{"title":"Jerry Bader","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"ballet-of-bullets-book-jerry-bader-9781988647630","title":"Ballet of Bullets","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49557595324689,"sku":"GOR012681402","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1988647630.jpg?v=1751094766"},{"product_id":"beating-the-system-book-jerry-bader-9781988647074","title":"Beating The System","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet Ronny Kleinberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is my life. My name and the names of the people and places have been changed for obvious reasons, but the incidents and experiences described all happened. This is real life, not a phony Hollywood version that demands things be packaged in a neat familiar framework with no loose ends. My life is full of loose ends, and many of them are still walking around.​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo understand my story you have to understand the underlying principles that formed my personality, and guided me through a dangerous underground existence that reeked of corruption, greed, and danger. As a Jew whose parents survived the Nazi concentration camps I learned life is fragile, and survival arbitrary. As a jockey I developed an approach to life of living in the moment, of pushing the envelope, of reacting first, because not reacting can cost you the race, or maybe your life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJockeys are modern day serfs that travel the country picking up rides where possible, for the most part earning scraps, guaranteed to be seriously injured. Did I bend the rules? Yes. Did I break many of them; most certainly, because that's the way the game is played. Horse racing is a microcosm of society where the rich get richer, and the rest of us do what needs to be done to survive. Don't fall for that nonsense that everybody can be President or Prime Minister, that anybody can be the next Steve Jobs or Warren Buffet. To be blunt, that's horseshit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI did what I had to do to survive, and I make no apologies for it. I knew wise guys, even my best friend was one, but I was wise enough to know, that's a dead end, especially for an outsider. And I knew I would always be an outsider, a Jew, a jockey, and a fixer. So this is my story, it's not a journey wrapped in a nice neat package, it's life as it really is, raw, crude, and dangerous. This is my life; it's how I lived it; I hope you enjoy it, and maybe even get a few laughs out of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnjoy, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlias Ronny Kleinberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50995001950481,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50995003916561,"sku":"NIN9781988647074","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/198864707X.jpg?v=1751220506"},{"product_id":"grist-for-the-mill-book-jerry-bader-9781988647104","title":"Grist For The Mill","description":"\u003cp\u003ePsychiatrist and amateur artist, Higgins Idaho is haunted by his family's tragic past. An infamous artist grandfather, a hotshot lecherous movie director, and a murdered party girl combine to push a psychologically damaged man over the edge. The senior Idaho was an infamous Hollywood painter who designed movie posters for the industry but his life spiraled downward after he was charged with a murder he didn't commit. Despite being found innocent his reputation was ruined along with his career. The stain of bad publicity and circumstance haunts the younger Idaho, who idolized his Grandfather, until he is pushed over the edge by his obsession with the murdered party girl. Art, psychology, circumstance combine to repeat history with disastrous results. A damaged soul corrupted by an unfair history, a mistaken understanding of events, and a passion for revenge leads to Idaho's arrest, but not before the final revelation of information that turns tragedy into pathetic pathos. Follow Detectives Grist and Dime as they unravel a mystery of psychological damage in the sordid environment of privilege and power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50995002343697,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50995004342545,"sku":"NIN9781988647104","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/198864710X.jpg?v=1751316726"},{"product_id":"jockey-book-jerry-bader-9781988647197","title":"The Jockey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe horse racing business is not what it appears to be. It is a rough and often criminal enterprise populated by colorful, tough, and often dangerous people. The Jockey is the true story of how a young boy from the wrong side of the tracks, who because of his size and toughness, is offered a position to train as a jockey. It soon becomes clear that the business is less about winning horse races than it is about making money. He resists the temptation to join the extralegal side of the business until he is confronted by the facts of racing life: horseracing is a blood sport and jockeys rarely survive without life altering injuries. A decision has to be made. Does he risk his life multiple times a day so others can make money, or does he move to the dark side where danger or not, he's the one who profits.