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Download or read book Flawed by Design written by Amy B. Zegart and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the belief that national security agencies work well, this book asks what forces shaped the initial design of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council in ways that meant they were handicapped from birth.
Download or read book Tennis Mastery written by David W. Smith and published by TNT Tennis Academy. This book was released on 2004 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flawed Players written by Alan Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Three of the Mackenzie August mystery series! Dr. Everett Owens knocks on the door of professional sleuth, Mackenzie August, with a tale of woe-Roanoke City's premiere residents are being burglarized and Everetts' been framed for the crime. To investigate, Mackenzie must unearth dirty secrets buried by Roanoke's royalty. As the plot thickens, Mackenzie's carefully ordered world is struck by tragedy and he comes ever closer to Veronica Summer's final secret... Amazon Reviews "I love these books and this author. The writing is crisp, the characters well written, and the storylines are not run of the mill." "Excellent book. A very worthy successor to Robert Parker and his Spenser books." "So glad to find this author! Mr Lee writes with great humor, makes his characters real, and tells a good story! Similar to Lee Child, his main character makes you want more and more!"
Download or read book Ice written by Dale Jacobs and published by Spotted Cow Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Game Balance written by Ian Schreiber and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the field of game design, game balance can best be described as a black art. It is the process by which game designers make a game simultaneously fair for players while providing them just the right amount of difficulty to be both exciting and challenging without making the game entirely predictable. This involves a combination of mathematics, psychology, and occasionally other fields such as economics and game theory. Game Balance offers readers a dynamic look into game design and player theory. Throughout the book, relevant topics on the use of spreadsheet programs will be included in each chapter. This book therefore doubles as a useful reference on Microsoft Excel, Google Spreadsheets, and other spreadsheet programs and their uses for game designers. FEATURES The first and only book to explore game balance as a topic in depth Topics range from intermediate to advanced, while written in an accessible style that demystifies even the most challenging mathematical concepts to the point where a novice student of game design can understand and apply them Contains powerful spreadsheet techniques which have been tested with all major spreadsheet programs and battle-tested with real-world game design tasks Provides short-form exercises at the end of each chapter to allow for practice of the techniques discussed therein along with three long-term projects divided into parts throughout the book that involve their creation Written by award-winning designers with decades of experience in the field Ian Schreiber has been in the industry since 2000, first as a programmer and then as a game designer. He has worked on eight published game titles, training/simulation games for three Fortune 500 companies, and has advised countless student projects. He is the co-founder of Global Game Jam, the largest in-person game jam event in the world. Ian has taught game design and development courses at a variety of colleges and universities since 2006. Brenda Romero is a BAFTA award-winning game director, entrepreneur, artist, and Fulbright award recipient and is presently game director and creator of the Empire of Sin franchise. As a game director, she has worked on 50 games and contributed to many seminal titles, including the Wizardry and Jagged Alliance series and titles in the Ghost Recon, Dungeons & Dragons, and Def Jam franchises.
Download or read book Billy Martin written by Bill Pennington and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an award-winning New York Times sports columnist, the definitive biography of one of baseball's most celebrated, mercurial, and misunderstood figures--legendary manager and baseball genius, Billy Martin
Download or read book Never Boring written by Ed Willes and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2024-10-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veteran hockey writer Ed Willes takes an irreverent look back at the sometimes thrilling, often infuriating and always fascinating history of the Vancouver Canucks. Cheering for the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks over the last half century has required patience, commitment and a forgiving nature. It’s not that the Canucks have been uniformly awful or drearily predictable. Far from it (as this past season would attest). But every time they seemed close to delivering the ultimate prize to their fan base—the indomitable faithful—they slipped on a banana peel and tumbled straight into the abyss. Most of their failings were self-inflicted. The franchise’s ownership history is as uneven as its won-loss record. But some have been so random and so accidental, the faithful can legitimately wonder what they did to anger the hockey gods. It started in 1970 with a spin of the carnival wheel, which gifted Hall of Fame centre Gilbert Perreault to the Buffalo Sabres and left the Canucks with Dale Tallon. And it’s continued uninterrupted for over 50 years. For decades, veteran Vancouver hockey writer Ed Willes has had his own vantage point on this team that has, in his words, “been haunted by dark and unnatural forces since its inception.” And Willes’s knowledge extends far beyond the most infamous chapters of the story. As this irreverent, often bitterly funny chronicle shows, the litany of woe stretches back farther and runs deeper than many Canucks fans realize, and stars several of the biggest names in hockey history. Willes’s account tells the story of a uniquely confounded franchise and its obsessive followers, who have thus far been denied the thrill of a Stanley Cup championship. Their consolation has been the dubious comfort of wallowing in collective misery.
Download or read book Sweetness written by Jeff Pearlman and published by Avery. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of Chicago Bears and Hall of Fame superstar Walter Payton. Based on meticulous research and interviews with nearly 700 contacts, an unforgettable portrait that describes a man who lived his life just like he played the game: at full speed.
Download or read book Target: JackAce written by Hank Lancet and published by Hank Lancet. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most books about poker are written either by experts or from an expert's point of view. The rest of the books are written for beginners on how to survive and compete against grinders at the $1-$2 or similarly low stakes no-limit (NL) tables. This book fits in neither category, for I am no expert, and this book doesn't aim to teach you to become a consistent winner at the low stakes tables. Rather, it's a book geared to give insight into one of the most frustrating types of players to have at your table: the JackAce. Some call him a maniac. Some call him a donkey. He's loose and his chips go all over the place. Often, he seems like a luckbox fish. You can't get a read on him. Since he seems to win big but also lose big with no sense of consistency, his style is largely ignored. Rather, he is discussed as a player to "be careful" around. I am a JackAce, and this book will give you insight into my style of play not because it's so awesome, but rather because it will clue you in on how to deal with someone like me at your table. It only costs a big blind or two, well worth it if you can take advantage of the advice within.
