Download or read book New Short Stories and Three Hand Pinochle written by Phillip M. Duse and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-06-06 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . Book Summary: This book contains a collection of short stores on life events encountered by the author and members of his immediate family, fictionalized for presentation to a broader audience. It also includes a head’s up on “Three Hand Pinochle” a card game for the masses defined as having two levels of players: Level 1—social players and Level 2—players registered as competent to play the game in competitive financial events, for example: casinos, cruise ships etc., under rules explained by the author [Phil Duse Rules] which make the game truly challenging and unforgiving of players who for whatever excuse fail to follow the rules. Such infractions are defined and qualified as reneges or “Opps” which either result in a loss of “Melt” or both a loss of melt and reduction in score equal to the bid.
Download or read book New Short Stories and Three Hand Pinochle written by Phillip M. Duse and published by . This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . Book Summary: This book contains a collection of short stores on life events encountered by the author and members of his immediate family, fictionalized for presentation to a broader audience. It also includes a head's up on "Three Hand Pinochle" a card game for the masses defined as having two levels of players: Level 1 social players and Level 2 players registered as competent to play the game in competitive financial events, for example: casinos, cruise ships etc., under rules explained by the author [Phil Duse Rules] which make the game truly challenging and unforgiving of players who for whatever excuse fail to follow the rules. Such infractions are defined and qualified as reneges or "Opps" which either result in a loss of "Melt" or both a loss of melt and reduction in score equal to the bid.
Download or read book Ultimate Book of Card Games written by Scott McNeely and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic and comprehensive, this guide to over 350 games is sure to appeal to all ages. From Bridge to Poker and Solitaireto Hearts, card games are a beloved source of entertainment and competition (and they are recession proof!). This authoritative book is ideal for every household, college dorm, family cabin, or neighborhood bar that has a pack of cards. Designed in the style of the popular Ultimate Bar Book, this essential resource provides the rules to dozensof variations of your favorite games, and a few you've probably never heard of (Bezique, anyone?). With simple instructions and clear illustrations to guide the way, this volume will be a welcome addition to any gamer's library.
Download or read book The Penguin Book of Card Games written by David Parlett and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players. Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurching: card players have a language all of their own. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, seasoned specialist in card games, takes us masterfully through the countless games to choose from. Not content to merely show us games with the conventional fifty-two card pack, Parlett covers many games played with other types of cards - are you brave enough to play with Tarot? With a 'working description' of each game, with the rules, variations and origins of each, as well as an appendix of games invented by the author himself, The Penguin Book of Card Games will delight, entertain and inform both the novice and the seasoned player.
Download or read book US Government Quacks and Dolts written by Phillip M. Duse Sr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phillip M. Duse is a native of Pittsburgh, PA who spent 20 years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer and 16 years with the Department of Defense, Supervisory Property Administrator - retiring with 36 years' service. In the military he traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia [Germany, Vietnam, and Korea] acquiring level 3 language proficiency in the German and Vietnamese languages. He was awarded a basic degree from the University of Maryland, European Division and completed writing courses offered by the Hardcourt Learning Direct and The Institute of Children's Literature. Mr. Duse is the author of three other books: False Color of Authority, brings long standing false color of authority, civil and criminal actions of US Government and local entities [we're so smart Quacks and Dolts] to the attention of law abiding people. EEOC [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] as it regards securing justice for victims of Government discrimination – the EEOC process is defined and discrimination issues alleged were litigated through lower courts resulting in a suit by Writ of Certiorari to US Supreme Court. And, 2004: Phil Duse Versus the Tyranny of DOD/DOJ and its Intelligence and Investigative Agencies. A book directed towards teachers and students on the "Real Deal" of Government attempts to impugn innocents under a false color of authority – includes acts of apparent Hit-Men alleged to be supported in some un-provable manner by Government actions.