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50995004571921,"sku":"NIN9781988647197","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1988647193.jpg?v=1751029606"},{"product_id":"dilemma-book-jerry-bader-9781988647708","title":"Dilemma","description":"\u003cp\u003eA poisoned accountant, a Chinese painter with an infamous Italian name, the People's Minister of Science and Technology, his brother the Director of the Enterprise Division of the Ministry of State Security, and Harry, the art dealer who moonlights as a Secret Intelligence Service agent are the players in the search for why D. D. Greyson was poisoned by a seventeenth-century Italian cosmetic favoured by disillusioned wives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe business of intelligence is often referred to as information gathering. A simple proposition: gather enough data so the politicians can make informed, rational decisions on things like national security, or on whether or not one of the several competing forces in the world is about to go all ballistic on your ass. But the problem is not too little information, but too much. There are cameras everywhere and facial recognition software that allows agencies to track anyone's movement day and night. The various intelligence services have so much information at their disposal, it becomes difficult to decide what is relevant, actionable, or even real. It is the paradox of choice, paralysis of analysis, or if you prefer, the spy's dilemma. No one knows what is real, what is noise, or what is purposeful misdirection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so our hero, Harry, becomes a player, not because he is particularly brave or expert in the art of manipulation or even killing, but rather because he has an imagination. He is a man who can conjure reality out of abstraction and that particular skill can be a very important asset when it comes to playing three-player Chinese checkers with competing Beijing interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe worlds of art and national security collide on the streets of London leaving a trail of burned paintings, dirty payoffs, dead bodies, and corrupted microchips.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50995005227281,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50995006079249,"sku":"NIN9781988647708","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1988647703.jpg?v=1750837433"},{"product_id":"organized-crime-queens-book-jerry-bader-9780994069863","title":"Organized Crime Queens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrganized Crime Queens\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Secret World of Female Gangsters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the bizarre world of female Japanese motorcycle gangs to the historic rise and fall of London's Forty Elephants, the history of female organized crime is both fascinating and strange. These are the stories, both true and legendary of the female crime bosses that broke the mould of feminine gentility. This is The Secret World of Female Gangsters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost of society thinks of women as the gentler sex, the sex with more compassion and empathy, not prone to violence. The truth is history, and current events, are littered with stories of violent women who do whatever it takes to get what they want; women who either revel in, or accept as needed, whatever acts of torture, murder and depravity that are required to achieve their goals. We're not talking about mundane psychopaths that kill their children and their husbands; or homicidal maniacs that kill randomly without purpose, other than for some sexual or psychological gratification. We're talking about female organized crime bosses, leaders of highly structured, often successful criminal organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost everyone knows about the high profile male mobsters; people like Lucky Luciano, Myer Lansky, Bugsy Segal, Arnold Rothstein, and Al Capone: men who became legends, rightly or wrongly, due to the public's insatiable appetite for literature, movies, and television stories based on their lives. But what about their female counterparts, they definitely existed and still exist. Their stories are both fascinating and cautionary. Their histories provide an alternative perspective on the equality of the sexes; everything has a price. We are talking about smart, capable, talented, ruthless women who under other circumstances might have become leaders in either business or politics; women who demanded respect, loyalty and a big payday; or else. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51011179151633,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51011182231825,"sku":"NIN9780994069863","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0994069863.jpg?v=1751299326"},{"product_id":"axel-files-the-fiddler-s-strad-book-jerry-bader-9781988647968","title":"The Axel Files, The Fiddler's Strad","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE AXEL FILES - The Fiddler's Strad\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorello's Stradivarius\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonius Stradivari was the premiere maker of string instruments during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Only six hundred and fifty Stradivarius instruments still exist; each is worth millions of dollars. Like many historic masterpieces, these instruments, particularly the violins, have become the targets of thieves. Unfortunately for the thieves, Stradivarius violins are nearly impossible to fence. As such, only a handful have been stolen, usually by amateurs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than planned \u003ci\u003eThomas Crown-\u003c\/i\u003elike burglaries, these thefts tend to be robberies of opportunity. Eventually, most of these crimes are solved. The robber typically hides his prize in a closet. When he dies, a relative usually finds the instrument while cleaning. But this was not the case for the missing Morello Stradivarius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdith Morello was once