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Book of photo essays spotlights essential nature of trucking, down under and beyond
Australian photographer/author Alice Mabinâs exceptional story is one of near-tragedy turned to new appreciation of the essential nature of trucking in all modern economies â her new book, âThe Driver,â trumpets that message.
April 10, 2017
Business
Is your gut in order?
Does Wendy enjoying exercising? Grumpy cat answers, but the MATS2GATS Fitness Challenge is increasingly motivational for her and many others in practicing better health.
April 10, 2017
Channel 19
New book from a familiar hand: Overdriveâs own Wendy Parker
Something that had to happen here on Overdrive, but of course: The debut of George & Wendy Show writer Wendy Parkerâs â100,000 Miles of Crazy: Adventures from the Road with George and Wendy.â The bookâs out now, a compendium of the best of her blogâs first year.
March 14, 2017
Channel 19
Out now: âThe Bison & the Butterflyâ â rollicking sequel to former owner-operator Fred Afflerbachâs âRoll Onâ novel
A road novel of the classic sort, the new book builds on the foundations laid by its predecessor â Afflerbachâs empathic, often hilarious, moving depiction of two generations of men coming back together through lived experience after separation and loss is a master turn in the literary arts.
February 23, 2017
Life
Owner-operator Glenn Kellerâs new book delivers a catharsis
Kellerâs âMoving My Mountains: A Journey to Peace From Codependencyâ chronicles his lifelong struggles with codependent tendencies â the truck as a âsecurity blanket,â a âsafe spaceâ â toward an ultimate peace through faith.
February 1, 2017
Life
Driver Todd McCann puts the âTrucker Dumpâ podcast/blog between book covers
And more. 19-year veteran driver McCann has spent time organizing the book as an effective introduction to the world of long-distance trucking, capturing his whimsical and sometimes sarcastically humorous voice.
July 6, 2016
Channel 19
Monday round-up: 15L option in the making for Cat trucks, another âghost fleetâ debuts
Interesting news bits in a Jack Roberts interview with Caterpillar about its split with Navistar on Cat trucks. And: Tip on the new âGhost Fleetâ novel war-gaming a near-future China-U.S. conflict, techno-thriller style.
August 3, 2015
Life
New kidsâ book from 28-year trucking veteran
Jeffrey Otersenâs âLittle Truckers: Feeling Scrappyâ book for young readers tells the story of a classic living legend of a rig among the trucks of the Shamrock Lucky trucking company in Truckington, Ohio.
February 17, 2015
Channel 19
Two new books for the kids
One from close to home â childrenâs book âPapa Doug Hauls Strawberries and Smilesâ from the TN Trucking Foundation â and former driver Susan Burtonâs âMy Auntie Susan Drives a Big Truck.â
February 10, 2015
Channel 19
âGhost Fleetâ becomes reality in new comic
The new âGhost Fleetâ comics series builds on the notion of such a fleet of âelite combat-trained truckersâ hauling no-touch, no-look cargo. One of them âtakes a forbidden peek at his payloadâ and âuncovers a conspiracy that will change his life forever!â
December 4, 2014
Business
Kenworth T880 promotes literacy
This Kenworth T880 features a 52-inch sleeper and a special Seattle Mariners theme â Aug. 26, it plays a part in a Paccar fund-raising effort outside Safeco Field in support of the Page Ahead Childrenâs Literacy Program in Seattle.
August 26, 2014
Channel 19
Truck stop operatorâs new novel set during the âGreat Warâ
Karen Gettert Shoemakerâs âThe Meaning of Namesâ interrogates the reality German-American communities in the U.S. were confronted with following the outbreak of World War I.
May 27, 2014
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