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Author | : Karl James |
Publisher | : NewSouth |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2016-08-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1742247822 |
During the Second World War, in the mountains and jungles of Timor, Bougainville and New Guinea, Australian commando units fought arduous campaigns against the Japanese. The story of these elite independent companies and commando squadrons, whose soldiers wore the distinctive double-diamond insignia, is told here for the first time. Through 130 powerful images from the Australian War Memorial’s unparalleled collection – some never published before – Double Diamonds captures the operational history of these units and the personal stories of the men who served in them, many of whom lost their lives or the friends who trained and fought alongside them.
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Total Pages | : 958 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Automobile supplies industry |
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Author | : Frederick Barthelme |
Publisher | : HMH |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2001-05-21 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0547959354 |
“An exquisitely crafted memoir” by two brothers who lost their parents, lost their inheritance—and almost lost their freedom (The Wall Street Journal). Frederick Barthelme and his brother Steven were both accomplished, respected writers with stable adult lives when they lost both of their parents in rapid succession. They had already lost their other brother, just a few years earlier. Suddenly they were on their own, emotionally unmoored—and unprepared for what would happen next. Their late father had been a prominent architect, and the brothers were left with a healthy inheritance. Over the following several years, they would lose close to a quarter million dollars in the gambling boats off the Mississippi coast. Then, in a bizarre twist, they were charged with violating state gambling laws, fingerprinted, and thrown into the surreal world of felony prosecution. For two years these widely publicized charges hung over their heads, shadowing their every step. Double Down is the wry, often heartbreaking story of how Frederick and Steven Barthelme got into this predicament. It is also a reflection on the allure of casinos and the pull and power of illusions that can destroy our lives if we aren’t careful. “One of the best firsthand accounts ever written about organized gambling. Like Goodman Brown, taking a walk with a hooded stranger into the darkness of the New England woods, the Barthelme brothers suddenly find themselves inside the maw of the monster. The compulsion to control, to intuit the future, to be painted by magic, could not be better or more accurately described.” —James Lee Burke “Beautifully evoking the gamblers’ addiction, their mesmerizing account is best read as a novel Camus might have imagined, with the writer/protagonists as their own lost characters. A work of high art; enthusiastically recommended.” —Library Journal
Author | : Tong-s?ng Cho |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9814401668 |
This book provides a thorough explanation of the evolution of international competitiveness theories and their economic and strategic implications. The theories range from classical theories such as Adam Smith's theory of absolute advantage, to new theories such as Michael Porter's diamond model.
Author | : Dennis R. Harrison |
Publisher | : Frederick Fell Publishers |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9780883910139 |
A professional gambler offers his secrets for winning at all major casino games, with tips on betting strategies, successful money management, and self-control under pressure. 64 illustrations.
Author | : Anthony Horowitz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2013-02 |
Genre | : Children's stories, English |
ISBN | : 9781406347418 |
Tim Diamond is the world's worst detective - and these two mysteries will test his nerves to the limit. What does strawberry yoghurt possibly have to do with Paris? Why on earth are Tim and his kid brother Nick invited to a remote Scottish island? The answer - a murder
Author | : Jon Kolko |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2011-03-07 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0199780951 |
Design synthesis is a way of thinking about complicated, multifaceted problems of a large scale with a repeatable degree of success. Design synthesis methods can be applied in business, with the goal of producing new and compelling products and services, and they can be applied in government, with the goal of changing culture and bettering society. In both contexts, however, there is a need for speed and for aggressive action. This text is immediately relevant, and is more relevant than ever, as we acknowledge and continually reference a feeling of an impending and massive change. Simply, this text is intended to act as a practitioner's guide to exposing the magic of design.
Author | : Anthony Horowitz |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2005-05-05 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101664053 |
What would Tim Diamond, the world's worst private detective, dowithout his quick-thinking brother Nick? The bumbling detective and his kid brother are at it again in these three hilarious, fast-paced mysteries. Whether it's finding out who flattened a philanthropist with a steamroller in The Blurred Man, outsmarting Parisian drug smugglers on a vacation gone miserably wrong in The French Confection, or catching the murderer behind a deadly class reunion in I Know What You Did Last Wednesday, there's never a dull moment with this crimesolving duo around. Find out if Nick can get to the bottom of these mysteries before Tim messes everything up, or worse, gets them both killed.
Author | : John Robison |
Publisher | : Huntington Press Inc |
Total Pages | : 95 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 0929712099 |
The casino floors are jammed with new and different kinds of slot machines. In this guide John Robison tells you what they are, how they work, and how you should play them. Formerly sold only in bulky report format, this new pocket-sized book can be easily carried into the casinos to be used as a reference. Contains graphics of slot and video poker pay schedules you will encounter, along with representative return percentages.
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Publisher | : Marijan Dundek |
Total Pages | : 100 |
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ISBN | : 0953788458 |