considered the finest female violinist of the twentieth century. A designation she resented bitterly for adding the word female to the description. Edith Morello was a great artist, but she was also a nasty, cheap, abusive prima donna who expected those around her to be at her beck and call twenty-four hours a day. Morello died at age ninety-one in 1995. There were a handful of people who accepted Morello's abusive behaviour because they respected her long-lost talent. Others stayed because Morello promised them her prized violin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end, the violin was stolen a week before Morello died. Those who took Morello's abuse were further disappointed when they learned she left her entire substantial estate, including the missing violin, to charity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe NYPD, the FBI, and Interpol failed to solve the case. The violin has been missing for thirty years. Only one man can find the violin. That man is Private Investigator Axel Webb. It's not a case Axel wants to take, but it is a case he has to take. His old nemesis, the Russian gangster Vladimir Bok, figures Axel owes him for helping destroy his profitable art forgery ring. Bok's mistress, Lena Petrenko, a violinist of note in Moscow, wants the Morello Stradivarius, and she wants her lover, Bok, to get it for her.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51213774061841,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51213776322833,"sku":"NIN9781988647968","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1988647967.jpg?v=1751348613"},{"product_id":"axel-files-book-jerry-bader-9781988647999","title":"The Axel Files","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51226955677969,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51226956497169,"sku":"NIN9781988647999","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1988647991.jpg?v=1750837434"},{"product_id":"axel-files-book-jerry-bader-9781988647791","title":"The Axel Files","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51282131353873,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51282133582097,"sku":"NIN9781988647791","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1988647797.jpg?v=1750772233"},{"product_id":"naked-dancing-thursdays-book-jerry-bader-9780595318100","title":"Naked Dancing Thursdays","description":"As teenagers in the early 1950's, Sonny Vail; the unforgettable Annie; Liebowitz; and Balls McGregor fled their decaying South Bronx neighborhood, going their separate ways. Fast forward 25 years. They reunite as a hapless TV anchorman (Sonny), a fading Hollywood actress (Annie), a wealthy but troubled humanitarian (Liebowitz) and a hell-bent-for-action celebrity lawyer (Ballsy)--all with dueling obsessions. The author then wraps a bittersweet romance in a high-stakes comedy, a human comedy of betrayal and hope. Ballsy wastes no time sucking Sonny into Liebowitz's latest project: Stop world hunger  Finding Annie, his first love, embedded with the plotters only adds to Sonny's list of woes. Soon enough the boys hit the media with a \u003ci\u003eSting\u003c\/i\u003e that would dazzle Newman and Redford. The outrageous hoax gives Operation Feedbag a green light and the plot zips ahead. Despite their stormy past, Annie plays a leading role in rescuing Sonny from death in a bloody tyrant's bastille. Haunted by events gone wrong, Sonny banishes Iago, his inner-inner voice and long-time tormentor. Finally, during a Caribbean climax, Sonny Vail must take a giant emotional leap if he is to redeem himself and hold any hope of winning back the unforgettable Annie.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51288441815313,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51288443978001,"sku":"NIN9780595318100","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52327493206289,"sku":"NLS9780595318100","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/059531810X.jpg?v=1750699757"},{"product_id":"defection-book-jerry-bader-9781988647760","title":"Defection","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51296948781329,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51296952451345,"sku":"NIN9781988647760","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1988647762.jpg?v=1750805370"},{"product_id":"axel-files-book-jerry-bader-9781988647852","title":"The Axel Files","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51303112048913,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51303114572049,"sku":"NIN9781988647852","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1988647851.jpg?v=1751029607"},{"product_id":"axel-files-book-jerry-bader-9781988647937","title":"The Axel Files","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamining recent changes in the once stable genre of doctoral thesis and dissertation writing, this book explores how these changes impact on the nature of the doctoral thesis\/dissertation itself. \u003c\/b\u003eCovering different theories of genre, Brian Paltridge and Sue Starfield focus on the concepts of evolution, innovation and emergence in the context of the production and reception of doctoral theses and dissertations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpecifically concerned with this genre in the humanities, social sciences and visual and performing arts, this book also investigates the forces which are shaping changes in this high-stakes genre, as well as those which act as constraints. Employing textography as its methodological approach, the book provides multiple perspectives on the ways in which doctoral theses and dissertations are subject to forces of continuity and change in the academy. Analyses of the 'new humanities' doctorate, professional doctorates, practice-based doctorates, and the doctorate by publication contribute to understandings of new variants of the doctoral dissertation genre. The book paves the way for a new generation of doctoral students and asks, 'what might the doctorate of the future look like?'