The Little Red Book of Gambling Wisdom
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Little Red Book of Gambling Wisdom
By (Author) Paul Lyons
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing
5th April 2012
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Gift books
795
Physical Properties
Hardback
224
Width 127mm, Height 178mm, Spine 25mm
519g
Description
From Casablanca to The Hustler, from Moby Dick to How I Made $1,000,000 Playing Poker, these widely varied musings address the entire range of human emotionthe highs of excitement of the juice down to the depths of despair of losing. Covered here are gamings universality and history, superstition and luck, players and places, and also every game, from the lowliest back-alley crap shoot to the highest-stakes poker contest and everything in between.
Youll find quotable phrases from luminaries like Plato and Tom Wolfe, along with the hard-scrabble advice of Minnesota Fats and Nick the Greek, and humor and pith from the likes of Woody Allen, Charles Bukowski, David Mamet, Groucho Marx, Hunter S. Thompson, and many, many more!
Author Bio
Paul Lyons, an English professor at the University of Hawaii, is the author of three other books, including Table Legs, Going for Broke, and Button Man. He enjoys a friendly poker game and is the former winner of the Hawaii State Backgammon Tournament. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.
