectified, from anxious self-examinations trying on jeans in department store dressing rooms to enduring crass remarks while walking down a street or high school hallways. But why? In Butts: A Backstory, reporter, essayist, and RadioLab contributing editor Heather Radke is determined to find out. Spanning nearly two centuries, this “whip-smart” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) cultural history takes us from the performance halls of 19th-century London to the aerobics studios of the 1980s, the music video set of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” and the mountains of Arizona, where every year humans and horses race in a feat of gluteal endurance. Along the way, she meets evolutionary biologists who study how butts first developed; models whose measurements have defined jean sizing for millions of women; and the fitness gurus who created fads like “Buns of Steel.” She also examines the central importance of race through figures like Sarah Bartmann, once known as the “Venus Hottentot,” Josephine Baker, Jennifer Lopez, and other women of color whose butts have been idolized, envied, and despised. Part deep dive reportage, part personal journey, part cabinet of curiosities, Butts is an entertaining, illuminating, and thoughtful examination of why certain silhouettes come in and out of fashion—and how larger ideas about race, control, liberation, and power affect our most private feelings about ourselves and others.
Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781590318737
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Deleilah
Author: K T Bowes
Publisher: Hakarimata Press
Published:
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat would they think if they knew the truth? Three men have ruled Deleilah’s world, each of them leaving her destitute. This time is different. Her independence is no longer for sale. After escaping the back country alone twenty years earlier, a damaging, high profile divorce and a twist of fate sends Deleilah home. But she's looking for anonymity in the last place she will ever find it because she left without explanation, abandoning her family and friends. The town hasn't yet forgiven her. Deleilah's arrival sets in motion a chain of destruction which will end in the death of a friend. Because the secrets she'd kept hidden weren't just hers. They tumble free, ripping open her past like a wound. A man with evil intent follows her from the city and trouble casts its pall over the small town and its inhabitants. When Deleilah faces death down the barrel of a gun, she's forced to decide if the last secret she's keeping is truly worth dying for. If you like suspense novels with strong women taking back their lives, you’ll love Deleilah. Start reading today. Lose yourself in New Zealand’s stunning mountain ranges, where two degrees of separation makes secrets impossible to keep. Keywords related to this novel; mysteries and thrillers, mysteries set in New Zealand, murder mystery books, mystery books for adults, mystery chapter books, mystery crime books, mystery fiction books, mystery love books, mystery novels for adults, mystery romance, mystery romance books, mystery romance books for adults, mystery romance books for women, mystery thrillers and suspense, romantic suspense, romantic suspense books, romantic suspense novels, romantic suspense series, New Zealand romantic suspense, romantic suspense books, romantic suspense novels, romantic suspense series, New Zealand romantic suspense, New Zealand fiction, New Zealand novels, rural romance, rural fiction, rural life, rural living, small town and rural fiction, small town big secrets, small town romance books, small town big dreams, small town big rumors, small town crime, small town fiction, small town mystery, small town problems, small town second chance romance, small town series, secretive men retribution, secretive men murder mystery, brooding hot guy suspense, lonely women and men with secrets, secretive men and beautiful women, brooding guys with secrets, rural farming suspense, If you like Rosalind James, or Cynthia Hickey, you'll love the Hana Du Rose Mysteries.
Bum Rap
Author: Paul J. Levine
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781477829868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLinebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter must track down a witness--who is also being sought by the Russian mob--in order to help Victoria Lord exonerate her husband, who has been falsely arrested for murder.
Raw Deal
Author: Chloe Sorvino
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2022-12-06
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1982172045
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A shocking and engrossing exposé of the US meat industry, the devastating failures of the country's food system, and the growing disappointment of alternative meat producers claiming to revolutionize the future of food by the head of Forbes's Food, Drink, and Agriculture division, Chloe Sorvino"--
