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An Alaskan Adventure, William C. Bill Richardson, Bill Richardson, 2012, 098853116X, 9780988531161 Corky's Courage: An Alaskan Adventure, William C. Bill Richardson, Bill Richardson, 2012, 098853116X, 9780988531161, . Corky and her friend Mark, take a sightseeing flight along Southcentral Alaska’s beautiful and rugged Pacific coast line. Suddenly, they are in a life and death situation. For them to survive, Corky must meet nature’s challenges until someone can rescue them.. DOWNLOAD HERE , , , , . Bill Richardson has lived over 45 years in Alaska, including Territorial days, and has a Bachelor degree in Biology and Secondary Education from the U of Alaska - Fairbanks. He has been a private pilot, Navy Search and Rescue navigator in the Aleutians, survival instructor, public and private school teacher, businessman, commercial and sports fisherman. He lives in Anchor Point, Alaska in a home he and his wife built primarily from recycled materials. Email: billofalaska@hotmail.com or write to P.O.B. 1055 Anchor Point, Alaska 99 More than 45 years in Alaska has given Bill Richardson plenty of life experience — from pilot to fisherman, teacher to computer tech, businessman to sailor. He’s lived in Homer, Seldovia, Kodiak and Juneau, to name a few. As he settled into retirement in Anchor Point, Richardson decided to try something he hadn’t done yet: writing books. After encouraging other Alaskans to write down their experiences, Richardson says he finally decided to follow his own advice. Nearly three years ago he published two e-books, “Corky’s Courage: An Alaskan Adventure― and “Corky and the Alaskan Oldtimer: An Alaskan Adventure Mystery.― This spring, after requests from friends, he had both books printed in hard copy. In the kitchen the reclaimed list goes something like this: wood for the ceiling and ceiling trim, window frames and sills as well as kitchen shelving came from crates and old boards. The Richardsons pulled out any nails and staples, then planed the wood, cut it to size, sanded and finished it with a coat of Varathane. Richardson traded some work for the counter tops and cabinets, which were sanded and then repainted. The sink and faucet are both reclaimed and the gas stove was bought at a garage sale and converted to propane. Everything in the house is built to either meet or exceed the current building codes. The Richardsons have also documented the whole building process and Richardson says he’s thought about writing a book on it sometime. But for now, Corky is enough to keep him busy. He’s already working on her next adventure. “Corky’s Courage, An Alaskan Adventure,― is available for $11.95 and “Corky and the Alaskan Oldtimer: An Alaskan Adventure Mystery― is $18.95. Both can be purchased as e-books at www.thebookpatch.com or in print at the Homer Bookstore, the Homer Farmers’ Market and Anchor Point Natural Foods. Further up the road they are available at the Peddler’s Gift Shop in Ninilchick and the Ninilchick General Store. Sharks are not evil. But they're single-minded and very, very hungry. On land, they take the form of bosses, businesspeople, colleagues, family, and sociopathic neighbors. In the world of former governor of New Mexico and US ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson, they have taken the form of the most powerful people in the world. He's engaged in high-stakes, face-to-face negotiations with Castro, Saddam, the Taliban, two generations of North Korean leadership, and many more of the world's most infamous dictators—and done it so well he was known as the "Undersecretary of Thugs" while with the Clinton administration. Now the 5-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee tells these stories—from Washington, DC, to the Middle East to Pyongyang—in all their intense and sometimes absurd glory. How to Sweet-Talk a Shark is a rare, candid, and entertaining glimpse into an insider's world of high-stakes negotiation—showing Richardson's successes and failures in some of the world's least friendly places. Meanwhile, readers get frank lessons in the art of negotiation: how to prepare, how to size up your opponent, how to understand the nature of power in a standoff, how to give up only what is necessary while getting what you want, and many other strategies Richardson has mastered through at-the-table experience—and from working with other master negotiators like Presidents Obama and Clinton, and Nelson Mandela. These are takeaways that anyone can use to negotiate with the power brokers, dealmakers, and, yes, the hungry sharks in their own lives. How refreshing to read a book written by a bonafide politician with humility and humor - especially at this time when the government is