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Mob Murder of America's Greatest Gambler
Steve Bagbey; Herbert Marynell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013
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Shall We: You Know He's A Gambler
Michail Devoul
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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Dostoevsky’s The Gambler
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
2024
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Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel The Gambler is one of the most profound literary works to treat the phenomenon of gambling with a remarkable depth of psychological analysis and a wide-ranging cultural and philosophical exploration of obsessive behavior, from addictive gambling to erotic passion. This novel delves into the cultural, psychological, and philosophical issues surrounding games of chance such as temporality, freedom, rebellion, choice, uncertainty, determinism, and creativity. This is the first book in English dedicated to The Gambler. This volume considers the phenomenon of gambling from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, focusing not only on medical and psychological concepts of gambling as pathology, but also on the broader cultural, philosophical, religious, and aesthetic aspects of the problem. What triggers fascination with risk-taking and various aleatory activities? What are the relations between gambling, play, and creativity? Can gambling be seen as a form of social or existential rebellion and protest or even a quest for freedom? Scholars from a variety of fields, including psychiatry, psychology, philosophy, literary studies, and musicology, have contributed to this volume and analyzed Dostoevsky’s view of gambling as a fundamental problem of human existence, with implications in the realms of philosophy, religion, and aesthetics.
The Devil's Casino Code: the Foundation of the Successful Gambler
Arthur Conrad
Independently Published
2019
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"The casino always wins", surely the BIGGEST LIE in gambling.This book is the cheat sheet of the modern gambler, teaching both simple and intricate systems to beat the casino. You will learn how casinos continuously cheat their players with a delicate set of traps for the gambler to get caught in, and how YOU can cheat THEM No more gambling based on chance, but based on mathematics, loopholes and profits This book puts together the most effective systems and strategies for the three best-known games, Slot-machines, Roulette and Blackjack, in order for YOU to finally beat the house. Find the patterns that casinos are based on, discover the solutions to increase your odds more than the casinos want you to, learn what they hope you DON'T Systems built around the mistakes casinos have made in the past and keep making in the present, found everywhere, from the games to the casino's structure itself, little details that only a small percentage of gamblers know about, and even fewer have discovered the way to exploit them, mistakes that allow the intelligent player to gain and edge over the house.Brought to you by The Devil's Casino Code, the most functional book on modern gambling.After reading this book you will never enter a casino the same way, because YOU will know what others won't, what the managers don't want you to, because YOU will no longer be an average player, using strategies that actually help the casino take money, instead your footsteps will echo with profesionalism, as a modern gambler.
Felix Francis continues his father's New York Times- bestselling legacy with another edge-of-your-seat read that's classic Francis.Nicholas "Foxy" Foxton, a former jockey who suffered a career- ending injury, is out for a day at the Grand National races when his friend and coworker Herb Kovak is murdered, execution style, right in front of him-and 60,000 other potential witnesses. Foxton and Kovak were both independent financial advisers at Lyall & Black, a firm specializing in extreme-risk investments. As he struggles to come to terms with Kovak's seemingly inexplicable death, Foxton begins to question everything, from how well he knew his friend to how much he understands about his employer. Was Kovak's murder a case of mistaken identity...or something more sinister?
Young Queen Elizabeth I's path to the throne has been a perilous one, and already she faces a dangerous crisis. French troops have landed in Scotland to quell a rebel Protestant army, and Elizabeth fears once they are entrenched on the border, they will invade England.Isabel Thornleigh has returned to London from the New World with her Spanish husband, Carlos Valverde, and their young son. Ever the queen's loyal servant, Isabel is recruited to smuggle money to the Scottish rebels. Yet Elizabeth's trust only goes so far--Isabel's son will be the queen's hostage until she completes her mission. Matters grow worse when Isabel's husband is engaged as military advisor to the French, putting the couple on opposite sides in a deadly cold war. . ."Starts strong and doesn't let up. . .Kyle's latest is extremely accessible for readers unfamiliar with the series." --Publishers Weekly"Memorable characters, lush historical details, fascinating intrigues, and court drama. History and romance merge, loyalty and passions run high and readers are riveted to the pages." --RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars"Riveting, adventurous. . .superb " --Historical Novel Society
In 1869, Jay Cooke, the brilliant but idiosyncratic American banker, decided to finance the Northern Pacific, a transcontinental railroad planned from Duluth, Minnesota, to Seattle. M. John Lubetkin tells how Cooke's gamble reignited war with the Sioux, rescued George Armstrong Custer from obscurity, created Yellowstone Park, pushed frontier settlement four hundred miles westward, and triggered the Panic of 1873. Staking his reputation and wealth on the Northern Pacific, Cooke was soon whipsawed by the railroad's mismanagement, questionable contracts, and construction problems. Financier J. P. Morgan undermined him, and the Crédit Mobilier scandal ended congressional support. When railroad surveyors and army escorts ignored Sioux chief Sitting Bull's warning not to enter the Yellowstone Valley, Indian attacks - combined with alcoholic commanders - led to embarrassing setbacks on the field, in the nation's press, and among investors. Lubetkin's suspenseful narrative describes events played out from Wall Street to the Yellowstone and vividly portrays the soldiers, engineers, businessmen, politicians, and Native Americans who tried to build or block the Northern Pacific.
