Author: Andrew Gordon
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612512321
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Foreword by Admiral Sir John Woodward. When published in hardcover in 1997, this book was praised for providing an engrossing education not only in naval strategy and tactics but in Victorian social attitudes and the influence of character on history. In juxtaposing an operational with a cultural theme, the author comes closer than any historian yet to explaining what was behind the often described operations of this famous 1916 battle at Jutland. Although the British fleet was victorious over the Germans, the cost in ships and men was high, and debates have raged within British naval circles ever since about why the Royal Navy was unable to take advantage of the situation. In this book Andrew Gordon focuses on what he calls a fault-line between two incompatible styles of tactical leadership within the Royal Navy and different understandings of the rules of the games.
Rules of Game
Author: Andrew Gordon
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612512321
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Foreword by Admiral Sir John Woodward. When published in hardcover in 1997, this book was praised for providing an engrossing education not only in naval strategy and tactics but in Victorian social attitudes and the influence of character on history. In juxtaposing an operational with a cultural theme, the author comes closer than any historian yet to explaining what was behind the often described operations of this famous 1916 battle at Jutland. Although the British fleet was victorious over the Germans, the cost in ships and men was high, and debates have raged within British naval circles ever since about why the Royal Navy was unable to take advantage of the situation. In this book Andrew Gordon focuses on what he calls a fault-line between two incompatible styles of tactical leadership within the Royal Navy and different understandings of the rules of the games.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612512321
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Foreword by Admiral Sir John Woodward. When published in hardcover in 1997, this book was praised for providing an engrossing education not only in naval strategy and tactics but in Victorian social attitudes and the influence of character on history. In juxtaposing an operational with a cultural theme, the author comes closer than any historian yet to explaining what was behind the often described operations of this famous 1916 battle at Jutland. Although the British fleet was victorious over the Germans, the cost in ships and men was high, and debates have raged within British naval circles ever since about why the Royal Navy was unable to take advantage of the situation. In this book Andrew Gordon focuses on what he calls a fault-line between two incompatible styles of tactical leadership within the Royal Navy and different understandings of the rules of the games.
The Game
Author: Terence J Henley
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496982916
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
THE GAME happens inside a very large Hadron Collider which is built by the Utopians Godisious and Luciferious to fi nd the answer to a problem their people have. Th e Cycloves are a very dangerous species, intent on killing everyone and destroying every planet they come into contact with. Having destroyed one galaxy, they are now on route to the Utopians galaxy. Needing an answer as soon as possible how they can accomplish this, they make a new multiverse inside the Hadron Collider that is in orbit above their moon. Th e Hadron Collider holds a number of universes, thousands of galaxies and millions of stars and planets. Everything within the Collider is very small, but the species that live inside it have no idea. Th e Cycloves are put at the top of the Collider and the humans lower down. Th e people from Utopia Prime enter Th e Game to take control of the units within it and get them to fi ght the Cycloves. Th e main two characters Darrent and Chrymella who are inside Th e Game, have to work together to fi nd the answer before the Cycloves return and destroy the Utopians and everyone else in their galaxy. When Darrent fi nds himself occupying Chrymellas body, he is not happy and wonders how he can do his job
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496982916
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
THE GAME happens inside a very large Hadron Collider which is built by the Utopians Godisious and Luciferious to fi nd the answer to a problem their people have. Th e Cycloves are a very dangerous species, intent on killing everyone and destroying every planet they come into contact with. Having destroyed one galaxy, they are now on route to the Utopians galaxy. Needing an answer as soon as possible how they can accomplish this, they make a new multiverse inside the Hadron Collider that is in orbit above their moon. Th e Hadron Collider holds a number of universes, thousands of galaxies and millions of stars and planets. Everything within the Collider is very small, but the species that live inside it have no idea. Th e Cycloves are put at the top of the Collider and the humans lower down. Th e people from Utopia Prime enter Th e Game to take control of the units within it and get them to fi ght the Cycloves. Th e main two characters Darrent and Chrymella who are inside Th e Game, have to work together to fi nd the answer before the Cycloves return and destroy the Utopians and everyone else in their galaxy. When Darrent fi nds himself occupying Chrymellas body, he is not happy and wonders how he can do his job
Game Changer
Author: Rachel Reid
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 1488038678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
