Books with author Patrick Burke

Located just outside the City of Chicago, Fairview Country Club functioned as an adult playground for some of the City’s most wealthy and influential politicians, business owners and investment bankers. Fairview became their escape from the everyday, the one place where they didn’t have to worry about putting on airs. For caddies, Fairview became a sort of rite of passage, a place where you entered as a naïve child and left as a man, armed with the bizarre and wonderful knowledge that will shape your life for years to come.MEMOIRS OF A CADDIE: LIFE AND TIMES OF A MISGUIDED YOUTH explores the 8-year stint that I served as a country club caddie in near-suburban Chicago, focusing on such critical events such as:•The Caddie Masters: “Unwilling to leave the country club grounds, Rob had taken to sleeping in his car; his two poodles huddled up against in an attempt to keep warm at night. Every morning, he would wake up and wash himself in the bathroom sink before heading down to his desk to begin his “work” day, pretending as if he had never been informed that his employment at Fairview had been terminated. It was his final act of rebellion against the people that he despised.”•The Belt Game: “The Belt Game brought something out of its contestants that few other life events, short of war, could ever have. For five to ten minutes, those young men were battling for their lives, rapidly adapting to this newfound “Kill or Be Killed” world.”•The Summer Heat: “As they moved around the altar, I could capture glimpses of their eyes, wild and ancient, completely lost in the moment, dedicated to giving all energy towards their ceremonial dance.”

"What follows is the transcript from a series of screenshots emailed to the Columbus City Police on June 7th, 2011, and subsequently distributed to the media."Everyone has a page...In the last few years, social networking has exploded as one of the best and easiest means of keeping in touch with people. It increases your visibility, allows the creation of a profile that shows you to the world and lets them know everything about you. Allows anyone to find you.Written mostly as a series of Facebook instant messages and presented as a true-crime case, this short story by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Kealan Patrick Burke illustrates the ease with which innocent associations on the Internet can lead to tragedy...OFFLINE.

Petal Pusher, by doodlist Patricia Burke, offers all hand-drawn illustrations of her version of flowers. Both real and the fancifully imagined. From simple stacked Daisies, to her re-imagined sunflowers. From fanciful flowering vines on a trellis, to beautiful moon flowers, this book has thirty-four delightfully rendered pages filled with a variety of flowers. There is flower for every taste and will only be enhanced with any choice of color. The images in this book are for all levels of expertise. There are an additional four bonus pages from Patricia's previously published books. Plus an 'never before seen' image from her upcoming book, Shoe-dles, Too. Happy Coloring!

What makes you stand out in your sport? What makes you different? What will give you a unique edge that can help you win both on and off of the field? It isn't your forty-yard dash time. It isn't your vertical leap. It isn't your height, weight, or any other physical attribute. Nope. The one thing that can set you apart (and maybe set you on fire!) is the ability to develop your Inner-G (Inner Game). In this small gem of a book, you'll learn why sportsmanship and character are the new forty-yard dash. Get these principles down and put yourself in position to be a great athlete and even better human being. Because good game starts always starts withIn!