"As quick and smooth as oil." The San Francisco Review of BooksWith his wild recklessness, his magic touch, and his rash ways, Hiram Jameson was a born wildcatter, staking his life and livelihood drilling for oil in unlikely places. But oil would twist Hiram and kill him, and take a price, finally, from his family -- the women who basked in his coppery brilliance, even when they were no longer blinded by the myth of his own creation. An unforgettable reading experience, alive with passion, dark with greed and desperation!

Wildcatting

Nix, Shann

Literature & Fiction

Ballantine Books

A young woman from Texas narrates a tale of her grandfather, Hiram, a heartbreaking wildcatter with a string of women and a life full of adventure

United States

DOUBLEDAY

The world is full of brilliant people whose ideas are never heard. This book is designed to make sure that you’re not one of them. Even for the most self-confident among us, public speaking can be a nerve-racking ordeal. Whether we are speaking to a large audience, within a group, or in a one-on-one conversation, the way in which we communicate ideas, as much as the ideas themselves, can determine success or failure. In this invaluable guide by two of today’s most sought-after communication experts, Peter Meyers and Shann Nix offer a comprehensive approach for tackling the underlying obstacles that almost all of us experience when faced with speaking in public. In As We Speak, you’ll learn to master the three building blocks at the core of their approach: 
Content: Organize the information you want to convey and construct a clear and lucid architecture of ideas that will lead your listener through a memorable emotional experience. 
Delivery: Use your body, voice, eyes, and hands in ways that engage your audience and naturally support your message. 
State: Bring yourself into peak performance condition. Your state is the way you feel when you perform, and it is both the most powerful and most frequently overlooked component of communication. 
Meyers and Nix show how to apply these principles in a wide variety of situations. You’ll learn how to handle difficult face-to-face conversations with colleagues, friends, and family; how to make the best use of e-mail, phone, video conference, and other technology; and how to communicate in a crisis, when all eyes are on you and emotions are running high. Meyers and Nix also emphasize that effective communication is impossible without first becoming aware of your own true goals and personal beliefs, and they offer helpful tools and exercises that will lead you to greater clarity and self-knowledge. 
Accessible, inspiring, and laden with useful tips, As We Speak will help you discover your authentic voice and learn to convey your ideas in the most powerful and memorable way possible.

As We Speak: How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick

Business & Money

Meyers, Peter

Business Culture

Atria Books

A practical and empowering guide to public speaking and becoming a more effective, persuasive communicator in all areas of life. The world is full of brilliant people whose ideas are never heard. This book is designed to make sure that you’re not one of them. Even for the most self-confident among us, public speaking can be a nerve-racking ordeal. Whether you are speaking to a large audience, within a group, or in a oneon- one conversation, the way in which you communicate ideas, as much as the ideas themselves, can determine success or failure. In this invaluable guide from two of today’s most sought-after communication experts, you’ll learn to master three core principles that you can apply in a wide variety of situations: Content: Construct a clear and lucid architecture of ideas that will lead your listener through a memorable emotional experience. Delivery: Use your voice and body in ways that engage your audience and naturally support your message. State: Bring yourself into peak performance condition. The way you feel when you perform is the most frequently overlooked component of communication. Accessible, inspiring, and laden with useful tips, As We Speak will help you discover your authentic voice and learn to convey your ideas in the most powerful and unforgettable way possible.

Wildcatting is the story of a family with a memory. A family with a long shadow. A family with an unbelievable power of forgetting. It is about the death of innocence, & the revenge of an oil well, an abandoned heritage, the eerie, feverish, delicate tales of the American West that have been obscured by the stereotypes of the cowboy & the saloon. Mostly though it's about Hiram, a patriarch who charmed his family to their destruction, & the women who let him do it & how he loved them all. Bewildered by her Grandfather's last act - he tried to cheat his daughter out of an oil well - a young woman sifts through her Texas heritage

Wild Catting

G. K. Hall Audio Books

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As We Speak: How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick

As We Speak: How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick

Wild Catting