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Author : Howard Engel
Publisher : McClelland and Stewart-Bantam
ISBN 13 : 9780770417611
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (176 download)
Download or read book The Ransom Game written by Howard Engel and published by McClelland and Stewart-Bantam. This book was released on 1982 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Howard Engel
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504016955
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Ransom Game written by Howard Engel and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has the kidnapper been kidnapped? A mystery in the detective series known for “full-bodied characters, sharp dialogue, and rich humor” (Booklist). It’s February and Ontario is frozen—along with Benny Cooperman’s private investigation business. That is, until Muriel Falkirk knocks on Cooperman’s door. Her boyfriend, Johnny Rosa, is missing. A decade earlier, Rosa had been involved in the kidnapping of an heiress. He was sent to prison and the ransom money was never recovered—and now that he’s out on parole, he’s nowhere to be found. As it turns out, Cooperman isn’t the only one on his trail . . . From the Arthur Ellis Award-winning author of The Suicide Murders, this is a witty, compelling mystery “steadily enlivened by Engel’s unassuming style and the textured personality (a kind of Donald Lamm/Lew Archer amalgam with Jewish overtones) of likable Benny” (Kirkus Reviews). “Mr. Engel is a born writer, a natural stylist. This is a writer who can bring a character to life in a few lines.” —Ruth Rendell The Ransom Game is the second book in the Benny Cooperman Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Author : Howard Engel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (251 download)
Download or read book The Ransom Game written by Howard Engel and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Howard Engel
Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143179845
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Ransom Game written by Howard Engel and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benny Cooperman is slowly going crazy. It’s winter in Grantham, Ontario, and he has nothing better to do than watch the frost creeping in under his door. Nothing, that is, until blue-eyed, long-legged Muriel Falkirk enters his office because her boyfriend, the notorious Johnny Rosa, has gone missing. It’s been ten years since Johnny pulled off a sensational kidnapping, and he’s served his time. But now he’s skipped parole—or been murdered—and Muriel wants to know where he is. But a lot of other people do, too, most of them interested in the unrecovered half-million-dollar ransom. Benny joins The Ransom Game in this witty and intriguing thriller only to discover that nobody plays by the rules. Book 2 in the Benny Cooperman Mystery series.
Author : Howard Engel
Publisher : CNIB
ISBN 13 : 9780312663834
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (638 download)
Download or read book The Ransom Game written by Howard Engel and published by CNIB. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Breanne A. Kirsch
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786474912
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Games in Libraries written by Breanne A. Kirsch and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Librarians are beginning to see the importance of game based learning and the incorporation of games into library services. This book is written for them--so they can use games to improve people's understanding and enjoyment of the library. Full of practical suggestions, the essays discuss not only innovative uses of games in libraries but also the game making process. The contributors are all well versed in games and game-based learning and a variety of different types of libraries are considered. The essays will inspire librarians and educators to get into this exciting new area of patron and student services.
Author : Joseph E. Harrington, Jr.
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN 13 : 1464156905
Total Pages : 731 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (641 download)
Download or read book Games, Strategies, and Decision Making written by Joseph E. Harrington, Jr. and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for majors courses in economics, business, political science, and international relations, but accessible to students across the undergraduate spectrum, Joseph Harrington's innovative textbook makes the tools and applications of game theory and strategic reasoning both fascinating and easy to understand. Each chapter focuses a specific strategic situation as a way of introducing core concepts informally at first, then more fully, with a minimum of mathematics. At the heart of the book is a diverse collection of strategic scenarios, not only from business and politics, but from history, fiction, sports, and everyday life as well. With this approach, students don't just learn clever answers to puzzles, but instead acquire genuine insights into human behavior
Author : Mary Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Play's the Thing written by Mary Davis and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Waddell
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1635258286
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Ransom written by David Waddell and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight children from four wealthy families are kidnapped in New York City on New Year's Eve in 1885. Just when the children's parents had given up all hope of ever seeing their children again, they each received a letter from the kidnappers with two demands, which must be met in order to secure the release of their children. The first demand requires a large ransom to be delivered to the kidnappers at a place to be determined. The second demand requires that four Christian men, whom the kidnappers will choose, must deliver the ransom and if it's delivered by anyone else, all the children that were kidnapped will be killed. News of the large ransom spreads quickly throughout the United States, and every outlaw wants to get their hands on it before it gets to the kidnappers. Can the ransom get through to the kidnappers and save the children's lives, or will the kidnappers kill their young captives because the ransom was never delivered to them or was delivered by someone other than the four Christian men that were chosen to deliver it?
Author : Herbert Gintis
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400830079
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Game Theory Evolving written by Herbert Gintis and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-26 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original publication in 2000, Game Theory Evolving has been considered the best textbook on evolutionary game theory. This completely revised and updated second edition of Game Theory Evolving contains new material and shows students how to apply game theory to model human behavior in ways that reflect the special nature of sociality and individuality. The textbook continues its in-depth look at cooperation in teams, agent-based simulations, experimental economics, the evolution and diffusion of preferences, and the connection between biology and economics. Recognizing that students learn by doing, the textbook introduces principles through practice. Herbert Gintis exposes students to the techniques and applications of game theory through a wealth of sophisticated and surprisingly fun-to-solve problems involving human and animal behavior. The second edition includes solutions to the problems presented and information related to agent-based modeling. In addition, the textbook incorporates instruction in using mathematical software to solve complex problems. Game Theory Evolving is perfect for graduate and upper-level undergraduate economics students, and is a terrific introduction for ambitious do-it-yourselfers throughout the behavioral sciences. Revised and updated edition relevant for courses across disciplines Perfect for graduate and upper-level undergraduate economics courses Solutions to problems presented throughout Incorporates instruction in using computational software for complex problem solving Includes in-depth discussions of agent-based modeling
Author : Mia Consalvo
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262353636
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)
Download or read book Real Games written by Mia Consalvo and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we talk about games as real or not-real, and how that shapes what games are made and who is invited to play them. In videogame criticism, the worst insult might be “That's not a real game!” For example, “That's not a real game, it's on Facebook!” and “That's not a real game, it's a walking simulator!” But how do people judge what is a real game and what is not—what features establish a game's gameness? In this engaging book, Mia Consalvo and Christopher Paul examine the debates about the realness or not-realness of videogames and find that these discussions shape what games get made and who is invited to play them. Consalvo and Paul look at three main areas often viewed as determining a game's legitimacy: the game's pedigree (its developer), the content of the game itself, and the game's payment structure. They find, among other things, that even developers with a track record are viewed with suspicion if their games are on suspect platforms. They investigate game elements that are potentially troublesome for a game's gameness, including genres, visual aesthetics, platform, and perceived difficulty. And they explore payment models, particularly free-to-play—held by some to be a marker of illegitimacy. Finally, they examine the debate around such so-called walking simulators as Dear Esther and Gone Home. And finally, they consider what purpose is served by labeling certain games “real."
Author : Malcolm Murray
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402058551
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Moral Wager written by Malcolm Murray and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the following chapters, I offer an evolutionary account of morality and from that extrapolate a version of contractarianism I call consent theory. Game theory helps to highlight the evolution of morality as a resolution of interpersonal conflicts under strategic negotiation. It is this emphasis on strategic negotiation that underwrites the idea of consent. Consent theory differs from other contractarian models by abandoning reliance on rational self-interest in favour of evolutionary adaptation. From this, more emphasis will be placed on consent as natural convergence rather than consent as an idealization. My picture of contractarianism, then, ends up looking more like the relativist model offered by Harman, rather than the rational (or pseudo-rational) model offered by Gauthier, let alone the Kantian brands of Rawls or Scanlon. So at least some of my discussion will dwell on why it is no loss to abandon hope for the universal, categorical morality that rational models promise. In the introduction, I offer the betting analogy that underwrites the remaining picture. There are some bets where the expected utility is positive, though the odds of winning on this particular occasion are exceedingly low. In such cases, we cannot hope to give an argument that taking the bet is rational. The only thing we can say is that those predisposed to take this kind of bet on these kinds of occasions will do better than those with other dispositions, so long as such games occur often enough.
Author : James D. Miller
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 007142900X
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (714 download)
Download or read book Game Theory at Work written by James D. Miller and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-03-22 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-follow, non-technical approach to using game theory in every business battle Game theory has become entrenched in today's business world. It has also often required oppressive and incomprehensible mathematics. Game Theory at Work steers around math and pedagogy to make this innovative tool accessible to a larger audience and allow all levels of business to use it to both improve decision-making skills and eliminate potentially lethal uncertainty. This proven tool requires everyone in an organization to look at the competition, guage his or her own responses to their actions, and then establish an appropriate strategy. Game Theory at Work will help business leaders at all levels improve their overall performance in: Negotiating Decision making Establishing strategic alliances Marketing Positioning Branding Pricing
Author : Torill Elvira Mortensen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317574451
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book The Dark Side of Game Play written by Torill Elvira Mortensen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Games allow players to experiment and play with subject positions, values and moral choice. In game worlds players can take on the role of antagonists; they allow us to play with behaviour that would be offensive, illegal or immoral if it happened outside of the game sphere. While contemporary games have always handled certain problematic topics, such as war, disasters, human decay, post-apocalyptic futures, cruelty and betrayal, lately even the most playful of genres are introducing situations in which players are presented with difficult ethical and moral dilemmas. This volume is an investigation of "dark play" in video games, or game play with controversial themes as well as controversial play behaviour. It covers such questions as: Why do some games stir up political controversies? How do games invite, or even push players towards dark play through their design? Where are the boundaries for what can be presented in a games? Are these boundaries different from other media such as film and books, and if so why? What is the allure of dark play and why do players engage in these practices?
Author : Paolo Mori
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031378075
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)
Download or read book Information Systems Security and Privacy written by Paolo Mori and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes extended and revised versions of selected papers from the 7th and 8th edition of the International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP 2021 and ICISSP 2022). ICISSP 2021 and 2022 was held as an online event due to the Covid-19 pandemic, from February 11–13, 2021 and February 9–11, 2022. respectively. The 6 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 217 submissions. The ICISSP 2021 and 2022 book contains extended and revised version of proceedings papers dealing with information systems security and privacy.
Author : Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698167171
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book A King's Ransom written by Sharon Kay Penman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharon Kay Penman follows up her acclaimed novel Lionheart with this vivid and heart-wrenching New York Times bestseller about the last event-filled years in the life of Richard I of England, Coeur de Lion. November 1192. After his bloody crusade in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Richard and his crew are overcome by a sudden storm, its fierce winds propelling the ship onto the Sicilian shore. But this misfortune is just the beginning. Forced to make a dangerous choice, Richard finds himself in enemy territory, where he is captured—in violation of the papal decree protecting all crusaders—and handed over to the Holy Roman Emperor. Imprisoned in the notorious fortress at Trifels, from which few ever leave alive, Richard, for the first time in his life, experiences pure, visceral fear—while his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, moves heaven and earth to secure his release. Amid betrayals, intrigues, infidelities, wars, and illness, Richard’s courage and intelligence will become legend.
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Publisher : Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Ransom of Red Chief written by and published by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
