Getting Up

Download or read book Getting Up written by Craig Castleman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1984-04-26 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Getting Up" is the term used by graffiti "artists" to describe their success in making their mark on the New York subway system. Through candid interviews, New Yorker Craig Castleman documents the inside story of the lives and activities of these young graffitists.

Download or read book Slow Getting Up written by Nate Jackson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One man's odyssey into the brutal hive of the National Football League As an unsigned free agent who rose through the practice squad to the starting lineup of the Denver Broncos, Nate Jackson took the path of thousands of unknowns before him to carve out a professional football career twice as long as the average player. Through his story recounted here—from scouting combines to preseason cuts to byzantine film studies to glorious touchdown catches—even knowledgeable football fans will glean a new, starkly humanized understanding of the NFL's workweek. Fast-paced, lyrical, dirty, and hilariously unvarnished, Slow Getting Up is an unforgettable look at the real lives of America's best athletes putting their bodies and minds through hell.

Download or read book I Am Not Going To Get Up Today! written by Dr. Seuss and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1987-10-12 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Seuss's hilarious Beginner Book about a boy who refuses to get out of bed! NOTHING is getting the young hero of this easy-reader out of bed—not an alarm clock, roosters, barking dogs, the police, the news media, or the United States Marines! With illustrations by beloved New Yorker cartoonist James Stevenson—and a plot that children and adults can relate to—this is a funny fantasy that the whole family can enjoy together! Beginner Books are fun, funny, and easy to read! Launched by Dr. Seuss in 1957 with the publication of The Cat in the Hat, this beloved early reader series motivates children to read on their own by using simple words with illustrations that give clues to their meaning. Featuring a combination of kid appeal, supportive vocabulary, and bright, cheerful art, Beginner Books will encourage a love of reading in children ages 3–7. "A rhyming story that is full of laughs." —Booklist

Download or read book The 5AM Club written by Robin Sharma and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity. Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness. Through an enchanting—and often amusing—story about two struggling strangers who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor, The 5am Club will walk you through: How great geniuses, business titans and the world’s wisest people start their mornings to produce astonishing achievements A little-known formula you can use instantly to wake up early feeling inspired, focused and flooded with a fiery drive to get the most out of each day A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth A neuroscience-based practice proven to help make it easy to rise while most people are sleeping, giving you precious time for yourself to think, express your creativity and begin the day peacefully instead of being rushed “Insider-only” tactics to defend your gifts, talents and dreams against digital distraction and trivial diversions so you enjoy fortune, influence and a magnificent impact on the world Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5am Club is a work that will transform your life. Forever.

Download or read book Getting Up and Down written by Tom Watson and published by Random House. This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the most difficult and important shots in golf and how to score well from forty yards and in. 118,000 sold to date.

Download or read book Getting Up! written by Greg Conderacci and published by Gregory Conderacci. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want More Energy? What would you do with more energy? Getting UP! will help you generate extra energy to: - Accomplish more in less time. - Reduce stress. - Balance your career and lifestyle. This book is about getting UP! -- the energy to be ready, willing and able to live the successful life you want. Like the thousands who have taken Greg Conderacci's energy seminars, you'll learn why: - Managing your energy, not your time, is the way to go; - Getting more energy isn't about what you drink...it's about what you think; - Driving a stake through the hearts of the vampires sucking your life away might help; - Supercharging your energy is easier and more fun than you think. Greg Conderacci is a marketing consultant and a former Wall Street Journal reporter, non-profit entrepreneur, and investment bank chief marketing officer. In Getting UP!, he brings you the same skills he teaches at a top graduate school and Fortune 500 companies. Lots of people promise better performance...Greg proves it. Using his energy techniques, in 2015 he rode a bicycle across America in just 18 days -- averaging 150 miles a day. What could you do with that kind of energy?

Download or read book Me and My So-Called Friends written by Sharon Neiss-Arbess and published by Love & Lifestyle Publishing Group. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a teen girl is left alone without any friends, it's like nothing else matters.It's August and 15-year-old Lizzie Stein has returned from camp to start ninth grade. The moment she steps foot onto her pink plush rug in her bedroom and tries to reconnect with her three best friends, she begins to realize that they suddenly don't seem like the friends she used to know. Then there's math class that makes her all dizzy while keeping her stomach turned into the perfect knot! One night at a party, Lizzie meets the guy of her dreams but ends up being ridiculed by her so-called friends, and they won't let her get away with what she has done--and to whom. How far will Lizzie's so-called friends go to punish her? How much can she take? Who will show up during all of this turmoil to help her get back on her feet?