Thirteen Against The Bank
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Author | : Norman Leigh |
Publisher | : High Stakes |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Casinos |
ISBN | : 9781843440321 |
In the summer of 1966 Norman Leigh took a team to the Casino Municipal in Nice with the express intention of systematically winning large sums of money at roulette. Two weeks later the team was banned from every casino in France. Not for cheating, or rowdy behaviour - but for winning, methodically and consistently. An absolute classic detailing the events leading up to - and, most importantly, the system that allowed this to happen - an event held as impossible by all expert opinion - breaking the bank at roulette.
Author | : Norman Leigh |
Publisher | : No Exit Press |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780948353994 |
Presents the story of the man who broke the bank at the roulette table in Nice in 1966. This book offers a funny account of how he organised a team of thirteen players, including himself, to work a reverse Labouchere betting progression while placing wagers on all six outside, even-money bets at the same time; odd, even, red, black, high and low.
Author | : Simon Johnson |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2010-03-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0307379221 |
In spite of its key role in creating the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, the American banking industry has grown bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks whose assets amount to more than 60 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, this oligarchy proved it could first hold the global economy hostage and then use its political muscle to fight off meaningful reform. 13 Bankers brilliantly charts the rise to power of the financial sector and forcefully argues that we must break up the big banks if we want to avoid future financial catastrophes. Updated, with additional analysis of the government’s recent attempt to reform the banking industry, this is a timely and expert account of our troubled political economy.
Author | : Lawrence Wright |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2015-04-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0804170029 |
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW’ S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, The Economist, The Daily Beast, St. Louis Post-Dispatch In September 1978, three world leaders—Menachem Begin of Israel, Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and U.S. president Jimmy Carter—met at Camp David to broker a peace agreement between the two Middle East nations. During the thirteen-day conference, Begin and Sadat got into screaming matches and had to be physically separated; both attempted to walk away multiple times. Yet, by the end, a treaty had been forged—one that has quietly stood for more than three decades, proving that peace in the Middle East is possible. Wright combines politics, scripture, and the participants’ personal histories into a compelling narrative of the fragile peace process. Begin was an Orthodox Jew whose parents had perished in the Holocaust; Sadat was a pious Muslim inspired since boyhood by stories of martyrdom; Carter, who knew the Bible by heart, was driven by his faith to pursue a treaty, even as his advisers warned him of the political cost. Wright reveals an extraordinary moment of lifelong enemies working together—and the profound difficulties inherent in the process. Thirteen Days in September is a timely revisiting of this diplomatic triumph and an inside look at how peace is made.
Author | : Christina Soontornvat |
Publisher | : Candlewick Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2020-10-13 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1536216089 |
A unique account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a heart-racing, you-are-there style that blends suspense, science, and cultural insight. On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon’s adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. As the world sits vigil, people begin to wonder: how long can a group of ordinary kids survive in complete darkness, with no food or clean water? Luckily, the Wild Boars are a very extraordinary "ordinary" group. Combining firsthand interviews of rescue workers with in-depth science and details of the region's culture and religion, author Christina Soontornvat—who was visiting family in Northern Thailand when the Wild Boars went missing—masterfully shows how both the complex engineering operation above ground and the mental struggles of the thirteen young people below proved critical in the life-or-death mission. Meticulously researched and generously illustrated with photographs, this page-turner includes an author’s note describing her experience meeting the team, detailed source notes, and a bibliography to fully immerse readers in the most ambitious cave rescue in history.
Author | : Liaquat Ahamed |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781594201820 |
Argues that the stock market crash of 1929 and subsequent Depression occurred as a result of poor decisions on the part of four central bankers who jointly attempted to reconstruct international finance by reinstating the gold standard.
Author | : James Heneghan |
Publisher | : Orca Book Publishers |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2009-04-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1554694388 |
Nell has been in foster homes all her life—most of them have been horrible. She finally gets moved to a home she likes, and the ministry threatens to close it down unless an expensive renovation is made to the house. Nell and the two boys in the home, Billy and Tom, decide to raise the funds themselves. How do kids get large amounts of money quickly? By robbing banks, of course. Their first few heists are successful, but when they almost get caught on their sixth robbery, the friends start to fight about whether they should continue. The bank jobs that were meant to keep their family together just might tear it apart.
Author | : Bob Harris |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2013-03-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0802777511 |
Explains how the author was compelled to help the world's working poor, describing how he discovered the Kiva.org micro-loan portal and his visits to world regions where the organization's loans have enabled people and small businesses to revitalize.
Author | : Brett Morton |
Publisher | : Oldacastle Books |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2004-02-01 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 1842438107 |
Roulette is a percentage game, and winning occasionally is simple. The aim is to win consistently. After watching, listening, and playing all over the world, Brett Morton distilled a wealth of information—and began to understand why he had been losing so often. Each spin of the wheel is a new and usually random event. Every spin is a fight against the casino’s advantages. It was a challenge to debunk the theorists, especially those who had never played. His research and hard work proved he was right—winning consistently is possible. Morton explains the methods to use, rates many of the well-known systems, but above all brings a clear and refreshing vision to this exciting game.
Author | : Traci L. Jones |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 121 |
Release | : 2010-03-22 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1429930462 |
Patrice Williams was happy living in Georgia with her grandmother, who called her "cocoa grandbaby." Then her mother lured her to Chicago and ended up in jail. Now Patrice lives with her Auntie Mae, and her new nickname is "Puffy" – thanks to her giant poof of hair. But Patrice's hair isn't the only reason she sticks out: she cares about her grades and strives for the best. That's why Monty Freeman, another eighth grader who lives in the building, asks Patrice to tutor his little brother. Even though Monty's friends make Patrice uneasy, Monty himself is friendly, confident, and surprisingly smart. When he becomes her guardian angel, Patrice begins to think something stronger than friendship might be growing between them. Still, nothing will stop her from applying for a scholarship at prestigious Dogwood Academy – her ticket out of the project and a school populated by gangs and drug runners. In her debut novel, Traci L. Jones presents a girl with grit she never knew she had, and a boy so inspired by her that he begins to take pride in his own abilities. Standing Against the Wind is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year and the winner of the 2007 Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award.