.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51310537867537,"sku":"NIN9781988647937","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1988647932.jpg?v=1750932982"},{"product_id":"diversion-book-jerry-bader-9781988647739","title":"Diversion","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51680369344785,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51680369606929,"sku":"NIN9781988647739","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1988647738.jpg?v=1751094766"},{"product_id":"what-s-your-poison-book-jerry-bader-9781988647210","title":"What's Your Poison?","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy do we call mixed alcohol drinks cocktails? How do they get their exotic names: names like the Singapore Sling, Screw Driver, the Alamagoozlum, the Angel's Kiss, the Hanky Panky, the Harvey Wallbanger, Sex On The Beach, the Monkey Gland, the Brass Monkey, the Margarita, the Japalac, the Lion's Tail, and many, many more? Who makes up these names, where are they invented, why, and how do you make them? These questions will be answered in What's Your Poison? by exploring the incidents, people, and places that prompted the creation of these exotic concoctions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book you will you learn several alternative theories of how cocktails became cocktails and you'll also learn how to make over forty different variations. In addition you'll learn about some interesting characters you probably never heard of and a few famous ones you most assuredly know. WYP? is a fun book that should spark some interesting conversations while enjoying some unusual but thirst quenching concoctions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52759157375249,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52759158227217,"sku":"NIN9781988647210","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781988647210.jpg?v=1763583509"},{"product_id":"noir-i-book-jerry-bader-9781988647401","title":"Noir I","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53001770238225,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53001770369297,"sku":"NIN9781988647401","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781988647401.jpg?v=1767794134"},{"product_id":"what-s-the-big-idea-book-jerry-bader-9781988647265","title":"What's The Big Idea?","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat's The Big Idea? lays out 28 optional approaches for creating the high concept that can be the center-point of all marketing decisions a business needs to make. By using one of these concepts entrepreneurs can make the appropriate decisions to invest and use the numerous tactical marketing and advertising options available and more importantly, to avoid wasting money on fad over-hyped tactics that may be suitable for some, but may not be suitable for everyone. Using this e-book to develop a high concept marketing strategy may just be the one thing that will make the difference in a business building a successful brand or in falling into the vast wasteland of Web mediocrity. What's The Big Idea? includes, a Concept Mind Map Chart, 28 photographic illustrations, text explaining the overall conceptual framework, and a description for each idea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53429495562513,"sku":"NIN9781988647265","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781988647265.jpg?v=1776408347"},{"product_id":"brand-universe-book-jerry-bader-9781988647289","title":"Brand Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrand Universe, A Big Idea Marketing Strategy\u003c\/strong\u003e builds on \u003cstrong\u003eWhat's The Big Idea?\u003c\/strong\u003e by providing an implementation roadmap that helps guide the entrepreneur through the process of building a Brand Universe around their Big Idea Strategy. Brand Universe is jam-packed with useful information that you can use to actually implement your Big Idea Strategy. Here's some of what's included: - 16 Brand Universe Ideas To Spark Your Imagination complete with photographic Illustrations, text explanations, and implementation examples. - Marketing Strategy Using Brand Story Development - Controlling Your Brand Image - Self-Promotion Vs Brand Personality - Social Media Pitfalls - Why Brand Universe - Brand Universe Structure - Turning Story Into Brand Story with special emphasis on Web Video including in-depth discussions regarding critical implementation elements like The Message, The Medium, The Audience, The Environment, The Messenger, The Performance, The Look, The Sound, and The Words If you're frustrated with advertising that's expensive and ineffective then perhaps it's time to go back to the drawing board and look at marketing from a whole new perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink of your brand as a self-contained universe, an eco-system filled with all the necessary elements that make for success. By looking at brand in this way, you eliminate all the extraneous irrelevances that just get in the way of delivering your essential marketing message, but like the universe itself, there are laws that govern behavior, and those laws shape what, how, and where you present your marketing communication. - Jerry Bader\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53429496185105,"sku":"NIN9781988647289","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781988647289.jpg?v=1776408351"},{"product_id":"what-s-your-poison-book-jerry-bader-9781988647203","title":"What's Your