Bøger af Joe Flood

Someone is murdering hipsters in Washington, DC. And they're blogging about it in this social-media soaked novel from Joe Flood. It's up to a cynical detective to solve the case against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying city. From parties full of bright young things to forgotten housing projects, Murder on U Street by Joe Flood depicts life beyond the monuments for ordinary people in Washington, DC.

"Great little nonstop clever book!" What would you do for likes? LIKES is a dark and funny collection of short stories by Joe Flood that examines our obsession with social media. In these short and readable tales, a drunken tweet leads to viral humiliation for a Florida woman. A glib influencer discovers that there's no such thing as a free Mexican vacation. A cyclist encounters disaster in pursuit of a digital crown. And Grandma is spreading Russian disinformation online. This is the world of LIKES by Joe Flood, where the American addiction to social media leads to real-world disaster. The stories are short and funny, perfect for breaks in your day. Put down the phone, pick up a book!

Things fall apart in The Swamp, a funny new novel by Joe Flood that mocks the city that America has come to hate - Washington, DC. After a drone crashes into the White House, Fox News screams, "How can we keep the President safe?" A crackpot idea from a cynical correspondent - let's move Washington out of Washington - becomes an unstoppable political movement. Republicans and Democrats in Washington face off against a red state rebellion in a battle for the nation's capital. Can they contain this popular uprising or will it swamp them all? From scheming bureaucrats to despairing millennials, The Swamp is a love letter to the nation's capital - and a wish for its destruction - packaged together in a biting satire reminiscent of Christopher Buckley and VEEP. An award-winning writer and photographer from Washington, DC, Joe Flood knows the swamp. He's lived and worked in the city for twenty years. Flood portrays the city beyond the monuments and has been published in The Washington Post, City Paper and elsewhere.

"Two hundred years in the future, refugees from an environmental cataclysm have fled underground. They survive, scrounging out a living in a twisted maze of tunnels and canals. Scavengers, mistitfs, bandits, renegades and mutants are among the citizens of this subterranean realm. They are sewerfolk, their home, the bowels of a utopian city that was never completed. Life is hard enough, but an overzealous mining company, PERCH wants to get their claws on this new underground frontier and they don't mind bulldozing any sewerfolk that get in their way. Caught in the middle is a young girl, Cricket. She's in a desperate search to find her family that fled underground. Join Cricket as she explores this savage new world, to find her parents and unlock the secrets of a past long forgotten, in the three-part graphic novel series for all ages, Knee Deep."--Amazon.

Candid interviews with sixteen entrepreneurs from diverse fields let you into their personal journeys creating and building startups. How do people decide to start a company or help grow one in its infancy? How do they build those companies? There are plenty of stories about people on the other side of the journey, who have already achieved great success. But what about people in middle of the process, for whom outcomes are still uncertain? That's what entrepreneur Renny McPherson and reporter Joe Flood--the hosts of the Numbers & Narrative podcast--set out to uncover in interviews with entrepreneurs who are building companies. Entrepreneurs in the Midst is a collection of interviews with a mix of established young founders and builders as well as a number of others who have created exciting companies you'll be hearing about tomorrow. Focusing on entrepreneurs with a variety of backgrounds--McPherson and Flood bring out the surprising paths people take to entrepreneurship. There is a literature major who taught himself to code, a banker-turned-actress who built a product to foster curiosity in kids, and a labor activist-turned-consultant who's using technology to improve service workers' pay. The authors weave these disparate experiences into a coherent and compelling vision of what today's founders and builders are doing in real time. The stories are inspiring, but tempered with honest talk about the struggles and challenges of entrepreneurship, a path none of these individuals took lightly. A fascinating read for anyone planning to pursue entrepreneurship and looking for role models on the journey, or for those curious to know how resilient, hard-working young people are building tomorrow's businesses. Reviews "Entrepreneurship, the lifeblood of innovation, is not one-size-fits-all. This book gives aspiring entrepreneurs a view inside a variety of start-ups being built by a broad array of founders and builders. This is a must-read for those who wish to build businesses and anyone interested in understanding the next generation of business builders." --Howard Cox, special limited partner at Greylock and former chairman of the National Venture Capital Association "Before you start your own struggle, read this book. Great insight into the real-life ups and downs of company building from a set of amazing entrepreneurs." --Louis Beryl, founder and CEO of Earnest Creating and and scaling a new company today requires more than just technical skill. Aspiring entrepreneurs need real world tools and solutions to make in the wild. Renny and Joe have done a great service for would-be founders, by taking lessons from 16 inspiring entrepreneurs who share their honest stories about the ups and downs of building a modern company. A book I recommend to everyone in the Galvanize family. -- Kate Shillo, Director Galvanize Ventures "Everyone who plans to start a business should read this first. Sixteen entrepreneurs bare their hearts to share their stories before the outcome is certain. That's a brave thing to do, and a gift to those who follow in their footsteps." --Frank Bonsal, cofounder of New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Spread your wings with Science Comics: Birds of Prey, a new and exciting volume of First Second's nonfiction graphic novel series!Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic-dinosaurs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, robots, and more. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these graphic novels are for you!In this volume, you'll get up-close and personal with some of the world's most skilled hunters, from the majestic eagle to the oft-maligned scavenger vulture! Armed with razor-sharp claws, keen eyesight, powerful wings, and killer instincts, these stealthy predators can make a meal of rodents, fish, snakes, lizards, monkeys, and even kangaroos! Discover how these amazing birds who are often at the top of the food chain, play an integral role in many different ecosystems around the world.

Spread your wings with Science Comics: Birds of Prey, a new and exciting volume of First Second's nonfiction graphic novel series!Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic-dinosaurs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, robots, and more. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these graphic novels are for you!In this volume, you'll get up-close and personal with some of the world's most skilled hunters, from the majestic eagle to the oft-maligned scavenger vulture! Armed with razor-sharp claws, keen eyesight, powerful wings, and killer instincts, these stealthy predators can make a meal of rodents, fish, snakes, lizards, monkeys, and even kangaroos! Discover how these amazing birds who are often at the top of the food chain, play an integral role in many different ecosystems around the world.

FOREWORD -- A decidedly non-superhero "teambook," Cellies is the fun and briskly paced story of six employeesof a mobile phone retail store. Led by their gung-ho but slightly dim manager,Christian, the Jog Mobile crew attempt to manage their personal lives alongsidetheir work commitments, which include dealing with difficult customers andmanaging the midnight launch of a new phone. Cellies collects the firstfive issues of Lion Forge's comic book series, whose central charactersrepresent a variety of ethnicities, backgrounds, and personalities, providingfertile ground for story development. In a minor but inspired ongoing feature,the book offers short vignettes inspired by true-life retail experiences. Intotal, Cellies feels like a successful ensemble TV sitcom, and the bookends with a cliffhanger of sorts, as Reyhaab, a teenager from a strict religiousfamily, faces punishment from her parents for lying to them, and Christiansuffers from the effects of an overlong tanning session. Flood's clean,confident art style and practiced narrative abilities balance propelling theplot and delivering humor, while also choosing appropriate moments to hint atwhat's underneath the sometimes shallow exteriors of his characters; one getsthe impression that there are plenty of stories left for Flood to tell inCellies: Volume Two and beyond.

Take the plunge with sharks in this volume of Science Comics, an action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers!