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Do you want to make smart choices and win at the track?
Whether you are a novice better or an experienced punter, it has all the tips and advice to help you spot a winner and enjoy this popular national pastime.

This new edition has been been brought right up-to-date with interactive features. It explains not only such basics as the form and the nature of the races, but will also explain in full where to bet, how to bet, and how to do so successfully. It offers full and unique coverage of the latest phenomena, such as internet betting, online betting exchanges and spread betting. It also gives you vital tips in addition to providing practical information on how to avoid credit card fraud and how to make a successful selection.


Back a Winning Horse includes:

Chapter 1: Horse racing
Origins of horse racing
Thoroughbred horses
Types of racing
Grading of racing
Handicaps
Conditional races
Gambling on horse racing
A day at the races
Owning a racehorse
Racing around the world

Chapter 2: Racecourse betting
On-course bookmakers
Tote betting
Pari-mutuel
Bookmaking
Understanding the odds
Factors affecting prices
Placing a tote bet

Chapter 3: Betting shops
Types of price
Disadvantages of using a betting shop
Writing a bet
Bookmakers’ rules
Types of bet

Chapter 4: Remote betting
Internet betting
Types of internet betting
Types of bet
How bets are matched
Ordering odds
How to bet
Spread betting
Playing safe
Telephone betting

Chapter 5: Making your selection
Factors you can assess
Factors you cannot assess
Gathering information
Systems
Effect of the draw at British and Irish racecourses
Chapter 6: Betting tips
Be aware of rules
Appreciate your chances of winnin
How bookmakers make a profit
Keep records of your gambling
Set a budget
Staying in control
Take account of all costs
Be selective
Take your time
Maximize returns
Be realistic
How bookmakers try to make you spend more money
Ground
Type of race
Betting on handicap races
Number of runners
Backing favourites
Take the best price
Making the best bet
Betting each way
Bets to avoid
Placing large bets
Big winners
Steamers
Collecting winnings
Betting exchanges
Hedging
Dutching
Syndicate betting

Chapter 7: Checking results and calculating winnings
Checking results
Disputes with bookmakers
Calculating winnings
Using a ready reckoner


Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features:

Not got much time?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

Author insights
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author’s many years of experience.

Test yourself
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

Extend your knowledge
Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of the subject.

Five things to remember
Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.

Try this
Innovative exercises illustrate what you’ve learnt and how to use it.

A collection of four erotic stories with mixed and varied themes.

Fantasy Assignment by Lucy Felthouse
She loves a man in uniform, so being sent to write a feature about life in an army camp leaves Charlene feeling all her Christmases have come at once. Her guide round the barracks is the very sexy Corporal Matt Stokes, and as soon as she sets eyes on him, Charlene can’t wait to see his privates on parade.

Paper Rose by J.S. Black
Police officers Ray Morecambe and Jenny White are on the hunt for a violent attacker whose calling card is a paper rose. Moira McCann, the latest victim, gratefully accepts Jenny’s offer to make sure she gets home safely from the police station. But McCann has ulterior motives for getting Jenny alone, and as he attempts to unravel the crime, Ray finds himself caught up in a dark, depraved sex game.

The Examiner by Roger Frank Selby
The Examiner has travelled to planet Eden to bring back a new handmaiden for the Lord High Sevolian. He must see her naked and measure her body to make sure she fits Sevolian’s exacting requirements. Beautiful, intelligent Andromeda seems like the ideal candidate, but as the ritual progresses, the Examiner realises she’s too special to be handed over. Dare he break the rules and keep her for himself?

The Lady And The Highwayman by Charlotte Wickham
Defying her father, who longs for her to behave in a ladylike manner, Lady Amelia Farley goes riding alone in the countryside. She’s accosted by a dashing highwayman, who seems just as interested in her body as he is in her family fortune. Having experienced the best sex of her life, she never expects to see him again, but life has a way of throwing up surprises.

Get ready for another binge-worthy romance from international bestselling author and TikTok sensation Elle Kennedy.

He’s a player in more ways than one . . .

College junior John Logan can get any girl he wants. For this hockey star, life is a parade of parties and hook-ups, but behind his killer grins and easygoing charm, he hides growing despair about the dead-end road he’ll be forced to walk after graduation. A sexy encounter with freshman Grace Ivers is just the distraction he needs, but when a thoughtless mistake pushes her away, Logan plans to spend his final year proving to her that he’s worth a second chance.

Now he’s going to need to up his game . . .

