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Raising the Stakes

Author : T. L. Taylor
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262527588
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Raising the Stakes written by T. L. Taylor and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a form of play becomes a sport: players, agents, referees, leagues, tournaments, sponsorships, and spectators, and the culture of professional computer game play. Competitive video and computer game play is nothing new: the documentary King of Kong memorably portrays a Donkey Kong player's attempts to achieve the all-time highest score; the television show Starcade (1982–1984) featured competitions among arcade game players; and first-person shooter games of the 1990s became multiplayer through network play. A new development in the world of digital gaming, however, is the emergence of professional computer game play, complete with star players, team owners, tournaments, sponsorships, and spectators. In Raising the Stakes, T. L. Taylor explores the emerging scene of professional computer gaming and the accompanying efforts to make a sport out of this form of play. In the course of her explorations, Taylor travels to tournaments, including the World Cyber Games Grand Finals (which considers itself the computer gaming equivalent of the Olympics), and interviews participants from players to broadcasters. She examines pro-gaming, with its highly paid players, play-by-play broadcasts, and mass audience; discusses whether or not e-sports should even be considered sports; traces the player's path from amateur to professional (and how a hobby becomes work); and describes the importance of leagues, teams, owners, organizers, referees, sponsors, and fans in shaping the structure and culture of pro-gaming. Taylor connects professional computer gaming to broader issues: our notions of play, work, and sport; the nature of spectatorship; the influence of money on sports. And she examines the ongoing struggle over the gendered construction of play through the lens of male-dominated pro-gaming. Ultimately, the evolution of professional computer gaming illuminates the contemporary struggle to convert playful passions into serious play.

Raising the Stakes

Author : Autumn Reed
Publisher : Autumn Reed
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Raising the Stakes written by Autumn Reed and published by Autumn Reed. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If I've learned anything in my twenty-one years, it's how to play it safe. My rules are simple... Don't lose sight of the prize in your last year of college. Don't get distracted by the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas. And don't fall for guys who make you question everything. I've been doing so well, too...until my best friend drags me to a trendy Vegas nightclub to celebrate the beginning of winter break. I might be wearing my sexiest dress, but that doesn't explain why I've caught the attention of three men who are too rich, too arrogant, and too hot for their own good. And they're not giving up. I know Shane, Nicholas, and Cole are keeping secrets from me. The question is—why? Blame it on my journalistic instincts, but I can't resist figuring out what they're up to. If I'm forced to go on a series of extravagant dates to find the answers I'm seeking, so be it. All in the name of research, right? But I probably should have reminded myself not to get in too deep. If I'm not careful, I won't only break my rules—I'll risk my heart. **Raising the Stakes is the first book in the Risking It trilogy, a reverse harem romance. It was previously published as a 35,000 word novella and was updated in October 2021 with 15,000 words of new content.

Raising the Stakes

Author : Brian J. Caldwell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134069766
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Raising the Stakes written by Brian J. Caldwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking new ground by showing how to deploy all available resources – from finance to staff to culture to other organisations, Raising the Stakes provides an understanding of the breadth of resources that are needed in order to provide a quality education to all students.

How to Write a Novel

Author : Nathan Bransford
Publisher : Nathan Bransford
ISBN 13 : 173414940X
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book How to Write a Novel written by Nathan Bransford and published by Nathan Bransford. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and former literary agent Nathan Bransford shares his secrets for creating killer plots, fleshing out your first ideas, crafting compelling characters, and staying sane in the process. Read the guide that New York Times bestselling author Ransom Riggs called "The best how-to-write-a-novel book I've read."

Deaf Gain

Author : H-Dirksen L. Bauman
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452942048
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Deaf Gain written by H-Dirksen L. Bauman and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deaf people are usually regarded by the hearing world as having a lack, as missing a sense. Yet a definition of deaf people based on hearing loss obscures a wealth of ways in which societies have benefited from the significant contributions of deaf people. In this bold intervention into ongoing debates about disability and what it means to be human, experts from a variety of disciplines—neuroscience, linguistics, bioethics, history, cultural studies, education, public policy, art, and architecture—advance the concept of Deaf Gain and challenge assumptions about what is normal. Through their in-depth articulation of Deaf Gain, the editors and authors of this pathbreaking volume approach deafness as a distinct way of being in the world, one which opens up perceptions, perspectives, and insights that are less common to the majority of hearing persons. For example, deaf individuals tend to have unique capabilities in spatial and facial recognition, peripheral processing, and the detection of images. And users of sign language, which neuroscientists have shown to be biologically equivalent to speech, contribute toward a robust range of creative expression and understanding. By framing deafness in terms of its intellectual, creative, and cultural benefits, Deaf Gain recognizes physical and cognitive difference as a vital aspect of human diversity. Contributors: David Armstrong; Benjamin Bahan, Gallaudet U; Hansel Bauman, Gallaudet U; John D. Bonvillian, U of Virginia; Alison Bryan; Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Gallaudet U; Cindee Calton; Debra Cole; Matthew Dye, U of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign; Steve Emery; Ofelia García, CUNY; Peter C. Hauser, Rochester Institute of Technology; Geo Kartheiser; Caroline Kobek Pezzarossi; Christopher Krentz, U of Virginia; Annelies Kusters; Irene W. Leigh, Gallaudet U; Elizabeth M. Lockwood, U of Arizona; Summer Loeffler; Mara Lúcia Massuti, Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil; Donna A. Morere, Gallaudet U; Kati Morton; Ronice Müller de Quadros, U Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil; Donna Jo Napoli, Swarthmore College; Jennifer Nelson, Gallaudet U; Laura-Ann Petitto, Gallaudet U; Suvi Pylvänen, Kymenlaakso U of Applied Sciences; Antti Raike, Aalto U; Päivi Rainò, U of Applied Sciences Humak; Katherine D. Rogers; Clara Sherley-Appel; Kristin Snoddon, U of Alberta; Karin Strobel, U Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil; Hilary Sutherland; Rachel Sutton-Spence, U of Bristol, England; James Tabery, U of Utah; Jennifer Grinder Witteborg; Mark Zaurov.

Raising the Stakes

Author : Trudee Romanek
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1459807812
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book Raising the Stakes written by Trudee Romanek and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s the start of a new season for Harrington High’s improv team—and Chloe is determined that this will be the year they make it all the way to the top. Her teammates (who also happen to be her closest friends) are a talented bunch, and she knows they can do it. They have to. Because getting to nationals is Chloe’s best chance to prove—to her parents, to the improv scouts and, most of all, to herself—that she has what it takes to succeed. Chloe is doing everything she can to help her teammates perform better. So why are they all mad at her?

Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow

Author : Nathan Bransford
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101515074
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow written by Nathan Bransford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out-of-this-world antics in this hysterical middle-grade adventure! Sixth-grader Jacob Wonderbar is a master when it comes to disarming and annihilating substitute teachers. But when he and his best friends, Sarah and Dexter, swap a spaceship for a corn dog, they embark on an outer space adventure. And between breaking the universe with an epic explosion, being kidnapped by a space pirate, and surviving a planet that reeks of burp breath, Jacob and his friends are in way over their heads. Action packed with an added dose of heart, Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow is sure to captivate middlegrade readers all over the universe.

Raising the Stakes

Author : Sandra Marton
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1460398556
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Raising the Stakes written by Sandra Marton and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a lawyer encounters the woman he’s been tasked to find, business turns to pleasure in a fiery game of winner-take-all. Wealthy attorney Gray Baron has come to Las Vegas on a mission to find a woman—Dawn Lincoln Kittredge, the long-lost grandchild of his uncle. But feisty Dawn is not about to make anything easy for him. After being hurt in the past, Dawn is wary of strangers, even gorgeous, sexy ones like Gray. But mutual suspicion doesn’t stop an undeniable passion from igniting between them. As the tension mounts, all bets are off . . .

Raising the Stakes

Author : Peter Coaldrake
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702258458
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Raising the Stakes written by Peter Coaldrake and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully revised new edition probes the state of Australian higher education and its future. Peter Coaldrake and Lawrence Stedman's seminal and comprehensive analysis of the challenges faced by the higher education sector has been updated with revisions and a new chapter that addresses current policy and proposed reforms. They argue that neither the market nor central government will be able to shape higher education in an optimal way. Facing greater competition and reduced prospects for public funding, universities themselves must provide the impetus and take responsibility for change as they adapt to complex and uncertain futures.

Writing Irresistible Kidlit

Author : Mary Kole
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1599635763
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Writing Irresistible Kidlit written by Mary Kole and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captivate the hearts and minds of young adult readers! Writing for young adult (YA) and middle grade (MG) audiences isn't just "kid's stuff" anymore--it's kidlit! The YA and MG book markets are healthier and more robust than ever, and that means the competition is fiercer, too. In Writing Irresistible Kidlit, literary agent Mary Kole shares her expertise on writing novels for young adult and middle grade readers and teaches you how to: • Recognize the differences between middle grade and young adult audiences and how it impacts your writing. • Tailor your manuscript's tone, length, and content to your readership. • Avoid common mistakes and cliches that are prevalent in YA and MG fiction, in respect to characters, story ideas, plot structure and more. • Develop themes and ideas in your novel that will strike emotional chords. Mary Kole's candid commentary and insightful observations, as well as a collection of book excerpts and personal insights from bestselling authors and editors who specialize in the children's book market, are invaluable tools for your kidlit career. If you want the skills, techniques, and know-how you need to craft memorable stories for teens and tweens, Writing Irresistible Kidlit can give them to you.

The First 50 Pages

Author : Jeff Gerke
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 159963287X
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The First 50 Pages written by Jeff Gerke and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking writing success? Start at the beginning... Whether you’re looking to get published or just hoping to hook your reader, first impressions are vital. Compelling opening scenes are the key to catching an agent or editor’s attention, and are crucial for keeping your reader engaged. As a writer, what you do in your opening pages, and how you do it, is a matter that cannot be left to chance. The First 50 Pages is here to help you craft a strong beginning right from the start. You’ll learn how to: • introduce your main character • establish your story world • set up the plot’s conflict • begin your hero’s inner journey • write an amazing opening line and terrific first page • and more This helpful guide walks you through the tasks your first 50 pages must accomplish in order to avoid leaving readers disoriented, frustrated, or bored. Don’t let your reader put your book down before ever seeing its beauty. Let The First 50 Pages show you how to begin your novel with the skill and intentionality that will land you a book deal, and keep readers’ eyes glued to the page.

Raising Standards Or Raising Barriers?

Author : Gary Orfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Raising Standards Or Raising Barriers? written by Gary Orfield and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More and more states require students to pass large-scale tests as a condition of promotion or graduation. What forces have pushed high-stakes testing to the forefront of educational policy? Are such tests the best way to gauge educational attainment? This book examines the economic and educational assumptions underlying the call for high-stakes tests.

Raising the Stakes

Author : Jess Dee
Publisher : Book Boutiques
ISBN 13 : 1946363626
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Raising the Stakes written by Jess Dee and published by Book Boutiques. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play out the hand her way...or fold? He need to think long and hard about the rules of this game, and it’s not poker rules he’s worried about. Raising the Stakes, Book 2 of the Three of a Kind series from multi-award winning, bestselling, contemporary erotic romance author Jess Dee is a passion filled ménage romance that will leave you breathless. It's taken Desmond Reed four years to finally see what's been right in front of him all this time: his best friend, Megan Loxley. But he's waited too long. Megan’s fallen for his poker buddy, Alex Truman. Des wants to grab hold of Megan and haul her as far away from Alex as he can get her. Only Alex isn’t letting Megan go for all the chips on the table. Des can play his hand and reveal his true feelings, but the wager is huge. He stands to lose his best friend...or win the biggest jackpot of his life. Then Megan raises the stakes. She loves Alex, but she loves Des too. Rather than give one of them up, she’s betting on both men. Now Des has a choice: stick around and play by Megan’s rules, or forfeit his hand—the woman he loves—to another man. This contemporary erotic romance contains a ménage, dating & relationships, gambling & poker, adult themes, and is not intended for readers under the age of 18. Previously Published: (2010) Samhain Publishing

Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Hold'em

Author : Jonathan Little
Publisher : D&B Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1909457795
Total Pages : 687 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Hold'em written by Jonathan Little and published by D&B Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Small Stakes Hold 'em

Author : David Sklansky
Publisher : Two Plus Two Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781880685327
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Small Stakes Hold 'em written by David Sklansky and published by Two Plus Two Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2004 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For today's poker players, Texas hold 'em is the game. Every day, tens of thousands of small stakes hold 'em games are played all over the world in homes, card rooms, and on the Internet. These games can be very profitable -- if you play well. But most people don't play well and end up leaving their money on the table. Small Stakes Hold 'em: Winning Big with Expert Play explains everything you need to be a big winner. Unlike many other books about small stakes games, it teaches the aggressive and attacking style used by all professional players. However, it does not simply tell you to play aggressively; it shows you exactly how to make expert decisions through numerous clear and detailed examples. Small Stakes Hold 'em teaches you to think like a professional player. Topics include implied odds, pot equity, speculative hands, position, the importance of being suited, hand categories, counting outs, evaluating the flop, large pots versus small pots, protecting your hand, betting for value on the river, and playing overcards. In addition, after you learn the winning concepts, test your skills with over fifty hand quizzes that present you with common and critical hold 'em decisions. Choose your action, then compare it to the authors' play and reasoning. This text presents cutting-edge ideas in straightforward language. It is the most thorough and accurate discussion of small stakes hold 'em available. Your opponents will read this book; make sure you do, too!

Love, Money, and Parenting

Author : Matthias Doepke
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691210160
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Love, Money, and Parenting written by Matthias Doepke and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doepke and Zilibotti investigate how economic forces shape how parents raise their children. They show that in countries with increasing economic inequality, such as the United States, parents push harder to ensure their children have a path to security and success. Economics has transformed the hands-off parenting of the 1960s and '70s into a frantic, overscheduled activity. Growing inequality has also resulted in an increasing 'parenting gap' between richer and poorer families, raising the disturbing prospect of diminished social mobility and fewer opportunities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The authors discuss how investments in early childhood development and the design of education systems factor into the parenting equation, and how economics can help shape policies that will contribute to the ideal of equal opportunity for all. --From publisher description.

High Stakes

Author : Jessica Cattelino
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822391309
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book High Stakes written by Jessica Cattelino and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1979, Florida Seminoles opened the first tribally operated high-stakes bingo hall in North America. At the time, their annual budget stood at less than $2 million. By 2006, net income from gaming had surpassed $600 million. This dramatic shift from poverty to relative economic security has created tangible benefits for tribal citizens, including employment, universal health insurance, and social services. Renewed political self-governance and economic strength have reversed decades of U.S. settler-state control. At the same time, gaming has brought new dilemmas to reservation communities and triggered outside accusations that Seminoles are sacrificing their culture by embracing capitalism. In High Stakes, Jessica R. Cattelino tells the story of Seminoles’ complex efforts to maintain politically and culturally distinct values in a time of new prosperity. Cattelino presents a vivid ethnographic account of the history and consequences of Seminole gaming. Drawing on research conducted with tribal permission, she describes casino operations, chronicles the everyday life and history of the Seminole Tribe, and shares the insights of individual Seminoles. At the same time, she unravels the complex connections among cultural difference, economic power, and political rights. Through analyses of Seminole housing, museum and language programs, legal disputes, and everyday activities, she shows how Seminoles use gaming revenue to enact their sovereignty. They do so in part, she argues, through relations of interdependency with others. High Stakes compels rethinking of the conditions of indigeneity, the power of money, and the meaning of sovereignty.