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I would like to introduce you to a novel about the World Series of Poker main event in the year 2013 and beyond. The reader will play in this coveted tournament through the eyes of an aging professional poker player, who learns to never give up, when it no longer seems possible to continue, as he comes full circle with his past. It soon becomes apparent that this man has more to worry about than being eliminated from this tournament, as his past could eliminate him from life itself... The events leading up to our "hero's" unpredictable performance, revolves around the union of a Jewish New Yorker and a Christian Arkansan Coal Miner's daughter. All of this set against the excitement of Las Vegas and the "poker god's" latest creation, the Final Table Resort. ... Read more

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Enjoyable
This is a great book, if you like poker and just want to waste time. There is no strategy in this book, it is just an enjoyable read. One annoying part of the book, at least for me, is that the author makes up characters that revolve around real players. For example, Sam Garrington is really Dan Harrington. You can see that it's not that imaginative.
Its a nice break from strategy books but its not something you will die to devour.

Very Exciting Read
This is a great book for poker fans. If you know anything about poker this book will hold your attention and keep you guessing. It is very suspenseful and well worth the time to read.

SURPRISING TURN OF EVENTS
This novel based on the 2013 World Series of Poker is an excellent read.The futuristic setting was amazing.Even someone who knows little to nothing about poker will find this novel exciting and very entertaining.There were great transitions throughout the novel intertwining the past and the present.

This novel includes everything you would want in a novel; suspense, excitement, mafia, and murder.I wish I were reading it again for the FIRST time. ... Read more

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The work of Stanley Cohen over four decades has come to acquire a classical status in the fields of criminology, sociology and human rights. His writing, research, teaching and practical engagement in these fields have been at once rigorously analytical and intellectually inspiring. It amounts to a unique contribution, immensely varied yet with several unifying themes, and it has made, and continues to make, a lasting impact around the world. His work thus has a protean character and scope which transcend time and place.

This book of essays in Stanley Cohen's honour aims to build on and reflect some of his many-sided contributions. It contains chapters by some of the world's leading thinkers as well as the rising generation of scholars and practitioners whose approach has been shaped in significant respects by his own.

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Visions of Social Control is a wide ranging analysis of recent shifts in ideas and practices for dealing with crime and delinquency.
In Great Britain, North America and Western Europe, the 1960's saw new theories and styles of social control which seemed to undermine the whole basis of the established system. Such slogans as 'decarceration' and 'division' radically changed the dominance of the prison, the power of professionals and the crime-control system itself.

Stanley Cohen traces the historical roots of these apparent changes and reforms, demonstrates in detail their often paradoxical results and speculates on the whole future of social control in Western societies. He has produced an entirely original synthesis of the original literature as well as an introductory guide to the major theoreticians of social control, such as David Rothman and Michael Foucault. This is not just a book for the specialist in criminology, social problems and the sociology of deviance but raises a whole range of issues of much wider interest to the social sciences. A concluding chapter on the practical and policy implications of the analysis is of special relevance to social workers and other practitioners.

This is an indispensable book for anyone who wants to make sense of the bewildering recent shifts in ideology and policy towards crime - and to understand the broader sociological implications of the study of social control. ... Read more

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Excellent and Inspiring
Stanley Cohen's Visions of Social Control is a unique book in criminological theory. It looks at imprisonment and its alternatives through a macro-historical perspective, comparing models and approaches all over the map, from Rothman to Foucault and Ignatieff. It's written in a fascinating way, and gives examples and illustrations that are sharp and to the point. Scholars and teachers of criminal justice, and sociology of law, will find the firs chapter - The Master Patterns - and the fifth chapter - The Professionals - expecially useful and interesting.

