Brawn

If you thought Arnold Schwarzenegger put Graz, Austria on the bodybuilding map, how about Stuart McRobert and Nicosia, Cyprus? Imagine, one man, on a Mediterranean island no less, who has the audacity to directly challenge most contemporary bodybuilding advice. Instead of being another me-too bodybuilding book, Brawn is unique: its tone is serious, its manner evangelical, but most importantly, its focus is on things that actually work for the average trainee. "Drugs are evil and the scourge of bodybuilding," says McRobert, in effect "and forget about Mr O-type training -- it just won't work for most people. I'll tell you some things that do work". Brawn has most bodybuilding books beaten hands down in the depth department, but its biggest contribution just might be in breadth: Brawn introduces you to over 90 percent of the factors that will determine your ultimate success in the gym. A very useful book, which can help a lot of people to make tremendous bodybuilding progress.

One look at Brawn, and Becca is wondering how he'd look without his clothes. He's also instantly attracted to her, but has sworn never to touch a human female. When they're both kidnapped and locked together in a cage, Brawn finds himself reliving a nightmare when he's once again subjected to breeding experiments at the hands of New Species' enemies.

A Top Financial Times Recommended Business Book, The Brains and Brawn Company is the grounded, clear-sighted guide you need to blend digital and traditional business functions for long-term competitive advantage Business leaders are continually told they need to embrace digital disruption wholeheartedly to thrive in the 21st Century. Legacy companies, we hear, are all doomed to fail unless they double down on the latest digital innovations, and disruptors are ordained to take over the world. Digital innovation is the answer to everything. False! Nothing in life or business is ever that simple. In The Brains and Brawn Company: How Leading Organizations Blend the Best of Digital and Physical, venture capitalist and Stanford Business School lecturer Robert Siegel brings the digital innovation conversation back down to earth. He shows that, while important, digital is only part of the answer―and it’s never the only answer. The vast majority of successful leaders from both incumbents and disruptors focus as much on things like logistics, manufacturing, and distribution as they do on digital innovation. In fact, many established companies are successfully countering young upstarts in other creative ways, and many new organizations are learning from their older brethren. Siegel shows how to create lasting profits and growth in the smartest way possible: by creating a solid partnership between digital innovation and traditional business operations—in other words, by marrying brains and brawn. He lays out the core competencies that today’s industry leaders have mastered and explains how: Charles Schwab uses cutting-edge analytics to better serve millions of investors without violating its original code of values. Align Technology transformed orthodontia by developing creative new business models along with new products. Kaiser Permanente taps into the power of empathy to improve patient satisfaction while controlling costs. Instacart balances ownership and partnerships to balance the needs of four key constituencies. Target, Best Buy, and Home Depot found different ways to blend the best aspects of physical retail with innovative e-commerce. Desktop Metal is innovating high-volume yet affordable production methods that can revolutionize manufacturing. Filled with original research and case studies of Daimler, 23andMe, Instacart, AB InBev, Google, and many other companies, The Brains and Brawn Company: How Leading Organizations Blend the Best of Digital and Physical provides practical, proven insights and advice for bridging the gulf between digital vs. physical, disruptor vs. incumbent, startup world vs. Fortune 500, and tech culture vs. industrial culture. The Brains and Brawn Company: How Leading Organizations Blend the Best of Digital and Physical provides everything you need to set your company apart from your competitors in real and measurable ways—and take the lead in your industry for years to come.

This is book 1 of the Twisted Ghosts MC trilogy. Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now! I just kidnapped the mob boss's daughter. The plan was simple: Steal the girl. Get the money. Hit the road. But then something unexpected happened… I fell for her. Her mafia daddy f**ked up when he double-crossed me. So now she's gonna pay the price. The boss's daughter is the finest piece of a$$ I've had in a long time. And as long as she's tied up in my basement, waiting for her pops to pay the ransom… I plan on having her again and again. But calling Brittney a handful is an understatement. The chick is feisty as hell. She isn't gonna make this easy for me. That's no problem, though. Breaking her will be half the fun. But then came the worst possible twist for a loner like me and a spitfire like her… We fell for each other. So now, I'm forced to choose: Do I let her go to keep her safe? Or do I start a war to keep her mine?

This is book 2 of the Twisted Ghosts MC trilogy. Book 3 is available everywhere now! I just kidnapped the mob boss's daughter. The plan was simple: Steal the girl. Get the money. Hit the road. But then something unexpected happened… I fell for her. Her mafia daddy f**ked up when he double-crossed me. So now she's gonna pay the price. The boss's daughter is the finest piece of a$$ I've had in a long time. And as long as she's tied up in my basement, waiting for her pops to pay the ransom… I plan on having her again and again. But calling Brittney a handful is an understatement. The chick is feisty as hell. She isn't gonna make this easy for me. That's no problem, though. Breaking her will be half the fun. But then came the worst possible twist for a loner like me and a spitfire like her… We fell for each other. So now, I'm forced to choose: Do I let her go to keep her safe? Or do I start a war to keep her mine?

