The California Roll: A Novel

Meet Radar Hoverlander, a witty, gifted con artist with the mind of David Mamet, the voice of Tom Robbins, and the morals of a sailor on shore leave. What do the Merlin Game, the Penny Skim, the Doolally Snadoodle, and the Afterparty Snuke have in common? They’re all the work of world-class con artist and master bafflegabber Radar Hoverlander. Radar’s been “on the snuke” since childhood, but he’s still looking for his California Roll, the one big scam that’ll set him up in sushi for life. Trouble arrives in the stunning, sassy package of Allie Quinn—either the last true innocent or a con artist so slick she makes Radar look like a Quaker. Radar’s hapless sidekick, Vic Mirplo, a lovable loser who couldn’t con a kid out of a candy cane, thinks Radar’s being played. But if love is blind, it’s also deaf, dumb and stupid, and before Radar knows it, he’s sucked into a vortex of double-, triple-, quadruple-crosses that’ll either net him his precious California Roll or put him in a hole in the ground. As timeless as a perpetual-motion machine, as timely as a Madoff arraignment, The California Roll brings you deep inside the world of con artistry, where every fact is fiction and the second liar never has a chance.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Vorhaus, John

Mystery

Crown

Meet Radar Hoverlander, a witty, gifted con artist with the mind of David Mamet, the voice of Tom Robbins, and the morals of a sailor on shore leave. What do the Merlin Game, the Penny Skim, the Doolally Snadoodle, and the Afterparty Snuke have in common? They’re all the work of world-class con artist and master bafflegabber Radar Hoverlander. Radar’s been “on the snuke” since childhood, but he’s still looking for his California Roll, the one big scam that’ll set him up in sushi for life. Trouble arrives in the stunning, sassy package of Allie Quinn—either the last true innocent or a con artist so slick she makes Radar look like a Quaker. Radar’s hapless sidekick, Vic Mirplo, a lovable loser who couldn’t con a kid out of a candy cane, thinks Radar’s being played. But if love is blind, it’s also deaf, dumb and stupid, and before Radar knows it, he’s sucked into a vortex of double-, triple-, quadruple-crosses that’ll either net him his precious California Roll or put him in a hole in the ground. As timeless as a perpetual-motion machine, as timely as a Madoff arraignment, The California Roll brings you deep inside the world of con artistry, where every fact is fiction and the second liar never has a chance. From the Hardcover edition.

Literature & Fiction

United States

Broadway Books

Master con artist Radar Hoverlander is getting out of the life…unless his old man drags him back in. After their last big con netted them a nice chunk of change, Radar Hoverlander and his grifter girlfriend, Allie Quinn, have vowed to go straight. But Radar’s fragile commitment to clean living is put to the test when an oddly hefty lady in red shows up and stalks him through the streets of Santa Fe. Except that’s no lady—it’s Radar’s dad, Woody Hoverlander, a world class con artist in his own right. Radar correctly figures if his dad is in drag, he must be in trouble. Woody is on the lam, with a Vegas hard guy after him and a large debt to clear. To help him, Radar must break his vow to leave cons behind—and risk losing Allie, who is determined to protect their nest egg and steer clear of bad influences. Radar’s best pal, the usually hapless Vic Mirplo, had started creating art as a con, but now he’s coming into money as his sculptures start to sell. When Radar needs someone to flash some cash in Vegas and play the reckless gambler so that he can get his father off the hook, he reinvents Mirplo as the ultimate high roller--the Albuquerque Turkey--and dangles him as bait. Art fraud, casino cons, love, loyalty, and plenty of double- and triple-crosses…they all prove that the odds of what happens in Vegas staying in Vegas are about as long as Radar Hoverlander staying straight.

The Albuquerque Turkey: A Novel

"You can do things in a poker game that you'd never get away with in polite society." Thus proclaims poker strategist, columnist, and author John Vorhaus in this smart, funny, and practical guide to mastering the fine art of the home poker game (in other words, entertaining your friends while deftly picking them clean). Covering everything from the absolute basics to advanced points of strategy and smarts, Poker Night is an essential and entertaining manual for everyone who wants to excel at the most popular poker game in the world-- the home game, where the pots aren't cut and the winning gets personal. Topics include: *Setting up and running rules that create a great game *Understanding your opponents, including their "tells" *Avoiding common and not-so-common mistakes *Understanding faive-card draw, seven-card stud, split-pot games, Texas hold'em, as well as homegrown variations and entertaining twists *Advice for no-limit hold'em tournaments, the latest trend in home play *A glossary of poker terms to have you slingin' the slang like a champ Filled with hilarious observations and hard-nosed strategies for beating the rules, this smart, sassy, and readable handbook holds the key to your poker success-- whether you're just learning or you already know the difference between a fishhook and a dead man's hand. Share it with friends at your own risk.

