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Oligarch Games

Author : Al Stotts
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532007078
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Oligarch Games written by Al Stotts and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeffrey Wallace is a Manhattan billionaire with a hatred for government. As he positions himself and his empire to gradually capture the power of the state and the market, and ultimately control America and the world, he is oblivious to an unlikely opponent intent on stopping him from attaining his lofty goals. Thirty-two-year-old Julia Craven is a financially independent former adult film star who has rededicated her life to taking action against a network of massively wealthy citizens who perpetrate crimes against the planet and humanity. When she learns about Wallace and his growing power through Village Voice reporter Nick Feldman, Julia begins a dangerous journey back into the adult film industry that places her in the center of Wallaces plan to execute his anti-democratic agenda. As she encounters her first obstaclehis hulky, ever-present bodyguard, DantonJulia has no idea that she has awakened a longing in his soul that will change everything for her, Wallace, and Danton himself.

How Oligarch Die

Author : Satria Novian
Publisher : Satria Novian Lesmana
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (271 download)

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Download or read book How Oligarch Die written by Satria Novian and published by Satria Novian Lesmana. This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains democratic education where citizens and governments can become more independent and professional in democracy, meritocracy, technocracy, law enforcement, integrity, independent economy, honest and fair economy, humanity, justice, peace, and harmony. This book also contains character education, political education, legal education, ethics, morals, democracy, meritocracy, autocracy, integrity, government, government systems, international systems, and world order.

Classical Greek Oligarchy

Author : Matthew Simonton
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691192057
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Classical Greek Oligarchy written by Matthew Simonton and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical Greek Oligarchy thoroughly reassesses an important but neglected form of ancient Greek government, the "rule of the few." Matthew Simonton challenges scholarly orthodoxy by showing that oligarchy was not the default mode of politics from time immemorial, but instead emerged alongside, and in reaction to, democracy. He establishes for the first time how oligarchies maintained power in the face of potential citizen resistance. The book argues that oligarchs designed distinctive political institutions—such as intra-oligarchic power sharing, targeted repression, and rewards for informants—to prevent collective action among the majority population while sustaining cooperation within their own ranks. To clarify the workings of oligarchic institutions, Simonton draws on recent social science research on authoritarianism. Like modern authoritarian regimes, ancient Greek oligarchies had to balance coercion with co-optation in order to keep their subjects disorganized and powerless. The book investigates topics such as control of public space, the manipulation of information, and the establishment of patron-client relations, frequently citing parallels with contemporary nondemocratic regimes. Simonton also traces changes over time in antiquity, revealing the processes through which oligarchy lost the ideological battle with democracy for legitimacy. Classical Greek Oligarchy represents a major new development in the study of ancient politics. It fills a longstanding gap in our knowledge of nondemocratic government while greatly improving our understanding of forms of power that continue to affect us today.

Handbook of the Shapley Value

Author : Encarnación Algaba
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351241397
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of the Shapley Value written by Encarnación Algaba and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of the Shapley Value contains 24 chapters and a foreword written by Alvin E. Roth, who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Lloyd Shapley in 2012. The purpose of the book is to highlight a range of relevant insights into the Shapley value. Every chapter has been written to honor Lloyd Shapley, who introduced this fascinating value in 1953. The first chapter, by William Thomson, places the Shapley value in the broader context of the theory of cooperative games, and briefly introduces each of the individual contributions to the volume. This is followed by a further contribution from the editors of the volume, which serves to introduce the more significant features of the Shapley value. The rest of the chapters in the book deal with different theoretical or applied aspects inspired by this interesting value and have been contributed specifically for this volume by leading experts in the area of Game Theory. Chapters 3 through to 10 are more focused on theoretical aspects of the Shapley value, Chapters 11 to 15 are related to both theoretical and applied areas. Finally, from Chapter 16 to Chapter 24, more attention is paid to applications of the Shapley value to different problems encountered across a diverse range of fields. As expressed by William Thomson in the Introduction to the book, "The chapters contribute to the subject in several dimensions: Mathematical foundations; axiomatic foundations; computations; applications to special classes of games; power indices; applications to enriched classes of games; applications to concretely specified allocation problems: an ever-widening range, mapping allocation problems into games or implementation." Nowadays, the Shapley value continues to be as appealing as when it was first introduced in 1953, or perhaps even more so now that its potential is supported by the quantity and quality of the available results. This volume collects a large amount of work that definitively demonstrates that the Shapley value provides answers and solutions to a wide variety of problems.

