Download or read book Just My Game written by Jason Grilli and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book But It s Just a Game written by Julia Cook and published by National Center for Youth Issues. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "But Mom, it's just a game." Meet Jasper! A young boy who is totally absorbed with playing video games... "With my game controller in my hands, I'm the boss of my whole world! I can be who I want and do as I please. I can get the highest score. I get all the chances that I need. If I make a mistake it's ok. Everyone thinks I'm 'it on a stick!' And the bad stuff all goes away." Video game addiction is on the rise, but it can be prevented. This creative story book teaches both kids and adults how to switch out their game controller for a "life controller." Video gaming is becoming a part of our culture, and we must be strategic in creating a healthy gaming balance.

Download or read book I m Your Huckleberry written by Val Kilmer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kilmer shares the stories behind his most beloved roles, reminisces about his star-studded career and love life, and reveals the truth behind his recent health struggles. Kilmer has played so many iconic roles over his nearly four-decade film career, but here he steps out of character and reveals his true self. While containing plenty of tantalizing celebrity anecdotes, the book is ultimately a deeply moving reflection on mortality and the mysteries of life. -- adapted from jacket

Download or read book Seven Games A Human History written by Oliver Roeder and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why—and how—we play them. Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the ways their design makes them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors, such as evangelical minister Marion Tinsley, who across forty years lost only three games of checkers; Shusai, the Master, the last Go champion of imperial Japan, defending tradition against “modern rationalism”; and an IBM engineer who created a backgammon program so capable at self-learning that NASA used it on the space shuttle. He delves into the history and lore of each game: backgammon boards in ancient Egypt, the Indian origins of chess, how certain shells from a particular beach in Japan make the finest white Go stones. Beyond the cultural and personal stories, Roeder explores why games, seemingly trivial pastimes, speak so deeply to the human soul. He introduces an early philosopher of games, the aptly named Bernard Suits, and visits an Oxford cosmologist who has perfected a computer that can effectively play bridge, a game as complicated as human language itself. Throughout, Roeder tells the compelling story of how humans, pursuing scientific glory and competitive advantage, have invented AI programs better than any human player, and what that means for the games—and for us. Funny, fascinating, and profound, Seven Games is a story of obsession, psychology, history, and how play makes us human.

Download or read book When It Was Just a Game written by Harvey Frommer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by acclaimed sports author and oral historian Harvey Frommer and with an introduction by pro football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford, When It Was Just a Game tells the fascinating story of the ground-breaking AFL–NFL World Championship Football game played on January 15, 1967: Packers vs. Chiefs. Filled with new insights, containing commentary from the recently discovered unpublished memoir of Kansas City Chiefs coach Hank Stram, and featuring oral history from many who were at the game—media, players, coaches, fans—the book presents back story and front story in the words of those who lived it and saw it go on to become the Super Bowl, the greatest sports attraction the world has ever known. Archival photographs and drawings help bring the event to life.

Download or read book Game Play written by Paul Booth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Analyzes paratextual board games--particularly games based on film, television, and books--as unique media texts"--

Download or read book Table for Two Just My Imagination written by Karen Sandler and published by Hard Shell Word Factory. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Double Delights #19: TABLE FOR TWO: CEO Jack Hanford wants Rachael Reeves to be his wife...in name only for a publicity stunt. But when they embark on a whirlwind promotional tour, the sparks flying between them turn their faux marriage into irresistible temptation. Add some meddling relatives and a delicious scheme and Rachael's and Jack's hearts don't have a chance. JUST MY IMAGINATION: When straight-laced principal Katherine Tipton meets Steven Walker, the sexy dad of one of her students, she intends to limit their discussion to disciplining his mischievous daughter. But when attraction for the eccentric Steven turns Katherine's world upside down, she realizes life has a new lesson plan for her--love.

