With Skidding Into Oblivion, his fifth collection, award-winning author Brian Hodge brings together his most concentrated assortment yet of year's best picks and awards finalists, with one thing in common: It's the end of the world as we know it ... and we don't feel fine at all.
With each technique carefully explained and illustrated, this book serves as an accessible resource for all cello players, from talented teenagers to college students, to conservatory professionals. It guides advanced students through technical maintenance and performance preparation, helping them beyond what is often covered in lessons.
What can we learn from leaders in the public and third sectors? This book is unique in that it provides an opportunity for the voices of these individuals to be heard. Each leader considers what leadership means to them, their experience of it, and the complex challenges they face as a result of profound changes in the economy, polity and society.
5 Years on the Road with Girls Gone Wild
In 2002, author Ryan Simkin took a new job as co-production coordinator for Mantra Entertainment, producer of the infamous and iconic Girls Gone Wild videos. Over the next several years, he rose through the company to become GGW founder Joe Francis' right hand man, supervising operations across America for the brand known for getting hot, young coeds to "go wild". This rollercoaster ride is a shocking account of bus tours, Spring Breaks, Mardi Gras, Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll, Celebrities, and ultimately a couple of trips to the slammer. This is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of all of the adventures and antics, from the guy who saw it all happen. From Paris Hilton to Tara Reid to Ashley Dupre, from Eminem to Ashton Kutcher to Snoop Dogg, none of the names have been changed to protect the innocent, because in this "Wild" world...no one was innocent.