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Canasta
The Search for Canasta 404: Love, Loss, and the POW/MIA Movement
Melissa Robinson
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Maureen Dunn
Northeastern
, 2006
The whirlwind romance of Joe and Maureen Dunn began in the spring of 1963. Each the youngest child of a working-class Irish Boston family, they quickly fell in love and were married soon after they met. Joe subsequently enlisted in the Navy, attended flight school, and volunteered for Vietnam. On Valentine's Day 1968--eleven days after his first ...
Canasta de Cuentos Mexicanos
B. Traven
Selector Publishing House
, 2006
Funny and adorable!
I grew up in Mexico, and know first hand how life goes in a mexican pueblo. B. Traven really impressed me with his narrative, and his knowledge of the way of living of the mexican indian people. I loved every single story and Mr. Traven books have been praised and are ...
The Encyclopedia of Games: Rules & strategies for over 250 games from Snap to Sardines, Croquet to Canasta
Hinkler Books
, 2003
Which is better - a flush or a full house? Did you know that Backgammon was once banned by the church? Do you know that success in Cheat is all about looking innocent? What's the best strategy for making an interesting bid in Bridge? Who created the original game of Badminton over 2000 years ago? If you want to learn a little more about the ...
Cheating at Canasta: Stories
William Trevor
Viking Adult
, 2007
No Prozac in the water system here ....
Life as it was lived before the ubiquitous use of anti-depressants. No Prozac in the water system here. Read and be enveloped by the emotion, the heart-wrenching reality of life in the raw. You can feel the sorrow, the embrace of an ineluctable reality, the ...
ACCORDING TO HOYLE, THE WORLD FAMOUS BOOK ON RULES OF GAMES
Fawcett Crest
, 1970
Complete Instructions. Scoring and Strategy for over 200 games: card games, dice games, parlor games, word games, chess, checkers, backgammon. Special section on the best solitaire games. A must for anyone who wants to play games correctly. Also includes expert advice on games such as Contract Bridge, Canasta, Poker, Pinochle, Rummy, Chess and ...
The Essential Hand & Foot
Harry Wastrack
Xlibris Corporation
, 2005
Good exposition of rules, rather superficial strategy
This is an ok guide to the game. The rules are explained in a rather clear way, but informal tone means that there are some minor ambiguities in the text. (For example, does 'at least two natural and three mixed books' mean 'at least two natural and at least three ...
How To Play Canasta
Richard L. Frey
Kessinger Publishing, LLC
, 2007
How to Play Canasta
Useless for those who play the more modern version of Canasta. This was originally written in 1949, and was reprinted "unchanged."
Cheating at Canasta
William Trevor
Penguin (Non-Classics)
, 2008
Good, but not great.
When reviewing a new book by William Trevor, one needs to acknowledge the issue of impossibly high expectations. Previous short story collections of his are so amazing that it's not realistic to expect the same level of brilliance every time. That said, this is the ...
Oswald Jacoby's Complete canasta
Oswald Jacoby
DoubleDay
, 1950
Lungus the Fungus
Wendy Field
Canasta Press, 2001
This book is a great find (and lots of fun)!
My 2 year old absolutely loved this book. She has us read it almost every day. It is wonderfully illustrated and the Lungus charcter is a hoot. Even though this is a paperback it uses very heavy duty paper and seems like it will last.
Canasta Playing Cards with Linen Finish
Newt's Playing Cards
Newt's Playing Cards
, 2008
Special Canasta deck that includes the points values under the suit. Makes game play faster & easier. Cards are high quality plastic coated cards with a linen finish for longer card play. Order exactly how many decks you need for your favorite Canasta version. Canasta - a Rummy game with a Latin beat - excites with its wild cards and high ...
ROYAL CANASTA The World's Most Exciting Game of Rummy
Ronald Magazzu
Lulu.com
, 2007
Experienced players of multiple forms of Canasta will attest to the fact that the red three has lost its luster over the years. In the initial game of Canasta, all four red threes scored a total of 800 points which was 16% of the winning score; in the advanced game of Bolivia, a team obtaining all the red threes achieved only 7% of the winning ...
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