The Complete Book of Solitaire

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Summary: Great collection
Review: A Great collection of Solitaire.

The whole book divide 179 games(in addition to hundreds of variations) into 3 catogaries: Elimination/Amalgamation (1-62); Ascending Suit Sequences on the Ace (63-91); Suit Sequence and other runs(92-179). The rules are clearly explained. What's more, each game has an example illustrating the rule and/or a strategy for good-play. With full-color print and 179 different solitaire games, this is both a resorceful book for solitaire lovers and a collection itself.

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Summary: Complete, but many errors
Review: Excellent collection of solitaire games. Unfortunately, there are also quit a few errors. This includes discrepancies between the text and illustrations, and in some cases, the rules a simply too vague, making it impossible to play the solitaire. Despite these flaws, this book contains a lot of gems and is well worth the price.

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Summary: A "must have" for solitaire players
Review: This is a book based on playing and learning solitaire card games as learned from the author's grandmother. My own interpretation, based on responses in the book and the book itself, is that his grandmother was quite a mathematician/statistician and card player, who spent most of a lifetime studying solitaire card games. It is apparent they were/are both enthusiasts of solitaires and cards. The book is accurate, readable and possesses more solitaires than you would ever try to learn. It is beautifully illustrated, in color, with easily understood tableaus. It is a must for those who enjoy solitaires with real cards. (I play with real cards. I sometimes question the accuracy and randomness of computer programs/seeds/potential bugs and could swear certain programs cheat by changing the outcomes of the cards based on your choices to increase randomness, but cannot prove it. Slow as it may be, I trust outcomes using real cards because strictly speaking, in this manner, I am the programmer. And no, I do not cheat.) This is a wonderful book. I gave it 5 stars.