Bøger af Michael Konik

Thanks to Lenny and Doug, two lifelong grifters attempting the grandest of schemes, everyone in Hollywood is finding their Way, a newly developed Life System designed to bring out the best in all of us. Everyone is getting better - and stronger and sexier and more spiritually aware. Everyone is making it.

In a political climate unfriendly to the progress of Social Justice, with an administration unsympathetic to forward-thinking citizens, critical, smart and funny opposition is more essential than ever. In "How the Revolution Started: Essays and Impertinent Thoughts," award-winning author Michael Konik offers a fast-flowing collection of his most pointed cultural critiques, exposing the underlying hypocrisy and foolishness that has created an American politics of hatefulness.

The Termite Squad is America's secret political assassination program, transforming hospice-bound elderly women into suicide bombers. "The Termite Squad: My Official and Authentic Report," is the unauthorized first-person account of Joan Galt, 28, the first woman under the age of 100 to join The Termite Squad.

A riveting inside look at the lucrative world of professional high-stakes sports betting by a journalist who lived a secret life as a key operative in the world's most successful sports gambling ring. When journalist Michael Konik landed an interview with Rick "e;Big Daddy"e; Matthews, the largest bet he'd placed on a sporting event was $200. Konik, an expert blackjack and poker player, was no stranger to Vegas. But Matthews was in a different league: the man was rumored to be the world's smartest sports bettor, the mastermind behind "e;the Brain Trust,"e; a shadowy group of gamblers known for their expertise in beating the Vegas line. Konik had heard the word on the street -- that Matthews was a snake, a conniver who would do anything to gain an edge. But he was also brilliant, cunning, and charming. And when he asked Konik if he'd like to "e;make a little money"e; during the football season, the writer found himself seduced . . . So began Michael Konik's wild ride as an operative of the elite Brain Trust. In The Smart Money, Konik takes readers behind the veil of secrecy shrouding the most successful sports betting operation in America, bypassing the myths and the rumors, going all the way to its innermost sanctum. He reveals how they -- and he -- got rich by beating the Vegas lines and, ultimately, the multimillion-dollar offshore betting circuit. He details the excesses and the betrayals, the horse-trading and the paranoia, that are the perks and perils of a lifestyle in which staking inordinate sums of money on the outcome of a single event -- sometimes as much as $1 million on a football game -- is a normal part of doing business.