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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
de Stefan Fatsis
- Usado
- as new
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0618015841
- ISBN 13
- 9780618015849
- Librería
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. AN/AN, used hc, 372pp. Black colored paper over boards with gilt text on spine. Color illustrated dust jacket with black and white colored text on upper and spine; no chips or tears; not price clipped. Interior pages clean, unmarked. Binding is tight.
Sinopsis
Scrabble may be truly called America's game. But for every group of "living-room players" there is someone who is "at one with the board." In Word Freak , Stefan Fatsis introduces readers to those few, exploring the underground world of colorful characters for which the Scrabble game is life-playing competitively in tournaments across the country. It is also the story of how the Scrabble game was invented by an unemployed architect during the Great Depression and how it has grown into the hugely successful, challenging, and beloved game it is today. Along the way, Fatsis chronicles his own obsession with the game and his development as a player from novice to expert. More than a book about hardcore Scrabble players, Word Freak is also an examination of notions of brilliance, memory, language, competition, and the mind that celebrates the uncanny creative powers in us all. A Book Sense 76 pick.
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- Librería
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 018998
- Título
- Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
- Autor
- Stefan Fatsis
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- As New
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618015841
- ISBN 13
- 9780618015849
- Editorial
- Houghton, Mifflin Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston, MA
- Fecha de publicación
- 2001
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Palabras clave
- Stefan Fatsis, Scrabble
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