The September Alliance has rearmed and regrouped. With a wind of publicity at their backs, the militant, anti-corporate vigilantes set their sights on Val-Mart, the retail giant whose policies are synonymous with the word abuse. In their twenty-third communique, the September Alliance issues a stark warning to the retail behemoth. Stop using child labor, stop degrading the environment, stop abusing your workforce, stop busting unions, stop breaking suppliers, stop forcing companies to offshore, or face the consequences. Backed by police assurances and bank accounts overflowing with billions, the corporation arrogantly turns away from the missive, leaving the September Alliance to make good on their threats. Bombs are made, plans are laid, and the invisible army called to arms. Rifles are loaded, reinforcements deployed, and computers hacked, but to bring Val-Mart to its knees, the September Alliance will need to deploy the deadliest weapon in their arsenal ! ! The Terrorist Nicky Pops
In the 1870s, Gus Hornsby spread the game of American football around the world like an evangelist and helped establish it in the U.S. heartland. Hornsby seemed destined for greatness as a journalist, inventor, explorer and entrepreneur. His arrogance, greed and an intractable gambling addiction, however, drove him to criminality and cast him into obscurity. But this public ruin led to his greatest accomplishment in prison: personal redemption. Surprisingly, Hornsby's meteoric rise and fall intersected with towering influencers of the time, including the women and men who would pioneer the "first-wave" feminist movement in the United States. This book explores their unexpected connections and interweaves their stories--along with details of the first American football game in the Midwest--to reveal elements of a pivotal moment in American history, both in feminism and sports. More than a biography of a person, it is a story about America--brash, imaginative and seemingly limitless in resources and creativity, but overly self-assured and wildly reckless.
With revenge on her mind, twenty-one-year-old Domino Vincent travels to the glamorous five-star Harbor Hotel in Montenegro, determined to beat its playboy owner, Luca Moretti, at his own game. Domino soon realizes the stakes are higher than she ever imagined.Disturbed by events in his past, Luca doesn't take kindly to losing. Nor does he appreciate Domino assassinating his character with her accusations that he took advantage of her sick father two years before.When he suggests a bet she can't refuse, Domino finds herself playing for so much more than her family's honor and, in return, getting far more than she ever bargained for. What started out as a gamble turns into a month-long forfeit as her enemy's captive. Instead of being desperate to escape, she is strangely drawn to the brooding billionaire and his dangerous past.
The Sorcerer's Gamble
Christopher J Hillger
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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"Kaplan is...without peer in his grasp of the delicate and explosive relationship between the Israelis and the Palestinians. This is a thriller in the best tradition of the genre." -Los Angeles TimesWhen the Israeli Prime Minister boards a new stealth submarine in Norfolk, Virginia intending a celebratory ride and the sub vanishes, it sets in motion a suspenseful story that intertwines the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a story of what could be.Shai Shaham-an Israeli intelligence officer-contacts old friend and adversary Ramzy Awwad-a former PLO intelligence officer and one of the great writers of his people-for help in locating the missing prime minister. But can they trust each other? Can their friendship withstand the turbulent political landscape?Eli Bardin-an agent who is feeling the strain of being away from his wife and children for so long in the field-is also tasked to contact Ramzy for the help in finding the missing sub. It seems the Russian have great interest in the technology, and he must locate the prime minister...because losing him is a national calamity that threatens to upset a delicate political balance in the most terrifying ways.Starkly depicting the excesses of both sides and moving through actual events, THE SPY'S GAMBLE relies on in-depth research to weave a thrilling tale of suspense of reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
Asbury, although a haven to shoobies (tourists) in the summer, is a divided coastal town. With the rich half living in the East, and the rest living in the West, most friendships stay within their boundaries. Luckily for a spunky-smart tomboy, a clever billionaire athlete, a gossipy-in-the-know cheerleader, and a wrong side of the tracks technological genius, boundaries are a foreign concept. In fact, Maddie, Cornelious, Carly and Pilot have been Asbury's strongest quartet for years, despite their vast differences. Nevertheless, after a few weeks of starting high school, the foursome's friendship is tested. After a string of burglaries in East Asbury, the gang decides to solve the crime as a reason to make time for each other. The further they investigate, the more they find themselves constantly side-stepping tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum-like policemen, outsmarting local bully JB and his gang of misfits, and dealing with Cornelious' billionaire father and Governor---who has disapproved of his son's choice of friends for years. In addition to these obstacles, the foursome must also adapt to their evolving friendship with each other and their peers. With upperclassmen, teachers, and teammates vying for their attention, the gang must work even harder to root out the red-herrings from the true thief. Aided by Carly's gossip, Maddie's boldness, Cornelious' quick-wit, and Pilot's knack for technology, the gang soon discovers its edge over the local police department.
She feels all alone. But with so many selfish jerks out to use her, can one feisty female make her mark on the world? Brianna Thompson desperately needs to start over. Fleeing her latest bad choice in men, she bets it all on a move to Las Vegas in search of an emotional reset. But after a roommate steals all her money and possessions, her fresh beginning looks like a devastating end. Landing a job helping women and children in need, Brianna finds meaning in supporting others. But when an old flame returns and someone at work sets her up to take the fall for missing funds, she fears her bold play may have already crapped out. Can she reclaim her self-respect and demand life treat her fairly? My Best Gamble is the fourth book in the My Best Series of heartfelt women's fiction novels. If you like determined heroines, chaotic twists, and the power of unexpected friendships, then you'll love Carole Wolfe's inspiring tale. Buy My Best Gamble to roll double-sixes today