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Author:

Sandberg, Elaine.

Title:

A beginner's guide to American mah jongg : how to play the game and win / Elaine Sandberg ; foreword by Tom Sloper.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Tuttle Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

124 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Mah jong.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword / by Tom Sloper -- What is mah jongg? Introduction to the game -- Unraveling the mystery of the tiles -- Quiz and answers -- Cracking the code -- Exercise: learn the hands on the card -- Quiz and answers -- Construction project: the wall -- Quiz and answers -- What do I do now? How to select your hand -- Cha, cha, Charleston -- Exercise: how to select your hand, & the Charleston -- Quiz and answers -- The play's the thing -- Exercise: solitaire mah jongg -- Quiz and answers -- Play to win: strategies -- Appendix A: Mah jongg sets: where to find new ones & how to update old ones -- Appendix B: How to obtain mah jongg cards -- Glossary.

ISBN:

9780804838788 (pbk. : alk. paper)
080483878X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006029920

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BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

WUPB305 -- Arnolds Park Public Library (Arnolds Park)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

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FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)

JMPC081 -- Madrid Public Library (Madrid)

ZXPC675 -- Fisher-Whiting Memorial Library (Mapleton)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

WXPD305 -- Spirit Lake Public Library (Spirit Lake)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)