shutdown! I read this book in 2 days and couldn't put it down. Richardson (with the help of Kevin Bleyer's great writing) outlines a career of failures and successes negotiating with all the "bad guys" of the world from Saddam Hussein to the Kim's of North Korea. Although written as a sort of manual on negotiating, I found the personal insider stories of his meetings to be utterly fascinating. I'll definitely be recommending this book to friends. James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk character of the American Old West. Although some of his exploits as reported at the time were fictionalized, his skills as a gunfighter and gambler, along with his reputation as a lawman, provided the basis for his enduring fame. Born and raised on a farm in rural Illinois, Hickok went west at age 18 as a fugitive from justice, first working as a stagecoach driver, then as a lawman in the frontier territories of Kansas and Nebraska. He fought (and spied) for the Union Army during the American Civil War, and gained publicity after the war as a scout, marksman, actor, and professional gambler. Hickok was involved in several notable shootouts. He was shot from behind and killed while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory (now South Dakota) by an unsuccessful gambler. The card hand he held at the time of his death has come to be known today as poker's "Dead Man's Hand". Hickok was born in Homer, Illinois (now Troy Grove, Illinois), on May 27, 1837, of English ancestry.[1] His birthplace is now the Wild Bill Hickok Memorial, a listed historic site under the supervision of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Hickok was a good shot from a very young age and was recognized locally as an outstanding marksman with a pistol.[2] Photographs of Hickok indicate he had dark hair. All contemporaneous descriptions however, confirm he was, in fact, golden blond.[3] In 1855, at age 18, Hickok moved to Leavenworth in the Kansas Territory following a fight with Charles Hudson in which both fell into a canal. Mistakenly thinking he had killed Hudson, Hickok fled the area and joined General Jim Lane's "Free State Army" (or Jayhawkers),[4] a vigilante group then active in the Kansas Territory. While a Jayhawker, he met 12-year-old William Cody (later known as "Buffalo Bill") who, despite his age, was a scout for the U.S. Army during the Utah War.[5] While in Nebraska, Hickok was derisively referred to as "Duck Bill" (especially by business acquaintance, David McCanles, and his associates).[6] He grew a mustache following the McCanles incident (see below), and in 1861 began calling himself "Wild Bill".[7][8] When later recounting his exploits to audiences, he claimed that his nickname until 1861 had been "Shanghai Bill", given to him, he said, by the Jayhawkers because of his height and slim build.[9] Hickok used the name William Hickok from 1858 and William Haycock during the Civil War. Arrested as Haycock in 1865, he afterward resumed using his real name of James Hickok. Most newspapers continued to use the name William Haycock when referring to "Wild Bill" until 1869. Military records after 1865 used his correct name, although acknowledging he was also known as Haycock.[10][11] In 1857, Hickok claimed a 160-acre (0.65 km2) tract in Johnson County, Kansas (in what is now Lenexa).[12] On March 22, 1858, he was elected as one of the first four constables of Monticello Township, Kansas. In 1859, he joined the Russell, Waddell, & Majors freight company, the parent company of the Pony Express. The following year, he was badly injured by a bear while driving a freight team from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, Texas. According to Hickok's own account, he found the road blocked by a Cinnamon bear and its two cubs. Dismounting, he approached the bear and fired a shot into its head, but the bullet ricocheted from its skull, infuriating it. The bear attacked, crushing Hickok with its body. Hickok managed to fire another shot, disabling the bear's paw. The bear then grabbed his arm in its mouth, but Hickok was able to grab his knife and slash its throat, killing it. Badly injured with a crushed chest, shoulder and arm, Hickok was bedridden for four months before being sent to the Rock Creek Station in Nebraska to work as a stable hand while he recovered. The station was built on land which the company had recently purchased from a local, David McCanles.[9] When the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Hickok signed on as a teamster (an outfitter or packer) for the Union Army in Sedalia, Missouri. By the end of the year, he was a wagon-master, but in September 1862 he was discharged for an undisclosed reason.
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