Download or read book The Game Master s Book of Random Encounters written by Jeff Ashworth and published by Media Lab Books. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many tabletop RPG players, the joy of an in-depth game is that anything can happen. Typical adventure modules include a map of the adventure’s primary location, but every other location?whether it's a woodland clearing, a random apothecary or the depths of a temple players elect to explore?has to be improvised on the fly by the Game Master. As every GM knows, no matter how many story hooks, maps or NPCs you painstakingly create during session prep, your best-laid plans are often foiled by your players' whims, extreme skill check successes (or critical fails) or their playful refusal to stay on task. In a game packed with infinite possibilities, what are GMs supposed to do when their players choose those for which they're not prepared? The Game Master’s Book of Random Encounters provides an unbeatable solution. This massive tome is divided into location categories, each of which can stand alone as a small stop as part of a larger campaign. As an example, the “Taverns, Inns, Shops & Guild Halls” section includes maps for 19 unique spaces, as well as multiple encounter tables designed to help GMs fill in the sights, sounds, smells and proprietors of a given location, allowing for each location in the book to be augmented and populated on the fly while still ensuring memorable moments for all your players. Each map is presented at scale on grid, enabling GMs to determine exactly where all of the characters are in relation to one another and anyone (or anything) else in the space, critical information should any combat or other movement-based action occur. Perhaps more useful than its nearly 100 maps, the book's one-shot generator features all the story hooks necessary for GMs to use these maps as part of an interconnected and contained adventure. Featuring eight unique campaign drivers that lead players through several of the book's provided maps, the random tables associated with each stage in the adventure allow for nearly three million different outcomes, making The Game Master's Book of Random Encounters an incredible investment for any would-be GM. The book also includes a Random NPC Generator to help you create intriguing characters your players will love (or love to hate), as well as a Party Makeup Maker for establishing connections among your PCs so you can weave together a disparate group of adventurers with just a few dice rolls. Locations include taverns, temples, inns, animal/creature lairs, gatehouses, courts, ships, laboratories and more, with adventure hooks that run the gamut from frantic rooftop chases to deep cellar dungeon-crawls, with a total of 97 maps, more than 150 tables and millions of possible adventures. No matter where your players end up, they'll have someone or something to persuade or deceive, impress or destroy. As always, the choice is theirs. But no matter what they choose, with The Game Master's Book of Random Encounters, you'll be ready.

Download or read book Just My Thoughts written by Mr. C. Hill and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-01-13 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tell me about yourself. This question stirs up thoughts and memories from as early as childhood to some of the happiest and worst times in your life. Now take a journey into the thoughts of new and upcoming author Calvin Hill as he takes you down memory lane to share his thoughts and inspire yours.

Download or read book I ll Show You written by Derrick Rose and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2012, Derrick Rose was on top of the world. After growing up in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, Rose achieved an improbable childhood dream: being selected first overall in the NBA draft by his hometown Chicago Bulls. The point guard known to his family as “Pooh” was a phenom, winning the Rookie of the Year award and electrifying fans around the world. In 2011, he became the youngest MVP in league history. He and the Bulls believed the city's first berth in the NBA Finals since the Jordan era was on the horizon. Rarely had a bond between a player and fans been so strong, as the city wrapped its arms around the homegrown hero. Six years and four knee surgeries later, he was waived by the Utah Jazz, a once surefire Hall of Fame career seemingly on the brink of collapse. Many speculated his days in the NBA were over. But Derrick Rose never doubted himself, never believed his struggles on and off the court were anything other than temporary setbacks. Rather than telling the world he had more to give, he decided to show them. I'll Show You is an honest, intimate conversation with one of the world's most popular athletes, a star whose on-court brilliance is matched only by his aversion to the spotlight. Written with New York Times bestselling author Sam Smith, Rose opens himself up to fans in a way they've never seen before, creating a document that is as unflinching—and at times as uncomfortable—as a personal diary. Detailing his childhood spent in one of his city's most dangerous neighborhoods; his relationships with both opponents and teammates; the pain and controversies surrounding his career-altering injuries; his complicated relationship to fame and fortune; and his rise, fall, and reemergence as the player LeBron James says is “still a superhero,” I'll Show You is one of the most candid and surprising autobiographies of a modern-day superstar ever written.

Download or read book The Status Game written by Will Storr and published by William Collins. This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Science of Storytelling comes a bold and ambitious investigation of status that will redefine human culture for our times There's something humans desire even more than gold. It's a fundamental drive that's common to all humanity, cutting across race, gender, age and culture. Our need for it is such that exactly how much of it we possess dramatically effects not only our happiness and well-being but also our physical health. It'sstatus, argues Will Storr. You can't understand human behaviour without understanding The Status Game. This game, which we are all playing, is not only the secret of our success, but also of our most evil behaviour. Everything is subordinate to status, and humans aren't unique in our complicity with it. By reflecting on the various ways humans negotiate this game - through status hierarchies, values, myths and sacred markers, Storr gives readers a master class in this most malevolent of social mysteries.