A warning of the future that will be coming
The orwellian future is something that we see it today is something that can be Abated, however the nationalizing of The 17 cities program.A technichal data base which will not only resualt in the totlaitarian state, but the end of all human exisistence through a bloody INdo-Pak Nuclear war.This war will encompass all of asia and cause a direct russian Russian nato expansion as predicted by Daniel Silver, Justin Oberman, Lucas Cioffi and David Glass of Edgemont Debate

visions...warns us of the dangers of soft on crime solutions
as we all know, now is the key time in determining the future of our criminal justice policy.any new soft on crime approaches in the juvenile justice system such as legalizing runaways, parent "training" or even something benevolent as expanding gun tracing would definately cause a totalitarian society in the US to result.It would probably take just a few months.Nuclear war would follow immediately, killing all life on the planet ... Read more

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The amazing true story of one of the world’s greatest sports handicappers.The incredible rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches true life story of acclaimed sports tout Brandon Lang, subject of the motion picture Two for the Money (Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey). Beating the Odds describes in vivid, colorful detail Lang’s rise from small time sports-phone tout to big time national exposure, his dramatic fall, and his subsequent rebirth in the internet age. Also describes the series of improbable events, while working as a golf caddie in Los Angeles, that eventually led Lang to the optioning of his story to Hollywood and the making of Two for the Money.
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Worse than a 1 star...
This is the worst book I have ever read. Buyer Beware! Both a waste of time and money.

Beating the Odds
A fast paced - FUN - read.Very entertaining and informative at the same time!

Waste of a good $15
This is definitly one of the worst books that I've read in my life. His caddie stories sound completely fictitious which is what I am sure they are. Every story in this book seems more like a fairy tell and so made up in order to make Brandon Lang look good. If you actually do any research about his life there is more evidence that he is one of the worst sports handicappers ever then anything positive. The book would be a better read if you knew going in this guy only goal in life is to lie to people and scam them then the stories you read could be taken with a grain of salt and would come across as more on the humorous side.
If you bet sports then read this book(borrow it from someone do not purchase it!) and learn who you should FADE instead of follow!

Worst Read I have ever undertaken
This book is about as boring and dry as I have ever picked up off the shelf in quite some time.Seriously, I threw it in the trash after 50 pages.The only good reviews have to be from friends of the authors, only explanation!

The Man Behind the Curtain
Honest to God, if you read this book and believe that this guy is some amazing handicapper, you are as big of a fool as he is. He touts his records that are FAKE, and ended 2009 with a bankroll of -1600 dimes. For those of you unfamiliar with 'dimes', that's $100 per 'dime'. You do the math... Is that considered 'winning'?? This book is FICTION and FABRICATION at it's finest.
He is just one of a number of sports scammers that somehow made a movie, and parlayed it into a major business. God bless the US of A and the fact that there's a SUCKER born every minute. Otherwise, he'd be out of a job.
Instead of buying this book, how about you just throw $20 in the toilet, or better yet, give $20 to the charity of your choice... THAT would be a wise investment. ... Read more

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A classic sociology book of the 1970s, this book offers an account of the social reaction to deviant behaviour, using a detailed case study of the Mods and Rockers phenomenon which hit Britain in the 1960s, but also paying attention to the general processes which generated other "folk devils" such as Teddy Boys, Hell's Angels, football hooligans, skinheads and punks. The book's conclusion is as applicable today as it was when first published: "More moral panics will be generated and other, as yet nameless, folk devils will be created ...our society as presently structured will continue to generate problems for some of its members - like working class adolescents - and then condemn whatever solution these groups find." ... Read more

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This comprehensive text gives practical management guidelines to those managing the patient with stroke. The first part of the book reviews emergency management of the stroke patient, subacute management in the ICU, stroke rehabilitation, management in the first two months post-stroke including discussion of risk management, and chronic stroke problems including post-stroke pain, depression, aphasia, sexual relationships, and physical activities. The second part of the book addresses the specific causes of stroke and underlying pathophysiology. Common and uncommon causes are reviewed. Together, the coverage forms an unparalleled guide that tells you how to treat stroke patients effectively. ... Read more

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In January 2000, Illinois Governor George H. Ryan declared a moratorium on state executions. Three years later, Ryan commuted all Illinois death sentences to life imprisonment, saying, "Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error, error in determining guilt, and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die." This book chronicles over one hundred cases where journalism students, grassroots organizations, families, and pro bono lawyers—armed with DNA evidence and other instruments of justice—have defeated that demon. Cohen reveals how eyewitness error, jailhouse snitch testimony, racism, junk science, prosecutorial misconduct, and incompetent counsel have often populated America’s death row with the wrong men. Readers embark on journeys with men who were arrested, convicted, sentenced to death, dragged through the appeals system, and finally set free based on their actual innocence. Some languished for decades in our death houses. Notable cases of wrongful imprisonment outside of death row are also profiled. Although these stories end with vindication, there are those that have ended with unjustified execution. The Wrong Men is sure to fuel controversy over a justice system that has delivered the ultimate punishment 820 times since 1976, though it cannot guarantee accurate convictions. ... Read more

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A Must Read - Even If You're Pro-death Penalty, Like Me!
I live in Indiana, very close to the border with Illinois.Our local news comes out of Chicago, Illinois, and since a large portion of the stories included in this non-fiction novel took place in the "Land of Lincoln" I was very familiar with a lot of the cases.

As I state in my title of this review, I am pro-death penalty.But I believe this book proves that our judicial system needs to improve greatly.The stories in this book are proof that there are flaws in the system - as I believe there will always be, in any system.The problem is that in many of these cases common sense should have stopped a wrongful conviction. It didn't, and Stanley Cohen does a fantastic job of pointing that out.

Now, why am I still pro-death penalty.Because I believe, as long as America allows the murder of the most innocent human life (a child in the womb), our justice system should be allowed to dole out the most harshest punishment available for the act of murder on those outside the womb.Elaborating on this - in Cohen's book he uses a quote from Clarence Darrow: "There isn't, I submit, a single admissible argument in favor of capital punishment. Nature loves life. We believe that life should be protected and preserved. The thing which keeps one from killing is the emotion they have against it; and the greater sanctity that the state pays to life, the greater the feeling of sanctity the individual has for life."

I couldn't agree more. And I look forward to the day when anti-death penalty activists line up outside abortion clinics with their message of supporting the sanctity of life.The day I see this happening, I will join the Stanley Cohen's of the world and march with them outside a scheduled execution, protesting the extreme punishment.Cohen, feel free to take me up on this, if you dare.

All that aside, Stanley Cohen's book is packed with a lot of great reading.I can't imagine the pain and suffering a person wrongly convicted must endure, and of course, reading this book is not going to make me understand how it feels.But I can say it has opened my eyes to how blatantly wrong many of these prosecutions have been handled.This book is also written in a rapid-fire manner, that you almost have to take a break from every so often.I tried to remind myself that most of time, the death penalty is not given to innocent men. But then I had to remind myself, just once, and the horror for that one is enough.

I plan on reading this book through again.I find most non-fiction books to be a boring read, but Cohen is a great writer - he manages to never bore the reader, and makes a brilliant presentation in this book.

It amazes me that there are not hundreds of reviews posted here.This book should be a TOP TEN BESTSELLER!Just another example of how hype and timing play into that list.

Buy this book no matter what side of the aisle you're on.It is a MUST READ.Have I mentioned that yet?

See ya next review.

Overwhelming evidence of innocence on death row
I enjoyed this book immensely. It is about persons sent to death row to await execution, but who were later set free due to mistakes in our judicial systems.

The book includes several examples of public servants who serve their own interests by lying and sending innocent people to death row. One story that stands out for me:Earl Charles was convicted for a double murder that took place in 1974 in Savannah, Georgia while he was living and working in Tampa, Florida.According to evidence described in the book, it is apparent that Detective F.W.Wade used perjury and coercion to get the conviction.The thing that saved Charles was that his boss, the manager of a gasoline service station, did not trust him.The boss had asked a deputy sheriff to look in on him from time to time which he did.The sheriff also kept a log which showed that Charles was at work on the day of the murders.When Charles was convicted and sentenced to the electric chair, his former employer and the deputy sheriff came to his rescue at the request of Charles' mother.His conviction was vacated and he was set free after spending 3 years awaiting execution.

The book also contains examples of people who were set free who probably were guilty in reality. Consequently, additional light is shed on how and why our legal system fails.When guilty criminals go free on technicalities, police are motivated to try harder the next time - even to the point of fabricating evidence so as to win instead of lose.The book also concludes that while many innocent people have been freed from death row it is mathematically probable that a high number of innocent people have been executed.