Poker Night: Winning at Home, at the Casino, and Beyond

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

St. Martin's: Griffin

Giving Voice to Profound Disability: Dignity, dependence and human capabilities

Giving Voice to Profound Disability is devoted to exploring the lives of people with profound and multiple learning difficulties and disabilities, and brings together the voices of those best placed to speak about the rewards and challenges of living with, supporting and teaching this group of vulnerable and dependent people – including parents, carers and teachers. Along with their personal insights the book offers philosophical reflections on the status, role and treatment of profoundly disabled people, and the subjects discussed include: <ul>
<li>Respect and human dignity</li> <li>Dependency</li> <li>Freedom and human capabilities</li> <li>Rights, equality and citizenship</li> <li>Valuing people </li> <li>Caring for others</li> </ul> The experience and reflections presented in this book illustrate the progress and achievements in supporting and teaching people with profound disabilities, but they also reveal the challenges involved in enabling them to develop their full potential. It is suggested, also, that these challenges apply not only to this group, but also to people who, through sickness, accident and old age, face equivalent levels of dependency and disability. Giving Voice to Profound Disability will be of interest to all those involved in the lives of severely and profoundly disabled people, including parents, carers, teachers, nurses, therapists, academics, researchers, students and policymakers.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Routledge

Here is the ice-breaker to end all ice-breakers, a zany party-starter for sophisticated fun at gatherings where every guest is a close friend. The color-illustrated book explains strip poker's rules, illustrates winning hands, and offers tips and advice on what to wear before sitting down to play, how to persuade friends to play, and how to keep cool when all you're finally wearing is your poker face. A tongue-in-cheek chapter on strip poker etiquette advises on how to keep remarks discreet and gaffs and blunders to a minimum. Players will find special rules for both regular and high-speed strip poker. They'll also learn winning strategies, and get advice on how to cheat successfully. Packaged with the book is a sassy striptease card deck featuring illustrations that leave little to the imagination.

The Strip Poker Kit: The Game Where You Get to See a Whole Lot More of Your Friends

Barrons Educational Series. Inc.

When his brother, Guy, a professional gambler, is killed right before his eyes, Hal Harris, gambling with his own life, dives straight into Guy's high-adrenaline world by taking his place in a multi-million dollar poker tournament in hopes of catching a killer. Original.

Under The Gun

Pinnacle

Go big or go home! Here it is: Everything you always wanted to know about dominating the game, crushing the competition, and building a bad-ass reputation-with outrageous tactics from a renegade poker master! 
 Sure, you could be a good, effective poker player. That's fine. Or you can be a great poker player, an animal of strategy and revolutionary tactics that force the competition into making bad decisions and leave them reeling in your wake. Hey, why just win when you can dominate and crush? In this take-no-prisoners approach to the game, leading poker journalist John Vorhaus shows you how to leave your inhibitions at the door, analyze and fix your own flaws honestly and fearlessly, gain confidence, and play some of the best poker of your life-by completely changing your state of mind. Let Killer Poker show you: 
<ul>
<li>How to turn marginal hands into big winners</li>
<li>How to use other players' powerful images against them</li>
<li>How to read minds at the table</li>
<li>How to energize your game with the self-awareness that winning poker requires</li>
</ul>
 "If General Patton were a poker player, he might have uttered John Vorhaus' very words: 'Don't challenge strong players, challenge weak ones. That's what they're there for.'" -from the foreword by Lou Krieger 
 It's time to put your cards on the table by manipulating, pressuring, misleading, outthinking, and outfoxing your opponents. (Then you can cheerfully take their money and go home.) Get a Killer attitude and walk away a winner. 
John Vorhaus has been writing about poker since 1988. He conducts seminars on Killer Poker and is a popular speaker at gaming conventions. His book, The Pro Poker Playbook, is considered an essential tool for beginning to intermediate players. When not playing poker, Vorhaus works as an international consultant in script writing and television program development. Vorhaus lives in Monrovia, California.

Killer Poker

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The California Roll: A Novel

The California Roll: A Novel

The Albuquerque Turkey: A Novel

Poker Night: Winning at Home, at the Casino, and Beyond

Giving Voice to Profound Disability: Dignity, dependence and human capabilities

Giving Voice to Profound Disability: Dignity, dependence and human capabilities

The Strip Poker Kit: The Game Where You Get to See a Whole Lot More of Your Friends

Under The Gun

Killer Poker

Killer Poker Online: Crushing the Internet Game