Andy Bellin

Advantages: Entertaining, interesting and informative
Disadvantages: Requires a basic prior knowledge of Poker.

...Although the card game of poker has been played in various forms for nearly two hundred years now, it's popularity here in the UK has soared over the past twelve months. This could be due to more accessabillity to the game, via both the internet and widespread television coverage of major and celebrity tournaments. This popularity has resulted in a surge of poker related products being sold. Poker sets and chips were sold in record numbers last year, and books on poker strategies have been flying off the shelves. One such book is "Poker Nation - A high-stakes, low-life adventure into the heart of a gambling", by Andy Bellin. Andy Bellin studied astronomy and physics at Wesleyan University, but dropped out after spending too much time playing poker when he should have been studying. He went on to become a jornalist, writing articles... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Teaches kids no matter what,things will be alright in the end
Disadvantages: Upsetting

...About a 10 year old girl called Andy whose parents split up because her dad had a affair. Andy's mum lives with her bloke and his 3 kids, Paula, Graham and Katie. Andy and Katie do not get on and Katie is often nasty to her. Andys dad lives with the woman he had an affair with and her two kids Zen and Crystal who Andy is quite jealous of as she feels they took her dad. Andy lives with both parents, one week at her dads and the next at ther mums and finds it hard to-ing and fro-ing around and just wants her parents to get back together. Her only real friend is her toy rabbit called Radish who she loses and after much teasing from her step-sister she runs away to look for Radish in the middle of the night. After this event things start looking up for Andy and she starts finding things easier and she learns to cope with her situation... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: All true and real
Disadvantages: I cant see any

...Andy McNab's immediate Action is basically his autobiography, of his life starting from this troubled youth to this day. The book was tried to ban by goverment officals and SAS troops but it never happened. If you have read anything from Andys sollection and you liked it this is the book for you. Its all true and can teach your valuable lessons in life. I think the only problem in the book about a 1/3 of it is based apon his childhood. Although it is exciting the average reader wants to here about his missions in the SAS and how he dealt with them. There is nothing more realistic than this book, its all true. It contains this action in N.Ireland too the jungle to the Counter Terrist team missions. If you love anything milatry you will love this!... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful