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One Chance is the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts. When Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night, stepped onto the stage in the premiere season of "Britain's Got Talent," no one expected the phenomenal voice that would emerge. Judge Simon Cowell and millions of stunned viewers were instantly taken with Potts, who became a Youtube sensation and multiplatinum artist virtually overnight. Wowing audiences worldwide with his phenomenal voice, Paul went on to win "Britain's Got Talent" and the hearts of millions. This memoir tells Potts's remarkable underdog story, revealing his experiences as he seized his biggest dreams and wowed audiences around the world.
Born in British Columbia, Paul Potts (1911-1990) lived most of his life based in London's Soho district, a friend and confidant of many ultimately famous writers. His circle included Dylan Thomas and T. S. Eliot, Elizabeth Smart and Sean O'Casey--and of course George Orwell, a constant friend. George Orwell's Friend includes autobiography and poetry, an intimate portrait of George Orwell, and the classic anguished memoir of love and vulnerability?elements that rarely find words, and even more rarely find the words of a man. Along with Potts' intimate essay about George Orwell, 'Don Quixote on a Bicycle,' editor Ronald Caplan reclaims the thoughtful work of a passionate, unusual Canadian.
Contents:IntroductionTransfer Matrices: On Commuting Transfer MatricesOn Exactly Solved CasesAlgebra: General PrinciplesTemperley-Lieb Algebra: Generic CasesSpecial CasesGraph Temperley-Lieb AlgebrasHecke AlgebrasAlgebraic Formalism for ZQ SymmetryThe Modelling of Phase TransitionsVertex Models and Related Algebras, Braids and Cables Readership: Mathematical physicists. Keywords:Yang-Baxter Algebras;Algebraic Methods of Statistical Mechanics;Potts Model;Transfer Matrices;Solvable Models;Temperly-Lieb Algebras;Hecke Algebras;Generalized Clifford Algebras;Representations;Partition Functions;Phase Transitions;Vertex Models;Braid GroupReview: “This is an excellent survey of the Potts model and...
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The methods of a modern backer. Alan Potts is a full-time professional punter, who makes a steady and lucrative income from gambling. In this book, he reveals, for the first time, the techniques and methods that consistently give him the edge over bookmakers. Anyone who bets on horses will find valuable insights on how to become - and stay - a winner.
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
It has been said that any man, no matter how small and insignificant the post he may have filled in life, who will faithfully record the events in which he has borne a share, even though incapable of himself deriving profit from the lessons he has learned, may still be of use to others,—sometimes a guide, sometimes a warning. I hope this is true. I like to think it so, for I like to think that even I,—A. S. P.,—if I cannot adorn a tale, may at least point a moral. Certain families are remarkable for the way in which peculiar gifts have been transmitted for ages. Some have been great in arms, some in letters, some in statecraft, displaying in successive generations the same high qualiti...