After a less than stellar freshman year, Grace is back at Briar University, older, wiser, and so over the arrogant hockey player she nearly handed her V-card to. She’s not a charity case, and she’s not the quiet butterfly she was when they first hooked up. If Logan expects her to roll over and beg like all his other puck bunnies, he can think again. He wants her back? He’ll have to work for it. This time around, she’ll be the one in the driver’s seat . . . and she plans on driving him wild.

Praise for Elle Kennedy:

‘Delicious, complicated and drama-filled . . . I read it in one sitting, and you will, too’ L. J. Shen, USA Today bestselling author

‘A deliciously sexy story with a wallop of emotions that sneaks up on you’ Vi Keeland, No.1 New York Times bestselling author

‘Elle Kennedy delivers another sexy and addictive read, and my latest personal favourite from her!’ Tijan, New York Times bestselling author

‘pulls no punches’ The Sun

‘full of eventful tales from the past’ Daily Mail

‘punchy, earthy … entertaining stories that capture football in an era long before sanitised PR and Instagram self-promotion’ Independent

From West Ham’s cult hero, Julian Dicks, a hugely entertaining romp through football and the East End of the Eighties and Nineties.

‘Cult figure’ is a term hardly used in football these days: where have they all gone? In the sterile and corporate modern game, is there room for the mercurial midfielder or the tough-tackling defender or the pot-bellied goal poacher? Rewind two or three decades and British professional football was stuffed to the gunnels with these ‘one-offs’: players with bags of talent, yes, but also lorryloads of personality and a hugely relatable quality which meant they’d all be playing Sunday morning park football if they hadn’t become professionals. No media training, no filter, no 5% body fat, no cryotherapy chambers, and no quiet nights in with a curly kale salad and a glass of carrot juice.

Meet Julian Dicks. Wonderful name, wonderful player and undoubtedly one of the greatest cult figures to play for West Ham United.

Hammer Time is Dicks’ hugely entertaining romp through his career with West Ham, shot through with all the great anecdotes of life as a pro back then, and peppered with all the marvellous characters who crossed his path in those halcyon days. It evokes memories of intimidating away crowds, muddy pitches, no-nonsense tackling, card schools on the bus, big nights out after matches, and the special camaraderie that was forged between players of that era.

Hammer Time is also an open love letter to the unique character and atmosphere of West Ham United and East London, conjuring up – with great warmth and nostalgia – a fast disappearing world of strong working-class communities, proper East End boozers and those iconic pie and mash shops.

There’s nothing romantic about dating…

A Glasgow Kiss [n.]
A headbutt or a strike with the head to someone’s sensitive area

Meet Zara Smith: 29, single and muddling her way through life as a trainee nurse in Glasgow. With 30 fast approaching, she’s determined to do whatever it takes to find love – or at least someone to sext! Cheered on by best friends Ashley and Raj, Zara embarks on a string of dating escapades that are as hilarious as they are disastrous. From online dating to blind dates, hometown hook-ups to flirty bartenders, nothing is off limits.

But when Dr Tom Adams, aka Sugar Daddy, shows interest, it’s a game-changing moment. Zara has had a crush on Tom since her very first day at the aesthetics clinic she works at part-time. As things heat up between them, Zara can’t help but wonder: is this it? Or is it another disaster waiting to happen?

Filthy, hilarious and painfully relatable, Zara Smith is Bridget Jones for the millennial generation, from the writer of the Sex in the Glasgow City blog. Fans of Fleabag, Girls and Lucy Vine will love A Glasgow Kiss.

Readers can’t get enough of A Glasgow Kiss:

‘The story is relatable to at least 99% of the female population. It was heartwarming to know I’m not the only female who checks ‘read’ receipts and ‘last active’ on WhatsApp and social media platforms. I cried with laughter throughout the full book and the ending is soo fitting.’

‘A group of us are all reading this at the moment as part of our newly formed and made up book club and honestly we couldn’t have chosen a better book to start with… this is serious belly laugh, snort out loud material… we can’t put it down!!! EVERY GIRL NEEDS TO READ THIS!!!’

‘I loved this book so much, I couldn’t put it down and finished it in two days. I laughed so much and it was definitely what 2020 needed! I hope hope hope there’s a sequel on the cards – can’t recommend enough!’

