Download or read book Bond Daddy written by David Walby and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a time when there were no rules governing the sale of tax free bonds. From 1971 until 1973 I was part of group known as the "Memphis Bond Daddies". We sold tax free, bearer bonds over the phone. Our home base was Pensacola, Florida. The deregulation of the stock brokerage business in the 1970's and the huge bear market made it so that brokers could not sit behind their desks waiting for the phone to ring. They had to adapt the "cold calling" techniques perfected by the bond daddies. Today huge investment banks have managed us out of our retirement funds. Trillions have been lost, and like in the days of the bond daddy, no one will go to jail. Insurance companies sell insurance without anything to pay claims. The smart guys on Wall Street believe, if they don't get caught, it must be legal. Lawmakers get their lifeblood contributions from big firms and big banks. The regulators are young lawyers, looking to get a big paying job with the firms they are regulating. This is the account of my three years as a "Bond Daddy", and how we started it all.

Download or read book The Complete Bartender written by Robyn M. Feller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UPDATED WITH EXCITING NEW DRINKS From classic drinks to the newest craft beers, The Complete Bartender is your go-to guide for great bartending and perfect party planning. The easy-to-follow recipes take you through the steps of preparing and enjoying drinks of all kinds: EXCITING NEW SPECIALTY DRINKS * BEER, MICROBREWS, AND WINE * FROZEN BLENDER DRINKS * PUNCH * LOW-CALORIE DRINKS * AFTER-DINNER DRINKS * NONALCOHOLIC DRINKS * HOT DRINKS * APERITIFS * HOLIDAY AND SEASONAL DRINKS …and many more. You’ll also discover professional secrets and helpful tips to the fine art of bartending: STOCKING YOUR BAR * SELECTING BARWARE * A GUIDE TO INGREDIENTS * CHOOSING THE RIGHT WINE* HOW BEER IS MADE* RESPONSIBLE BARTENDING, RESPONSIBLE DRINKING * PARTY PLANNING * CREATING THEME PARTIES SPECIAL FEATURE! Total indexing, with listings by liquor and by types of drinks, makes selecting the perfect drink a snap. The Complete Bartender is the only guide you’ll need for easy mixing and sensational results—all the time!

Download or read book Real Blonde Stories written by Lori Bassel and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lori Bassel is a testament to the old clich, blondes have more fun. In her collection of lighthearted essays, Bassel, a former Naples, Florida, bartender, pokes fun at her real-life experiences and shares many of the same stories she entertained her loyal customers with during her stints at local clubs. Bassel begins by narrating her hilarious adventures from high schoola time when she and her best friend, Lisa, reveled in tormenting lovers at a local midwestern park. With steamed-over windows, the lovers never saw the girls coming as they hopped on the trunk, dashed over the top of the car, and down the hoodmost likely scaring the couples in the car half to death. From the time she spray painted her boyfriends old Chevy (without his permission) to the time she ran out of gas and had the entire cheerleading squad, dressed in uniform, pushing her truck down North US 41, Bassel shares one laugh-out-loud story after another. Real Blonde Stories is a delightful collection of one womans blonde moments in life, teaching both men and women to find the humor in every day moments.

Download or read book The Man They Wanted Me to Be written by Jared Yates Sexton and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the provocative and popular New York Times op–ed, this memoir alternates between the examination of a working–class upbringing and a cultural analysis of the historical, psychological, and sociological sources that make up the roots of toxic masculinity and its impact on society. As progressivism changes American society, and globalism shifts labor away from traditional manufacturing, the roles that have been prescribed to men since the Industrial Revolution have been rendered obsolete. Donald Trump's campaign successfully leveraged male resentment and entitlement, and now, with Trump as president and the rise of the #MeToo movement, it’s clear that our current definitions of masculinity are outdated and even dangerous. Deeply personal and thoroughly researched, the author of The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore has turned his keen eye to our current crisis of masculinity using his upbringing in rural Indiana to examine the personal and societal dangers of the patriarchy. The Man They Wanted Me to Be examines how we teach boys what’s expected of men in America, and the long–term effects of that socialization―which include depression, shorter lives, misogyny, and suicide. Sexton turns his keen eye to the establishment of the racist patriarchal structure which has favored white men, and investigates the personal and societal dangers of such outdated definitions of manhood. "By carefully and soberly examining his own story, Sexton deconstructs American life and gives many examples of how pervasive toxic masculinity is in our culture." ―Henry Rollins, Los Angeles Times "This book is critically important to our historical moment . . . Crackles with intensity and absolutely refuses to allow the reader to look away for even a moment from the blight that toxic masculinity in America has wrought." ―Nicholas Cannariato, NPR

