The Way the Pieces Fall
Master Chess-and Overcome Life's Toughest ChallengesWhat does it take to master chess-and yourself? In this inspiring memoir, I share the strategies and life lessons that helped me sharpen my mind, overcome multiple surgeries, and succeed against the odds. Whether you're just starting out or looking to push your skills to the next level, this book gives you the tools, insights, and mindset you need to win-both on and off the board.Inside, you'll discover: Opening Mastery: Learn my favorite opening strategies, featuring real games from Lichess.Winning Insights: Study my top 10 matches and uncover the key moves and tactics behind each victory.Sharpen Your Skills: Challenge yourself with 20 hand-picked puzzles to boost your tactical thinking and board vision.This isn't just another chess manual-it's the result of a year and a half of dedication, passion, and real-world experience. Along the way, I share personal stories, hard-earned lessons, and the mindset that helped me achieve milestones like: Becoming a 3-time Parry Sound High School Chess ChampionDefeating an International Master (IM)-a rare achievement few players accomplishDrawing against a National Master (NM)Earning the Arena Candidate Master (ACM) titleReady to transform your game-and your thinking?Grab your copy now and start your journey to chess mastery today-before the price changes!
Path to the Hobgoblin's Fortress
Path to the Hobgoblin's Fortress is the thirteenth in our Found by the Way series of location modules. Found by the Way offers you an assortment of colorful pieces to help you fill out your campaign world. Even the most epic campaigns need interludes - places where heroes can regroup and pursue amusing side quests in between world-saving feats of derring-do.
The Role-Playing Game of the Planet of the Apes Core Rulebook
The global sensation of the Planet of the Apes comes to tabletop in this official role-playing game! The Role-Playing Game of the Planet of the Apes will challenge every idea you have ever had about a role-playing game. You will be thrust onto a planet where humans are the lowest order of living things and the superior beings are apes. It's the evolutionary process--but in reverse. Become an intellectual chimpanzee who seeks to better apekind through science and exploration. Choose an orangutan statesape whose weapons are philosophical debate, political savvy, and the power of the Sacred Scrolls themselves. Perhaps a gorilla soldier is more your style--honor-bound to protect Ape City and lead aggressive expansions into new territories. What else, if not an ape? Be a time-lost astronaut struggling to grasp a world gone insane. Become a mute tribal human forced to scavenge for resources as you are hunted by murderous gorillas on horseback. The rules even allow you to play mutant survivors who use the power of their minds to turn their enemies against each other. Built on the official Magnetic Variant (D6MV) of the classic D6 System role-playing game rules created by West End Games, The Role-Playing Game of the Planet of the Apes is easy to learn yet full of challenges to master. With settings and lore written by sci-fi novelist Andrew E.C. Gaska, this core rulebook contains all you need to role-play in this upside-down world where apes evolved from humans: - Detailed histories and lore from Planet of the Apes - 24 character classes to choose from - Optional Stun and Encumbrance Rules - SRP Defenses create fast-paced combat - Extraordinary Abilities give your PCs an edge - Quirks and Expectations help define character motivations - Statistics for the mutated monstrosities that lurk in the Forbidden Zone - Plus a host of new Gear and Weaponry will help turn this upside-down world right - Compatible with all Magnetic Press Play's West End Games D6 products
Resonant Games
Principles for designing educational games that integrate content and play and create learning experiences connecting to many areas of learners' lives. Too often educational videogames are narrowly focused on specific learning outcomes dictated by school curricula and fail to engage young learners. This book suggests another approach, offering a guide to designing games that integrates content and play and creates learning experiences that connect to many areas of learners' lives. These games are not gamified workbooks but are embedded in a long-form experience of exploration, discovery, and collaboration that takes into consideration the learning environment. Resonant Games describes twenty essential principles for designing games that offer this kind of deeper learning experience, presenting them in connection with five games or collections of games developed at MIT's educational game research lab, the Education Arcade. Each of the games--which range from Vanished, an alternate reality game for middle schoolers promoting STEM careers, to Ubiquitous Bio, a series of casual mobile games for high school biology students--has a different story, but all spring from these fundamental assumptions: honor the whole learner, as a full human being, not an empty vessel awaiting a fill-up; honor the sociality of learning and play; honor a deep connection between the content and the game; and honor the learning context--most often the public school classroom, but also beyond the classroom. The open access edition of this book was made possible by generous funding from the MIT Libraries and Klopfer's lab.
