Download or read book Lady Pamela and the Gambler written by Callie Hutton and published by Callie Hutton LLC. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is 100% created by the author. No AI was used. Should she live in fear, or turn to the man she once rejected? Lady Pamela Manning has happily made her home in Bath after several disastrous Seasons in London. Although she sings like an angel, Pamela cannot complete a full sentence without stuttering. The life of a social recluse with two friends whom she adores is fine with her, and she easily dismisses the attentions of Mr. Nicolas Smith, the owner of an exclusive gambling club in Bath. However, something strange is happening in the boarding house where she lives, and she is afraid she has accidentally stumbled into a dangerous situation. Who else can she turn to, except a man who grew up on the streets and the most likely person to help and protect her? The man she rejected, Mr. Nicolas Smith.
Download or read book The Gambler Wife written by Andrew D. Kaufman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FINALIST FOR THE PEN JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY “Feminism, history, literature, politics—this tale has all of that, and a heroine worthy of her own turn in the spotlight.” —Therese Anne Fowler, bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald A revelatory new portrait of the courageous woman who saved Dostoyevsky’s life—and became a pioneer in Russian literary history In the fall of 1866, a twenty-year-old stenographer named Anna Snitkina applied for a position with a writer she idolized: Fyodor Dostoyevsky. A self-described “girl of the sixties,” Snitkina had come of age during Russia’s first feminist movement, and Dostoyevsky—a notorious radical turned acclaimed novelist—had impressed the young woman with his enlightened and visionary fiction. Yet in person she found the writer “terribly unhappy, broken, tormented,” weakened by epilepsy, and yoked to a ruinous gambling addiction. Alarmed by his condition, Anna became his trusted first reader and confidante, then his wife, and finally his business manager—launching one of literature’s most turbulent and fascinating marriages. The Gambler Wife offers a fresh and captivating portrait of Anna Dostoyevskaya, who reversed the novelist’s freefall and cleared the way for two of the most notable careers in Russian letters—her husband’s and her own. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other little-known archival sources, Andrew Kaufman reveals how Anna protected her family from creditors, demanding in-laws, and her greatest romantic rival, through years of penury and exile. We watch as she navigates the writer’s self-destructive binges in the casinos of Europe—even hazarding an audacious turn at roulette herself—until his addiction is conquered. And, finally, we watch as Anna frees her husband from predatory contracts by founding her own publishing house, making Anna the first solo female publisher in Russian history. The result is a story that challenges ideas of empowerment, sacrifice, and female agency in nineteenth-century Russia—and a welcome new appraisal of an indomitable woman whose legacy has been nearly lost to literary history.
Download or read book The Lady Was a Gambler written by Chris Enss and published by TwoDot. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AMERICAN HISTORY: C 1800 TO C 1900. Amidst the mining camps, cattle ranches, desolate landscapes, and gold mining towns of the Wild West were a succession of women who survived dangerous gambling games against ruthless men whose pride was staked on always having the upper hand."The Lady Was a Gambler" presents a collection of action-filled portraits of fifteen infamous women gamblers from the Old West.Among those profiled are "Poker" Alice Ivers, the finest player bar none from Deadwood to Tombstone; Eleanora Dumont, the West's hottest twenty-one dealer; and Lottie Deno, the beautiful faro dealer who gambled all the way from Texas to Alaska.
Download or read book The Gambler written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World According to Fannie Davis written by Bridgett M. Davis and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As seen on the Today Show: This true story of an unforgettable mother, her devoted daughter, and their life in the Detroit numbers of the 1960s and 1970s highlights "the outstanding humanity of black America" (James McBride). In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee, borrowed $100 from her brother to run a numbers racket out of her home. That woman was Fannie Davis, Bridgett M. Davis's mother. Part bookie, part banker, mother, wife, and granddaughter of slaves, Fannie ran her numbers business for thirty-four years, doing what it took to survive in a legitimate business that just happened to be illegal. She created a loving, joyful home, sent her children to the best schools, bought them the best clothes, mothered them to the highest standard, and when the tragedy of urban life struck, soldiered on with her stated belief: "Dying is easy. Living takes guts." A daughter's moving homage to an extraordinary parent, The World According to Fannie Davis is also the suspenseful, unforgettable story about the lengths to which a mother will go to "make a way out of no way" and provide a prosperous life for her family -- and how those sacrifices resonate over time.