BEYOND 'ECSTASY' "MDMA temporarily lowers interpersonal boundaries," said the Harvard doctor. "Hex dissolves them." "The potential for abuse, for mind control, is terrifying," said the Berkeley psychopharmacology professor. Outside, packs of painfully thin kids in hex-sign T-shirts--the "hexies"--quiver and murmur and make their telepathic suicide pacts. Someone is trying to destroy a generation. Sarah "Sunny" Randall wants to know who. The investigative reporter on the story for New York's Metro Magazine, 5'3", Radcliffe-educated Sunny is clueless in the deadly world of dealers and underground labs. But Sunny has a secret weapon: Sasha. Her "boyfriend"--a streetwise, 6'3", 250-pound Soviet prison camp survivor and ex-boxer who is friendly with the Greenwich Village Don. Sasha can help Sunny root out the evil mind at the source of hex. But when her ambition and her passion to save the kids get her in too deep, can he save her life?

Beast and Brawn is book 2 of the Hounds of Hades MC trilogy. Book 3, Beast and Baby, is available everywhere now! He ripped me apart like a savage beast. The bad boy biker came to the auto shop to fix things up.. Then he came to my bedroom to break me down. But when someone I trusted turns out to be a monster, I have no other choice: I have to beg the outlaw to protect me. JESSI Rip is an engine, a dynamo, loud and dirty and aggressive as hell. And just like the bikes he loves, he's dying to tear me apart. Piece by piece, bit by bit, he's going to dismantle me – just for his own savage pleasure. But when he's done… He sure as hell isn't going to be the one to put me back together. It's not just my body that's falling apart under the biker's touch, either. My dreams for the future are crumbling to dust at the same time. I thought a college education would be my ticket to the big time. Fame, fortune, the whole nine yards. But it turns out Rip isn't the only beast who's hungering for a bite of me. There's far worse out there, hiding their cruel vices behind friendly faces. And all of them -all of these animals – want one thing and one thing only: To shove me down onto my knees and make me their property. RIP She was a pretty little peach… And she f**king hated my guts from the second I walked in her daddy's chop shop. That only made me laugh. I love a good challenge. And even though she's far from my first vicious conquest… This little vixen will be the most fun yet. Go ahead and resist, I tell her. We'll see how long you last. But then something happened that I never anticipated. Jessi begged me for my help. There's someone else who thinks they can lay their hands on my woman. Hell f**king no. I don't share; I don't play nice. And if this creepy son of a b!tch plans on touching so much as a hair on her head… I'll rally every damn brother in my motorcycle club and we'll bring burning hellfire to his doorstep. I'll make him suffer and plead for mercy. And right before I end him, I'll tell him the one thing in this world that's a pure f**king fact: She. Is. Mine.

Forgotten & Forbidden Foods From Old Cook Books!This extraordinary recipe book will make your eyes water, and, possibly, your mouth! Even if you're dubious about the eating scrapple or head-cheese, it makes a highly entertaining read. Learn how our not-so distant ancestors found a use for just about every part of the cow, sheep, and pig, plus a long list of more unusual species... Plenty of ideas for jaded dinner party hosts with demanding guests!This cookery compilation makes a great novelty gift for epicures and gourmets, a wonderful talking-point for the bookshelf, but also contains invaluable, comprehensive reference material for serious cooks who want to stretch their horizons... How to skin skunk or eel, make a squirrel pie, or bear hams... Here's how to make your own haggis, chitterlings, fagots, black pudding, prepare sweetbreads... plus Peculiar Puddings, Surprising Soups, Sickroom Feasts, Fowl Ideas, plus the proper way to serve molluscs, reptiles and amphibians...

From Ross Brawn—one of the most successful figures in Formula One auto racing—comes a compelling insider’s account of what it takes to win, featuring practical advice for overcoming obstacles and becoming a champion both on and off the racetrack. Formula One racing is a wildly popular global sport with millions of fans and billions more engineering dollars at stake. For four decades, Ross Brawn has been one of the most innovative technical directors and team principals in the high-stakes world of Formula One. He is considered the most successful competitor in the history of Formula One to date, and “the closest thing there is to a certifiable genius” (The Wall Street Journal). Leading Benetton, Ferrari, Honda, and Mercedes, he has worked with legendary drivers such as Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button, and Lewis Hamilton to make them Grand Prix champions. Now, in this fascinating book, presented as a frank conversation between Brawn and fellow Formula One competitor Adam Parr, Brawn reflects upon his career, shares the philosophies and methods that led to his success, and offers lessons that every leader working with teams—at work, play, or home—can use to achieve their own goals, too. Brawn and Parr share details about the unique pressures of Formula One racing and the intense, cutthroat world they inhabited, where coming in second place is never good enough. Just as Phil Knight recounted his accomplishments and devastating setbacks in the building of the Nike brand in the New York Times bestseller Shoe Dog, this book also provides a blueprint for leading teams, imparting lessons such as “Embrace Humility,” “Invest in People and Culture,” “Strive for Simplicity, Manage Complexity,” and much more.