Gamesmanship as a civilised art is as old as the competitive spirit in man. It is polite psychological warfare. It is the moral equivalent of assault and battery. It is, as the subject of this book points out, The Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating. Anyone who has ever played any games for keeps has discovered the Gamesman either in himself or in an opponent. In its simplest terms the poker player’s bluff is a device of gamesmanship. While winning games without actually cheating may seem to some scrupulous sportmen to be treading the fair-play borderline, the author points out ‘The true Gamesman is always the Good Sportsman.’ If you find your game is slipping, whatever it might be-golf, tennis, bridge, poker, chess, craps or croquet-this is the book for you. Apply the power of the ‘ploy’ or, as we would say, the ‘Indian sign.’ After reading Gamesmanship you, too, can win without actually cheating.—Print Ed. Views: 413
Evella Noctu who discovers she has some unusualabilities that may take her merchant group to the top ofthe corporate ladder. In a society where assassination's areconsidered the norm to move up in rank. she has her workcut out for her. Along the way, there are alliances,betrayal, slavery, pirates,telepaths, sorcery and of courseSpace Dragons.The Merchant Wars Series takes place in the ReptilianConglomerate Empire where they take their "business"very seriously. This is where the phrase "Cut throatbusiness" comes from... they take it literally.This is a story about a lowly snake lady merchant namedEvella Noctu who discovers she has some unusualabilities that may take her merchant group to the top ofthe corporate ladder. In a society where assassination's areconsidered the norm to move up in rank she has her workcut out for her. Along the way, there are alliances,betrayal, slavery, pirates, telepaths, sorcery and of courseSpace Dragons.This is one of many series that takes place in the Galaxyof Empires Universe.ISBN Views: 413
Owen Foster is with the Special Air Service. He’s been missing for about five weeks and Mariyah Khoudry is trying to find out what happened to him. They’re legally married and she might be pregnant. Sergeant Major Bullen, stuck with the duty, will do his best to locate the lad, whether dead or alive. A short story of romance and adventure. Views: 413
How far would you go to protect the people you love?With the joy of leaving Undraland behind, the anticipation of returning back to the Other Side, where Lucy is most familiar, has everyone in high spirits. Soon she realizes that there will be no white picket fence, no home, and no life until the final portal to the Land of Be is destroyed. Pesta uses every tool at her disposal to claw at Lucy, stopping at nothing to take down the one girl who's managed to escape her clutches time and time again.Lucy Kincaid sheds her pacifist ideals once and for all as she fights for the people she loves, destroying the remnants of hope for a happy future in the process.The Other Side is book five in a nine-part fantasy romance series written by USA Today Bestselling Author Mary E. Twomey. Views: 412
Leonidas Baratheon, the only son and heir of Stannis Baratheon, known as the Young Stag and Lord of Storm's End. Forced to play the game of thrones, Leon must aid his father in claiming what is rightfully theirs.In the world of ice and fire, Stannis Baratheon manages to conceive a son and heir with his wife. Now both father and son must fight to claim the Iron Throne as the War of the Kings breaks out across the Seven Kingdoms. Views: 412
After the death of her daughter in the first book of the series, Maxine "Mad Max" Davies' new role in life, full-time grandparent raising two grandchildren, takes her into post-Katrina Mississippi, nature's newest wasteland. She learns to live in a region where most of life's conveniences vanished in the storm and tidal surge. Views: 412
Tao is an ordinary twelve-year-old girl, except that strange things can happen when she puts her mind to it. Those who make things difficult always come off second best.Here is my sixth free short ebook of poetry for your consideration and enjoyment, 36 poems for your perusal. Included in this volume are several brand new poems. Please feel free to review my work, I'd love to hear what you think of it. There are two more short books to come, ready for publishing. These poems range from the philosophical and introspective to the romantic and exuberant. Hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them! Views: 412
THE STORY It is M32, a thousand years after the Horus Heresy. The Scouring is over and the Imperium at the height of its post-Crusade power. When Magnus the Red is tracked down to Gangava Prime, the Space Wolves hasten to engage the daemon primarch. Even as Great Wolf Harek Ironhelm closes on his ancient enemy, the Fang on the Space Wolves home world is besieged by a massive force of Thousand Sons. A desperate battle ensues as the skeleton forces of Wolf Lord Vaer Greylock attempt to hold back the attacking hosts before the last of his meagre defences gives in. Though a single Scout ship survives to summon Great Wolf Harek Ironhelm back to Fenris, none of the defenders truly realise the full scale the horror that awaits them, nor what the Battle for the Fang will cost them all. READ IT BECAUSE Together for the first time in hardback and eBook! A thousand years after the Heresy, the Space Wolves find themselves outgunned as the Thousand Sons invade Fenris. The Battle of the Fang features the clash of the 32nd Millennium - Bjorn the Fell-Handed versus Magnus the Red. See how it all started in the accompanying prequel novella, The Hunt for Magnus. Views: 412
White Rabbit's failed rescue mission to Ali Baba’s house triggers off a series of dilemmas. He is obliged to postpone his return to Wonderland. Alice cannot go to Wonderland without White Rabbit to direct her. The Duchess's Tea Party is postponed until he returns. Furthermore, the publishers are unable to bring out a new edition unless they ensnare White Rabbit.The girls feel sorry for an innocent boy who is in the clutches of the bandit chief. Much against his will, they send White Rabbit to Ali Baba’s house. His first attempt misfires and he is forced to postpone his trip back to Wonderland. This triggers off a series of dilemmas. Unless he completes his mission, he cannot attend the Duchess’s Tea Party. Also, Alice is unable to go to Wonderland without White Rabbit to direct her. Furthermore, the publishers cannot bring out a new edition unless White Rabbit gets back. But he isn’t anxious to make his exit. “I find this land more wonderful and the people extremely charming,” he says, eyeing a bed of carrots and the green lawn beyond. Views: 411
My dad is a ghost. My life is in ruins. There's nothing more to tell.He comes back to stand in my closet sometimes, a shadow in the open door. He tells me stories. There was a boy. He lived at the lake, and he was Dad's friend."What was his name?" I ask him.Dad doesn't look at me. He looks anywhere else, and finally he says, "Franklin.""What happened to him?"Dad looks down at me and smiles, his eyes the color of the lake at night, dark and bottomless. "I don’t know.""Come on, Dad. I want to know.""No you don't," he tells me, and he tucks me in. But this time, he doesn’t go away."Dad, why did you go away?""You're tired," he says, and I can't stay awake anymore. I wake up a couple times, and he's still sitting there, holding down the corner of my mattress. Views: 411
Every unit of the FBI has those cases that just make an agent think, make them feel, and make them wonder why people treat others the way they do. PAVAD—the Prevention & Analysis of Violent Acts Division of the FBI—was no different. This was one of those cases. Members of the Complex Crimes Unit Team Three, one of the best FBI investigative teams in the nation, had to stop a stalker before he destroys one Texas family from within. Gillian Birch was a successful children’s book novelist and part-time librarian. She’d never hurt anyone, never done anything to draw the attention of an obsessive madman. But what he’d threatened to do to her terrified her and she had no one else to turn to but the police. They’d called in the PAVAD division of the FBI. But could Team Three stop the stalker, before he harmed Gillian? Team Three wasn’t so sure… Views: 411
