Whether you want to sit down for a family game of cards learn a fancy shuffle to impress friends or even a simple trick to amaze them all you need is a deck of cards & this book. For the first time in one volume this unique title combines the three key areas of playing cards
- games magic tricks & expert skills
- making it the quintessential card companion & granting readers instant access to card enlightenment. Playing Cards delves into the mysterious history of cards presents a multitude of games & their variations reveals the secrets behind dazzling tricks of varying difficulty & explains the essential card skills needed to perform feats of dexterity. Expertly written & clearly illustrated throughout the contents include 52 card games 52 magic tricks & 52 card skills. Playing Cards is a unique stylish guide that will provide endless hours of fun & entertainment for all ages & abilities. It is essential reading for all those who wish to enhance heir repertoire wherever & whenever they choose to.

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The Letter: A few weeks after her fathers death Tommie Mc Cloud receives a letter in the post from a stranger. The woman claims that Tommie is her biological daughter kidnapped from her as a baby over thirty years ago. The Lies: Tommie is approached by journalist Jack Smith who claims to know about her past. But is he really who he says he is? The Truth: Not sure who to trust or what to believe Tommie sets out to discover the truth about her identity & in doing so uncovers explosive secrets that threaten not only her life but also the lives of those she holds dear. A riveting debut novel from a thrilling new voice Playing Dead" is a mesmerizing story of family identity & secrets that can kill." ...

Annie Carter is back! She was a madam in a brothel & a gangsters moll but now her protection is gone & her enemies are closing in. 1971 London gang boss Annie Carter Barolli is living the New York high life with the feared mafia godfather Constantine Barolli. Then family tragedy strikes leaving only Annie Constantines sister Gina & his three children alive & now theyre in terrible danger. & whats worse -- it signals a major shift in mafia power. Annie returns to London with her daughter Layla pursued by a hit man. Someone wants her dead & the only way she can stay alive is to find out whos paying for the contract & to strike first. Then the reappearance of an old East End face sparks a shocking suspicion -- the possibility that Max Carter Annies first & greatest love didnt die two years ago as she had been led to believe. Has he truly just been playing dead? ...

Welcome to Chestnut Hill the boarding school where every girl's favourite subject is riding! Lani loves to ride but her other grades are suffering & her parents want her to change schools. Lani can't bear the thought of leaving Chestnut Hill? Can she find a way to convince her parents to let her stay? More titles available: THE NEW CLASS (9781407130750) MAKING STRIDES (9781407130767) & HEART OF GOLD (9781407130774). ...

Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the deciding game at the climax of the season to the surprise & dismay of virtually everyone Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead & just minutes to go Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight he became a national laughing stock & of course was immediately dropped by the Browns & shunned by all other teams. But all Rick knows is football & he insists that his agent Arnie finds a team that needs him. Against enormous odds Arnie finally locates just such a team & informs Rick that miraculously he can in fact now be a starting quarterback. Great says Rick
- for which team? The mighty Panthers of Parma Italy. Yes Italians do play American football to one degree or another & the Parma Panthers desperately want a player from the home of American footballat their helm. So Rick reluctantly agrees to play for the Panthers
- at least until a better offer comes along
- & heads off to Italy. He knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is) has never been to Europe & doesnt speak or understand a word of Italian. To say that Italy
- the land of opera fine wines extremely small cars romance & football americano
- holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement.




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This title considers every aspect of outdoor play
- from its rationale in early childhood education to incorporating it successfully
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Generations of actors joining the RSC have benefited from John Barton's teaching" Trevor Nunn " One of the sanest wisest & most practical volumes I have ever read about Shakespeare" Michael Billington John Barton is Advisory Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company & has directed some of the greatest Shakespeare productions of our time. His book Playing Shakespeare is a transcript of his televised workshops with some of our finest Shakespearean actors: Peggy Ashcroft Judi Dench Ian Mc Kellen Ben Kingsley Patrick Stewart & David Suchet. " What the programmes & published text reveal is the method & principle approach of acting Shakespeare which has been fundamental to the Royal Shakespeare Company since it was formed" Trevor Nunn. This new edition contains a DVD with 80mins of video featuring John Barton in conversation with Judi Dench Ian Mc Kellen Patrick Stewart & Jane Lapotaire discussing changes in approaches to Shakespeare's text since the book first published. This edition also features a foreword by Michael Boyd. A highly readable & non-academic approach to understanding Shakespeare's text
- unlocking the hidden stage directions & actors clues that reside in his verse. " When an actor becomes aware of them s/he will find that Shakespeare himself starts to direct them" John Barton."
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From the bestselling author of A Woman of Substance comes an explosive novel about one womans journey to success. Seduction passion & international intrigue. Playing the game has never been so thrilling. Good looking successful Annette Remmington is a London art consultant & dealer at the top of her game. When a rare & long-lost Rembrandt finds its way into her hands she becomes the most talked about dealer in the world as she auctions it for millions of pounds. Married to the dashing Marius Remmington Annette owes her life to him for it was he who rescued her from a dark & troubled past. & now he wants to h&-pick the best journalist to write a profile on his talented wife. But Marius has unknowingly made a devastating mistake by bringing Jack Chalmers into their lives & soon Annettes career & marriage are on the line. How could Marcus have known that Jack would uncover a secret that could destroy them all? ...

Game over? Belle is starting to wonder if she should call time on the call girl business: get a day job a life free from secrets & have a normal relationship with the Boy. But will Belle cope with the nine-to-five a staggering decline in her underwear budget & no more paid sex? As Belle explores life & love after the game her story is frank smart & refreshingly honest. Punctuated with advice anecdotes & reflections in her inimitable voice this is a novel of secrets & lies scabrous wit & more than a little lust. ...

Playing to Win is a handbook for women who want to be successful. Karren Brady did it. At 23 she took over as Managing Director of Birmingham City Football Club becoming the youngest ever female Managing Director of a UK PLC when it floated in 1997. Although the club was the football equivalent of a rubbish dump" & women were barely even seen on the terraces in the early 90s Karren Brady persuaded her backers to acquire the club & single--mindedly revolutionised it clearing the debt taking Birmingham City into the Premier League & transforming it into a viable business. How did she do it? How did a 23--year--old woman with little previous experience at this level of management walk into a mans world & achieve such success? In Playing to Win she reveals her secrets & shares with other women the techniques they can adopt to succeed in their own lives on their own terms. Her ten motivational rules are self--help classics: ambition determination courage charm hard work attitude humour confidence focus & communication. Playing to Win shows women how to grow in each of these areas & achieve the success they dream of. & like all great self--help her principles apply across all areas of experience -- work & personal life. Playing to Win is a handbook for success in any situation. Moving from Karrens story how she has transformed a business & maintained a full & stable personal life to a chapter--by--chapter study of the ten principles successful women need to adopt Playing to Win is essential reading for women who want to have it all." ...