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Collins, Bill

Cassell Australia

Wild Las Vegas Craps-Shooting Vacation Adventure That Becomes A Love Story At nineteen, Ray Hitchcock refuses to let his life be ruled by anything so arbitrary and fickle as "destiny" or "luck". He dreams his newest compulsive addiction will let him create his own magic. To try to control his own future, he tackled the art of making dice fall as he chooses.
 On his twenty-first birthday, Ray rushes to Las Vegas for a week long cherry-busting craps shooting adventure. He hopes to keep the bank from repossessing their family's Iowa farm. Little does he know he's about to ambushed by love.
 But in Vegas, the casinos always want to win. They chew up and spit out guys like Ray on a daily basis. Can Ray flip the odds in Vegas or are the dice there loaded against this dreamer?
 Craps Players: Discover what unique dice setting secrets our hero discovered through trial and error. 
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Vegas Fever

Literature & Fiction

Bill Collins

Pacts: The Coalition for Change: How One District's Effort to Change Could Help You Build a Better School

PACTS: The Coalition for Change offers a case study chronicling the efforts of one urban high school district in Northern California to change its curriculum. It quantifies surveyed responses solicited from parents, administrators, curriculum leaders, teachers, and students in the district. It also assesses their level of agreement on issues relating to mathematics reform.  These agents of change constitute the PACTS Coalition. As a group, they generally agree that mathematics is a tough subject and that it should be fun; however, their level of agreement vacillates when the investigation turns to issues such as ability level grouping, the incorporation of diversity, and the question of inclusion.  In general, members of the alliance believe that the effect of reform efforts has been deleterious to the overall quality of mathematics education at their school site and in the district. Many respondents cite poor communication, ineffectual leadership, and a lack of direction as chief deterrents to effective mathematics reform; additionally, most agree that cohesion, unity, and morale among the mathematics staff in the district have suffered as a result.  Author Bill Collins shows that the varying perspectives of the PACTS Coalition is key to recognizing the complexity of educational issues while revealing the vision needed for lasting education reform.

PACTS: The Coalition for Change: How One District’s Effort to Change Could Help You Build a Better School

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

iUniverse

Lyrics to all the songs I wrote, plus the Story Behind the Song for each one.  And dozens of anecdotes from my life: -Mighty Tasty Fried Bologna Sandwich You Got Here, Ma'am -$20 Worth of Good Karma -Get the Hell Out of Maine and Do Something Brave -Code of the West -The Son-of-a-Bitch Never Answers My Letters -Never Kissed a Truck Driver, But I Came Pretty Close -It's Mighty Quiet Out There, Sarge -What Happens in Germany, Stays in Germany -If I Met Stanley Tucci at a Hollywood Party... -The Perfect Job - Dishwasher -The Night I Kissed a Beauty Queen                            and a lot more...

I Used to Have a Guitar But It Broke

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Whether you like your chocolate gooey and rich, creamy and smooth, or nutty and dark, this Storey BASICS® guide shows you how to make your favorite sweet treats right at home. Bill Collins provides illustrated step-by-step instructions for a variety of chocolate-making techniques, including tempering, thickening, sugar boiling, mold filling, piping, and more. You’ll soon be showcasing your confectioner’s skills in decadent chocolate-dipped fruits, indulgent nut barks, and fudges that melt in your mouth.

How to Make Chocolate Candies: Dipped, Rolled, and Filled Chocolates, Barks, Fruits, Fudge, and More. A Storey BASICS® Title

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Desserts

Storey Publishing, LLC.

Good knife skills are key to feeling confident and comfortable in the kitchen. Chef Bill Collins teaches you how to wield cooking knives properly, so you can slice, peel, bone, and dice with ease. Illustrated step-by-step instructions show you how to cut and carve seafood, poultry, meats, and produce of all kinds. In addition to profiling the best uses for a variety of knife types, Collins includes tips for using other sharp kitchen tools like graters, vegetable peelers, and mandolins. Get ready to chop away!

Knife Skills: An Illustrated Kitchen Guide to Using the Right Knife the Right Way. A Storey BASICS® Title

Cooking by Ingredient

Brighten your meals with the tasty tang of homemade vinegar. Chef Bill Collins shows you how to make your own vinegars, including wine, apple cider, malt, white, and rice vinegars, and then flavor them with herbs for exactly the taste you want. You’ll also learn how to use your custom-made vinegars in everything from a basic Italian salad dressing to Asian coleslaw, sweet potato salad, caponata, sauerbraten, caprese sliders, pickles, chutneys, and even chocolate chip cookies.

Making & Using Vinegar (Storey Basics)

Canning & Preserving

Storey

Chef Bill Collins demonstrates all the techniques you need to make caramel candies, cookies, puddings, and more, using illustrated step-by-step instructions that ensure success every time. Includes safety guidelines, troubleshooting tips, and irresistible recipes!

Making & Using Caramel: Techniques & Recipes for Candies & Other Sweet Goodies. A Storey BASICS® Title

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