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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive ScrabblePlayers
de Stefan Fatsis
- Usado
- Estado
- Used - Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0142002267
- ISBN 13
- 9780142002261
- Librería
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Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Penguin Books. Used - Acceptable. . . All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.
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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Detalles
- Librería
- More Than Words Inc.
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- BOS-M-06c-01116
- Título
- Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive ScrabblePlayers
- Autor
- Stefan Fatsis
- Estado del libro
- Used - Acceptable
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0142002267
- ISBN 13
- 9780142002261
- Editorial
- Penguin Books
- Lugar de publicación
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- July 30, 2002
Términos de venta
More Than Words Inc.
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Sobre el vendedor
More Than Words Inc.
Miembro de Biblio desde 2016
Waltham, Massachusetts
Sobre More Than Words Inc.
More Than Words empowers youth who are in foster care, court-involved, homeless or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. MTW believes that when system-involved youth are challenged with authentic and increasing responsibilities in a business setting, and are given high expectations and a culture of support, they can and will address personal barriers to success, create concrete action plans for their lives, and become contributing members of society. More Than Words began as an online bookselling training program for youth in DCF custody in 2004 and opened its vibrant bookstore on Moody St in Waltham in 2005 and added its Starbucks coffee bar in 2008. MTW replicated its model in the South End of Boston in 2011, thereby doubling the number of youth served annually.
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