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Author: Tara Taylor Quinn Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 1472046579 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 400
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Las Vegas is about escape. But the teenage runaways who end up there too often find a world far worse than the one they left behind. A world of prostitution, of danger and fear. One of these runaways is Autumn Stevens, whose half sister, Francesca Witting, comes to Vegas to search for her.
Author: Tara Taylor Quinn Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 1472046579 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
Las Vegas is about escape. But the teenage runaways who end up there too often find a world far worse than the one they left behind. A world of prostitution, of danger and fear. One of these runaways is Autumn Stevens, whose half sister, Francesca Witting, comes to Vegas to search for her.
Author: Gabriel Roth Publisher: Transaction Publishers ISBN: 1412815789 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 581
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The poor health of today's roads--a subject close to the hearts of motorists, taxpayers, and government treasurers around the world--has resulted from faulty incentives that misdirect government decision-makers, according to the contributors to Street Smart. During the 1990s, bad government decision-making resulted in the U.S. Interstate Highway System growing by only one seventh the rate of traffic growth. The poor maintenance of existing roads is another concern. In cities around the world, highly political and wasteful government decision-making has led to excessive traffic congestion that has created long commutes, reduced safety, and caused loss of leisure time. Street Smart examines the privatization of roads in theory and in practice. The authors see at least four possible roles for private companies, beyond the well-known one of working under contract to design, build, or maintain governmentally provided roads. These include testing and licensing vehicles and drivers; management of government-owned facilities; franchising; and outright private ownership. Two chapters describe the history of private roads in the United Kingdom and the United States. Contemporary examples are provided of road pricing, privatizing, and contracting out are evident in environs as diverse as Singapore, Southern California, and Scandinavia, and cities as different as Bergen, Norway, and London, England. Finally, several chapters examine strategies for implementing privatization. The principles governing providing scarce resources in free societies are well known. We apply them to such necessities as energy, food, and water so why not to "road space"? The main obstacle to private, or semi-private, ownership of roads is likely to remain the reluctance of the political class to give up a lucrative source of power and influence. Those who want decisions about road services to be controlled by the interplay of consumers and suppliers in free markets, rather than by politicians, will have to explain the need for change. Street Smart makes a powerful case for the need for change and sheds light on the complex issues involved. Gabriel Roth is a transport and privatization consultant and a research fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California.
Author: Samuel I Schwartz Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1610395654 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 312
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On a Saturday morning in December 1973, a section of New York's West Side Highway collapsed under the weight of a truck full of asphalt. The road was closed, seemingly for good, and the 80,000 cars that traveled it each day had to find a new way to their destinations. It ought to have produced traffic chaos, but it didn't. The cars simply vanished. It was a moment of revelation: the highway had induced the demand for car travel. It was a classic case of "build it and they will come," but for the first time the opposite had been shown to be true: knock it down and they will go away. Samuel I. Schwartz was inspired by the lesson. He started to reimagine cities, most of all his beloved New York, freed from their obligation to cars. Eventually, he found, he was not alone. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, a surreptitious revolution has taken place: every year Americans are driving fewer miles. And the generation named for this new century -- the Millennials -- are driving least of all. Not because they can't afford to; they don't want to. They have better ideas for how to use their streets. An urban transformation is underway, and smart streets are at the heart of it. They will boost property prices and personal fitness, roll back years of congestion and smog, and offer a transformative experience of American urban life. From San Francisco to Salt Lake, Charleston to Houston, the American city is becoming a better and better place to be. Schwartz's Street Smart is a dazzling and affectionate history of the struggle for control of American cities, and an inspiring off-road map to a more vibrant, active, and vigorous urban future.
