Scumbags

Scumbags PDF Author: John W Buttner
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1645445917
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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Scumbags is a crime thriller and drama with an underlying romantic subplot about four teenagers in a small working-class city where only the strongest, smartest, and sometimes dirtiest survive. Two of the four boys are brothers, while all four of them have suffered less-than-ideal circumstances on the home front. The four Scumbags, as they come to be called, do any and everything necessary to survive. One night, the four lifelong friends attempt to carjack a drunken stranger to help advance their small-time marijuana business. When the stranger decides to try his luck, he is accidentally shot. The boys flee in the stolen car but end up in a terrible car accident, where the driver, who happened to have planned the crime himself, ends up stuck in the wreckage. He tells the others to run and to save themselves, as the police sirens in the distance are rapidly approaching. They reluctantly do as he wishes and leave him to the police. He is sentenced to four years for aggravated assault and grand theft auto. In his absence, the remaining Scumbags take their criminal activities to the next level, swapping out their marijuana for heroin. They also involve themselves in a kidnapping and extortion ring, where they target rich and powerful men with dirty and dark secrets. They use the secrets, along with the kidnapping of their target's child or children, to extort large sums of money and make sure they stay silent. Once their fourth member is released at the age of eighteen, he is quickly thrown into the fire with both of their new business dealings. They pick a rich and powerful man for their last target. By then, they'll have earned enough money to gracefully bow out of the streets for good and turn to legitimate ways of earning income. Their target has other plans than to concede to them and has his men prepare for war, while the leader of the Scumbags unwillingly falls in love with their target's daughter, who happens to be their hostage. The two form a bond that is undeniable and causes them to question everything they know about themselves. The drama reaches its boiling point during the hostage and money exchanges when an old jailhouse beef resurfaces and causes the death toll the quickly rise. In the end, there are only two survivors. The two young lovebirds must quickly decide what they will choose to do with their suddenly at-risk lives. Do they part ways and listen to their brains, or do they run off together, following their hearts to wherever that may take them? There is a sequel to Scumbags, titled "Scumbags 2 LIAR (Loyalty Isn't Always Real)" that I have written, and it needs only to be edited for the final draft if there should be interest in one.

Scumbags

Scumbags PDF Author: John W Buttner
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1645445917
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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Book Description
Scumbags is a crime thriller and drama with an underlying romantic subplot about four teenagers in a small working-class city where only the strongest, smartest, and sometimes dirtiest survive. Two of the four boys are brothers, while all four of them have suffered less-than-ideal circumstances on the home front. The four Scumbags, as they come to be called, do any and everything necessary to survive. One night, the four lifelong friends attempt to carjack a drunken stranger to help advance their small-time marijuana business. When the stranger decides to try his luck, he is accidentally shot. The boys flee in the stolen car but end up in a terrible car accident, where the driver, who happened to have planned the crime himself, ends up stuck in the wreckage. He tells the others to run and to save themselves, as the police sirens in the distance are rapidly approaching. They reluctantly do as he wishes and leave him to the police. He is sentenced to four years for aggravated assault and grand theft auto. In his absence, the remaining Scumbags take their criminal activities to the next level, swapping out their marijuana for heroin. They also involve themselves in a kidnapping and extortion ring, where they target rich and powerful men with dirty and dark secrets. They use the secrets, along with the kidnapping of their target's child or children, to extort large sums of money and make sure they stay silent. Once their fourth member is released at the age of eighteen, he is quickly thrown into the fire with both of their new business dealings. They pick a rich and powerful man for their last target. By then, they'll have earned enough money to gracefully bow out of the streets for good and turn to legitimate ways of earning income. Their target has other plans than to concede to them and has his men prepare for war, while the leader of the Scumbags unwillingly falls in love with their target's daughter, who happens to be their hostage. The two form a bond that is undeniable and causes them to question everything they know about themselves. The drama reaches its boiling point during the hostage and money exchanges when an old jailhouse beef resurfaces and causes the death toll the quickly rise. In the end, there are only two survivors. The two young lovebirds must quickly decide what they will choose to do with their suddenly at-risk lives. Do they part ways and listen to their brains, or do they run off together, following their hearts to wherever that may take them? There is a sequel to Scumbags, titled "Scumbags 2 LIAR (Loyalty Isn't Always Real)" that I have written, and it needs only to be edited for the final draft if there should be interest in one.

