Author: D. C. Jesse Burkhardt
Publisher: Jesse Burkhardt
ISBN: 9780966104226
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Crowbar Hotel
Author: D. C. Jesse Burkhardt
Publisher: Jesse Burkhardt
ISBN: 9780966104226
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher: Jesse Burkhardt
ISBN: 9780966104226
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Good Days & Better Days
Author: Stan Stoops
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662411324
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This is a collection of stories provided from personal experiences of Stan Stoops. The stories take place on the east and west coasts of the United States, the Hawiian Islands, the Filipino Islands, and the now nonexistent South Vietnam and finally end up where it all started, in Southeast Iowa. The topics range from stories about inmates, stories about women, and the most preferred subject of all, fishing. There are a few other topics thrown into the mix, hopefully for the enjoyment of the reader. The author's mentality in writing these stories was to crowd the element of humor and to take the best out of each day no matter what the day may have had to offer. So make it a better day, and enjoy reading
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662411324
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This is a collection of stories provided from personal experiences of Stan Stoops. The stories take place on the east and west coasts of the United States, the Hawiian Islands, the Filipino Islands, and the now nonexistent South Vietnam and finally end up where it all started, in Southeast Iowa. The topics range from stories about inmates, stories about women, and the most preferred subject of all, fishing. There are a few other topics thrown into the mix, hopefully for the enjoyment of the reader. The author's mentality in writing these stories was to crowd the element of humor and to take the best out of each day no matter what the day may have had to offer. So make it a better day, and enjoy reading
Sherlock Holmes and Friedrich Nietzsche in the Swan King Affair
Author: Andrew Glenn
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664155228
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The King is dead! June 13, of 1886, King Ludwig of Bavaria, otherwise known as Crazy Ludwig, the builder of many beautiful castles, friend of Wagner and patron of the arts, is found dead in Lake Starnberg along with his doctor. Their deaths are a mystery. A professor in Marburg, Germany is also found dead the same the same day. They all were friends of Friedrich Nietzsche, the great German philosopher. Nietzsche, now in retirement, goes to Sherlock Holmes to solve the case. Holmes accepts and the three proceed to Germany picking up along the way Mark Twain, who has finished a tour, the beautiful feminist Lou Salome, and the mysterious Dr. Liu. Much merriment ensues as ideas clash between six brilliant minds. Holmes solves the murders but finds himself in a morass of difficulties. The plot twists about when Holmes and his crew are summoned to the bedside of a wise man who tells him that only he can solve a 400 year old prophecy. The ever logical Holmes doubts the prophecy but he is told that if he does not act on it, Europe could be plunged into war.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664155228
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The King is dead! June 13, of 1886, King Ludwig of Bavaria, otherwise known as Crazy Ludwig, the builder of many beautiful castles, friend of Wagner and patron of the arts, is found dead in Lake Starnberg along with his doctor. Their deaths are a mystery. A professor in Marburg, Germany is also found dead the same the same day. They all were friends of Friedrich Nietzsche, the great German philosopher. Nietzsche, now in retirement, goes to Sherlock Holmes to solve the case. Holmes accepts and the three proceed to Germany picking up along the way Mark Twain, who has finished a tour, the beautiful feminist Lou Salome, and the mysterious Dr. Liu. Much merriment ensues as ideas clash between six brilliant minds. Holmes solves the murders but finds himself in a morass of difficulties. The plot twists about when Holmes and his crew are summoned to the bedside of a wise man who tells him that only he can solve a 400 year old prophecy. The ever logical Holmes doubts the prophecy but he is told that if he does not act on it, Europe could be plunged into war.
Cop
Author: Bill Sharp
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460216121
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
COP is the true story of Bill Sharp's service in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from 1968 to 2011. For over forty-three years he served in British Columbia where he upheld the law in Trail, Burnaby, Castlegar, Surrey, North Vancouver, Coquitlam and Langley. These are his stories of basic training, followed by first-hand accounts of violence, tragedy and interesting events-experiences recounted with honesty and humour. It is a lucid, credible and articulate memoir of the author's career as a front-line policeman in the RCMP....
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460216121
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
COP is the true story of Bill Sharp's service in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from 1968 to 2011. For over forty-three years he served in British Columbia where he upheld the law in Trail, Burnaby, Castlegar, Surrey, North Vancouver, Coquitlam and Langley. These are his stories of basic training, followed by first-hand accounts of violence, tragedy and interesting events-experiences recounted with honesty and humour. It is a lucid, credible and articulate memoir of the author's career as a front-line policeman in the RCMP....
Dead Reckoning
Author: P X Duke
Publisher: P X Duke
ISBN: 098695585X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
Publisher: P X Duke
ISBN: 098695585X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy
Author: Mark Nelson
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459742818
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Pull up a bollard and get to know the colourful language of the Royal Canadian Navy. Do you ever get channel fever so bad only a great homeward bounders will cure you? Have you ever met Tug Wilson the brass-pounder, Dusty Miller the blanket stacker, or Nobby Clark the stoker? From aback to zizEX, the second edition of Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy gives readers a chance to fill their boots with the colourful language of Canada’s senior service. Learn the difference between duff and no duff, box kickers and gut robbers, and Nelson’s blood and Neptune’s dandruff. Newly revised and expanded, with over 2,500 terms included!
