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The Art of Doubling Down

Author : Anthony Michael Russo

Publisher : Morgan James Publishing

Page : 134 pages

File Size : 14,89 MB

Release : 2023-11-21

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 163698259X

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Successful people do not avoid failure, but rather use it as a steppingstone to reach their goals. For too long people have been defeated by the idea that life stops when you fail. In The Art of Doubling Down, author Anthony Michael Russo turns this idea on its head, proving that failure is far from the end of the road. The Art of Doubling Down highlights stories of successful people who experienced failure and leveraged it as a learning opportunity to become stronger and more resilient. He also dives into his personal experience growing up with a father who had a gambling addiction that almost destroyed their family, to demonstrate how failure ended up being the key to unlocking success in his own life. Through these inspirational stories and practical tips, individuals can learn how to transform their fear of failure into motivation to face challenges head-on. Theorists will become practitioners who are ready to take on life with a new outlook. And discover how to identify the lesson inside every failure that paves the way towards success in business, life, and finding ultimate happiness.



Double Down

Author : Antoinette M. Clarke

Publisher : Crown Currency

Page : 258 pages

File Size : 30,22 MB

Release : 2019-09-10

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 052557493X

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Tricia and Antoinette Clarke—best friends, Power Twins, and Boss Ladies—show you how to take your work and life to the Next Level. “Aspiring Boss Ladies in any field should pay attention.”—Gabrielle Union-Wade, actress, activist, and New York Times bestselling author of We’re Going to Need More Wine As African American women who have climbed their way to the highest ranks of the media world, Tricia and Antoinette have learned that to win when the deck is stacked against you, you need to ditch the old Status Quo rules. Whether you’re starting your career, wondering why you’re not further along, or looking to pivot, you’ve got to double down on yourself, and you’ve got to cultivate a tribe of people who will double down on you, too. Now, they share their wisdom with the next generation of Boss Ladies looking to up their game. If you’re tired of getting second-class rewards for first-class work and you’re ready to be respected for who you are, Double Down will give you the tools and tactics to go all in on your dreams. Among the lessons you’ll learn: • Don’t emulate, originate: Identify your unique superpowers to start from a place of strength. • Don’t stay in place, move into white space: To stand out, use your superpowers to do something no one else does. • Don’t just compete, play the long game: Work backward from where you want to end up—aim high, go far. • Don’t inherit your tribe, build it: Actively cultivate a crew of people who will push you to go after your most audacious goals (and set new ones). Packed with strategies and solutions, as well as stories of other badass Boss Ladies including Ayesha Curry, Carly Cushnie, Anne Wojcicki, and many others, this remixed rulebook will help you see the power in yourself—and double down on it.



Doubling Down

Author : Cari Z

Publisher : GallagherWitt

Page : 249 pages

File Size : 38,86 MB

Release : 2019-07-29

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1642300586

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Hacker Leotrim Nicolosi and Deputy Marshal Rich Cody may have escaped a vengeful crime boss by the skin of their teeth, but they’re not out of danger yet. With the mob’s tentacles embedded in everything from local law enforcement to federal agencies, the guys are running low on allies. Rich has one ace up his sleeve—the men who had his back in warzones during his time in the Marines. When he sends out a distress call, the cavalry comes running. Heavily armed, highly trained, and fully provisioned, they hunker down in a buddy’s missile silo, ready to make a stand against whatever the Grimaldi family sends after Rich and Leo. Leo isn’t so sure about the Marines, though. He trusts Rich, but something isn’t right, and he’s not a gambling man when his life is on the line. The Marines aren’t so sure they trust him, either, and Rich suddenly finds himself in a standoff between the men he’s bled with and the man he’s quickly falling for. Now they’re running out of time to either find the turncoat among them or get on the same side. Because the Grimaldi family is coming, and this time they’re bringing out the big guns. Doubling Down is the sequel to Double or Nothing, and is the conclusion to the Double Trouble duology.



Double Down

Author : Frederick Barthelme

Publisher : HMH

Page : 211 pages

File Size : 35,94 MB

Release : 2001-05-21

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0547959354

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“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



Playing Blackjack to Win

Author : Four Horseman

Publisher : Cardoza Publishing

Page : 125 pages

File Size : 28,47 MB

Release : 2013-09-26

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 1580424368

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This new edition of the rarest and most influential blackjack book in the history of the game brings together the most famous contributors in the game. Privately published in 1957 in an extremely limited quantity, this was the first book ever to print the correct winning strategies for the game of blackjack. This instant collector’s item includes a foreword by blackjack legend Edward O. Thorp, whose best-selling classic, Beat the Dealer (which relied on the original Playing Blackjack to Win), changed the public’s perception of 21 forever, plus an introduction and additional material from Arnold Snyder (Blackbelt in Blackjack, Big Book of Blackjack), along with new material from the authors.



