Real-life all too rarely offers stories that are quite as satisfying as fiction. Bringing Down the House" is one of the exceptions. Cheating in casinos is illegal: card-counting
- making a record of what cards have so far been dealt to enable the player to make some prediction of what cards remain in the deck
- is not. But casinos understandably dislike the practice & make every effort to keep card-counters out of their premises banning them & using private detectives to share information on suspected & known counters. " Bringing Down the House" tells the true story of the most successful scam ever in which teams of brilliant young mathematicians & physicists won millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas being drawn in the process into the high-life of drugs high-spending & sex."

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I was now very aware of Ronnies dreaded list". The list contained the names of people he wanted to kill; that he was going to kill. As soon as I saw it I knew something had to be done. The Krays were out of control. They had the East End buttoned up too tight & someone had to undo it. Slowly I realised that someone had to be me... Bobby Teale & his brothers David & Alfie were the three men the Kray twins trusted most. They werent in the Firm they were closer than that. They were old family friends confidants companions... But then things changed. Witnessing Ronnie & Reggie become increasingly psychotic
- taking murder torture & rape to sickening new levels
- Bobby knew he had to take action. Unknown to his brothers he became a police informer; risking not just his own life but those of the people dearest to him too. Using the codename Phillips he was forced to live on his wits feeding back information to Scotland Yard. With bent cops on their side the Krays knew they had a grass in their midst but before they could flush him out Bobbys evidence saw the gangsters get locked up for life. Bobby fled the country but now 40 years on hes back. & he wants to set the record straight. With the help of his brothers the man brave enough to stand up to the Krays has rewritten history as we know it; dispelling the myths & tearing apart the gangsters glamorous veneer to reveal the true sadistic nature of Ronnie & Reggie. Crammed full of explosive new revelations " Bringing Down The Krays" is the last great untold story of Britains most infamous crime family."

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' The Krays were out of control. They had the East End buttoned up too tight & someone had to undo it. Slowly I realised that someone had to be me...' Bobby Teale & his brothers David & Alfie were the three men the Kray twins trusted most. They weren't in the Firm they were closer than that. They were old family friends confidants companions... But then things changed. Witnessing Ronnie & Reggie become increasingly psychotic
- taking murder torture & rape to sickening new levels
- Bobby knew he had to take action. Unknown to his brothers he became a police informer; risking not just his own life but those of the people dearest to him too. Using the codename ' Phillips' he was forced to live on his wits feeding back information to Scotland Yard. With bent cops on their side the Krays knew they had a grass in their midst but before they could flush him out Bobby's evidence saw the London gangsters get locked up for life. Bobby fled the country but now 40 years on he's back. & he wants to set the record straight. With the help of his brothers the man brave enough to stand up to the Krays has rewritten history as we know it; dispelling the myths & tearing apart the gangsters' glamorous veneer to reveal the true sadistic nature of Ronnie & Reggie. Crammed full of explosive new revelations Bringing Down The Krays" is the last great untold story of Britain's most infamous crime family."

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Hot-diggerty! Whatever's that?" exclaims Mole as he burrows out of the ground one night & catches sight of the moon. He thinks it's the most beautiful thing he's ever seen & he wants it so he sets about trying to pull it down
- to no avail. When all of his efforts prove to be in vain he suddenly notices the moon's in a puddle at his feet & reaches to pick it up...and breaks it. Poor Mole's inconsolable until he is shown that the moon is not broken at all but just as beautiful as ever hanging in the sky like a bright silver coin. & it's not as near as it looks!"
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Zakk Wylde
- the man the guitar god the legend
- invites all who dare to follow onto the tour bus for tales of glory debauchery

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Alan Loy Mc Ginnis author of the best-selling book The Friendship Factor" studied the great leaders throughout history the most effective organization & many prominent psychologists to discover their motivational secrets. There are actually a small number of principles used by good motivators & the best leaders were using them long before psychology had a name. Fascinating case studies & anecdotes about Lee Iacocca Sandra Day O' Connor & many others show how you can put 12 key principles to work in your family or organization. Whether you are a parent executive teacher or friend you can gain the satisfaction that comes from " Bringing the Best Out in People"." ...

Acclaim for Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work": ' This is the first Enneagram book that I have endorsed. The Enneagram is a powerful tool for self-understanding
- the gist of emotional healing & a major factor in personal evolution. Here is a good book undertaking to bring the Enneagram to the business world at a time when it has become apparent that the business world controls the world & that our fate depends on the psychospiritual condition of those in it'
- Claudio Naranjo M.D. Enneagram pioneer & author of " Character & Neurosis: An Integrative View". ' This solid well-written book can be used by those new to the Enneagram & those who already know the system & want ways to apply it in the business world'
- Don Riso & Russ Hudson founders of the Enneagram Institute & authors of the bestselling " The Wisdom of the Enneagram". ' User-friendly... Ginger Lapid-Bogda's explanation & interpretation of the Enneagram way of learning more about one's self is unsurpassed'
- W. Warner Burke Ph.D. author of " Organization Change: Theory & Practice". 'A must-have for your 'go-to' bookshelf'
- Beverly Kaye Ph.D. co-author of the internationally bestselling " Love ' Em or Lose ' Em: Getting Good People to Stay". The Enneagram is a popular proven psychological system for determining personality types as a path for self-improvement. Now Enneagram teacher & organizational consultant Ginger Lapid-Bogda gives clear easy-to-follow instruction for using this powerful tool in the workplace including techniques for bringing out your strongest leadership skills improving your weaker areas & preventing & resolving conflict. You'll work better increase the effectiveness of your teams & build relationships with your co-workers."




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David Profumo was just seven when his father who had been Secretary of State for War resigned from the Macmillan government. Despite the furore & humiliation that followed his parents famously stayed together
- & now forty years on their son has written this long-awaited account of their family life before during & after the sensational events of 1963. Drawing on diaries letters & other memorabilia never before made public Bringing The House Down describes their background & careers before they met. After an apprenticeship in Hollywood during her teenage years the beautiful Valerie Hobson went on to star in numerous British films before her stage triumph in The King & I; John Profumo had been the youngest MP during the Second World War became a Brigadier at the age of thirty & was rapidly rising through the ranks of the Conservative party. This is the story of their complicated courtship & volatile marriage the destruction of their glamorous lifestyle & their endurance of the aftermath. By turns intimate caustic & poignant their only childs personal memoir of their three lives together not only puts flesh on the bones of the old family skeleton but also offers a remarkable portrait of a love affair that somehow survived in a world turned upside down.
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Everyone was amazed Princess Diana was a good mother. She was an exception as the British Royal Family has not been exactly renowned for their good parenting
- at least since the time of Queen Victoria & Albert who was always telling his son Bertie how disappointed he was in him; King George V was often telling his sons how disappointed he was in them
- & the tension between Prince Charles & his father has been the subject of much speculation. A mix of popular history & soap opera with a Royal twist Bringing Them up Royal reveals for the first time how British Kings & Queens brought up their children & is bound to arouse wide attention & controversy. Drawing on much fascinating new material & discovered documents & records
- going back to the Tudors
- David Cohen tells a compelling & at times shocking story providing many arresting psychoanalytical insights & twists.



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There isn't much that Brisbane & Queensland don't offer
- sun sea & a slice of laid-back life down under. Take off & discover the
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