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Join Jo-Rosie Haffenden and Nando Brown, the animal trainers from ITV's hit show Teach My Pet To Do That, as they reveal the surprising truth about training cats. You might think that cats don't do obedience, but this simple, practical guide will have you and your cat mastering the basics of trick training in no time and will open up a whole new world of fun for both of you. Whether your feline is shy and retiring, or loves the limelight, there's something in Teach My Cat to Do That for every personality type. Trick-training is a great way to get to know your cat better, deepen your bond and help keep them keep fit and stimulated. Full of hints, tips and photographs, and taking you from the very simplest training fundamentals to show-stopping tricks like 'Ring the Bell for Dinner' and 'Wipe Your Feet', the only limit to where you end up is your imagination.

Join Jo-Rosie Haffenden and Nando Brown, the animal trainers from ITV's Teach My Pet To Do That, as they reveal how any dog can learn new tricks.This simple, practical guide will have you and your pooch mastering the basics of trick training in no time and opening up a whole new world of fun for both of you. Whether they're shy and retiring, or love the limelight, in Teach My Dog to Do That, there's something for every type. Trick-training is a great way to get to know your dog better, deepen your bond and help keep them keep fit and stimulated. Full of hints, tips and photographs and taking you from the very simplest training fundamentals to show-stopping tricks like "e;Dog Yoga"e; and "e;Tidy Your Toys"e;, the only limit to where you end up is your imagination.

An indispensable reference book of chess moves, perfect for any chess player, beginner or club player. Instructive tournament examples and teach-yourself exercises are your guide to key terms and jargon in chess, so you can understand them and put them into practice in your own game.

The perfect companion for family Scrabble games. This compact, easy-to-use, paperback contains valid words from 2-7 letters in length and gives short, succinct definitions to help players use the best words for their game.

This is an updated and largely expanded edition of the highly acclaimed Starting Out: The Sicilian. John Emms goes back to basics, studying the fundamental principles of the Sicilian and its many variations.

Contains all you need to know about the game, including equipment, rules, techniques and playing tips. Providing information on how to find a club and meet new people to participate with, this book also includes colour photos and illustrations, top tips and interesting facts.

How to play Texas Hold 'Em Poker for beginners, all the terms, definitions, etiquette and rules you need.

One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Ugandan Phiona Mutesi followed her brother to a dusty veranda where she met Robert Katende.Katende, a war refugee turned missionary, had an improbable dream: to empower kids in the Katwe slum through chess - a game so foreign there is no word for it in their native language. Laying a chess board in the dirt, Robert began to teach. At first children came for a free bowl of porridge, but many grew to love the game that - like their daily lives - requires persevering against great obstacles. Of these kids, one girl stood out as an immense talent: Phiona.By the age of eleven Phiona was her country's junior champion, and at fifteen, the national champion. Now a Woman Candidate Master - the first female titled player in her country's history - Phiona dreams of becoming a Grandmaster, the most elite level in chess. But to reach that goal, she must grapple with everyday life in one of the world's most unstable coun tries. The Queen of Katwe is a remarkable and inspirational book that shows how 'Phiona's story transcends the limitations of the chessboard' (Robert Hess, US Grandmaster).

Titanic Thompson is the rollicking true story of one of the most charismatic characters in twentieth-century America. Travelling only with his golf clubs, a .45 revolver, and a suitcase full of cash, this is the legendary tale of a man who was married five times to five different girls, all teenagers on their wedding day. He killed five men, though he'd say 'they'd all agree they had it coming to them'. He won and lost millions in a time when being a millionaire still really meant something. Filled with fascinating facts and famous faces - Harry Houdini, Al Capone, Lee Trevino, Arnold Rothstein and Jean Harlow all make appearances - this is a brilliant and compelling snapshot of life on the road in freewheelin' America.

