[PDF] Man With A Van eBook

Author : Drew Pritchard
Publisher : Random House
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 34,89 MB
Release : 2021-02-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 147357773X

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Sunday Times bestseller 'When I see something old, that I think is beautiful, special, valuable, it's not about the money. It's about being in another time and place.' Star of TV's Salvage Hunters, Drew Pritchard will go to the greatest lengths for the best deals. He discovered the casts Lord Elgin made of his infamous marbles in a school garage, and broke the bank to buy the tool box Malcolm Campbell used when he set the water speed record in 1934. He made a million. Lost it. And made it again. The face of the compulsively fascinating business of finding and restoring lost treasures, visionary Drew takes us up and down the country, into garages, factories, schools and pubs, digging out incredible items from that 'other time and place'. Then by lovingly restoring them, he brings our history back to life. A flat cap among silver spoons and old school ties, our favourite no-bullshit expert may be a one-off, but his story makes us all dream of that obscure piece of antiquity gathering dust in the garden shed...

Author : William Strauss
Publisher : Crown
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 27,83 MB
Release : 1997-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0767900464

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play—now with a new preface by Neil Howe. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America’s past will predict what comes next. Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or “turnings”—that comprise history’s seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny.

Author : Derrick F. Van Orden
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 17,63 MB
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Life skills
ISBN : 9780692427378

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Being a man is not about what you are, but about who you are. It is about how you chose to live your life. There is a huge difference between being a male and being a man. In this humorous and slightly irreverent book, Derrick Van Orden builds on his 26 years as a Navy SEAL, sailor, father and grandfather to guide the next generation along the path to manhood. Intertwining stories from his extensive career as a frogman, with contributions from subject matter experts ranging from highly decorated fellow Navy SEALs to the Academy Award winning actor Jon Voight, Derrick explains in simple terms how to do the things men across the world used to know how to do - the forgotten art of Manhood: Change a tire; Sight in a gun; Tie a tie; Cook a bat to eat; Throw a punch; Drive like a SEAL; And many more need-to-know man skills.

Author : Brad Gosse
Publisher :
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 46,99 MB
Release : 2020-09-08
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When we think of strangers we picture a van. Sometimes we picture a dirty old man. Sometimes there's candy. Sometimes there's a clown. Sometimes your mom's sick. In a hospital downtown. Strangers don't always appear to be strange. They don"t always look like the peeps on this page. The scariest strangers still offer you candy. But they don't look at all like sex offender randy. Pimps are strangers that aren't very funny. Leprechauns lure you with gold and with money. Creepy is the bee keeper who offers you honey. But whatever happens. Don't trust the easter bunny.

Author : A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 29,87 MB
Release : 1993-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226849928

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Van Riper recreates scientists' first arguments for human antiquity, placing these debates within the context of Victorian science. Using field notes, scientific reports, and previously unpublished letters, he shows also how the study of human prehistory brought together geologists, archeologists, and anthropologists in their first interdisciplinary scientific effort. A vivid account of how the discovery of human antiquity forced Victorians to redefine their assumptions about human evolution and the relationship of science to Christianity.

Author : Jonathan Lopez
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 18,31 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0547247842

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It's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War II: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge Vermeers, one of which he sold to Hermann Goering in mockery of the Nazis. And it's a story that's been believed ever since. Too bad it isn't true. Jonathan Lopez has drawn on never-before-seen documents from dozens of archives to write a revelatory new biography of the world's most famous forger. Neither unappreciated artist nor antifascist hero, Van Meegeren emerges as an ingenious, dyed-in-the-wool crook--a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush. Lopez explores a network of illicit commerce that operated across Europe: Not only was Van Meegeren a key player in that high-stakes game in the 1920s and '30s, landing fakes with famous collectors such as Andrew Mellon, but he and his associates later cashed in on the Nazi occupation. The Man Who Made Vermeers is a long-overdue unvarnishing of Van Meegeren's legend and a deliciously detailed story of deceit in the art world.

Author : Adam Lewis
Publisher : Penguin Putnam
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,82 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Interior decorators
ISBN : 9780670030248

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Interior designers, architects, fashion devotees, and furniture designers will treasure this portrait of Truex. This volume - illustrated throughout with color and black-and-white photographs - is a tribute to one of America's foremost designers."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Angelo Dagnello
Publisher : Intertype
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 25,6 MB
Release : 2021-04-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780645087642

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Born in Italy, Angelo felt that he was living under circumstances that were stifling. He kept asking himself; what kind of man am I? Angelo knew he had to escape so he could find the meaning of HIS life. On his travels, the unique beauty of the many iconic Australian sites was surpassed by the discovery of the joy of love and the despair of heartbreak, the pain of loneliness and the power of Australian mateship. He meets many amazing people, from all walks of life, who know how to give without expecting something in return. Jesse, a young man with Down Syndrome, was one such person who has become Angelo's most cherished "mate". Jesse's mateship saved Angelo's life and now Angelo is returning the love by donating the proceeds from this book to Drown Syndrome Australia so that they may continue their amazing work.

Author : Jane Goodall
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 21,71 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780618056767

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The classic study of primates.