Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames (Bogost Ian)(Paperback)

Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames (Bogost Ian)(Paperback)

An exploration of the way videogames mount arguments and make expressive statements about the world that analyzes their unique persuasive power in terms of their computational properties.Videogames are an expressive medium, and a persuasive medium; they represent how real and imagined systems work,

Alien Phenomenology, or What It's Like to Be a Thing (Bogost Ian)(Paperback)

Humanity has sat at the center of philosophical thinking for too long. The recent advent of environmental philosophy and posthuman studies has widened our scope of inquiry to include ecosystems, animals, and artificial intelligence. Yet the vast majority of the stuff in our universe, and even in

Persuasive Writing - How to harness the power of words (Frederick Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Rugby: Talking A Good Game - The Perfect Gift for Rugby Fans (Robertson Ian)(Paperback / softback)

The autobiography of legendary rugby commentator Ian

The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in a Climate Emergency (Ison Ray)(Paperback)

The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in a Climate Emergency is a persuasive, lively book that shows how systems thinking can be harnessed to effect profound, complex change.In the age of the Anthropocene, the need for new ways of thinking and acting has become urgent. But patterns of

Ideology and the Virtual City: Videogames, Power Fantasies and Neoliberalism (Bailes Jon)(Paperback)

'insanely readable...an instant classic for everyone who wants to understand not just games but our reality itself.' Slavoj Zizek Ideology and the Virtual City is an exploration of modern society and the critical value of popular culture. It combines a prescient social theory that describes how

Nature-Based Expressive Arts Therapy: Integrating the Expressive Arts and Ecotherapy (Atkins Sally)(Paperback)

Responding to the increased interest in the integration of expressive arts and ecotherapy, this book presents a nature based approach to expressive arts work. It provides an overview of the two fields, emphasizing how they can enrich and learn from each other, and highlights attitudes and practices

Design for the Mind: Seven Psychological Principles of Persuasive Design (Yocco Victor)(Paperback)

Summary Design for the Mind: Seven Psychological Principles of Persuasive Design teaches web designers and developers how to create sites and applications that appeal to our innate natural responses as humans. Author Victor Yocco, a researcher on psychology and communication, introduces the most

Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984 (Burnham Van)(Paperback)

A gloriously illustrated history of the videogame and its legacy for both our mindscapes and video technology.It was a time when technology was king, status was determined by your high score, and videogames were blitzing the world... From Pong to Pac-Man, Asteroids to Zaxxon--more than fifty

Philosophy of Expressive Arts Therapy: Poiesis and the Therapeutic Imagination (Levine Stephen K.)(Paperback)

Laying the philosophical foundations of expressive arts therapy, this book highlights the role and importance of poiesis, the art of 'making' as a response to the world, in the expressive arts therapies as well as our own lives. The concept of poiesis was originally developed and brought into the

Public Relations, Society and the Generative Power of History (Somerville Ian)(Paperback)

Public Relations, Society and the Generative Power of History examines how histories are used to explore how the past is constructed from the present, how the present is always historical, and how both past and present can power imagined futures.Divided into three distinct parts, the book uses

Deep Learning and the Game of Go (Max Pumperla)(Paperback)

Summary Deep Learning and the Game of Go teaches you how to apply the power of deep learning to complex reasoning tasks by building a Go-playing AI. After exposing you to the foundations of machine and deep learning, you'll use Python to build a bot and then teach it the rules of the game. Foreword

Tinseltown: Hollywood and the Beautiful Game - a Match Made in Wrexham - Ian Herbert

The remarkable inside story of how two Hollywood A-listers, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, stunned the football world by buying a non-league club in North Wales. It was one of the most extraordinary takeovers British football has known. In February 2021, Ryan Reynolds joined with Rob McElhenney

Aetius: Attila's Nemesis (Hughes Ian)(Paperback)

'...a lively, often insightful account of the declining years of Roman power in the West which will be of interest to students of Roman history, the onset of the Dark ages and early Byzantine history.' - NYMAS ReviewIn AD 453 Attila, with a huge force composed of Huns, allies and vassals drawn from

Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution (Kershaw Ian)(Paperback)

A deeply insightful social history of Hitler's rise to power and the attitudes of the German people during the era of the Third Reich This book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period's most distinguished historians

Magic Is Dead: My Journey Into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians (Frisch Ian)(Paperback)

In the vein of Neil Strauss The Game and Joshua Foer s Moonwalking with Einstein comes the fascinating story of one man s colorful, mysterious, and personal journey into the world of magic, and his unlikely invitation into an underground secret society of revolutionary magicians from around the

Fighting Fantasy: Island of the Lizard King (Livingstone Ian)(Paperback / softback)

PART STORY, PART GAME - PURE ADVENTURE! You, the hero, are tasked with confronting the terrifying Lizard King and freeing the human slaves captured by his bloodthirsty army. You must discover the chink in his armour if you have any hope of defeating

Math Hysteria: Fun and Games with Mathematics (Stewart Ian)(Paperback)

Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! Math Hysteria contains twenty quirky tales of mathematical exploration by one of the world's most popular writers on mathematics. Ian Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale,

Soft Power: The New Great Game (Winder Robert)(Paperback)

In recent years the modern world has developed a brave new concept: 'soft power'. It is the power of friendly persuasion rather than command, and it invites nations to compete (as they did in the nineteenth century) to expand their 'sphere of influence' as brands in a global marketplace. In Bloody

Head on: Ian Botham: The Autobiography (Botham Ian)(Paperback)

Voted the greatest English cricketer of the 20th century by the fans, Sir Ian Botham is the English game s one true living legend and his story both on and off the pitch reads like a 'Boy s Own' rollercoaster ride. Born with a natural genius for the game, Botham began breaking records with bat and

Ian Gillan - The Autobiography of Deep Purple's Lead Singer (Gillan Ian)(Paperback / softback)

Nightmare of the Scarecrows (MacDonald Ian)(Paperback / softback)

American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony (Huntington Samuel P.)(Paperback)

This stunningly persuasive book examines the persistent, radical gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. Samuel P. Huntington shows how Americans, throughout their history as a nation, have been united by the democratic creed of liberty, equality, and

A Game Plan for Life: The Power of Mentoring (Wooden John)(Paperback)

From the legendary basketball coach who inspired generations of athletes and businesspeople, an inspiring book about the power of mentoring and being mentored. After eight books, many of them bestsellers, A Game Plan for Life was the one closest to John Wooden's heart: a moving and inspirational