The Criterion Collection, 2009.
First Printing. Blu-Ray Disc. Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight (Max von Sydow) encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess. Much studied, imitated, even parodied, but never outdone, The Seventh Seal.....
Zurich: Edition Olms, 1985.
Hardcover. Octavo, blue cloth, xii, 463p, illus. In addition to detailing the 67 games and 53 problems that made up the First American Chess Congress, Fiske explores the history and literature of chess in the US through 1859. Acclaimed chess phenom Paul Morphy (1837-1884) won the.....
Penguin Press, 2021.
Paperback. How a New York Times bestselling author and New Yorker contributor parlayed a strong grasp of the science of human decision-making and a woeful ignorance of cards into a life-changing run as a professional poker player, under the wing of a legend of the gameIt's true.....
Penguin Press, 2020.
Hardcover. A delightful, erudite, and immersive exploration of the crossword puzzle and its fascinating history by a brilliant young writer Almost as soon as it appeared, the crossword puzzle had already become indispensable to our lives. Invented practically by accident in 1913, when a newspaper editor at.....