The Preschooler’s Busy Book contains 365 activities (one for each day of the year) for three- to six-year-olds using things found around the home. It shows parents, baby-sitters, and daycare providers how to: ·Save money by making your own paints, play dough, craft clays, glue, paste and other supplies ·Prevent boredom during even the longest stretches of rainy or cold weather with ideas for indoor play like newspaper golf, magnet magic, the listening game, red light/green light, and hand puppets ·Help children learn to have fun in the kitchen making fruit kebabs, popsicles, homemade peanut butter, a happy-face sandwich, alphabet cookies, animal pancakes, finger Jell-O, popcorn ball creatures, and the best chocolate chip cookies in the whole world ·Teach your child practical skills like setting the table, putting away the silverware, sorting socks, sewing practice, and carpentry (hammering golf tees into Styrofoam, with a toy hammer) ·Introduce your child to numbers and counting with activities like “One-Two, Buckle My Shoe,” telling time, coin and stamp collecting, sorting a mixed-up deck of cards by numbers and learning how to find today’s date on a calendar ·Prepare your child for reading by working on an alphabet puzzle, making alphabet cookies, making an alphabet book, and connecting the dots in alphabetical order to make a picture ·Get your child started with music and rhythm by making a pie-plate tambourine, keeping the rhythm to a song on the radio with homemade rhythm blocks or shakers, or make music with musical glasses (filled with different amounts of water) ·Get your child moving with dances like “Hokey Pokey,” “Skip to My Lou,” “Ring Around the Rosie,” and “London Bridge” ·Encourage your child to enjoy quiet activities like reading wordless picture books, working on puzzles, and watching clouds — and then drawing them ·Introduce children to nature with a variety of outdoor adventures from nature walks and picnics to backyard camping, bird feeding, mud painting and making waxed leaves ·Start children growing things by planting apple seeds, avocado seeds or garlic cloves; or learning how to grow carrots, beets or sweet potatoes by putting cuttings into water ·Celebrate holidays and other occasions with special projects and activities for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Easter and Passover ·Keep children occupied on car trips by playing “I See A-B-C” or reciting “30 Days Hath September”

21 original stories of Dangerous Women by top genre writers, brought together in a new anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.

Intrepid warriors, far-ranging spacewomen, formidable superheroines, hard-living Bad Girls, embattled survivors, private investigators, seductive femmes fatale and haughty queens; as Gardner Dubois writes in his introduction, ‘if you want to tie any of these women to the railway tracks, you’ll have a real fight on your hands!’

This thrilling collection features both standalone tales and familiar worlds and characters, including Joe Abercrombie’s Red Country backdrop; Jim Butcher’s world of Harry Dresden; Lev Grossman’s Magicians; Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series; and a story by Caroline Spector in the Wild Cards shared universe.

Return to Westoros in The Princess and the Queen, a new novella from George R. R. Martin about the Dance of Dragons, a bitter civil war that divided the kingdom nearly two centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones.

The full list of gripping stories, amazing authors and stellar narrators:
– Some Desperado by Joe Abercrombie; Read by Stana Katic
– My Heart Is Either Broken by Megan Abbott; Read by Jake Weber
– Nora’s Song by Cecelia Holland; Read by Harriet Walter
– The Hands That Are Not There by Melinda Snodgrass; Read by Jonathan Frakes
– Bombshells by Jim Butcher; Read by Emily Rankin
– Raisa Stepanova by Carrie Vaughn; Read by Inna Korobkina
– Wrestling Jesus by Joe R. Lansdale; Read by Scott Brick
– Neighbors by Megan Lindholm; Read by Lee Meriwether
– I Know How to Pick ‘Em by Lawrence Block; Read by Jake Weber
– Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson; Read by Claudia Black
– A Queen in Exile by Sharon Kay Penman; Read by Harriet Walter
– The Girl in the Mirror by Lev Grossman; Read by Sophie Turner
– Second Arabesque, Very Slowly by Nancy Kress; Read by Janis Ian
– City Lazarus by Diana Rowland; Read by Scott Brick
– Virgins by Diana Gabaldon; Read by Allan Scott-Douglas
– Pronouncing Doom by S.M. Stirling; Read by Stana Katic
– Name the Beast by Sam Sykes; Read by Claudia Black
– Caregivers by Pat Cadigan; Read by Janis Ian
– Lies My Mother Told Me by Caroline Spector; Read by Maggi-Meg Reed
– Hell Hath No Fury by Sherilynn Kenyon; Read by Jenna Lamia
– The Princess and the Queen by George R. R. Martin; Read by Iain Glen

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