Beyond the Blue Line is a collection of stories from the syndicated newspaper column written by Detective Joe D. Guy. A humorous and heartwarming look inside the world of police officers, Beyond The Blue Line will forever change how you think about police and emergency personnel.
AL SEARS had it all. Once a hot-shot criminal lawyer, he had a trophy wife, a fortune, and a respected position in local Memphis society. But he also had a drinking problem-- one that cost him everything: his career, his wife, his fortune, and his self-respect. Now sober, Al Sears is a licensed PI and part-time clerk in Ralph's coin shop, with a small apartment, an old car, and a chair at the Thursday-night poker game in the apartment above the shop. But even this peaceful existence is shattered when a shotgun-wielding intruder tries to knock over the game. The robber attempts to take Al hostage, but Al, sensing that this is more than simple theft, tackles him, narrowly avoiding a blast from his gun, and two of the other players shot the man to death. Already shaken by the experience, Al learns from the responding police officers that his intuition was correct-- this was no simple robbery. The dead man was a known hired killer-- one of the deadliest. Al has to face the truth that someone is trying to kill him. Given his past, any number of people could be to blame. Given the alcoholic haze in which he lived for years, he may not even remember the person who's now out to get him. Al must look into his own past, determine who is trying to kill him, and stop them before they succeed...
From the money nerds behind the award-winning Stacking Benjamins podcast, a new kind of personal finance book to get your house in order. Rich. Wealthy. Well-heeled. Moneyed. Affluent. Not bad—but why not get Stacked instead? If you’ve ever dreamed of a basic philosophy of money that’ll help you live bigger, be bolder, and laugh harder, you need this book. In these uncertain times, the basics matter more than ever. But for most of us, concepts such as investing, budgeting, and getting out of debt just don’t float our boats (or 150-foot yachts)—and so we put them off longer than we should. Joe Saul-Sehy and Emily Guy Birken are here to tell you that personal finance can be a lot more fun than you think. (No haberdashery, maritime knowledge, or specialized flatware required.) Learn about everything from side hustles, to hiring a legit financial adviser, to planning for emergencies, to what’s new and exciting—and actually worth your time—in financial apps and software. If you’re looking for the same old get-rich-quick clichés, avocado toast shaming, or alphabet soup of incomprehensible financial terms, you won’t find them here. Instead, Saul-Sehy and Birken take you step by step along the way to financial success, with their signature blend of shrewd financial information and wacky humor.
Super Spy Guy and his sidekick, Shaggy the sheepdog, are the two main characters in this book you shall meet. There are also two bumbling evil spies that are there to make their missions hard to complete. Super Spy Guy is silly and funny too, but he needs his partner, Shaggy, to help him show your child the right things to do. Operation Fear Factor is the mission in this book they are on, using God's Word to help keep your child's heart from harm. Fear of the dark, fear of school, and fear of bullies are real fears that children deal with today. Super Spy Guy and Shaggy are here to share that having God by your side could help their fears go away. Learning God's Word is the main thing this book is trying to teach. Our hope is we do it in such a way that your child's heart we do reach.
A self-made "Crazy Irishman" who was and is fearless on bringing bad guys to justice. Author Joe Callihan is a man who's placed a high value on his integrity, and when he will, and will not tolerate from jerks (such as thieves). Because this is true, and is a part of Joe's character flaws (possessing a demand for honesty); the kinds of adventures you will read about in this book really were encountered by the author during the course of his experiences in retail sales management, and in his personal life. The Adventures of "Dirty Joe" Callihan, along with Further Adventures, just as Adventures in Navyland, speak volumes of a well lived life. It is the author's hope, these adventures will not only excite, but also will stimulate within each reader, a sense of right and wrong; with the emphasis on what a joy it is doing what is right - fearlessly.
The Fall Guy, first published in 1945, is a fast-paced noir murder mystery featuring Chicago P.I. Rush Henry. Joe Barry was the pen name of Joe Barry Lake (1909-1961), author of ten detective novels and a number of television shows. From the dust jacket: The door had scarcely closed on the mysterious young man who had sought protection from Rush Henry because he feared for his life when wealthy Paul Germaine, Sr., brought one of the strangest requests of Rush’s hectic career as a private investigator. Rush was to keep Chicago mobsters away from Germaine’s brilliant young daughter, Leslie, whose interest in criminal psychology had made her determined to find out, first-hand, what made a gangster tick. Five minutest later Rush found the mysterious young man stabbed to death in the alley outside his office. The dead man was Germaine’s son, Paul Germaine, Jr. Then a tall, cadaverous man in ministerial black informed Rush that he had seen the murderer run from the alley and instantly Rush knew that a strange mob had moved in. The tall man was Otho Brin, first of several San Francisco gangsters Rush was so soon to encounter. Was Brin playing a lone hand, or was he connected with suave, cultured Bernard Jago and his lovely daughter, Myrna? Was the San Francisco gang bucking the Chicago mob? Which had been responsible for young Germaine’s murder? And what was daring young Leslie Germaine’s connection with her brother’s death? A swift, baffling Crime Fiction of underworlds at war—and of the fall guy caught between.
