Author: Ron Shandler
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1637275501
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
An entertaining and incisive chronicle from one of the foremost authorities in fantasy baseball Ron Shandler is a self-described rotoholic. In the beginning, he hoarded newspaper box scores and pored over every number at his disposal. Then came the compulsion to create his own numbers. A monthly newsletter expanded into an annual Baseball Forecaster book, which spawned a media company, websites, tournaments, and more. Part memoir, part madcap history, Fantasy Expert is a fascinating and wide-ranging look at the modern growth and development of the game that went from cottage industry to national obsession. In chronicling his own escalating journey from rotisserie baseball hobbyist to professional authority, Shandler tells parallel tales of the rise of fantasy sports, the expanding baseball information industry, the increasingly sophisticated technology employed to gain an edge, and the fellow rotoholics who make it all possible. He also delves into the impact of fantasy baseball on the sport of baseball itself.Written with humor, honesty, and a deep passion for baseball, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the history, progression, and future of fantasy baseball.
Fantasy Expert
Author: Ron Shandler
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1637275501
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
An entertaining and incisive chronicle from one of the foremost authorities in fantasy baseball Ron Shandler is a self-described rotoholic. In the beginning, he hoarded newspaper box scores and pored over every number at his disposal. Then came the compulsion to create his own numbers. A monthly newsletter expanded into an annual Baseball Forecaster book, which spawned a media company, websites, tournaments, and more. Part memoir, part madcap history, Fantasy Expert is a fascinating and wide-ranging look at the modern growth and development of the game that went from cottage industry to national obsession. In chronicling his own escalating journey from rotisserie baseball hobbyist to professional authority, Shandler tells parallel tales of the rise of fantasy sports, the expanding baseball information industry, the increasingly sophisticated technology employed to gain an edge, and the fellow rotoholics who make it all possible. He also delves into the impact of fantasy baseball on the sport of baseball itself.Written with humor, honesty, and a deep passion for baseball, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the history, progression, and future of fantasy baseball.
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1637275501
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
An entertaining and incisive chronicle from one of the foremost authorities in fantasy baseball Ron Shandler is a self-described rotoholic. In the beginning, he hoarded newspaper box scores and pored over every number at his disposal. Then came the compulsion to create his own numbers. A monthly newsletter expanded into an annual Baseball Forecaster book, which spawned a media company, websites, tournaments, and more. Part memoir, part madcap history, Fantasy Expert is a fascinating and wide-ranging look at the modern growth and development of the game that went from cottage industry to national obsession. In chronicling his own escalating journey from rotisserie baseball hobbyist to professional authority, Shandler tells parallel tales of the rise of fantasy sports, the expanding baseball information industry, the increasingly sophisticated technology employed to gain an edge, and the fellow rotoholics who make it all possible. He also delves into the impact of fantasy baseball on the sport of baseball itself.Written with humor, honesty, and a deep passion for baseball, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the history, progression, and future of fantasy baseball.