Color by Numbers Nature
Hidden within this innovative coloring book are 40 stunning travel posters featuring natural wonders of the world. Simply follow the color key to reveal the hidden locations.... From the Grand Canyon and Everglades National Parks to the mountains of New Zealand and the fjords of Norway, where will you travel today? The latest trend in fun, mindful coloring books!Featuring thick, uncoated paper, and printed single-sided, there is no risk of bleed-through whether you prefer color pencils or markers.The pages are perforated, making it easy to pull out and frame your stunning travel posters.No more than 12 colors are used to color in each destination, making this a mindful and portable activityFull-color versions of the illustrations are available to refer to at the back of the bookSo gather your markers or your pencils, make yourself comfortable, and enjoy the process of watching each gorgeous destination reveal itself zone by zone.
The Heartwarming Love Coloring Book
Celebrate all types of love with these 45 cute and cuddly illustrations to color and enjoy all year round. From a cute and cozy coffee date to a pair of friends sharing an umbrella on a rainy day (plus hearts, hearts, and more hearts!), The Heartwarming Love Coloring Book captures that warm and fuzzy feeling of togetherness with a fun variety of scenes to color. It's the perfect book for coloring fans who want something super easy and relaxing--but also super cute--to enjoy. This book offers: -45 hand-drawn single-sided pages ready for coloring -Super cute and cozy pages for stress relief and relaxation -High-quality paper to prevent bleed through -An oversized 10x10 package, giving artists plenty of room for coloring -High-resolution prints for clear, crisp images The Heartwarming Love Coloring Book lets you celebrate l-o-v-e all year round.
Playing at the World, 2e, Volume 2
The second volume of two in a new, updated edition of the 2012 book Playing at the World, which charts the vast and complex history of role-playing games. This new edition of Playing at the World is the second of two volumes that update the 720-page original tome of the same name from 2012. This second volume is The Three Pillars of Role-Playing Games, a deep dive into the history of the setting, system, and characters of Dungeons & Dragons--the three pillars indicated by the volume's title. (The first volume of the new edition is The Invention of Dungeons & Dragons, which explores the publication and reception of that iconic game.) In this second volume, Jon Peterson covers the medieval fantasy setting--the first pillar--and addresses why the first role-playing game evolved around fantasy and medieval settings as opposed to some other historical setting. In the second pillar, the author explores how the rules of wargames, from their roots in chess variants from eighteenth-century Germany, developed into those of role-playing games. Finally, the third pillar focuses on character, perhaps the most elusive of the three pillars, and investigates how precedents governed the introduction of characters to games more so than the original D&D rule books. Filled with unparalleled archival research (from obscure fanzines to letters, drafts, and other ephemera), this new edition of Playing at the World is the ultimate geek's guide to the original RPG. As such, it is an indispensable resource for academics and game fans exploring the origins of the hobby.
Hazy Dell Loch & Sea!
Ahoy! Embark on a coloring adventure across fantastical waterways! The Hazy Dell Loch & Sea! coloring book offers hours of artistic and mediative fun with 30 swashbuckling pages filled with pirates and waterbound monsters from Hazy Dell Press books, including the Loch Ness Monster, the Kraken, King Neptune, Selkies, Kelpies, and Narwhals! Faithfully adapted from your favorite Hazy Dell Press artists, these one-of-a-kind coloring pages give your child the opportunity to dive into loch and sea folklore from across the world while exploring their own vast, ocean-deep imagination. Features perforated pages for easy tear-out and display, and a table of contents listing the characters, books, and original artists of each page.
Norse Mythology Word Search
Combining the Flame Tree high production values, with popular Norse mythology and word search subjects make this a relatable and fulfilling gift. TRICKY, INTRIGUING. Word search puzzles for relaxing, travel and challenging fun with friends and family. Norse Mythology offers battleships valkyrie, and its own word with Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya, Valhalla and more. LUXURIOUS FLAME TREE PRODUCTION. Combining high-quality production and FSC-certified paper with magnificent cover art, the crafted covers are printed on foil, embossed then foil stamped. They're practical too, with bookmark ribbons and robust ivory text paper. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The delightful covers are complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table and offer hours of pleasure.
