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When I started to write The Looking Glass, I intended to create a story about the healing power of hope and love. But as this story developed, a message began to emerge that I had not foreseen, a message about the distorted mirror in which we view ourselves, binding ourselves with shackles of self-doubt and fear.
The Looking Glass is aptly named, for it is about seeing the reality of ourselves: to see a true reflection of who we...
The Looking Glass is aptly named, for it is about seeing the reality of ourselves: to see a true reflection of who we...
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The author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude returns with a devilishly entertaining novel about an international backgammon hustler who thinks he's psychic. Too bad about the tumor in his face.
Alexander Bruno travels the world playing high stakes backgammon and hunting for amateur “whales” who think they can challenge him. Lately he’s had a run of bad luck, not helped by the blot that...
Alexander Bruno travels the world playing high stakes backgammon and hunting for amateur “whales” who think they can challenge him. Lately he’s had a run of bad luck, not helped by the blot that...
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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It's the Moore the merrier as Jack Kelly teams up with new cast member Roger Moore for the fourth rollicking season of Maverick. Faces may change, but the card and con games remain the same, as Beau Maverick deals himself in with his cousin Bart, and they take on murder frame-ups, crooked sheriffs, cursed goldmines, comely witches, and more in the complete 32-episode collection. Featuring appearances by spaghetti western icon Lee Van Cleef and Oscar-winner...
7) Stand off
Publisher
Ketchup Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
[Blu-ray + DVD combo pack]
Language
English
Description
In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, coincidentally owned by the same Mobster. On the run, Jimbo is cornered in a local curio shop, where he takes hostage an assortment of colorful characters, including Maguire, who may be his illegitimate father. Surrounded by the Police, the SAS, and the Mobster's crew, the young man must find a way out of his precarious predicament...
8) The gambler
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
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Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with an interest...
9) Wanda Nevada
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When a gambler wins an orphan in a poker game, they forge an uneasy alliance to find a legendary fortune in gold.
10) Red on the river
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English
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"Vienna Mortenson isn't your typical gambler. She prefers to stay under the radar, using her poker winnings to support her family and her community, including the local search and rescue team, which she heads up. Out in the backcountry there's no time for hesitation when lives are on the line. Vienna prides herself on being tough and decisive. She's not the sort to make a fool of herself over a guy, especially one who left her high...
11) The card counter
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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William Tell is a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past. Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk.
12) Rounders
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
[Special ed.].
Language
English
Description
"A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks."--IMDB web site.
13) Big Kill
Publisher
Cinedigm Entertainment Corp
Pub. Date
c2018.
Language
English
Description
A tenderfoot from Philadelphia, two misfit gamblers on the run, and a deadly preacher have a date with destiny in a boom town gone bust called Big Kill. What they find in the West is a wild ride, a fight for survival, and a moment of decision that will change them all forever.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Wisecracking ladies' man Bret Maverick and his more serious brother Bart are two handsome bachelors on the loose in the wild west. They have more success at the game of poker than the game of love. Yet they keep trying their luck in one frontier outpost after another.
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the colorful life of the gambler-hero who became the inspiration for the character Sky Masterson in "Guys and Dolls," from his pre-PGA golf prowess to trading card tricks with Houdini, conning Al Capone, and losing a million dollars to MinnesotaFats.
16) The new Maverick
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Bret and Bart Maverick teach their cousin Ben the tricks of the trade while chasing train robbers who've made off with a cache of guns and the $25,000 reward that comes with their capture.
17) Playing the odds
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Series
The MacGregors volume 1
Language
English
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The first story in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts's beloved MacGregors series!
Serena MacGregor satisfies her thirst for freedom and adventure on the open seas, as a blackjack dealer on a cruise ship. There, no one knows about her wealthy upbringing, but the mysterious Justin Blade recognizes something different in the elegant blonde. And when he saunters up to her table, he decides to take the biggest gamble of...
Serena MacGregor satisfies her thirst for freedom and adventure on the open seas, as a blackjack dealer on a cruise ship. There, no one knows about her wealthy upbringing, but the mysterious Justin Blade recognizes something different in the elegant blonde. And when he saunters up to her table, he decides to take the biggest gamble of...
18) Hardball
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A down-on-his-luck gambler finds himself in debt to a dangerous loan shark. Desperate for cash, he reluctantly takes on the job of coaching a youth baseball team. The team turns out to be a ragtag group of tough-talking kids from Chicago's inner city. Now, as he must wrestles with his past, the kids start to teach him some lessons that will forever change his future.
20) Maverick
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2009
Edition
Standard and widescreen versions.
Language
English
Description
A poker tournament attracts gamblers of all kinds, including the legendary Maverick, that is if he can avoid the noose, outlaws, snakes and a runaway stage to get there.
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