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The Poker House, subsequently retitled as Behind Closed Doors, is a 2008 American independent drama film written and directed by Lori Petty, in her directorial debut.Based on Petty's early life during the 1970s, the film depicts a painful day in the life of Agnes (Jennifer Lawrence) a teenage girl who is raising her two younger sisters, Bee (Sophi Bairley) and Cammie (Chloë Grace Moretz), in ...
ISBN. 1-4176-6563-7. Followed by. Busting Vegas. Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions is a 2003 book by Ben Mezrich about a group of MIT card counters commonly known as the MIT Blackjack Team. Though the book is classified as non-fiction, The Boston Globe alleges that the book contains ...
14 January 1889. The Bet (short story) " The Bet " ( Russian: "Пари", romanized : Pari) is an 1889 short story by Anton Chekhov about a banker and a young lawyer who make a bet with each other following a conversation about whether the death penalty is better or worse than life in prison. The banker wagers that the lawyer cannot remain in ...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat. " The Outcasts of Poker Flat " (1869) is a short story written by author of the American West Bret Harte. [ 1] An example of naturalism and local color of California during the first half of the nineteenth century, the story was first published in January 1869 in the magazine Overland Monthly.
House of Games is a 1987 American neo-noir [1] film about con-men and confidence scams by David Mamet, his directorial debut. He also wrote the screenplay, based on a story he co-wrote with Jonathan Katz. The film's cast includes Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Ricky Jay, and J. T. Walsh . Mamet adapted the work into a stage play of the same name ...
The Gambler at Wikisource. The Gambler ( Russian: Игрокъ, romanized : Igrok; modern spelling Игрок) is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. Set in a hotel and casino in a German city, the theme of gambling reflects Dostoevsky's own experience of addiction to ...
The right to overtime pay at time-and-a-half after 40 hours of work, or 44 hours for workers who live in their employer’s home; A day of rest (24 hours) every seven days, or overtime pay if they agree to work on that day; Three paid days of rest each year after one year of work for the same employer;
Nathaniel Read Silver (born January 13, 1978) is an American statistician, writer, and poker player who analyzes baseball, basketball, and elections.He is the founder of FiveThirtyEight, and held the position of editor-in-chief there, along with being a special correspondent for ABC News, until May 2023. [2]