Poison?","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy do we call mixed alcohol drinks cocktails? How do they get their exotic names: names like the Singapore Sling, Screw Driver, the Alamagoozlum, the Angel's Kiss, the Hanky Panky, the Harvey Wallbanger, Sex On The Beach, the Monkey Gland, the Brass Monkey, the Margarita, the Japalac, the Lion's Tail, and many, many more? Who makes up these names, where are they invented, why, and how do you make them? These questions will be answered in What's Your Poison? by exploring the incidents, people, and places that prompted the creation of these exotic concoctions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book you will you learn several alternative theories of how cocktails became cocktails and you'll also learn how to make over forty different variations. In addition you'll learn about some interesting characters you probably never heard of and a few famous ones you most assuredly know. WYP? is a fun book that should spark some interesting conversations while enjoying some unusual but thirst quenching concoctions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53565247521041,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53565247586577,"sku":"NIN9781988647203","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781988647203.jpg?v=1778974754"},{"product_id":"cowboys-lawmen-and-outlaws-book-jerry-bader-9781988647319","title":"Cowboys, Lawmen, and Outlaws","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1950s westerns were the most popular form of television drama. Saturday mornings were filled with black and white images of \u003cem\u003eRoy Rogers, Gene Autry, The Lone Ranger, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Cisco Kid\u003c\/em\u003e. In the evening you had the more adult westerns like \u003cem\u003eHave Gun, Will Travel, Rawhide, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Wanted Dead or Alive\u003c\/em\u003e. Sprinkled amongst these shows were programs purporting to be about real historic characters, people like Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Annie Oakley, and Wild Bill Hickok.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough \u003cem\u003eGunsmoke's\u003c\/em\u003e Marshal Matt Dillon wasn't real, the Long Branch Saloon was. Of course writer John Meston's Matt Dillon was much closer to a real cowboy lawman than what was represented by James Arness. William Conrad's radio version was somehow more real, more colorful, and more dramatic than the whitewashed television version even though the stories were similar. Perhaps it's just a malleable memory but somehow radio always felt more real, more vivid, and more present than television. Television turned everything into pabulum; even fascinating gritty historical characters were turned into cardboard-cutouts designed for the front of cereal boxes featuring the soft mushy historical mess that lay inside. The difference between cowboys, lawmen, and outlaws was merely a cheap metal badge: most often these designations were interchangeable with men easily moving from marshal to villain and back with the deal of a card.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we think of the Old West, it seems like ancient history, but historically it was yesterday. Many of the characters of the post Civil War Old West lived well into the twentieth century: Bat Masterson died in 1921 and Wyatt Earp didn't pass-on until 1929. Josie Bassett, one of the Wild Bunch girls managed to hang-on until 1963 and she only died then because she got kicked in the head by a horse. History doesn't end with an era, remnants, artifacts, and people overlap. History doesn't stop because technology and style moves on. The future is more likely to look like the movie \u003cem\u003eBrazil\u003c\/em\u003e with its jury-rigged conglomeration of antique flotsam and modern-day technological jetsam, than the bright shiny newness of \u003cem\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/em\u003e. Turning history into fantasy is dangerous; it leads to mistaken notions and bad decisions. Maybe it's time to grow up and see the heroes of the Old West, as they really were, cowboys, lawmen, and outlaws.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories that follow are both real and legend. Like much of history, the accounts are blurred, and the memories muddled. Many of the reports have been distorted over time by the telling and retelling as well as the hyperbole of the nineteenth century press and dime novel authors that covered the events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is true, at least to this outsider, is that the Old West shaped the American psyche and not necessarily in a good way. Like the Marlboro man, the myth of the Old West left a cancerous residue that remains to this day. It's a shame these heroes and villains can't just be remembered for who and what they were, cowboys, lawmen, and outlaws.