The Discount Detectives

Author : Ben Unglesbee
Publisher : Open Books Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780997806205
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Discount Detectives written by Ben Unglesbee and published by Open Books Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part caper crime, part screwball comedy and part political satire, The Detectives Discount is a quirky spin on the detective novel. Ted Shackelford is not your typical literary detective. He's neither super-tough like Philip Marlow super-smart like Sherlock Holmes nor. He's a screw-up, the bungler. But he's trying his hardest. After being laid off from his job as a department store security guard, Ted stumbles into a job as a private investigator at the obscure Discount Investigations Agency. He's hired by chief investigator Ray Loveburn, who has a sketchy past, scruples few and far more confidence than common sense. Soon after joining the agency, Ted is assigned to the Space Inc. case, and from there on his life is taken over by alter egos, shady characters, complicated financial schemes, rich wannabe astronauts, leering politicians, angry Tea Partiers and the vagabond prophet of economic doom. Run by industrial tycoon and political libertarian O.P. Good, Space Inc. has grand aspirations but there is little evidence That It Is Actually building a rocket. Despite a series of disguises and fake identities, Ted and Ray get nowhere on the case. Meanwhile, Ted is Also trying to find clues about the mysterious financial bet Placed against the U.S. government's credit standing, made urgent by the showdown in Congress over the country's budget. Soon Ted is thrust into a role he does not feel at all equipped for: Trying to save the world suddenly on the brink of economic collapse.

Author : Janisse Ray
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603583076
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seed Underground written by Janisse Ray and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-06 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no despair in a seed. There's only life, waiting for the right conditions-sun and water, warmth and soil-to be set free. Everyday, millions upon millions of seeds lift their two green wings. At no time in our history have Americans been more obsessed with food. Options including those for local, sustainable, and organic food-seem limitless. And yet, our food supply is profoundly at risk. Farmers and gardeners a century ago had five times the possibilities of what to plant than farmers and gardeners do today; we are losing untold numbers of plant varieties to genetically modified industrial monocultures. In her latest work of literary nonfiction, award-winning author and activist Janisse Ray argues that if we are to secure the future of food, we first must understand where it all begins: the seed. The Seed Underground is a journey to the frontier of seed-saving. It is driven by stories, both the author's own and those from people who are waging a lush and quiet revolution in thousands of gardens across America to preserve our traditional cornucopia of food by simply growing old varieties and eating them. The Seed Underground pays tribute to time-honored and threatened varieties, deconstructs the politics and genetics of seeds, and reveals the astonishing characters who grow, study, and save them.

Author : Peter Greenberg
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0812973801
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Travel Detective written by Peter Greenberg and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned travel authority and NBC Today show travel editor Peter Greenberg shares his insider secrets. Americans now travel more than ever before. Yet as our traveling has increased, the service we receive from airlines, hotels, and other agencies has deteriorated dramatically. Industry surveys reveal what you already feel: growing dissatisfaction among travelers of every age, income, and education level. We've been abused by the travel experience. Peter Greenberg is here to help. The Travel Detective tells you the things most travel agents can't or sometimes just won't tell you. In his characteristic friendly and conversational tone, Greenberg tells how to find the secret walk-up fares that can save air travelers hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on last minutes flights; which coach seats on which planes are better than first class; the secret rule to know to avoid being bumped from a flight, which cruise ship brochures lie; which credit card companies are fastest and slowest to come to your aid in a foreign land, or worse, in the U.S.,; which hotels have the best and the worst fire and crime safety records, and how you can protect yourself; how to negotiate the best hotel room deal; which hotels have the worst water pressure in their showers (and better yet, how you can get great water pressure, even at those hotels); and much, much more. Accessible and entertaining, The Travel Detective gives you the information and tools you need to make every trip an affordable pleasure. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Peter Greenberg
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 160529764X
Total Pages : 643 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Travel Detective Bible written by Peter Greenberg and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ultimate "physician's desk reference" for travelers addresses the questions, anxieties, concerns, and desire for essential information that are common to seasoned and novice travelers alike. Peter Greenberg, best-selling author, trusted Today show travel editor, and the man that writer Paul Theroux calls "the liberator and defender of the traveling public," offers an encyclopedic look at every aspect of the travel process, both domestically and internationally, from the true definition of travel terms to in-depth explanations of how things really work. Do you want to know which airline seats are the best and worst? How you can vacation in a lighthouse, a monastery, or even a converted prison? Which countries require you to get visas before you visit? Or won't let you in even if you have a passport? Which airlines are the worst "bumping" offenders? How you can avoid hidden fees? The Complete Travel Detective Bible offers up answers to these questions and much more. Everything is cross-referenced and each chapter is filled with useful charts, lists, and diagrams, making for an easily accessible format. Greenberg, who has been to more than 146 countries, is an expert without equal at outplaying the travel industry at its own games, securing the best fares, accommodations, and service at the lowest possible prices. He shares every one of these hard-won, ingenious insider secrets in this book, making The Complete Travel Detective Bible the ultimate word on travel today.