At times I found it depressing.Mitigating my depression was the fact that woven throughout are heroes who stood up for the truth.

The book was sketchy in places.101 people are freed from death row in 290 pages.That's about 3 pages per person.I would have liked to see a little more depth to rate it 5 stars.Still, there are so many cases, the book has value a reference.It also serves well the notion that these occurrences are not extraordinary, made-for-TV, examples.They happen repeatedly in many states.You have to read it to believe it.The book also demonstrates that our system for capital punishment in the U.S. is still broken as of this writing. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Jock Young, Stuart Henry, David Canter, Ian Taylor, Gloria Laycock, Stanley Cohen, David Wilson, Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, John Lea, Anthony Bottoms, Roger Graef, David W Garland, David Faulkner, F. Tennyson Jesse, Leon Radzinowicz, Rod Morgan. Excerpt:Sir Anthony Edward Bottoms (29 August 1939 -) was Wolfson Professor of Criminology at Cambridge University from 1984 to 2006 and until December 2007 a Professor of Criminology jointly at the universities of Cambridge and Sheffield . Bottoms was born 29 August 1939 and educated at Eltham College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge , followed by a PhD at Sheffield. He worked as a probation officer before entering academic life as a researcher at Cambridge, then a lecturer in Sheffield (1968), becoming a professor there in 1976. He was made Knight Bachelor in 2001 for services to the criminal justice system, and is a Fellow of the British Academy . Some Publications References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger CH (14 April 1897 11 July 1988) was a British sociologist and criminologist . She was one of the first four life peers appointed under the Life Peerages Act 1958 . Born Barbara Adam in Cambridge , she was educated at the Perse School for Girls . She studied Classics and Economics at Girton College, Cambridge from 1915 to 1919. In 1917, she married John (Jack) Wootton. He was wounded during World War I and died weeks after their marriage. She married George Wright in 1934. He died in 1964. In the 1930s Wootton was a member of the Federal Union and represented the Union in a historic debate against Edgar Hardcastle of the Socialist Party of Great Britain , which was later... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from World of Microbiology and Immunology, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1445 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Covers the concepts, theories, discoveries, and pioneers in microbiology and immunology, using a mix of traditional academic and topical articles, this title addresses current ethical, legal, and social issues with special emphasis given to biological warfare and terrorism. ... Read more

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Chapters: Alain Connes, Bill Frist, Max Delbrück, Stanley Cohen, Mitchell A. Seligson, John Seigenthaler, Dana D. Nelson, Alp Ikizler, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Rubel Shelly, Pierre Colas, Albert Gore, Sr., Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., John Crowe Ransom, Langdon Brown Gilkey, Houston A. Baker, Jr., Taylor Wang, Virginia Abernethy, Donald Ault, Melvyn P. Leffler, Mark Jarman, Richard C. Mccarty, Karl Dean, Elijah Embree Hoss, Jeff Balser, Ronald Spores, Jim Rossi, George W. Stocking, Sr., Charlotte Froese Fischer, Arthur Demarest, Larry Dalton, Rick Hilles, James Barr, Tinsley Randolph Harrison, David Keene, Colin Dayan, Lyman Ray Patterson, Carol M. Swain, Roy Clyde Clark, Michael Kearney, Kate Daniels, Steven C. Hebert, Sandy Solomon, John Donald Wade, Robert Donaldson, Steven Gabbe, Kenneth C. Catania, Tony Earley, Kent D. Syverud, Jim Foglesong, Raymond Winbush, Larry Soderquist, Tomlinson Fort, Jr., Beth Bachmann, James Cullen Martin, William Malone Baskervill, David Charles, Andrew C. Porter, Walter Nance, John Cowper Granbery, Suzanna Sherry, Jon Kaas, Richard Arenstorf, Charles Kiesler, Bjarni Jónsson, Elijah Millgram, Martha Craig Daughtrey, Brian T. Fitzpatrick, Gary Allan Polis, Dennis Kezar, Gary Gerstle, Tom Dillehay, Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Lisa Schultz Bressman. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 257. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Harvard Medical School William Harrison "Bill" Frist, Sr. (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, and politician. He began his career as an heir and major stockholder to the for-profit hospital chain of Hospital Corporation of America. Frist later served two terms as a United States Senator representing Tennessee. He was the Republican Majority Leader from 2003 until his retirement in 2007. Frist was born in Nashville, Ten...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=160128 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse, Georg Simmel, Raymond Aron, William I. Robinson, Elihu Katz, Stanley Cohen, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Georges Gurvitch. Excerpt:Elihu Katz (Hebrew : " ) (born 1926 in New York ) is an American and Israeli sociologist . Biography Katz has spent most of a lifetime in research on communication, his main focus being the interplay between media, conversation, opinion, and action in the public sphere. Katz is Trustee Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication , University of Pennsylvania , Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Communication at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Scientific Director of the Guttman Institute of Applied Social Research. His first book, co-authored in 1955 with his Columbia University mentor, Paul Lazarsfeld , was an attempt to observe the flow of influence at the intersections of mass and interpersonal communication. His subsequent work in this tradition includes studies on the diffusion of medical innovation (with James Coleman and Herbert Menzel), and on the diffusion of fluoridation to American cities (with Robert L. Crain and Donald Rosenthal). He follows the writings of the French social psychologist, Gabriel Tarde , in conceptualizing the public sphere as an arena of interaction among media, conversation, opinion and action. In the 1960s, Katz began to commute between his initial post at the University of Chicago and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He also began his affiliation with the Israel Institute of Applied Social Research, founded by Louis Guttman . His major focus during this period was on the acculturation of new immigrants to Israel as reflected in the reasons that accompanied their interactions with bureaucratic agencies. Work with Brenda Danet, Michael Gurevitch, Tsiyona Peled and others, this... ... Read more