Life can be, and often is, funny. All you have to do is watch for it, or sometimes just experience it. Joe does this for you in this book. So, grab a cup of joe, set back, relax and join Joe in reliving his funniest life experiences. You may not squirt your favorite beverage out of your nose, but his funny stories will bring a smile to your face and put a spring in your step. It's obvious that he has seen, heard and experienced more funny situations than a normal person deserves. Meanwhile, you will learn how to solve problems by reading the "wet basement" story and how he became "A Real Guy" at church camp. Also read "Comments about the book that they surely would have made had they been asked.
Dispels traditional myths about masculinity; explores the mass media's portrayal of masculinity and femininity, sexual double standards, and teenage male sexuality in both heterosexual and homosexual boys.
Everyone knows him as Ralph Cifaretto on the HBO hit show "The Sopranos." But before that, Pantoliano was one of America's busiest actors. From a connected Jersey street kid to a successful Hollywood actor who would re-create his wiseguy boyhood in role after role, this is an irresistibly entertaining treat for anyone interested in this true-life "Soprano.
Joe Sixpack-The Every Catholic Guy's unique style of conveying Catholic truth so that every common-Catholic-in-the-pew can understand it, as well as his down to earth explanations of why the Church teaches what she does, makes this book and its companion three volumes must reading if you want to know anything about Catholicism.
Can you see yourself making converts? Very few books have ever been written to teach the mechanics of practical Catholic evangelization. Of the books available, none teach you a step-by-step method for actually cultivating an inquirer, then taking that inquirer all the way to the baptismal font... until now. Nobody is more qualified to teach Catholic evangelization than Joe Sixpack--The Every Catholic Guy. Joe Sixpack has made hundreds of converts since 1988 in small group and one-on-one venues, eighty-four of whom are his adult godchildren. Consequently, he is a virtual treasure trove of how-to-evangelize resources. In this book, Joe Sixpack will show you... How to become one of God's rock stars of evangelization What the two primary obligations are for all Catholics that most people don't know How to begin the journey to becoming a saint How to identify and acquire a good spiritual director The actual mechanics of productive evangelization The dangers of "nice Catholicism" How to hear God laugh Step-by-step what to do to win over a convert Much, much more! The Lay Evangelist's Handbook can show you everything you need to know about helping souls into the Catholic Church, while building a higher spot for yourself in heaven.
Joe Sixpack-The Every Catholic Guy has been used by the Holy Spirit to make hundreds of converts. He is always exciting, never boring, and completely politically incorrect. He never shies away from the so-called untouchable moral issues. With his use of humor and directness, readers and students can never get enough of what he teaches.
Take one guy with a big nose and a receding hairline, put him in just about any outrageously incongruent situation, toss in a huge dose of rib-racking humor, and you've got the perfect recipe for Mr. Boffo, one of the country's wackiest syndicated cartoons. This new collection brings new and longtime Joe Martin fans his latest twisted and tangled humor.
After losing his law practice because of alcohol, Al Sears of Memphis obtains a job in a coin shop, only to find himself the target of a killer. Is the killer after the coins, or is he a disgruntled former client?
An irreverent look at the rules of raising kids from a regular guy's perspective. The author has all the same problems as you: not enough money, space, or time. But he has still managed to be an extraordinary dad to his three kids. Short, funny, and to the point, You Are Going To Get Poop On You is for all those dads who are tired of books by doctors and celebrities, which are either too confusing or too useless to spend any time on. This book is an easy and fun read which just happens to deliver a parenting philosophy designed specifically for regular men.
Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum–selling artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Fat Joe pulls back the curtain on his larger-than-life persona in this gritty, intimate memoir about growing up in the South Bronx and finding his voice through music. “An adrenaline rush . . . buckle up and lean back.”—Spin Fat Joe is a hip-hop legend, but this is not a tale of celebrity; it is the story of Joseph Cartagena, a kid who came of age in the South Bronx during its darkest years of drugs, violence, and abandonment, and how he navigated that traumatizing landscape until he found—through art, friendship, luck, and will—a rocky path to a different life. Joe is born into a sprawling Puerto Rican and Cuban family in the projects of the South Bronx. From infancy his life is threatened by violence, and by the time he starts middle school, he is faced with the grim choice that defined a generation: to become predator or prey. Soon Joe and his crew dominate the streets, but he finds his true love among the park jams where the Bronx’s wild energy takes musical form. His identity splits in two: a hustler roaming record stores, looking for beats; and a budding rapper whose violent rep rings in the streets. As Joe’s day-to-day life becomes more fraught with betrayal, addiction, and death, until he himself is shot and almost killed, he gravitates toward the music that gives him both a voice to tell the stories of his young life and the tools he needs to create a new one. The challenges never stop—but neither does Joe. This memoir, written in Joe’s own intensely compelling voice, moves with the momentum of pulp fiction, but underneath the tragicomedy and riveting tales of the streets and the industry is a thought-provoking story about a generation of survivors raised in warlike conditions—the life-and-death choices they had to make, the friends they lost and mourned, and the glittering lives they created from the ruins.
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