Featured Book: The Evolution of Bid Whist
The Evolution of Bid Whist, by Ronald L. Allen, is a guide to a classic American card game and an exploration of its roots, how it has changed and how it connects to American history.
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Book Review: Also Known as Lard Butt by Ann Herrick
Also Known as Lard Butt, by Ann Herrick, is about a young girl's attempt to escape her grade-school nickname and remake her image as she enters junior high.
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Las Vegas in Fiction: From Fear and Loathing to Fools Die
Las Vegas is a city built on stories: the lucky streak, the last chance, the fortune won and lost before sunrise. Since Nevada legalised casino gambling in 1931, writers have treated it as a stage for American dreams at their most dazzling and their most desperate. Here is a guide to the city in books.
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Book Review: Three Seasons by Mike Robbins
Mike Robbins' Three Seasons is a collection of three novellas linked mainly by place and time: England in the 1980s, a decade of particular flux and instability.
Joey 22 by Matt Gryta: Book Review
In 1980 a series of racially motivated shootings terrorised Buffalo and Western New York. The newspapers called the gunman "the .22-Caliber Killer." The man eventually arrested was Joseph Christopher, a 25-year-old from Buffalo who had recently enlisted in the Army.
Children's Books for Adults: 5 Classics Worth Re-Reading
Classic children's books are called classics for a reason: they have something to offer readers of every age and carry truths that are universal.
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The Best Poker and Gambling Books: From Fifth Street to Thinking in Bets
Poker has produced a surprisingly rich shelf of books. Some are memoirs and reportage, some are strategy manuals, and a few are genuinely great non-fiction about risk, luck and the people who live by them. Here are the essentials, with a note on what each one is really about.
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Author Quote: Dorothy Parker on Money
Poet, short story writer, critic and founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) is remembered as one of the funniest and most cutting observers of human nature.