Jim Grant is a police reporter with a problem. Torn between his job as a reporter and his role as a concerned citizen, Grant has got some tough decisions to make as he goes undercover to help the police nab Carlos Medrano, one of the most notorious drug dealers in North Carolina. Soon, Grants investigation takes him down to the Florida Keys, where he discovers that Medrano has a diabolical plan that could have international consequences. Written with much of the same wit and style that became his trademark when he wrote a weekly newspaper column, Gibbs takes his readers on a semi-autobiographical, semi-Walter Mitty ride that the whole family can enjoy.
Jim Gibbs is anything but predictable. Whether he's writing about the trials of selling his old Thunderbird, starting a writing store that has a special aisle for day-old past-participles or contemplating a would-be interview as Hillary Clinton's next chief of staff, it's anybody's guess as to what he's going to come up with next. But it's not all fun and games. Interspersed in the fun are also some thoughtful columns on a detective from the Kennedy assassination, a visit with former presidential hopeful Michael Dukakis and a few tips on fatherhood from the man who has no kids of his own.
Written for every sports fan who follows the Redskins, this account goes behind the scenes to peek into the private world of the players, coaches, and decision makers—all while eavesdropping on their personal conversations. From the Washington locker room to the sidelines and inside the huddle, the book includes stories about Sammy Baugh, Vince Lombardi, and Jim Zorn, among others, allowing readers to relive the highlights and the celebrations.
These sentinels from California to British Columbia are pictured and discussed historically by author Jim Gibbs. Dramatic vintage and color photos of stark coastal landscapes and many unavoidable shipwrecks are presented as part of the lighthouse story where human courage links all events. This is the twilight of lighthouse use for navigation, for the jobs of the lighthouse keepers are gradually being phased out.
It would be tough to imagine a world without heroes, yet sometimes that are hard to find. In Real American Heroes, you’ll find everyone from Mary Kay Ash and Gladys Knight to Zig Ziglar and Reggie White and find out how they turned tragedies to triumphs and setbacks into success. Need a little inspiration for the daily grind? Look no further than Real American Heroes!
By the spring of 1777, the American defenses of the Hudson River north of New York City included a chain laid across the river near Fort Montgomery. The chain was critical to the American defenses, since it would slow any invasion force. Jake Gibbs infiltrates a band of Tory sympathizers and learns of a new British action to sabotage the chain.
Around the shores of the Pacific Ocean, along the western coastline of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska, lie the remains of legions of vessels of every description and every flag. Some lie buried in the depths, never to be found. Others lie as twisted remains along the beaches or entombed down in the sands. Still others have been completely eradicated by the forces of nature. A few carried treasure; some have been recovered but most never will be. Though the greatest treasure has been discovered along the Caribbean and eastern seaboards, most of it was originally lost there while much of the Pacific lay undiscovered. The Pacific rim may yet yield finds of fabulous value. These ideas and many others are explored in Jim Gibbs' most recent book, Peril at Sea. This is a fascinating work on peril at sea and the continuing battle of man against the elements. Each chapter is an accurate chronicle by location of the ships and their sailors who met fateful ends along the Pacific Coastline.
The purpose of this text is to bring graduate students specializing in probability theory to current research topics at the interface of combinatorics and stochastic processes. There is particular focus on the theory of random combinatorial structures such as partitions, permutations, trees, forests, and mappings, and connections between the asymptotic theory of enumeration of such structures and the theory of stochastic processes like Brownian motion and Poisson processes.
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