Download or read book The Girl Gambler written by Stacey Goodwin and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-16 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a young girls entrapment in gambling addiction. The true advert for problem gambling and how it controlled her every movement, her every thought and almost took her life. How the guilt and shame that go hand in hand with addiction stopped her from reaching out for help for 8 years as she didn't feel it was 'OK' for a young female to be a problem gambler. How she believed it was a male dominated problem. And how eventually, she did find the tools that enabled her to become free of her addiction.
Download or read book Gambler s Lady written by Cait Logan and published by Diamond/Charter. This book was released on 1992 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of passion as risky as it is undeniable from the bestselling author of Wild Dawn. Casino owner Nick Santos needs a wife to gain custody of his daughter. Kim Reynolds needs money to open her health club. The solution to their problem, of course, is marriage. But playing house soon makes them realize they're both playing with fire.
Download or read book The Gambler s Daughter written by Annette Dunlap and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In exploring her father's own gambling addiction, the author uncovers a hidden history of gambling in the Jewish community. Screening calls from her fathers creditors, hiding his mail from her motherbeing the child of a compulsive gambler wasnt easy, and Annette B. Dunlap thought for years that her experience was a singular one. In early adulthood, she was fortunate enough to learn that she was not unique, that other children had grown up with parents (usually fathers) addicted to gambling. But when she learned, shortly before her mother died, that her grandfather had also been involved in gambling, she realized the extent to which gambling was a part of her family history. As she delved further into the subject, she also discovered the extent to which gambling is, in her words, a peculiarly Jewish addiction. Framing the issue of gambling in both historical and sociological terms, Dunlap examines the struggle between the official Jewish communityJewish leaders have long either condemned or ignored the evils of gamblingand the significant number of everyday Jews who continue to gamble, many at a level that would be considered addictive. Gambling continues to be a serious problem within the Jewish community, Dunlap argues, regardless of whether the person is Orthodox or a Jew in name only. The Gamblers Daughter is both a personal story of a fathers gambling addiction and a more general inquiry into the hidden history of gambling in the Jewish community. Readers who either live or have lived with an addictive family member will find the book useful, as will those students of Jewish social history interested in a long-ignored facet of American Jewish life.
Download or read book The Gambler written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Patrick s Blackjack written by John Patrick and published by Lyle Stuart. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives the knowledge, discipline and money management skills to help you become a more consistant winner.
Download or read book Dona Tules written by Mary J. Straw Cook and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cook takes a new look at this notorious woman of 1840s Santa Fe.
Download or read book The Lady Kills written by Bruno Fischer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That body of hers wasn’t one I could forget. So fat that was all I knew about her. But even if I had known all about her, what she really was, it wouldn’t have changed anything. Because it had already started when she walked into my room in her bathing suit. It had started, all right, and it was a smoldering fire inside me. And in her own sweet time she came for me.
