Download or read book Project Chartreuse written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age, Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society, keeping his balance with the back-channel support he gets from his idiot cop ex-boyfriend, Conrad, and regular squeeze Andy. On an insurance job, Slater’s hunt for missing beneficiary Daniel takes him from wrangling the hardscrabble grifters of Skid Row to infiltrating the sleazy pieds-à-terre and private jets of the city’s moneyed elite. Eventually the quest takes Slater to New Mexico, where he rents an old pickup and revisits his equestrian past in pursuit of a shadowy group dedicated to flying saucers. Galliform, an old quarry, pops up in the sprawling desert, and Slater has to navigate around law enforcement, not quite willing to collaborate with them but intent on not winding up in the hoosegow. Hooking up with all the wrong guys and drinking way too much, Slater gradually starts to see what’s really going on. As Galliform increases the pressure and things heat up, Slater has to decide between doing what’s right and preserving his own neck.

Download or read book Rattlesnake Creek Research Project 1985 Final Report Montana USA written by Gary David Blount and published by [email protected]. This book was released on with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Normal 0 Rattlesnake Creek is a small wadeable creek which runs through the Rattlesnake Wilderness and Recreation Area for approximately 23 miles and flows into the Clarkfork River in downtown Missoula, Montana. Until 1983, Rattlesnake Creek was used as Missoula's municipal water supply. In 1940 the creek was closed to fishing above the water supply reservoir, which is located 2.5 miles upstream from the mouth. Due to an outbreak of Giardia in 1983, Missoula began using wells as its sole source of water thus allowing recreational use of the water for the first time in 45 years. In the winter of 1984-85 the Montana Fish and Game Commission opened Rattlesnake Creek to catch and release fishing above Beeskove Creek. A six-mile hike limits access to the catch and release fishing section. No vehicle travel is allowed but mountain bikers for easier access can use an old fire road. The current study on Rattlesnake Creek was designed to obtain more intensive data than otherwise possible by state or federal agencies. This report summarizes the results of research initiated in the spring of 1985 to evaluate the population dynamics of the unfished cutthroat fishery below Beeskove Creek and to evaluate the effects of special regulations in the area above Beeskove Creek. The Study Area The upper Rattlesnake Creek drainage is located 5.6 miles (8.3 km) north of Missoula in western Montana (Figure 1). The drainage encompasses approximately 81.3 square miles (21,053 ha), most of which is owned by the United States Forest Service. Rattlesnake Creek originates on the flanks of McLeod and Triangle peaks, flowing south-southwest to its confluence with the Clark Fork of the Columbia River at Missoula (Figure 1). In 23.3 miles (37.0 km), from source to mouth, the creek descends 5291.0 ft. (1613 m) for a mean gradient of 4.3%. Of the nine perennial tributaries, three (Wrangle, Lake, and High Falls creeks) originate from glacial lakes; the remaining 6 (Porcupine, East Fork of Rattlesnake, Beeskove, Pilcher, Fraser and Spring creeks) originate from springs. Numerous intermittent streams also feed Rattlesnake Creek. More than 40 lakes are located in the upper drainage mostly on the west side. Geologic studies indicate that the parent materials include argillites, quartzites, and limestone of the Precambrian Belt series as well as Cambrian shales and limestones (Nelson & Dobell,1961). The watershed is characterized by relatively high peak discharge per unit area, a disproportionately large amount from the upper elevations (Van der Poel, 1979). Rattlesnake Creek is a 3rd order stream, which flows through a fairly steep valley. The valley bottom is an open pine-larch forest; cottonwoods and shrubs line the creek. Occasionally the valley bottom opens up into small, grassy meadows. Higher in the drainage the valley is increasingly timbered and steep. A stable natural character generally persists throughout the drainage. The substrate of Rattlesnake Creek is mostly gravel and cobble with a few boulders. The average flow is approximately 45-50 cubic feet per second. Although the creek does not currently supply Missoula with water, it is primarily managed as a watershed and secondarily managed as a recreational area (USFS Management Plan, 1984). The possibility of building a small filtration plant on the creek and again using the water for Missoula's municipal water supply is being discussed. A small water company dam already exists 2.5-miles upstream from the mouth of Rattlesnake Creek. The area would be the most probable site for a filtration plant. The water company dam prevents all upstream fish migration from the Clarkfork River.

Download or read book The Saucer Heads written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2023-08-04 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. Hired to track down Finley, the missing boyfriend of tech worker Truax, Slater soon discovers that the job isn’t really what he was asked to do. The search for Finley leads him to an arcane book and the flying-saucer subculture, where a deep dive takes Slater out into the Mojave Desert, leaving him unsure of the precise boundaries of reality itself. With input from Doris and his operatives, and begrudging help from his romantic partner, Pike, to weasel him out of a jam, Slater cuts a dogged path to sort out what Truax really wants, and what Finley is really up to, all the while juggling high explosives, navigating his deepening narrative complex with Pike, and never failing to throw that punch. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age, Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society, keeping his balance with the back-channel support he gets from main squeeze Pike, business partner Max, and operatives Andy and Etta.

Download or read book The Artisanal Grifter written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age, Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society, keeping his balance with the back-channel support he gets from his idiot cop ex-boyfriend, Conrad, and regular squeeze Andy. Pulled into negotiating with a blackmailer as a favor to his mother, Slater soon finds there’s more going on than just her old friend’s inability to keep it in his pants. More victims of the grift turn up, including Etta, an educator with secrets of her own who teams up with Slater to run a con on one of the key players. Unraveling the mystery leads Slater into an old-school photo lab, a late-night stakeout in a bar wearing disguise drag, and pugilistic encounters with a button man and a sleazy property developer. Zeroing in on the extent of the grift, Slater’s plan to plant evidence—the only way to make sure the right person gets arrested—inevitably goes awry, leaving him with a dilemma that strikes to the heart of his already tenuous ethics.

Download or read book Shrink in the Shadows written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2021-03-21 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age, Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society, keeping his balance with the back-channel support he gets from his idiot cop ex-boyfriend, Conrad, and regular squeeze Andy. Hired by banker Tad to track down a missing shrink, Slater soon finds there’s more going on, like the cryptic list Bianca left in her briefcase. An excursion to Bianca’s college leads to an intriguing ex-husband, a conspiracy theorist’s blog posts, and a suburban bungalow that’s been thoroughly sanitized, but Bianca remains elusive. Slater goes undercover with a gardening crew, and infiltrates a police investigation at a seedy hotel, but what’s the connection to Bianca’s list? Meanwhile his field operative, Etta, has taken up renovating the office as a part-time gig, bringing a degree of chaos for Slater and his business partner, Max. As the conspiracy theories get more bizarre, Slater gets closer to the truth, uncovering why Bianca is lying low, and maybe even why Tad has been playing him all along. Trolling the underbelly of the city and the high-desert wilderness, Slater zeroes in on the truth, never hesitating to hit on guys, throw a punch, or demand answers.

Download or read book Brawl in Bardo written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2019-07-13 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age, Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society, keeping his balance with the back-channel support he gets from his idiot cop ex-boyfriend, Conrad, and regular squeeze Andy. Helping his business partner, Max, track down a bail jumper, Slater spends the night in a dusty Mojave Desert town. Things look different in the liminal space between LA and Vegas, like the bardo between lives, and Slater soon finds himself stalking a sleazy dermatologist who’s in a custody battle with another croaker for a seemingly worthless statue. With high-tech surveillance and a stealthy late-night break-in, bouncing between the metropolis and Sin City, Slater zeroes in on the truth while navigating some irksome emotional entanglements and his own sobriety.

Download or read book The Eagle and the Weasel written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2024-08-22 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. Hired by tenacious journalist Elvaine to look into a college student who went missing decades ago, Slater finds himself sparring with film-industry lowlifes, a delusional New Age herbalist shilling cure-all supplements, and an enigmatic synchromystic who challenges his understanding of the very nature of reality. After a night at a séance with Pike and then a ghost hunt in an abandoned hotel, Slater pulls enough threads to get a bead on the missing man. The quest leads him out of town, where he meets the eagle and lands a gig that might pay off big time—if he can manage not to get greased along the way. Freelance investigator Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age, Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society, keeping his balance with the back-channel support he gets from main squeeze Pike, business partner Max, and operatives Andy and Etta.

Download or read book From a Desert Playa written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2022-03-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age, Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society, keeping his balance with the back-channel support he gets from his idiot cop ex-boyfriend, Conrad, and regular squeeze Andy. Trying to sort out the cause of shipping delays at a mine in a remote part of Nevada, Slater grills the driver Bender and the armed guard Vitale, responsible for trucking the shipments to the city, and ferrets out some of their secrets. Not sure whether the enigmatic Hernán is a birthright airhead or an exquisitely talented con artist, against his better judgment Slater winds up in the sack with him. Finally heading to the mining camp in a cargo plane, Slater and his operative Etta meet more of the players and see some strange things in the vast empty desert. The trip back to LA takes an unexpected turn, leaving Slater with a dilemma that threatens his very survival.

Download or read book The Dark Shill written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book That First Heady Burn written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Hillside Roble written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age, Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society, keeping his balance with the jobs that his employer, Della, throws his way, and the back-channel support he gets from his idiot cop ex-boyfriend, Conrad, and regular squeeze Andy. Investigating a million-dollar heist at a gallery in the Arts District, Slater can’t get a face-to-face with the owner, Eli, until he applies a little pressure, which leads to an evening invite to a tony mansion in the hills. Eli turns out to be a minor celebrity, physically flawless but obsessed with his own image, and flaky in that uniquely LA way. Gallery manager Pilar and her girlfriend are hiding something too, but Slater works to uncover the dirt with some surveillance and subterfuge, briefly posing as a straight guy to get some answers. Eli’s nephew Ty seems guileless at first, but what is he really up to at his massage-parlor job? Join Slater as he closes in on the truth, never hesitating to use his fists or his libido to cut through the secrets and deception.

Download or read book The Window Shade Job written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2020-01-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age, Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society, keeping his balance with the back-channel support he gets from his idiot cop ex-boyfriend, Conrad, and regular squeeze Andy. Pulled in on a window-shade job to gather intel on a cheating spouse, Slater discovers there’s another observer on the case, prowling around the backyard with a camera. In the course of tracking him down, along with his target’s paramour, he soon finds out there’s more going on than run-of-the-mill infidelity. The bunco accountant sleeps with anyone he can persuade, regardless of gender, including Slater. And what is Tato really up to in his seedy little shipping store? Dark secrets come to the surface, and with help from a gallery clerk, Slater starts to put the pieces together, all the while trying to stay sober, keep one step ahead of the law, and sort out his feelings for Andy. In a bid to protect the naive European caught up in the intrigue, he comes up with an audacious plan that might just save the guy—and make Slater some serious bank.

Download or read book A Stack of Sawbucks written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Desperate Frame up written by George Bixley and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2022-08-29 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for a new age, Slater walks the line between ordinary life and the frayed fringes of society, keeping his balance with the back-channel support he gets from his idiot cop ex-boyfriend, Conrad, and regular squeeze Andy. Hired by a desk jockey to stalk her ex-husband and dig up dirt, Slater shadows the brawler Harold and his kid, trying in vain not to get too close and get made. Harold’s pushback sends Slater into a more compelling mystery, about Lance, a crypto bro who’s gone missing with a whole lot of dough. Working undercover on a film set, Slater tangles with aging child actors, the surreal world of reality television, and a bare-faced frame-up orchestrated by a cold-blooded player. As he struggles to stay one step ahead of an arms smuggler and the feds that are in pursuit of him, Slater also has to figure out how to navigate his burgeoning “narrative complex” love affair, and how to renegotiate his relationship with Andy. Never hesitating to slap a lowlife around, Slater follows Lance’s faint trail, trying to determine whether he’s alive somewhere enjoying his hoard or planted in a shallow grave in the mountains, all the while trying not to wind up there himself.

Download or read book The Geographical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, formerly published separately.

Download or read book Research Software Engineering with Python written by Damien Irving and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing and running software is now as much a part of science as telescopes and test tubes, but most researchers are never taught how to do either well. As a result, it takes them longer to accomplish simple tasks than it should, and it is harder for them to share their work with others than it needs to be. This book introduces the concepts, tools, and skills that researchers need to get more done in less time and with less pain. Based on the practical experiences of its authors, who collectively have spent several decades teaching software skills to scientists, it covers everything graduate-level researchers need to automate their workflows, collaborate with colleagues, ensure that their results are trustworthy, and publish what they have built so that others can build on it. The book assumes only a basic knowledge of Python as a starting point, and shows readers how it, the Unix shell, Git, Make, and related tools can give them more time to focus on the research they actually want to do. Research Software Engineering with Python can be used as the main text in a one-semester course or for self-guided study. A running example shows how to organize a small research project step by step; over a hundred exercises give readers a chance to practice these skills themselves, while a glossary defining over two hundred terms will help readers find their way through the terminology. All of the material can be re-used under a Creative Commons license, and all royalties from sales of the book will be donated to The Carpentries, an organization that teaches foundational coding and data science skills to researchers worldwide.

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