The book that started it all! USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid's beloved Game Changers series starts here, with a secret-relationship romance set in the world of professional hockey. New York Admirals captain Scott Hunter takes his pregame rituals very seriously. When a particular smoothie precedes Scott's breaking his on-ice slump, he’s desperate to recreate the magic…and to get to know the sexy, funny guy behind the counter. Kip Grady knew there was more to Scott’s frequent visits than blended fruit, but he never let himself imagine being invited back to Scott’s penthouse. Or kissed with reckless abandon—and more. What goes on between them is hot, incredible and frequent…but also only on Scott’s terms and always behind his closed apartment doors. Scott needs Kip in his life, but with playoff season approaching, the spotlight on him is suddenly brighter than ever. He can’t afford to do anything that might derail his career or the public’s image of what a hockey captain should be. Kip is ready to go all in with Scott—but how much longer will he have to remain a secret? Game Changers Book 1: Game Changer Book 2: Heated Rivalry Book 3: Tough Guy Book 4: Common Goal Book 5: Role Model Book 6: The Long Game
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 1488038678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
The book that started it all! USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid's beloved Game Changers series starts here, with a secret-relationship romance set in the world of professional hockey. New York Admirals captain Scott Hunter takes his pregame rituals very seriously. When a particular smoothie precedes Scott's breaking his on-ice slump, he’s desperate to recreate the magic…and to get to know the sexy, funny guy behind the counter. Kip Grady knew there was more to Scott’s frequent visits than blended fruit, but he never let himself imagine being invited back to Scott’s penthouse. Or kissed with reckless abandon—and more. What goes on between them is hot, incredible and frequent…but also only on Scott’s terms and always behind his closed apartment doors. Scott needs Kip in his life, but with playoff season approaching, the spotlight on him is suddenly brighter than ever. He can’t afford to do anything that might derail his career or the public’s image of what a hockey captain should be. Kip is ready to go all in with Scott—but how much longer will he have to remain a secret? Game Changers Book 1: Game Changer Book 2: Heated Rivalry Book 3: Tough Guy Book 4: Common Goal Book 5: Role Model Book 6: The Long Game
Harper's Weekly
Author: John Bonner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The Game Beyond
Author: Melissa Scott
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A star-flung empire the prize — in a deadly war of succession The Silvertree Empress is dead, the last of her line. The heir named in her will is an impossibility, her favorite, Keira Renault, member of a family deposed and disgraced generations before — the man she claimed as the power behind her throne. As the Empire’s notables jockey for position behind the various claimants, Keira must defeat his rivals in simulation and reality — and somehow hold the factions together long enough for the Empire to survive.
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A star-flung empire the prize — in a deadly war of succession The Silvertree Empress is dead, the last of her line. The heir named in her will is an impossibility, her favorite, Keira Renault, member of a family deposed and disgraced generations before — the man she claimed as the power behind her throne. As the Empire’s notables jockey for position behind the various claimants, Keira must defeat his rivals in simulation and reality — and somehow hold the factions together long enough for the Empire to survive.
The Long Game
Author: Rachel Reid
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 0369704436
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Shane and Ilya’s story, first seen in Heated Rivalry, continues in this long-awaited hockey romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid. To the world they are rivals, but to each other they are everything. Ten years. That’s how long Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov have been seeing each other. How long they’ve been keeping their relationship a secret. From friends, from family…from the league. If Shane wants to stay at the top of his game, what he and Ilya share has to remain secret. He loves Ilya, but what if going public ruins everything? Ilya is sick of secrets. Shane has gotten so good at hiding his feelings, sometimes Ilya questions if they even exist. The closeness, the intimacy, even the risk that would come with being open about their relationship…Ilya wants it all. It’s time for them to decide what’s most important—hockey or love. It’s time to make a call. Game Changers Book 1: Game Changer Book 2: Heated Rivalry Book 3: Tough Guy Book 4: Common Goal Book 5: Role Model Book 6: The Long Game
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 0369704436
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Shane and Ilya’s story, first seen in Heated Rivalry, continues in this long-awaited hockey romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid. To the world they are rivals, but to each other they are everything. Ten years. That’s how long Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov have been seeing each other. How long they’ve been keeping their relationship a secret. From friends, from family…from the league. If Shane wants to stay at the top of his game, what he and Ilya share has to remain secret. He loves Ilya, but what if going public ruins everything? Ilya is sick of secrets. Shane has gotten so good at hiding his feelings, sometimes Ilya questions if they even exist. The closeness, the intimacy, even the risk that would come with being open about their relationship…Ilya wants it all. It’s time for them to decide what’s most important—hockey or love. It’s time to make a call. Game Changers Book 1: Game Changer Book 2: Heated Rivalry Book 3: Tough Guy Book 4: Common Goal Book 5: Role Model Book 6: The Long Game
End Game
Author: Diane Carey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471105997
