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Peter Arnold

Autor/a de The Complete Book of Card Games

82 obres 720 Membres 11 Ressenyes

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Peter Arnold is a writer and editor, most of whose 50 or so books concern sports and games. He has written histories and encyclopedias of boxing, cricket, football and the Olympic Games. Several of his books are on table games, including some on individual card games. He is the author of four other mostra'n més Chambers card games books. mostra'n menys

Obres de Peter Arnold

The Complete Book of Card Games (1988) 205 exemplars
Card Games for One (2002) 47 exemplars
The Book of Games (1985) 40 exemplars
Easy Card Tricks (2002) 28 exemplars
Tulips (1992) 26 exemplars
Complete Book of Indoor Games (1973) 20 exemplars
Basic Bridge (2003) 17 exemplars
THE OLYMPIC GAMES (1983) 16 exemplars
Bulbs in Bloom (1999) 16 exemplars
Chambers Card Games (2007) 11 exemplars
Book of Gambling (1974) 11 exemplars
Orchids (1994) 10 exemplars
All - Time Greats of Boxing (1987) 9 exemplars
100 Indoor Games You Can Play (1988) 9 exemplars
Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Cricket (1987) 6 exemplars
The Crystal Maze (1990) 6 exemplars
Check list for emergencies (1974) 6 exemplars
History of Boxing (1985) 3 exemplars
The Complete Book of Cricket (1997) 3 exemplars
Snooker Today (1987) 2 exemplars
The History of Boxing (1985) 2 exemplars
Poker pour débutants (2007) 2 exemplars
An Ashes Anthology (1989) 2 exemplars
Pictorial History of Boxing (1988) 2 exemplars
The Poker Pack (2004) 2 exemplars
USA-VM 1994 1 exemplars
Chambers Pocket Card Games (2008) 1 exemplars
Men exposed (2005) 1 exemplars
Farm Animals 1 exemplars
Book of World Soccer (1973) 1 exemplars
Black and Beautiful (2012) 1 exemplars
Crystal Maze Mystery Pack (1994) 1 exemplars
Lady Beware. (1974) 1 exemplars
New "Bullseye" Quiz Book (1988) 1 exemplars
The Crystal Maze Puzzle Book (1994) 1 exemplars
Bridzs kezdőknek (2007) 1 exemplars
Pokeri (2006) 1 exemplars
Cricket World Cup 07 Guide (2007) 1 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1931
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Lloc de naixement
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Llocs de residència
London, England, UK
Spain
Professions
author
editor

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Another Crystal Maze book. I can't remember why I thought to reread these last year, but I did and they're still fun, albeit simple for an adult.
 
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finlaaaay | Aug 1, 2023 |
A kids' puzzle book, from my childhood. Simple and kinda fun.
 
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finlaaaay | Aug 1, 2023 |
Mainly read this in honour of having recently been to the Live version in London at the end of August - which was the most fun I've had for quite some time and was over so quickly. I've got two more kids' puzzle books and a gamebook (Choose your own adventure-style) aimed at adults. I haven't reread the others yet. I seem to remember this (the first one) wasn't as good as the others, but that I could never get into the "gamebook" one.

Some of the puzzles are downright obtuse and others are too easy, anyway. At least one of them kind of required me to get a pencil and paper out but that wasn't happening, tbh. Another doesn't really have enough clues for you to work out the key on your own - I had to look it up in the answer section.… (més)
 
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finlaaaay | Aug 1, 2023 |
A guide to indoor games explains the rules, strategies, and techniques of table, card, gambling, and physical games
 
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riselibrary_CSUC | Aug 21, 2021 |

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Obres
82
Membres
720
Popularitat
#35,254
Valoració
2.9
Ressenyes
11
ISBN
147
Llengües
7

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