Download or read book The Lady s Gamble written by Abby Ayles and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-11 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing "The Lady's Gamble: Novel - Discover NOW The New Historical Regency Romance Book by Abby Ayles! Regina Hartfieldis living a nightmare. When Regina Hartfield's father gambles away his fortune and land in a game of cards, it leaves her and her sisters distraught, facing destitution and an impoverished future.Despite being shy and introverted, Regina can see the dire predicament of her family and knows that she must do something to restore their pride and financial situation. But where to start?The entry of the disreputable Lord Harrison into her life, changes all that. With a rightly earned reputation as a gambler and something of a scoundrel, Lord Harrison has designs on Regina's sister, Bridget. But he has skills that Regina needs and now she hatches a plan to save the family honor and give the infamous Lord what he wants at the same time.At a masquerade ball, where faces are hidden, Regina plans to win back their fortune. It's a risky strategy and involves learning a skill that all but destroyed her family's good name, but she is desperate.But can she pull off the deception without ruining her own reputation still further? And what of Lord Harrison himself? He's the first man Regina has ever found herself drawn to, But Lord Harrison is in love with Bridget, not Regina--isn't he?"The Lady's Gamble" is a historical regency romance novel of approximately 90,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.Page Count: around 520+ pagesGet This Book FREE With Kindle Unlimited!Enjoy!
Download or read book The Gambler s Girl written by J.R. Roberts and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WANTED WOMAN Howard Haskell's beautiful daughter, Beatrice, has disappeared, and his old friend Clint Adams is on the case. But when the Gunsmith finally locates the headstrong heiress in San Francisco, he's not so sure he wants to separate her from her poker-playing paramour. Bea admits she has her doubts about the cardsharp's intentions. So does Clint, for that matter. But it's her decision. After all—as he can't help but notice—she is a full-grown woman... Now her furious father is on his way from Texas—with a gun strapped over his shoulder. And following right behind is a ranch hand who's sweet on Bea himself. By the time this mess is over, at least one man will wind up dead. Clint just hopes it won't be him...
Download or read book Gambling Game and Psyche written by Bettina Liebowitz Knapp and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While games of chance and of skill have held universal appeal throughout the ages, here Knapp adds a new dimension by exploring the psyches and the cultures of their players. In each of the book's nine chapters, she examines a different type of gambling as evidenced in Western and Eastern tradition through the literary works of Aleichem, Balzac, Dostoevsky, Hesse, Kawabata, Pascal, Poe, Serao, and Zhang. This scrutiny shows both the diversity and universality of each culture as she takes the literary works out of their individual contexts and relates them to humankind in general. Through an examination of seven different cultures - American, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Russian - she shows the effects of gambling on individuals and groups of players as well as its impact on the family and society."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Where s My Hero written by Lisa Kleypas and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Avon Books, Where are my heroes? Whenever I'm reading a book by one of my favorite authors I find I'm falling for the wrong guy -- not the hero, but the other man -- and what I really want is for him to have his own story. Like Jake Linley, from Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas…that doctor could sit by my bedside if I ever got sick. And Ned Blydon in Splendid by Julia Quinn...he makes me want to learn to waltz! I never thought living in a drafty castle would be much fun until Simon of Ravenswood in Master of Desire by Kinley MacGregor came along. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that these are my men -- when do they get their stories? Sincerely, A Romance Fan Some books are so special that there is more than one hero to love, but only a single story is told. So if you find yourself asking, "Where is my hero?" you'll discover the answer right here in this delicious collection by New York Times bestseller Lisa Kleypas, New York Times bestseller Julia Quinn and USA Today bestseller Kinley MacGregor.
Download or read book The Courtesan s Daughter and the Gentleman written by Callie Hutton and published by Callie Hutton LLC. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is 100% created by the author. No AI was used. Must she pay for the sins of her mother? Miss Charlotte Danvers has just received a life-altering shock. After spending most of her life in France in an elite school for girls, first as a student, and then as a teacher, she decides to return to London and take up residence with her mother. When she arrives at her mother’s townhouse in London, she is stunned to discover that the woman who raised her is a well-known courtesan.. After an angry and tearful confrontation with her mother, Charlotte leaves London and makes her home in Bath. All goes well until she meets Mr. Carter Westbrooke, close friend and business partner of Charlotte’s best friend’s husband, Lord Berkshire. After only a few weeks, Mr. Westbrooke declares his intentions to make Charlotte his wife. She can be no one’s wife but cannot bring herself to tell him why. Must she run again?