Greek Mythology Word Search
Combining the Flame Tree high production values, with popular Greek mythology and word search subjects make this a relatable and fulfilling gift. TRICKY, INTRIGUING. Word search puzzles for relaxing, travel and challenging fun with friends and family. Greek Mythology here offers Gods, heroes, monsters and famous legends, such as Icarus and Helen of Troy, Zeus and Aphrodite. LUXURIOUS FLAME TREE PRODUCTION. Combining high-quality production and FSC-certified paper with magnificent cover art, the crafted covers are printed on foil, embossed then foil stamped. They're practical too, with bookmark ribbons and robust ivory text paper. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The delightful covers are complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table and offer hours of pleasure.
Mythographic Color and Discover: Dragonspell
Set your imagination ablaze in a fantastical dragon dominionLower the drawbridge to a dreamy dimension where dragons soar and fantasy reigns. Mythographic Color and Discover: Dragonspell ushers you into a transfixing realm where mysteries swirl, sorceresses conjure, oracles foretell, and warriors harness the forces of destiny. From sea dragons protecting their treasures to ancient guardians brandishing their might, unlock the secrets of dragon magic with vivid color in more than 45 illustrations that morph and mesmerize. - Wield the artistic power of imagination with surreal illustrations of a dragon kingdom- Become entranced in the immersive detail of a fantasy world like no other- Cast vibrant color onto ornate treasures, elaborate suits of armor, and dragon wings with colored pencils, gel pens, or watercolors
Reveal Your Chess Style
Use this unique book to identify your own individual chess-playing style, avoid pitfalls, improve strengths, and become the best player you can be. Every chess player has a naturally individual style of playing, based on the moves they like to play. Some people choose the kind of moves world champion Magnus Carlsen regularly uses, while others prefer a strategy favored by the legendary Bobby Fischer. And some even find themselves emulating the way a chess computer works. But very few players are aware of how these moves fit together to create a consistent, personal chess style. Reveal Your Chess Style begins with two hundred diagrams, each with a multiple choice of possible moves for the reader to choose from. The second half of the book explains how readers' choices reveal their hidden style, and which famous player they most identify with on the chessboard. The volume also includes a host of advice--on developing the player's style further to avoiding regular errors, increasing skill, and winning more games. This is a truly original book, from an International Grandmaster and venerable chess author.
Cozy Winter
Celebrate the magic of winter with this cute and cozy coloring book! Immerse yourself in a world of festive charm, where adorable animal characters enjoy snowy adventures, cozy nights, and cheerful holiday moments. Relax, unwind, and bring these delightful scenes to life with your colors!This book offers: 55 unique hand-drawn pages ready for coloring.Adorable animal characters in festive and cozy winter settings to color.Single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through and protect your artwork. However, you must slide a protective sheet beneath the page if you're using markers.Perfect for stress relief, mindfulness, and moments of relaxation.A thoughtful gift for friends, family, or loved ones during Christmas, holidays, or any special occasion.Large, bold, and easy designs for a relaxing coloring experience.Convenient 8.5 x 8.5 inches square design with a matte cover finish and high-resolution prints.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows - The Complete Official Guide
INTERACTIVE MAP This guide includes a free Premium Upgrade to the Assassin's Creed Shadows Interactive Map! Assassin's Creed Shadows is infused with a spirit of adventure, freedom, and opportunity. Developed in conjunction with the development team at Ubisoft, the Complete Official Guide serves as a wise companion that accompanies players in their unique personal journey through the game world and storyline. Rather than compel you to follow a well-worn path from start to end, this guide empowers you to explore and experiment freely - safe in the knowledge that expert advice, suggestions and solutions are at your fingertips whenever you require COMPANION CHAPTER Presents a targeted, spoiler-free overview of all main storyline missions and associated optional objectives. This section serves as a launch point to the different quest walkthroughs, analysis and more specialist information. A flowchart encompassing all missions will help you to visualize the scope of the adventure and how quests are unlocked COMPLETE WALKTHROUGHS Dedicated, complete walkthroughs for all main, secondary and additional objectives, each supported by easy-to-follow numbered steps with annotated screenshots and maps COMPREHENSIVE ATLAS Expanded maps cover the entire playable area with detailed annotations revealing the position of all key points of interest and collectibles: landmarks, viewpoints, chests, valuables, loot caches, hideouts, and more INVENTORY The Inventory chapter offers a complete catalog of all items encountered in the game: equipment, weapons, resources, tools, projectiles - each with relevant parameters and other notable characteristics in the form of values or percentages MASTERY Covers all skill trees with relevant costs, unlock conditions, bonuses, perks, and examples of effective applications and synergies (c) 2024 Piggyback Interactive Limited. All rights reserved. Piggyback(R) is a registered trademark of Piggyback Interactive Limited. PIGGYBACK.COM and the Piggyback logo are trademarks of Piggyback Interactive Limited. (c) 2024 Ubisoft Entertainment. All rights reserved. Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are registered or unregistered trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Little Toy Shop Coloring Book