How to Play Blackjack

Author : Ryan Knight

Publisher : Ryan Knight

Page : 79 pages

File Size : 14,1 MB

Release : 2024-04-24

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN :

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🔥 Unleash the Power of Blackjack Mastery! Are you ready to elevate your blackjack game to unparalleled heights? Look no further! as a seasoned maestro of the cards, I will unveil the secrets to blackjack excellence in this thrilling playbook. Whether you're a novice eager to learn the ropes or a seasoned player aiming for strategic mastery, this book is your golden ticket to the art of skillful wins! 🃏 What Awaits You Inside: 🔍 Mastering Basic Strategy: Unlock the secrets of optimal decision-making with a comprehensive guide to basic strategy. From hitting and standing to doubling down and splitting, Ryan Knight demystifies the art of playing each hand like a pro. 💰 Bankroll Brilliance: Safeguard your funds and navigate the casino waters with confidence. Learn the art of disciplined bankroll management, ensuring you not only survive but thrive in the dynamic world of blackjack. 👀 Observational Expertise: Sharpen your observational skills and gain a strategic edge. Discover how to read the dealer, understand fellow players, and absorb the nuances of the table for a winning advantage. 🔄 Strategic Adaptation: Stay ahead of the game by adapting strategically to changing circumstances. Ryan Knight guides you through the art of adjusting your gameplay based on the dealer's behavior, fellow players' strategies, and the overall flow of the game. 🎲 Patience as a Virtue: Learn the winning strategy of patience – the steady hand that guides you through the highs and lows of the game. Discover how waiting for the right moments can lead to strategic triumphs. 📚 Continuous Learning Mindset: Embrace each session as an opportunity to refine your skills and evolve as a player. Ryan Knight shares insights into staying ahead of the curve, studying new variations, and exploring advanced strategies. Are you ready to take your card game skills to the next level? Let's go! Card games like Poker, Texas Hold'em and Blackjack are skills that are easy to learn I don't just teach you how to play; I guide you toward excellence. With a wealth of experience and a passion for the game, my playbook is your roadmap to skillful wins and thrilling adventures at the blackjack table. Don't Miss Your Chance! Grab Your Copy Now and Embark on a Journey to Blackjack Excellence!



The Lifespan of a Fact

Author : John D'Agata

Publisher : Hachette UK

Page : 128 pages

File Size : 31,29 MB

Release : 2019-08-22

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1529404630

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NOW A BROADWAY PLAY STARRING DANIEL RADCLIFFE 'Provocative, maddening and compulsively readable' Maggie Nelson In 2003, American essayist John D'Agata wrote a piece for Harper's about Las Vegas's alarmingly high suicide rate, after a sixteen-year-old boy had thrown himself from the top of the Stratosphere Tower. The article he delivered, 'What Happens There', was rejected by the magazine for inaccuracies. But it was soon picked up by another, who assigned it a fact checker: their fresh-faced intern, and recent Harvard graduate, Jim Fingal. What resulted from that assignment, and beyond the essay's eventual publication in the magazine, was seven years of arguments, negotiations, and revisions as D'Agata and Fingal struggled to navigate the boundaries of literary nonfiction. This book includes an early draft of D'Agata's essay, along with D'Agata and Fingal's extensive discussion around the text. The Lifespan of a Fact is a brilliant and eye-opening meditation on the relationship between 'truth' and 'accuracy', and a penetrating conversation about whether it is appropriate for a writer to substitute one for the other. 'A fascinating and dramatic power struggle over the intriguing question of what nonfiction should, or can, be' Lydia Davis



Scarne's Guide to Casino Gambling

Author : John Scarne

Publisher : Simon & Schuster

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 34,50 MB

Release : 1978

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 9780671242190

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John Banville

Author : Neil Murphy

Publisher : Bucknell University Press

Page : 237 pages

File Size : 50,38 MB

Release : 2018-05-18

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1611488737

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John Banville offers a close analysis of most of Banville’s major novels, as well as the ‘Quirke’ crime novels he has written under the pseudonym, Benjamin Black and his dramatic adaptations of Heinrich von Kleist’s plays. From the beginning, Banville’s work has been marked both by the presence of a complex, embedded discourse about the significance of art and by a concurrent self-conscious obsession with its own status as art. His novels perpetually reveal an overt fascination with the visual arts, in particular, and with the aesthetic principle of literature as art. This study argues that, as a whole, Banville’s work presents an elaborate and richly-textured coded account of his relationship with art and with the self-referential fictional world that his novels have conjured. It is from this critical context that John Banville’s central argument is derived. This book asserts that Banville’s fiction can be viewed both as an extended interrogation into the meaning and status of art as well as itself being a representative of the type of art that is admired in the pages of the novels. As such, it also represents an extremely sophisticated enactment of the novel form that goes beyond the “self-reflexivity” of late twentieth-century fiction to chart new developments in the literary arts. The book’s critical process involves several specific reference points. Firstly, Banville’s own theoretical statements about art in interviews, essays, reviews and journalistic writing over the past 40 years are synthesized into a coherent interpretation of the author’s artistic vision which is thereafter used as a conceptual touchstone when considering his major works of fiction. This is done in conjunction with investigating specific theoretical perspectives about the relationship between literature and art by critics such as Denis Donoghue and Susan Sontag, and by philosophers of art, Graham Gordon, Etienne Gilson, Peter Lamarque, and Susanne Langer.



The ART of Trading

Author : Bennett A. McDowell

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 40,82 MB

Release : 2010-12-28

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1118039386

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An expert in the field of finance reveals his proven trading system As a trading coach and financial advisor, Bennett McDowell has used his own proprietary trading system--Applied Reality Trading or ART to enhance the performance of his clients' portfolios. Now McDowell outlines the unique benefits of his system and makes the case for trading the reality--not the fantasy--of financial markets. Readers will discover the importance of simplicity in a trading approach; how to develop "The Trader's Mindset;" how to use ART(r) technical analysis software; and much more. The ART of Trading will enlighten readers in how to use reality to enrich both their financial portfolio and their own financial psychology.