Download or read book The Early Stories written by John Updike and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction A harvest and not a winnowing, this volume collects 103 stories, almost all of the short fiction that John Updike wrote between 1953 and 1975. “How rarely it can be said of any of our great American writers that they have been equally gifted in both long and short forms,” reads the citation composed for John Updike upon his winning the 2006 Rea Award for the Short Story. “Contemplating John Updike’s monumental achievement in the short story, one is moved to think of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Ernest Hemingway, and perhaps William Faulkner—writers whose reputations would be as considerable, or nearly, if short stories had been all that they had written. From [his] remarkable early short story collections . . . through his beautifully nuanced stories of family life [and] the bittersweet humors of middle age and beyond . . . John Updike has created a body of work in the notoriously difficult form of the short story to set beside those of these distinguished American predecessors. Congratulations and heartfelt thanks are due to John Updike for having brought such pleasure and such illumination to so many readers for so many years.”
Download or read book The Afterlife and Other Stories written by John Updike and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2010-03-24 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new anthology of short fiction features twenty-two diverse tales that explore the magical fragility, memory, nostalgia, and translucent quality of life beyond middle age.
Download or read book Christmas at The New Yorker written by E. B. White and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2009-06-10 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the pages of America’s most influential magazine come eight decades of holiday cheer—plus the occasional comical coal in the stocking—in one incomparable collection. Sublime and ridiculous, sentimental and searing, Christmas at The New Yorker is a gift of great writing and drawing by literary legends and laugh-out-loud cartoonists. Here are seasonal stories, poems, memoirs, and more, including such classics as John Cheever’s 1949 story “Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor,” about an elevator operator in a Park Avenue apartment building who experiences the fickle power of charity; John Updike’s “The Carol Sing,” in which a group of small-town carolers remember an exceptionally enthusiastic fellow singer (“How he would jubilate, how he would God-rest those merry gentlemen, how he would boom out when the male voices became King Wenceslas”); and Richard Ford’s acerbic and elegiac 1998 story “Crèche,” in which an unmarried Hollywood lawyer spends an unsettling holiday with her sister’ s estranged husband and kids. Here, too, are S. J. Perelman’s 1936 “Waiting for Santy,” a playlet in the style of Clifford Odets labor drama (the setting: “The sweatshop of Santa Claus, North Pole”), and Vladimir Nabokov’s heartbreaking 1975 story “Christ-mas,” in which a father grieving for his lost son in a world “ghastly with sadness” sees a tiny miracle on Christmas Eve. And it wouldn’t be Christmas—or The New Yorker—without dozens of covers and cartoons by Addams, Arno, Chast, and others, or the mischievous verse of Roger Angell, Calvin Trillin, and Ogden Nash (“Do you know Mrs. Millard Fillmore Revere?/On her calendar, Christmas comes three hundred and sixty-five times a year”). From Jazz Age to New Age, E. B. White to Garrison Keillor, these works represent eighty years of wonderful keepsakes for Christmas, from The New Yorker to you.
Download or read book Hoyle s Modern Encyclopedia of Card Games written by Walter B. Gibson and published by Crown. This book was released on 1974-03-19 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From All Fours to Zebra Poker, this is the definitive, A-to-Z guide to contemporary card games. Shuffle your deck and get ready to discover your new favorite card game! Hoyle’s Modern Encyclopedia of Card Games explains the rules of all the most popular and timeless card games clearly and simply, using special symbols, charts, and drawings alongside written instructions. This accessible guide lists games alphabetically and includes extensive cross-referencing for all game variations. Plus, the unique glossary-index features definitions of terms and games’ alternative names. Whether playing solitaire or hosting a rowdy game night, Hoyle’s Modern Encyclopedia of Card Games is the ultimate card game resource.
Download or read book Hot Candy and Other Stories written by Gordon Cohn and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man envisions an open avenue to early career success only to see it closed by authority. A retiree discovers that, for reasons unclear, each of the key relationships in his life has soured. An early love reappears to a widower in an unexpected encounter. A betrayal has unexpected results. Despite talent, high energy, and commitment, a young man's plans for a long career in the classroom is derailed. In the desert, a businessman has a revelation. A good man is falsely accused and responds to humiliation. Twenty years after he disappeared, an old friend resurfaces with a story to tell. . This collection, undertaken in late life, attempts to examine some of life's mysteries: how early dreams and expectations may go awry; relationships may not be what they seem; evil appears at any time and in many guises; love is not easily defined, explained, or sustained.
Download or read book Short Stories and Poems from the Attic of My Mind written by Micahel E. Levasseur and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-27 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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