The Player of Games, Paperback

Reducere. The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies--the "Whiz Kids"--threatened to run away with the pennant, but slumped badly in late summer before finally beating t...

The book of a strong tournament is more than just a games collection. When its participants are the world's strongest players . . . the tournament ...

Reducere. Bundy Neel works hard to be the best soccer player he can be. He always has encouraging words for his teammates, and he works extra hard during pra...

Reducere. a Winter Ball novelThrough a miserable adolescence and a lonely adulthood, Skipper Keith has dreamed of nothing but family. The closest he gets is ...

Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Stross dives deep into the underbelly of paratime espionage, nuclear warfare, and state surveillance in this prov...

Reducere. This is the mind set that a serious player must learn. This is how Sun Tzu would teach table billiards.This is how the Philosophy of War is applied...

Reducere. The fastest way to become strong at go is to constantly study tesuji and life-and-death problems. But they also advise you not to study difficult p...

Reducere. Daily Devotions for Die-Hard Fans: Ole Miss Rebels combines the great passion of the Rebel fan with the grand passion of the fan of Christ in one s...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Keith BakerAuthor: Wolfgang BaurAuthor: Clinton BoomerDECADES OF GMING EXPERIENCE AT YOUR FINGERTIPSWhether it's advice fro...

Reducere. DescriptionHockey Grit, Grind, & Mind is for all those who are serious about becoming an elite player and reaching their full potential. Hockey is ...

DescriptionIn Boris Spassky Master of Initiative, Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik look back over Spassky s long and distinguished career to e...

Reducere. Young sports fans will love learning more about their favorite games In this series a search-and-find feature guides early readers as they learn ne...

Reducere. Do you want to win in the game of Risk? Have you always wanted to win against your cousin in the game of Risk? Do you feel frustrated when they gan...

With the help of the easy-to-master steps in this book, even a novice gambler can go from being a traditional blackjack player to a card counter--a...

Reducere. This volume is a continuation of Graded Go Problems For Beginners, Volume 2 and is aimed at the 20-kyu to 15-kyu player. The problems presented her...

Reducere. Cat's CradleCat's Cradle stands at the intersection of a caravan and river route, which brings in mysterious travelers, unscrupulous grifters, and ...

615Join your friends for trick-or-treating in their strange neighborhood where you have to solve puzzles to get candy. Your quest is to solve all o...

Reducere. DescriptionIn golf, there are drills for every tiny, technical element of the swing. But where are the drills that help a player improve their ment...

Reducere. This book of 60 daily readings is the result of one-on-one conversations between basketball's legendary coach and teacher, John Wooden, and Jay Car...

Reducere. Former Major League pitcher and current mental skills coach for the Chicago Cubs (and former coach for the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants)...

Reducere. The endgame tends to be the neglected side of the game of go. This is strange indeed, for it also tends to be where the outcome is decided, and fre...

Reducere. Daily Devotions for Die-Hard Fans: Georgia Tech combines the great passion of the Yellow Jacket fan with the grand passion of the fan of Christ int...

Become a Player in the Business of Video Game ArtEvery year video games generate billions of dollars and some of the most dynamic and engaging artw...

Reducere. Endgames with bishops versus knights are one of the most frequently occurring in chess. In his first volume international master and trainer Borolj...

Reducere. The official guide to rugby in North America, revised and updated Rugby For Dummies is the guide to rugby in North America, endorsed by USA Rugby a...

Shoyo Hinata is out to prove that in volleyball you don't need to be tall to fly Ever since he saw the legendary player known as "the Little Giant"...

Reducere. This is a dual English Tongan language book where Sione Tapani Mangisi shares some of his memories about growing up in Tonga in the nineteen fiftie...

Reducere. "It was Opening Day, 1947. And every kid in Brooklyn knew this was our year. The Dodgers were going to go all the way!"It is the summer of 1947 and...

Reducere. A historical, pictorial reflection of 66 black male track and field Olympic medalists, who raced, jumped, and showed infinite strength, resolve and...

Reducere. What does it take to build a winning club culture? It always begins with being a good all-around person and keeping the well-being of the athlete i...

Now updated based on player feedbackRomance and RPGs? We think they're a match made in heaven.We here at Urban Realms have been playing role-playin...

Reducere. Who Else Wants to Play Craps Like a Regular at the Vegas Casinos?It might masquerade as oh-so-simple, but Craps is one of the most complicated gamb...

Reducere. The Sveshnikov is undeniably one of the most dynamic and aggressive Sicilians available these days. Most recently, it was made popular again by Wor...

Reducere. Pass - Trap - Move is a youth soccer coaching system developed over ten years of coaching and researching youth soccer and futsal. It's not rocket ...