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53565247553809,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53565247619345,"sku":"NIN9781988647319","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781988647319.jpg?v=1778974754"},{"product_id":"organized-crime-queens-book-jerry-bader-9780994069870","title":"Organized Crime Queens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrganized Crime Queens\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Secret World of Female Gangsters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the bizarre world of female Japanese motorcycle gangs to the historic rise and fall of London's Forty Elephants, the history of female organized crime is both fascinating and strange. These are the stories, both true and legendary of the female crime bosses that broke the mould of feminine gentility. This is The Secret World of Female Gangsters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost of society thinks of women as the gentler sex, the sex with more compassion and empathy, not prone to violence. The truth is history, and current events, are littered with stories of violent women who do whatever it takes to get what they want; women who either revel in, or accept as needed, whatever acts of torture, murder and depravity that are required to achieve their goals. We're not talking about mundane psychopaths that kill their children and their husbands; or homicidal maniacs that kill randomly without purpose, other than for some sexual or psychological gratification. We're talking about female organized crime bosses, leaders of highly structured, often successful criminal organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost everyone knows about the high profile male mobsters; people like Lucky Luciano, Myer Lansky, Bugsy Segal, Arnold Rothstein, and Al Capone: men who became legends, rightly or wrongly, due to the public's insatiable appetite for literature, movies, and television stories based on their lives. But what about their female counterparts, they definitely existed and still exist. Their stories are both fascinating and cautionary. Their histories provide an alternative perspective on the equality of the sexes; everything has a price. We are talking about smart, capable, talented, ruthless women who under other circumstances might have become leaders in either business or politics; women who demanded respect, loyalty and a big payday; or else. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53730366325009,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53730366423313,"sku":"NIN9780994069870","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780994069870.jpg?v=1783042578"},{"product_id":"cowboys-lawmen-and-outlaws-book-jerry-bader-9781988647326","title":"Cowboys, Lawmen, and Outlaws","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1950s westerns were the most popular form of television drama. Saturday mornings were filled with black and white images of \u003cem\u003eRoy Rogers, Gene Autry, The Lone Ranger, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Cisco Kid\u003c\/em\u003e. In the evening you had the more adult westerns like \u003cem\u003eHave Gun, Will Travel, Rawhide, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Wanted Dead or Alive\u003c\/em\u003e. Sprinkled amongst these shows were programs purporting to be about real historic characters, people like Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Annie Oakley, and Wild Bill Hickok.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough \u003cem\u003eGunsmoke's\u003c\/em\u003e Marshal Matt Dillon wasn't real, the Long Branch Saloon was. Of course writer John Meston's Matt Dillon was much closer to a real cowboy lawman than what was represented by James Arness. William Conrad's radio version was somehow more real, more colorful, and more dramatic than the whitewashed television version even though the stories were similar. Perhaps it's just a malleable memory but somehow radio always felt more real, more vivid, and more present than television. Television turned everything into pabulum; even fascinating gritty historical characters were turned into cardboard-cutouts designed for the front of cereal boxes featuring the soft mushy historical mess that lay inside. The difference between cowboys, lawmen, and outlaws was merely a cheap metal badge: most often these designations were interchangeable with men easily moving from marshal to villain and back with the deal of a card.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we think of the Old West, it seems like ancient history, but historically it was yesterday. Many of the characters of the post Civil War Old West lived well into the twentieth century: Bat Masterson died in 1921 and Wyatt Earp didn't pass-on until 1929. Josie Bassett, one of the Wild Bunch girls managed to hang-on until 1963 and she only died then because she got kicked in the head by a horse. History doesn't end with an era, remnants, artifacts, and people overlap. History doesn't stop because technology and style moves on. The future is more likely to look like the movie \u003cem\u003eBrazil\u003c\/em\u003e with its jury-rigged conglomeration of antique flotsam and modern-day technological jetsam, than the bright shiny newness of \u003cem\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/em\u003e. Turning history into fantasy is dangerous; it leads to mistaken notions and bad decisions. Maybe it's time to grow up and see the heroes of the Old West, as they really were, cowboys, lawmen, and outlaws.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories that follow are both real and legend. Like much of history, the accounts are blurred, and the memories muddled. Many of the reports have been distorted over time by the telling and retelling as well as the hyperbole of the nineteenth century press and dime novel authors that covered the events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is true, at least to this outsider, is that the Old West shaped the American psyche and not necessarily in a good way. Like the Marlboro man, the myth of the Old West left a cancerous residue that remains to this day. It's a shame these heroes and villains can't just be remembered for who and what they were, cowboys, lawmen, and outlaws.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53735831798033,"sku":"NIN9781988647326","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781988647326.jpg?v=1783184573"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-jerry-bader.oembed?page=2","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}