Author: Boston George Publisher: Urban Books ISBN: 1599831279 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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Pop is a young kid from the projects looking for a way to make a quick dollar, and an even quicker way to escape from his crazy mother's house. His whole life takes a turn when he bumps into Fresh, the neighborhood dope man who's on the lookout for a tough soldier he can trust and depend on. When their paths cross, the two immediately bond, but when trust issues, two sisters, and a freshly released convict come into the picture, things hit the fan faster than a New York minute. Pop's courage, loyalty, and heart get put to the test when he has to decide how far he's willing to go in order to come up.
Author: Hope Phillips Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 88
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What is loyalty? The quality of being loyal right? Well, we have all heard the saying that everybody isn't loyal and that you can't show everybody love, whether it's family or not. The ones that you think have your best interest at heart will be the ones to betray you the most. Take a ride with two cousins from Mississippi named Imani and Harmony and you will understand just what I mean. You would think that they would have an unbreakable bond but that couldn't be further from the truth. In this tell you will know all about being Knee Deep in the Game and why showing love could get you fucked up in the worst way.
Author: Dafydd ab Hugh Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439117330 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 230
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From two Nebula nominees—the first novel in a terrifying space epic based on the classic game featuring Marine Corporal Flynn Taggart . . . The Gates were there on Phobos when mankind first arrived. Inert, unyielding, impossibly alien constructs, for twenty years they sat lifeless, mute testaments to their long-vanished creators, their secrets hidden. Then one day, they sprang to life . . . Meet Corporal Flynn Taggart, United States Marine Corps; serial number 888-23-9912. He’s the best warrior the twenty-first century has to offer, which is a damn good thing. Because Flynn Taggart is all that’s standing between the hell that just dropped in on Mars and an unsuspecting planet Earth . . .
Author: Dafydd ab Hugh Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0671525557 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 260
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This is the first chapter of the legendary space opera based on the bestselling computer game. From the Gateways between the two moons came strange, garbled messages for help--then nothing. So you secured the outer rim, while the command--your buddies--went inside. Those last radio glitches race through your mind--the gut-wrenching screams. Now you're alone.
Author: Bobby Mcelrath Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 152452557X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 165
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Ever felt that the way you are living is not the life you wanted? JJ had been feeling this way his whole life. After his drunk and abusive father left him, with his mother and his big brother, he felt it was up to him to take care of his family. As JJ went through life, he encountered many situations that he did not want. But just like life, you rolled on or got rolled over. JJ chose to roll on, and as society failed him, he realized that he didnt choose the game but that the game chose him. Join JJ on his struggle through life and whats right and wrong. Follow him as he transitions from a scared little boy to a self-made man. How will it all play out? You got to read to find out.
Author: Charles R. Gruner Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351482378 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 212
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Humor, wit, and laughter surround each person. From everyday quips to the carefully contrived comedy of literature, newspapers, and television we experience humor in many forms, yet the impetus for our laughter is far from innocuous. Misfortune, stupidity, and moral or cultural defects, however faintly revealed in others and ourselves, seem to make us laugh. Although discomforting, such negative terms as superiority, aggression, hostility, ridicule, or degradation can be applied to instances of humor. According to scholars, Thomas Hobbes's "superiority theory"?that humor arises from mischances, infirmities, and indecencies, where there is no wit at all?applies to most humor. With the exception of good-natured play, Charles R. Gruner claims that humor is rarely as innocent as it first appears.Gruner's proposed superiority theory of humor is all-encompassing. In The Game of Humor, he expands the scope of Hobbes's theory to include and explore the contest aspect of "good-natured" play. As such, the author believes all instances of humor can be examined as games, in terms of competition and keeping score?winners and losers. Gruner draws on a broad spectrum of thought-provoking examples. Holocaust jokes, sexual humor, the racialist dialogue of such comic characters as Stepin Fetchit and Archie Bunker, simple puns, and many of the author's own encounters with everyday humor. Gruner challenges the reader to offer a single example of humor that cannot be "de-humorized" by its agonistic nature.The Game of Humor makes intriguing and enjoyable reading for people interested in humor and the aspects of human motivation. This book will also be valuable to professionals in communication and information studies, sociologists, literary critics and linguists, and psychologists concerned with the conflicts and tensions of everyday life.
Author: Dan Pinchbeck Publisher: University of Michigan Press ISBN: 0472900269 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 199
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In December 1993, gaming changed forever. id Software's seminal shooter DOOM was released, and it shook the foundations of the medium. Daniel Pinchbeck brings together the complete story of DOOM for the first time. This book takes a look at the early days of first-person gaming and the video game studio system. It discusses the prototypes and the groundbreaking technology that drove the game forward and offers a detailed analysis of gameplay and level design. Pinchbeck also examines DOOM's contributions to wider gaming culture, such as online multiplay and the modding community, and the first-person gaming genre, focusing on DOOM's status as a foundational title and the development of the genre since 1993. Pinchbeck draws extensively from primary data: from the game itself, from the massive fan culture surrounding the title, and from interviews with the developers who made it. This book is not only the definitive work on DOOM but a snapshot of a period of gaming history, a manifesto for a development ethos, and a celebration of game culture at its best.
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