Download or read book Just My Imagination written by Carrie Causey-Jackson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My birth name is Renee Causey and my married name is Mrs. Renee Shelton. My husband Name is Kevin Shelton. We are having a wonderful life together. Both of us born and Raised in Malibu, California. Yes we are of Parents that are in the heavy money. Both of the Show Business World. But me nor my husband cared to go that way. He is a office equipment designer and I, m a interior decorator. Yes our Parents are in the Money, wealthy and we are as well financially stable. Kevin and I graduated from the Same High School. My High School first LOVE. A true girl dream relationship. The Promise Ring, onto being engage one year before we graduated from UCLA. We both Lived on campus. We are protective sexually active. We were married, of course a Grand Wedding, June 14th, 2006. A month after Mother Day. We have a townhouse Here in Malibu, California. One of the townhouse properties that my husband Kevin Is part owner of. Kevin have a older brother named Leroy Shelton and I was told he And his wife live across the water. Kevin did not tell me where across the water and I Did not ask for any additional information towards his brother where abouts. Kevin and I submitted resumes to Texas, Florida and New York and we were Blessed when a well Established Incorporation named "Hallmark Wellcare". Because of our "All That And More" family. We were both hired by only submitting our resumes, check this no Physical interviews. We are amazed. We could have had access to our own companie but instead of these levels of Malibu, California business world, we have decided to step into Tampa, Florida on the small business working class levels. My parents wedding presents, well one of them. A beautiful four bedroom home within Temple Terrace. The River runs within the back of our home. Oh we also was given a beautiful Yacht. It is on. Our Son Kevin Jr. born March 24th, 2008. His Lung was defected when He was born He kicked with his mom and dad for a few years tho. He passed April 1st, 2017. For real April Fools Day. But get up off of us. Now check this out. There is a shortage in our home laundry room. Because our house went throught somewhat a shabby job durning the wiring of this beautiful home. Repairman called and he made my husband Kevin aware that it would take at least two days to repair the wireing. Because he had to separate the in the utility room of the house from our living room Area. Our son had just passed, actually on April Fools Day. We put him away Properly, with our parents being present. Today is May 9th, 2017. I am still hurting From the lose of our wonderful, wonderful son Kevin Jr., but I decided to go to the Heavy security Temple Terrace laundry with Mrs. Chan. We are doing laundry.::::: I walked over to one of my dryers to check my clothes, I opened the dryer. A Bright gold light pushed my clothes out of the dryer and actually spoke to me. So read this Book and you will know all your imaginations is not imaginary. It Is as real as you are.

Download or read book Experience written by Ron Briggs and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Experience, Ron Briggs gives the reader a glimpse of the life he lived in rural upstate New York as a child growing up in the 1950s and 1960s. In Part One of the book, he shares some of the games and other activities in which he, his family, and contemporaries participated, in those rough and tumble times before modern sophistication changed the lives of everyday Americans. Experience illustrates some of the ways children of the time occupied themselves on a very meager budget, yet had rewarding outcomes and learned skills necessary to move into a bigger world. Part Two follows Ron through some of his harrowing life experiences that may easily have resulted in tragedy, but rather, the reader is treated to the lighter side of those events. He captures the gravity of each situation and celebrates the eventual outcome.

Download or read book The Rocket written by Joseph Janczak and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big names have always dominated baseball, and one of the biggest in recent history is Roger Clemens--the Rocket. As a baseball great, he has shown what it means to succeed, both on the field and off, in his near quarter century of major-league service. The Rocket: Baseball Legend Roger Clemens journeys from Clemens's humble and sometimes difficult childhood through his illustrious career in Boston, Toronto, New York, and Houston. Clemens rose through the ranks, setting a new example of devoted work ethic and responsibility to team and fan alike. Through it all he remained a dedicated family man, not a trait usually associated with the free-for-all image of a major-league baseball player. Joseph Janczak traces Clemens's career from his high school days; through his University of Texas collegiate baseball (where he was given the pre-Rocket nickname of "Goose"); and on to his minor-league and major-league career. Baseball's image when Clemens first started in the halcyon days of the mid-1980s quickly dissolved into that of a sport saddled with crises and scandals, such as gambling, steroids, strikes, and fan distrust. But Clemens rose above it all and has set an example for the fans, who he says are the reason for his hard work on the mound each game. The Rocket includes thoughts from teammates, opponents, and Clemens himself on his legendary career. Janczak also discusses the ongoing steroid controversy and the Rocket's philanthropic endeavors to the community. Written for baseball fans of all ages and all levels of knowledge of the game, The Rocket shows why baseball is America's pastime and why some stars still deserve to be idolized.

Download or read book The 2002 Collection written by Sudbury Valley School Press and published by The Sudbury Valley School. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited email exchanges written related to Sudbury Schools

Download or read book Indie Games written by Bounthavy Suvilay and published by Ablaze Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2nd volume in the hit art book series, covering the history, artwork, and sound design of independent video games! Indie Games 2 explores the major developments in independent games since 2018. Superbly illustrated and documented, for enthusiasts and curious amateurs alike, this book gives voice to those who drive this cultural industry. Featuring exclusive interviews, and more than 300 illustrations, concept arts and unpublished sketches, through which the reader will get a glimpse behind the scenes and get answers from the key people behind the blockbuster independent video games. Discover more than 300 independent video games within, including: A Plague Tale: Innocence, A short Hike, Children of Morta, Carto, Creaks, Eastward, Factorio, Frostpunk, Genesis Noir, Haven, LUNA–The Shadow Dust, Old Man’s Journey, Return of the Obra Dinn, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Season, Slay the Spire, Spelunky 2, Untitled Goose Game, When the Past Was Around, and more…

Download or read book Get in the Game written by Cal Ripken, Jr. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspirational guide to overcoming personal challenges and building a fulfilling life draws on the lessons learned by the author throughout his record-breaking career and introduces his "8 Principles of Perseverance," in a reference that makes such recommendations as finding one's passion, creating opportunities, and embracing virtuous values. 100,000 first printing.