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Hats & Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair with Gambling

By: Martha Frankel

Price: $23.95

Publisher: Tarcher: February 2008

Seller ID: 5690

ISBN: 1585425583

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

A gloriously written memoir of growing up in a family of hard- core gamblers-Martha Frankel thought the gambling gene had passed her by, until she found herself addicted to online poker and knee-deep in debt. Most weekends when Martha Frankel was a kid, her mother had a mah-jongg game going in the kitchen with her girlfriends while their husbands were in the living room playing poker. Once Frankel reached adulthood, however, while her cousins were making their way in the world as bookies and drug dealers, gambling didn't much factor into her life. In the tradition of "Five-Finger Discount" by ...
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Taking Back Your Life: Women and Problem Gambling

By: Diane Rae Davis Ph.D.

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Hazelden: August 2009

Seller ID: 5691

ISBN: 1592857329

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Today there are more than five million women who struggle with problem gambling in the United States alone, and this number is increasing as casinos, online card rooms, and other venues continue to multiply. Despite this high number, those who do seek assistance often find that their experiences as women the taboo of being female and having a gambling problem, and the social and cultural pressures specific to women are not addressed. In this groundbreaking book, addiction expert Diane Rae Davis, Ph.D., offers women everywhere the support they need to face this debilitating problem and ta...
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Turning the Tables on Gambling

By: Dr. Gregory L. Jantz, Gregory L. Jantz

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Shaw Books: April 2001

Seller ID: 5689

ISBN: 0877883017

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Don't Gamble with Your Future. Nearly two-thirds of the adult population in the United States gambled in the past year. For some, this represented a casual bet or a whimsical wager on winning the lottery. But for a significant and growing portion of the population, gambling isn't recreation-it's life. Many believe that Christians are unlikely to become enslaved by gambling. Yet research indicates that Christians are drawn to gambling at the same rate as others. In "Turning the Tables on Gambling, " you'll explore the answers to questions such as: - What is my risk of becoming addic...
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