The Death of the Game
Author | : Wayne Akbar Pray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : City and town life |
ISBN | : 9780989764414 |
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Author | : Wayne Akbar Pray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : City and town life |
ISBN | : 9780989764414 |
Author | : Simon Parkin |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-06-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1612196209 |
"The finest book on video games yet. Simon Parkin thinks like a critic, conjures like a novelist, and writes like an artist at the height of his powers—which, in fact, he is." —Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter On January 31, 2012, a twenty-three-year-old student was found dead at his keyboard in an internet café while the video game he had been playing for three days straight continued to flash on the screen in front of him. Trying to reconstruct what had happened that night, investigative journalist Simon Parkin would discover that there have been numerous other incidents of "death by video game." And so begins a journey that takes Parkin around the world in search of answers: What is it about video games that inspires such tremendous acts of endurance and obsession? Why do we so thoroughly lose our sense of time and reality within this medium? How in the world can people play them . . . to death? In Death by Video Game, Parkin examines the medical evidence and talks to the experts to determine what may be happening, and introduces us to the players and game developers at the frontline of virtual extremism: the New York surgeon attempting to break the Donkey Kong world record . . . the Minecraft player three years into an epic journey toward the edge of the game's vast virtual world . . . the German hacker who risked prison to discover the secrets behind Half-Life 2 . . . Riveting and wildly entertaining, Death by Video Game will change the way we think about our virtual playgrounds as it investigates what it is about them that often proves compelling, comforting, and irresistible to the human mind—except for when it’s not.
Author | : Martha Brockenbrough |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2015-04-28 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 0545668352 |
In this “inventive and affecting” historical young adult novel, a black girl and a white boy are pawns in a magical game between Love and Death (Publishers Weekly). Flora and Henry were born a few blocks from each other, innocent of the forces that might keep a white boy and an African American girl apart; years later they meet again and their mutual love of music sparks an even more powerful connection. But what Flora and Henry don’t know is that they are pawns in a game played by the eternal adversaries Love and Death, here brilliantly reimagined as two extremely sympathetic and fascinating characters. Can their hearts and their wills overcome not only their earthly circumstances, but forces that have battled throughout history? In the rainy Seattle of the 1920’s, romance blooms among the jazz clubs, the mansions of the wealthy, and the shanty towns of the poor. But what is more powerful: love? Or death? “Race, class, fate and choice—they join Love and Death to play their parts in Brockenbrough’s haunting and masterfully orchestrated narrative.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author | : Dan J. Marlowe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-04-19 |
Genre | : Bank robberies |
ISBN | : 9781933586441 |
Two novels from "the hardest of the hard-boiled"--Stephen King.
Author | : Wayne Akbar Pray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : City and town life |
ISBN | : 9780974712604 |
Author | : Robert M. Gorman |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2015-10-27 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0786479329 |
When we think of baseball, we think of sunny days and leisurely outings at the ballpark--rarely do thoughts of death come to mind. Yet during the game's history, hundreds of players, coaches and spectators have died while playing or watching the National Pastime. In its second edition, this ground-breaking study provides the known details for 150 years of game-related deaths, identifies contributing factors and discusses resulting changes to game rules, protective equipment, crowd control and stadium structures and grounds. Topics covered include pitched and batted-ball fatalities, weather and field condition accidents, structural failures, fatalities from violent or risky behavior and deaths from natural causes.
Author | : Ryan North |
Publisher | : Machines of Death LLC |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0982167121 |
MACHINE OF DEATH tells thirty-four different stories about people who know how they will die. Prepare to have your tears jerked, your spine tingled, your funny bone tickled, your mind blown, your pulse quickened, or your heart warmed. Or better yet, simply prepare to be surprised. Because even when people do have perfect knowledge of the future, there's no telling exactly how things will turn out.
Author | : Hakan Seyalioglu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2018-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780999870013 |
Author | : Ruth Ware |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2020-08-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 198214341X |
From the New York Times bestselling author of the “twisty-mystery” (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Turn of the Key comes Ruth Ware’s The Lying Game. Isa Wilde knows something terrible has happened when she receives a text from an old friend. Why would Kate summon her and their two friends to the seaside town where they briefly attended the Salten House boarding school together seventeen years ago? The four friends had quickly bonded over the Lying Game—a risky contest that involved tricking fellow boarders and faculty with their lies. Now reunited, Isa, Kate, Thea, and Fatima discover that their past lies had far-reaching effects and criminal implications that threaten them all. In order to protect their reputations, and their friendship, they must uncover the truth about what really happened all those years ago. Atmospheric and twisty, with just the right amount of chill, The Lying Game will have readers at the edge of their seats, not knowing who can be trusted in this tangled web of lies.
Author | : Jeff Z. Klein |
Publisher | : MacMillan of Canada |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : |