Badge 112 is the story of a restless boy orphaned in high school, and his unlikely passage from juvenile delinquent to decorated police officer. When Peter Stipe finds his mother after her suicide, it leaves him scarred and isolated. After a couple of brushes with the law, his dad sends him off to Culver Military Academy to provide structure and discipline. In a whirlwind final summer, he found himself paired with the most beautiful girl on campus and clashing with the commandant. This pattern of behavior would define his years in high school. At 17, his father’s sudden death from cancer cast him adrift.\nAfter beginning work in a warehouse, Stipe is soon befriended by a firefighter who’d lost his only son to combat in Vietnam. The father figure took the aimless youth under his wing, instilling a tireless work ethic while suggesting a career in civil service. Though his spell of misdirection continued, Stipe heeded the advice and found himself working for the Building Department, enforcing city codes and inspecting houses.\nTrained in every aspect of code enforcement, his laid-back style was effective with business owners, landlords and residents. But he saw the grim effects of poverty first hand, exposed to wretched living conditions. The homes and apartments he inspected were so filthy, he had to strip his clothes off outside when he got home. However, assignments all over town enabled him to learn Ann Arbor like the back of his hand.\nHis skill in code-enforcement led to a personal recruitment by Ann Arbor’s Police Chief to become an officer. A 29-year-old rookie, Stipe left his mark, combining instinct, orientation and superb fitness to catch criminals and save lives. He confronts the memory of his own mother’s death by handling the suicides of several more victims, many to gunfire. His negotiation skills spare the lives of many more.\nWhile on the force, Stipe embarked on a series of high-profile arrests, high-speed pursuits, foot chases, bank robberies, hostage situations, homicides, life and death struggles and harrowing rescues. In 1994, a serial killer investigation exposed the strained racial tensions between the police and the public they serve. Stipe and the killer confront one another in court.\nStipe’s tactical training results in his assignment as the point man on the SWAT Team. He engages in a sequence of armed encounters, some at point blank range. The peak in his career is toppled by a turbulent marriage to an unfaithful wife, an ill-fated affair with an attractive partner, and the tragic drowning of two teenage girls, trapped in a submerged car.\nWhen the veteran officer bottomed out and became immune to hope and humor, he was rescued from the brink by a succession of intuitive patrol partners and the girl that sold him coffee. Badge 112 is about survival in the darkest corners of society, and about a cop turning tragedy and adversity into hope and redemption in the dim light of life on his patrol beat.

Badge 112

Biographies & Memoirs

Stipe, Peter

Professionals & Academics

Down & Out Books

Mary and Patrick, graduate students in Providence, Rhode Island, come from different worlds. Mary is a New Yorker and very tied to her Catholic religion. She is studying French at Brown University. Patrick is from Maine, an artist who considers religion in the context of art. He is expanding his horizons as an artist at the Rhode Island School of Design. When they meet, the chemistry is immediate. But other relationships are swirling around this young couple and influencing them in so many ways: the uninhibited relationship between their artistic friends, Aaron and Melanie; Mary’s sister Margie who is living in sin with her boyfriend Javier; Mary’s tradition-bound parents; and Patrick’s uncommunicative parents. Can their love survive the inhibitions and conservative values they face? Can they truly create a life together and live happily ever after? Or will their love be destroyed by a passion that neither can deny?

The Art of Love

Literature & Fiction

Literary

High Tide Publications

Peter Stipe had always been curious about his heritage. His mother, who insisted they were Scottish, often made up stories that Peter would later question. After discovering a couple of old books, a marriage license and memorabilia, Peter embarks upon a journey to discover his family history and the truth about who he is and where he came from.
With detailed honesty and heart-rending curiosity, Peter’s quest for the truth leads him to discoveries that will forever alter his inner and outer view of the world.

Remember Me

Historical

Blue Fortune Enterprises LLC

A whimsical story about facing our deepest fears and greatest loves, and what we all must do to grow into the life we were meant to experience.Elizabeth's secret began when she was five years old, a secret she held close her entire life. As far as she knew, she was the only person who could see the fairies living in her grandfather's garden. They play with her and show her their world, and as she grows older, they guide her through the important moments of her life. The fairies, and especially Olivia, were her closest friends.But where were they when everything fell apart? Why didn't they save her grandfather when he needed help, and why didn't they warn her about the things she had to endure? Surely the fairies, who seemed to have a prescience about the future, knew what Elizabeth would have to tolerate. After the death of her grandfather, Elizabeth moves into his house to begin the process of healing. But when her daughter begins to see and play with the fairies, Elizabeth has a choice to make. Will she accept her daughter's new friends or will she find a way to banish them from her life forever?

The Fairy Garden

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Bennett Falls

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