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Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker
by James McManus
Staff Pick
This book is the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil of high stakes poker. Author James McManus used his Harper's advance money to immerse himself into tournament poker. The result is an engrossing and bizarre account of Las Vegas gambling. Go ahead... (read more)

List Price $16.00
Your price: $2.50
Used - Trade Paper

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Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter (Vintage)
by Tom Bissell
Staff Pick
If you've ever said to yourself (or your significant other), "as soon as I finish this level, I'll go to bed," you have to read Extra Lives. It's not so much a defense of video games as a willingness to explore the impact they have, for good and ill, in... (read more)

List Price $15.95
Your price: $10.95
Used - Trade Paper

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Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
by Tom Bissell
Staff Pick
If you've ever said to yourself (or your significant other), "as soon as I finish this level, I'll go to bed," you have to read Extra Lives. It's not so much a defense of video games as a willingness to explore the impact they have, for good and ill, in... (read more)

List Price $22.95
Your price: $9.95
Used - Hardcover

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Puzzlemaster Deck: 75 Brain Twisters
by Will Shortz
Staff Pick
NPR's puzzlemaster presents a deck of addictive word games. Perfect for crossword freaks, or anyone wanting to exercise those brain muscles. An excellent stocking stuffer for the smarty in the family.... (read more)

Your price: $13.95
New - Trade Paper

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Poker Face: A Girlhood among Gamblers
by Lederer
Staff Pick
Katy Lederer, little sister to world-class poker players Howard Lederer and Annie Duke, provides thoughtful insight in this lively memoir of family dysfunction and high stakes poker. This book is for any fan of well-written memoirs or No-Limit Texas Hold'... (read more)

List Price $13.00
Your price: $8.00
Used - Trade Paper

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The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist
by Karl Johnson
List Price $26.00
Your price: $13.50
Used - Hardcover

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