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Cassette/Spoken Word:
9781433222856 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, October 31, 2008), cover price $65.95
CD/Spoken Word:
9781433222863 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, October 31, 2008), cover price $90.00 | About this edition: He was a legend before he was of legal age.
9781433222894 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, October 31, 2008), cover price $29.95
Paperback:
9780060542412 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, May 1, 2007), cover price $13.99 | About this edition: A gritty memoir by the noted boxing trainer and television commentator details his odyssey from juvenile delinquent, to his education as a boxer under legendary trainer Gus D'Amato, to his relationship with Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano, to his encounters with celebrities and the high-stakes world of sports, to his dedication to such values as compassion, personal integrity, and determination.
Hardcover:
9780743288361 | Atria Books, July 11, 2006, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: A chronic underachiever recounts his life of gambling and irresponsibility before turning fifty, his decision to marry his long-time girlfriend in Las Vegas, and his participation in the 2005 World Series of Poker with an eye to millions of dollars in prize money.
Paperback:
9780743288378 | Reprint edition (Atria Books, September 18, 2007), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A chronic underachiever recounts his life of gambling and irresponsibility before turning fifty, his decision to marry his long-time girlfriend in Las Vegas, and his participation in the 2005 World Series of Poker with an eye to millions of dollars in prize money.
Hardcover:
9780060542405 | Ecco Pr, May 1, 2006, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A memoir by the noted boxing trainer detailing his odyssey from juvenile delinquent to boxer, his work with boxers Mike Tyson and Michael Moorer, his relationship with Sammy Gravano, and his encounters with the high-stakes world of sports.
Hardcover:
9780743476584 | Atria Books, June 30, 2005, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Profiles poker champion Stuey Ungar, offering insight into his meteoric career as one of the game's most feared tournament players, the factors behind his tragic change of circumstances, and his early death at the age of forty-five.
Paperback:
9780743476591 | Reprint edition (Atria Books, May 30, 2006), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Traces the rise and fall of poker champion Stuey Ungar, offering insight into his meteoric career as one of the game's most feared tournament players, the factors behind his tragic change of circumstances, and his early death at the age of forty-five.
Product Description: Juxtaposing the thuggish worlds of bookies and privileged ivy leaguers, this hilarious study of unfettered machismo takes a perceptive look into a young, donw-on-his-luck Harvard graducate who joins a bookmaking operations while he tries to pull his life together.
Hardcover:
9780517174531 | Random House Value Pub, April 12, 1997, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Juxtaposing the thuggish worlds of bookies and privileged ivy leaguers, this hilarious study of unfettered machismo takes a perceptive look into a young, donw-on-his-luck Harvard graducate who joins a bookmaking operations while he tries to pull his life together.
Hardcover:
9780517703304 | Crown Pub, March 1, 1996, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A Harvard graduate and freelance writer humorously describes his abortive career as a bookmaker, explaining how a stalled journalism career and love life, as well as a lack of money, led to his life of crime, and the experiences that gave him a new perspective on life
Hardcover:
9780962720604 | Blinder Fine Arts, September 1, 1990, cover price $75.00
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