The Burning Wheel
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983645801
Category : Burning Wheel (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983645801
Category : Burning Wheel (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
The Burning White
Author: Brent Weeks
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 0316251283
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1269
Book Description
In this stunning conclusion to the epic New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series, kingdoms clash as Kip struggles to escape his family's shadow in order to protect the land and people he loves. Gavin Guile, once the most powerful man the world had ever seen, has been laid low. He's lost his magic, and now he is on a suicide mission. Failure will condemn the woman he loves. Success will condemn his entire empire. As the White King springs his great traps and the Chromeria itself is threatened by treason and siege, Kip Guile must gather his forces, rally his allies, and scramble to return for one impossible final stand. The long-awaited epic conclusion of Brent Weeks's New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series. Lightbringer The Black Prism The Blinding Knife The Broken Eye The Blood MirrorThe Burning White For more from Brent Weeks, check out: Night Angel The Way of Shadows Shadow's Edge Beyond the Shadows The Night Angel Trilogy: 10th Anniversary EditionNight Angel: The Complete Trilogy (omnibus)Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella The Way of Shadows: The Graphic Novel
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 0316251283
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1269
Book Description
In this stunning conclusion to the epic New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series, kingdoms clash as Kip struggles to escape his family's shadow in order to protect the land and people he loves. Gavin Guile, once the most powerful man the world had ever seen, has been laid low. He's lost his magic, and now he is on a suicide mission. Failure will condemn the woman he loves. Success will condemn his entire empire. As the White King springs his great traps and the Chromeria itself is threatened by treason and siege, Kip Guile must gather his forces, rally his allies, and scramble to return for one impossible final stand. The long-awaited epic conclusion of Brent Weeks's New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series. Lightbringer The Black Prism The Blinding Knife The Broken Eye The Blood MirrorThe Burning White For more from Brent Weeks, check out: Night Angel The Way of Shadows Shadow's Edge Beyond the Shadows The Night Angel Trilogy: 10th Anniversary EditionNight Angel: The Complete Trilogy (omnibus)Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella The Way of Shadows: The Graphic Novel
Peace and Turmoil
Author: Elliot Brooks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733664301
Category : Imaginary places
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Peace and Turmoil is the first installment in an epic fantasy series following heirs from across the land of Abra'am as they try to navigate magic, politics, and fiends.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733664301
Category : Imaginary places
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Peace and Turmoil is the first installment in an epic fantasy series following heirs from across the land of Abra'am as they try to navigate magic, politics, and fiends.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Author: David Farland
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429911980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Volume Two of The Runelords Raj Ahtan, ruler of Indhopal, has used enough forcibles to transform himself into the ultimate warrior: The Sum of All Men. Ahtan seeks to bring all of humanity under his rule-destroying anything and anyone that stood in his path, including many friends and allies of young Prince Gaborn Val Orden. But Gaborn has fulfilled a two-thousand-year-old prophecy, becoming the Earth King-a mythic figure who can unleash the forces of the Earth itself. And now the struggle continues. Gaborn has managed to drive off Raj Ahtan, but Ahtan is far from defeated. Striking at far-flung cities and fortresses and killing dedicates, Ahtan seeks to draw out the Earth King from his seat of power, to crush him. But as they weaken each other's forces in battle, the armies of an ancient and implacable inhuman enemy issue forth from the very bowels of the Earth. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429911980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Volume Two of The Runelords Raj Ahtan, ruler of Indhopal, has used enough forcibles to transform himself into the ultimate warrior: The Sum of All Men. Ahtan seeks to bring all of humanity under his rule-destroying anything and anyone that stood in his path, including many friends and allies of young Prince Gaborn Val Orden. But Gaborn has fulfilled a two-thousand-year-old prophecy, becoming the Earth King-a mythic figure who can unleash the forces of the Earth itself. And now the struggle continues. Gaborn has managed to drive off Raj Ahtan, but Ahtan is far from defeated. Striking at far-flung cities and fortresses and killing dedicates, Ahtan seeks to draw out the Earth King from his seat of power, to crush him. But as they weaken each other's forces in battle, the armies of an ancient and implacable inhuman enemy issue forth from the very bowels of the Earth. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The A-Z of Science Fiction & Fantasy Films
Author: Howard Maxford
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This A-Z of science fiction films includes entries on individual films, actors, directors, screenwriters and studios, as well as information on national traits and themes, and the novels and stories that have formed the basis of the genre. As well as dealing with blockbusters such as Independence Day and Mars Attacks, the text also looks at early big budget productions such as When Worlds Collide and 2001, the inept classics of Ed Wood, Hammer films and the early work of John Carpenter.
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This A-Z of science fiction films includes entries on individual films, actors, directors, screenwriters and studios, as well as information on national traits and themes, and the novels and stories that have formed the basis of the genre. As well as dealing with blockbusters such as Independence Day and Mars Attacks, the text also looks at early big budget productions such as When Worlds Collide and 2001, the inept classics of Ed Wood, Hammer films and the early work of John Carpenter.
