01856nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10196872 CaPaEBR 20260707181636.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 070702s2007 nyua sb 001 0deng d 2007275358 0071479260 (pbk.) 9780071479264 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)647676028 HF5384 .P575 2007eb 331.702 22 125775 99741 Piven, Joshua. 170865 The escape artists [electronic resource] : true stories of people who turned their obsessions into professions / Joshua Piven. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2007. xvii, 253 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-243) and index. From fandom to the final frontier -- Wall Street meets special ops -- Freaks, flamethrowers, and phenoms: life in the minors -- Extreme entrepreneurship -- Slop gags and frozen pipes: the circus comes to town -- How to keep a drug kingpin from getting too rich -- Rebels, headhunters, piglets, and other adventures downriver -- You're funny, but can you tell a joke? -- Riding your obsession -- A Harvard physician goes off the grid -- Conclusion: how to make your escape. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Career changes Case studies. 170866 Vocational guidance. 5346 Electronic books. local 190 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10196872 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 125775 99741