An outrageous encounter in a cab is a rite of passage in New York City. Trap two or more strangers in a careening yellow sedan and add an unexpected variable-say, a well-armed transvestite hooker, the urgent need for a restroom, or a stabbing victim-and the story that emerges is sure to be worth telling. In Taxi Confidential, cabbies ranging from a lead-footed pothead to a philosophizing immigrant sage grapple with what chance tosses their way. Author Amy Braunschweiger uncovers the best taxi stories from the 1970s through present day, and takes the reader on a 100-mile-per-hour ride through Gotham's darkest alleys, roughest neighborhoods, and hidden sweet spots.

In Greene’s “magnificent tour-de-force among tales of international intrigue,” rival agents engage in a deadly game of cat and mouse in prewar England (The New York Times). D., a widowed professor of Romance literature, has arrived in Dover on a peaceful yet important mission. He’s to negotiate a contract to buy coal for his country, one torn by civil war. With it, there’s a chance to defeat fascist influences. Without it, the loyalists will fail. When D. strikes up a romantic acquaintance with the estranged but solicitous daughter of a powerful coal-mining magnate, everything appears to be in his favor—if not for a counteragent who has come to England with the intent of sabotaging every move he makes. Accused of forgery and theft, and roped into a charge of murder, D. becomes a hunted man, hemmed in at every turn by an ever-tightening net of intrigue and double cross, with no one left to trust but himself. Written during the height of the Spanish Civil War, Graham Greene’s “exciting . . . kaleidoscopic affair” was the basis for the classic 1945 thriller starring Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall (The Sunday Times).

Collins Avenue Confidential matches Miami's hottest gay men. Each of the four books in this collection is a standalone gay romance with a feel-good HEA and love hotter than the Miami sun. The Mechanic and the Surgeon Ritter Lehman, a hard-driving Miami orthopedic surgeon, can't find a man who will put up with him, and he won't slum by dating a "wrench monkey." Joshua, a young and closeted mechanic, is willing to give Ritter a chance, but doesn't want to be just another notch on his scalpel. Swing State Reg Tarry, Florida’s closeted Republican presidential candidate, meets Clint, a young, out-and-proud law student who's been heckling his speeches. The Pilot and the Professor James used to have a man in every layover city, but after the crash, he only wants to lounge on the beach and take a college class for fun. The beefy, bearded professor, Claude, just had a crash of his own that scared him away from romance. The Minister and the Rock Star Pastor Darius Keen can't find a man who sees him for him. Heavy metal guitarist Dan Schultz is tired of faking being straight, but doesn't want to be a notch on some celebrity-chaser's bedpost. Dan lets the n-word fly, Darius sulks, and their initial meeting is a disaster, but their attraction is real.

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 7th Annual Privacy Forum, APF 2019, held in Rome, Italy, in June 2019. The 11 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. The papers present original work on the themes of data protection and privacy and their repercussions on technology, business, government, law, society, policy and law enforcement bridging the gap between research, business models, and policy. They are organized in topical sections on transparency, users' rights, risk assessment, and applications.

"Bollywood film icon Shabana Shah has been murdered, her body found in the apartment where [New York City taxi driver] Ranjit ate dinner mere hours before. Ranjit's fingerprints are all over the murder weapon, a statue of the elephant god Ganesh used to grotesquely smash the actress' beautiful face. Caught on film leaving the apartment alone, Ranjit is accused by the NYPD as an accessory to murder. Ranjit's only credible alibi is Shabana's Indian doorman, but he has vanished"--