{"product_id":"2940015883923","title":"Sharps \u0026 Flats The Secrets Of Cheating","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAP.                                                     PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       I.  INTRODUCTORY                                          1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      II.  COMMON SHARPERS AND THEIR TRICKS                     10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     III.  MARKED CARDS AND THE MANNER OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT      26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      IV.  REFLECTORS                                           60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       V.  HOLDOUTS                                             73\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      VI.  MANIPULATION                                        112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VII.  COLLUSION AND CONSPIRACY                            159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VIII.  THE GAME OF FARO                                    184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      IX.  PREPARED CARDS                                      215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       X.  DICE                                                229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XI.  HIGH BALL POKER                                     261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XII.  ROULETTE AND ALLIED GAMES                           267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIII.  SPORTING-HOUSES                                     285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XIV.  SHARPS AND FLATS                                    312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           POSTSCRIPT                                          331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF PLATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    FIGURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        THE DETECTION OF KEPPLINGER                 _Frontispiece_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    12  'FALLEN ANGELS'                            _to face p._ 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    15  SCROLL-WORK                                     \"       50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    22  PIPE-REFLECTOR IN SITU                          \"       66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHARPS AND FLATS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_INTRODUCTORY_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat 'it requires all kinds of men to make a world,' is an aphorism\u003cbr\u003ewhich may or may not be gainsaid, according to the aspect in which it is\u003cbr\u003eregarded. For whilst, on the one hand, we are painfully cognisant of the\u003cbr\u003efact that this world, as we find it, is composed of 'all sorts and\u003cbr\u003econditions of men,' and among them not a few sorts with which we could\u003cbr\u003every readily dispense, still, on the other hand, the idea of a world\u003cbr\u003ewith some of the existing components omitted is by no means\u003cbr\u003einconceivable. Do we not, in fact, every day of our lives, meet with\u003cbr\u003eschemes, philanthropic and otherwise, formulated expressly for the\u003cbr\u003eregeneration of man? Yes, we know them of old; those schemes which,\u003cbr\u003eaccording to their gifted authors, are to elevate mankind to one\u003cbr\u003euniversal level of goodness and purity. Sad to say, however, in spite\u003cbr\u003eof these well-meant efforts, continued from time immemorial, mankind\u003cbr\u003ewould appear to be in about the same unregenerate condition as ever. The\u003cbr\u003e'kinds of men' seem to multiply rather than to diminish, and the\u003cbr\u003elong-deferred millennium looms as far off in the dim and distant future\u003cbr\u003eas at any period of the world's history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccepting, then, this many-sided world of ours as an established fact,\u003cbr\u003eimpossible of modification, it is obvious that, to quote another\u003cbr\u003etime-honoured proverb, and say that 'one half the world does not know\u003cbr\u003ehow the other half lives,' is to convey but a very feeble and inadequate\u003cbr\u003eidea of the real facts of the case. All things considered, it may be\u003cbr\u003esafely said that the majority know far too little of the means of\u003cbr\u003esubsistence employed by their fellows, and, in consequence, often suffer\u003cbr\u003efor that lack of knowledge. The fact is, too many of us possess the\u003cbr\u003egentleness of the dove (more or less) without the qualifying and\u003cbr\u003eever-necessary wisdom of the serpent.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069768810736,"sku":"2940015883923","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015883923","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}