A Biker's Guide to the Open Road


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Dreaming of hot pie and coffee at a favorite back road diner?Know what it's like to fix a bike with bungee cords and electrician's tape?Been to every smoky roadside bar between here and Sturgis?A side-cracking companion volume to A Biker's Guide to the Open Road: Ride it Like You Stole It, this brand new collection of biker wisdom kicks it up with a hundred miles worth of new quotes and quips, plenty of slick black wisdom, and intoxicating humor that goes down smooth after a long day on the highway: There should always be more miles on your bike than your car. The five food groups of motorcycling: gas, oil, nicotine, caffeine, and beer. Speed costs money. How fast is your wallet? In motorcycling, the good guys have names like Pig, Grizzly, Horseface, and Slammer. If you want to be treated like a badass, you have to BE a badass. If you're trying to BE a badass, don't be surprised at how people treat you. The bond between bikers has little to do with motorcycles-its beer. Never stop a fistfight unless it's getting too close to the bikes.No self-respecting biker should be without a copy of A Biker's Guide to the Open Road: Ride it Like You Stole It in their saddlebag.Penny Powers co-wrote Sit Down, Shut Up & Hang On: A Biker's Guide to Life, also published by Gibbs Smith, Publisher, with Chuck Hayes. She rides a 1993 Harley FX Low Rider, teaches nursing at South Dakota State University, and likes to raise peafowl. Powers lives in South Dakota.Chuck Hays has spent the past twenty years as a journalist and writer. He is currently finishing a PhD at the University of Iowa, where he also teaches newspaper and magazine writing. He divides his time between Iowa and South Dakota. His 1989 Harley-Davidson Sportster has been ridden into the ground and rebuilt several times, but he still refuses to buy a larger bike.




The Thief


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After years of working in the family business, Arcadia "Ace" Jones has become a renowned car thief. Trained from a tender age, it's the only life she's ever known. Longing for a future that doesn't hold the promise of prison, she makes the decision to go straight and earn an honest living. But the Marchetti Operation won't accept her retirement, forcing her to complete a job so big it's almost impossible. She's on a tight deadline but an irritating biker dude keeps thwarting her attempts to deliver. Kelly Daniels likes to tinker with bikes and cars. He's content with operating the car restoration business he owns alongside his partners, until an annoying little thief manages to steal a Dodge Charger right out from under his nose. He gets pulled into her treacherous scheme and they form an unlikely bond. When it becomes a race against the clock to pull off the heist of the century or end up behind bars, Ace and Kelly realise they have more to lose than their freedom--each other.




Saving the Preacher's Daughter


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18+ for language and sexual situations. Preacher’s daughter Willow Miller's idyllic life is shattered in a matter of seconds. In the midst of a devastating heartbreak, she’s forced to evaluate everything she thought she believed in and make a choice...the man she thinks she knows or the man who sets her heart aflame. Finn 'Dash' Lloyd doesn’t “do” good girls. He’s a newly patched member of the Dogs of Fire Motorcycle Club, and he’s enjoying all the perks that come with it. But when he finds himself thrust into the unwanted role of guardian, he realizes the good girl that captures his heart might just save his soul. But Dash needs to figure out how to protect Willow from a threat buried deep in her past before it's too late.




Grindin'


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Kennedy Sanchez is a 22-year-old |round the way girl| with a heart of gold. After partying in Las Vegas, Kennedy and her cousin Nina fly back home to New York. That night, Nina's kids call Kennedy to tell her that Nina's boyfriend is beating her. Kennedy rushes to help but it's too late - Nina dies in Kennedy's arms after making her promise to take care of her kids. Then Kennedy is offered a chance to become a rapper and leave the streets behind. But once she's in the music world, she realises that the scenery may have changed but the hustle is still the same.




One Percenter


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From the editor-in-chief of Easyriders magazine, One Percenter presents an unprecedented social analysis of American outlaw biker culture. A longtime biker and self-proclaimed nonconformist, Dave Nichols is not a subtle man. “Bikers are the last wolves in a land of sheep,” he affirms—but the motivations of today’s biking culture stretch far back into the annals of human history. One Percenter: The Legend of the Outlaw Biker illuminates the origins of rebel mentality, which began far outside of cycling: with groups from the Mongols and Huns to the Vikings, from pirates to the gunslingers of the Old West. In his signature no-nonsense style, Nichols traces his own defiant mindset from ancient times all the way into the modern era, where this one-percenter perspective is best embodied by outlaw bikers. As biographical as it is insightful, One Percenter also touches on the iconic Harley-Davidson motorcycle, gives a brief history of Easyriders magazine, and unapologetically criticizes the U.S. media for what Nichols views as a biased, unfairly negative portrayal of motorcycle clubs. Complete with an exclusive collection of photographs taken by Kim Peterson, editor of In The Wind magazine, this book offers a fascinating and analytical discussion of the rebel ethos that has become a staple of American popular culture.