""... den står forkert, helt forkert. De har trukket forkert. Alting står forkert på dette bræt ... [...]"Han stoppede brat op. Jeg havde grebet ham hårdt i armen eller rettere knebet ham så hårdt i armen, at han selv i sin feberomtågede forvirring måtte føle mit greb. Han vendte sig om og stirrede på mig som en søvngænger. "Hvad ... er der i vejen?" Jeg sagde ikke andet end "Remember!" og lod samtidig min finger glide over arret på hans hånd. Han fulgte uvilkårligt min bevægelse, hans øjne stirrede glasagtigt på den blodrøde stribe. Så begyndte han pludselig at ryste, og en gysen løb gennem hans krop."I "Skaknovelle" følger vi det intense møde mellem to skakspillere. Den ene er verdensmester. Den anden er amatør. Resultatet er givet på forhånd – eller er det? "Novellen svarer til hans stilistiske ideal, som er knaphed og koncentration. I novellens korte, dramatiske situation kan han få udløsning for sin dæmoniske lidenskab: at gribe sine medmennesker på fersk gerning og afsløre deres inderste hemmeligheder. I SKAKNOVELLE kan man iagttage denne diabolske psykolog under arbejdet."- Harald Engberg"I SKAKNOVELLE testamenterer han os på trods af sin egen tragedie kraften til gennem ånd og kundskaber og intellektuel fantasi at træde op mod den primitive enøjede magt, hver gang den måtte vise sig og i hvad skikkelse, den end måtte dukke op."- Gudmund Roger-HenrichsenStefan Zweig (1881-1942) var en østrigsk forfatter, dramatiker og journalist. Han voksede op i Wien i et velhavende, jødisk hjem, studerede filosofi og litteraturhistorie og blev som ung forfatter del af de avantgardistiske kredse. I 1920‘erne og 30‘erne var han en af Europas førende forfattere. Zweig havde, som pacifist, med gru oplevet Første Verdenskrigs rædsler. Da Hitler kom til magten, slog han sig ned i England og rejste derfra videre til USA og Brasilien. I fortvivlelse over Europas fremtidsudsigter begik han og hans hustru selvmord i 1942.

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Describes the intense rivalry - and collaboration - of the four players who created the golden era when USSR chess players dominated the world. More than 200 annotated games are included, along with personal details - many for the first time in English.

Ready to go beyond the basics? Expand the limits of whatΓÇÖs possible with the Pathfinder Advanced PlayerΓÇÖs Guide! This 272-page Pathfinder Second Edition rulebook contains exciting new rules options for player characters, adding even more depth of choice to your Pathfinder game! Inside you will find brand new ancestries, heritages, and four new classes: the shrewd investigator, the mysterious oracle, the daring swashbuckler, and the hex-slinging witch! The must-have Advanced PlayerΓÇÖs Guide also includes exciting new options for all your favorite Core Rulebook classes and tons of new backgrounds, general feats, spells, items, and 40 flexible archetypes to customize your play experience even further!This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark. The perfect way to commemorate Pathfinder''s new edition! (Cover color and design subject to change.) The Pathfinder Advanced PlayerΓÇÖs Guide includes:ΓÇóFour new classes: the investigator, oracle, swashbuckler, and witch!ΓÇóFive new ancestries and five heritages for any ancestry: celestial aasimars, curious catfolk, hagspawned changelings, vampiric dhampirs, fate-touched duskwalkers, scaled kobolds, fierce orcs, fiendish tieflings, industrious ratfolk, and feathered tengu!ΓÇó40 new archetypes including multiclass archetypes for the four new classes, Pathfinder favorites like the cavalier, dragon disciple, shadowdancer, and vigilante, and brand-new archetypes like the familiar master and the shield-bearing iron wall!ΓÇóNew class options for all twelve classes from the Pathfinder Core Rulebook including champions of evil, genie and shadow sorcerers, zen archer monks, rogue masterminds, spellcasting rangers, and more!ΓÇóEven more exciting new rules, from rare and unique backgrounds to investigative skill feats, from spells and rituals like reincarnate and create demiplane to new items including special wands with unusual effects and exciting potions worthy of a witchΓÇÖs cauldron.

Ready to go beyond the basics? Expand the limits ofwhat''s possible with the Pathfinder Advanced Player''s Guide! This 272-pagePathfinder Second Edition rulebook contains exciting new rules options forplayer characters, adding even more depth of choice to your Pathfinder game!Inside you will find brand new ancestries, heritages, and four new classes: theshrewd investigator, the mysterious oracle, the daring swashbuckler, and thehex-slinging witch! The must-have Advanced Player''s Guide also includes excitingnew options for all your favorite Core Rulebook classes and tons of newbackgrounds, general feats, spells, items, and 40 flexible archetypes tocustomize your play experience evenfurther!The Pathfinder Advanced Player''sGuide includes:Four new classes: theinvestigator, oracle, swashbuckler, andwitch!Five new ancestries and five heritages forany ancestry: celestial aasimars, curious catfolk, hagspawned changelings,vampiric dhampirs, fate-touched duskwalkers, scaled kobolds, fierce orcs,fiendish tieflings, industrious ratfolk, and featheredtengu!40 new archetypes including multiclassarchetypes for the four new classes, Pathfinder favorites like the cavalier,dragon disciple, shadowdancer, and vigilante, and brand-new archetypes like thefamiliar master and the shield-bearing ironwall!New class options for all twelve classesfrom the Pathfinder Core Rulebook including champions of evil, genie and shadowsorcerers, zen archer monks, rogue masterminds, spellcasting rangers, andmore!Even more exciting new rules, from rare andunique backgrounds to investigative skill feats, from spells and rituals likereincarnate and create demiplane to new items including special wands withunusual effects and exciting potions worthy of a witch''scauldron.

