Simon & Schuster / Nature, recreation and sports / Games

The Grandmaster

by Brin-Jonathan Butler – Simon & Schuster (November 06, 2018)

“A bravura performance…An entertaining book” (Kirkus Reviews) about the dramatic 2016 World Chess Championship between Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Sergey Karjakin, which mirrored the world’s...

Revenge of the Pequots

by Kim Isaac Eisler – Simon & Schuster (March 25, 2001)

In the mid-1970s, the Mashantucket Pequot tribe had only one member -- an elderly woman who pleaded with her grandson to come live on the impoverished reservation and save it from falling into government hands...

Bigger Deal

by Anthony Holden – Simon & Schuster (May 08, 2007)

In the years since Anthony Holden wrote his classic memoir Big Deal, the poker world has changed beyond recognition. When Holden played in the 1988 World Series of Poker there were 167 starters competing for...

The Smart Money

by Michael Konik – Simon & Schuster (November 14, 2006)

A riveting inside look at the lucrative world of professional high-stakes sports betting by a journalist who lived a secret life as a key operative in the world's most successful sports gambling ring.

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Big Deal

by Anthony Holden – Simon & Schuster (June 15, 2010)

In 1988, best-selling biographer Anthony Holden spent one year living the life of a professional poker player. His mesmerizing account of that year went on to become a classic of the genre, an inspiration to...