Memoir Of A Gambler
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Memoir Of A Gambler
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Author : Jack Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Release Date : 1980
Memoir Of A Gambler written by Jack Richardson and has been published by Jonathan Cape this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Born To Lose
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Author : Bill Lee
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-02-03
Born To Lose written by Bill Lee and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A gripping, true story of one man’s forty-year struggle with compulsive gambling and his hard-won recovery. "My history of gambling really began before I was born." So opens Born to Lose, Bill Lee's self-told story of gambling addiction, set in San Francisco's Chinatown and steeped in a culture where it is not unheard of for gamblers (Lee's grandfather included) to lose their children to a bet. From wagering away his beloved baseball card collection as a youngster to forfeiting everything he owned at black jack tables in Las Vegas, Lee describes what gambling addiction feels like from the inside and how recovery is possible through the Twelve Step program.
Lay The Favorite
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Author : Beth Raymer
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-06-22
Lay The Favorite written by Beth Raymer and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“Beth Raymer’s crackling, hilarious memoir ricochets through the gambling underworld in Las Vegas, and is peopled with all manner of lovable wack-jobs, none of whom is quite as wacky—or lovable—as Raymer herself.”—Marie Claire Beth Raymer waited tables at a dive in Las Vegas until a customer sent her to see Dink, of Dink Inc., one of the town’s biggest professional sports gamblers. Dink needed a right-hand man—someone who would show up on time, who had a head for numbers, and who didn’t steal. Beth got the job. Lay the Favorite is the story of Beth’s years in the high-stakes, high-anxiety world of sports betting—a period that saw the fall of the local bookie and the birth of the freewheeling, unregulated offshore sports book, and with it the elevation of sports betting in popular culture. As the business explodes, Beth rises from assistant to expert, running an offshore booking office in the Caribbean. As the men around her succumb to their vices—money, sex, drugs, gambling—Beth improbably emerges with her integrity intact, wiser, sharper, nobody’s fool. A keen and compassionate observer of the adrenaline-addicted roguish types who become her mentors, her enemies, her family, Beth Raymer depicts an insanely colorful world teeming with pathos and ecstasy. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE “Candid, smart, funny, wild and crazy.”—Elle “Raymer gleefully shatters the myth of the modern gambler. . . . Seduced by her stories, we long for this strange, sleazy and alluring landscape.”—Los Angeles Times “[Raymer depicts] a sordid, florid microworld lurching along the edge of society, not to mention legality. . . . She never condescends or indulges in reality-show caricature; she finds charm in the charmless, a point of light in the most lost of souls.”—The New York Times Book Review “Lay the Favorite reads more like a novel than a memoir. The rich characters are drawn in depth, yet simply and honestly.”—The Wall Street Journal “Entertaining (and often quite funny) . . . a delight to read.”—The New Yorker
Amarillo Slim In A World Full Of Fat People
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Author : Thomas 'amarillo Slim' Preston
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-07-31
Amarillo Slim In A World Full Of Fat People written by Thomas 'amarillo Slim' Preston and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Thomas Austin Preston. Six foot four, skinny as a rake. He played poker with two US presidents - and drug lord Pablo Escobar; made a million dollars by the age of nineteen; and drove a golf ball a mile. Thomas Austin Preston - who was he? The world knows him better as the greatest gambler of all time: Amarillo Slim. Raised in Amarillo, Texas, Amarillo Slim lived the most daring, exciting and profitable life of any man of his time. He ran the biggest black-market operation in Europe, won the World Series of poker in 1972, was celebrated in songs and movies, and his picture hangs in City Hall, Las Vegas. He was a member of four Halls of Fame - and a legend in his lifetime. Because, most of all, Slim was a man who loved to gamble. He'd bet on anything - if the price was right. He rode a camel through the fanciest casino in Marrakesh and beat Evel Knievel at golf (with a hammer), but that was just the small stuff. In his finest hour, he took on the Chinese table tennis champion at his own game. Slim, of course, got to choose the bat. The choice? Coke bottles. The result? 21 - 0. Slim was a very happy man. A sensationally entertaining autobiography, this is the story of his extraordinary life - and the secrets of his even more extraordinary success. From Vegas to Colombia, Texas to London, welcome to the wonderful world of Amarillo Slim.