Every day, unknowns and nobodies strike out to carve their legacy in the fate-forsaken world of Golarion but they are hardly the first! Meet the figures who rose in times past, clawing their way to the top, to now serve as the pillars of the Inner Sea region as it stands today! Lost Omens Legends introduces over 40 of Golarion's most famous faces each with a rich story that helps bring the setting to life. Delve into the web of relationships, secrets, and plots that molds the past and present of the Inner Sea, and seek out mighty paragons for a chance to claim some of their power!

The ideal book for those looking to advance from the basics and build a better understanding of the intricacies of backgammon.

More Monsters, MoreMayhem!More than 300 menacing monsters andfearsome foes await within this compendium of creatures from the world ofPathfinder! From classic adversaries like giants, dragons, and the jabberwock topotential allies and servants suitable for summoners of every alignment, thismust-have expansion to the Pathfinder Bestiary seethes with enemies to challengecharacters of any level.

Det er ubetaleligt sjovt at sætte sig sammen og spille kort. At være heldig eller uheldig, at åle hinanden i al venskabelighed, at have en munter snak kørende, mens man blander, tager af, giver, planlægger, taber og vinder – om ikke altid med samme sind, så i hvert fald med den tilfredshed, der ligger i at have haft nogle morsomme timer sammen.I denne bog gennemgås de kortspil, der er ideelle for to personer. Samlingen er ikke komplet – kun de bedste spil, der har vist sig at fungere optimalt, er medtaget. Til gengæld er det spil, der kan spilles af både børn og voksne, spil der er baseret på held/uheld samt spil med vekslende dygtighedsmoment – kort sagt essensen af kortspillets fascination. Endvidere indeholder bogen en dansk verdenspremiere, "Vikingerne", som er hurtigt, afvekslende og sjovt.Ved gennemgangen af alle spil er der givet grundige eksempler, så man ikke kommer i tvivl undervejs, og endvidere er der til slut under hvert spil omtalt eventuelle varianter.Sport, skak og spil – og et ben i tenorfaget: Forfatteren Svend Novrup (f. 1945) er en højt respekteret golfskribent og har været sportskommentator i radio og tv, bl.a. på kanalen Eurosport fra 1996 til 2002. Han er forfatter til over 100 bøger heriblandt en lang række quizbøger og samlinger af vittigheder. Adskillige af Svend Nortrups bøger oversat til og udkommet på seks sprog.

In his third full-length memoir about one of the world's greatest ever chess players Genna Sosonko portrays a warm picture of the seventh world champion Vasily Smyslov, with whom he spent considerable time over the board, during tournaments and while meeting at each other's homes. Smyslov the man was far more balanced and spiritual than most of his contemporaries, capable of a relaxed and yet principled approach to life. Unlike most top players he was able to reach a very high standard in his chosen hobby - in his case, classical singing - even while playing chess at the very top. His natural inclination to see the best in people was, however, challenged as the world around him underwent fundamental changes late in his life.The new freedoms of the post-Soviet era also engendered one of the most extraordinary polemics in chess history - David Bronstein's article 'Thrown' Games in Zurich (2001) - bringing accusations against Smyslov that forced him to defend himself at the age of eighty, by which time many witnesses to the events in Zurich were already deceased. In this book, Genna focuses in particular on that polemic, places it in the wider context of the so-called Soviet Chess School, and asks whether Bronstein's hurt and accusations were justified.

Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov: Part III is the final volume in a major three-volume series made unique by the fact that it records the greatest chess battles played by the greatest chessplayer of all-time. Kasparov's series of historical volumes have received great critical and public acclaim for their rigorous analysis and comprehensive detail regarding the developments in chess that occurred both on and off the board. The first two volumes in this series saw Kasparov emerging as a huge talent, toppling his great rival Anatoly Karpov and then defending the World Championship title on three occasions. This third volume focuses on the final 12 years of Kasparov's career up until his retirement from full-time chess in 2005. This period witnessed three further World Championship matches: wins against Short (London 1993) and Anand (New York 1995) before the loss against Kramnik (London 2000) which finally ended Kasparov's 15-year tenure as world champion. This period also saw Kasparov achieve a colossal 2851 rating (1999), a record which stood until 2013. Despite loss of the World Championship, Kasparov continued to be ranked as the world number one and dominated the elite tournament circuit. He won the Linares super-tournament for four consecutive years (1999-2002) with the fourth of these victories in 2002 concluding an unprecedented run of ten straight wins in the world's elite events (Linares 4, Wijk aan Zee 3, Sarajevo 2 and Astana 1). The games in this volume feature many masterpieces of controlled aggression played against the world's absolute best.

Midwinter's Eve in the year 1000. The Day of Judgement is at hand. This is the moment you have devoted your life to preparing for.Before you lie the ruins of Spyte, the city of magicians which no mortal has entered in over two centuries. The ultimate mysteries of creation were unlocked here. Secrets that could break reality apart and forge a new universe - for good or evil.And in the darkening sky above: five baleful stars, the celestial forms of the True Magi. They mean to reincarnate themselves and rule over a world enslaved.Only you, armed with the Sword of Life, can stop them.* * *Blood Sword can be played either solo or in a team of up to four people, providing the most exciting challenge yet in fantasy adventures, combining the best of role-playing, novels and tabletop games.What reviewers are saying:"A beautifully wrought and utterly fantastic epic quest...""A blast from start from finish.""Easily one of the best gamebooks out there."

The best way for small stakes players to win life-changing amounts of money is to win a satellite into a bigger tournament. Yet there is surprisingly little written about how to win satellite tournaments, until now. In Poker Satellite Strategy professional poker player Dara O'Kearney gives you a framework for how to approach every stage of a satellite tournament, from the early levels right up to the bubble. This book takes the stress and uncertainty out of satellites. You will learn:· Adjustments you need to make from regular tournament play· What hands to shove, call and fold on the bubble· When to tighten up and when to keep accumulating chips· How to adjust against different player types, dynamics and situations· When it's correct to fold Pocket Aces preflopDara O'Kearney is a professional poker player from Ireland with a long standing reputation as the best satellite specialist in the game. He has won over $1 million in satellite tournaments alone and twice won the PokerStars UKIPT satellite leaderboard. He is sponsored by Unibet Poker and is the co-host of The Chip Race Podcast."Dara has been ahead of the curve on satellites for years and his results show it. This book will change the way you think about, and play, satellites forever."~Daiva Byrne - professional poker player and advocate for women in poker

Viktor Korchnoi was one of the leading grandmasters of the 20th century, coming within one game of winning the world championship in 1978. His battles with Karpov for the world crown were among the most important chess matches ever played. A man with a unique - and in many ways tragic - life and career, Korchnoi's defection to the West in 1976 was a major event in Cold War politics. Grandmaster Genna Sosonko was Korchnoi's coach and second during tournaments and candidates matches in 1970-71 and then a close friend of Korchnoi for decades. Indeed, Sosonko's emigration to the West in 1972, which is described in detail in this memoir, had a key impact on Korchnoi's decision to defect four years later. They would meet up at tournaments and at home and discuss chess, politics, and just about everything else. Their conversations constitute an important part of this book, in which Sosonko tackles difficult questions about Korchnoi's personality and places much of his often challenging behavior into its historical context. This book, like Sosonko's previous masterpiece The Rise and Fall of David Bronstein, contains no games but focuses on Korchnoi's life, from his early childhood to his final years. Further, it includes many previously unpublished photos from the private collections of Sosonko and the Korchnoi family.

Chinese Chess or Xiangqi (Elephant Chess in Chinese) is an ancient board game popular in China for centuries. In recent times, its popularity has exploded with millions of international players and a tournament world with millions in cash prizes.Reinventing the traditional Chinese Chess game, the author incorporates innovative strategies of defense and offense on a repositioned game board. This new game system will inspire traditional players and entice novice ones.Written with over 500 diagrams with detailed illustrations and easy-to-read language, the reader will enjoy the creative presentations. This is a must read for players of all levels and a fresh adaption of an ancient game. The author: Norman L. Chan New York, New York United States of America Mailing address: Post Office Box 640696 Oakland Gardens, New York New York, USA 11364 Email address: normanchanchess@gmail.com

Sergei Tkachenko has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one knight in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.