Playing for Change

Author : Russell Field
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442621982
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Playing for Change written by Russell Field and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than forty years, scholars of the history and sociology of sport and recreation have studied how, no matter the time or place, sport is always more than just a game. In Playing for Change, leading scholars in the field of sports studies consider that legacy and forge ahead into the discipline’s future. Through essays grouped around the themes of international and North American sport, including the Vancouver and Sochi Olympic Games; access to physical activity in Canadian communities; and the role of activism and the public intellectual in the delivery of sport, the contributors offer a comprehensive examination of the institutional structures of sport, physical activity, and recreation. This book provides wide-ranging examples of cutting-edge research in a vibrant and growing field.

Oligarchy

Author : Scarlett Thomas
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1640093079
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Oligarchy written by Scarlett Thomas and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Seed Collectors comes a darkly comic take on power, privilege, and the pressure put on young women to fit in—and be thin—at their all–girls boarding school It's already the second week of term when Natasha, the daughter of a Russian oligarch, arrives at a vast English country house for her first day of boarding school. She soon discovers that the headmaster gives special treatment to the skinniest girls, and Tash finds herself thrown into the school's unfamiliar, moneyed world of fierce pecking orders, eating disorders, and Instagram angst. The halls echo with the story of Princess Augusta, the White Lady whose portraits—featuring a hypnotizing black diamond—hang everywhere and whose ghost is said to haunt the dorms. It's said that she fell in love with a commoner and drowned herself in the lake. But the girls don't really know anything about the woman she was, much less anything about one another. When Tash's friend Bianca mysteriously vanishes, the routines of the school seem darker and more alien than ever before. Tash must try to stay alive—and sane—while she uncovers what's really going on. Darkly hilarious, Oligarchy is Heathers for the digital age, a Prep populated with the teenage children of the European elite, exploring youth, power, and affluence. Scarlett Thomas captures the lives of these privileged young women, in all their triviality and magnitude, seeking acceptance and control in a manipulative world.

The Pyramid of Game Design

Author : Nicholas Lovell
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429815662
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book The Pyramid of Game Design written by Nicholas Lovell and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Game design is changing. The emergence of service games on PC, mobile and console has created new expectations amongst consumers and requires new techniques from game makers. In The Pyramid of Game Design, Nicholas Lovell identifies and explains the frameworks and techniques you need to deliver fun, profitable games. Using examples of games ranging from modern free-to-play titles to the earliest arcade games, via PC strategy and traditional boxed titles, Lovell shows how game development has evolved, and provides game makers with the tools to evolve with it. Harness the Base, Retention and Superfan Layers to create a powerful Core Loop. Design the player Session to keep players playing while being respectful of their time. Accept that there are few fixed rules: just trade-offs with consequences. Adopt Agile and Lean techniques to "learn what you need you learn" quickly Use analytics, paired with design skills and player feedback, to improve the fun, engagement and profitability of your games. Adapt your marketing techniques to the reality of the service game era Consider the ethics of game design in a rapidly changing world. Lovell shows how service games require all the skills of product game development, and more. He provides a toolset for game makers of all varieties to create fun, profitable games. Filled with practical advice, memorable anecdotes and a wealth of game knowledge, the Pyramid of Game Design is a must-read for all game developers.

The Oligarchs

Author : David E Hoffman
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 161039111X
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Oligarchs written by David E Hoffman and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this saga of brilliant triumphs and magnificent failures, David E. Hoffman, the former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light on the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless men— Alexander Smolensky, Yuri Luzhkov, Anatoly Chubais, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Boris Berezovsky, and Vladimir Gusinsky—Hoffman shows how a rapacious, unruly capitalism was born out of the ashes of Soviet communism.

The Oligarchs

Author : Claes Ericson
Publisher : Stockholm Text
ISBN 13 : 9187173085
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book The Oligarchs written by Claes Ericson and published by Stockholm Text. This book was released on 2012-03-04 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oligarchs is the dramatic but serious story about how a small group of young entrepreneurs could become some of the world’s richest men and get control of the president of a fallen super-power in the process.

Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy

Author : Aristotle
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520266056
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy written by Aristotle and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection contains: Aristotle's The Constitution of Athens Xenophon's The Politeia of the Spartans The Constitution of the Athenians ascribed to Xenophon the Orator The Boeotian Constitution from the Oxyrhynchus Historian In bringing together, translating, and annotating these constitutional documents from ancient Greece thirty five years ago, J. M. Moore produced an authoritative work of the highest scholarship. An explanatory essay by classics scholar Kurt A. Raaflaub expands this indispensable collection.