Download or read book The Bartender s Pride Book 1 in the Pride Trilogy written by TJ Dallas and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This *erotica follows Lara as she moves to a new city & comes to terms with her desire for another woman; a seductive bartender with a supernatural secret. Semi-finalist for the BBNYA (Book Bloggers Novel of the Year Award) 2020 Lara's world is turned upside down when her boyfriend cheats on her with her best friend and she's forced to move to a new city. Desperate for money, she lands a job in an LGBT nightclub, but her racing heart and inappropriate thoughts about the club's owner, Harry, must have everything to do with the stress she's under. She's not gay. There's something about Harry. She's stunning, cocky, and looks far too good in a shirt and tie, ignoring the fact she's telepathic and can read Lara's emotions like a book. Harry is one of seven managers at the Cardinal, and she has a set of skills that can help Lara, but she has to manage her own feelings about three of the other managers in the meantime-Lust, Gluttony, and Envy. When things go downhill for Lara, can Harry ultimately make her proud of who she is without admitting their deadly secret? Or will Lara's shame, depression, and her homophobic parents, lead her down a path of destruction? *18+, mature and sexually explicit content, 1 x brief M/F scene, depression/attempted suicide.

Download or read book I Am Tina written by Tina Journey and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a journal created from recordings transcribed of the journey Tina went through to find healing from a lifetime of abuse. Tina started seeing a therapist immediately after leaving an abusive relationship to gain an understanding to why she kept picking bad men into her life. She knew something was wrong. Originally Tina started recording her journey in hopes it would help someone else coming out of an abusive relationship. She didn’t know early memories of her childhood would surface and she would be faced with an even greater pain and sadness in her life. Her entire world changed from what she knew as a successful business woman and socialite to losing everything and everyone in her life. This is a story of pain, great sadness, the agony of the healing process, and seeking God into the final healing she would receive in the desert.

Download or read book The Bartender s Tale written by Ivan Doig and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A national bestseller, the story of “a boy’s last days of youth and a history his father can’t leave behind” (The Daily Beast). Tom Harry has a streak of frost in his black pompadour and a venerable bar called The Medicine Lodge, the chief watering hole and last refuge in the town of Gros Ventre, in northern Montana. Tom also has a son named Rusty, an “accident between the sheets” whose mother deserted them both years ago. The pair make an odd kind of family, with the bar their true home, but they manage just fine. Until the summer of 1960, that is, when Rusty turns twelve. Change arrives with gale force, in the person of Proxy, a taxi dancer Tom knew back when, and her beatnik daughter, Francine. Is Francine, as Proxy claims, the unsuspected legacy of her and Tom’s past? Without a doubt she is an unsettling gust of the future, upending every certainty in Rusty’s life and generating a mist of passion and pretense that seems to obscure everyone’s vision but his own. The Bartender’s Tale wonderfully captures how the world becomes bigger and the past becomes more complex in the last moments of childhood.

Download or read book The Gratitude Path written by Kent Millard and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gratitude Path is a five-session study designed for use by churches, leadership teams, and small groups. This step-by-step guide helps congregations grow in generosity by focusing on gratitude for God’s blessings. Chapters conclude with questions for personal reflection and devotion. The book includes a 12-step plan for pastors and other leaders to successfully conduct their own Gratitude Campaign in a church of any size or denomination. If you have ever cringed at the thought of the annual giving campaign, this is the book for you. With practical instruction for conducting a gratitude campaign, it will not only bring about positive stewardship but may very well shift the culture of your community to walk and live that path of gratitude. --Carolyn Scanlan-Holmes, Senior Minister, Avon Christian Church, Avon, IN This is a practical and accessible tool for developing generous givers, and an invitation into relationship with our bounteous God. --Bruce R. Ough, Bishop of the Minnesota Conference, UMC Kent Millard has helped countless other pastors and congregations conduct ‘Gratitude Campaigns’ with spectacular results. With this book his plan is now available to everyone. I hope many church leaders read and follow this pathway to improved stewardship. --Michael J. Coyner, Bishop of the Indiana Conference, UMC This wonderful resource helps us move stewardship from fundraising to an experience of God's transforming grace. --Rob Fuquay, Senior Pastor, St Lukes UMC, Indianapolis, IN The first five chapters of The Gratitude Path are spiritually energizing, personal, and thoughtfully devotional. Pastors could preach sermons based on each one of them. Chapter six is a pivotal organizational chapter for pastors and lay leaders. Here, Millard outlines his Gratitude Campaign step by step. This is a resource that we are happy to recommend to congregations. --Bill Enright, Senior Fellow, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University This book demonstrates how to develop an attitude of gratitude in each facet of the local church. Every leader in our church will read this book. --Jacob Williams, Jr., Senior Pastor, First Valparaiso UMC, Valparaiso, IN

