The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff
Author: Tom Wolfe
Publsiher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2008-03-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781429961325

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From "America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. "Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review) Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure; namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers, that made The Right Stuff a classic.

All the Right Stuff

All the Right Stuff
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Publsiher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2012-04-24
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9780062114280

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New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers tackles the social contract from a teen’s perspective in his novel All the Right Stuff. In one of his most thought-provoking novels to date, Myers weaves together political philosophy, basketball, and making soup in Harlem, with the depth that defines his writing career. After his father is shot and killed, Paul Dupree finds a summer job at a Harlem soup kitchen. Elijah, the soup man, questions Paul about tough life choices, even though Paul would rather be playing basketball. Over the summer, Paul begins to understand the importance of taking control of your life. All the Right Stuff includes a Q&A between Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman, coauthor of Kick.

Left Brain Right Stuff

Left Brain  Right Stuff
Author: Phil Rosenzweig
Publsiher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2014-02-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781847659736

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Dozens of books have been published recently on the errors and biases that affect our judgments and choices. Drawing on cognitive science, their lessons are excellent for many kinds of decisions - consumer choice and financial investments, for example - but stop short of addressing many of the most important decisions we face in management, where we can actively influence outcomes and where competitive forces mean we have to outperform rivals. As Phil Rosenzweig shows, drawing on examples from business, sports and politics, this sort of decision-making relies on mastering two very different abilities. First, the analytical problem-solving skills associated with the brain's left hemisphere; and second, what Tom Wolfe called 'the Right Stuff': the ability to take calculated risks. Bringing fresh and often surprising insights to topics including confidence and overconfidence, the uses and limits of decision models, leadership and authenticity, expert performance and deliberate practice, competitive bidding and new venture management, Left Brain, Right Stuff, the myth-busting follow-up to The Halo Effect, explains how to perform when making even the most difficult decisions.

The New Right Stuff

The New Right Stuff
Author: Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2018-09-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1720273634

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Loretta Whitesides takes you on a deeply personal journey to be the person you have always wanted to be. Whether your mission is to be the first person on Mars, or to be an awesome steward of Spaceship Earth, this book will help train you to be effective, present and connected in your personal and professional life. Filled with stories from across the space industry, exercises and assignments it will guide you as you take the next steps on your path to fulfillment, self-expression and joy.

Right Stuff Wrong Sex

Right Stuff  Wrong Sex
Author: Margaret A. Weitekamp
Publsiher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0801883946

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space program and the rise of the women's movement in America.

Choosing the Right Stuff

Choosing the Right Stuff
Author: Patricia A. Santy
Publsiher: Praeger
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1994-01-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: UOM:39015031820908

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For the first time the history of the psychological and psychiatric evaluation of astronaut and cosmonaut candidates is detailed. The general public and many professionals assume that psychological issues have been and will be extremely important factors in successful space exploration. This book, however, documents how NASA underutilized, downplayed, then ultimately ignored psychiatric and psychological characteristics in selecting astronauts, until very recently.

The Right and Wrong Stuff

The Right and Wrong Stuff
Author: Carter Cast
Publsiher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781610397100

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"Warning: Your career might be in danger of going off the rails. You probably have blind spots that are leaving you closer to the edge than you realize. Fortunately, Carter Cast has the solution. In this smart, engaging book he shows you how to avoid career derailment by becoming more self-aware, more agile, and more effective. This is the book you wish you had twenty years ago, which is why you should read it now." -- Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human The Right -- and Wrong -- Stuff is a candid, unvarnished guide to the bumpy road to success. The shocking truth is that 98 percent of us have at least one career-derailment risk factor, and half to two-thirds actually go off the rails. And the reason why people get fired, demoted, or plateau is because they let the wrong stuff act out, not because they lack talent, energy, experience, or credentials. Carter Cast himself had all the right stuff for a brilliant career, when he was called into his boss's office and berated for being obstinate, resistant, and insubordinate. That defining moment led to a years-long effort to understand why he came so close to getting fired, and what it takes to build a successful career. His wide range of experiences as a rising, falling, and then rising star again at PepsiCo, an entrepreneur, the CEO of Walmart.com, and now a professor and venture capitalist enables him to identify the five archetypes found in every workplace. You'll recognize people you work with (maybe even yourself) in Captain Fantastic, the Solo Flyer, Version 1.0, the One-Trick Pony, and the Whirling Dervish, and, thanks to Cast's insights, they won't be able to trip up your future.

The Right Stuff Comes in Black Too

The Right Stuff Comes in Black Too
Author: Thomas O. Mensah
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2019
Genre: African American inventors
ISBN: 9988285639

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