The Status Game

'Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas ... The Status Game might be his best yet' James Marriott, Books of the Year, The TimesPublishe...

'Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas ... The Status Game might be his best yet' James Marriott, Books of the Year, The TimesPublishe...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Science of Storytelling, a bold and ambitious investigation of the hidden structure behind human be...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jason CapitalThe key to winning the game of life isn't money, a prestigious degree, or even keeping up with the Kardashians...

Reducere. In today's sport's world, the modern day athlete has attained rock-star status. To those who are legends and well deserving of their status, we giv...

Reducere. Are you ready to become the next market leader? Investor and successful entrepreneur Richard Koch and venture capitalist Greg Lockwood have spent y...

Reducere. Philip Orbanes, master of all things Monopoliana, traces the remarkable story of the world's most famous board game, from its origins as a collegia...

This inquiry concerns the cultural history of the chess-player. It takes as its premise the idea that the chess-player has become a fragmented coll...

In the vein of their cult-classic dark fantasy titles Demon's Souls (2009) and the Dark Souls franchise (2011, 2014, 2016), game developers FromSof...

Reducere. DescriptionBetween 1920 and 1964, the Bronx Bombers dominated the game of baseball. It was a time when baseball players enjoyed an elevated status ...

Reducere. The approach to life-and-death problems used in this book is to emphasize the status of standard groups. Most life-and-death problems in books are ...

Reducere. DescriptionFour friends come across a once in a lifetime lick they can potentially take them from small time hustlers to boss status. But in the st...

Reducere. Many counted him out, but HUNCHO is back, and he's on a money mission like never before. This time, he intends to play the game smart, ducking the ...

Reducere. Award NameBook of the YearAward categoryTop 10One of the Academy of Parish Clergy's "Top 10 Books of 2013 for Parish Ministry"When is the last time...

Reducere. "Tom Oliphant has created a small masterpiece."--Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of the bestselling Wait Till Next YearPraying for Gil Hodges is built...

Reducere. There are plenty of books on taxidermy, but none covers small game with the learning and depth of THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SMALL GAME TAXIDERMY. Drawi...

Reducere. DescriptionOn the cold blooded unforgiving streets of New York City, KALEB stands firm on top of the game making one boss move after the next. Usin...

Reducere. We all need a place to escape from the real world. For Divya and Aaron, it's the world of online gaming. While Divya trades her rising-star status ...

Reducere. As a major hustler in Uptown Philly, ZION had the streets on lock. But when a judge's gavel landed him in prison, he was quickly introduced to the ...

DescriptionA 2-4 player game for natural magicians and careful readers alike, based on the cult-classic book by Susanna Clarke.Set during the event...

Reducere. In The DiMaggios, acclaimed sportswriter Tom Clavin reveals the untold Great American Story of three brothers, Joltin' Joe, Dom, and Vince DiMaggio...

Reducere. The 1980s saw the peak of a moral panic over fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons. A coalition of moral entrepreneurs that inclu...

Professional Basketball in 1939-40: On the Cusp of Depression and WarBy: John HogrogianProfessional basketball began its modern history in 1946, wh...

Reducere. When New York Giants owner Charles A. Stoneham came home one night in 1918 and told his teenage son, Horace, "Horrie, I bought you a ballclub, " he...

Reducere. The Hale family is obsessed with status, power, and control. No problem is too big their money can't solve. Royce Hale manipulated me into giving h...

Reducere. Description"Proof of its classic status is the way young children still giggle at its gentle simplicity. Sure to be a toddler-time favorite." --Sch...

Reducere. Veteran journalists Madden & Rappaport deliver a thrilling account of pro football full of 1980s American nostalgia. It's every armchair quarterbac...

Reducere. DEMETRIUS WOODSON, the head of the infamous Rock Bottom Family from the treacherous streets of downtown West Palm Beach, is destined for Boss statu...

Reducere. After MACHO betrays PRESTON in the most unforgivable fashion, will he find a way to reconcile their differences before the Cutthroat Mafia becomes ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Neil B. CarmonyBen Lilly left behind enough writings to fill a book - and this is itIt includes Ben's hunting diaries, his ...

Ben Lilly left behind enough writings to fill a book - and this is it It includes Ben's hunting diaries, his chapters on bears and lions, magazine ...

This is the second version (2020) of the Certified Strategy Professional CSP Body of Knowledge. Certified Strategy Professional "CSP" is a certific...

Learn to plan and execute projects in any organization with this practical and insightful resource The comprehensively updated and revised edition ...

