Author: Owen Wister
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368401130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
A Straight Deal; Or, The Ancient Grudge
Author: Owen Wister
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368401130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368401130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
The Pentecost of Calamity and a Straight Deal
Author: Owen Wister
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434490386
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer whose stories helped to establish the cowboy as an archetypical hero. Wister helped to create the basic Western myths and themes, which were later popularized by radio, television, and movies. His most famous work is the 1902 "The Virginian."
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434490386
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer whose stories helped to establish the cowboy as an archetypical hero. Wister helped to create the basic Western myths and themes, which were later popularized by radio, television, and movies. His most famous work is the 1902 "The Virginian."
Big Deal
Author: Anthony Holden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451604084
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
In 1988, best-selling biographer Anthony Holden spent one year living the life of a professional poker player. His mesmerizing account of that year went on to become a classic of the genre, an inspiration to innumerable poker players and poker memoirists who followed. Big Deal is his story of days and nights in Las Vegas, Malta, and Morocco, mingling with the greats, sharpening his game, perfecting his repartee, and learning a great deal about himself in the process. Poker, Holden would insist, is a paradigm of life at its most intense, a gladiatorial contest that brings out the best as well as the worst in people. The heroes and eccentrics of the poker world stalk the pages of this remarkable book, along with all the hairraising, nail-biting excitement of the game itself.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451604084
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
In 1988, best-selling biographer Anthony Holden spent one year living the life of a professional poker player. His mesmerizing account of that year went on to become a classic of the genre, an inspiration to innumerable poker players and poker memoirists who followed. Big Deal is his story of days and nights in Las Vegas, Malta, and Morocco, mingling with the greats, sharpening his game, perfecting his repartee, and learning a great deal about himself in the process. Poker, Holden would insist, is a paradigm of life at its most intense, a gladiatorial contest that brings out the best as well as the worst in people. The heroes and eccentrics of the poker world stalk the pages of this remarkable book, along with all the hairraising, nail-biting excitement of the game itself.
Cribs for Winning at Video Poker
Author: Helen Capone
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 148175372X
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Four years ago I started playing videopoker. As a lark I started to analyze hands and came up with my crib notes which I am sure help to get a winning hand. But unfortunately the machine has the last say. I studied the most common videopoker games but not all. My family felt I should include these in a book and so I have. I tried to put my knowledge on paper so it could be easily understood but I am not the best of writers. This book includes the best strategies for playing different poker hands for twenty -four video poker games.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 148175372X
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Four years ago I started playing videopoker. As a lark I started to analyze hands and came up with my crib notes which I am sure help to get a winning hand. But unfortunately the machine has the last say. I studied the most common videopoker games but not all. My family felt I should include these in a book and so I have. I tried to put my knowledge on paper so it could be easily understood but I am not the best of writers. This book includes the best strategies for playing different poker hands for twenty -four video poker games.
Slocum 361
Author: Jake Logan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101014628
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
She’s a chance worth killing for… John Slocum is engaged with a fine filly when a hot-lead hurricane forces him to switch calibers and join the fray. It seems a posse is looking for a certain woman named Eliza Banner—she owes them serious money, and they're eager for some payback. But when Eliza makes an attractive offer of her own, Slocum knows that his luck has turned for the better, the worse, or the deadly…
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101014628
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
She’s a chance worth killing for… John Slocum is engaged with a fine filly when a hot-lead hurricane forces him to switch calibers and join the fray. It seems a posse is looking for a certain woman named Eliza Banner—she owes them serious money, and they're eager for some payback. But when Eliza makes an attractive offer of her own, Slocum knows that his luck has turned for the better, the worse, or the deadly…
The Farnsworth $core
Author: Rex Burns
Publisher: Rex Burns
ISBN: 9780060105730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Gabriel Wager, the dauntless Chicano policeman, goes undercover as a junkie to find out where a drug dealer is getting his cocaine.
Publisher: Rex Burns
ISBN: 9780060105730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Gabriel Wager, the dauntless Chicano policeman, goes undercover as a junkie to find out where a drug dealer is getting his cocaine.
The Straight Dope
Author: Chip Le Grand
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522868517
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
What happened at Essendon, what happened at Cronulla, is only part of the story. From the basement office of a suburban football club to the seedy corners of Peptide Alley to the polished corridors of Parliament House, The Straight Dope is an inside account of the politics, greed and personal feuds which fuelled an extraordinary saga. A football club and coach determined to win, a sports scientist who doesn't play by the rules, an AFL administration hell bent on control, an anti-doping authority out of its depth, a generation of footballers held hostage by scandal and an unpopular government that just wants it to end; for two tumultuous seasons this was the biggest game of all.
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522868517
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
What happened at Essendon, what happened at Cronulla, is only part of the story. From the basement office of a suburban football club to the seedy corners of Peptide Alley to the polished corridors of Parliament House, The Straight Dope is an inside account of the politics, greed and personal feuds which fuelled an extraordinary saga. A football club and coach determined to win, a sports scientist who doesn't play by the rules, an AFL administration hell bent on control, an anti-doping authority out of its depth, a generation of footballers held hostage by scandal and an unpopular government that just wants it to end; for two tumultuous seasons this was the biggest game of all.
American Blood
Author: John Nichols
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826354688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Though Michael Smith cannot forget the pornographic atrocities he witnessed abroad during the Vietnam war, it is the pervasive brutality of civilian life that threatens to destroy him. American Blood is a timely and fiercely moral statement on violence and loss.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826354688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Though Michael Smith cannot forget the pornographic atrocities he witnessed abroad during the Vietnam war, it is the pervasive brutality of civilian life that threatens to destroy him. American Blood is a timely and fiercely moral statement on violence and loss.
The Southwestern Political Science Quarterly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
End of the Chapter
Author: John Galsworthy
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1442948086
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1311
Book Description
Books for All Kinds of Readers ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Each edition has been optimized for maximum readability, using our patent-pending conversion technology. We are partnering with leading publishers around the globe to create accessible editions of their titles. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers' new books so that all readers can have access to the books they want to read today.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1442948086
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1311
Book Description
Books for All Kinds of Readers ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Each edition has been optimized for maximum readability, using our patent-pending conversion technology. We are partnering with leading publishers around the globe to create accessible editions of their titles. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers' new books so that all readers can have access to the books they want to read today.