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This book is a compilation of short stories of life, as seen through the eyes of a rural police officer. There are incidents from his younger life, which carry into how he became what he is, what he believed, and things he worked through. The majority of his career was served in a large county. He often patrolled alone and had to get himself out of whatever he got himself into. No day was the same, and no person responded the same. There were times of fear, anger, disappointment, and sickening tragedies. He believes law enforcement is a calling, and as a field training officer tried to inspire interns to become good public servants, because they are certainly needed. He wrote about ...

From the first page to the last, a funny and insightful series of stories taken from life seen as a vast unfolding poem. Capturing the wit and the absurdity of the planet as the Muses suggest themes that his imagination elaborates. Former student of Ginsberg and adherent of the French surrealist and prose poets. This is Sobsey's sixth collection. It was written over a two year period and the poems are set in New York City, Switzerland, Venice Beach, Toronto, and his home base, Hoboken, NJ, and numerous other locales. Avoiding over refinement, the poems have an accessibility which is a welcome change from elitism and willful obscurity. He wants the reader to see in the world the humor and ...

This 76-page, fully illustrated book is an absolute essential for anyone who has a job or plans to have one. Which makes it perfect for you and ideal as a gift. Its hilarious common sense (you would think) rules will help you avoid lunching with the wrong people, being dragged to restaurants you detest, making embarrassing social gaffes and paying for someone else's buffalo wings. Use it to plan your lunches, settle arguments, and avoid the many pitfalls of those precious hours between noon and three. Written by novelist, playwright and lunchaphile Allan Provost and hilariously illustrated by award-winning artist, Pat Longan, this is a must-have book for any office, factory, garage, hosp ...