Reducere. This book would bring something new into your chess library. In computer era focus is usually on openings. Watching broadcasts new generations rath...

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Reducere. DescriptionThe number 21 may be lucky in cards, but it is very unlucky for Western Pennsylvania sports fans. Only the Pittsburgh Steelers allow a p...

Reducere. The practices are designed to inspire and motivate the players in real game situations that give them freedom of choice and movement both in and ou...

Chess players sometimes wonder if they have what it takes to become a chess master. International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis answers their questions...

Reducere. DescriptionBedroom games are fine ... but I need a woman who won't play with my heart.After years in the military, I've faced down a lot of things,...

Reducere. "Lock your doors. Hold them tight. Close your windows. Every night. Don't go out, in case he's there. Always live in total fear." Everyone knows of...

GAME ON Adam is the first person to reach level 10 and leave the Village of Beginnings, but before he can even reach the Sun Continent, the vessel ...

This handbook collects, for the first time, the state of research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in a single,...

Reducere. I decided to write about something that I would be interested to learn myself. In this book I show what preparation for a game by a 2650 player loo...

Reducere. Coaching Youth Football is the highly-anticipated follow-up to the international, best-selling soccer coaching book, Making The Ball Roll, by Ray P...

Chapter 1: Introduction to Game Development Sub -Topics: - Brief history of game development- Fundamentals of making games- What is a game engine? ...

Reducere. Strap in, pilots - the explosive sequel to your favorite lightweight mecha TTRPG is here!The Mecha Hack: Mission Manual is the jam-packed follow-up...

Reducere. Iain M. Banks, the international bestselling author of The Player of Games and Consider Phlebas, is a true original, a literary visionary whose bri...

Reducere. Game developers will use this book to gain a basic knowledge of programming artificial intelligence using Unity and C#. You will not be bored learn...

Reducere. Bridge players spend countless hours working on bidding conventions and cardplay techniques, yet give little attention to the mental side of the ga...

DescriptionThe Najdorf Sicilian is one of Black's most respected and popular responses to 1 e4. It was favoured by those two titans of the game, Bo...

Reducere. DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR DIE-HARD KIDS: TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS combines the excitement you feel when reading about the Vols with the fun of learning more ...

This book teaches basic tactical ideas such as the fork, pin, and discovered attack, and introduces general ideas such as elimination, immobilizati...

Reducere. Do you listen to music with an MP3 player or read books on a tablet? Do you play multiplayer video games with people on the other side of the world...

Meet Samuel: stalled writer, bored teacher at a local college, obsessive player of online video games. He hasn't seen his mother, Faye, in decades,...

Contributor(s): Author: Matthew LowesDARE TO ENTER THE LABYRINTH OF SOULS ... Dungeon Solitaire: Labyrinth of Souls is a fantasy game for tarot car...

Wall Street is where poker and modern finance?and the theory behind these "games"?clash head on. In both worlds, real risk means real money is made...

Reducere. Now you can match wits with world chess champions using this ​guide to key chess strategies--from America's leading chess coach and game strategist...

Reducere. Expert poker players make money by learning how to make fewer mistakes than their opponents at the tables. In the past, mastering sit-and-go strate...

Reducere. For ten years, from 1975 to 1885, Anatoly Karpov reigned as World Champion of chess. He was, and is, a tough, deliberate player who seldom makes ba...

Reducere. The world's best tennis drill book returns--bigger, better, and more comprehensive than ever. Building on the strengths of the popular first editio...

Reducere. Most chess games of beginners and post-beginners are decided by fairly straightforward tactics. Anyone who wants to progress beyond this level and ...

Reducere. In Poker: The Real Deal and Phil Gordon's Little Green Book, Phil Gordon -- a world-class player and teacher -- shared the strategies, tips, and ex...

Letting down her guard leaves a woman vulnerable to love--and to a menacing stalker--in a pulse-pounding novel by Nancy Herkness, award-winning aut...

"Alex Speier spins a compelling narrative about how great scouting and player development created a perennial contender in baseball's toughest divi...

Reducere. DescriptionFacsimile of 1961 Edition. "Adolph Marx Harpo] squashed his formal education at the age of eight when he was dumped out of the 2nd grade...

Reducere. Al Alvarez touched down in Las Vegas one hot day in 1981, a dedicated amateur poker player but a stranger to the town and its crazy ways. For three...

With careers spanning two to three times that of an average player, baseball's best broadcasters have no shortage of history to offer. They have wi...

Reducere. As a chess player, Aron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935) belonged to the very best. In his peak years the Latvian-born maestro was ranked third in the world...

In My Story Gerrard speaks fully and frankly about his extraordinary playing career, opening up about the key matches and moments to give us the vi...