Eight Seconds to Glory

Eight Seconds to Glory

Author: Charlie McDade

Publisher: HarperPrism

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780061007521

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Luke Perry, star of Beverly Hills, 90210, plays a real-life cowboy and rodeo hero in his latest major motion picture. Lane Frost dreamed of being the best bull-rider ever, and he became the ultimate American folk hero before his death in 1989 at the age of 28.


8 Seconds of Courage

8 Seconds of Courage

Author: Flo Groberg

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1501165887

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Describes the author's childhood relocation from France to the U.S., where as a naturalized citizen he joined the military and served multiple tours in Afghanistan before he was wounded while protecting his patrol from a suicide bomber.


You've Got 8 Seconds

You've Got 8 Seconds

Author: Paul Hellman

Publisher: AMACOM

Published: 2017-04-13

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0814438318

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The average attention span has dropped to 8 seconds. To break through to people, you need to focus on your audience, be slightly different, and deliver with finesse. Every day at work, people do three things: talk, listen, and pretend to listen. Through fast, fun, actionable tips, You've Got 8 Seconds explains what works and what doesn't, what's forgettable and what sticks. With stories, scripts, and examples of good and bad messages, communications expert Paul Hellman reveals three main strategies: Focus: Design a strong message - then say it in seconds Variety: Make routine information come alive Presence: Convey confidence and command attention You'll discover practical techniques, including the fast-focus method that Hellman uses with leadership teams; how to stand out in the first seconds of a presentation; and 10 actions that spell executive presence. Whether pitching a project, giving a speech, selling a product, or just writing an email, You've Got 8 Seconds will make sure you get heard, get remembered, and get results.


Three Weeks, Eight Seconds

Three Weeks, Eight Seconds

Author: Nige Tassell

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1643131079

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“I was convinced deep inside that I could not lose. I could not see how it could happen.” —Laurent Fignon “I didn't think. I just rode.” —Greg LeMondFor a race as long as the mighty Tour (three weeks of testing the limits of human endurance), to have the ultimate victory decided by a margin of just eight seconds almost boggles the mind. But that’s exactly what happened between American legend Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon. And LeMond did it on the final stage, as the two sprinted through down the Champs Elysees. It remains the smallest margin of victory in the Tour's 100+ year history. But as dramatic as that Sunday afternoon was, the race wasn't just about that one time-trial. The leader's yellow jersey had swapped back and forth between LeMond and Fignon in a titanic struggle for supremacy, a battle with more twists and turns than an Alpine mountain pass. At no point during the entire three weeks were the pair separated by more than 53 seconds, a razor thin margin between ultimate triumph or agonizing torment. And all this despite LeMond's body still carrying more than 30 shotgun pellets after a shooting accident. Three Weeks, Eight Seconds brings one of cycling's most astonishing stories to life, examining that extraordinary race in all its multifaceted glory.


10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

Author: Elif Shafak

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 163557448X

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Shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize Named a Best Book of the Year by Bookpage, NPR, Washington Post, and The Economist A moving novel on the power of friendship in our darkest times, from internationally renowned writer and speaker Elif Shafak. In the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain is still active-for 10 minutes 38 seconds. While the Turkish sun rises and her friends sleep soundly nearby, she remembers her life-and the lives of others, outcasts like her. Tequila Leila's memories bring us back to her childhood in the provinces, a highly oppressive milieu with religion and traditions, shaped by a polygamous family with two mothers and an increasingly authoritarian father. Escaping to Istanbul, Leila makes her way into the sordid industry of sex trafficking, finding a home in the city's historic Street of Brothels. This is a dark, violent world, but Leila is tough and open to beauty, light, and the essential bonds of friendship. In Tequila Leila's death, the secrets and wonders of modern Istanbul come to life, painted vividly by the captivating tales of how Leila came to know and be loved by her friends. As her epic journey to the afterlife comes to an end, it is her chosen family who brings her story to a buoyant and breathtaking conclusion.


Eight Seconds

Eight Seconds

Author: Ivan McClellan

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780578987279

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The premiere book by photojournalist Ivan McClellan featuring photos and stories of black cowboys in America


Eight Seconds To Fly

Eight Seconds To Fly

Author: Grace McGinty

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-15

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9780648833420

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A standalone reverse harem cowboy romance.


Eight Seconds: An inspirational story about one woman, with one dream, and one almighty driving passion. Inspired by Australia's first female open bullrider.

Eight Seconds: An inspirational story about one woman, with one dream, and one almighty driving passion. Inspired by Australia's first female open bullrider.

Author: Frances Dall'Alba

Publisher: Poinsettia Publishing

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0645116238

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Enjoy this inspirational story about one woman, with one dream, and one almighty driving passion by author Frances Dall'Alba. Triumph, hardship, true grit?and one crazy dream. Grace Lucas knows from an early age that climbing onto a bucking animal and holding on is exactly what she wants. When Grace wins her first poddy ride at the age of twelve but is refused the first prize trophy because she?s a girl, it stirs a fierce streak that won?t rest ? not until she?s allowed to compete in the sport she loves as an equal and be recognised for it. ÿ Erin Blackwater comes into Grace?s life many years after her bull riding days are over, at a time when she has questions and doubts about how her own life is tracking. Employed by a medical research company to record Grace?s miracle recovery, Grace teaches Erin the importance of living life to the fullest without fear or regrets. Or life will leave you behind. ÿ Encapsulating the Australian outback landscape of the sixties and seventies, with a storyline weaving in and out of the present day, this story is inspired by one woman, with one dream, and one almighty driving passion. With every adversity in her way, Grace pushes past the barriers and succeeds in a male dominated sport, and creates a new legend. Eight Seconds is a standalone novel by romance author Frances Dall'Alba. For fans of Amelia Rose, Laurinda Lawrence, Adriana Locke and for those who love The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks, this book inspired by Australia's first female open bullrider is the one for you. It is Australian themed and set in amazing Australian locations.


Ride, Cowboy, Ride!

Ride, Cowboy, Ride!

Author: Baxter Black

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 0762787619

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This hilarious new novel by America’s best-selling cowboy poet, Baxter Black, offers a funny, fast-paced inside look at the lives of rodeo cowboys and the women they love--or that they want to love. Cooney Bedlam is a saddle bronc rider and bull rider who has just fallen in love with the indefatigable Pica DeTroiT, but every time he tries to win her affections, he makes a fool of himself. When she's accused of illegal trafficking in endangered species, after being set up by the diabolical Oui Oui Reese, Cooney and his traveling partner, Straight Line, pull out all the stops to try to prove her innocence and to compete at the National Finals Rodeo.