The Great Game
The Great Game

Author: Peter Hopkirk

Publisher: John Murray

Published: 2006-03-27

Total Pages: 661

ISBN-13: 1848544774

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For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth, Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia, fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase immortalized by Kipling. When play first began the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of India. This classic book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young officers, both British and Russian, who risked their lives playing it. Disguised as holy men or native horse-traders, they mapped secret passes, gathered intelligence and sought the allegiance of powerful khans. Some never returned. The violent repercussions of the Great Game are still convulsing Central Asia today.

Playing the Great Game
Playing the Great Game

Author: Edmund James Yorke

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780709091967

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Playing the Great Game explores and analyzes the tension between the British political and military authorities that has been generated by the impact of all these wars. It argues that excessive political interference in the conduct of such wars, which is often resource-driven, has been the predominate cause of the many difficulties encountered.

Playing The Great Game
Playing The Great Game

Author: Ken Percival

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-11-23

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1304651371

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Playing the Great Game is the emotional, action-packed story of how Diego de la Cruz becomes a functioning adult after Muslim terrorists kill the man whom he thinks is his father. He and his pregnant mother flee, but the terrorists kidnap his mother and Diego must live in hiding with foster parents on an island off the coast of the state of Washington.For a while, the boy escapes into an inner world of solitude and the adventures of characters in books. However, a cell phone call from his mother, as she falls to her death after terrorists hurl her from an airplane, impels him to find his biological father, rescue his young sister from a forced marriage, and confront the evil in the world if he is to grow into a functioning adult.In the end, Diego accomplishes his mother's goal of reuniting his family. He then plans to move toward his own goal - fighting anti-American forces with the CIA.

The Small Players of the Great Game
The Small Players of the Great Game

Author: Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-07-31

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1134383770

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This book deals with the 19th century Anglo-Russian Great Game played out on the territorial chessboard of eastern and north-eastern parts of the waning Persian empire. The Great Game itself has been written about extensively, but never from a Persian angle and from the point of view of the local players in that game. Looking at the territorial consequences of the Great Game for the local players is a unique approach, which deserves a special place in the studies of history, geography, politics and geopolitics of the age of modernity.

The Great Game
The Great Game

Author: Lavie Tidhar

Publisher: Watkins Media Limited

Published: 2012-01-31

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0857662007

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When Mycroft Holmes is murdered in London, it is up to retired shadow executive Smith to track down his killer - and stumble on the greatest conspiracy of his life. Strange forces are stirring into life around the globe, and in the shadow game of spies nothing is certain. Fresh from liberating a strange alien object in Abyssinia - which might just be the mythical Ark of the Covenant - young Lucy Westerna, Holmes' protégé, must follow her own path to the truth while, on the other side of the world, a young Harry Houdini must face his greatest feat of escape - death itself. As their paths converge the body count mounts up, the entire world is under threat, and in a foreboding castle in the mountains of Transylvania a mysterious old man weaves a spider's web of secrets and lies. Airship battles, Frankenstein monsters, alien tripods and death-defying acts: The Great Game is a cranked-up steampunk thriller in which nothing is certain - not even death. File Under: Steampunk [ End Of Days | Only The Beginning | The Ark | Insane Thrills ] e-book ISBN: 978-0-85766-200-2

A Great Game
A Great Game

Author: Stephen Harper

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-10-21

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1476716544

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History of the game of hockey and the teams who pursued the first Stanley Cup during the early 1900's.

The Great Game of Networking
The Great Game of Networking

Author: Burt Smith

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2007-08

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 059545772X

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The Great Game of Networking will help anyone from any experience level be more confident, more effective, more professional, and more successful at networking. As implied by the title, the author believes networking, and business in general, should be fun, and that what keeps it from being fun is often a lack of the skills needed to "play" at a professional level. It approaches what many consider a very challenging undertaking with a set of quickly grasped, easily applied techniques that can provide immediate returns. This straightforward book can be read and implemented in the same day! The author is an accomplished networking professional whose eagerness to share what he has learned comes through in a conversational, coaching tone. The Great Game of Networking provides strategies for both the novice getting started and an advanced section to help those who have been networking for any amount of time leverage their efforts. Guaranteed!

Churchill, the Great Game and Total War
Churchill, the Great Game and Total War

Author: David Jablonsky

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1135199299

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Influenced by what Clausewitz called the "remarkable trinity" - the government, the military and the people - David Jablonsky studies the interaction between Churchill, the British people and the army during World War II. He argues that the great British leader saw civilian supremacy as the rule in total war.

The Great Game of Billiards - A Collection of Classic Articles on the Techniques and History of the Game
The Great Game of Billiards - A Collection of Classic Articles on the Techniques and History of the Game

Author: Various Authors

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1473359171

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This volume contains a collection of vintage articles about billiards, covering topics ranging from billiard room etiquette to mastering complex techniques. Carefully selected for a modern readership, these timeless articles will be of considerable utility to those wishing to hone their snooker and pool skills and would make for wonderful additions to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “The No-Bar Billiard Table.”, “The Follow-Through in Billiards”, “The Etiquette of the Billiard Room”, “Billiard Pastimes”, “How to Screw a Billiard Ball”, “Some Reminiscences”, “New Games for the Billiard Table”, “A Lesson in Billiards”, “The New Billiards”, and “Cue Tips”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction billiards, pool and snooker.