Game Development

Acclaimed essayist Mark Edmundson reflects on his own rite of passage as a high school football player to get to larger truths about the ways America's Game shapes its men. Football teaches young men self-discipline and teamwork. But football celebrates violence. Football is a showcase for athletic beauty and physical excellence. But football damages young bodies and minds, sometimes permanently. Football inspires confidence and direction. But football instills cockiness, a false sense of superiority.

On September 8, 2022, the world stood still as news broke of Queen Elizabeth II’s passing. Her death dismantled the protective shield around the world’s most famous family, and saw a long-simmering crisis of confidence in the British monarchy begin to resurface. Now, with unique insight, deep access and exclusive revelations, journalist Omid Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil—exposing the chaos, family dysfunction, distrust and draconian practices threatening its very future. This is the monarchy’s endgame. Do they have what it takes to save it?

Even in the #MeToo era, studies show that women in the workforce continue to harbor misconceptions about sexual harassment and are unprepared to respond when it happens. Lawyer and former ESPN anchor Adrienne Lawrence has learned to advocate for herself and other women. This essential guide helps women navigate the complicated realities of sexual harassment and teaches them how to be their own best advocates in toxic work environments.

In this audiobook, you'll get an inside look at how a man thinks and interacts with a woman when he's not that interested in her. It's extremely difficult for a man to waste your time and treat you like a short-term plaything without exhibiting certain unmistakable behaviors that clearly communicate that he's trying to keep you interested...but unclaimed.

Tired of empty love advice, superficial dating apps, and feeling totally lost in the game of love? Get the playbook to winning the game of love and finally find lasting happiness. As a seasoned Love Investigator, Shelly LaVigne offers not just insights but a navigational compass through the complexities of romance in Love Is Not Blind—You Are. With the groundbreaking 4Cross Love Framework and Love Checklist, you’ll learn how to unlock the secrets to lasting love, transforming your understanding of relationships from guesswork to clarity.

Are you struggling to motivate yourself to start the day, work on a project, or maintain a healthy habit? Do you think that happiness is hard-earned and reserved only for the ”chosen ones”? This book will show you that happiness is close by and available to everyone. It will show you how to not take life too seriously and still be excellent in all you want or have to do. Listen to the audiobook and learn how to motivate yourself by practicing self-gamification - a unique self-help approach to implementing game design elements into your life.

The Hungover Games is the true story of one woman’s adventures in single-motherhood. It’s about what happens when Mr Right isn’t around, so you have a baby with Mr Wrong, a musician who tells you halfway through your pregnancy that he’s met someone else - just after you’ve given up your LA life and moved back to England to be with him, so you’re now six months up the duff and sleeping on a friend’s sofa in an art studio in Dalston.

In The Invisible Game: The Secrets and the Science of Winning Minds and Winning Deals, neuroscientist Kai-Markus Mueller and sales professional Gabriele Rehbock deliver a hands-on guide to the hidden dynamics that influence the outcomes of most business deals. In plain English, the book unpacks recently discovered insights from psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience, and explains how to apply them to your advantage in real-life business situations.

Delane Parnell is not your typical tech entrepreneur. He was raised in a gang-riddled neighborhood on Detroit’s west side, bouncing between homes as his mother tried to make ends meet. Many of his closest friends and family members ended up in jail or dead. This makes it even more incredible that Delane became the 25-year-old founder and CEO of PlayVS, a Los Angeles company that is forever changing the gaming landscape in America.

Do you want to make good money flipping houses? This ultimate guide to house flipping will provide you with a step-by-step blueprint that will give you the confidence and skills you need to make your first million. As-Is: The Roadmap to Flipping Houses will give you a proven system that teaches you how to build a successful house flipping business while minimizing the money, time, and effort you need to spend. Flipping houses used to be something only the rich could do, but times have changed. It’s the perfect moment to get started in this highly lucrative market.

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Ambitious, confident, and successful, Joi-Marie believes she has it all figured out. At 28 years old, she has an enviable job as a producer, covering entertainment in New York City. Her close-knit family is loving and encouraging, and her boyfriend, Adam, is as close to perfect as you can get - except for the fact that he won't propose.

Dominate the Game will mentally prepare you to show up the right way each day, motivate you to take the shots that others won't take, and then help you to elevate, separate, and dominate your game. The principles discussed will challenge you, pushing you to become confident in your ability to conquer any situation you may face in pursuit of your goals, ambitions, and dreams. The pain of regret is far greater than the pain of discipline; remember, life waits for no one. If you want to achieve greatness, you need to take charge and make plays happen. It all starts with you.

The fifth book in Sarah Levi's thought-provoking series, "Secrets of Pimpology Applied to the Seduction Game," is titled "Aggressive Pickup Artist Tactics For the City: How to Approach and Meet Women." This episode takes a small detour, focusing on the urban setting as an ideal setting for using aggressive pickup techniques. With an arsenal of daring, assertive dating strategies designed especially for the busy, cutthroat dating scenes of big cities, Levi hopes to equip listeners.

Flirting is an art. Some people are good at it. Some people are awful. And some only do it when they want to. Some may have been big flirts before their marriage, only to become a constant complainer once the ring was on their finger. How do you make others constantly fall in love with you? That’s the question.

A look at how commercialization has transformed youth sports from fun into a heavily commercialized and profitable venture. Examining the youth sports economy from many sides - the major corporations, the small entrepreneurs, the coaches, the parents, and, of course, the kids - Hyman probes the reasons for rapid changes in what gets bought and sold in this lucrative marketplace. He reveals the effects on kids and profiles the individuals and communities bucking this destructive trend of commercialization.

In the fast-paced world of home service, success isn't left to chance—it's achieved with a well-crafted strategy. Game Plan to Success in Home Services is your ultimate guide to building a winning playbook, identifying key positions, and mastering the KPIs that drive your business forward. This book offers a unique approach by applying the principles of sports strategy to the home service industry.

So you know what you’re doing with girls, but you’re still not able to get those really high-level girls you really want. Well, that’s probably because you’re lacking the strategies that you need to blast your game into the stratosphere. You’re in luck today because that’s what this audiobook is all about. I’m going to share with you some of the most advanced strategies and mindsets that have ever been devised for picking up women.

Growing Up Gamer follows one gamer's relationship with video game consoles over the span of 30+ years, from the NES to the Nintendo Switch and everything in between. Relive fighting with siblings, joining local video game tournaments, and making new friends thanks to a mutual interest in Mario Kart. Explore the frustrations of trying to get into the game industry and then ultimately going at it alone as an indie developer on the Xbox 360 and Steam. Journey to China to teach English, where a Game Boy or Nintendo DS is sometimes the only thing keeping a lonely expat sane. Real and digital ...

Often, we treat games like work. We buy shelves of thick books. We plan detailed adventures. We memorize rules. In Play Unsafe, Graham Walmsley explores what happens when you throw the serious stuff away: when you stop working, stop planning and start playing. This book explains how to make role-playing less like work and more like play; stop killing other players' ideas and build on them instead; and put stories at the heart of your game.