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Vincent DeGruy is passionate about understanding complex stories involving historical figures. A former rebel and undisciplined fool, he was humbled by life's adventures and eventually settled into the scholar's grind, turning his attention to more challenging pursuits, such as completing Advanced coursework in math, science, Engineering, and Bible. He brings a scientist's mindset: maximizing the signal-to-noise ratio on critical Bible history. The goal is to deliver a streamlined analysis, cut through clutter, and deliver the essential context and stark truths about scripture's most powerful and flawed leaders.

His book, Wicked Kings - Righteous Resistance, delves into 14 wicked kings of the Bible, stripping away centuries of Sunday school ...more

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	The Art of War Meets The Black Strategy: A Chess Player's Guide to the Hippo Defense 2.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Art of War / Art of Chess: Become a Chess Boss by Jefe del Ajedrez, Vincent DeGruy (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Am writing a new section (more like expanding on some stuff) in which proof is given to refute the false notion that the first mover in chess has an advantage.

Additional elaborations will illuminate clearly the path for the second mover to travel so that the 'initiative' falls into his hands.

Most people think it mysterious or haphazard the way in which this phenomenon transpires.

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The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes

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“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
― Bill Keane

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“For believe me! — the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is: to live dangerously! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships into uncharted seas! Live at war with your peers and yourselves! Be robbers and conquerors as long as you cannot be rulers and possessors, you seekers of knowledge! Soon the age will be past when you could be content to live hidden in forests like shy deer! At long last the search for knowledge will reach out for its due: — it will want to rule and possess, and you with it!”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs

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