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459742818
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Pull up a bollard and get to know the colourful language of the Royal Canadian Navy. Do you ever get channel fever so bad only a great homeward bounders will cure you? Have you ever met Tug Wilson the brass-pounder, Dusty Miller the blanket stacker, or Nobby Clark the stoker? From aback to zizEX, the second edition of Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy gives readers a chance to fill their boots with the colourful language of Canada’s senior service. Learn the difference between duff and no duff, box kickers and gut robbers, and Nelson’s blood and Neptune’s dandruff. Newly revised and expanded, with over 2,500 terms included!
Out of the Past
Author: P X Duke
Publisher: P X Duke
ISBN: 0986955892
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Publisher: P X Duke
ISBN: 0986955892
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Mendel's Children
Author: Cherie Smith
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 1895176859
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Cherie Steiman Smith is the daughter of Iser Steiman (1898-1981) and Laura Shatsky. She was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. Steiman ancestry is traced to Mendel Steiman (1846-1924) who married (1) Dova (2) Hannah Zelda Friedman. Mendel was born near Rezhitse, Latvia. He and his family joined his son, Robert, in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1905. Laura Shatsky was the daughter of Samuel Shatsky (1879-1954) and Elizabeth Finn (1882-1950). The Shatsky and Finn families came to Canada in 1882. David (Fayn) Finn (1847-1949) was born in Vilna, Lithuania. He and his wife, Sheindel Shane (1845-1914), immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1882.
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 1895176859
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Cherie Steiman Smith is the daughter of Iser Steiman (1898-1981) and Laura Shatsky. She was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. Steiman ancestry is traced to Mendel Steiman (1846-1924) who married (1) Dova (2) Hannah Zelda Friedman. Mendel was born near Rezhitse, Latvia. He and his family joined his son, Robert, in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1905. Laura Shatsky was the daughter of Samuel Shatsky (1879-1954) and Elizabeth Finn (1882-1950). The Shatsky and Finn families came to Canada in 1882. David (Fayn) Finn (1847-1949) was born in Vilna, Lithuania. He and his wife, Sheindel Shane (1845-1914), immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1882.
The Rotary Jail
Author: W.C. Madden
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476666156
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The rotary jail was a very unusual architectural design. In response to a need for better control over prisoners, 18 of the revolving, escape-proof structures were erected in the United States from 1882 through 1889. There were problems. There were mechanical difficulties due to the extreme weight of the components. Unwary prisoners lost digits or limbs when carousels were rotated without warning--one lost his life. Because inmates could only be let out of their cells one at a time, some rotary jails were closed as fire hazards. This book describes in detail their construction, operation and eventual demise, as well as some of the colorful inmates that were held in them.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476666156
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The rotary jail was a very unusual architectural design. In response to a need for better control over prisoners, 18 of the revolving, escape-proof structures were erected in the United States from 1882 through 1889. There were problems. There were mechanical difficulties due to the extreme weight of the components. Unwary prisoners lost digits or limbs when carousels were rotated without warning--one lost his life. Because inmates could only be let out of their cells one at a time, some rotary jails were closed as fire hazards. This book describes in detail their construction, operation and eventual demise, as well as some of the colorful inmates that were held in them.
Copperhead Road
Author: Brad Smith
Publisher: At Bay Press
ISBN: 1988168708
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Summer 1936, Wilkes County, North Carolina during the great depression. The Flagg family resides in the middle of the Appalachia - one of the hardest hit areas in the country. As the depression drags on the Flagg family watch their molasses business decimated. Jedediah, the family patriarch and his sons Morgan and Ezra struggle to produce a few meager gallons a week. That is until their sister Ava arrives home and takes control of the family business and starts running moonshine. Ava bails out ex-con Bobby Barlow and tells him he is working for the Flagg family now. With threats mounting from rival clans and the local cops breathing down Bobby's neck, he and Ava devise a plan to play them all, one against the other. They don't necessarily do it by legal means but that doesn't bother them. To live outside the law, you must be honest.
Publisher: At Bay Press
ISBN: 1988168708
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Summer 1936, Wilkes County, North Carolina during the great depression. The Flagg family resides in the middle of the Appalachia - one of the hardest hit areas in the country. As the depression drags on the Flagg family watch their molasses business decimated. Jedediah, the family patriarch and his sons Morgan and Ezra struggle to produce a few meager gallons a week. That is until their sister Ava arrives home and takes control of the family business and starts running moonshine. Ava bails out ex-con Bobby Barlow and tells him he is working for the Flagg family now. With threats mounting from rival clans and the local cops breathing down Bobby's neck, he and Ava devise a plan to play them all, one against the other. They don't necessarily do it by legal means but that doesn't bother them. To live outside the law, you must be honest.