Cribbage Discards (2nd Edition)


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Winning at the game of cribbage - is it skill, or is it luck? In cribbage, the statistical advantage goes to the player who understands and applies sound strategy, and the first opportunity to apply strategy - before any cards are played out - is at the discard. At 400 pages, this book contains a complete list of every possible six-card Cribbage hand. Inside are 18,395 six-card hands, spanning the entire range of hands from A-A-A-A-2-2 to Q-Q-K-K-K-K (and presented in order for ease of look-up), with the mathematically best discard option, for both dealer and opponent, included for each. Holding 6-6-7-8-9-9 and unsure which cards to toss to your opponent's crib? Look up this hand (pg. 338, hand #16890), or any other hand, and quickly discover which two cards represent the best toss. Keep this book next to the Cribbage board to help remove the guesswork and make an in-game choice easier, use it as a learning tool, or as a fun guide to see how your discarding instincts align with the math. (You may be surprised!) **New to 2nd Edition** - Larger text size - New cover design - Updated data, introduction and appendix - Thumb indexes




Cribbage Discards


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"This book is to cribbage players what scrabble and crossword dictionaries are to word puzzlers - essential." Winning at the game of cribbage - is it skill, or is it luck? In cribbage, the statistical advantage goes to the player who understands and applies sound strategy, and the first opportunity to apply strategy - before any cards are played out - is at the discard. With over 400 pages and over 275,000 discard options analyzed, this book offers a complete list of every possible cribbage hand - 18,395 hands in total - and the mathematically best discard option for each, for both dealer and non-dealer. Spanning the entire range of hands from A-A-A-A-2-2 to Q-Q-K-K-K-K, this book presents every hand in order for ease of look-up. Simply put your six cards in order of card value, from smallest to largest, and flip to the page of the book that shows your hand. Next to each hand, the recommended best discard option for dealer and non-dealer ("pone" in cribbage lingo) is shown. Holding 5-5-6-6-9-9 and unsure which cards to toss to your opponent's crib? Look up this hand (pg. 314, hand #15,651) or any other six-card combination, and quickly discover which two cards represent the best discard. Keep this easy-to-use book next to the crib board to help remove the guesswork and make those tricky in-game choices easier, use the book as a learning tool, or as a fun guide to see how your discarding instincts align with the math. (You may be surprised!)




Cribbage Discards (3rd Edition)


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Winning at the game of cribbage - is it skill, or is it luck? In cribbage, the statistical advantage goes to the player who understands and applies sound strategy, and the first opportunity to apply strategy - before any cards are played out - is at the discard. With over 400 pages and over 275,000 discard options analyzed, this book offers a complete list of every possible six-card Cribbage hand - 18,395 hands in total - and the mathematically best discard option (for both dealer and opponent) for each. Spanning the entire range of hands from A-A-A-A-2-2 to Q-Q-K-K-K-K, this book presents every hand in order for ease of look-up. Simply put your six cards in order of card value, from smallest to largest, and flip to the page of the book that shows your hand. Holding 5-5-6-6-9-9 and unsure which cards to toss to your opponent's crib? Look up this hand (pg. 314, hand #15651) or any other six-card combination, and quickly discover which two cards represent the best toss. Keep this easy-to-use book next to the crib board to help remove the guesswork and make those tricky in-game choices easier, use it as a learning tool, or as a fun guide to see how your discarding instincts align with the math. (You may be surprised!) New to 3rd Edition: Expanded introduction and appendix




Cribbage Discards (5th Edition)


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"This book is to Cribbage players what scrabble and crossword dictionaries are to word puzzlers - essential." "Which two cards should I discard?" The question that every cribbage player has found themselves asking, is answered here in this fifth edition of the popular cribbage reference, Cribbage Discards. Designed for players of all levels, this comprehensive resource provides a complete list of every possible cribbage hand - from A-A-A-A-2-2 to Q-Q-K-K-K-K - in numerical order, with the mathematically optimal discard pair for both dealer and non-dealer shown for each hand. No more uncertainty or guesswork. Quickly and easily look up any cribbage hand and discover which two cards represent the best discard pair. Whether you're a beginner looking to improve or a seasoned player aiming to refine your skills, this book is an essential companion for every cribbage enthusiast looking to elevate their game. Use this book to help make informed and logical discard choices, use this book as a learning tool, discover the math and playing card probabilities behind these recommendations and how to apply strategic discarding logic to your own gameplay, or simply use it as a fun guide to check if your discarding instincts align with the math; (you may be surprised!) *** New to this edition: Contemporary discard data based on approximately 15 million cribbage hands, a noteworthy refresh of the data utilized in previous editions Adjusted values for accuracy and practicality




