Here are a few famous books about gambling that I happen to have on my bookshelves, translated into Japanese then retranslated into English:
Strike the dealer
Come having under the house
The probability for me
In world book of the largest blackjack
Blackjack of dollar of 1000000
And here’s a classic from Robert F. Kennedy, just for fun:
Medium Enemy
Try for yourself at AltaVista – Babel Fish Translation – Translated Text. I’ve gotten a few emailed to me, and after a few minutes solved them all.
I’ve updated the pages for Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling to reflect the impending publication date, October 5, 2006, and added tons of information about the book, including an annotated table of contents. You can already pre-order on amazon.com, and I’ll add links to other online booksellers as they become available.
In other news, I can now officially show pictures of the cover:
As we get closer to October 5, I’ll announce signings and the like. I’m supposed to do a national casino tour, so wherever you live in the US, I may be coming to a casino, bingo hall, or parti-mutuel facility near you. And of course the book is as close as your favorite bookseller.
In other news, I’m tweaking the sidebar, and have temporarily lost the links and a few other features.
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