The Man Who Loved Power

The Man Who Loved Power
Title The Man Who Loved Power PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Terry Smith
Pages 518
Release
Genre
ISBN

Download The Man Who Loved Power Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The Men Who Loved Trains

The Men Who Loved Trains
Title The Men Who Loved Trains PDF eBook
Author Rush Loving
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 383
Release 2006-05-21
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0253000645

Download The Men Who Loved Trains Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

An award-winning account of a crisis in railroad history: “This absorbing book takes you on an entertaining ride.” —Chicago Tribune A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land—America’s railroads—The Men Who Loved Trains introduces the chieftains who have run the railroads, both those who set about grabbing power and big salaries for themselves, and others who truly loved the industry. As a journalist and associate editor of Fortune magazine who covered the demise of Penn Central and the creation of Conrail, Rush Loving often had a front-row seat to the foibles and follies of this group of men. He uncovers intrigue, greed, lust for power, boardroom battles, and takeover wars and turns them into a page-turning story. He recounts how the chairman of CSX Corporation, who later became George W. Bush’s Treasury secretary, managed to make millions for himself while his company drifted in chaos. Yet there were also those who loved trains and railroading—and who played key roles in reshaping transportation in the northeastern United States. This book will delight not only the rail fan, but anyone interested in American business and history. Includes photographs

The Power of One Man

The Power of One Man
Title The Power of One Man PDF eBook
Author Ron Archer
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 210
Release 2021-02-16
Genre Religion
ISBN 1684511437

Download The Power of One Man Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

What can one man do? History is filled with world-changing events that turned on the hinge of a single person taking action. Their decisions and words shaped the world later generations came to inhabit. In The Power of One Man, author Ron Archer examines biblical figures who changed the world in which they lived, then applies those lessons to the challenges men face today—deftly weaving the narrative with stories of both failure and success in his own life in a way that is not only educational, but inspirational. Most of the social problems in our culture stem from an epidemic of fatherlessness. But as Ron’s own life demonstrates, God has a plan to redeem and restore those areas by redeeming and restoring men themselves—one individual at a time. What can God do with just one man? Anything He wants to—if you let Him.

The Man Who Loved Birds

The Man Who Loved Birds
Title The Man Who Loved Birds PDF eBook
Author Fenton Johnson
Publisher University Press of Kentucky
Pages 329
Release 2016-03-04
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0813166616

Download The Man Who Loved Birds Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Having taken great risks—to immigrate to America, to take monastic vows—Bengali physician Meena Chatterjee and Brother Flavian are each seeking safety and security when they encounter Johnny Faye, a Vietnam vet, free spirit, and expert marijuana farmer. Amid the fields and forests of a Trappist monastery, Johnny Faye patiently cultivates Meena's and Flavian's capacity for faith, transforming all they thought they knew about duty and desire. In turn they offer him an experience of civilization other than war and chaos. But Johnny Faye's law-breaking sets him against a district attorney for whom the law is a tool for ambition rather than justice. Their confrontation leads to a harrowing reckoning that ensnares Dr. Chatterjee and Brother Flavian, who must make a life-or-death choice between an act of justice that may precipitate their ruin or a betrayal that offers salvation. Inspired by the real-life state police kidnapping and murder of a legendary storyteller and petty criminal, The Man Who Loved Birds engages pressing contemporary issues through a timeless narrative of ill-fated romance. Celebrated author Fenton Johnson has woven a seamless, haunting fable exploring the eternal conflicts between free will and destiny, politics and nature, the power of law and the power of love.

The Man Who Loved Children

The Man Who Loved Children
Title The Man Who Loved Children PDF eBook
Author Christina Stead
Publisher Open Road Media
Pages 733
Release 2012-10-23
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1453265252

Download The Man Who Loved Children Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

“This crazy, gorgeous family novel” written at the end of the Great Depression “is one of the great literary achievements of the twentieth century” (Jonathan Franzen, The New York Times). First published in 1940, The Man Who Loved Children was rediscovered in 1965 thanks to the poet Randall Jarrell’s eloquent introduction (included in this ebook edition), which compares Christina Stead to Leo Tolstoy. Today, it stands as a masterpiece of dysfunctional family life. In a country crippled by the Great Depression, Sam and Henny Pollit have too much—too much contempt for one another, too many children, too much strain under endless obligation. Flush with ego and chilling charisma, Sam torments and manipulates his children in an esoteric world of his own imagining. Henny looks on desperately, all too aware of the madness at the root of her husband’s behavior. And Louie, the damaged, precocious adolescent girl at the center of their clashes, is the “ugly duckling” whose struggle will transfix contemporary readers. Named one of the best novels of the twentieth century by Newsweek, Stead’s semiautobiographical work reads like a Depression-era The Glass Castle. In the New York Times, Jonathan Franzen wrote of this classic, “I carry it in my head the way I carry childhood memories; the scenes are of such precise horror and comedy that I feel I didn’t read the book so much as live it.”

The Power of a Man

The Power of a Man
Title The Power of a Man PDF eBook
Author Rick Johnson
Publisher Revell
Pages 208
Release 2009
Genre Psychology
ISBN 0800732499

Download The Power of a Man Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Rick Johnson equips men to be the powerful and influential men God created them to be, as husbands, fathers, and world-changers.

No One Man Should Have All That Power

No One Man Should Have All That Power
Title No One Man Should Have All That Power PDF eBook
Author Amos Barshad
Publisher Abrams
Pages 263
Release 2019-04-09
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1683355253

Download No One Man Should Have All That Power Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

In this exploration of shadowy, behind-the-scenes operators, “each portrait provides an incisive dissection of the acquisition and maintenance of power” (The Nation). Journalist Amos Barshad has long been fascinated by the powerful. But not by elected officials or natural leaders—he’s interested in the dark figures who wield power from the shadows. And, as Barshad shows in No One Man Should Have All That Power, these master manipulators are not confined to political backrooms. They can be found anywhere—from Hollywood to drug cartels, recording studios, or the NFL. In this wide-ranging, insightful exploration of the phenomenon, Barshad takes readers into the lives of more than a dozen notorious figures, starting with Grigori Rasputin himself. The Russian mystic drank, danced, and healed his way into a position of power behind the last of the tsars. Based on interviews with well-known personalities like Scooter Braun (Justin Bieber’s manager), Alex Guerrero (Tom Brady’s trainer), and Sam Nunberg (Trump’s former aide) and original reporting on figures like Nicaragua’s powerful first lady Rosario Murillo and the Tijuana cartel boss known as “Narcomami,” Barshad investigates a variety of modern-day Raputins. He explores how they got there, how they wielded control, and what lessons we can take from them, including how to spot Rasputins in the wild.