Scumbags Act I

Scumbags Act I PDF Author: Emilios Kyriacou
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 335

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A blistering space adventure, Scumbags Act I tells the story of a group of wormhole travelling misfits, Helter, Skelter, Hocus and Pocus, who along with a bored biologist, an acoustical master and Bobby the Ink, band together to fight the ultimate cataclysm. An imploding Universe. But a powerful adversary, Baram Baram the Ink dictator, wants to profit from their failure and aims to enslave all known worlds. As they bounce from one planet to another, leaving behind a trail of comedy and destruction, various gangs and armies are yet to decide which side to take. However, the balance of power is thrown off when Queen Bon Bon and her army of magnificent maiden warriors follow the money and declare war on the Scumbags. The part of space in which the Big Bang occurred, will witness the greatest battle ever fought among all known worlds, as they try to get their hands on the antimatter in order to weaponize it. But Sonny, the abducted museum curator (don't get me started), has other plans. You gotta love those Scumbags.

SCUMBAG: The Education of an American Officer

SCUMBAG: The Education of an American Officer PDF Author: John R. Oreskovich
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0999319205
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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Ft. Benning and the Infantry School produced thousands of officers for the Vietnam War as it did in World War II and the Korean War. Scumbag, the Making of an American Officer recounts the experiences of John Oreskovich in Ft. Benning¿s Infantry Officer Candidate School Class 4-72. This class, which graduated 12 July 1972, sent 126 commissioned officers into the United States Army. He would later return to Ft. Benning to go through Airborne School, after attending Air Defense Officer training at Ft. Bliss.This book recounts those days of intense preparatory training, written with a touch of humor and sometimes distain for what was endured: the countless push-ups, running everywhere for six months in combat boots, and the attention to detail piled on by the ever-present tactical officers. Attention to detail was a course in verbal harassment applied by the TACS of 51st Company: ¿hey you, Scumbag¿ or ¿you Scumbag¿¿

The Scumbag Vol. 1: Cocainefinger

The Scumbag Vol. 1: Cocainefinger PDF Author: Rick Remender
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN: 153432027X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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The fate of the world rests in the hands of the worst person on it! From New York Times bestselling writer RICK REMENDER and a murderers’ row of all-star artistic talent, comes the story of Ernie Ray Clementine—a profane, illiterate, drug-addicted biker with a fifth-grade education who accidentally received a power-imbuing serum making him the world’s most powerful super spy. He is a relic of a bygone era, the living embodiment of sex, drugs, and rock and roll—so this doesn’t make things easy for the spy organization that needs his help as they bribe, cajole, and manipulate him to choose between his own self-interests and doing what's right. Collects THE SCUMBAG #1-5

Scumbag Rehab

Scumbag Rehab PDF Author: Corey Croft
Publisher: Fly Pelican Press
ISBN: 199907307X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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You hear all kinds of stories in a bar. All kinds of characters with all kinds of experiences. Booze is a mighty fuel. It brings out the best in some and the worst in every one else. If you post up on a barstool long enough, you might hear someone’s entire life story, whether you asked for it or not. If that barstool happens to be plugged into the wood at the Knowlton Tavern, then the story you would be hearing might belong to James ‘Feb’ February. Only at a dive bar full of the most desperate, strange societal castaways could an individual such as him share a story like his. As a former cop, convict, drug dealer, drug addict, an army veteran, a once loving father and husband, and recently homeless, Feb has a lot of stories. Upon the insistence of the bartender, Sofia, he revisits his earliest memories: A latchkey kid with a prostitute mother in a destitute neighbourhood. Seeing little future in education and wanting better, Feb becomes an errand boy for the D’Antonio crime family. Though young, and an outsider, he is able to climb the ranks with the help of his friend Mario, until a botched train robbery changes everything. The mob holds him responsible. His punishment is swift. Feb is allowed to live, but is sent to war with a false identity in the place of a made-man’s son. At 17 years old, he is consumed by one thought: revenge. It does not go away. It does not subside. While recounting his tale, decades later, the first moment for vengeance presents itself. A chance to right one of the countless wrongs in his life and cross out one of the many names on his list. Is it possible to feel closure in a life that one has never felt in control of, ever? Feb swears that he is committed to changing for the better. His decisions and actions will demonstrate how far he has evolved. Is a rehabbing scumbag allowed to relapse? Can he recover if he slips just one time or will it open the floodgates?

