Can I See Your I.D. , Son?

Can I See Your I.D. , Son?
Author: Heath Kizzier
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2009-07-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1627934049

Quite often an actor bursts on the scene and everyone says, 'He's an overnight success.' But this is a true story of one actor whose road to the top was winding and filled with potholes. The reader will follow the author on an adventure from his childhood days homeless in the Colorado Rockies, to the pinacle of success as a television actor. But this difficult exploration can also be funny and ironic—from encounters with a bear, to an earthquake, to an evil mountain in the Alps that nearly kills him. Along the way you can listen to the inner voices of a man coming of age and reaching a dream he might not have known existed without his own determination. You will laugh, you might cry, and you will certainly be entertained by this revealing story.

Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities

Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities
Author: Chris Barton
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2011-04-14
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1101476362

True crime, desperation, fraud, and adventure: From the impoverished young woman who enchanted nineteenth-century British society as a faux Asian princess, to the sixteen-year-old boy who "stole" a subway train in 1993, to the lonely but clever Frank Abagnale of Catch Me if You Can fame, these ten vignettes offer riveting insight into mind-blowing masquerades. Graphic panels draw you into the exploits of these pretenders, and meticulously researched details keep you on the edge of your seat. Each scene is presented in the second person, a unique point of view that literally places you inside the faker's mind. With motivations that include survival, delusion, and plain, old-fashioned greed, the psychology of deception has never been so fascinating or so close at hand.

Where They Last Saw Her

Where They Last Saw Her
Author: Marcie R. Rendon
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2024-09-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593496515

From the award-winning author of the Cash Blackbear series comes a compelling novel of a Native American woman who learns of the disappearance of one of her own and decides enough is enough. All they heard was her scream. Quill has lived on the Red Pine reservation in Minnesota her whole life. She knows what happens to women who look like her. Just a girl when Jimmy Sky jumped off the railway bridge and she ran for help, Quill realizes now that she’s never stopped running. As she trains for the Boston Marathon early one morning in the woods, she hears a scream. When she returns to search the area, all she finds are tire tracks and a single beaded earring. Things are different now for Quill than when she was a lonely girl. Her friends Punk and Gaylyn are two women who don’t know what it means to quit; her loving husband, Crow, and their two beautiful children challenge her to be better every day. So when she hears a second woman has been stolen, she is determined to do something about it—starting with investigating the group of men working the pipeline construction just north of their homes. As Quill closes in on the truth about the missing women, someone else disappears. In her quest to find justice for all of the women of the reservation, she is confronted with the hard truths of their home and the people who purport to serve them. When will she stop losing neighbors, friends, family? As Quill puts everything on the line to make a difference, the novel asks searing questions about bystander culture, the reverberations of even one act of crime, and the long-lasting trauma of being considered invisible.

The Doctor Will See You Now

The Doctor Will See You Now
Author: Cory Franklin
Publisher: ChicagoReviewPress + ORM
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2018-04-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0897339304

Is it smart to skip your annual physical? Should you put your trust in medical research? Is "low T" an actual disease? This book examines these questions and more you've always wondered about in more than fifty essays on the practice of medicine. The Doctor Will See You Now is a quirky and eclectic collection of short pieces that explore the evolving patient-physician relationship; famous doctors and notorious patients; surprising hospital practices and the future of health care; medical reporting, research, ethics, drugs, and money; and the brave new world of neurology. Author Cory Franklin, MD, spent twenty-five years as the director of intensive care at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. Here he brings readers into his office to discuss the surprising ways the practice of medicine is changing today.

The Butcher

The Butcher
Author: Jennifer Hillier
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1476734216

Inheriting his childhood home in Seattle from the grandfather who hunted down a serial killer decades earlier, Matt, a restaurateur, makes a discovery about his girlfriend's mother that reveals terrible truths about the past.

The Dog Who Saved the World

The Dog Who Saved the World
Author: Ross Welford
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2020-12-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0525707506

In this fast-paced time travel adventure into the future, a girl and her dog set out to save the world from a deadly plague. He smells terrible. He'll eat literally anything. And he's humanity's only hope.... When 12-year-old Georgie makes friends with an eccentric retired scientist, she becomes the test-subject for a thrilling new experiment: a virtual reality 3-D version of the future. At first, it's just a game. But when a deadly virus threatens to wipe out every pup on the planet, Georgie and her beloved (and very smelly) dog, Mr. Mash, along with best friend Ramzy, must embark on a desperate quest to save the dogs-- and also all of humanity. And they have to do it without actually leaving the room. This high-concept, astonishing new novel from the author of Time Traveling with a Hamster takes us on an epic adventure, and asks the question: is it really possible to alter the future?

The Warrior Gene

The Warrior Gene
Author: Joe Nobody
Publisher: Kemah Bay Marketing, LLC
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2019-12-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The town of Greenridge is a small, picturesque community that prides itself as being the Mayberry of the Midwest. It is a peaceful place, surrounded by farms, forests, and tranquil countryside. Without warning, the world around them appears to go mad. Something is modifying human DNA, enhancing the Warrior Gene. Those who are infected lose their inhibitions, become extremely aggressive, and ultimately believe in their own superiority. Almost half of the population is affected. Within days of the outbreak, the government crashes, the military collapses, and society fails. With their slow pace of life brutally interrupted by the apocalypse, the residents of Greenridge are forced to band together and take up arms. It will require all of their skills, courage, community spirit, and love for each other to survive.

Foundations of Python Network Programming

Foundations of Python Network Programming
Author: Brandon Rhodes
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2014-10-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1430258551

Foundations of Python Network Programming, Third Edition, covers all of the classic topics found in the second edition of this book, including network protocols, network data and errors, email, server architecture, and HTTP and web applications, plus updates for Python 3. Some of the new topics in this edition include: • Extensive coverage of the updated SSL support in Python 3 • How to write your own asynchronous I/O loop. • An overview of the "asyncio" framework that comes with Python 3.4. • How the Flask web framework connects URLs to your Python code. • How cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery can be used to attack your web site, and how to protect against them. • How a full-stack web framework like Django can automate the round trip from your database to the screen and back. If you're a Python programmer who needs a deep understanding of how to use Python for network-related tasks and applications, this is the book for you. From web application developers, to systems integrators, to system administrators—this book has everything that you need to know.

Navy Blues

Navy Blues
Author: Angel Ramirez
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2013-11-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1304599906

Navy Blues is based on a true story of a young Jersey boy who struggles and as a teen makes one of the best life changing decisions with no regrets by Joining the U.S. Navy. Share the story with Angel as he explains how the average person from New Jersey moves to Puerto Rico, struggles side by side with his father and siblings then learns how a small decision would lead him to spend 20 years of unforgettable moments in the United States Navy, then how an unsolicited decision made a turn in his life and career. Many events are funny and other stories are heart wrenching. If you believe you are struggling to make a decision in life and are ready to risk it all to make a difference, then this book may give you a perspective that at times you may need to make life changing decisions on your own.

From the beginning

From the beginning
Author: Elias J. Connor
Publisher: FINN Books Edition FireFly
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2023-12-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3757987241

He is 18 when he meets Noemi, who is the same age. Everything is blooming, full of roses, and he is happy to have found true love. Noemi stays with Leon through thick and thin. They do a lot, are often together and have many common interests. It's not important to him that he's a boy from a good family and Noemi comes from the prefabricated housing estate on the outskirts of town. And it doesn't seem unusual to him that Noemi doesn't want him to visit her there. But when he tries to surprise her one evening, he discovers her dark secret: not only is she overwhelmed with raising her younger sister Cassandra, she is also a member of a gang that takes drugs. Faster than he can think, Leon finds himself in the middle of a drug swamp and becomes an addicted drug dealer himself in his attempt to free Noemi from it... A gripping, oppressive thriller set in the drug world that tells the story of a desperate young man who goes through hell for the love of his life.