Drop by the Little Toy Shop to relive the childhood excitement of Christmas wishlists as you add color to a delightful selection of holiday treasures. Imagine a snowy evening when Christmas is just around the corner. The shoppers bustle by. Up ahead, you see a warm glow coming from a shop window. It's a toy shop, stuffed to the brim with Christmas delights. With Little Toy Shop Coloring Book, you can indulge in nostalgic Christmas memories with more than 100 coloring pages featuring: Plush toysNutcrackersRocking horsesExquisite dolls and more!Pull out this coloring book and put on some Christmas tunes. Light a fire and begin to color. You'll be carried away to a simpler time when the magic of Christmas filled each day with anticipation. Perfect as a solo activity or for family Christmas fun, Little Toy Shop Coloring Book celebrates the spirit of the season. Chartwell Coloring Books is the ultimate coloring book series, encompassing designs of every kind. From intriguing abstract patterns to beautiful pictures from the natural, technological, and fantasy worlds, each of these coloring books will soothe the mind and inspire the inner creative in anyone. With so many variations of complex, beautiful designs in each book, you'll have plenty of pages to bring to life. Whether young or old, creative or not, this series has something for you.
The Philosopher and the Housewife
Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934) and Aron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935) could be called the two vainest chess players in history. This book tells the fascinating story of their lifelong rivalry.They clashed as personalities, as players and as writers, both searching for the truth in chess, but with very different perspectives. Tarrasch is often depicted as a dogmatic theorist and, according to Nimzowitsch, didn't offer much more than the well-meaning advice of a housewife. Nimzowitsch saw himself as a philosopher, the designer of a complete 'system' that uncovered the secrets of positional play. Has chess history treated these outstanding players fairly or are these mere caricatures? And what was the role of the third protagonist in this debate, Semyon Alapin, who Nimzowitsch condescendingly dubbed 'an artist of variations'? These questions and these different viewpoints are at the heart of Hendriks' in-depth investigation. Besides our protagonists, many others joined the fray, such as the World Champions of the period (Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine) and the advocates of hypermodern chess (notably R矇ti and Tartakower). All had their own views on how to become better chess players and their debate has lost none of its topicality. Since his ground-breaking first book on chess instruction, Move First, Think Later, Hendriks has concentrated on chess history with his next works On the Origin of Good Moves and The Ink War. His writings always give rise to lively discussions in the chess community. This book continues in that tradition. The Philosopher and the Housewife gives great insight into this turbulent period in chess history and simultaneously offers a refreshing perspective on the evolution of chess expertise. The many chess fragments nicely illustrate this compelling story.
Creative Haven on Island Time Coloring Book
Relax! You're on island time! Pour a fruity cocktail as you immerse yourself in a paradise of sandy beaches and swaying palms. Infuse your creativity into 31 delightful illustrations featuring Hawaiian shirts and soothing seascapes, and let the stresses of the workday melt away--because it's five o'clock somewhere!
The Spice Is the Plot!
If you like your coffee icy and your books spicy... this is next on the TBR. Are you devoted to Romantasy, a lover of Regency scandal or a meet-cute connoisseur? Embrace the thrill of romance and escape the mundane with quotes and immersive full-page designs for every book lover. Let your true self shine and indulge your fantasies as you color your way through these cozy floral motifs. Remember: Romance is nice but give me some spice If they ain't Fae, they ain't Bae Busy reading something scandalous My type is tall, dark and fictional The spice is the plot!
Murdoku
Place the suspects, reveal the killer! These visually appealing, addictive puzzles drop solvers into immersive mini murder mysteries, combining the elegant simplicity of games like sudoku with the storytelling of classic logic problems. But Murdoku introduces its own unique element: full-color visual representations of the characters' environments, with each element playing into the investigation: rooms, furniture, plants, animals, and sometimes additional rules that add an extra twist. You'll explore 80 crime scenes including a bakery, a casino, a chess tournament, a farm, an opera, ... the variety is endless. The puzzles start out easy and gradually increase in difficulty to expert level. Do you have what it takes to become a master detective?
