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Author: Gideon Haigh Publisher: Aurum Press Limited ISBN: 178131005X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 256
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DIV Gideon Haigh's new book covers all the great figures and major issues of cricket, by collecting all his best writing about the game. There are profiles of players past and present - Bradman, Ranjitsinhji, Benaud and Sobers from the past, Steve Waugh, Shane Warne and Wasim Akram from the present. He covers the big issues in the game: sledging, match-fixing, Kerry Packer, Zimbabwe, umpiring. He writes about cricket's best writers - Swanton, C.L.R. James - and ponders the game's most halcyon and unique aspects: slow bowling, captaincy, the essence of good batting. Haigh has now established himself as one of the finest writers on the game - author of one acknowledged masterpiece, Mystery Spinner, a comic classic, Many a Slip - and one of its most most shrewd commentators, who gets widely reviewed both by the cricket media and the national press. This book is likely to attract the same attention. /div
Author: Gideon Haigh Publisher: Aurum Press Limited ISBN: 178131005X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
DIV Gideon Haigh's new book covers all the great figures and major issues of cricket, by collecting all his best writing about the game. There are profiles of players past and present - Bradman, Ranjitsinhji, Benaud and Sobers from the past, Steve Waugh, Shane Warne and Wasim Akram from the present. He covers the big issues in the game: sledging, match-fixing, Kerry Packer, Zimbabwe, umpiring. He writes about cricket's best writers - Swanton, C.L.R. James - and ponders the game's most halcyon and unique aspects: slow bowling, captaincy, the essence of good batting. Haigh has now established himself as one of the finest writers on the game - author of one acknowledged masterpiece, Mystery Spinner, a comic classic, Many a Slip - and one of its most most shrewd commentators, who gets widely reviewed both by the cricket media and the national press. This book is likely to attract the same attention. /div
Author: Cara Summers Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 9781426881299 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 224
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A year ago, Tracker McBride saved Sophie Wainwright's life, and the sexy loner has been starring in her nightly fantasies ever since. But now Sophie's tired of dreaming. She needs to have Tracker in her life, in her bed. So when she learns she's in danger--and that, once again, Tracker is watching her every move--she decides to take what she wants. And poor Tracker doesn't stand a chance.... Tracker isn't thrilled with his latest assignment. For a year he hasn't been able to get Sophie out of his head. But the spoiled princess is way out of his league. Still, guarding Sophie's delectable body has its perks, especially since she's quite willing to share it. So he's going to Plan B. He'll seduce her right out of his system. Only, the more games they play, the more he's hoping they'll end up tied....
Author: Jenn Reese Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR) ISBN: 1250243025 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 160
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A 2021 Oregon Book Award Winner An NPR Best Book of 2020 A Finalist for the 2021-22 Maine Student Book Award A 2021 Mythopoeic Awards Finalist Andre Norton Award finalist Jenn Reese explores the often thin line between magic and reality, light and darkness in her enchanting middle grade standalone. "Brings to life, viscerally, what it is like to live in fear of abuse—even after the abuse itself is over. But there is magic here too, and the promise of a better future that comes with learning to let people who care about you into your world." —Alan Gratz, New York Times-bestselling author of Refugee “A captivating and touching story... both whimsical and emotionally—sometimes frighteningly—compelling.” —Ingrid Law, Newbery Honor-winning author of Savvy "Magically creative and deeply honest, A Game of Fox & Squirrels merges games and grimness in a fantasy tale that tells the truth." —Elana K. Arnold, Printz Honor-winning author of Damsel and A Boy Called Bat After an incident shatters their family, eleven-year old Samantha and her older sister Caitlin are sent to live in rural Oregon with an aunt they've never met. Sam wants nothing more than to go back to the way things were... before she spoke up about their father's anger. When Aunt Vicky gives Sam a mysterious card game called "A Game of Fox & Squirrels," Sam falls in love with the animal characters, especially the charming trickster fox, Ashander. Then one day Ashander shows up in Sam’s room and offers her an adventure and a promise: find the Golden Acorn, and Sam can have anything she desires. But the fox is hiding rules that Sam isn't prepared for, and her new home feels more tempting than she'd ever expected. As Sam is swept up in the dangerous quest, the line between magic and reality grows thin. If she makes the wrong move, she'll lose far more than just a game. Perfect for fans of Barbara O'Connor, Lauren Wolk, and Ali Benjamin, A Game of Fox & Squirrels is a stunning, heartbreaking novel about a girl who finds the light in the darkness... and ultimately discovers the true meaning of home.