The Namesake


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The incredible bestselling first novel from Pulitzer Prize- winning author, Jhumpa Lahiri. 'The kind of writer who makes you want to grab the next person and say "Read this!"' Amy Tan 'When her grandmother learned of Ashima's pregnancy, she was particularly thrilled at the prospect of naming the family's first sahib. And so Ashima and Ashoke have agreed to put off the decision of what to name the baby until a letter comes...' For now, the label on his hospital cot reads simply BABY BOY GANGULI. But as time passes and still no letter arrives from India, American bureaucracy takes over and demands that 'baby boy Ganguli' be given a name. In a panic, his father decides to nickname him 'Gogol' - after his favourite writer. Brought up as an Indian in suburban America, Gogol Ganguli soon finds himself itching to cast off his awkward name, just as he longs to leave behind the inherited values of his Bengali parents. And so he sets off on his own path through life, a path strewn with conflicting loyalties, love and loss... Spanning three decades and crossing continents, Jhumpa Lahiri's debut novel is a triumph of humane story-telling. Elegant, subtle and moving, The Namesake is for everyone who loved the clarity, sympathy and grace of Lahiri's Pulitzer Prize-winning debut story collection, Interpreter of Maladies.




The Architecture of Computer Hardware, Systems Software, and Networking


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The Architecture of Computer Hardware, Systems Software and Networking is designed help students majoring in information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) understand the structure and operation of computers and computer-based devices. Requiring only basic computer skills, this accessible textbook introduces the basic principles of system architecture and explores current technological practices and trends using clear, easy-to-understand language. Throughout the text, numerous relatable examples, subject-specific illustrations, and in-depth case studies reinforce key learning points and show students how important concepts are applied in the real world. This fully-updated sixth edition features a wealth of new and revised content that reflects today’s technological landscape. Organized into five parts, the book first explains the role of the computer in information systems and provides an overview of its components. Subsequent sections discuss the representation of data in the computer, hardware architecture and operational concepts, the basics of computer networking, system software and operating systems, and various interconnected systems and components. Students are introduced to the material using ideas already familiar to them, allowing them to gradually build upon what they have learned without being overwhelmed and develop a deeper knowledge of computer architecture.




Sweetness and Power


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A fascinating persuasive history of how sugar has shaped the world, from European colonies to our modern diets In this eye-opening study, Sidney Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consumption of sugar, and reveals how closely interwoven are sugar's origins as a "slave" crop grown in Europe's tropical colonies with is use first as an extravagant luxury for the aristocracy, then as a staple of the diet of the new industrial proletariat. Finally, he considers how sugar has altered work patterns, eating habits, and our diet in modern times. "Like sugar, Mintz is persuasive, and his detailed history is a real treat." -San Francisco Chronicle




The Penguin Book of Card Games


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The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players. Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurching: card players have a language all of their own. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, seasoned specialist in card games, takes us masterfully through the countless games to choose from. Not content to merely show us games with the conventional fifty-two card pack, Parlett covers many games played with other types of cards - are you brave enough to play with Tarot? With a 'working description' of each game, with the rules, variations and origins of each, as well as an appendix of games invented by the author himself, The Penguin Book of Card Games will delight, entertain and inform both the novice and the seasoned player.




Play Winning Cribbage


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The Way of All Flesh


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The Way of All Flesh is one of the time-bombs of literature," said V. S. Pritchett. "One thinks of it lying in Samuel Butler's desk for thirty years, waiting to blow up the Victorian family and with it the whole great pillared and balustraded edifice of the Victorian novel." Written between 1873 and 1884 but not published until 1903, a year after Butler's death, his marvelously uninhibited satire savages Victorian bourgeois values as personified by multiple generations of the Pontifex family. A thinly veiled account of his own upbringing in the bosom of a God-fearing Christian family, Butler's scathingly funny depiction of the self-righteous hypocrisy underlying nineteenth-century domestic life was hailed by George Bernard Shaw as "one of the summits of human achievement."