Browsing the "Games" category: 83 books
Kokology 2 offers all-new insights into the surprising real you. Kokology, the popular Japanese pop-psych quiz game, is now an American bestseller, and Kokology 2 offers more than 50 all-new quizzes, perfect for beginners and experienced kokologists ...more »
ISBN: 0743229282 / Fireside Books / Pub Date: Oct 2001 / File Size: 186K
An unauthorized guide to the hottest entertainment machine ...more »
ISBN: 1588242579 / iBooks / Pub Date: Nov 2000 / File Size: 174K
Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player is the fifth volume in Grandmaster Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course series. The goal of this practical book is to show readers how they can master the art of playing chess by following the techniqu ...more »
ISBN: 1930936184 / Fictionwise, Inc. / Pub Date: Jan 1997 / File Size: 3221K
The most important and instructive positions over the last 100 years arranged as challenges, with illuminating explanations and solutions. Lev Alburt, Grandmaster of Chess and renowned three-time US chess champion, presents and analyzes the 300 most ...more »
ISBN: 1930936192 / Fictionwise, Inc. / Pub Date: Dec 2000 / File Size: 6272K
Q: What is the highest mountain in the world? ...more »
ISBN: 1401401880 / Barnes & Noble Digital / Pub Date: Jan 2002 / File Size: 497K
What does the name "Tolkien" mean? To what nighttime activity does ...more »
ISBN: 1401401805 / Barnes & Noble Digital / Pub Date: Dec 2001 / File Size: 638K
A favorite sport of the royals, the game of chess has been fascinating people for over 1,500 years. In this comprehensive volume, readers can learn how to master the art of playing as well as winning chess. The lessons and methodological instructions ...more »
ISBN: 1930936133 / Fictionwise, Inc. / Pub Date: Dec 2000 / File Size: 5563K
Q: Who is the only person to win an Academy Award for playing a member of the opposite sex?Q: In the 1941 film Citizen Kane, who actually hears Charles Foster Kane utter his famous last word, “Rosebud”?Q: What’s the l ...more »
ISBN: 1401401848 / Barnes & Noble Digital / Pub Date: Mar 2002 / File Size: 551K
The greatest escape artist who ever lived reveals the secrets of the "Miracle mongers" ...more »
ISBN: 1589290348 / PocketPCpress / Pub Date: Oct 2000 / File Size: 550K
This remarkable book is the third volume in the "Comprehensive Chess Course" series. It provides readers with a complete coverage of some of best chess strategies and moves that will help them master the game in no time. It is not a beginner's v ...more »
ISBN: 193093615X / Fictionwise, Inc. / Pub Date: Aug 2001 / File Size: 2885K
"Now you can play and win at the world's most popular gambling card game with the help of the ""Poker Brat"" himself. It makes no difference if you're a novice or a serious player, gambling online, in casinos, or in a friend's basement, Hell ...more »
ISBN: 0060834439 / PerfectBound / Pub Date: Apr 2005 / File Size: 821K
There are no misleading win big promises here, just the sensible attitude that gambling is entertainment and will probably cost you money. But since you have a chance to make a profit, and even hit the jackpot, the authors show you how to maximize th ...more »
ISBN: 0786533331 / Alpha / Pub Date: Jan 2003 / File Size: 1225K
You're no idiot, of course. You host the most fabulous dinner parties and select just the right wines. But when it comes time to play some bridge, you feel like hiding away in the kitchen. Don't spend the evening washing dishes! This book will help y ...more »
ISBN: 0786534745 / Alpha / Pub Date: Feb 2003 / File Size: 1874K
ISBN: 555204522X / Xlibris Corporation / Pub Date: Feb 2001 / File Size: 322K
Chris Moneymaker was just a regular guy working as an accountant in Tennessee, who enjoyed playing online poker - and winning. On a fluke he decided to enter the World Series of Poker, paid the $40 application fee, and, with only three years' e ...more »
ISBN: 0060832304 / HarperPerennial / Pub Date: Mar 2005 / File Size: 290K
ISBN: 5552060679 / Amazon Press / Pub Date: Feb 2001 / File Size: 416K
This is the first book to offer a rigorous, theoretically grounded treatment of the Manchester United phenomenon, leading academics from diverse backgrounds have written chapters, each interrogating a particular aspect of our central theme, ...more »
ISBN: 0203412974 / Routledge / Pub Date: Jul 2004 / File Size: 918K
Journalist and poker fanatic Andy Bellin takes readers on a raucous journey into the shut-up-and-deal world of professional poker. From basement games to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, you'll look over his shoulder as he learns to c ...more »
ISBN: 0060775289 / PerfectBound / Pub Date: Apr 2005 / File Size: 694K
Science and Racket Sports III contains the peer-reviewed papers and keynote addresses presented at the combined Third World Congress of Science and Racket Sports and the Eighth International Table Tennis Federation Sports Science Congress. ...more »
ISBN: 0203436644 / Routledge / Pub Date: Sep 2004 / File Size: 5337K
Sport, Rules and Values presents a philosophical perspective on some issues concerning the character of sport. Throughout, the presentation is rich in concrete cases from sporting situations, including cricket, baseball, American football, and ...more »
ISBN: 0203299876 / Routledge / Pub Date: Nov 2003 / File Size: 447K
"Finally a book about crosswords that's as intelligent, literate, and funny as the puzzles and people it covers. Thoroughly entertaining." --Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, New York TimesFrom the Hardcover edition. ...more »
ISBN: 0767921607 / Broadway Books / Pub Date: Jun 2005 / File Size: 393K
He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life.Semyon Dukach was known as the Darling of Las Vegas. A legend at age twenty-one, this cocky ...more »
ISBN: 0061121444 / PerfectBound / Pub Date: Sep 2005 / File Size: 558K
"Inside the intriguing world of poker lies a fascinating exercise in strategy and extreme concentration--many of the same principles that underpin the one-thousand-year-old philosophy of Zen spirituality. Zen and the Art of Poker is the first book to ...more »
ISBN: 0786560290 / Plume / Pub Date: Dec 2005 / File Size: 213K
If you think a gang of real-life geeks can’t take on the world and win big . . . think again. And whatever you do, don’t sit down across a gaming table from Jon Finkel, better known as Jonny Magic. Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids...more »
ISBN: 1588364941 / Random House Publishing Group / Pub Date: Aug 2005 / File Size: 563K
Intended for the serious biweekly or monthly player, this gaming guide devotes chapters to calculating probabilities, estimating odds, bluffing and being bluffed, reading your opponents' down cards, and more. Virtually everyone will learn from this c ...more »
ISBN: 0345486153 / Random House Publishing Group / Pub Date: Nov 2005 / File Size: 3323K
