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|  | | Blindsided: Surviving a Grizzly Attack and Still Loving the Great Bear
Jim Cole's account of surviving a 2007 mauling by a grizzly bear that left him without a face, blind and alone in the wilderness.
Jim Cole has spent years tramping into the depths of places like Alaska, Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park in search of grizzlies, seeing these magnificent, powerful and reclusive animals at their most unguarded—foraging, fishing, caring for cubs, or simply lying in the backcountry sunshine. At times, he’s been surrounded by dozens of bears deep in the wilderness, yet has never felt threatened by these incredible and misunderstood creatures. Even after being mauled by a grizzly in 1993, Jim eagerly trekked annually into the bears’ habitat, armed only with bear spray, his came | |  | | Running On Faith
Triathlete Jason Lester's account of how God, faith and will enabled him to survive the loss of his father and of the use of his right arm to become a world-class distance athlete, ESPY winner and Nike spokesman.
Jason Lester should be dead. In his 34 years he has survived more trials, endured more horrors and surmounted more obstacles than would fit in a Hollywood film. After each upset, letdown, and setback Jason has recommitted himself to pursuing his dream of becoming an accomplished athlete, despite his disability. And, in 2008, he became the first person with a disability to complete the Ultraman (a double Ironman). With the use of only three limbs he biked, swam, and rode 320 miles to the finish line to set a world record. In the year leading up to the 2008 Ultraman competition, Jason raced in t | |  | | The Brand Called You
Co-written with Peter Montoya, The Brand Called You is the definitive guide to Personal Branding for solo practitioners: doctors, lawyers, architects, financial planners, Realtors, etc.
If you're in any business where you ARE the business--where your name is on the door and people come to you for professional service--then you have a Personal Brand. It's the implied promise that your name carries, and it's critical to attracting the best clients and growing your income even when the economy stinks.
The Brand Called You is the ultimate guide to crafting, launching and maintaining a Personal Brand that shapes people's perceptions, endows you with a halo of unbeatable value, brings you the best clients while chasing away the deadbeats, and helps you grow your busines | |  | | The Chimp Who Loved Me
A veterinarian's wife and farmer shares a lifetime of bizarre and hilarious stories about her encounters with animals.
Annie Greer has been a veterinary chiropractor, animal healer, farmer's wife, radio host, speaker and occasional human sheepdog. But mostly, from her childhood in England to today in Florida, she has been a magnet for improbable animal encounters. From being sexually assaulted by a chimp in her shower, to finding a kidnapped flying squirrel, from drunken hamsters to special needs turkeys, her stories are uniformly bizarre, hysterically funny and 100% true. She and co-author Tim Vandehey have collected 23 of the best in this book. |
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