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      • Trusted Partner
        Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure
        September 2017

        A cultural history of chess-players

        Minds, machines, and monsters

        by John Sharples

        This inquiry concerns the cultural history of the chess-player. It takes as its premise the idea that the chess-player has become a fragmented collection of images, underpinned by challenges to, and confirmations of, chess's status as an intellectually-superior and socially-useful game, particularly since the medieval period. Yet, the chess-player is an understudied figure. No previous work has shone a light on the chess-player itself. Increasingly, chess-histories have retreated into tidy consensus. This work aspires to a novel reading of the figure as both a flickering beacon of reason and a sign of monstrosity. To this end, this book, utilising a wide range of sources, including newspapers, periodicals, detective novels, science-fiction, and comic-books, is underpinned by the idea that the chess-player is a pluralistic subject used to articulate a number of anxieties pertaining to themes of mind, machine, and monster.

      • Trusted Partner
      • Gambling: theories & methods

        Secrets of Short-handed Pot-limit Omaha

        How to Beat Plo Games With Six Or Fewer Players

        by Rolf Slotboom

      • Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure

        Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker

        by Jonathan Little

        Jonathan Little is a highly successful poker professional who has won over $4 million in tournament play. His first book "Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 1" dealt with the fundamentals of play. In this second book he builds on this base by examining the highly complex issue of how to handle the different stages of a tournament. As well as outlining a techinically accurate style of play, Jonathan also discusses a number of other topics that are crucial to success at poker. These include: How to spot tells (and avoid giving them) Correct etiquette Practical tips for tournament play Managing life as a professional poker player throws up a number of issues in itself and Jonathan calls upon his many years as a pro to address these. They include: Developing your poker skills Mental & physical approaches required for successful play. As well as being one of the world's best players, Jonathan has been a highly respected coach for many years. In the final section of the book he draws on his experience here to answer the most common FAQ's asked by students and also offers an in-depth analysis of 30 hands from tournament play which outline many of the concepts discussed in the book.

      • Gambling: theories & methods

        How Good Is Your Pot-limit Omaha?

        by Stewart Reuben

        Pot Limit Omaha is one of the major poker variants. Over the last twenty years it has increased hugely in popularity on both sides of the Atlantic. Omaha is a game where each player receives four hole cards (as opposed to just two at Hold'em) to complement the five community cards. This gives great opportunities for complex play and enables the expert player to outmanoeuvre weaker opposition. The pot limit format means that big bets can appear out of nowhere and this gives opportunities for skilful players to apply pressure with bluffs and semi-bluffs.;Written by a world class Omaha player, it offers help to those players looking to improve their understanding of this complex game.

      • Card games

        Limit Hold'em

        Winning Short-handed Strategies : Techniques for Limit Hold'em Games With Six Players Or Less

        by Terry Borer

      • Card games

        Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker.

        by Jonathan. Little

        Tournament poker is a tough game to play but the rewards for success can be huge. Even regular online tournaments offer substantial prizes running to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Jonathan Little, a highly successful poker professional who has won over $4 million in tournament play in just four years, explains exactly how to succeed in this highly competitive field. Playing technically sound poker is crucial but this is far from the only skill necessary. “Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 1” deals with the fundamentals of play and how to handle varying stack sizes. It teaches the reader: · Why tournaments are the most profitable form of poker · When to play small ball and when to play long ball · How to understand effective stack size · How to tailor your play to winning, not just cashing ...plus much more.

      • Bridge

        No Trump Contracts

        by David Bird

        No trump contracts provide the nuts and bolts of bridge card play. Without a trump suit lurking in the background, where small cards can pop up unexpectedly and ruff your winners, the play is simplified and becomes all about the correct handling of the suits. This does not imply that no trump play is easy - far from it. There are difficult decisions to be made all along the line: should you take a finesse? which is the danger hand? when is it right to hold off?;In this book, renowned bridge author David Bird helps the reader to answer these questions and to comprehend the reasoning as to why certain decisions are taken. Each independent principle is thoroughly examined and the reader is then invited to test their own understanding of the concept by answering a number of puzzles, typical of those that arise in practical play.

      • Hobbies, quizzes & games

        Advanced Limit Hold'em Strategy

        Techniques for Beating Tough Games

        by Barry Tanenbaum

        Strategies for beating the tough games of Limit Hold'em from coach Barry Tanenbaum.

      • Indoor games
        October 2010

        Darts Miscellany

        History, Trivia, Facts & Stats from the World of Darts

        by Matt Bozeat

        Darts Miscellany collects together all the vital information you never knew you needed to know about the game of arrows. In these pages you will find irresistible anecdotes and the most mindblowing stats and facts. Heard the one about 'The Viking’s’ “pre-match nutrition” consisting of "25 bottles of Holsten Pils and six steak ‘n’ kidney pies"? How about the darter who wore sequins and carried a candelabra? Or the forgotten legend 'The Martial Dartist'? Do you know which player was fictionalised in a novel as ‘Keith Talent’? Which superstar crooner was once a local Darts Association president? Or which darts legend (who contributed the foreword here) had a degree in history from Cambridge University? All these stories and (at least) one hundred and eight-eee more appear in a brilliantly researched collection of trivia – essential for any darts fan who holds the riches of the sport’s history close to their heart.

      • Puzzles & quizzes
        October 2021

        The Perfect Crime Puzzle Book

        Over 90 Puzzling Cases to Solve

        by Dr Gareth Moore

        Written by the internationally best-selling Dr Gareth Moore, this is the ultimate puzzle book for true crime fans. Put your detective skills to work by examining crime scene evidence, analysing witness statements, identifying suspects and breaking secret codes to work out the big question: whodunnit?

      • Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure
        August 2022

        The Game Master’s Book of Random Encounters

        More Than 600 Customizable Maps, Tables and Story Books to Delight, Inspire & Create Campaigns On-Demand

        by Jeff Ashworth

        FOR MANY TABLETOP RPG players, the joy of an in-depth game is that anything can happen. Typical adventure modules include a map of the adventure’s primary location, but every other location—whether it’s a woodland clearing, a random apothecary or the depths of a temple players elect to explore—has to be improvised on the fly by the Game Master.

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