Author: Guy Adams
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 0755361296
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Can you lift a glass filled with drink off a table using just a playing card? Or balance 13 dominoes on a single domino? Or drink a beer quicker than your friends every time? THE LITTLE BOOK OF BAR BETS is a fun and humorous gift book that will appeal not only to fans of hit BBC series The Real Hustle, but to anyone anywhere in the world who likes pub games. Bets include: PURSE SNATCH: Using no hands, get a coin from between your teeth into a purse on your head. Impossible? MAGIC MATCH: Can you move the match behind the glass without touching it? THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BALLOON: Who can hold a balloon over a flame the longest before it bursts?
The Little Book of Bar Bets
Author: Guy Adams
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 0755361296
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Can you lift a glass filled with drink off a table using just a playing card? Or balance 13 dominoes on a single domino? Or drink a beer quicker than your friends every time? THE LITTLE BOOK OF BAR BETS is a fun and humorous gift book that will appeal not only to fans of hit BBC series The Real Hustle, but to anyone anywhere in the world who likes pub games. Bets include: PURSE SNATCH: Using no hands, get a coin from between your teeth into a purse on your head. Impossible? MAGIC MATCH: Can you move the match behind the glass without touching it? THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BALLOON: Who can hold a balloon over a flame the longest before it bursts?
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 0755361296
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Can you lift a glass filled with drink off a table using just a playing card? Or balance 13 dominoes on a single domino? Or drink a beer quicker than your friends every time? THE LITTLE BOOK OF BAR BETS is a fun and humorous gift book that will appeal not only to fans of hit BBC series The Real Hustle, but to anyone anywhere in the world who likes pub games. Bets include: PURSE SNATCH: Using no hands, get a coin from between your teeth into a purse on your head. Impossible? MAGIC MATCH: Can you move the match behind the glass without touching it? THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BALLOON: Who can hold a balloon over a flame the longest before it bursts?
Big Bad-Ass Book of Bar Bets and Drinking Games
Author: Jordana Tusman
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN: 076244407X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Spice up a night out (or in) with hundreds of classics and 100% new drinking games and bar bets. Big Bad-Ass Book of Bar Tricks and Drinking Games is a handy, illustrated guide to 100 bar bets involving flying bottle caps, disappearing coins, animated cocktail napkins, and much more. Following the bar bets are 100 drinking games that keep the party going, with intriguing names such as Flip ‘n’ Strip, Snake Eyes, Shipwreck, and Death by Doubles. Easy-to-follow instructions—complete with illustrations—guarantee readers will be prepared to impress while having a great time.
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN: 076244407X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Spice up a night out (or in) with hundreds of classics and 100% new drinking games and bar bets. Big Bad-Ass Book of Bar Tricks and Drinking Games is a handy, illustrated guide to 100 bar bets involving flying bottle caps, disappearing coins, animated cocktail napkins, and much more. Following the bar bets are 100 drinking games that keep the party going, with intriguing names such as Flip ‘n’ Strip, Snake Eyes, Shipwreck, and Death by Doubles. Easy-to-follow instructions—complete with illustrations—guarantee readers will be prepared to impress while having a great time.
101 Bets You Will Always Win
Author: Richard Wiseman
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250121876
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
YouTube sensation, psychologist Richard Wiseman, shows you how to astound your friends with 101 Bets You Will Always Win Everyone loves a winner. Imagine being able to challenge anyone with seemingly impossible bets, safe in the knowledge that you will always win. Imagine no more. Richard Wiseman is a psychologist who has traveled the globe in search of the world's greatest bets and in "101 Bets You Will Always Win" he shows you how to use science, logic and a healthy dose of trickery always to be on the winning side of every bet you make. Using coins, dice, matchsticks and ordinary objects, you'll discover, among many other things, - how to balance a coin on the edge of a dollar bill - pick a cup up with a balloon - balance two forks and a matchstick on your fingertip - separate two glasses without touching them In explaining the bets, Wiseman also explains the science behind them making what at first seems mystifying as natural as the laws of gravity. Let YouTube sensation Richard Wiseman turn you into one of those smart people who can say "I'll bet I can..." and know that you'll never lose.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250121876
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
YouTube sensation, psychologist Richard Wiseman, shows you how to astound your friends with 101 Bets You Will Always Win Everyone loves a winner. Imagine being able to challenge anyone with seemingly impossible bets, safe in the knowledge that you will always win. Imagine no more. Richard Wiseman is a psychologist who has traveled the globe in search of the world's greatest bets and in "101 Bets You Will Always Win" he shows you how to use science, logic and a healthy dose of trickery always to be on the winning side of every bet you make. Using coins, dice, matchsticks and ordinary objects, you'll discover, among many other things, - how to balance a coin on the edge of a dollar bill - pick a cup up with a balloon - balance two forks and a matchstick on your fingertip - separate two glasses without touching them In explaining the bets, Wiseman also explains the science behind them making what at first seems mystifying as natural as the laws of gravity. Let YouTube sensation Richard Wiseman turn you into one of those smart people who can say "I'll bet I can..." and know that you'll never lose.
The Little Book of Alternative Investments
Author: Ben Stein
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118075269
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Praise For THE LITTLE BOOK OF ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS "Ben and Phil have done it again. Another lucid, insightful book, designed to enhance your wealth! In today's stock-addled cult of equities, there is a gaping hole in most investors' portfolios...the whole panoply of alternative investments that can simultaneously help us cut our risk, better hedge our inflation risk, and boost our return. This Little Book is filled with big ideas on how to make these markets and strategies a treasured part of our investing toolkit." —Robert Arnott, Chairman, Research Affiliates "I have been reading Ben Stein for thirty-five years and Phil DeMuth since he joined up with Ben ten years ago. They do solid work, and this latest is no exception." —Jim Rogers, author of A Gift to My Children "If anyone can make hedge funds sexy, Stein and DeMuth can, and they've done it with style in this engaging, instructive, and tasteful how-to guide for investing in alternatives. But you should read this Kama Sutra of investment manuals not just for the thrills, but also to learn how to avoid the hazards of promiscuous and unprotected investing." —Andrew Lo, Professor and Director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118075269
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Praise For THE LITTLE BOOK OF ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS "Ben and Phil have done it again. Another lucid, insightful book, designed to enhance your wealth! In today's stock-addled cult of equities, there is a gaping hole in most investors' portfolios...the whole panoply of alternative investments that can simultaneously help us cut our risk, better hedge our inflation risk, and boost our return. This Little Book is filled with big ideas on how to make these markets and strategies a treasured part of our investing toolkit." —Robert Arnott, Chairman, Research Affiliates "I have been reading Ben Stein for thirty-five years and Phil DeMuth since he joined up with Ben ten years ago. They do solid work, and this latest is no exception." —Jim Rogers, author of A Gift to My Children "If anyone can make hedge funds sexy, Stein and DeMuth can, and they've done it with style in this engaging, instructive, and tasteful how-to guide for investing in alternatives. But you should read this Kama Sutra of investment manuals not just for the thrills, but also to learn how to avoid the hazards of promiscuous and unprotected investing." —Andrew Lo, Professor and Director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering
Trading Bases
Author: Joe Peta
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451415175
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
An ex–Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics and beat the Vegas odds with his own betting methods. Here is the story of how Joe Peta turned fantasy baseball into a dream come true. Joe Peta turned his back on his Wall Street trading career to pursue an ingenious—and incredibly risky—dream. He would apply his risk-analysis skills to Major League Baseball, and treat the sport like the S&P 500. In Trading Bases, Peta takes us on his journey from the ballpark in San Francisco to the trading floors and baseball bars of New York and the sportsbooks of Las Vegas, telling the story of how he created a baseball “hedge fund” with an astounding 41 percent return in his first year. And he explains the unique methods he developed. Along the way, Peta provides insight into the Wall Street crisis he managed to escape: the fragility of the midnineties investment model; the disgraced former CEO of Lehman Brothers, who recruited Peta; and the high-adrenaline atmosphere where million-dollar sports-betting pools were common.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451415175
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
An ex–Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics and beat the Vegas odds with his own betting methods. Here is the story of how Joe Peta turned fantasy baseball into a dream come true. Joe Peta turned his back on his Wall Street trading career to pursue an ingenious—and incredibly risky—dream. He would apply his risk-analysis skills to Major League Baseball, and treat the sport like the S&P 500. In Trading Bases, Peta takes us on his journey from the ballpark in San Francisco to the trading floors and baseball bars of New York and the sportsbooks of Las Vegas, telling the story of how he created a baseball “hedge fund” with an astounding 41 percent return in his first year. And he explains the unique methods he developed. Along the way, Peta provides insight into the Wall Street crisis he managed to escape: the fragility of the midnineties investment model; the disgraced former CEO of Lehman Brothers, who recruited Peta; and the high-adrenaline atmosphere where million-dollar sports-betting pools were common.