Download or read book 'A' Game written by Clare Wilson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Poetic Pete(tm), AKA Peter Karplus(tm), author of Dancing with Fear, Rejection, Doubt, and Hope, and A Potpourri of Poems, uses free verse, haiku, iambic pentameter, and rhyme and an amazingly sensitive understanding dipped in his own brand of humor as he explores nature and its brilliance, and covers subjects of family and friends, making dedications to those people in his life who have held special meaning to him as well as illuminating the many shades of love and the range of emotions that are its bedfellows. Then, he follows with a selection of religion tenured poems ranging from the obtuse to the obvious. He goes on to show us a look inward into his life and people's reactions, to his speech impediments and bent body, that he has had to enlighten and change with his lifelong-learned teachings, and amazing understanding. He, then, continues with a selection of assorted poems that range from the comical to the serious aspects of life, followed by a few poems that take a surreal look at the world. Poetic Pete then welcomes us with several of his latest lyrics spanning subjects such as love, heartbreak, and even politics. And in conclusion, he ends the book with a couple short stories
Download or read book Great Expectations written by Shi Davidi and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one of a kind look at the Toronto Blue Jays 2013 season, two seasoned sports journalists provide readers with all they need to know as the team attempts to end their 20-year playoff drought. Beginning with a full look at General Manager Alex Anthopoulos’s busy offseason in the wake of a disappointing 2012 season—from the acquisition of Cy Young winner R. A. Dickey, a sexual abuse survivor who is the only active knuckleballer in the majors, to the blockbuster trade that brought in the electric shortstop José Reyes and aces Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle—Great Expectations is replete with details on the team’s newly overhauled roster. The book also highlights other members of the team, including Brett Lawrie, the team’s lone Canadian, whose kinetic style of play is a double-edged sword; José Bautista, the two-time home-run champion bidding to revive his power following wrist surgery; and Melky Cabrera, whose 50-game drug suspension in 2012 forced him to sign a free-agent contract with a new team for half the money he might otherwise have realized. Packed with insightful content, game-by-game analysis, and a bevy of photos, this is the only book Blue Jays fans need to commemorate the team’s 2013 season.
Book Synopsis The Whist Table by : Portland (pseud.)
Download or read book The Whist Table written by Portland (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Mental Game of Poker 2 by : Jared Tendler
Download or read book The Mental Game of Poker 2 written by Jared Tendler and published by Jared Tendler LLC. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine the edge you would have if you could consistently play poker in the zone. In the zone you make all the right decisions, instinctively when to bluff, and are unfazed by a losing hand. You’re locked in and feel unbeatable. It’s shocking how many poker players stumble into this elusive state of mind. As quickly as that euphoric feeling of invincibility arrives, it's gone. And no matter how hard they try, they can’t get back there. Until now. In The Mental Game of Poker 2, author and renowned poker mental game coach Jared Tendler breaks down the zone and delivers actionable steps to help players get there consistently. He demystifies the zone, and for the first time, brings logic and order to this previously misunderstood concept. This book provides proven strategies to: • Play poker longer and across more online tables. • Improve decision making. • Learn faster. • Eliminate C-game mistakes. • Increase focus and discipline. The Mental Game of Poker 2 expands on the psychological strategies and theories from Tendler's groundbreaking book, The Mental Game of Poker, which cracked the code on managing tilt and has helped thousands of players eliminate mental leaks from their games. Like the first book, The Mental Game of Poker 2 is a must have resource for every poker player who is serious about improving.
Book Synopsis Smart, Wrong, and Lucky by : Jonathan Mayo
Download or read book Smart, Wrong, and Lucky written by Jonathan Mayo and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at how MLB teams find diamonds in the roughIn the plainest of terms, baseball scouts are tasked with seeing the future— a distant future, at that. Baseball's long developmental arc leaves room for plenty of twists and turns on the way to The Show. Some prospects shoot like arrows toward their projected potential, while others fizzle out or chart an unexpected course.Joey Votto was a lightly scouted high schooler out of Ontario, Canada. Charlie Blackmon was once coveted for his left arm more than his offensive potential. Mookie Betts "lost interest in the draft" as he went unselected round after round. Jacob deGrom refused to relinquish his role as a shortstop. Lorenzo Cain never even put on a baseball glove until high school— and then wore it on the wrong hand.Smart, Wrong, and Lucky explores how first impressions measure up to their aftermaths: the draft, years of progression, and for a talented few, major league success. MLB.com writer Jonathan Mayo profiles a diverse range of modern stars and looks at them through the eyes of those who noticed them first as prospects.Featuring exclusive interviews with scouts, players, coaches, and more, this fascinating collection of origin stories is an ode to baseball's endless possibilities.
Download or read book Ready Player Two written by Ernest Cline and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST • “The game is on again. . . . A great mix of exciting fantasy and threatening fact.”—The Wall Street Journal AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY? Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous—and addictive—than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest—a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants. Wade’s life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance. Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.
Book Synopsis Selected Areas in Cryptography by : Howard Heys
Download or read book Selected Areas in Cryptography written by Howard Heys and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-05-15 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 6th Annual International Workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography, SAC'99, held in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in August 1999. The 17 revised full papers presented went through two rounds of reviewing and revision and were selected from 29 submissions. The papers are organized in sections on cryptosystems and pseudorandom number generators, security aspects of block cyphers, cryptoanalysis of block cyphers, efficient implementations of cryptosystems, and cryptography for network applications.
