You Bet Your Life: The Burdens of Gambling by Isaacs, Neil D.

You Bet Your Life: The Burdens of Gambling (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813121956)

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You Bet Your Life: The Burdens of Gambling by Isaacs, Neil D.

You Bet Your Life: The Burdens of Gambling

$25.00
You Bet Your Life: The Burdens of Gambling by Isaacs, Neil D.

You Bet Your Life: The Burdens of Gambling

$25.00
Format: Hardcover
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We are a nation of gamblers: pari-mutuel wagering at horse tracks; blackjack in Las Vegas; the NCAA basketball office pool; even day trading on the internet. Gambling is both our national pastime and our predominant cultural metaphor-play the field; beat the odds; take a chance on love. Yet gambling poses serious risks to individuals and to society as a whole. Neil Isaacs-sports historian, licensed clinical social worker, English professor, and a gambler himself for more than fifty years-seeks t

Author: Neil D. Isaacs
ISBN-10: 0813121957
ISBN-13: 9780813121956
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/13/2001
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.36w x 0.93d

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Choice 01/01/2002 pg. 969
By Neil D. Isaacs
By Neil D. Isaacs
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Neil D. Isaacs, professor of English emeritus at the University of Maryland, is a practicing family therapist with a specialization in pathological gambling. He is the author of numerous books, including Jock Culture, U.S.A.

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