A Phylogenetic Fantasy
Author: Sigmund Freud
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674666351
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This volume heralds the appearance, for the first time in many years, of a totally new document by Sigmund Freud. It is the draft of a lost metapsychological paper, one of twelve essays written during World War I at the peak of the master's powers. Freud intended to publish all twelve in book form, under the title Preliminaries to a Metapsychology, and thereby set out the theoretical foundations of psychoanalysis. Scholars have long lamented the disappearance without a trace of seven of these important essays. Only in 1983 did Ilse Grubrich-Simitis happen upon this draft, in Freud's handwriting, in an old trunk containing papers and documents of his Hungarian collaborator Sándor Ferenczi. With the help of a brief letter Freud had written on the back of the last page, she soon realized that the manuscript she had found was the draft of the final paper in the series. That draft is published here in facsimile, together with a transcription in German of the facsimile and the English translation. In the first part of the draft, which is written in a kind of shorthand, Freud contrasts the three classic transference neuroses: anxiety hysteria, conversion hysteria, and obsessional neurosis. In the second part, which is written in complete sentences, Freud undertakes a daringly speculative "phylogenetic fantasy" He explores whether the debilitating illnesses of the neurotic and the psychotic today might have originated long ago as adaptive responses of the entire species to threatening environmental changes or to traumatic events in the prehistory of mankind. In the draft "Fantasy" Freud modifies and expands the line of reasoning he began in Totem and Taboo (1912-13) after an intensely productive exchange with Ferenczi about Lamarckian concepts, making this recovered draft of major significance to students not only of psychoanalysis but also of the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. Ilse Grubrich-Simitis has contributed a detailed essay, setting the overview in the context of Freud's life, his work, and his historical and scientific prominence. She quotes from relevant letters of Freud and Ferenczi, some published here for the first time.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674666351
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This volume heralds the appearance, for the first time in many years, of a totally new document by Sigmund Freud. It is the draft of a lost metapsychological paper, one of twelve essays written during World War I at the peak of the master's powers. Freud intended to publish all twelve in book form, under the title Preliminaries to a Metapsychology, and thereby set out the theoretical foundations of psychoanalysis. Scholars have long lamented the disappearance without a trace of seven of these important essays. Only in 1983 did Ilse Grubrich-Simitis happen upon this draft, in Freud's handwriting, in an old trunk containing papers and documents of his Hungarian collaborator Sándor Ferenczi. With the help of a brief letter Freud had written on the back of the last page, she soon realized that the manuscript she had found was the draft of the final paper in the series. That draft is published here in facsimile, together with a transcription in German of the facsimile and the English translation. In the first part of the draft, which is written in a kind of shorthand, Freud contrasts the three classic transference neuroses: anxiety hysteria, conversion hysteria, and obsessional neurosis. In the second part, which is written in complete sentences, Freud undertakes a daringly speculative "phylogenetic fantasy" He explores whether the debilitating illnesses of the neurotic and the psychotic today might have originated long ago as adaptive responses of the entire species to threatening environmental changes or to traumatic events in the prehistory of mankind. In the draft "Fantasy" Freud modifies and expands the line of reasoning he began in Totem and Taboo (1912-13) after an intensely productive exchange with Ferenczi about Lamarckian concepts, making this recovered draft of major significance to students not only of psychoanalysis but also of the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. Ilse Grubrich-Simitis has contributed a detailed essay, setting the overview in the context of Freud's life, his work, and his historical and scientific prominence. She quotes from relevant letters of Freud and Ferenczi, some published here for the first time.
Sew Fantasy Toys
Author: Melanie McNeice
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1446372626
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
The author of Supercute Sewing shares ten sewing projects for huggable, fantasy-inspired stuffed toys like aliens and unicorns. Friendly monsters, pretty mermaids and magical fairies make up part of this delightful toy sewing pattern collection from Melly & Me. It includes ten projects for cute stuffed toys based on the theme: fantasy creatures. This is a gorgeous new collection of huggable creatures from soft toy designer Melly McNeice. You will love the designs for fantasy creatures including friendly monsters and mystical unicorns which will capture your imagination as much as your children’s. Melly uses bright, modern fabrics for her colorful, easy to sew, designs making them irresistible. Why not try the pretty mermaid for your daughter to cuddle up with at bedtime, or the friendly dragon who will protect your precious one while they sleep. Or make them all and create your very own fantasy world of cuddly toys which will are sure to make very special keepsakes in years to come.