Restoration
Author: Guy Adams
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 0857661191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
NONE WHO ENTER THE WORLD HOUSE LEAVE IT UNCHANGED. In some rooms, forests grow; animals roam and objects come to life. Great secrets and treasures await the brave or foolhardy. And at the very top of the house, the prisoner it was all built to contain sat behind a locked door waiting for the key to turn. The day that happened, the world ended. A sequel to the stunning "The World House". File Under: Modern Fantasy [Worlds within Worlds | End of Days | A Prisoner Escapes | Dark Powers]
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 0857661191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
NONE WHO ENTER THE WORLD HOUSE LEAVE IT UNCHANGED. In some rooms, forests grow; animals roam and objects come to life. Great secrets and treasures await the brave or foolhardy. And at the very top of the house, the prisoner it was all built to contain sat behind a locked door waiting for the key to turn. The day that happened, the world ended. A sequel to the stunning "The World House". File Under: Modern Fantasy [Worlds within Worlds | End of Days | A Prisoner Escapes | Dark Powers]
The Modern Con Man
Author: Todd Robbins
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 159691453X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A whimsical resource for low-risk grifters provides a treasury of humorous tips and historical facts about the art of the con, in a volume that outlines easy-to-follow swindles that can be used to score free meals, good tickets, bar bets, and more.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 159691453X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A whimsical resource for low-risk grifters provides a treasury of humorous tips and historical facts about the art of the con, in a volume that outlines easy-to-follow swindles that can be used to score free meals, good tickets, bar bets, and more.
A Gambling Guide
Author: Nicolae Sfetcu
Publisher: Nicolae Sfetcu
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 975
Book Description
Gambling as a betting action – wagering money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money or material goods. A guide about what is gambling (with a special section for online gambling), casino games with both beatable casino games (poker , blackjack, video poker with progressive jackpot, pai gow poker, sports betting, horse racing – parimutuel, slot machines and other gambling machines) and unbeatable casino games (baccarat, craps, roulette, keno, casino war, faro, pachinko, sic bo, let it ride, 3-card poker, 4-card poker, red dog, Caribbean stud poker, etc.), and non-casino gambling games (bingo, lottery, mahjong, backgammon, bridge, etc.). Fixed-odds gambling in sports is also present in this book with horse racing, greyhound racing, football (particularly association football, American football and rugby), golf, tennis, cricket, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, snooker, motor sports, boxing, darts, cross-country skiing and biathlon. Please, don’t forget to take a look to the legality of the gambling and online gambling, as well as to the articles, warnings and links dedicated to the gambling addiction. Extreme cases of problem gambling may cross over into the realm of mental disorders.
Publisher: Nicolae Sfetcu
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 975
Book Description
Gambling as a betting action – wagering money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money or material goods. A guide about what is gambling (with a special section for online gambling), casino games with both beatable casino games (poker , blackjack, video poker with progressive jackpot, pai gow poker, sports betting, horse racing – parimutuel, slot machines and other gambling machines) and unbeatable casino games (baccarat, craps, roulette, keno, casino war, faro, pachinko, sic bo, let it ride, 3-card poker, 4-card poker, red dog, Caribbean stud poker, etc.), and non-casino gambling games (bingo, lottery, mahjong, backgammon, bridge, etc.). Fixed-odds gambling in sports is also present in this book with horse racing, greyhound racing, football (particularly association football, American football and rugby), golf, tennis, cricket, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, snooker, motor sports, boxing, darts, cross-country skiing and biathlon. Please, don’t forget to take a look to the legality of the gambling and online gambling, as well as to the articles, warnings and links dedicated to the gambling addiction. Extreme cases of problem gambling may cross over into the realm of mental disorders.
Sports Betting
Author: Nicolae Sfetcu
Publisher: Nicolae Sfetcu
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Sports betting is the general activity of predicting sports results by making a wager on the outcome of a sporting event. Aside from simple wagers--betting a friend that one's favorite baseball team will win its division, for instance, or buying a football "square" for the Super Bowl--sports betting is commonly done through a bookmaker. Bookmakers generally offer two types of wagers on the winner of a sporting event: a straight-up or money line bet, or a point spread wager. Moneylines and straight-up prices are used to set odds on sports such as soccer, baseball and hockey (the scoring nature of which renders point spreads impractical) as well as individual vs. individual matches, like boxing.
Publisher: Nicolae Sfetcu
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Sports betting is the general activity of predicting sports results by making a wager on the outcome of a sporting event. Aside from simple wagers--betting a friend that one's favorite baseball team will win its division, for instance, or buying a football "square" for the Super Bowl--sports betting is commonly done through a bookmaker. Bookmakers generally offer two types of wagers on the winner of a sporting event: a straight-up or money line bet, or a point spread wager. Moneylines and straight-up prices are used to set odds on sports such as soccer, baseball and hockey (the scoring nature of which renders point spreads impractical) as well as individual vs. individual matches, like boxing.
The Little White Book of Baseball Law
Author: John H. Minan
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781604421002
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The game of baseball has often resulted in brawls, both on the field and in the courtroom, and from the 1890's on, much of what baseball is today has been shaped by the law. In eighteen chapters, this eye-opening book discusses cases that involved rules of the game, new stadium construction, ownership of baseball memorabilia, injured spectators, television contracts, and much more.
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781604421002
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The game of baseball has often resulted in brawls, both on the field and in the courtroom, and from the 1890's on, much of what baseball is today has been shaped by the law. In eighteen chapters, this eye-opening book discusses cases that involved rules of the game, new stadium construction, ownership of baseball memorabilia, injured spectators, television contracts, and much more.