Bøger af Andy Smith

As Battalion Chief Andy Smith was nearing retirement after twenty-four years in the fire service a chance encounter with a survivor of the 9-11 attacks on New York changed his perspective on his past, his present, and his future. In a tribute to this unknown man, and as a parting gift to his co-workers, friends, and family, Chief Smith uses a Blog to relate some of his past experiences. Some are funny, some tragic, but all of them will move you in some way. Past battles with fires, life saving medical calls, working major vehicle accidents, and all of the crazy, unpredictable things that can, and do, go wrong while doing this dangerous job come to life as he looks back over a career that followed the changes in the fire service, and in society, over the past quarter of a century. Andy Smith is a former sportswriter and published a collection of fictional short stories based on his life experiences titled "Tailboards and Tight Boots" in 2006. It spent several weeks on the Amazon Top 100 fiction list and received positive reviews. He has also published articles in several regional and industry magazines.

Do you want to improve your people skills, handle difficult people better, and make your business more effective? These tools from NLP can help you!Business is mostly about dealing with people - so the skills and tools of NLP can help you lead, sell and motivate more effectively. This book brings together advanced models and patterns that will help you at work or in building your business. These include: The 'Levels of Change' model for team building and successful organisational changeThe most useful meta programs for understanding and influencing people in a business contextHow to use Perceptual Positions to deal with and even learn from difficult peopleHow to give feedback effectively, and handle critical feedback resourcefullyWhy you have to change people's emotional states before you can change their mindsHow to run better meetingsThe 123-XL model for successful negotiationsThe CRAFT model for selling and influencing with NLPNLP for leadership... and much more!Get this book today and take your business and leadership skills to the next level!

Is love an enticing game--or just a scary rollercoaster ride? In the summer of 1966, sixteen-year-old Jason goes to work at his Jewish grandfather's penny arcade in Coney Island. While working there, he plunges head over heels for Anna, a beautiful Italian girl. Little does he know what lies ahead. Amid the constant rumbling of a roller coaster and the cacophony of pinball machines, transistor radios, bumper cars, hot dogs and cotton candy, Jason barrels through a dizzying array of twists and turns. Thrilled by the first pangs of love and shaken by his first death in the family, Jason doesn't know which way is up. And if that isn't enough, he clashes with Anna's macho boyfriend and her overbearing father. Along the way, Jason stumbles upon a deep, dark secret which shakes his understanding of the very definition of love and loyalty. While Jason embarks on his Coney Island journey with childlike innocence, will he emerge victoriously or battle weary in a complex adult world?

Varietals of Capitalism shows that politics is an omnipresent part of the economics of wine and of economic activity in general. Based on a four-year research project encompassing fieldwork in France, Spain, Italy, and Romania, Xabier Itcaina, Antoine Roger, and Andy Smith examine the causes and effects of a 2008 reform adopted by the EU.

Why do many athletes risk their careers by taking performance-enhancing drugs? Do the highly competitive pressures of elite sports teach athletes to win at any cost? This book examines drug use in sport and attempts to explain why athletes have over the years used performance-enhancing drugs.

Who makes sport policy and why do we need it? What is the purpose of sport development programmes? This book answers these questions and more by closely examining the complex relationships between modern sport, sport policy and development and other aspects of the wider society.

Examines the complex relationships between modern sport, disability and other aspects of wider society. This book presents an introduction and a critical exploration of the key issues surrounding disability sport in the twenty-first century. It is suitable for students, and professionals working in sport studies, and disability studies.

'Sober in Seven' details each of the seven stages that the author worked through, to wrench his life back from the clutches of alcohol. It offers inspiration, help and hope to anyone else seeking to do the same.