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A Clean Sweep,"" Mickey Friedman's ""Bad Haircut,"" Stanley Cohen's ""How Much Justice Can You Afford?"" and Thomas Chastain's ""Te+a3te-a+a6-T+a3te,"" and six other tales sets against the colorful backdrop of New York City. Reprint. ... Read more

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A Magic Summer tells of that remarkable season by chronicling the major events as viewed twenty years later.Interviews conducted twenty years after with members of the team—Seaver, Ryan, McGraw, and others—provide immediacy and, with that, fascinating updates and insights.This is a unique record and celebration of a season that Mets fans—and all baseball fans—will not soon forget.
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Brings Back The Magic
This is the perfect book for a Mets fan suffering through a horrible season.The author perfectly mixes game recaps with interviews.I liked that he didn't dwell on the sociological significance of the season or related world events, instead emphasizing how the Mets won the Series.Even if you think that you know everything about the '69 Mets, you will learn something.I loved this book. ... Read more

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Ten best-selling, Edgar Award-winning mystery writers, members of the New York-based Adams Round Table, offer baffling cases of unsolved murder in the Big Apple. ... Read more

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A biography of the legendary pool player discusses his game against World Champion Ralph Greenleaf at the age of seven, his glory years in pool competitions, and his work as a consultant for such top pool movies as The Hustler. ... Read more

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Awesome Insight into Mosconi
Outstanding book that gives you a look at one of the greatest champions of pool of all time.Very well written with Stanley Cohen (written many sports books).Cohen uses an unusal writing style, letting Mosconi speak in his own words and then uses seperate interviews or other historical research to add to his story.

Very well written and an easy read.

A fun and informative look at one of pool's greatest players
Willie's Game chronicles the life of Willie Mosconi, one of the greatest pool players in the history of the game. That in itself makes it a necessary edition to a billiard enthusiast's bookcase, but those interested in sports, competition, and prodigies will enjoy it too.

From learning to play by hitting potatoes around on the pool table, to winning tournaments for big money, to setting the world record for the most balls run (526), Mosconi did it all. He talks a lot in his autobiography about what makes a good player, and about the difference between an apt technician and a champion.

As you'd expect, the personalities are colorful, especially when set against the background of early twentieth century America. Mosconi doesn't mince words about his impressions of and experiences with other pool notables. There's a lot of valuable pool history and anecdotes here. ... Read more