Beat the casinos at their own game!Casino gambling expert Bill Burton will teach you:The truth about the most popular casino betsHow to find the best slot machines to playWhat games you should avoid at all costsThe ten smartest bets in the casinoThe ten worst bets in the casinoHow to get the most bang for your buck—in the pit and all over the casinoThe basics of card counting, dice setting ...

Leverage Oracle Database 11g Release 2 High Availability FeaturesProtect your critical business assets and achieve maximum database uptime using the detailed information in this Oracle Press guide. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 High Availability: Maximize Your Availability with Grid Infrastructure, Oracle Real Application Clusters, and Oracle Data Guard, Second Edition provides cost-effective solutions to current availability challenges. Discover how to grid-ena...

A city's infrastructure influences the daily life of residents, neighborhoods, and businesses. But uniting the hard infrastructure of roads and bridges with the soft infrastructure of parks and public art creates significant political challenges. Planners at all stages must work at an intersection of public policy, markets, and aesthetics--while also accounting for how a project will work in both the present and the future.The latest volume in the Urban Agenda series looks at press...

America's Constitutional Republic is like no other. Most Americans recognize the names George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, but few can tell you their stories—much less that of James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, or Andrew Jackson. These seven men from the Founding Ear were America's first presidents. They established our republic on the foundation of the Constitution and its liberties. But who were they? Were they good or bad leaders? How did they become presid...

The symphony takes a collective breath.The strings are taut, lips hover just above cold metal, and the players are stiff—all waiting for the first twitch of the conductor's wrist.A Symphony of Our Stories is a collection of 10 poems and short stories, each centered around one specific instrument. This collaborative effort creates the a symphonic reading experience.The players and playwrights invite you to enjoy this antholo...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unlock the potential of remote work with my comprehensive guide! Dive into the ultimate handbook designed to equip job seekers with essential strategies for securing remote work in today's digital age.Learn how to leverage powerful tools like chatgpt and linkedin, along with other online resources, to enhance your job search. This book provides step-by-step guidance, practical tips, and real-life examples that w...

In 1954, one year after Baltimore bought the St. Louis Browns, the New York Yankees hired former Browns executive and owner William O. DeWitt as assistant to general manager George Weiss. "DeWitt," the news announced, "was considered an astute baseball man who would have a definite role to play with the Yankees." Baseball fans had assumed that once the Browns were no longer the American League's doormats, DeWitt would quietly retire. But for DeWitt, a shrewd protege of Branch Rickey, his y...

This is the second edition of Them Days Magazine. Published in 1975, this issue covers stories told about Labrador surrounding the Spanish Influenza, jam-making, fishing, holidays, childhood memories, and more.

Blackstone Audio is proud to present the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s brilliant production of Shakespeare’s disturbing and psychologically rich masterpiece Hamlet. Whether you’re a Hamlet scholar or being exposed to this work for the first time, this stunning work of audio theater, fully dramatized with performances by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival cast, is a must-listen.In Denmark a king is dead. His brother, Claudius, has snatched the throne, and the widowed queen, yet life go...

The ultimate underdog story of a swim coach who could not swim, a swim club that accepted minorities when others would not, and a group of young swimmers who became Olympic champions.Before the United States was the swimming power it is today, a novice coach named Sherm Chavoor formed a swim club that accepted all swimmers—no matter their religion, race, or social status—and started a dynasty. Following Chavoor’s intense and unorthodox coaching methods, his young s...

Blackstone Audio is proud to present the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of Measure for Measure, Shakespeare’s compelling tragicomedy that explores restraint—and lack thereof.Who legislates morality?The duke’s authoritarian deputy, Angelo, is hell-bent on stamping out moral decay. He reactivates outdated draconian laws and aims his arrogant crosshairs at a young man whose fiancée is pregnant, sentencing him to death. Angelo is sternly incorruptible—until he meets I...

Providing comprehensive coverage on biofuel crop production and the technological, environmental and resource issues associated with a sustainable biofuel industry, this book is ideal for researchers and industry personnel. Beginning with an introduction to biofuels and the challenges they face, the book then includes detailed coverage on crops of current importance or with high future prospects, including sections on algae, sugar crops and grass, oil and forestry species. The chapters foc...