Taylor Swift
Are you ready for it? This one-of-a-kind search and find biography celebrates every album era in a visual exploration of Taylor Swift's music career. Can you spot easter eggs that only her most loyal Swiftie fans will uncover in this fun activity book?Dive into masterfully illustrated spreads, each inspired by a pivotal era in Taylor's life from the self-titled debut through The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD). Seek her out in the snake-adorned chaos of Reputation, find hidden treasures among the glitter-dusted allure of 1989, and follow a trail of butterflies and rainbows through the dreamy world of Lover. Each page brims with secret details and messages Swifties will instantly recognize--can you spot the "13"s or the infamous cardigan? Don't forget to look for cameos from Meredith, Olivia, and Benjamin Button!Inside you'll find: The unofficial find and seek biography of T Swifts discographyBeautiful hand drawn artwork by award winning illustrator Gus MoraisA vault of puzzles where any Swiftie can spend hours searching for Taylor Swift themed hidden objects and easter eggsAn interactive way to spend road trips, plane flights, or family timeThe perfect holiday, birthday, or Christmas gift for a Swiftie of any age - kids, teens, or adultsThis isn't just a game or brain tease; it's a love letter to Taylor's evolution--from fearless teen to worldwide pop icon, through heartbreaks, triumphs, and re-recordings. Relive the defining moments that have shaped her narrative into America's sweetheart, from her first Grammy win to her iconic vault door teases and surprise album drops. Find your way through every glitter-drenched, heartbreak-tinged, revenge-laced era Taylor Swift has gifted us. Swipe on that red lipstick, blast your speakers, put on your friendship bracelets, and start your scavenger hunt--because where Taylor goes, we follow.
Enchanted
Unlock a world of creativity with ENCHANTED, a stunning coloring book that invites you to immerse yourself in over 70 exquisite illustrations.Leave the stress of everyday life behind you with this magical escape. From whimsical windmills and blooming wildflowers to cascading waterfalls and hidden wishing wells, every page is brought to life with intricate detail and inspires both creativity and relaxation. Whether you're a seasoned artist or picking up colored pencils for the first time, this book is the perfect canvas for self-expression. Tailor each illustration to your personal vision, creating masterpieces uniquely yours.This coloring book is: Perfect for all skill levels, with pages thoughtfully designed to provide the right balance of challenge and funAn ideal gift for nature enthusiasts, art lovers, and anyone seeking a relaxing outletDesigned to impress with an elegant collection of beautiful scenesPrinted on high-quality paper, so your art won't bleed throughCreate something truly magical with ENCHANTED. Your next artistic adventure starts here.
Little Folk Coloring Book
Delight in the whimsical adventures of the little folk as you color 50 beloved illustrations plus four exclusive new designs. Little Folk Coloring Book features 50 of Christine Karron's most beloved whimsical illustrations, plus four exclusive new designs. Meet the wee folk: friendly elves, fairies and other fantastical creatures that dwell in the hidden corners of fairy tale forests, meadows, and lakes. Printed on high-quality ivory paper, each single-sided page is perfect for a variety of mediums, from pencils and markers to watercolors.
Ultimate Trivia
You think you know Everything?Did you know...���� There's a species of jellyfish that can essentially live forever?���� The Eiffel Tower can grow more than six inches taller in the summer?���� Wombat poop is cube-shaped to keep it from rolling away.���� Some turtles can breathe through their butts.Packed with 1400+ of the weirdest, wildest, and most unbelievable facts, this book will challenge everything you thought you knew about the world. From mind-boggling science and bizarre history to fun food facts and crazy animal quirks, there's something inside to stump even the biggest know-it-all.Whether you want to impress your friends, dominate at trivia night, or just fill your brain with incredible facts, this book has you covered. But be warned-once you start reading, you won't be able to stop!���� Every shuffle of a deck of cards creates a sequence never seen before.���� A banana's DNA is about 60% identical to human DNA.���� The dot over the lowercase "i" and "j" is called a tittle.���� Your brain generates enough electricity to power a small light bulb.So, do you really think you know everything?Let's find out
