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Author | : Robert Dugoni |
Publisher | : Center Point |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781638086390 |
In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime.
Author | : Dan Heisman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 9781936277438 |
Teaches amateur chess players how to improve their chess skills so they can become better players.
Author | : Andy Soltis |
Publisher | : Three Rivers Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anthony Saidy |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Chess |
ISBN | : 9780004105895 |
Author | : David Pritchard |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 2012-03-15 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 0716023326 |
Since its first publication in 1950, The Right Way to Play Chess has taught chess to generations of beginners, taking them to the standard expected of good club players. It gives full details of exactly how to play the game, explains basic theory and includes many examples of play.There are separate chapters on the openings, middle and end games, plus a chapter of master games which illustrate how styles of play have changed over the years. Fully revised and updated by chess expert Richard James, a new chapter shows how to encourage and teach children to play the game.
Author | : Jennifer Shahade |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-02-16 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781936277032 |
A collection of tactical positions from the world's best women chessplayers. Chess lovers of all levels can enjoy the puzzles, as the difficulty goes all the way from one-move killer blows to deep, complex combinations.
Author | : Robert Dugoni |
Publisher | : Center Point |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781638086901 |
Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called "Devil Boy" or Sam "Hell" by his classmates; "God's will" is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered, buoyed by his mother's devout faith, his father's practical wisdom, and his two other misfit friends.
Author | : Robert Dugoni |
Publisher | : Lake Union Publishing |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-09-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781542029391 |
"A fearless and sensitive coming-of-age story. I loved it." --Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley. Bestselling author Robert Dugoni returns with an emotionally arresting follow-up to The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell. In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer--Vincent's last taste of innocence and first taste of real life--dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one's own destiny.
Author | : J. C. Hallman |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2013-09-10 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 1466852232 |
In the tradition of The Professor and the Madman, Longitude, and The Orchid Thief, Hallman transforms an obsessive quest for obscure things into a compulsively readable and entertaining weaving of travelogue, journalism, and chess history. In the tiny Russian province of Kalmykia, obsession with chess has reached new heights. Its leader, a charismatic and eccentric millionaire/ex--car salesman named Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, is a former chess prodigy and the most recent president of FIDE, the world's controlling chess body. Despite credible allegations of his involvement in drug running, embezzlement, and murder, the impoverished Kalmykian people have rallied around their leader's obsession---chess is played on Kalmykian prime-time television and is compulsory in Kalmykian schools. In addition, Kalmyk women have been known to alter their traditional costumes of pillbox hats and satin gowns to include chessboard-patterned sashes. The Chess Artist is both an intellectual journey and first-rate travel writing dedicated to the love of chess and all of its related oddities, writer and chess enthusiast J. C. Hallman explores the obsessive hold chess exerts on its followers by examining the history and evolution of the game and the people who dedicate their lives to it. Together with his friend Glenn Umstead, an African-American chessmaster who is arguably as chess obsessed as Ilyumzhinov, Hallman tours New York City's legendary chess district, crashes a Princeton Math Department game party, challenges a convicted murderer to a chess match in prison, and travels to Kalmykia, where they are confronted with members of the Russian intelligence service, beautiful translators who may be spies, seven-year-old chess prodigies, and the sad blight of a land struggling toward capitalism.
Author | : Patrick Wolff |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 758 |
Release | : 2019-09-17 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 1465492232 |
Stop playing like a pawn and start playing like the king You already know just how enjoyable--and and challenging--the game of chess can be. For those who play, chess leads to a lifetime of fun. But how do you make the first move to learn the rules and transform from a pawn to a king? The path to a perfect checkmate is in your hands! In the pages of this book, you'll find an introduction to all the chess pieces including their strengths and weaknesses, tips on how to protect your pieces and prevent their capture, and guidance on when to attack and defend like a boss. You'll also find a bonus tear-out card to take your new tactics on the go!