A gloriously illustrated history of the videogame and its legacy for both our mindscapes and video technology.It was a time when technology was kin...

Reducere. DescriptionWe go back in time twenty-five years to meet Service as a young conservation officer. Still fresh from Vietnam, but on home turf, Servic...

Reducere. SHEMAR is born and BRED BY THE SLUMS of Cloverland, in Houston Texas. From the start, he did whatever it took to break into the game, overcoming de...

Reducere. DescriptionSHEMAR is born and BRED BY THE SLUMS of Cloverland, in Houston Texas. From the start, he did whatever it took to break into the game, ov...

Billy Cannon's name, his image, and his remarkable athletic career serve as emblems for Louisiana State University, the Southeastern Conference, an...

Most companies today have innovation envy. They yearn to come up with a game--changing innovation like Apple's iPod, or create an entirely new cate...

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. DescriptionThe Adventuring Party has arrived, bringing four classic adventurers to the Wildlands. Play as a thief, a wizard, a cleric, and a barbar...

Reducere. Camões (ca.1524/25-1580) is the national poet of Portugal, with a status in the Lusophone world akin to that of Shakespeare, Dante, Cervantes and G...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Thomas BevilacquaIn the 2018 NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors cemented their place in basketball history by dominating...

Reducere. [An] excellent fair-play mystery...this British Library Crime Classic more than deserves that status.--Publishers Weekly, STARRED ReviewOn a dismal...

Reducere. DescriptionA string of protests by animal-rights activists appear to have culminated in a double murder at a wolf lab, which releases into the wild...

Reducere. Captain Murdoch has the chance of a lifetime in his grasp...or is it just a fool's errand?Zale "the Gale" Murdoch, one of the greatest seafaring me...

Reducere. On April 1, 1931, newspapers in all parts of the country announced in giant headlines that Knute Rockne had died in a plane crash in Kansas. Who wa...

Reducere. At the end of World War II, the top ten college football teams were largely the same as they are today--with one exception: Oklahoma. In 1947, Bud ...

Reducere. Each summer, on the fields of glorious Cape Marlin, off theNew England coast, the nation's best college players gatherto play the most important ba...

CIGAR SMOKING by Winston Carter (Tips For New Cigar Smokers) Updated Second Edition For novice cigar smokers who dream of becoming an instant cigar...

DescriptionThe 2018/19 Premier League season was a historic one for African players in English football. More than 130 years after Arthur Wharton b...

Reducere. A firsthand account of the swift transformation of Williamsburg, from factory backwater to artists' district to trendy hub and high-rise colony Wil...

A companion to Still Lives--a Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine selection--this savvy thriller exposes dark questions about power and the art worl...

DescriptionFord's Focus Mk1 was a game-changing family hatchback, setting new standards for ride, handling and driver enjoyment. The sporty ST170 w...

How important is a decent ride? A rampaging force of nature is wreaking havoc on the streets of Edinburgh, but has top shagger, drug-dealer, gonzo-...

Reducere. (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Three classic crime novels by a master of the macabre appear here together in hardcover for the first time.Suave, agr...

DescriptionTricia and Antoinette Clarke--best friends, Power Twins, and Boss Ladies--show you how to take your work and life to the Next Level. "As...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John L. RoseIt's the merger of all mergers. Miami drug traffickers Dante (Jack Boy) Blackwell and his lover and partner in ...

Reducere. Miss Kira Melbourne is anything but a proper English rose. Her exotic beauty, courtesy of her foreign mother, has marked her as an outsider, and he...

Reducere. One hot-blooded cowgirl and one cool-headed businessman in a stripped-down, revved-up game of sexual truth or dare.As the lone girl in the prolific...

Reducere. Most men today are sent off into society with a broken belief system, which they use to make choices, that get them terrible results with life and ...

Reducere. Confucius said that a thousand-mile journey begins with a single step. The same principle applies to becoming a self-made millionaire, except this ...

Reducere. DescriptionHustlin' is a way of life in the hood. We all have money motivated ambitions, not only because we gotta eat, but because status is often...

Reducere. Let your inner astronaut explore outer space with this interactive trivia book from Jeopardy champ and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennin...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Seth FerrantiWhen the crack era jumped off in the 1980s, many street legends were born in a hail of gunfire. Business minde...

Reducere. Three brothers, MO, TAZ B and T SKI envision having BROOKLYN ON LOCK. To do so, they must exploit the drug game in a manner no other crew can compe...

This is the book that no man wants you to read... Countless women play by the bias male rules of dating and relationships, one that keeps them in a...