Download or read book The Long and Happy Life of a Child of the Great Depression written by Patricia Maureen Turl Bloebaum and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a child born in the Great Depression can thrive and enjoy several challenging and fascinating professions that would have seemed impossible to imagine.

Download or read book So You Think You re Ready for Life written by Ralph Black and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So You Think You're Ready for Life is a compilation of true short stories that chronicle different situations throughout the life of the author. Many are comical and several are serious, but all are told in a captivating and enticing way that draws you into the events as they happen. These events leave you with life lessons at the end of each story to assist you in your journey through life. Hard to put down once you have started and even harder to not go out and want to experience more of what life has to offer once you have finished, regardless of your age. This is the perfect book for learning what you were never taught in school and opening your mind to a completely different way of thinking. Something for everyone and extremely helpful, a must read, for young adults making the leap into adulthood.

Download or read book Christ and the Monsters In Me written by John Brian Passler and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book may read like a novel, but John Brian Passler lived it. Growing up in a home with changing and uncertain core values, John was a mischievous child, and later, a troubled teen. He takes us through his U.S. Air Force experiences in Viet Nam and his pursuit of purpose, and success. Though successful in business at a young age, his worldliness led to moral failure, broken marriages and eventually addictions. When John met Jesus Christ, suddenly a new chapter unfolded. Read how God transformed him and transferred him from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of His Son, Jesus. John describes many of the challenges of the Christian life and the secrets to winning them. As he says, “God didn’t save us just so we can go to heaven. He saved us so He could sanctify us, conform us to the image of His Son, and use us to change our world.” Let this book challenge you to reexamine your relationship with God and see it as it really is. It will help prepare you for a fulfilling journey with God. God created you with a plan in mind. Discovering your place in His plan and crowning Him Lord of your life will fill you with love, joy, and peace.

Download or read book Shadows written by Robert Pollock and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Yorke retired from an English espionage unit that nobody, except its members, ever knew existed. He was recruited and trained to kill, he became the best there was. This is his story as told to a professional writer. It records the devastating personal damage inflicted on Yorke by his job. He was brought out of retirement and given the option of being loaned to an American government security division. He accepted because he felt this final assignment could provide the justification for his life. He came to possess the antiviral to a newly developed virulent smallpox virus against which there was no known antidote; existing supplies of the traditional antiviral would be ineffective. The antiviral would be the only defense against a secret distribution method of the smallpox virus that could devastate the American Continent. Time was of the essence. The writer woke up: why was the old guy telling him all this so it was recorded? What he had disclosed was potentially more devastating than the 9/11 event, and he wasn't over yet. There was one more chapter to come. The final chapter takes place in Central Park in New York City in early 2002.

Download or read book Best Friend s Daddy written by Amy Brent and published by Amy Brent. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I know it’s so wrong, but my best friend needs to know. So, how do we say it? Hey, I’m pregnant with your father’s child! You’re gonna be a big sister! Yay!!! No, this can’t happen. She can’t know. No one can know. I always understood he was off limits, But I couldn’t imagine my life without him. In fact, I saved myself for him! And working at his restaurant was…fun. My ‘let’s seduce Michael plan’ was working, And soon he was feeding me chocolate covered strawberries, And I was tasting whipped cream off of his lips and…you know what… But we screwed up…big time! So, time for Plan B now. Yep, when shit hits the fan, I do the easy thing and run away. Will my Prince Charming come after me? Or did I just ruin my only chance at a happily ever after?

Download or read book The Terminal Game written by Jay Kolo and published by Jay Kolo. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of a man who has a spiritual awakening in an airport terminal. Thirty-three year old Jason Richter, an alcoholic, is hopeless and spiritually bankrupt. Read what leads to his spiritual awakening and how his past and future will forever be changed.