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Seven years ago the USS Voyager, embroiled in a three-way conflict with Federation Maquis renegades and the Cardassian warship that was pursuing them, took evasive action and found itself flung by means of a strange alien technology to the furthest corner of the galaxy, the unexplored Delta Quadrant, many thousands of lightyears from home. More than 170 episodes later, Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew have encountered planets, races, civilisations and phenomena unseen by any other Federation eyes. But no matter the space they have explored or the obstacles they have overcome, their goal has always been the same: the impossible journey home. Will the USS Voyager make it back to Federation space and will her crew ever be reunited with those they left behind? Here is the first chance for UK fans to find out in full what happens in the final, emotive conclusion of the Voyager story.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471105997
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Seven years ago the USS Voyager, embroiled in a three-way conflict with Federation Maquis renegades and the Cardassian warship that was pursuing them, took evasive action and found itself flung by means of a strange alien technology to the furthest corner of the galaxy, the unexplored Delta Quadrant, many thousands of lightyears from home. More than 170 episodes later, Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew have encountered planets, races, civilisations and phenomena unseen by any other Federation eyes. But no matter the space they have explored or the obstacles they have overcome, their goal has always been the same: the impossible journey home. Will the USS Voyager make it back to Federation space and will her crew ever be reunited with those they left behind? Here is the first chance for UK fans to find out in full what happens in the final, emotive conclusion of the Voyager story.
The Proving Ground
Author: Lars Anderson
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429970308
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
In The Proving Ground, Lars Anderson brings to life the tremendous drama of NFL Europe by spending an entire season with the Scottish Claymores of Glasgow Life in the minor leagues of football, which NFL Europe was aptly dubbed, could be funny, sad, profound and ludicrous all at the same time. At its heart, this six-team league was a short-stop away from either the glamour of the NFL or the bottom of the professional football scrap pile--a crossroads full of real-life drama where the joy of "making it" was tempered by failure or injury with one misstep; where the difference between a multimillion dollar NFL contract and abject poverty may only be one play away. Just ask Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner. Author Lars Anderson brings to life the compelling drama of NFL Europe by spending a season with the Scottish Claymores. Anderson lived with the players at a hotel in Glasgow, Scotland, spending every waking minute with them-eating and heading out to the pubs as the Claymores made their championship run. Along with detailing the life and times of the Claymores, Anderson digs deep into the background of the players and coaches to help explain why some succeed and others fail in their quest to make it to that shining city on the hill--the NFL. Through the eyes of Anderson, the reader experiences what it meant and what it was like to be a football player in Europe. The men that make up the Claymores are the strength of this book-a funny and complex lot that face many of the same issues we tackle every day. An inspiring portrait of both new beginnings and bitter ends, The Proving Ground will shock and delight readers, while showing them another side of the professional football player. Of The Proving Ground, Frank Deford, award-winning author and commentator, says "Anderson deftly shows that you can take the football player out of America, but... he's the same creature, loving the game and scrambling for one more chance."
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429970308
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
In The Proving Ground, Lars Anderson brings to life the tremendous drama of NFL Europe by spending an entire season with the Scottish Claymores of Glasgow Life in the minor leagues of football, which NFL Europe was aptly dubbed, could be funny, sad, profound and ludicrous all at the same time. At its heart, this six-team league was a short-stop away from either the glamour of the NFL or the bottom of the professional football scrap pile--a crossroads full of real-life drama where the joy of "making it" was tempered by failure or injury with one misstep; where the difference between a multimillion dollar NFL contract and abject poverty may only be one play away. Just ask Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner. Author Lars Anderson brings to life the compelling drama of NFL Europe by spending a season with the Scottish Claymores. Anderson lived with the players at a hotel in Glasgow, Scotland, spending every waking minute with them-eating and heading out to the pubs as the Claymores made their championship run. Along with detailing the life and times of the Claymores, Anderson digs deep into the background of the players and coaches to help explain why some succeed and others fail in their quest to make it to that shining city on the hill--the NFL. Through the eyes of Anderson, the reader experiences what it meant and what it was like to be a football player in Europe. The men that make up the Claymores are the strength of this book-a funny and complex lot that face many of the same issues we tackle every day. An inspiring portrait of both new beginnings and bitter ends, The Proving Ground will shock and delight readers, while showing them another side of the professional football player. Of The Proving Ground, Frank Deford, award-winning author and commentator, says "Anderson deftly shows that you can take the football player out of America, but... he's the same creature, loving the game and scrambling for one more chance."
