Hound of the Sea: Wild Man. Wild Waves. Wild Wisdom.

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Author : Garrett McNamara
Genre : Biography & Autobiography

Summary : In this thrilling and candid memoir, world record-holding and controversial Big Wave surfer Garrett McNamara--star and subject of the HBO mini-series, 100 Foot Wave--chronicles his emotional quest to ride the most formidable waves on earth. Garrett McNamara set the world record for the sport, surfing a seventy-eight-foot wave in Nazaré, Portugal in 2011, a record he smashed two years later at the same break. Propelled by the challenge and promise of bigger, more difficult waves, this adrenaline-fueled loner and polarizing figure travels the globe to ride the most dangerous swells the oceans have to offer, from calving glaciers to hurricane swells. But what motivates McNamara to go to such extremes—to risk everything for one thrilling ride? Is riding giant waves the ultimate exercise in control or surrender? Personal and emotional, readers will know GMac as never before, seeing for the first time the personal alongside the professional in an exciting, intimate look at what drives this inventive, iconoclastic man. Surfing awesome giants isn’t just thrill seeking, he explains—it’s about vanquishing fears and defeating obstacles past and present. Surfers and non-surfers alike will embrace McNamara’s story—as they have William Finnegan’s Barbarian Days—an its intimate look at the enigmatic pursuit of riding waves, big and small. Hound of the Sea is a record of perseverance, passion, and healing. Thoughtful, suspenseful, and spiritually profound, McNamara reveals the beautiful soul of surfing through the eyes of one of its most daring and devoted disciples.

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Author : Polina Marinova Pompliano
Genre : Business & Economics

Summary : What distinguishes the truly exceptional from the merely great? After five years of writing The Profile, Polina Marinova Pompliano has studied thousands of the most successful and interesting people in the world and examined how they reason their way through problems, unleash their creativity, and perform under extreme pressure. The highest performers don’t use tricks or hacks to achieve greatness. They use mental frameworks that fundamentally change the way they see the world. They’ve learned how to unlock their hidden genius in order to reach their full potential. This book will help you do the same. After learning from the world’s most successful people featured inside, you will have a mental toolkit to help you tackle thorny problems, navigate relationships, and use creativity and resilience in times of uncertainty.

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Author : Chas Smith
Genre : Sports & Recreation

Summary : A finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell, is surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith’s wild and unflinching look at the high-stakes world of surfing on Oahu’s North Shore—a riveting, often humorous, account of beauty, greed, danger, and crime. For two months every winter, when Pacific storms make landfall, swarms of mainlanders, Brazilians, Australians, and Europeans flock to Oahu’s paradisiacal North Shore in pursuit of some of the greatest waves on earth for surfing’s Triple Crown competition. Chas Smith reveals how this influx transforms a sleepy, laid-back strip of coast into a lawless, violent, drug-addled, and adrenaline-soaked mecca. Smith captures this exciting and dangerous place where locals, outsiders, the surf industry, and criminal elements clash in a fascinating look at class, race, power, money, and crime, set within one of the most beautiful places on earth. The result is a breathtaking blend of crime and adventure that captures the allure and wickedness of this idyllic golden world.

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Author : Kai Lenny
Genre : Sports & Recreation

Summary : A jaw-dropping photographic display of the world of big wave surfing, featuring the biggest and most dangerous waves and the legendary men and women who risk their lives to surf them. Over the last decade, a handful of surfers have been progressing the sport of big wave surfing to new extremes. Kai Lenny, one of the preeminent big wave surfers, offers readers a glimpse into this world. Lenny shares his personal stories and perspectives, and invites over 30 elite surfers—from legends who pioneered the way, to young guns who are the future of the sport—to contribute personal tales of the greatest waves ever ridden. These are the stories we’ve been waiting for: Shane Dorian pushing the boundaries in the gladiator arena of Pe‘ahi (Jaws), Maui; Peter Mel on riding the greatest wave ever caught at Mavericks, California; Keala Kennelly breaking the women’s glass ceiling at the death-defying slabs of Teahupoo, Tahiti; Kai Lenny and Lucas Chumbo’s groundbreaking wins at the incredible Nazaré, Portugal; Brett Lickle’s epic incident at the mystical Pyramids with Laird Hamilton, and many more. Accompanying stunning photographs from the world’s top surf photographers capture the drama of life and death, and the unwavering commitment of these brave extreme athletes.

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Author : 寶琳娜．瑪麗諾娃．龐普莉亞諾（Polina Marinova Pompliano）
Genre : Business & Economics

Summary : 成功之道在於發揮內在潛能。 回答10道關鍵提問，讓你改變自己的命運軌道！ 舞台上魅力四射的碧昂絲曾經害羞又內向， NBA傳奇籃球巨星柯比布萊恩剛出道時也曾茫然， 引體向上世界紀錄締造者戈金斯曾是胖達135公斤的失意中年男子， 世界拳擊冠軍納干諾是家人眼中的壞孩子…… 是什麼讓他們扭轉人生，成為世人欽羨的成功象徵？ 答案是：發掘自己的隱形天賦。 ◎什麼是隱形天賦？ 隱形天賦，就是讓成功人士之所以出類拔萃的特質：它可能是某種思考架構，一個實用的知識，或是一則智慧建言。這些小小的存在，正是締造成功人士成為時代傑出人物的關鍵。 ◎如何發掘你的隱形天賦？ 創意、心理韌性、高效領導、說故事、打造社群……，這些領域都可以是你發掘自己隱形天賦的所在。 ．三個好用的心理工具，讓你像金氏世界紀錄締造者一樣，培養出強大的心理韌性。 ．Shopify創辦人透過讓生活系統化，培養綜觀全局的能力。 ．追求更偉大的目標加上有意義的活動，打造強大社群。泰勒絲就是這樣培養出千萬死忠粉絲！ ◎近60則成功人物小故事，激起你對自己興趣的好奇心，讓你透過實例重新思考成功的定義，領悟成功者的智慧之道。 NU PASTA總經理、職場作家 吳家德 《內在原力》系列作者、TMBA共同創辦人 愛瑞克 品學堂執行長暨《閱讀理解》學習誌總編輯 黃國珍 「Life不下課」主持人 歐陽立中 企業講師、職場作家、主持人 謝文憲 《致富心態》作者 摩根．豪瑟 《原子習慣》作者 詹姆斯．克利爾 —強力推薦 作者簡介 寶琳娜．瑪麗諾娃．龐普莉亞諾（Polina Marinova Pompliano） 曾任職《財星》雜誌，撰寫過1300多篇成功人士專訪，贏得投資家與企業家信任，包括前美國線上董事長史帝夫．凱斯、多次獲選全球最權威女士的梅琳達．蓋茲等，這些經歷讓寶琳娜創辦研究成功人士與公司的媒體機構：The Profile。 譯者簡介 黃瑜安 政大經濟學系畢業，目前於臺大翻譯碩士學位學程筆譯組就讀。熱愛電影、美食和琴酒，從事影視字幕、書籍與各類型文件的翻譯工作，譯有《西方文化的特立獨行如何形成繁榮世界》與《疫苗商戰》。

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Author : Tony Jones
Genre : Biography & Autobiography

Summary : "I have read a lot of books in my life, but never one like this... this captivating memoir will take you places you might never have gone on your own: into the elemental mysteries of life, death, creatureliness, and divinity with someone who has turned from the orderliness of religion to find salvation in the God of the Wild. I'm glad I went." —Barbara Brown Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Church and Learning to Walk in the Dark A pastor walks out of the church and into the woods, in pursuit of the God he's lost. Millions of Americans, disillusioned with organized religion, yearn for meaning and transcendence in their lives, and many of them are finding that in nature. When pastor and theologian Tony Jones, Ph.D., had his crisis of faith, brought on by personal trauma and broken relationships, he sought solace in the outdoors - paddling a canoe, hunting with his dog, butchering deer. When he walked out of the church and into the woods, he left the orderly pews and numbered hymns for chaotic spaces and untamed wilderness. And he re-discovered God — a God who brings peace in the midst of storms, a God who lives in the community of our fellow creatures, a God who's acquainted with death. This is the God of wild places. In The God of Wild Places, Tony mines his own experiences, recent research in evolutionary psychology, and ancient wisdom from various spiritual and philosophical traditions to fashion lessons about solitude, the predator-prey relationship, the importance of place, risk, failure, and death, and the chaotic presence of God. Tony's guidance in The God of Wild Places promises to introduce a generation of Americans to the transcendence available only in untamed spaces; his writing draws on wisdom from Christianity to Buddhism, Kant to Cioran, Jim Harrison to Annie Dillard. This is a journey of loss and discovery through forests and fields, lakes and streams, from knowing to unknowing, from finding to losing — from life to death, and then back to life.

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Author : Henry Mills Alden
Genre : Literature

Summary : Important American periodical dating back to 1850.