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The Penguin Book of Card Games (Paperback)
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The Penguin Book of Card Games
With Penguin's classic card game compendium, rainy days never looked so good Whether you are a cardsharp or online-poker wannabe, The Penguin Book of Card Games has everything you will ever need to know about playing cards. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, a seasoned card-game specialist, gives you countless games to play. With a working description of each game, including the rules, variations, and origins...
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Paperback, The Penguin Book of Card Games
With Penguin's classic card game compendium, rainy days never looked so good Whether you are a cardsharp or online-poker wannabe, "The Penguin Book of Card Games" has everything you will ever need to know about playing cards. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, a seasoned card-game specialist, gives you countless games to play. With a working description of each game, including the rules, variations, and origins of each, this book will delight, entertain, and inform both the novice and the experienced player.
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The Penguin Book of Card Games
From games of high skill to games of high chance, this compendium features a working description of each card game, including the rules, variations, and origins of each.
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The Penguin Book of Card Games
Description With Penguin's classic card game compendium, rainy days never looked so good Whether you are a cardsharp or online-poker wannabe, "The Penguin Book of Card Gam...es" has everything you will ever need to know about playing cards. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, a seasoned card-game specialist, gives you countless games to play. With a working description of each game, including the rules...
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The Penguin Book of Card Games
It's actually somewhat unfortunate that this isn't a commonly available book, as it really does belong on the shelf next to Hoyle/Morehead and Scarne. There's a fair amount of historical information involved, including the medieval German game of Karnöffel and the original 20-card Mississippi riverboat version of Poker. Parlett also injects a distinctly British sense of snark, inserting surprise asides to break up what would otherwise be a book with a rather tedious Edith Hamiltonesque tone (Parlett...
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The Penguin Book of Card Games
Penguin Group USA ; ISBN-10: 0141037873 ; ISBN-13: 9780141037875 ; Dimensions (in inches): 7.75 x 7.70 x 5.00 ; Weight (in pounds): 1.15 Contributors
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The Penguin Book of Card Games
It’s amazing how much entertainment there is to be found in a standard deck of cards—if you know what you’re doing! In this comprehensive compendium of card competitions, David Parlett offers what he terms “working descriptions” of more than 250 games, along with brief histories of each and descriptions of variations. With his expert instruction and handy tips, you’ll be ready to play such standards as Bridge, Euchre, Pinochle, Canasta, and Solitaire, as well as lesser-known games like Calypso, Piquet...
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Penguin Book of Card Games
With Penguin's classic card game compendium, rainy days never looked so good Whether you are a cardsharp or online-poker wannabe, "The Penguin Book of Card Games" has everything you will ever need to know about playing cards. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, a seasoned card-game specialist, gives you countless games to play. With a working description of each game, including the rules, variations,...
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Penguin Book of Card Games
Published April, 2009 by Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 688 Pages , ISBN: 9780141037875 , ISBN-10: 0141037873, List Price $15.00 .
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The Penguin Book of Card Games (Paperback)
Items purchased from the Music, Movies + Books category have a standard shipping fee of $2.99 per order. Items in your order purchased from other categories are subject to standard shipping charges.
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The Penguin Book of Card Games
With Penguin's classic card game compendium, rainy days never looked so good Whether you are a cardsharp or online-poker wannabe, The Penguin Book of Card Games has everything you will ever need to know about playing cards. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, a seasoned card-game specialist, gives you countless games to play. With a working description of each game, including the rules, variations, and origins...
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Paperback, The Penguin Book of Card Games
With Penguin's classic card game compendium, rainy days never looked so good Whether you are a cardsharp or online-poker wannabe, "The Penguin Book of Card Games" has everything you will ever need to know about playing cards. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, a seasoned card-game specialist, gives you countless games to play. With a working description of each game, including the rules, variations, and origins of each, this book will delight, entertain, and inform both the novice and the experienced player.
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The Penguin Book of Card Games
Description With Penguin's classic card game compendium, rainy days never looked so good Whether you are a cardsharp or online-poker wannabe, "The Penguin Book of Card Gam...es" has everything you will ever need to know about playing cards. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, a seasoned card-game specialist, gives you countless games to play. With a working description of each game, including the rules...
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