The Capitol Game
Author: Brian Haig
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446568929
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Brian Haig returns with a riveting thriller about a man caught between the politics of big government and the corruption of big business. The Capitol Game It was the deal of the decade, if not the century. A small, insignificant company on the edge of bankruptcy had discovered an alchemist's dream; a miraculous polymer, that when coated on any vehicle, was the equivalent of 30 inches of steel. With bloody conflicts surging in Iraq and Afghanistan, the polymer promises to save thousands of lives and change the course of both wars. Jack Wiley, a successful Wall Street banker, believes he has a found a dream come true when he mysteriously learns of this miraculous polymer. His plan: enlist the help of the Capitol Group, one of the country's largest and most powerful corporations in a quick, bloodless takeover of the small company that developed the polymer. It seems like a partnership made in heaven...until the Pentagon's investigative service begins nosing around, and the deal turns into a nightmare. Now, Jack's back is up against the wall and he and the Capitol Group find themselves embroiled in the greatest scandal the government and corporate America have ever seen...
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446568929
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Brian Haig returns with a riveting thriller about a man caught between the politics of big government and the corruption of big business. The Capitol Game It was the deal of the decade, if not the century. A small, insignificant company on the edge of bankruptcy had discovered an alchemist's dream; a miraculous polymer, that when coated on any vehicle, was the equivalent of 30 inches of steel. With bloody conflicts surging in Iraq and Afghanistan, the polymer promises to save thousands of lives and change the course of both wars. Jack Wiley, a successful Wall Street banker, believes he has a found a dream come true when he mysteriously learns of this miraculous polymer. His plan: enlist the help of the Capitol Group, one of the country's largest and most powerful corporations in a quick, bloodless takeover of the small company that developed the polymer. It seems like a partnership made in heaven...until the Pentagon's investigative service begins nosing around, and the deal turns into a nightmare. Now, Jack's back is up against the wall and he and the Capitol Group find themselves embroiled in the greatest scandal the government and corporate America have ever seen...
The Fred Jane Naval War Game (1906) Including the Royal Navy's Wargaming Rules (1921)
Author: John Curry
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1409244091
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
RULES FOR THE JANE NAVAL WAR GAME A SEA KRIEGSPIEL SIMULATING ALL THE MOVEMENTS AND EVOLUTIONS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL TYPE OF MODERN WARSHIP, AND THE PROPORTIONATE EFFECT OF EVERY SORT OF GUN AND PROJECTILE. PART I. TACTICAL PART II. STRATEGICAL INVENTED BY FRED T. JANE AUTHOR OF "ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING SHIPS," ETC., ETC. This edition includes: Introduction to the rules Background to the Jane War Game Fast-play summary of the sules The original 1906 rules The Royal Navy 1921 War Game Rules The complete book, 'Your Navy as a Fighting Machine' by Fred T Jane (1914) Printed as part of the History of Wargaming Project www.johncurryevents.co.uk
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1409244091
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
RULES FOR THE JANE NAVAL WAR GAME A SEA KRIEGSPIEL SIMULATING ALL THE MOVEMENTS AND EVOLUTIONS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL TYPE OF MODERN WARSHIP, AND THE PROPORTIONATE EFFECT OF EVERY SORT OF GUN AND PROJECTILE. PART I. TACTICAL PART II. STRATEGICAL INVENTED BY FRED T. JANE AUTHOR OF "ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING SHIPS," ETC., ETC. This edition includes: Introduction to the rules Background to the Jane War Game Fast-play summary of the sules The original 1906 rules The Royal Navy 1921 War Game Rules The complete book, 'Your Navy as a Fighting Machine' by Fred T Jane (1914) Printed as part of the History of Wargaming Project www.johncurryevents.co.uk