Author : Peter Greenberg
Publisher : Villard
ISBN 13 : 1588363996
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hotel Secrets from the Travel Detective written by Peter Greenberg and published by Villard. This book was released on 2004-03-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indispensable information for away-from-home lodging, from the author of the New York Times bestseller The Travel Detective In Hotel Secrets from the Travel Detective, America’s best-known and most trusted travel authority reveals the insider knowledge that can make every hotel stay as comfortable as (and sometimes even more cost-efficient than) home. With his incomparable access and nose for news, Peter Greenberg shares the secrets that people who know hotels—managers, maids, reservation clerks, bellhops, chefs, and maintenance guys—don’t want you to know about value, service, safety, security, and cleanliness. Tips include: • How to tell if your room is really clean • What never to order from room service • The real way to prevent hotel crime • How to beat excessive hotel phone charges • The exact rooms where headline-making events took place Drawn from the author’s experiences as both an investigative reporter and a constant traveler, Hotel Secrets from the Travel Detective is an essential guide to everything from luxury resorts to motels, from airport hotels and bed-and-breakfasts to outrageous (and often secret) alternatives to hotels.

Author : Tom Phillips
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 1645951057
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves 1: Egypt's Fire written by Tom Phillips and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious, non-stop adventure, a mysterious jewel heist, and a detective team like no other make this a must-have middle grade series starter. Perfect for fans of A Series of Unfortunate Events and Enola Holmes. After twelve-year-old John Boarhog’s mom dies, the last thing he wants is to be schlepped off to the Jersey Home for Boys, where kids are forced to make skinny jeans for hipsters and are fed nothing but kale. Instead, he makes himself a snug home in the ceiling of the New York Museum of Natural History, where he reads anything he get his hands on and explores the artifacts afterhours. But when a rare Egyptian ruby—the highlight of the museum’s new exhibit—goes missing, John is accused of the crime. That is until the unpredictable Inspector Toadius McGee sweeps in to wrestle control of the case, certain that the true culprit is a notorious criminal he’s been tracking for years. John quickly becomes the Watson to Toadius’s Holmes as they race from Broadway to back alleys to a speak-easy that only serves root beer. And along the way, John uncovers secrets about his own past, including that he’s a lot more involved in this web of endearing ne'er-do-wells than he ever could have imagined. A love letter to classic middle grade, Egypt's Fire introduces a remarkable new duo that will steal your heart as surely as it leaves you begging for their next grand adventure. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Author : Ella Risbridger
Publisher : Nosy Crow
ISBN 13 : 1788006011
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Detectives written by Ella Risbridger and published by Nosy Crow. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping, beautifully written historical mystery, from an incredible new voice in children's fiction. The body seemed to fall for a long time. There was no splash, or if there was it was lost in the waves. Isobel was frozen to the spot for a moment - and then her common sense caught up with her, and she stepped back quickly into the shadows. When Isobel Petty is orphaned, she finds herself being taken away from her home in India and sent to live with a distant uncle in England. On board the S.S. Marianna, she witnesses a shocking act - somebody being thrown overboard in the middle in the night. But when the ship's captain insists that nobody is missing, Isobel and her two new reluctant friends must solve two mysteries - the identities of both the murderer and the victim - before they reach England and the culprit has the chance to escape. Inspired by The Secret Garden and the golden age of crime writing, The Secret Detectives is perfect for fans of Robin Stevens and Katherine Rundell. "A thoroughly entertaining mystery and a heartening story of friendship. I loved it." - Katherine Woodfine, author of The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow

Author : John Farris
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1479427187
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corpse Next Door: A Detective Sergeant Randall Mystery written by John Farris and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the hot seat fits a killer, that's how the frame fitted the kid. Then they found him hanged and knew it for murder. Which made a desperate assignment for Detective Sergeant Randall -- who had to find out if he himself were the murderer! He backtracked down his own trail with vengeful Stella -- with lovely Karis of the hot eyes -- with Roxy, the hood, who lived by lust. But what waited Randall at the murder's end? An honest cop, or -- the corpse next door?

Author : Dr. David Rabeeya
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477179313
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Detections of the Detective written by Dr. David Rabeeya and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the mystery of peoples’ behavior and the detective work needed to find the villain. Murder, thievery, manipulation and lies are exposed in order to find some redeeming qualities in bad situations. The reader will find himself intrigued by the Byzantine plots and adventures carried out by various protagonists who seek power, money and control. This is Dr. David Rabeeya’s 49th book and his first detective stories. The reader is left to find his own resolution to these stories of intrigue

Author : Charles Metcalf
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435719077
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book IX Lives of the Vodoun Detective written by Charles Metcalf and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: