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Author : Sidney Offit
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 9780312143688
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (436 download)
Download or read book Memoir of Bookie's Son written by Sidney Offit and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 1996-04-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sidney Offit
Publisher : St Martins Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312131401
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (314 download)
Download or read book Memoir of the Bookie's Son written by Sidney Offit and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A son's story of his father's unusual life as "the biggest bookie in Baltimore--and maybe even the entire United States" reveals an extraordinary father-son relationship from the son's point of view.
Author : Simon Brett
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1448304806
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (483 download)
Download or read book Blood at the Bookies written by Simon Brett and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Fethering! The race is on to find a killer when Jude stumbles across a body at the bookies in this quirky, cozy, British village mystery. Jude has never been averse to a bit of a flutter; her friend Carole, on the other hand, thinks that the local betting shop is a den of iniquity. But when Jude stumbles upon the body of fellow customer Tadeusz Jankowski after placing a bet, the odds of finding his killer don't look good. No one seems to know much about Polish immigrant Tadek, and even his sister doesn't know why he moved to Fethering in the first place. As they question the local residents, Carole finds an unexpected friend in an inveterate gambler, and Jude finds herself in potentially more trouble than she can handle with a lecherous and charming drama professor. In this race there can only be one winner, but with no leads and several suspects in the running will the sleuthing friends be pipped at the post by a cold and calculating killer?
Author : Mick Lee
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1800467974
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Child X written by Mick Lee and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1999 and the glorious Millennium is approaching. Ray is a struggling private investigator and compulsive gambler whose debt has spiralled out of control. His violent creditors have run out of patience. A retired gangster offers to square his debt if he tracks a man down.
Author : Richard O’Rawe
Publisher : Merrion Press
ISBN 13 : 1785371401
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)
Download or read book In the Name of the Son written by Richard O’Rawe and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 19 October 1989. An electrified young man, with eyes wild and a clenched fist, bursts out of the Old Bailey and declares his innocence to the world. Gerry Conlon has just won his appeal for the 1974 Guildford pub bombing. After fifteen years in prison, freedom beckons. Or does it? Following his release, Conlon received close to one million pounds from government compensation, movie and book deals; he ran in the same circles as Johnny Depp, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Shane MacGowan. Conlon seemed to have it all. Yet within five years he was hooked on crack cocaine and eating out of bins in the backstreets of London. Beyond the elation of his release was the awful descent into addiction, isolation and self-loathing. But this is a book about the resilience of the human spirit. What emerges from the darkness and the addiction is Gerry Conlon the pacifist; the man who came to be recognised around the world as a campaigner against miscarriages of justice. In the Name of the Son also reveals damning new evidence of statement tampering by the authorities which would’ve cleared Conlon at the initial trial. Life-long friend, Richard O’Rawe, has written a powerful and candid story of Gerry Conlon’s extraordinary life following his years of brutal incarceration at the hands of the British justice system.
Author : Andrew Goldstein
Publisher : Sixoneseven Books
ISBN 13 : 9780984824502
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (245 download)
Download or read book The Bookie's Son written by Andrew Goldstein and published by Sixoneseven Books. This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1960 and the place is the Bronx. All twelve-year-old Ricky Davis wants to do is play stickball with his friends and flirt with the building super's daughter. But when his father crosses gangster Nathan Glucksman and goes into hiding, Ricky has to take over his father's bookie business and figure out a way to pay back his debt-before the gangsters make good on their threats. Meanwhile, Ricky's mother, Pearl, a fading beauty of failed dreams, plots to raise the money by embezzling funds from one of her boss's clients: Elizabeth Taylor. Fast-paced, engrossing and full of heart, The Bookie's Son paints the picture of a family forced to decide just how much they're willing to sacrifice for each other-and at what cost.
Author : Eric Wright
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1554885175
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)
Download or read book Death of a Sunday Writer written by Eric Wright and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy Brenner has left her husband, her town, and her previous life behind. She lives in Longborough, a town halfway between Kingston and Toronto, where she runs a bed and breakfast and where, one day while working in the library, a phone call sets into action events that change her up-to-now quite predictable existence. Lucy's cousin, David Trimble, has died and made her his sole beneficiary. With some trepidation, she makes the impulsive decision to carry on his business - a private detective agency, though these might be grand words for the down-and-out ransacked office she finds upon visiting Toronto to lay claim to her unexpected inheritance. Previously published in hardcover only, this is the first paperback release of the first Lucy Trimble mystery.
Author : Robert Sellers
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429978694
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Hellraisers written by Robert Sellers and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boozy Biography of the Four Greatest Actors to Ever Walk--Or Stagger--Into a Pub. Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed: On screen they were stars. Off screen they were legends! Hellraisers is the story of drunken binges of near biblical proportions, parties and orgies, broken marriages, riots, and wanton sexual conquests. Indeed, acts so outrageous that if you or I had perpetrated them we could have ended up in jail. Their mercurial acting talent and love from the press and the public allowed them to get away with the kind of behaviour that today's film stars could scarcely dream of. They were truly the last of a breed, the last of the movie hellraisers. This book traces the intertwining lives and careers of Burton, Harris, O'Toole, and Reed, plus an assortment of other movie boozers who crossed their path. It's a celebratory catalogue of their miscreant deeds, a greatest-hits package, as it were, of their most breathtakingly outrageous behavior, told with humor and affection. You can't help but enjoy it—after all, they bloody well did. "God put me on this earth to raise sheer hell."--Richard Burton "I don't have a drink problem. But if that was the case and doctors told me I had to stop I'd like to think that I would be brave enough to drink myself into the grave."--Oliver Reed "I was a sinner. I slugged some people. I hurt many people. And it's true, I never looked back to see the casualties."--Richard Harris "Booze is the most outrageous of drugs, which is why I chose it."--Peter O'Toole
Author : Josh Ireland
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524744476
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)
Download or read book Churchill & Son written by Josh Ireland and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intimate, untold story of Winston Churchill's enduring yet volatile bond with his only son, Randolph “Ireland draws unforgettable sketches of life in the Churchill circle, much like Erik Larson did in The Splendid and the Vile.”―Kirkus • “Fascinating… well-researched and well-written.”—Andrew Roberts • “Beautifully written… A triumph.”—Damien Lewis • “Fascinating, acute and touching.”—Simon Sebag Montefiore We think we know Winston Churchill: the bulldog grimace, the ever-present cigar, the wit and wisdom that led Great Britain through the Second World War. Yet away from the House of Commons and the Cabinet War Rooms, Churchill was a loving family man who doted on his children, none more so than Randolph, his only boy and Winston's anointed heir to the Churchill legacy. Randolph may have been born in his father's shadow, but his father, who had been neglected by his own parents, was determined to see him go far. For decades, throughout Winston's climb to greatness, father and son were inseparable—dining with Britain's elite, gossiping and swilling Champagne at high society parties, holidaying on the French Riviera, touring Prohibition-era America. Captivated by Winston's power, bravery, and charisma, Randolph worshipped his father, and Winston obsessed over his son's future. But their love was complex and combustible, complicated by money, class, and privilege, shaded with ambition, outsize expectations, resentments, and failures. Deeply researched and magnificently written, Churchill & Son is a revealing and surprising portrait of one of history's most celebrated figures.
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Publisher : Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1926839838
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Who Killed The Nettles written by and published by Club Lighthouse Publishing. This book was released on with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barbara Wood
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1596528826
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (965 download)
Download or read book Yesterday's Child written by Barbara Wood and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brimming with the passion and suspense Barbara Wood's fans have come to expect, this magnificent novel portrays two lovers separated by deadly secrets and trapped in the fateful hourglass of time. Beautiful young Andrea travels from Los Angeles to her ancestral home in England to meet her relatives and confront her mysterious heritage. But from the first moment she steps foot in her grandmother's cold Victorian house in Warrington, she senses an awesome, unsettling presence. She knows that a rendezvous awaits her: a terrifying journey into the past, and a shattering encounter that will mark and change her forever. Andrea soon learns how terribly right her instincts have been. Waiting for her is Victor Townsend, a man who reaches out to embrace her from beyond the grave, a man for whom she hungers—even though she knows of his past evil deeds. But Andrea also discovers the lingering horrors of the old house, its carefully buried secrets, and a timeless, tragic passion still burning within its aging walls.
Author : Richard O. Davies
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814208809
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Betting the Line written by Richard O. Davies and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of gambling, particularly sports gambling, and how it has thrived in American culture. According to Davies and Abram, the culture of betting results from two complementary influences in American society: risk-taking and speculation. This is the first effort by academic writers to describe and interpret the history of sports wagering in the United States. Although many books have been written about 3how to bet and win, 4 Betting the Line presents a serious history of this popular activity in Colonial and Civil War eras to today, from early betting on horse racing and baseball to the modern venues of basketball and football. By considering topics as diverse as the business of a bookie, the expansion of legalized gambling, and the increase in popularity of televised sports, the authors offer readers an insightful look into a practice that has become commonplace in American popular culture. In a mere seventy years, the number of states where gambling is legal jumped from one to forty-eight. Yet Nevada remains the only state where sports betting is legal. This book challenges many long-standing myths and stereotypes that revolve around the enterprise, arguing that sports gambling is reflective of the American free enterprise culture.
Author : Jeffrey W. Dement
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810836242
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Going for Broke written by Jeffrey W. Dement and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Closely analyzes over 20 films of the past five decades that either deal directly with compulsive gambling or contain characters who are compulsive gamblers.
Author : John Duggan
Publisher : Poolbeg Press Ltd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Beat The Bookies written by John Duggan and published by Poolbeg Press Ltd. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We Irish love our sport and we also love a flutter. We all want to ‘Beat the Bookies’, to experience the joy of winning money and having our judgement vindicated. John Duggan, who has been putting his neck on the line every week for eight years by tipping on national radio, guides you through the big events of the sporting calendar. From Cheltenham to the Champions League, from Augusta to the All Ireland Finals, John has experienced all the highs and lows of sports betting. There have been wins and losses, and now there are reasons. Beat the Bookies opens the door to the rewards and pitfalls of this very Irish pastime. This book tells you what you need to know to maximise profits and beat the bookies at their own game!
Author : Naomi Rettig
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244351643
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (443 download)
Download or read book Three Years on Facebook written by Naomi Rettig and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's been six years since we first started following Natalie's life via her Facebook status diary. We catch up now on the last three years. We share the highs (holidays, concerts, marzipan balls), the lows (bereavement, anxiety issues, Moldova not making it to the 2016 Eurovision final), and the mundane middle bits of life in between (mainly consisting of watching 'Murder She Wrote' in just her pants while eating Toblerone). All will be revealed as Natalie overshares her life as usual. Has she found love? Has she found inner peace? And has she finally bought a lava lamp?
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1746 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Reader's Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 1746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kevin Cook
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393246019
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
Download or read book The Dad Report: Fathers, Sons, and Baseball Families written by Kevin Cook and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable look at how baseball families share our national pastime. Baseball honors legacies—from cheering the home team to breaking in an old glove handed down from father to son. In The Dad Report, award-winning sportswriter Kevin Cook weaves a tapestry of uplifting stories in which fathers and sons—from the sport's superstars to Cook and his own ball-playing father—share the game. Almost two hundred father-son pairs have played in the big leagues. Cook takes us inside the clubhouses, homes, and lives of many of the greats. Aaron Boone follows grandfather Bob, father Ray, and brother Bret to the majors—three generations of All-Stars. Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr. strive to outdo their famous dads. Michael Jordan walks away from basketball to play minor-league baseball—to fulfill his father's dream. In visiting these legendary families, Cook discovers that ball-playing families are a lot like our own. Dan Haren regrets the long road trips that keep him from his kids. Ike Davis and his father, a former Yankee, debate whether Ike should pitch or play first base. Buddy Bell leads a generation of big-leaguers determined to open their workplace—the clubhouse—to their kids. Framing The Dad Report is the story of Kevin Cook's own father, Art Cook, a minor-league pitcher, a loveable rogue with a wicked screwball. In Art's later years, Kevin phoned him almost every night to talk baseball. They called those nightly conversations "the Dad Report." In time, Kevin came to see that these conversations were about much more than the game. That's what this book is about: the way fathers and sons talk baseball as a way of talking about everything—courage, fear, fun, family, morality, mortality, and how it's not whether you win or lose that counts, it's how you share the game.
