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From near-fatal illness to a stellar baseball career, Santo has forged one of the most intriguing and compelling tales ever told by a ballplayer. Rich with tales from a lost era, loaded with untold stories about the greatest players ever to grace the game, this book will delight not only Cub fans, but baseball fans everywhere, and especially those many fans who live every day with diabetes.

This is the book craps players have been waiting for! For the first time ever, the casino's worst nightmare, the amazing player known as Sharpshooter, reveals his secrets for getting the edge at craps—how to control the dice when you shoot in order to reduce the appearance of certain numbers (the 7!) and increase the appearance of other numbers. If you learn Sharpshooter's methods of dice control or rhythmic rolling, craps becomes not only a beatable game but a money maker for the player!

This book reveals what it was like for TV and radio professionals to report the most terrifying story of their lives -- and our time. Candid first-hand accounts take you to Ground Zero in New York, as well as to the crash sites in Pennsylvania and Washington. You will read the stories of journalists who got so close to disaster that they feared for their lives. You will find their impressions of the attacks and learn how emotionally exhausting it was to be focused on their jobs and the safety of their loved ones at the same time. You will understand how they got the news on the air, and appreciate the remarkable courage it took to run towards disaster -- instead of away from it. The book includes contributions from: NBC News Anchor Tom Brokaw; CNN Host Larry King; CNN Anchor Aaron Brown; ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings; ABC News Director of Special Events, Roger Goodman; CBS News Anchor Dan Rather; CBS News Anchor Jane Clayson; CBS News Correspondent Carol Marin; NPR Anchor Bob Edwards; ABC News Correspondent John McWethy.

Welcome to Las Vegas -- the city of lights, the land of dreams, the entertainment capital of the world, the place where time stands still. It is the last true frontier town in the Old West, only you're not drawing against the fastest gun in the territory. You are up against an even more formidable opponent: the casino. Barney Vinson knows how intimidating the casinos can be -- and he knows how to help you overcome your fear. Vinson is the official gaming instructor at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where he teaches the fundamentals of all casino games. In this book, he provides answers to all your most nagging questions, from gaming strategy to Las Vegas trivia to casino terminology.

This is the first book to focus on this single, revolutionary year that changed pop culture forever. Full-colour photographs of rare '60s treasures lead you on a fantastic and remarkably fun trip down memory lane. Always witty, and never lacking for words, Hal relates the story of 1966-and the sweet and satisfying details of his suburban childhood-against a backdrop of esoteric album covers, colourful soda bottles, innovative automobiles, and collectible issues of Playboy. Chapters such as "Food and Drink", "Television", and "Playtime" neatly categorise the elements that make our culture "pop." In "On the Go", Hal features the ultimate cool cars of '66: Ford Mustangs, sports cars, and hot rods (including the Lifson's family car, a powder blue Country Squire station wagon). "Sounds" highlights the release of albums like the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, the Beatles' Revolver, and Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde. In other chapters, Hal also covers fashion, celebrities, film, and other indelible images of 1966.

What does it mean to be a warrior? What does it take to be the best? What must a man do to endure life's injustice, confront his own demons and prevail? Dominiquie Vandenberg could have been one of the highest ranked martial artists in the world. He could have been an Olympic wrestling champion, or earned a small fortune promoting his own line of sports merchandise. But all Vandenberg cared about was fighting all out with no holds barred, and when at sixteen years old he discovered Kunto, a Japanese all-out fighting style, Vandenberg left his home and family for training on Okinawa. Vandenberg, at eighteen, became the youngest man ever to win such the champion title in The World Open in Bare Knuckle Karate. But while on a break in his native Belgium he was hit by a runaway car a week before he was scheduled to leave for his next adventure. After a painful recovery, Vandenberg did what dead-ended men from around the world for a hundred years have done. He joined the French Foreign Legion. Vandenberg saw action in central Africa. But when his leg healed enough to allow him to fight again, he went AWOL, flew to Thailand and fought and won his first fighting match in years.After a brief return to the Legion to fulfil his contract, Vandenberg returned to Thailand to find his fiancee, whom he'd met while volunteering with the Karen insurgency against the Burmese National Army, murdered by Thai river pirates. The loss sent Vandenberg into a spiral of despair. After completing the rest of his Legion contract, he went back to Thailand for his final fight. Vandenberg fought and beat Kran, the legendary Northern Thai fighter. In a country where fighting is the national sport, Vandenberg had become the best. There was no man more deadly or dangerous in or out of the ring.

Low-Limit Texas Hold'em is the fastest-growing casino poker game. But new player often come to the poker rooms completely unprepared to play a winning game. Even so-called veteran players are often long-term losers at the game because they have never taken the time to study how to play or analyze their own individual games.

This book is for everyone who has ever watched a baseball game or dreamed of being a major leaguer. 26 players tell you what it was like and why they treasure the experience of being a St Louis Cardinal.

Streetwise Baltimore tells how the city's form and its streets developed and how the centuries have echoed with wars, parades, the colorful daily life of citizens, and one of the greatest fire disasters of American municipal history.

An etiquette guide for the business world. Designed to help professionals feel self-assured and confident, this book covers every topic that's relevant today, including: tipping, entertaining, meeting people and making conversation, international matters, communicating effectively, and corporate gifts. Learn how to maximise your most valuable business asset -- yourself.

