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1) Uncut gems
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A New York City jeweler and gambler who struggles to pay his debts sees an opportunity to make a big score with a rare black opal.
Author
Publisher
Central Recovery Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Wexler's gripping narrative leads us through the dungeon of a compulsive gambler's world--chasing the big win and coming up with empty pockets--and how his addiction drove him and his wife, Sheila, to the edge of life. With help, they managed to escape, and together they have devoted themselves to helping others with the problem they know so well."--Page [4] of cover.
6) Volunteers
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c1985
Language
English
Description
Lawrence Bourne III escapes the bookies to whom he owes $28,000 by swapping places with a friend and going to Thailand with the Peace Corps.
11) The card counter
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of an ex-military interrogator and gambler who sees an opportunity for redemption when he is approached by a young man seeking revenge on a military colonel.
12) High stakes
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Logan Tanner lives the exhilarating life of a professional gambler, taking risks with nerves of steel. From casinos in Macau to Monte Carlo to Milan, he's racked up a fortune and become a living legend. But all the glitz and glamor hide a dark and violent past as an extractor--a world that comes rushing back to him when the beautiful and innocent Lara Balkon enters his life"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
A blistering novel of violence and deliverance set against the mythic backdrop of the Mississippi Delta. The acres and acres of fertile soil, the two-hundred-year-old antebellum house, all gone. And so is the woman who gave it to Jack, the foster mother only days away from dying, her mind eroded by dementia, the family legacy she entrusted to Jack now owned by banks and strangers. And Jack's mind has begun to fail, too. The decades of bare-knuckle...
Author
Series
Cabot Sisters volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When her stepbrother's fiancée threatens to steal away her inheritance, Honor Cabot conspires with the illegitimate son of a duke to ruin the woman's reputation, but working in close quarters with such a rogue has its dangers ... and its pleasures.
16) California split
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Keeping one step ahead of their bookie, two L.A. gamblers embark on a winning streak that takes them to Reno, Nevada, where they enter a high-stakes poker game against the legendary Amarillo Slim.
17) Heavy
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about the physical manifestations of violence, grief, trauma, and abuse on his own body. He writes of his own eating disorder and gambling addiction as well as similar issues that run throughout his family. Through self-exploration, storytelling, and honest conversation with family and friends, Heavy seeks to bring what has been hidden into the light and to reckon with all of its myriad sources, from the most...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alfred Larribee is sent by his father to live with his cousin's family in the West. Larribee proves to be lazy and shiftless, spending most of his time in town, drinking and gambling, even cheating at cards. What changes all this is the appearance of Sky Blue, a magnificent stallion that has never been ridden.
19) Dead point
Author
Series
Jack Irish mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Text Pub
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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