Plutocracy Purgation

Author : Satria Novian
Publisher : Satria Novian Lesmana
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book Plutocracy Purgation written by Satria Novian and published by Satria Novian Lesmana. This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains meritocratic and technocratic education where citizens and governments can become more independent and professional in democracy, meritocracy, technocracy, law enforcement, integrity, independent economy, honest and fair economy, humanity, justice, peace, and harmony. This book also contains character education, political education, legal education, ethics, morals, democracy, meritocracy, autocracy, integrity, good governance, government systems, international systems, and world order.

Indie Games

Author : Bounthavy Suvilay
Publisher : Ablaze Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indie Games written by Bounthavy Suvilay and published by Ablaze Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2nd volume in the hit art book series, covering the history, artwork, and sound design of independent video games! Indie Games 2 explores the major developments in independent games since 2018. Superbly illustrated and documented, for enthusiasts and curious amateurs alike, this book gives voice to those who drive this cultural industry. Featuring exclusive interviews, and more than 300 illustrations, concept arts and unpublished sketches, through which the reader will get a glimpse behind the scenes and get answers from the key people behind the blockbuster independent video games. Discover more than 300 independent video games within, including: A Plague Tale: Innocence, A short Hike, Children of Morta, Carto, Creaks, Eastward, Factorio, Frostpunk, Genesis Noir, Haven, LUNA–The Shadow Dust, Old Man’s Journey, Return of the Obra Dinn, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Season, Slay the Spire, Spelunky 2, Untitled Goose Game, When the Past Was Around, and more…

THE AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Author : PROFESSOR DANIEL LYONS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE written by PROFESSOR DANIEL LYONS and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Russia's Oil Barons and Metal Magnates

Author : S. Fortescue
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230800742
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Russia's Oil Barons and Metal Magnates written by S. Fortescue and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia's Oil Barons and Metal Magnates contains a critical analysis of the claims made against oligarchs. In doing so, it presents a detailed analysis of the place of the oligarchs in both the metals sector and in the Russian political economy.

American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power

Author : Andrea Bernstein
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324001887
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power written by Andrea Bernstein and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absorbing, novelistic, and powerfully affecting work of history and investigative journalism that tracks the unraveling of American democracy. In American Oligarchs, award-winning investigative journalist Andrea Bernstein tells the story of the Trump and Kushner families like never before. Building on her landmark reporting for the acclaimed podcast Trump, Inc. and The New Yorker, Bernstein brings to light new information about the families’ arrival as immigrants to America, their paths to success, and the business and personal lives of the president and his closest family members. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and more than one hundred thousand pages of documents, American Oligarchs details how the Trump and Kushner dynasties encouraged and profited from a system of corruption, dark money, and influence trading, and reveals the historical turning points and decisions?on taxation, regulation, white-collar crime, and campaign finance laws?that have brought us to where we are today. A new afterword examines how the two families’ transactional politics left America particularly vulnerable to the crises of 2020.

Playing the Field

Author : Sascha Pöhlmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110659409
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Playing the Field written by Sascha Pöhlmann and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-08-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Studies has only gradually turned its attention to video games in the twenty-first century, even though the medium has grown into a cultural industry that is arguably the most important force in American and global popular culture today. There is an urgent need for a substantial theoretical reflection on how the field and its object of study relate to each other. This anthology, the first of its kind, seeks to address this need by asking a dialectic question: first, how may American Studies apply its highly diverse theoretical and methodological tools to the analysis of video games, and second, how are these theories and methods in turn affected by the games? The eighteen essays offer exemplary approaches to video games from the perspective of American cultural and historical studies as they consider a broad variety of topics: the US-American games industry, Puritan rhetoric, cultural geography, mobility and race, urbanity and space, digital sports, ludic textuality, survival horror and the eighteenth-century novel, gamer culture and neoliberalism, terrorism and agency, algorithm culture, glitches, theme parks, historical guilt, visual art, sonic meaning-making, and nonverbal gameplay.

Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian

Author : Tatiana Smorodinskaya
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136787860
Total Pages : 779 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian written by Tatiana Smorodinskaya and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 779 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia is an invaluable resource on recent and contemporary Russian culture and history for students, teachers, and researchers across the disciplines.