Commercial Trucking

Stay on the Road—And Out of Trouble. Driven by Compliance is the go-to playbook for motor carriers, fleet managers, and transportation professionals who want to take the guesswork out of federal safety regulations. Designed to simplify the complex world of FMCSA rules, this guide offers real-world insights, step-by-step strategies, and practical tools for running a compliant, audit-ready operation. Whether you're new to fleet oversight or a seasoned operations leader, you'll learn how to: Build safety management controls that actually work Maintain compliant driver qualification files ...

Even if you have no experience driving or working in the trucking industry, you can still have a leg up on the competition if you know the financial aspects of starting a business. While you’ll need to learn specific requirements and unique demands of the industry, you’ll still have a good idea of running a business and making it a success.

Brought to you by Penguin. Imagine that all around you, hidden from sight, there are thousands of tiny people. They are four inches tall, brave, stubborn and resourceful. They are the nomes. The nomes in this story live under the floorboards of a large Department Store and have never been...

To the thousands of tiny nomes who live under the floorboards of a large department store, there is no Outside. Things like Day and Night, Sun and Rain are just daft old legends. Then a devastating piece of news shatters their existence: the Store, their whole world, is to be demolished. And it's up to Masklin, one of the last nomes to come into the Store, to mastermind an unbelievable escape plan that will take all the nomes into the dangers of the great Outside.

Badly burned and injured, I’ve lost everything. I can’t fight fires anymore, or even ride my bike. I brood, alone, even have thoughts of ending my life. That was when I hit the lowest point and the start of wanting to fight back. I needed someone beside me. I didn’t expect to find a friend in Allie. Was she like the rest of the sweet butts, just wanting to become an old lady? Had she sunk her claws into me, as she thought I was easy? Was she ignoring my scars, just so I’d patch her?

Truckers have long been ingrained in the American popular imagination, celebrated in movies like Smokey and the Bandit and many a country-western ballad. They're also a favorite queer sexual icon, joining such types as sailors, cops, firemen, and other guys who "service society". For some gay men, life on the road conjures up images of hairy, sweaty, blue-collar joes traveling from town to town in their big 18-wheelers, pulling into all-night diners, gas stations, cheap motels, and highway rest stops for sex.