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Product Description: From James McManus, author of the bestselling Positively Fifth Street, comes the definitive story of the game that, more than any other, reflects who we are and how we operate.Cowboys Full is the story of poker, from its roots in China, the Middle East, and Europe to its ascent as a global—but especially an American—phenomenon...read more

Hardcover:

9780374299248 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 27, 2009, cover price $30.00

CD/Spoken Word:

9781427207999 | Abridged edition (St Martins Pr, November 10, 2009), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: From James McManus, author of the bestselling Positively Fifth Street, comes the definitive story of the game that, more than any other, reflects who we are and how we operate.

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Product Description: Book by McManus, James

Paperback:

9780961464400 | Another Chicago Pr, June 1, 1986, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Book by McManus, James

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Product Description: 2015 NOMINEE FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTIONNew York Times-bestselling author James McManus offers up a collection of seven linked stories narrated by Vincent Killeen, an Irish Catholic altar boy, in the late 1950s and early 1960s...read more

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9781938160851 | Boa Editions, October 13, 2015, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: 2015 NOMINEE FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTIONNew York Times-bestselling author James McManus offers up a collection of seven linked stories narrated by Vincent Killeen, an Irish Catholic altar boy, in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Paperback:

9780929968193 | Another Chicago Pr, June 1, 1991, cover price $10.95

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Seven years after assisting in the suicide of her mortally wounded lover, Penny faces her own debilitating illness and sets out on a cross-country bike tour during which she meets a young black man who challenges her to confront her past and open herself up to intimacy. Reprint.

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9780312423292 | Reprint edition (Picador USA, March 1, 2004), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Seven years after assisting in the suicide of her mortally wounded lover, Penny faces her own debilitating illness and sets out on a cross-country bike tour during which she meets a young black man who challenges her to confront her past and open herself up to intimacy.
9780060928049 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, February 1, 1997), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Seven years ago, Penny assisted in the suicide of her mortally wounded lover.

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Seven years after assisting in the suicide of her mortally wounded lover, Penny faces her own debilitating illness and sets out on a cross-country bike tour during which she meets a young black man who challenges her to confront her past and open herself up to intimacy. $30,000 ad/promo. Tour.

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9780060173746 | Harpercollins, February 1, 1996, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Seven years after assisting in the suicide of her mortally wounded lover, Penny faces her own debilitating illness and sets out on a cross-country bike tour during which she meets a young Black man who challenges her to confront her past and open herselfup to intimacy

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A collection of poems examining the contradictions and moral ambiguities within contemporary American culture

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9780060553470 | Harpercollins, July 1, 1993, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A collection of poems examining the contradictions and moral ambiguities within contemporary American culture

Paperback:

9780060969943 | Perennial, July 1, 1993, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: A collection of poems examining the contradictions and moral ambiguities within contemporary American culture

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An account of the kidnapping of Elizabeth Exley from a Chicago suburb and the terrible ordeal faced by her family as they struggle to pay an enormous ransom

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9780517551448 | Crown Pub, January 1, 1984, cover price $1.99 | also contains Thin Places: Touching the Edge of Heaven; Library Edition | About this edition: An account of the kidnapping of Elizabeth Exley from a Chicago suburb and the terrible ordeal faced by her family as they struggle to pay an enormous ransom

Paperback:

9780802131546 | Grove Pr, March 1, 1989, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: An account of the kidnapping of Elizabeth Exley from a Chicago suburb and the terrible ordeal faced by her family as they struggle to pay an enormous ransom

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A no-holds-barred look at the follies and foibles of the American health-care system describes the author's own encounter as a hard-living, middle-aged male with a three-day 'executive checkup' at the Mayo Clinic, his new understanding of his own mortality, the Bush administration's opposition to the stem-cell research that could save his daughter's life, and other political and medical issues. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780374232023 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, December 27, 2005, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: The author, a hard-living, happily married, middle-aged American, gets a three-day 'executive checkup' at the Mayo Clinic and is thereby forced to confront his mortality.

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9780312426491 | Picador USA, December 12, 2006, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A no-holds-barred look at the follies and foibles of the American health-care system describes the author's own encounter as a hard-living, middle-aged male with a three-day 'executive checkup' at the Mayo Clinic, his new understanding of his own mortality, the Bush administration's opposition to the stem-cell research that could save his daughter's life, and other political and medical issues.

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9781593978112 | Abridged edition (St Martins Pr, May 31, 2006), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Physical is the story of a hard-living, happily married, middle-aged American (the author) who gets a three-day "executive checkup" at the Mayo Clinic and is thereby forced to confront his mortality, not to mention glove-wearing doctors and the pair of dominatrix-esque technicians who supervise his stress test quite strictly.
9781593978105 | Abridged edition (St Martins Pr, January 18, 2006), cover price $24.95
9781593978730 | St Martins Pr, December 27, 2005, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A look at the American health-care system describes the author's encounter with a three-day 'executive checkup' at the Mayo Clinic, his new understanding of his own mortality, stem cell research, and other medical issues.

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A steamy chronicle of life in Las Vegas investigates the murder of poker player Ted Binion, revealing a secret world of kinky sex, black magic, and science lurking at the heart of gambling's world series. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.

Paperback:

9780312422523 | Reprint edition (Picador USA, March 1, 2004), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A chronicle of life in Las Vegas investigates the murder of poker player Ted Binion, revealing a secret world of kinky sex, black magic, and science lurking at the heart of gambling's World Series of Poker.

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A chronicle of life in Las Vegas investigates the murder of poker player Ted Binion, revealing a secret world of kinky sex, black magic, and science lurking at the heart of gambling's World Series of Poker.

Hardcover:

9780786257270 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, October 1, 2003), cover price $30.95 | About this edition: A chronicle of life in Las Vegas investigates the murder of poker player Ted Binion, revealing a secret world of kinky sex, black magic, and science lurking at the heart of gambling's World Series of Poker.
9780374236489 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 1, 2003, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A chronicle of life in Las Vegas investigates the murder of poker player Ted Binion, revealing a secret world of kinky sex, black magic, and science lurking at the heart of gambling's World Series of Poker.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781559278843 | Abridged edition (St Martins Pr, March 1, 2003), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A chronicle of life in Las Vegas investigates the murder of poker player Ted Binion, revealing a secret world of kinky sex, black magic, and science lurking at the heart of gambling's World Series of Poker.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781559278850 | Abridged edition (St Martins Pr, March 1, 2003), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A chronicle of life in Las Vegas investigates the murder of poker player Ted Binion, revealing a secret world of kinky sex, black magic, and science lurking at the heart of gambling's World Series of Poker.

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An anthology of short fiction, essays, novel excerpts, and poems offers a colorful glimpse inside the world of high-stakes poker, in a collection that features contributions by Mark Twain, Damon Runyon, John Updike, James Thurber, Nelson Algren, Martin Amis, Billy Collins, and others. 40,000 first printing.
By James McManus (introduced by) and John Stravinsky (editor)

Hardcover:

9780060559588 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, January 1, 2004), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Collects short fiction, essays, novel excerpts, and poems, offering a glimpse inside the world of high-stakes poker and featuring contributions by Mark Twain, Damon Runyon, John Updike, James Thurber, Nelson Algren, and Martin Amis.

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