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Room for Improvement by John Casey
PEN/ESPN Award Finalist Spanning more than fifty years of ambitious and wild endeavors, Room for Improvement chronicles John Casey's most peculiar addiction, that of an adrenaline junky. Here we see Casey taking part in an Outward Bound course in Maine during the dead of winter; being pinned by a two-hundred-pound judo instructor; leading a lost couple on a yacht through the rocky waterways of Narragansett Bay by a simple rowboat; and completing--on his seventieth birthday--a 70K marathon of his own devising that included rowing, bicycling, skating, dog walking, and rollerblading. Be it a preoccupation with health or just an indomitably playful sense of adventure, John Casey's insatiable drive is an inspiration to us all-
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For almost 35 years, John L. Casey has served his country, science, and high-tech enterprises. He has served as a White House and Congress national space policy advisor, a space shuttle engineer, a NASA Headquarters consultant, and a consultant to or president of multiple cutting-edge technology start-ups. He is the President of the Space and Science Research Corporation (SSRC), a leading, independent research organization based in Orlando, Florida, United States.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780307700025 |
| ISBN 10 | 030770002X |
| Title | Room for Improvement |
| Author | John Casey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Knopf Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2011-11-08 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Runner-up for Literary Award (Sports) 2012 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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