Sprung
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Author : Kev Mac
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-09-28
Sprung written by Kev Mac and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-28 with categories.
Rolling dice on the pavement, running from the LAPD, jumping over fences, and being shot at is not your typical work environment. But then, hustling in the backyards of South Los Angeles is not your typical day job. Kev Mac's elucidation of his years in the wandering employ of gambling is not your ordinary gambling memoir. Kev takes you on a tour through gang-infested areas where crime is inevitable. Living in the bank robbery capital of the world, with large amounts of money being made from crack-cocaine throughout Los Angeles county, made high-stakes gambling worth the risk of surprise attacks and drive-by shootings. After a short prison stint for a home invasion robbery and several broken relationships, Kev Mac packed up and moved to Las Vegas, where a coffee table muddled with a laptop, newspapers and sheets with the daily sports schedule suddenly became the norm. Strip clubs, alcohol, and call girls became as routine as sports handicapping. Traveling, shopping, private dances, massages, and expensive dinners consumed his free time. Though Kev Mac has experienced six figure wins at craps, the dice were brutal and his toughest battle of all. When it comes to rolling the dice, all bets are off! 204 Pages and pictures included
Honest Sid
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Author : Ronald Probstein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Honest Sid written by Ronald Probstein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Depressions categories.
Scientist and professor Ronald Probstein writes lovingly about his father who made his way as a gambler, bookie and ticket scalper in New York during the depression.
The Hand I Played
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Author : David Spanier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Hand I Played written by David Spanier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Replete with frank and often amusing personal anecdotes, Spanier's accounts range from his Tuesday night poker club; life aboard an ocean liner on a poker cruise; practical advice on tournament play and a profile of its leading exponent; to the thrilling annual World Championship of Poker in Las Vegas, where Spanier competes with several hundred of the world's best players for four grueling days of the most intense play anywhere. Book jacket.
Losing Mariposa
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Author : Doug Little
language : en
Publisher: ECW Press
Release Date : 2002
Losing Mariposa written by Doug Little and has been published by ECW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Self-Help categories.
This is the harrowing memoir of Little's two-year binge as a compulsive gambler - a fall from grace that made front-page headlines, destroyed his life, and brought him to the very gates of prison, insanity and death. A cautionary tale of obsession and escape, told with brutal honesty and biting irony, LOSING MARIPOSA chronicles everything from the allure of the roulette wheel to the despair of the parking lot. This is a rare first-hand account the devastation wrought by the addiction to gambling, a social problem now growing to epidemic proportions. Illustrated with 20 b/w photos.
Hats Eyeglasses
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Author : Martha Frankel
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2008
Hats Eyeglasses written by Martha Frankel and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Midnight in Savannah...It's a city of beauty, history...hauntings. And one of the most haunted places in Savannah is a tavern called The Dragonslayer, built in the 1750s. The current owner, Gus Anderson, is a descendant of the original innkeeper and his pirate brother, Blue.Gus summons his granddaughter, Abigail, home from Virginia, where she's studying at the FBI Academy. When she arrives, she's devastated to find him dead. Murdered. But Abby soon learns that Gus isn't the only one to meet a brutal and untimely end; there've been at least two other victims. Then Captain Blue Anderson starts making ghostly appearances, and the FBI's paranormal investigation unit, the Krewe of Hunters, sends in Agent Malachi Gordon.Abby and Malachi have a similar ability to connect with the dead...and a similar stubbornness. Sparks immediately begin to fly -- sparks of attraction and discord. But as the death toll rises, they have to trust each other or they, too, might find themselves among the dead haunting old Savannah!
Hats And Eyeglasses
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Author : Martha Frankel
language : en
Publisher: TarcherPerigee
Release Date : 2009-02
Hats And Eyeglasses written by Martha Frankel and has been published by TarcherPerigee this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A memoir by a compulsive gambler recounts her coming-of-age in a family of hard-core gamblers, bookies, and drug dealers; her unexpected addiction to online poker in her forties; and the severe impact of her problem on her finances. 20,000 first printing.