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  Ghosted: Dating & Other...

  Jana Eisenstein

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  Fueled by cheap vodka and low standards in her twenties, Jana naively assumes that “happily ever after” is just a dark, sweaty nightclub away. 
    
  In this memoir, Jana meets men. A lot of men — at bars, online, on New York rooftops. But with every face-licker, toe-sucker, and internet creep who just wants to bathe with her, it becomes clearer that hers is a ghost story, not the fairy tale she expected. Still single in her thirties, with the specter of loneliness looming, she realizes she’ll need to adjust her approach to dating and her relationship with herself, or risk being haunted by the mistakes of her dating past, and a future of shirtless bathroom selfies. 
    
  Though Ghosted by Jana Eisenstein depicts the struggle to find lasting love in a world where romantic connections are ephemeral and difficult to conjure, at its heart, it’s a story about learning to accept that when it comes to dating, there are scarier fates than ending up alone.

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  POKER MATH - The Poker Player's...

  Alex Trott

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  Poker is a card game that requires skill and strategy, and people have been playing it for hundreds of years. The application of mathematics is one of the most important aspects of winning at poker. It can make a major difference in a player's success at poker to have a firm grasp on the mathematical fundamentals of the game and the ability to put those fundamentals into practice in the midst of competition. In this section, we will discuss the significance of poker math in the game of poker and explore the various ways in which a strong understanding of the mathematical principles that underlie poker math can lead to improved decision-making and, ultimately, a greater number of wins. 
  The term "poker math" refers to the application of several mathematical ideas and the theory of probability in order to make educated decisions while playing the game. Understanding the probabilities of winning a hand, calculating the odds of winning the pot, and calculating the expected value of a given move are the fundamentals of poker math. Players who are serious about taking their poker skills to the next level absolutely need to understand these ideas. 
  Any player who wants to be successful at the game of poker absolutely needs to have a solid understanding of the mathematical aspects of the game. The following are some of the reasons why: 
  One of the most major advantages of learning poker math is the opportunity to improve one's decision-making abilities while actually playing the game. Players are able to assess whether or not it is worthwhile to put more money into a hand by first learning the odds of winning the hand and then calculating the probability of winning the pot. 

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  Catan Strategy - The Complete...

  Mark Oxer

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  After winning the Canadian Championship in 2005 (defeating the 2004 champion in the round robin play) I read every Catan strategy guide I could find in my attempt to win the World Championship. At that time there was not a lot of information available, with the exception of a few online articles. There is more information available these days, but I have yet to find anything comprehensive written by another tournament player.This is an advanced guide to the game of Catan and goes beyond anything written previously. It is intended to become a reference piece rather than something that you read once and put on the shelf. I hope that it inspires you to study the game, your opponents, and your own level of play.This is not just a book of rules, scenarios, and statistics, it is a book written to change the way you think about Catan. I want you to learn the intricacies of the game, and show you how to solve problems using methods implemented by the top players in the world. I am not suggesting that my way is the only way to win, there are more ways than one way to win at Catan, however, in order to win you will need to learn how to think through a situation and develop your own winning strategy.I truly believe that whatever level of play you are currently at, the additional skills you will learn by reading this book will significantly improve your Catan gaming ability.

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  Cacophony of Bone - The Circle...

  Kerri ní Dochartaigh

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  Two days after the winter solstice in 2019, Kerri and her partner moved to a remote cottage in the heart of Ireland. They were looking for a home, somewhere to settle into a stable life. Then the pandemic arrived and their secluded abode became a place of enforced isolation. What was meant to be the beginning of an enriching new chapter was instead marked by uncertainty and fear. The seasons still passed, the swallows returned, the rhythms of the natural world went on, but in many ways 2020 was unlike any year we had seen before. And for Kerri there would be one more change: a baby, longed for but utterly, beautifully unexpected. 
   
   
   
  Intensely lyrical, fragmentary in subject and form, Cacophony of Bone is an ode to a year, a place, and a love that transformed a life. When the pandemic came, time seemed to shapeshift; in Kerri’s elegant prose, we can trace its quickening, its slowing. She maps the circle of a year—a journey from one place to another, field notes of a life—from one winter to the next, telling of a changed life in a changed world, as well as all that stays the same. All that keeps on living and breathing, nesting and dying. This is a book for the listener who wants to slow down, guided by a voice that is utterly singular, "rich and strange," (Robert Macfarlane). A book about home—the deepening of family, the connections that sustain us.

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  Moving to My Dog's Hometown -...

  Betsy Vereckey

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  Betsy Vereckey was thirty-seven and newly divorced when she rerouted her life from New York City to a tiny town in New Hampshire that she knew virtually nothing about, except that it was her dog's hometown. She was leaving behind a marriage that had ended, a soulless marketing job, and a Brooklyn apartment overrun with mice. Everything had gone south at once — a particular kind of collapse where the universe is practically yelling at you to take a hint and get your act together. 
  While Betsy's decision to move to New England was motivated by a desperate need for change, along with the fact that she'd been offered a garden apartment she could almost afford, sometimes challenging circumstances and a cosmic hunch lead you right where you're meant to be.  
  At turns humorous and poignant, this memoir tells the tale of a young woman trying to rebuild her life in a new place. It will resonate with dog lovers and readers interested in emotional, intimate tales of self-discovery following life's misfortunes. Whether sharing her experiences with fertility treatment, late-night encounters with bears, bad dates, parental loss, or taking another chance on love, this is an honest, uplifting account of one woman's quest to grow and heal from life's misfortunes.  
  Sometimes you have to make a big change to move forward in life, and sometimes that involves moving to your dog's hometown.

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  Whispers in the Wilderness

  Erik Stensland

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  Many of us spend a great deal of our time dreaming about our next trip to the mountains, whether for a weekend getaway or our yearly vacation. We hear within that deep inexplicable pull toward the wilderness and would agree with John Muir, who said: "The mountains are calling and I must go." We sense that in the wild we are touching the edge of something that is both wonderful and mysterious. 
  In this book Erik Stensland, a professional landscape photographer based in Estes Park, Colorado, explores this longing we have for the wilderness and suggests that it is the trailhead for a journey to wholeness. Through short daily reflections on the natural world paired with his gorgeous photos from Rocky Mountain National Park, he encourages us to go deeper within ourselves and discover the healing that nature is offering.

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