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Pass the Sugar

The CEO

Collins Street Whores

Pass the Sugar

Pass the Sugar By Joe Hachem - with Peter Ralph

Introductions by Greg Raymer & Shane Warne

Pass The Sugar’ (Joe’s catch phrase after he wins a big pot) takes readers on a journey that many dream of ... from playing home games of Poker with friends to becoming a multimillionaire world Poker champ. Joe’s story proves that dreams can come true.

The book gives insights into how Joe plays the cards he is dealt, in life as well as on the poker table.

Faced with adversity which could have ruined his life, Joe turned to the pastime that he loved, and outlayed $10,000 to compete against 5,618 combatants including many of the world’s top

professionals in the World Championship of the game known as the ‘Cadillac of Poker’—No Limit Texas Hold ‘em. The prize is the richest in sport...more than Wimbledon, the US Masters or the Tour De France.Come with Joe from his childhood journey from Lebanon to Australia to the final table at the World Series of Poker Championship at the famous Binion’s Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas where he made poker history with a 7 of clubs and 3 of spades. Along the way you will learn about perseverance, the importance of family and the workings of a great poker mind.

After his famous victory, Joe still felt the need to prove himself—for validation—and seventeen months after winning the world championship he achieved poker immortality by winning the second richest tournament in the world, The Five Diamonds at the Bellagio, becoming one of only four players in the history of poker to achieve this amazing double feat.

The book also relates stories of Joe’s encounters with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, tournaments that he’s played around the world and the work that he does to promote Poker internationally and charitable causes at home. It is the story of a man who has scaled dizzy heights but whose feet remain firmly on the ground.

The CEO

The CEO By Peter Ralph

Douglas Aspine knew that being CEO of a public company was twenty times more lucrative than winning the lottery. He was forty-five and time was running out when fate dealt him an unexpected opportunity.

The company was old, staid and well-respected but it was underperforming and Aspine was determined to turn it around no matter who he had to crush.

Soon he was at war with the company's employees, unions, suppliers, financiers and co-directors but nothing was going to stop him. Not his chairman, not his wife, not his mistress, not the anonymous death threats and definitely not the press.

Aspine could almost taste the glory, the riches and peer recognition he'd craved for so long. He knew he had countless detractors and enemies who he contemptuously labelled "losers" and paid no heed to. Would this prove to be a miscalculation of monumental proportions or would he prevail?

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The CEO is now available and can be purchased from:

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Publication Details

Published by Melbourne Books http://melbournebooks.com.au/mbooks/
ISBN 9781877096952
Large Format Paperback, 356 pages

For interviews, review copies or other queries contact:

dten@melbournebooks.com.au

Collins Street Whores

Collins Street Whores By Peter Ralph

After years of study and hard work, the strikingly beautiful Carmen Minelli finally achieves her dream of attaining a senior position with the most respected stockbroker in the land—J.D. Ford & Co.

Her first assignment with J.D. Ford & Co. does not stack up, but her concerns are met with resistance by the owners and senior executives of the firm. When her predecessor vanishes in the high country, her suspicions of her venerable employer grow.

As she delves deeper into the assignment she has an uncomfortable feeling that she is being manipulated into signing off on something that she shouldn’t. But why? Who is pulling the strings? What do they hope to achieve?

"When Peter Ralph's characters cook the books, it's a recipe for financial disaster... a bloody good read and a worthwhile warning!" Peter Russell-Clarke

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