Tim O'Brien

Roller coasters took Dick Kinzel slowly to the top and a $1.24 billion acquisition ultimately, lead to his direst years. During his 39-year career (25 as president and CEO) with Cedar Point and Cedar Fair parks, he built the world's first 200, 300, and 400-foot tall roller coasters. He is responsible for adding more than 35 multi-million dollar scream machines to the company's 11 amusement parks. It was he, who delivered the first shot in the coaster...

Award-winning author Tim O'Brien is embarking on a new mission - to finish one last book. But his return to writing reawakens past struggles -- PTSD, a volatile father, and the ghosts of combat.

In August 2019, discredited journalist Boyd Halverson walks into the Community National Bank in Northern California and steals $81,000 at gunpoint, then brings teller Angie Bing along on an extended ride that reveals the country's flattened morals and morale. Along the way, they're chased by hitmen, angry lovers, an heiress, a billionaire, and assorted others as Boyd seeks vengeance for the wrongs one man did him.

This depicts the men of Alpha Company. They battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives they left back home. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers (the old man who leads them unscathed through the mine field, the girl who grieves while she...

Before writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My Lai, to crawl into the ghostly tunnels, and to explore the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong. Beautifully written and searingly heartfelt, If I Die in a Combat...

Road GrowthA story of sales mistakes, mentors, growth and the road to successA new job. A new city. Little experience.Follow Dominik as he embarks on his first sales role-eager but unprepared. Along the way, he stumbles, learns from seasoned mentors, and discovers how to turn setbacks into stepping-stones. Through trial and error, Dominik begins to shape his own style, unlocking the skills and confidence that lead him to sales success.An engaging...