Kickstart My Heart


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What happens when a rock star on the rise falls for an actress hiding an explosive secret? Kickstart My Heart is the first book in a brand new trilogy from USA Today bestselling author Autumn Jones Lake. You’re in for a red-hot opposites attract romantic adventure filled with a swoonworthy bad boy, seedy Hollywood tales, lots of steam, and a couple determined to defy the odds! A rock star on the rise. I might have been born and raised in a motorcycle club, but until my father and MC prez calls me home, the guitar is my mistress, my band is my temporary family and fame is my drug of choice. I wasn’t expecting Mallory. She provokes every one of my protective instincts. Anyone who tries to extinguish her spark will answer to my fists. Unfortunately, this is Hollywood where sleazeballs are crawling over each other to tarnish girls like Mallory. An actress on the run. With my father behind bars, I’m in control of my life for the first time. In search of stardom and a connection to my past, I escape across the country to the one place I can make my dreams come true. I wasn’t looking for love. Or even lust. But Chaser helps make me feel safe. And thanks to the dangerous secret I’m keeping, I need his protection even more than he knows. Off-the-charts chemistry. Hollywood, fame, and love don’t always mix, but we were made for each other. We’ll defy the odds—and the people trying to tear us apart. USA Today bestselling author Autumn Jones Lake invites you to follow her back in time. All the way back to 1989 in Kickstart My Heart, the first book in a brand new trilogy. Topics include: 1980s, 80s, eighties, romance, adventure, heavy metal music, Los Angeles, motorcycle clubs, rock stars, Hollywood actresses, casting couch, friendships, loyalty, family, mafia, criminal underworld




A Speaker's Guidebook


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A Speaker’s Guidebook is the best resource in the classroom, on the job, and in the community. Praised for connecting with students who use and keep it year after year, this tabbed, comb-bound text covers all the topics typically taught in the introductory course and is the easiest-to-use public speaking text available. In every edition, hundreds of instructors have helped us focus on the fundamental challenges of the public speaking classroom. Improving on this tradition, the fifth edition does even more to address these challenges with stronger coverage of overcoming speech anxiety, organizing and outlining, and more. And as the realties of public speaking change, so does A Speaker’s Guidebook; the new edition also focuses on presentational speaking in a digital world — from finding credible sources online to delivering presentations in a variety of mediated formats. Read the preface.




Ruined by the Outlaw


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This is book 3 and the finale of the Storm's Angels MC series! I stole his money. He stole my heart. I knew the consequences when I took the mission. But I tried to rob the biker president anyways. He caught me, and now I’m his. His toy. His hostage. His wife. CLARA When my boss orders me to steal from the Storm’s Angels MC, I’m wary. I’ve been around this city long enough to have heard the stories about the bikers and their leader. They say Mason is bad. Brutal. Brilliant. Seductive. And now, I’m about to find out for myself. Because somehow, he knew I was coming. And I walked right into his trap. Now, I’m tied to a chair in his basement, stripped bare, with nothing but my body to offer. Mason is relentless. He wants to know who sent me, and why. I know that if I give up my employer, I’m dead meat. But Mason makes me want to abandon my old life and fall headlong into his. I’m caught between old loyalties and new ones. Between my head and my heart. Between the mafia man who put my skills to use… And the gorgeous outlaw who’s using me for his pleasure. MASON I’ll never stop in my quest to make the Storm’s Angels the most powerful MC in the city. I’ve spent years honing a reputation that makes my enemies quiver at my approach. None dared cross me. Until her. Clara tried to steal my possessions from my club. But her bright blue eyes and long, flawless legs make me want to steal the breath from her lungs instead. I want to make her scream and moan. To claim her as mine. And when I realize that seducing her will bring me closer to discovering which of my enemies sent her… Playtime begins. I just didn’t expect that I’d never want it to end. That I’d want her in my bed for eternity. And when she’s taken from me, nothing will stop me from stealing her back. Because, if she’s anyone’s thief… She’s MINE. *** Do you love bad boy mafia romance series with unexpected twists? Then you’ll love RUINED BY THE DEVIL by bestselling dark bad boy romance author Sophia Gray. This MC mafia romance series has sex, romance, action, and excitement on every page. You’ll fall in love with the bad boy alpha male biker and the mafia thief girl he captures. Their chemistry flies off your screen and melts your heart. Check out this new adult contemporary romance today!




A Speaker's Guidebook with The Essential Guide to Rhetoric


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"A Speaker's Guidebook" is the best resource in the classroom, on the job, and in the community. Praised for connecting with students who use and keep it year after year, this tabbed, comb-bound text covers all the topics typically taught in the introductory course and is the easiest-to-use public speaking text available. In every edition, hundreds of instructors have helped us focus on the fundamental challenges of the public speaking classroom. Improving on this tradition, the fifth edition does even more to address these challenges with stronger coverage of overcoming speech anxiety, organizing and outlining, and more. And as the realties of public speaking change, so does "A Speaker's Guidebook"; the new edition also focuses on presentational speaking in a digital world -- from finding credible sources online to delivering presentations in a variety of mediated formats. -- From product description.




The Mammoth Book of Bikers


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The definitive collection of first-hand accounts of the world's outlaw motorcycle gangs, with contributions by Sonny Barger, Hunter S. Thompson, Ed Winterhalder, William Queen and many more Outlaw bikers consider themselves 'the last free people in society', unconstrained by the regulations that hem in ordinary citizens. And they guard their privacy jealously. Drawing on seventeen years of studying and participating in biker culture, the author has compiled this one-of-a-kind collection of original biker writing. Here are insider accounts of landmark incidents in biker folklore, including reprints of classic writing from biker-originated magazines, handouts, websites and books. Gangs featured include the Bandidos, the Hells Angels, Henchmen MC, the Outlaws, the Mongols, the Annihilators, the Diablos, the Gypsy Jokers, the Rebels, the Straight Satans and the Vagos. And with contributors such as Freewheelin' Frank (one-time secretary of the Hells Angels), Edward Winterhalder (among the most powerful members of the Bandidos) and Sonny Barger (founder of the Hells Angels). Also included are those rare accounts by outsiders who have succeeded in 'looking in' on the gangs: Hunter S. Thompson's Hells Angels: A Strange and Terrible Modern Saga; writing by William Queen, the undercover agent who infiltrated America's violent outlaw motorcycle gang the Mongols; and Daniel R. Wolf's account of riding with the Rebels.