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1446372626
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
The author of Supercute Sewing shares ten sewing projects for huggable, fantasy-inspired stuffed toys like aliens and unicorns. Friendly monsters, pretty mermaids and magical fairies make up part of this delightful toy sewing pattern collection from Melly & Me. It includes ten projects for cute stuffed toys based on the theme: fantasy creatures. This is a gorgeous new collection of huggable creatures from soft toy designer Melly McNeice. You will love the designs for fantasy creatures including friendly monsters and mystical unicorns which will capture your imagination as much as your children’s. Melly uses bright, modern fabrics for her colorful, easy to sew, designs making them irresistible. Why not try the pretty mermaid for your daughter to cuddle up with at bedtime, or the friendly dragon who will protect your precious one while they sleep. Or make them all and create your very own fantasy world of cuddly toys which will are sure to make very special keepsakes in years to come.
Fantasy Vector Designs
Author: Alan Weller
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486991024
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Handpicked from ancient texts, architectural details, rare pictographs, and other sources, 200 vector-based images of dragons, wizards, fairies, elves, and other creatures from myth and legend can be manipulated easily without losing image quality.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486991024
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Handpicked from ancient texts, architectural details, rare pictographs, and other sources, 200 vector-based images of dragons, wizards, fairies, elves, and other creatures from myth and legend can be manipulated easily without losing image quality.
Three Simple Steps to Wizarding Domination: A Humorous YA Urban Fantasy Novel
Author: Megan O'Russell
Publisher: Ink Worlds Press
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Enjoy Three Simple Steps to Wizarding Domination, book three in The Tale of Bryant Adams, a new humorous fantasy series by Young Adult author Megan O'Russell. Three Simple Steps to Wizarding Domination Step One: Find the books stolen from the magical library Step Two: Steal back the books and bring them to New York Step Three: Declare wizarding domination I feel like this is a pretty solid plan. I'm probably wrong... *** The Tale of Bryant Adams is a humorous paranormal survival story told in four books following the misadventures of a teen in New York City who opens a seemingly non-magical fire app on a phone and causes epic chaos of modern wizard proportions. What follows is a hilarious romp through (and under) the streets of Manhattan. Get ready to laugh out loud as Bryant faces mythical beasts, legendary witches, and worst of all...the horrors of high school. The complete series of The Tale of Bryant Adams is now available, so get ready for a binge-worthy fantasy adventure! *** Three Simple Steps to Wizarding Domination is perfect for fans of Kami Garcia, Rick Riordan, Jeff Strand, Terry Pratchett, Ransom Riggs, Missy Sheldrake, Anthea Sharp, J. C. Gilbert, Meg Collette, and TR Cameron.
Publisher: Ink Worlds Press
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Enjoy Three Simple Steps to Wizarding Domination, book three in The Tale of Bryant Adams, a new humorous fantasy series by Young Adult author Megan O'Russell. Three Simple Steps to Wizarding Domination Step One: Find the books stolen from the magical library Step Two: Steal back the books and bring them to New York Step Three: Declare wizarding domination I feel like this is a pretty solid plan. I'm probably wrong... *** The Tale of Bryant Adams is a humorous paranormal survival story told in four books following the misadventures of a teen in New York City who opens a seemingly non-magical fire app on a phone and causes epic chaos of modern wizard proportions. What follows is a hilarious romp through (and under) the streets of Manhattan. Get ready to laugh out loud as Bryant faces mythical beasts, legendary witches, and worst of all...the horrors of high school. The complete series of The Tale of Bryant Adams is now available, so get ready for a binge-worthy fantasy adventure! *** Three Simple Steps to Wizarding Domination is perfect for fans of Kami Garcia, Rick Riordan, Jeff Strand, Terry Pratchett, Ransom Riggs, Missy Sheldrake, Anthea Sharp, J. C. Gilbert, Meg Collette, and TR Cameron.