Driving Like Crazy

Author: P. J. O'Rourke
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802199836
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 279

Book Description
The #1 New York Times–bestselling humorist’s tribute to car travel is “a ride worth taking, even for readers who don’t know an oil pan from a frying pan” (The Washington Times). From a veteran of both Car and Driver and National Lampoon magazines, this hilarious book chronicles the golden age of the automobile in America—and takes us on a whirlwind tour of the world’s most scenic and bumpiest roads in trouble-laden cross-country treks, from a 1978 Florida-to-California escapade in a 1956 special four-door Buick sedan, to a thousand-mile effort across Mexico in the Baja 1000 in 1983, to a journey through Kyrgyzstan in 2006 on the back of a Soviet army surplus six-wheel-drive truck. For longtime fans of the celebrated humorist, the collection features a host of O’Rourke’s classic pieces on driving, including “How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink,” about the potential misdeeds one might perform in the front (and back) seat of an automobile; “The Rolling Organ Donors Motorcycle Club,” which chronicles a seven-hundred-mile weekend trip through Michigan and Indiana that O’Rourke took on a Harley-Davidson; his brilliant and funny piece from Rolling Stone on NASCAR and its peculiar culture recorded during an alcohol-fueled weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1977; and an hilarious account of a ride from Islamabad to Calcutta in Land Rover’s new Discovery Trek. “Never in neutral, O’Rourke offers laughter on wheels.” —Publishers Weekly “An insightful look not just at the American love affair with cars, but also at one man’s changing outlook on life, all of it fast-paced and over the top . . . Even readers who know nothing about cars and motorcycles will appreciate the joy and hilarity of this book.” —Booklist

Driving Her Crazy

Author: Kira Archer
Publisher: Entangled: Lovestruck
ISBN: 163375376X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221

Book Description
Cher Debusshere hates being the black sheep of her posh, well-to-do family almost as much as she hates driving which is exactly what she's forced to do when her flight home for her perfect sister's wedding is grounded. Fan-freakin'-tastic. Then a hot guy offers to share both the car rental and the driving duties...only to drive her crazy by assuming she's just some spoiled little rich girl. Mechanic Nathaniel "Oz" Oserkowski is about as blue-collar as they come. There's never been a time he hasn't worked his ass off, and he's determined to prove it to the gorgeous princess in the passenger seat. As the miles pass, they bait and needle each other...until their lust and longing gets so hot it nearly overheats the engine. They have nothing in common. Hell, they can barely stand each other. But sometimes it takes a journey to change the destination... Each book in the Crazy Love series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 Driving Her Crazy Book #2 Kissing Her Crazy Book #3 Loving Her Crazy

People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them the Keys

Author: Dr. Mike Bechtle
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441239626
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
Strange as it may seem, other people are not nearly as committed to our happiness as we are. In fact, sometimes they seem like they're on a mission to make us miserable! There's always that one person. The one who hijacks your emotions and makes you crazy. The one who seems to thrive on drama. If you could just "fix" that person, everything would be better. But we can't fix other people--we can only make choices about ourselves. In this cut-to-the-chase book, communication expert Mike Bechtle shows readers that they don't have to be victims of other people's craziness. With commonsense wisdom and practical advice that can be implemented immediately, Bechtle gives readers a proven strategy to handle crazy people. More than just offering a set of techniques, Bechtle offers a new perspective that will change readers' lives as they deal with those difficult people who just won't go away.

Ma, You're Driving Me Crazy!

Author: Toni Goffe
Publisher: Childs Play International Limited
ISBN: 9780859534017
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
A child explains ways his mother drives him crazy--by telling him to go to bed, or to hurry up, or some such direction counter to his own wishes.

Driving Crazy

Author: Randy Pearson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781725563261
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Jay Naylor thought winning the Crazy Climber auction would be the hard part. Man, was he ever wrong!With his best friend Austin Ridenour by his side, Jay takes to the streets in this wild, hilarious adventure. During their journey from Lansing, Michigan to Weedpatch, California and beyond, they'll run headlong into adversity, desperation and their fair share of lunatics. They'll need every ounce of their luck and ingenuity if they hope to get this classic arcade game, and themselves, home in one piece.Our heroes would rather spend their time seeing the sights, but they can't. They're too busy... Driving Crazy.

This School is Driving Me Crazy

Author: Nat Hentoff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780440085492
Category : Fathers and sons
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
SUMMARY: Twelve-year-old Sam, who has a magnetic attraction for trouble, finds it increasingly difficult to attend the school where his father is headmaster.

The Woman and the Car

Author: Dorothy Levitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile driving
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description

You're on the Crazy Train and I'm Driving

Author: William Means
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1636611796
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 605

Book Description
You’re on the Crazy Train and I’m Driving By: William Means You’re on the Crazy Train and I’m Driving is a story of author William Means’s life so far (age sixty-seven). Means had a very tough time early in his years growing up in a big family in Pittsburgh, PA. In those years he encountered some very trying times. As Means met his future wife things turned for the better. His friends tell him that his stories seem not believable but he can assure you they are real. Means came close to making some very bad decisions along the way and took some wrong turns, but with help from his wife, he stayed on track. Everyone that has listened to his stories has told him to write a book about them, so that’s what he did! Means easily could have ended up on the wrong side of the law but something told him to go with what his wife was telling him and it worked. His stories remind him of the TV show This Is Us but his stories probably are a little juicier. Means is a hard guy Yinzer from Pittsburgh that somehow ended up in Cincinnati with a great family. His readers will learn the true meaning of the phrase

Why Are You Driving Me Crazy?

Author: Jana Edwards
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781635052237
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Author Jana Edwards brilliantly makes the case that the "crazy-making" we experience with our spouses is the best way to achieve positive, permanent change in our lives.Edwards offers a provocative, fascinating look inside the dramas that anyone in a committed relationship experiences. Why dramas? Because our brains so badly need to express what they've held in since childhood, "reliving those old emotions with someone who feels like family again."Edwards uses real-life dramas, chosen from the more than two hundred couples she's treated, to illustrate how to harness and redirect these emotions toward change. She also clearly explains the science behind how our brains choose exactly the right partner for us and how our relationships will help us grow when we engage in, rather than avoid, marital conflict.

Driving Her Crazy (Mills & Boon Modern Tempted)

Author: Amy Andrews
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 1472039424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Book Description
Journalist Sadie Bliss is on a mission to prove herself as a world class reporter. But three things stand in her way... 1.Dangerously mouth-watering photographer Kent Nelson – he’s far too brooding and arrogant.