Meet Steve Adams, who at age 32 was a banking executive and flying high. Everyone was proud of him. And he was dying inside.
Adams had long yearned for something else - a dream that you, too, may harbor in your heart. He had a passion waiting to blossom. He wanted to make it as an entrepreneur in his own business. He wanted to do something meaningful. "Win or lose," he writes, "I knew my only real anguish would be regretting in twenty or thirty years why that young man never just took that chance."
Today, Adams operates successful Pet Supplies Plus stores across the country. His was...

?Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way.? So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

In the city where dreams are chased and memories made, life's seasons hit you with full force - some of which we seek out, some we are lead to. Whether it is the quiet whisper of a fresh snowfall or the renewing birth of spring, this concrete jungle is full of opportunities and astounding realities that not only change your view of the world, but also change your soul. We invite you to walk with us through this book of photos, depicting the seasons of experiences in this grandest of places; a place that will always hold a special place in the world and in our hearts - New York City.

The B-24 Liberator-equipped organization that evolved from its original 2nd Bomb Wing status to a Divisional level commenced operations out of East Anglia in late 1942. Over the ensuing two-and-a-half years it prosecuted the Daylight Bombing Offensive in company with its 1st and 3rd AD contemporaries. Its crews moreover not only operated over central Europe, but in addition flew detachment operations out of North Africa that included the specific and costly assault on the Ploesti oil complex. The title of this book succinctly sums up the importance of the Division's presence within the 8th...