Be Your Own Dick
Private Investigating Made Easy
Private investigating is all about fast cars, sexy
consorts, and unlimited expense accounts - on
television. In real life, however, the world of the
investigator requires excellent reseach skills, patience
and savvy to gather information from people, computers,
or the libbrary.
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COUNTRY LIVING IS RISKY BUSINESS
by Nick and Anita Evangelista
Do you have your feet planted in the city but find yourself
living more and more like you are in the country? Authors Nick and Anita
Evangelista didn't know it then, but with the planting of a garden and
the raising of a few chickens and rabbits and goats at their house (a
mere 10 minutes from downtown Los Angeles) they'd taken their first
steps on a journey that would lead them to a fixer farm in the Missouri
Ozarks.
In this, their latest book on the logistics of making the move
from city to country life, the Evangelistas tell their own story and
give you their honest appraisal of what kind of "stuff" it takes to make
that move to the country, along with a liberal dose of laughs. You'll
find out what kind of preparation and mind set it really takes to make
that plunge from city to country. You'll discover how to keep going when
everything around you seems to conspire to tell you this move was a
huge mistake. Nick and Anita will give you invaluable advice about
purchasing and care of livestock when you are a raw recruit and new to
country life. This book shows you the underpinnings of living in the
country, along with a rain dance and the requisite Elvis story thrown in
just to make sure all the bases are covered.
This is the book that tells you how it happened for them. It can
happen for you, too. If you think country living may be the life for
you, get this book today, because Country Living Is Risky Business.
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 228 pages
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CURIOUS PUNISHMENTS OF BYGONE DAYS
by Alice Morse Earle
Here's a curious little number for you p;
an illustrated book on torture and torment inflicted by the Church and
the State, first published in 1896. Chapters include: * The Bilboes *
The Ducking Stool * The Stocks * The Pillory * Punishments of Authors
and Books * The Whipping Post * The Scarlet Letter * Pranks and Gags *
Public Penance * Military Punishments * Branding and Maiming * And more.
Each chapter is illustrated with a drawing of the punishment in
action. Written by a well known colonial historian of her day, Curious
Punishments Of Bygone Days will be of interest to anyone interested in
torture and torment, in crime and punishment, in guilt and justice, and
in the never-ending saga of man's inhumanity to man.
4 1/2 x 7 1/2, 149 pages
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DEFEATING INDUSTRIAL SPIES
Duncan Long
Industrial spies try to uncover legal or financial
problems, violations of government regulations, marketing plans, new
product information or other company secrets.
Defeating Industrial
Spies shows how to stop them. It covers every aspect of information
security, including physical plant, employees, guards, computers, bugs
and wiretaps, and much more.
1991, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 132 pp, illustrated, soft cover.
EAT WELL FOR 99¢ A MEAL
by Bill and Ruth Kaysing
Want more energy, more robust, vigorous
health? Then you must eat food that can impart these well -being
characteristics and this book will be your faithful guide. As an
important bonus, you will learn how to save lots of money and learn how
to enjoy three homemade meals for a cost of less than one dollar per
meal!
Chapters included in Part I are:
* How to shop on 99¢ a
meal * What to buy to stock your pantry * Where to shop and how to do it
* How to develop your bargaining skills * Where to pick fresh foods for
free * Your kitchen is your workshop * Food you can grow yourself * How
to preserve your perishables * What you should know about sugar.
In Part II:
*
How to Cook on 99¢ a meal * The golden rule: Eat less, waste nothing *
Sample 99¢ menus * The noble spud to your budget's rescue * Soybeans:
The money-saving meat substitute * A checklist of health and
money-saving hints * Recommended reading, and much, much more.
Eat
Well For 99¢ A Meal tells us how we can all live better, more healthful
lives at a fraction of the cost we now spend on food. Want more energy?
Want more robust, vigorous health? Get your copy today and Eat Well For
99¢ A Meal!
1996, 51¦2 x 81¦2, 204 pp, illustrated, indexed, soft cover.
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ECONOMIC SODOMY
How Modern Frauds Work and How to Protect Yourself
by Victor Santoro
Whether it's telemarketers jerking your chain, doctors doing
surgery on your bank account, or lawyers performing a little modus
up-your-end-i, people are getting screwed more than ever before. You
need protection. And that's where Victor Santoro comes in. Economic
Sodomy is a catalog of modern frauds and cons that will leave you sore!
Read about one U.S. city that got reamed so bad they declared it
"Sucker's Day," and celebrate it every year! Here are some other scams
sure to rub you the wrong way:
· How bankers and stockbrokers use your assets as collateral for
their personal loans · Why you should never use doctors that have their
own labs · Two easy medical frauds that are impossible to detect · A
dry-cleaning scam that netted a con man a quick five grand · How to get a
free rental car · New high-tech cons involving cellular phones, cash
machines and credit cards · And much more, including "cappers," "the
rock box scam," "cop freaks," and "the dog con!"
The sad part
about most of these scams is that they're perfectly legal: they follow
the letter of the law, while violating your sacred trust. But Victor
Santoro provides you with intelligent advice on how to protect yourself.
Learn to give your doctor an exam, give your lawyer the third degree,
analyze your shrink. And if all else fails, Santoro shows you how to
turn the tables and con the con men for revenge. Economic Sodomy is a
probing exposé of modern cons with all the facts you need to shield
yourself. Don't get caught without it!
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 192 pages
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EVERYTHING'S A RACKET
by Ned Beaumont
Everything's a Racket is cutthroat cultural criticism from the
sometimes skewed viewpoint and in the savage style that characterizes
Ned Beaumont. This book tells us clearly just what rackets are and why
human nature seems to make them both omnipresent and inevitable.
Everything's a Racket is a cutthroat cultural criticism from the
sometimes skewed viewpoint and in the savage style that characterizes
Ned Beaumont. This book tells us clearly just what rackets are and why
human nature seems to make them both omnipresent and inevitable.
At the root of these exposed rackets lies "the theory of
rackets," rackets being the schemes by which the lazy and the
incompetent seek to gain something-for-nothing.
Ned Beaumont targets:
* the government, but only in relation to the banks and the money system
* big time sports
* computer culture
* and big media
His
ammunition consists of a broad range of examples drawn from history,
literature and the daily news, but his real aim is directed toward the
reader's mind. His target? Our collective funny bone. Through a veil of
humor we are able to see through the self-importance of the racketeers
and the silliness of their schemes for ourselves.
In the future we'll be able to recognize the racketmongers and
deal with them accordingly. Get Everything's a Racket and see for
yourself. You won't get fooled again.
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 232 pages
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EXECUTION
Tools and Techniques
by Bart Rommel
Execution is ceremonial killing by a state or government-like
group. This book is a chilling examination of capital punishment,
showing how the motives and methods have changed through the centuries.
Execution contains detailed descriptions of all the techniques used to officially extinguish human life:
* Hanging
* Electrocution
* Beheading
* Shooting
* Gassing
* Lethal Injection
* And bizarre techniques such as burning, drowning, entombment, drawing & quartering, and death by torture
* There's also a chapter on future technology.
Execution
is not for those with weak stomachs. Killing people is not pretty or
clean. Yet government-sanctioned murder is performed on a regular basis.
For those who want the facts on capital punishment, there is no other
book like Execution.
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 123 pages
FRAUDS, RIP-OFFS AND CON GAMES
by Victor Santoro
Victor Santoro is back with another fine book on Frauds, Rip-Offs And Con Games. Contents include: *The Dirty White Collar
*Securities Swindles and Theft *The "Terrible Williamsons"
*The Gypsies: Criminal Life-styles *Restaurant Scams
*Credit Cards: Cons and Catches *"Financial Planners"
*Intellectual Fads: Selling Counterfeit Ideas *Coat-Tailing *Fraud Salad: An Assortment of Con Games *And much, much more.
The woods are full of wolves p; don't be a sheep! Learn all about Frauds, Rip-Offs And Con Games from this exciting book.
1988, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 188 pp, soft cover.
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FREE AMERICA
by Bolton Hall
"One of the most curious of delusions is the
belief that widespread and deep-rooted evils can be cured by trifling
remedies. Thus, for the ills arising from political corruption and
misgovernment by organizations formed for the purpose of securing
political offices, we find it gravely suggested as a remedy that we
should 'elect good men to office.' Apart from the absurdity of dividing
men into the good and the bad, this plan for abolishing effects without
touching causes is ridiculous. Political corruption is not, as some
moralists seem to believe, the result of men's sinful nature, nor is it
due to unscrupulous 'machines.' It has its origin in the conditions
which keep large numbers of people in involuntary idleness; which every
year force ten thousand business men into bankruptcy, which make a
struggle for a bare subsistence the lot of the great majority of the
voters of the country; and which create large classes ready to ally
themselves for gain with adventurers who trade as professional
politicians. Having its roots thus deep in the rotten soil of ignorance
and violation of economic laws, it is easy to see that the efforts of
'Good Government Clubs,' 'Municipal Reform Leagues,' and similar
organizations of well-meaning citizens must fail to accomplish the ends
for which they are working. So long as law-created conditions prevent
the masses from acquiring intelligence or using their intelligence for
useful purposes, so long will it be impossible to have clean politics."
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 199 pp, illustrated, soft cover.
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FREELANCE WRITER'S HANDBOOK
Second Edition
by James Wilson
Do you want to write? Why? Is it because you think it's an
exciting career? Do you think it's glamorous, intellectual, emotionally
rewarding, or perhaps, it pays well?
Written by an author who has
made his living writing 70 books and more than 1,000 magazine articles
for over twenty years, this book gives you the down-and-dirty facts
about writing for money. Freelance Writer's Handbook shows you:
* The benefits of writing as a career
* Myths about writing
* Getting started
* Seeking a market
* Editors
* How writers get paid
* Tricks of the trade
* Handling rejections
* Understanding contracts
* Some important "Don'ts"
* And much, much more.
Much
has happened since the first edition of this classic, and technological
advancements have led to this second edition. New developments include
faster computers, digital photography, e-mail, electronic submissions,
and e-publishing, to name a few. Let a real professional show you the
ropes. So before you quit your day job, check out Freelance Writer's
Handbook.
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 222 pages