It is 2010. The economy is in shambles and Jimmy James is a homeless felon. Desperate for refuge when his unemployment benefits end, Jimmy faces continual rejection from shelters and employers, leaving him to reconsider the promise he made to God to give up the lucrative life of gangs and drugs. Still, he is a man of his word. Despite the temptation to return to his dark past, Jimmy does his best to avoid the police and stay on a straight-and-narrow path. Determined to beat the odds, Jimmy finally finds a place to lay his head and a minimum wage job at a packaging company. Regardless of the rejection and judgment he continually must face, he keeps his head held high. When he takes a risky gamble with the money he has saved for housing and heads to New York, Jimmy soon discovers that when it comes to pursuing dreams, its all or nothing and that sometimes, hope, faith, and new beginnings can arrive in unexpected ways. Fracas shares the compelling tale of a homeless felons struggle to recreate his life after prison, pursue his dreams, and overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges.

Guns were illegal. Unless you were a member of Category Military, no one on Earth could own a gun. So who was shooting at Joe Mauser? And why? He'd been a mercenary, but he'd been thrown out when he saved Field Marshal Cogswell's life. Whose enemies were after him now—his own, or Cogswell's? In a world where the computers kept track of you, Mauser had to disappear...and stay alive long enough to reach the Field Marshal!

In any status-hungry culture, the level a man is assigned depends on what people think he is—not on what he is. And that, of course, means that only the deliberately phony has real status!

"Frigid Fracas" by Mack Reynolds. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Fracas in the Foothills, first published in 1940, is a rollicking, fast-paced action – western – mystery – adventure story set in the 1930s and moving from Paris to the American West (especially in the lower Yellowstone River valley Montana). The book features scholar-sleuth Homer Evans, the subject of several books by author Elliot Paul, and a host of additional, often wacky characters including his French cohorts, gangsters, Native Americans, ranchers, rustlers, and even rattlesnakes. Evans and his group return to Montana to solve a murder but the plot takes many often humorous twists along the way.

In the sixth novel in Jerry Apps's "Ames County series," a proposed frac sand mine in the local community park divides small-town neighbors into factions.

A Humorous New Orleans Romantic Suspense Series from USA Today Bestselling author Pauline Baird Jones. Discover the tension and romance that brews in the sultry Louisiana heat as private investigator Gideon Baker and Jessica Savoie cross paths amidst murder, betrayal, and a maze of classic cars in the sixth installment of the beloved Big Uneasy series. Private Investigator Gideon Baker is on a mission to locate a missing husband. A lead takes him to the Savoie Salvage yard in the heart of southern Louisiana. However, the owner is no more, and his daughter, Jessica, is left to untangle the chaotic aftermath of her estranged father's legacy. Jessica Savoie would prefer to be anywhere else but the salvage yard, dealing with the remnants of a father she never knew. The yard—essentially a junkyard—is a hotbed of unresolved daddy issues and literal heat rash. And as if that's not enough, there's also the matter of a dead body. As Gideon and Jessica navigate the labyrinth of murder, betrayal, and vintage cars, sparks ignite between them. But can they survive the blistering Louisiana temperatures and the danger that lurks behind the gunshots long enough to fall for each other? Dive into Beaucoup Fracas, the sixth riveting episode in The Big Uneasy series, and experience a journey of suspense and passion you won't forget. Embrace the heat, mystery, and charm of New Orleans in this thrilling romantic suspense series. Get your copy of Beaucoup Fracas today!

The authoritative guide to the effective design and production of reliable technology products, revised and updated While most manufacturers have mastered the process of producing quality products, product reliability, software quality and software security has lagged behind. The revised second edition of Improving Product Reliability and Software Quality offers a comprehensive and detailed guide to implementing a hardware reliability and software quality process for technology products. The authors – noted experts in the field – provide useful tools, forms and spreadsheets for executing an effective product reliability and software quality development process and explore proven software quality and product reliability concepts. The authors discuss why so many companies fail after attempting to implement or improve their product reliability and software quality program. They outline the critical steps for implementing a successful program. Success hinges on establishing a reliability lab, hiring the right people and implementing a reliability and software quality process that does the right things well and works well together. Designed to be accessible, the book contains a decision matrix for small, medium and large companies. Throughout the book, the authors describe the hardware reliability and software quality process as well as the tools and techniques needed for putting it in place. The concepts, ideas and material presented are appropriate for any organization. This updated second edition: Contains new chapters on Software tools, Software quality process and software security. Expands the FMEA section to include software fault trees and software FMEAs. Includes two new reliability tools to accelerate design maturity and reduce the risk of premature wearout. Contains new material on preventative maintenance, predictive maintenance and Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) to better manage repair cost and unscheduled downtime. Presents updated information on reliability modeling and hiring reliability and software engineers. Includes a comprehensive review of the reliability process from a multi-disciplinary viewpoint including new material on uprating and counterfeit components. Discusses aspects of competition, key quality and reliability concepts and presents the tools for implementation. Written for engineers, managers and consultants lacking a background in product reliability and software quality theory and statistics, the updated second edition of Improving Product Reliability and Software Quality explores all phases of the product life cycle.

Poetry. "Even the humble hoe/ if stepped on the right way/ -- Stars in daylight!// ...Nail... thumbnail./ No wonder the hammer/ often gets confused" ("I.Q."). Paul Violi is the author of Likewise, which William Corbett of the Harvard Book Review called "a knockout, " and The Curious Builder, both available from SPD. "Violi is one of the most inventive poets around. The results are vital, brash, and often very funny. 'All poetry is experimental poetry, ' Wallace Stevens once delcared. Violi joyfully honors this edict" (David Lehman, Newsday). He has been awarded two poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and he is currently on the faculty of New York University.

Poetry. Elizabeth Fodaski's FRACAS grabs attention, then holds, examines, and explodes the attention it attracts. This work is both elegant and playful, sardonic and amused. A din, a brawl, a noisy quarrel. It instructs, implores, and navigates a level of writerly inquiry that's a joy to encounter ... FRACAS rocks -- Jessica Grim. Liz's poems are very raw. They are the impulse to speak -- Eileen Myles. let x=o/ we still have too many constants/ see dangle, see ding./ a true strong verb/ Constant; see State./ Consternation; see Stratum./ Conspire; see Spirit./ Conspicuous; see Species./ This is a bust, / Etymology uncertain (Etymologies)