Hardback with dust jacket, first edition, 162 pages, blue boards. This is a collection of composed problems. Book is good to very good: wear to edges and corners, previous owner’s name on front end paper, which also has 1/2 by 1 inch section torn from top front corner. Contents and clean and tight; one page is dog-eared. Dust jacket is good only, now enhanced by plastic mylar, chips along top edge and corners, two inch closed tear at bottom of spine with flap.
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You’re no idiot, of course. You know smoking is bad for you and channel surfing doesn’t constitute exercise. But when it comes to figuring out how to care for your heart, you feel like the Tin Man with a rusty ticker. Don’t reach for the oil can just yet! The Complete Idiot’s Guide to a Happy, Healthy Heart gives you the information you need on your bodys’ most important muscle.
Turn on the TV, drop by a newsstand, or just browse the checkout your local supermarket and you’ll see firsthand that Texas Hold ‘Em is the poker game everyone’s playing. It’s a game that’s deceptively simple, yet within its easy framework you’ll find truth and trickery, boredom and fear, skill and misfortune—in other words, all the things that make life fun and worth living!
Texas Hold’em For Dummies introduces you to the fundamental concepts and strategies of this wildly popular game. It covers the rules for playing and betting, odds, etiquette, Hold’em lingo, and offers sound advice to avoid mistakes. This handy reference guide gives new and even seasoned players winning strategies and tactics not just for playing the game, but for winning. (more…)

Great tips for real poker fans,all Full Tilt Poker Tips From The Pros from March 14, 2005 until present.
Some authors like Howard Lederer,
Clonie Gowen ,Phil Gordon,Chris Ferguson,Erick Lindgren,John Juanda,Greg Mascio,Andy Bloch,John D’Agostino,Erik Seidel,Layne Flack,Keith Sexton, Mike Matusow,Gus Hansen,Scott Fischman,and more professional poker players.
In the introduction to this do-it-yourself manual on the history, teachings, practices, and applications of Buddhism, author Gary Gach feints, “A few people may scoff that this is sacrilegious, or something.” Yes, reading about suchness (the “unrepeatable interpenetration of impermanences”) in the standardized format of a Complete Idiot’s Guide is ironic. But Buddhism, of all religions, embraces irony and paradox. Think of this book as a koan, as the sound of one hand clapping.
Anyway, modernity has already adopted Buddhism as a life-style; as Gach points out, “zen influence (lowercase) has extended to martial arts, gardening, haiku, motorcycle maintenance, you name it.” You can’t get through the day without (more…)
Chess is a game where profound strategic thinking must be allied with clever short-term tactics. Most previous works on strategy focus on specific aspects of chess strategy, but Lars Bo Hansen’s aims here are different. He creates a framework in which the various elements can be systematically included and organized - a framework that will help chess-players to think about chess strategy during practical play. The theory of business strategy is extensively developed, and Hansen adopts the novel approach of investigating whether any of the vast amounts of research and modelling done for business purposes can be applied in chess. He finds that there are indeed many useful parallels, and focuses on how these ideas can be used to good effect by chess-players both in their preparation and when making over-the-board decisions. (more…)
In this book, readers will learn the basics of recording on to CD, from backing-up data files to transferring their favourite music tracks from cassettes and vinyl. Customised CD’s containing photographic, audio and video data are also explained. The book covers all the major pitfalls to watch out for too, including media quality, copyright issues and buffer underrun errors. The major software burning programmes are also covered, including Adaptec’s Easy CD Creator, NTI and Nero CD.
If you’re looking for tips on becoming a better poker player, you’ve probably come to the wrong place. Brown does cover the game’s basics and shares plenty of stories from his early card-playing days, which include Harvard games with the likes of Scott Turow. But he has much bigger stakes to discuss in this upbeat and entertaining guide. Drawing on his background at Morgan Stanley (where he’s an executive director) and other financial institutions, Brown proposes that “finance can only be understood as a gambling game” and vice versa—and though the material can be rough going for those without some investment training, he’s very convincing once all the cards are laid out. In an extended historical example, Brown shows how the economy of colonial America was (more…)
A mentalist’s toolkit of psychological quirks and techniques that anyone can use to enhance their performance and create stunning, original effects. No props and no stooges are required. Just observation and the application of simple methods that will change the way you interact with others - on and off stage - forever.
With respective backgrounds in Hypnosis and NLP, authors Ian Harling and Martin Nyrup have created an indispensable guide to powerful mental trickery. But this is no dry reference manual; instead you’ll find this an entertaining and above all, truthful, explanation of a range of techniques - many of which have remained hidden for years. Covering the use of suggestion, waking hypnosis and NLP methods of creating rapport, reading your subjects thoughts, etc, Sleight of (more…)
The Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Mandarin Chinese. The book is divided into two sections:
· Section 1 provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures
· Section 2 practises everyday functions such as making introductions, apologizing, expressing needs
A comprehensive answer key at the back of the book enables students to check on their progress.
Main features include: (more…)