Author: Richard A. Blake Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813157382 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 360
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New York has appeared in more movies than Michael Caine, and the resulting overfamiliarity to moviegoers poses a problem for critics and filmmakers alike. Audiences often mistake the New York image of skyscrapers and bright lights for the real thing, when in fact the City is a network of clearly defined villages, each with a unique personality. Standard film depictions of New Yorkers as a rush-hour mass of undifferentiated humanity obscure the connections formed between people and places in the City's diverse neighborhoods. Street Smart examines the cultural influences of New York's neighborhoods on the work of four quintessentially New York filmmakers: Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee. The City's heterogeneous economic and ethnic districts, where people live, work, shop, worship, and go to school, often bear little relation to the image of New York City created by the movies. To these directors, their home city is as tangible as the smell of fried onions in the stairwell of an apartment building, and it is this New York, not the bustling, glittery illusion portrayed in earlier films, that shapes their sensibilities and receives expression in their films. Richard A. Blake shows how the Jewish enclaves on Manhattan's Lower East Side profoundly influence Sidney Lumet's most noted characters as they struggle to form and maintain their identities under challenging circumstances. Both Woody Allen's light comedies and his more serious cinematic fare reflect the director's origins in the Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn and the displacement he felt after relocating to Manhattan. Martin Scorsese's upbringing on Elizabeth Street in Manhattan's Little Italy resonates in his gritty portraits of urban modernity. Blake also looks at the films of Spike Lee, whose adolescence in Fort Greene, a socioeconomically diverse Brooklyn neighborhood, exposed him to widely ranging views that add depth to his complicated treatises on power, culture, and race. Lumet, Allen, Scorsese, and Lee's individual identities were shaped by their neighborhoods, and in turn, their life experiences have shaped their artistic vision. In Street Smart, Richard A. Blake examines the critical influence of "place" on the films of four of America's most accomplished contemporary filmmakers.
Author: Bobby Phillips Publisher: Booktango ISBN: 1468962868 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 180
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From cover to cover, “Street-Smart” will inspire, inform and entertain you! A fascinating collection of 57 true stories, (beautifully illustrated with real-life articles and photographs), will enlighten you and demonstrate how you can overcome seemingly impossible challenges and overwhelming odds. “Street-Smart” shows you how to ... Solve Frustrating Problems Turn Negatives into Positives Create Your Own Opportunities Achieve Success through Failure Work Smarter – Not Harder Think Outside of the Box Bobby went to top-rated colleges. Not as a student – but as a keynote speaker! Upon graduating from high school, without any higher education or formal training, he achieved a high level of professional success in an impressive kaleidoscope of careers – and his childhood entrepreneurial achievements are legendary! Starting with endearing tales about “Working His Way thru Kindergarten”, you will see how this positive-thinking, “street-smart kid” became financially independent at age 10! According to Bobby, being born during the Great Depression was a head start advantage. He said, “My single, teenage mother taught me how to survive. Then, I quickly learned how to thrive! Even as a toddler, I knew there was no Santa Claus or Easter Bunny ... but I knew there must be a great and loving God, because He blessed my family with gifts and guidance!” “Street-Smart” proves that using your imagination and uncommon sense will quickly make your life much happier, more independent and financially secure – and Bobby shows you how!
Author: Margo Berman Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 9780742541375 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 237
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Even the most creative minds need stimulation. Inspiration can come from examples of exceptional work, exercises designed to motivate, or time to reflect. The more inventive pieces the mind takes in, the more resources it has to draw from. Street Smart Advertising: How to Win the Battle of the Buzz contains countless examples designed to jump-start the right side of the brain. Margo Berman's book is packed with memorable uses of new media, exciting on-strategy marketing, creative online work, and insightful quotes by giants in the advertising industry. She offers innovative techniques to gen.
Author: Michael A. Fishman Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1440171599 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 76
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"I liked your book. It was easy to read. It was snappy." - Mark Sanborn, bestselling author of The Fred Factor Imagine that you have just been promoted to sales manager and the selected method for your training is through osmosis. This is the gradual, often unconscious, absorption of knowledge or ideas through continual exposure rather than deliberate learning. In short, there is no organized plan or structure to guide you along. The realization that this method of non-training still exists is a perplexing phenomenon. How can the successful manager pass on the legacy of his accomplishments to new proteges and others in a clear, crisp, and easy-to-read format? How can he train them to think like a manager? How can he help them to gain the wisdom of his experience? Michael Fishman is the perfect candidate to answer these questions. His twenty-five years of hard-earned practical knowledge have set the stage for a delightful transfusion of information. The style of "The Street-Smart Manager" is rapid-fire bullet points mixed with clever anecdotes that add some home-grown flavor to help the reader to appreciate the message."
Author: David Mager Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers ISBN: 160509465X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 243
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Based upon creating an intuitive understanding of the principal functions that any organization must engage in, such as facility selection and maintenance, energy and water use, purchasing, and waste disposal, this guide explains how to become a business that respects the environment.
Author: Ian Lyall Publisher: Harriman House Limited ISBN: 0857191004 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 196
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To the outsider the City is still something of a mystery. Independent traders and investors may study the financial pages and log on to websites to read about the markets, yet what they find there will generally give them little concept of the realities of City business.
Author: Tara Taylor Quinn
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Author: Gabriel Roth
Author: Samuel I Schwartz
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