Newsletters are a vital resource to organization communications. But what makes certain newsletters work and others flat and pointless? From the basics to the finer points, from technical details such as typeface and paper stock to the larger considerations of message and audience, this book has the tools you need to create more powerful newsletters than you ever thought you could. How to Create Powerful Newsletters gives you the can't-miss keys to newsletter success that will ensure a reader-enticing blend of information.

Here, in a readable, lively style, Chuck Crouse explains the mechanics of reporting, the tools of reporting and the shortcuts to getting the job done right. Full of details. Loaded with examples to follow - and language to avoid. So practical it will help even seasoned radio reporters improve their performance. Reporting for Radio is going to make your job easier, more professional - and, with any luck at all, more fun. It's too good to miss.

Provides you with the chance to sample the delights of Greektown with free dinners at the neighbourhood's top restaurants, and better still, to create the same classic meals yourself. You'll find hundreds of recipes, separated into categories for easy reference. From baklava to bread salad, from saganaki to stuffed grape leaves, these delicious authentic Greek dishes are easy to prepare and serve. Includes sections on Greek spices, herbs and flavourings, a Greek glossary, food storage tips, and suggested serving combinations. Enjoy -- and OPAA!

In certain races, the winner stands out like a sore thumb, but you have to know where to look and how to apply what you find. Vincent Reo unlocks the secrets behind two frequently overlooked profit centres: Workouts and Maidens. Do you know how to compare 'breezing' workouts with horses that work 'handily'? Do you know the tracks that play games with workout reports and those on the level? Can you tell a legitimate workout from a non-legitimate workout? Do you pay attention to shippers -- horses that work at one track and run at another? Do you know which trainers you should bet with first-time starters and which to avoid? The answers to these questions will put money into your pocket -- and Reo supplies them. This book will pay for itself a thousandfold.

Ten years before the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock, settlers were already moving into the American Southwest, building houses, planning towns — and laying out streets. The names of the streets of Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos reflect a long history of contrasting cultures: Spanish, Anglo, Native American.

Offers players not only winning strategies but also wonderful techniques for getting more comps for less risk. It teaches you how to take advantage of the casinos without the casinos.

People play blackjack for fun, but it is more fun to play for profit. Now you can do both. Best Blackjack shows you how. Blackjack is the most popular casino table game. Yet, the casinos win more money from the players at blackjack than from any other.

Written to reflect the ever-growing number of exotic wagering options at tracks as full-card simulcasting has become routine. For the challenging but rewarding Pick Six wager, Heller enlists the aid of the country's most noted Pick Six authority, Steve Crist of the New York Racing Association. Crist, known as 'Mr Pick Six' offers his strategies and suggestions along with the author's to provide some of the soundest betting advice around.

This book is for anyone who ever bet on a horse race or wanted to. It is for the woulda, coulda, shoulda in all of us. The author tells of gambling moments we all share: of the horse that couldn't lose... but did. Of the horse that couldn't win... but did. Feldman picks winners daily in the Chicago Sun-Times. In an all-new special section, you will find all the tips you need to help you win when you wager from a master of handicapping.

This indispensable buy and sell reference is written to protect everyone who collects items of value. As a consultant to galleries and individual collectors, Mr. Vartian has seen virtually every type of scam and forgery.

This breakthrough book is composed of three parts - the Armada Play Basic Strategy, which is the correct play for every player hand against every dealer upcard, the Armada Ruse for maximizing comps while simultaneously reducing risk, and the Armada Money Management system. Armada Strategies for Spanish 21 is the only book devoted exclusively to this rapidly growing game.

Max Schmeling is the only living man who has had lengthy conversations with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Pope Pius XII, Adolf Hitler, and Marlene Dietrich. World Heavyweight Champion from 1930 to 1932, Schmeling's riveting autobiography is finally made available in English translation after years as a best seller in Germany. Schmeling's story is one of a shy man of extremely humble origins who comes of age amidst the glitter and turbulence of Berlin's 'Golden Twenties'. His career inevitably brings him to America, where his incredible odyssey sweeps him into a constellation whose stars include Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, FDR, Al Capone, Clark Gable, and many more. But the most compelling chapters in Max Schmeling's American saga are those involving Joe Louis and the unlikely bond between the two men, a bond forged in two epic battles. Schmeling's story is also that of a decent man in conflict with himself and with the authorities and racial policies of Hitler's Third Reich. His personal interaction with Hitler offers a fascinating character study of the megalomaniac Fuhrer. Max Schmeling's story is also a love story -- a lifetime voyage with Czech actress Anny Ondra.It is a storybook romance which blossoms for two superstars in the best of times and a devotion which sustains two survivors of postwar Germany. This autobiography is fully annotated and contains numerous rare and archival photos, as well as an epilogue written by Max Schmeling expressly for this English-language edition. A rare and unforgettable slice of history from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Finally, a no-nonsense book with tons of valuable handicapping information. The statistics on grass racing alone give you an edge for years to come.

In this candid and sometimes controversial autobiography, the late former SEnator Paul Simon sheares his insights into the activities of President Clinton and other politicians as well as his views on international affairs.