Download or read book Ain t All Good Ain t All Bad written by Tom Frisby and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2015-01-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frisby's memoir, Ain't All Good, Ain't All Bad, looks back at his own life's trajectory-including family lore going back several generations. With sharp wisdom and a touch of wry humor, he explores changing social dynamics around race, homosexuality, wome

Download or read book Sunny s Nights written by Tim Sultan and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine that Alice had walked into a bar instead of falling down the rabbit hole. In the tradition of J. R. Moehringer’s The Tender Bar and the classic reportage of Joseph Mitchell, here is an indelible portrait of what is quite possibly the greatest bar in the world—and the mercurial, magnificent man behind it. The first time he saw Sunny’s Bar, in 1995, Tim Sultan was lost, thirsty for a drink, and intrigued by the single bar sign among the forlorn warehouses lining the Brooklyn waterfront. Inside, he found a dimly lit room crammed with maritime artifacts, a dozen well-seasoned drinkers, and, strangely, a projector playing a classic Martha Graham dance performance. Sultan knew he had stumbled upon someplace special. What he didn’t know was that he had just found his new home. Soon enough, Sultan has quit his office job to bartend full-time for Sunny Balzano, the bar’s owner. A wild-haired Tony Bennett lookalike with a fondness for quoting Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett, Sunny is truly one of a kind. Born next to the saloon that has been in his family for one hundred years, Sunny has over the years partied with Andy Warhol, spent time in India at the feet of a guru, and painted abstract expressionist originals. But his masterpiece is the bar itself, a place where a sublime mix of artists, mobsters, honky-tonk musicians, neighborhood drunks, nuns, longshoremen, and assorted eccentrics rub elbows. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming city, Sunny’s Nights is a loving and singular portrait of the dream experience we’re all searching for every time we walk into a bar, and an enchanting memoir of an unlikely and abiding friendship. Praise for Sunny’s Nights “Fantastic . . . [Sultan takes] material that might seem familiar and [mixes] a perfect, insightful cocktail: full-bodied, multitextured and delicious. . . . Simply beautiful.”—The New York Times Book Review “Sultan’s love of Red Hook shines through, and it’s hard not to be swept along on the ebb and flow of his emotions. . . . Sultan’s book is, among other things, a meditation on the fragility of the moment and the passage of time. . . . Wistful, funny and biting, Sunny’s Nights rewards you with its evocation of a certain place in time and, as Sultan calls him, ‘the most original man I have ever met.’”—Newsday “An affectionate portrait of the idiosyncratic Sunny’s Bar.”—USA Today “Sultan finds Sunny . . . a real character, a poet, a cinephile, a philosopher, bluegrass maestro and (Rheingold) beer server.”—New York Post (“Required Reading”) “Captivating . . . a classic story about a local bar.”—The Buffalo News “An enchanting memoir, a profound meditation on place and a beautiful story of an unlikely and abiding friendship.”—Brooklyn Daily Eagle “[A] polished, affecting look at remarkable barkeep Sunny Balzano . . . In elegant prose, Sultan deploys laconic humor, an instinct for telling details, a taste for eccentricity, and above all, clear-eyed compassion for our all-too-human failings.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Beautifully wrought . . . an indelible portrait of an unusual man and a nearly forgotten part of NYC.”—Booklist “More than an elegy for a bar and a neighborhood—it’s also a vivid and loving portrait of the larger-than-life eccentric who gave the bar its name and its spirit.”—Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers

Download or read book Ember of Night written by Molly E. Lee and published by Entangled: Teen. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “What to read after A Court of Thorns and Roses! Full of twists you’ll never see coming!” –UppercaseYA I’ve never been a stranger to the darkness. But when darkness comes knocking and looks that good, who wouldn’t invite him in? Draven is mysterious, evasive, and hot as sin. The only thing more infuriating than his silence is how obnoxious he is every time he does open his mouth. But when a group of strangers attacks me and he fights back—causing them to vanish into a cloud of black dust—I know Draven is more than he seems. Now I know the truth. There’s a veil separating the world I know from a world of demons living all around us. Turns out, good and evil are just words. Some of the demons don’t fall into either category. And I’m realizing just how easily I fit in among the ancient warlocks, the divine soldiers, and the twisted supernaturals... There’s so much more to me and my past that I don’t know—let alone what I am truly capable of. So when all signs point to me having the ability to unleash Hell on earth? I’ll have to decide if I want to do the world a solid and save it...or give it one hell of a makeover. The Ember of Night series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 Ember of Night Book #2 Shadow of Light Book #3 Spark of Ash