Bøger af Jim Crawford

Detective Kevin Winters is emotionally involved when his girlfriend disappears without a trace. Working in his spare time to solve the case, his investigation is going nowhere until a similar kidnapping leads him to a self proclaimed psychic, four remarkable teenagers and a mysterious book. The four teenagers are given a reading assignment by their teacher. He tells them the best way to read a book is to get involved by pretending to be one of the characters. Unbeknownst to the four, they all start reading the same book and, per their teacher's instructions, assume one of the characters. The children finally realize the similarities between the book and their lives but obstacles surface when they attempt to convince the adults. When Kevin interviews the children and their families, he senses their unbelievable story might be true. In desperation and without telling his superiors, he digs deeper into their story. Will the path lead him to his girlfriend or is it an elaborate hoax?

In Geography of Hearts, Jim Crawford records his observations and experiences as he and new wife, Cathy, trek across the U.S. on bicycles, camping gear and supplies packed in panniers. The mission of their 1996 honeymoon excursion is to travel at a leisurely pace, allowing the wonder of this country to authentically reveal itself. Fast-forward twenty-six years. Jim and Cathy retrace their route in a 2014 Prius, accompanied by their 12-year-old Airedoodle, Jetta. This time, Jim journals on his reflections and comparisons between the two trips.While revealing the vast countryside and introducing the reader to people they meet along the way, Geography of Hearts is more than a narrative about bicycling. It captures a spiritual essence of acknowledging and succumbing to the beauty of each day's here-and-now. It speaks to a couple's love of life, each other, and the country they encounter. It is their snapshot of America, as they mark milestones, joy, conflicts, and epiphanies along their journey.

Bitcoin is a global phenomenon that has taken over the globe. Funny Money is no longer a laughing matter. After years in the background the founders and visionaries emerge with a team of stellar innovators to set the record straight about the past and the future. Satoshi Nakamoto the visionary team shows us why there can only be one truth in time which is immutable.Knowing they could trust no one around them, they left their identification mark on the actual code itself to be retrieved as Id when they returned. They stunned the world to show the power of a decentralized system in real time. Like the Voynich code Satoshi Nakamoto and the team around them seek to preserve their legacy in plain view. See if you can find the secrets they leave behind in many forms. Follow the journey from the beginning and see how much went into creating a platform designed with the guidance of nature itself is surpassing modern technology to create an amazing future. Data embedded in the past becomes immutable in the future when retrieved and the keys of decryption display the message left by those who encrypted it. If we claim to be cryptographers and do not have anything encrypted it seems we are not worthy of the name. In the future our generations will look back at those who fought to hold on to the old ways as barbaric. Once we used an outhouse and today we have a modern sanitary system that has cut down many diseases; this is how we view the system we built to clean up the corruption in a system that could not regulate itself. Onward.

Jim Crawford turns a humorous eye on right-of-way regulations, racing rules, sailing etiquette and more in this witty collection of sardonic cartoons.