Back-gammon.tv

I read the jacket copy for the new Jonathan Lethem novel a little surprised, a little uncertain — it sounded like “Escape to Witch Mountain” crossed with “Ocean’s Eleven”: A professional international backgammon player with telepathic powers has a concerning...

Thank you for praying. Thank you for worrying. Thank you for helping and supporting us. The Tohoku region in Japan received damage large because of the huge earthquake(M9.0) and the tsunami. Photos : Earthquake in Japan [link] (Strict photo is contained...

I swept the chess pieces to the floor and ran out. The pieces were still popping around on the ground like popcorn when I left the room where the match was being played. It was my school versus some other school. I had lost. I didn’t care at all about...

I swept the chess pieces to the floor and ran out. The pieces were still popping around on the ground like popcorn when I left the room where the match was being played. It was my school versus some other school. I had lost. I didn’t care at all about...

A writer searches for the king of the ney – an enigmatic and at times endangered flute that has long been a mainstay of Muslim musical traditions. Story and photography by ROLLO ROMIG The author begins his quest in old Istanbul, where contrasts between...