Scumbag Complete Deluxe Edition

Scumbag Complete Deluxe Edition PDF Author: Rick Remender
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN: 1534398899
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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Book Description
The fate of the world rests in the hands of the worst person on it! From New York Times-bestselling writer RICK REMENDER and a murderers’ row of all-star artistic talent comes the story of Ernie Ray Clementine, a profane, illiterate, drug-addicted biker with a fifth-grade education—and the only thing standing between us and total Armageddon. He’s a relic of a bygone era, the living embodiment of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and when he accidentally receives a power-imbuing serum that makes him the world’s most powerful super spy, Ernie Ray will have to navigate opposing forces of extremism as they attempt to bribe, cajole, and manipulate him into looking past his own self-interests in the name of the greater good. Collects THE SCUMBAG #1-14

Scumbag Loser

Scumbag Loser PDF Author: Mikoto Yamaguti
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 0316276855
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 596

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Book Description
High-schooler Masahiko Murai has exactly one thing going for him: a keen sense of smell. Not exactly the sort of defining trait that helps someone become one of the popular kids, especially given the malodorous scents he finds particularly appealing. But that's okay. He's set the bar pretty low in terms of his expectations. He doesn't have to be cool or popular -- or even liked. Just as long as he isn't the biggest loser, he can get by. As luck would have it, there's always been one rung lower on his class's social ladder, but when the "biggest loser" gets a girlfriend, a panicked Masahiko pulls a name out of his past -- Haruka Mizusawa -- playing the long-distance relationship card in a desperate attempt to keep his worst nightmare from becoming reality. Naturally everyone's skeptical, but when Haruka shows up at school the next day and backs up Masahiko's story, their skepticism is quickly laid to rest. You'd think that Masahiko was off the hook... But what he failed to share with his classmates was that Haruka actually died years earlier...so who's turned up wearing her face, and why is she playing along with him at all...? Masahiko's about to learn that there are far more horrifying fates than being the biggest loser in school...

Talking Up a Legacy

Talking Up a Legacy PDF Author: Tom Clark
Publisher: UWA Publishing
ISBN: 1760800902
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Book Description
“When you change the government, you change the country,” Paul Keating declared. It reminds us that the outlook and actions of the government of the day have widespread ramifications in the lives of people “on the ground.” Within the extraordinary complexity that a government must be, the leading indication of its values and of the strategic thrust of its actions is the behaviour of its leading official, the prime minister. He or she is the clearest and most observed example of what a government can or cannot, will or will not do. Its particular interest is in speeches. These set pieces of talk have conventionally been regarded as each prime minister’s opportunity to entrench a legacy. A growing weight of evidence over the years since Keating’s term in office has turned the tables, though, so that we now need to see the speech itself as a “legacy medium”—like vinyl records. Talking up a Legacy does not specifically offer an insider or partisan account, but it aims to cast light on some of the most difficult challenges of political communication, using language and concepts that speak to non-specialist readers. The author has been an insider and partisan himself (as a speechwriter for premiers in Victoria and NSW).

Sovereign of the Talisman and Martial Arts

Sovereign of the Talisman and Martial Arts PDF Author: Yin Shihongyue
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647573726
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 665

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Book Description
Twin Soul Bodies. One was like a golden sun, making it impossible for people to look directly at it. The other was like a star in the night. It was brilliant and dazzling. Relying on his determination, he stepped into dangerous areas, trained his physical body, accompanied by his beauties. After changing his fate, he beheaded evil spirits, killed tens of thousands of demons, rose to prominence amongst the human race, and made friends with drunk brothers.

Bringing Nothing to the Party

Bringing Nothing to the Party PDF Author: Paul Carr
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297853589
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 287

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Book Description
A fascinating and hilarious expose of how a group of young opportunists, chancers and geniuses found instant fame and fortune by messing about on the web. And one man's attempt to follow in their footsteps. Having covered the first dot com boom, and founded a web-to-print publishing business during the second one, Paul counts many of the leading Internet entrepreneurs amongst his closest friends. These friendships mean he doesn't just attend their product launches and press conferences and speak at their events, but also gets invited to their ultra-exclusive networking events, and gets drunk at their parties. Paul has enjoyed this bizarre world of excess without having to live in it. To help the moguls celebrate raising millions of pounds of funding without having to face the wrath of the venture capitalists himself. But in 2006, Paul decided he didn't want to be a spectator any more. He had been harbouring a great dot com project of his own and decided it was time to do something about it.