World's Best Card Game for One [Paperback]

Shelia Anne Barry (Author), Sheila A. Barry (Author), Myron Miller (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1993

Over 100 of the worlds' best card games make dull time into fun time! The games become so mesmerising that once you start them, you just can't stop.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (May 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806986379
• ISBN-13: 978-0806986371
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,534 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #17 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Card Games > General
  • #68 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Logic & Brain Teasers

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Weak book on solitaire, June 8, 2002

By 

Michael Keller "solitaire enthusiast" (Baltimore, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: World's Best Card Game for One (Paperback)

I collect books on solitaire. I would not recommend this
to anyone but a collector -- there are much better books
in print, such as Morehead and Mott-Smith's "The Complete
Book of Solitaire and Patience Games" or Parlett's
"Teach Yourself Card Games for One". Barry claims to
have selected the best games in her book, but it is still
littered with junk like Auld Lang Syne (a virtually
unwinnable game with no skill). The descriptions are
often incomplete and occasionally wrong (her description
of Pyramid, allowing cards to be used a second time after
being discarded, is nonsensical). She describes Storehouse
as a minor variant of Canfield; it's actually a forerunner
where cards are packed in suit. She rates games by
amount of space used (an interesting feature) and level
(it's not clear if this is supposed to be win rate, in
which case many of the ratings are wrong, or something
else). Myron Miller's illustrations are nice, but the
book has little else to recommend it, either in selection
of games, or clarity and accuracy.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Collection of One Person Games, May 10, 2000

By 

William Meisel (Jacksonville, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: World's Best Card Game for One (Paperback)

This book makes no attempt to be comprehensive in its listing of solitaire games, but the games it does describe are described in large print, with diagrams, and examples for the games that are not so obvious. This was useful to me as some of the more comprehensive books (and web-sites) keep the directions minimal. Certainly a good buy at this price.

UPDATE: This book is now published under the title GREAT SOLITAIRE GAMES.