Author: Ian Bogost Publisher: Basic Books ISBN: 0465096506 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 288
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How filling life with play-whether soccer or lawn mowing, counting sheep or tossing Angry Birds -- forges a new path for creativity and joy in our impatient age Life is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever call fun. But what if we've gotten fun wrong? In Play Anything, visionary game designer and philosopher Ian Bogost shows how we can overcome our daily anxiety; transforming the boring, ordinary world around us into one of endless, playful possibilities. The key to this playful mindset lies in discovering the secret truth of fun and games. Play Anything, reveals that games appeal to us not because they are fun, but because they set limitations. Soccer wouldn't be soccer if it wasn't composed of two teams of eleven players using only their feet, heads, and torsos to get a ball into a goal; Tetris wouldn't be Tetris without falling pieces in characteristic shapes. Such rules seem needless, arbitrary, and difficult. Yet it is the limitations that make games enjoyable, just like it's the hard things in life that give it meaning. Play is what happens when we accept these limitations, narrow our focus, and, consequently, have fun. Which is also how to live a good life. Manipulating a soccer ball into a goal is no different than treating ordinary circumstances- like grocery shopping, lawn mowing, and making PowerPoints-as sources for meaning and joy. We can "play anything" by filling our days with attention and discipline, devotion and love for the world as it really is, beyond our desires and fears. Ranging from Internet culture to moral philosophy, ancient poetry to modern consumerism, Bogost shows us how today's chaotic world can only be tamed-and enjoyed-when we first impose boundaries on ourselves.
Author: Shinsuke Yoshitake Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 1452180571 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 57
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A laugh-out-loud guessing game bedtime book! It's time for bed, but Natsumi has a brilliant idea, even better than going to sleep: She'll pretend to be something and Mom will guess what she is! Ready? Is she a caterpillar? An arrow sign? An upside-down bug? Take your best guess, then laugh along with Natsumi and her mom as they play a pre-bedtime game of charades full of silliness and surprises! • A delightfully silly read-aloud book for young children that helps soften bedtime routines • Part picture book, part guessing game! The interactive nature will keep kids turning the page! • Perfect book for toddlers Fans of Guess Again, Interrupting Chicken, and Max and the Won't Go to Bed Show will love the clever kid-friendly humor of I Can Be Anything. • Family read-aloud books for ages 3–5 • Guessing game books for toddlers
Author: Florence Scovel Shinn Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 3
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The Game of Life by Florence Scovel Shinn is a transformative guide to understanding and playing the game of life with spiritual insight and practical wisdom. Originally published in the early 20th century, this classic work combines metaphysical principles with real-life anecdotes to provide readers with a comprehensive approach to living a life of purpose and fulfillment.
Author: Neil Strauss Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062130110 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 466
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Hidden somewhere, in nearly every major city in the world, is an underground seduction lair. And in these lairs, men trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to charm women. This is not fiction. These men really exist. They live together in houses known as Projects. And Neil Strauss, the bestselling author and journalist, spent two years living among them, using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity. The result is one of the most explosive and controversial books of the last decade—guaranteed to change the lives of men and transform the way women understand the opposite sex forever. On his journey from AFC (average frustrated chump) to PUA (pick-up artist) to PUG (pick-up guru), Strauss not only shares scores of original seduction techniques but also has unforgettable encounters with the likes of Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Heidi Fleiss, and Courtney Love. And then things really start to get strange—and passions lead to betrayals lead to violence. The Game is the story of one man's transformation from frog to prince to prisoner in the most unforgettable book of this generation.
Author: Ian Bogost Publisher: U of Minnesota Press ISBN: 145293312X Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 194
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In recent years, computer games have moved from the margins of popular culture to its center. Reviews of new games and profiles of game designers now regularly appear in the New York Times and the New Yorker, and sales figures for games are reported alongside those of books, music, and movies. They are increasingly used for purposes other than entertainment, yet debates about videogames still fork along one of two paths: accusations of debasement through violence and isolation or defensive paeans to their potential as serious cultural works. In How to Do Things with Videogames, Ian Bogost contends that such generalizations obscure the limitless possibilities offered by the medium’s ability to create complex simulated realities. Bogost, a leading scholar of videogames and an award-winning game designer, explores the many ways computer games are used today: documenting important historical and cultural events; educating both children and adults; promoting commercial products; and serving as platforms for art, pornography, exercise, relaxation, pranks, and politics. Examining these applications in a series of short, inviting, and provocative essays, he argues that together they make the medium broader, richer, and more relevant to a wider audience. Bogost concludes that as videogames become ever more enmeshed with contemporary life, the idea of gamers as social identities will become obsolete, giving rise to gaming by the masses. But until games are understood to have valid applications across the cultural spectrum, their true potential will remain unrealized. How to Do Things with Videogames offers a fresh starting point to more fully consider games’ progress today and promise for the future.
Author: Hide&Seek, Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472815955 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 50
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“Amusing, raucous and inventive” -The Guardian From award winning game designers Hide&Seek come tons of brand new games for real-world play. Tiny Games takes traditional parlour games and adds a touch of modern game design know-how to allow any number of players to have fun whatever they're doing. Games for parks, pubs, and public transport. Wherever you're feeling playful, we've got you covered. Designed to give the maximum amount of fun for the minimum amount of rule-reading, Tiny Games will let you find the perfect game for whatever situation you're in. Tiny Games for Trips is a companion piece to Tiny Games for Work, Tiny Games for Home and Tiny Games for Kids, with games specially designed to suit your circumstances. Combine all the Tiny Games books for a more playful existence.
Author: Bella Andre Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 143917556X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 273
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In this sizzling novel from New York Times bestselling author Bella Andre, a pro football star meets his match when he realizes his childhood friend who also happens to be the daughter of his agent has grown up, and then some. The daughter of a powerful sports agent, Melissa McKnight has harbored lust-filled fantasies for Dominic DiMarco ever since she was an awkward teenager, when the San Francisco Outlaws' gorgeous wide receiver became her father's superstar client. Now Melissa's a beautiful, tenacious associate in her father's firm, and being around to-die-for hard-bodies is all in a day's work...until tangling with Dominic at a photo shoot blindsides her with passion. Dominic has built a flawless career by being in control—on and off the field. And despite his intense desire for Melissa, he's not about to seduce his agent's daughter—until Melissa stages a power play to break free from her domineering father and winds up at an edgy bar on the wrong side of town. Dominic thinks he's rescuing the innocent Melissa he met years ago...but one night of sizzling passion reveals a woman with no limits—including a penchant for hot sex in public places. If anyone's breaking all the rules of seduction, it's sexy, irresistible Melissa. But Dominic has a secret from years ago—one that could ruin his sterling reputation and take Melissa along with him. Will his bad-boy past bind them closer together? Or will they crash and burn?
Author: Gideon Haigh
Author: Gideon Haigh
Author: Cara Summers
Author: Jenn Reese
Author: Ian Bogost
Author: Shinsuke Yoshitake
Author: Florence Scovel Shinn
Author: Neil Strauss
Author: Ian Bogost
Author: Hide&Seek,
Author: Bella Andre