Author: John Diary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781519067739
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
From best-selling children's author, John Diary, comes the heart-warming and gut-busting tale of Sneezy Steve. He has just spawned in the world of Minecraft with nothing: no memories, no items and no clue what to do next. The only thing he does have is a mysterious photograph in the bottom of his backpack.What happens next? I can't even tell you, because in this Choose Your Own Story book, YOU are the author, you get to decide what happens to poor little Steve.Will he ask a sheep for directions? Will he be best friends with a plain old block of dirt?Maybe you'll help him and get him to make a pickaxe and go to the nearest village for aid...Or maybe you'll not be so helpful. If you want to turn him into a zombie... you can. If you want him to crawl inside a wolf den and pretend he's a wolf... you can do that too. If you want him to steal sheep and diamonds and everything he can find... that's also a possibility. But you get him stuck in an unbreakable obsidian prison forever.The only thing I can tell you is that whatever way the story goes, you'll love it, because you're the one who chose it! Don't bother with those books that always have endings you don't like. With twenty-three different endings, you're sure to find the perfect one for you! If you're smart, and know your Minecraft you might be able to get Steve through to one of the three happy endings the book has to offer. Can you do it?Sneezy Steve and the Best Quest Ever is a great read for any kid eight year of age or older. This story has all the imaginative charm of a children's classic, complete with a focus on positivity, emotions and relationships, while being packaged in a fun video game world that kids love. The interactive adventure style is great for reluctant readers. When a book is a game, it's hard to put it down. Excerpt Ah-choo!That was a big one. Maybe the biggest sneeze Steve had ever had. If sneezes were animals then this was the blue whale of sneezes. Except it didn't have like fins or a blowhole or a tongue the size of an elephant. It was just a sneeze. You get what I'm saying...Steve slowly opened one eye and then the other. A cool breeze brushed past his face as he looked out to the horizon and saw something very strange. The mountains in the distance ended all of a sudden, like they had been chopped in half by a mountain-sized knife. Steve could see underground even! Far away lava flowed in these giant empty pits in the ground and Steve could see caves deep beneath the earth and in the bellies of the chopped in half mountains. Steve blinked, unable to believe his eyes. And when he opened them again, everything looked normal. It was almost as if he'd caught the world with its pants down and when the world noticed he was looking, it fixed everything really fast. The world must have been very embarrassed."Did I imagine it?" Steve asked no one in particular. No one in particular answered. Instead of giant pits and cut-in-half mountains, there were cheery fields around Steve now. There were mysterious forests to his left and soaring mountains to his right."Hello world," Steve said. "Sorry about surprising you."Wind blew through the trees and the sun shone brightly. Steve was pretty sure that was the world saying 'hello' back. "Hello trees and hello grass. Hello water and hello hills." Steve looked down at a block of dirt that was sticking out of the ground near his feet. "Hello block," he said.The block of dirt didn't say anything."You're shy, that's okay," said Steve. He punched at the block of dirt, digging it out of the ground. "Come with me block," he said. "Blocky... that's what I'll call you." He put the block lovingly in his backpack and as he did, he noticed there was something else already inside the very empty pack: a picture. A picture of a girl. Who was she?Start reading now to find out what happens next!
Choose Your Own Story: Sneezy Steve and the Best Quest Ever
Author: John Diary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781519067739
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
From best-selling children's author, John Diary, comes the heart-warming and gut-busting tale of Sneezy Steve. He has just spawned in the world of Minecraft with nothing: no memories, no items and no clue what to do next. The only thing he does have is a mysterious photograph in the bottom of his backpack.What happens next? I can't even tell you, because in this Choose Your Own Story book, YOU are the author, you get to decide what happens to poor little Steve.Will he ask a sheep for directions? Will he be best friends with a plain old block of dirt?Maybe you'll help him and get him to make a pickaxe and go to the nearest village for aid...Or maybe you'll not be so helpful. If you want to turn him into a zombie... you can. If you want him to crawl inside a wolf den and pretend he's a wolf... you can do that too. If you want him to steal sheep and diamonds and everything he can find... that's also a possibility. But you get him stuck in an unbreakable obsidian prison forever.The only thing I can tell you is that whatever way the story goes, you'll love it, because you're the one who chose it! Don't bother with those books that always have endings you don't like. With twenty-three different endings, you're sure to find the perfect one for you! If you're smart, and know your Minecraft you might be able to get Steve through to one of the three happy endings the book has to offer. Can you do it?Sneezy Steve and the Best Quest Ever is a great read for any kid eight year of age or older. This story has all the imaginative charm of a children's classic, complete with a focus on positivity, emotions and relationships, while being packaged in a fun video game world that kids love. The interactive adventure style is great for reluctant readers. When a book is a game, it's hard to put it down. Excerpt Ah-choo!That was a big one. Maybe the biggest sneeze Steve had ever had. If sneezes were animals then this was the blue whale of sneezes. Except it didn't have like fins or a blowhole or a tongue the size of an elephant. It was just a sneeze. You get what I'm saying...Steve slowly opened one eye and then the other. A cool breeze brushed past his face as he looked out to the horizon and saw something very strange. The mountains in the distance ended all of a sudden, like they had been chopped in half by a mountain-sized knife. Steve could see underground even! Far away lava flowed in these giant empty pits in the ground and Steve could see caves deep beneath the earth and in the bellies of the chopped in half mountains. Steve blinked, unable to believe his eyes. And when he opened them again, everything looked normal. It was almost as if he'd caught the world with its pants down and when the world noticed he was looking, it fixed everything really fast. The world must have been very embarrassed."Did I imagine it?" Steve asked no one in particular. No one in particular answered. Instead of giant pits and cut-in-half mountains, there were cheery fields around Steve now. There were mysterious forests to his left and soaring mountains to his right."Hello world," Steve said. "Sorry about surprising you."Wind blew through the trees and the sun shone brightly. Steve was pretty sure that was the world saying 'hello' back. "Hello trees and hello grass. Hello water and hello hills." Steve looked down at a block of dirt that was sticking out of the ground near his feet. "Hello block," he said.The block of dirt didn't say anything."You're shy, that's okay," said Steve. He punched at the block of dirt, digging it out of the ground. "Come with me block," he said. "Blocky... that's what I'll call you." He put the block lovingly in his backpack and as he did, he noticed there was something else already inside the very empty pack: a picture. A picture of a girl. Who was she?Start reading now to find out what happens next!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781519067739
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
From best-selling children's author, John Diary, comes the heart-warming and gut-busting tale of Sneezy Steve. He has just spawned in the world of Minecraft with nothing: no memories, no items and no clue what to do next. The only thing he does have is a mysterious photograph in the bottom of his backpack.What happens next? I can't even tell you, because in this Choose Your Own Story book, YOU are the author, you get to decide what happens to poor little Steve.Will he ask a sheep for directions? Will he be best friends with a plain old block of dirt?Maybe you'll help him and get him to make a pickaxe and go to the nearest village for aid...Or maybe you'll not be so helpful. If you want to turn him into a zombie... you can. If you want him to crawl inside a wolf den and pretend he's a wolf... you can do that too. If you want him to steal sheep and diamonds and everything he can find... that's also a possibility. But you get him stuck in an unbreakable obsidian prison forever.The only thing I can tell you is that whatever way the story goes, you'll love it, because you're the one who chose it! Don't bother with those books that always have endings you don't like. With twenty-three different endings, you're sure to find the perfect one for you! If you're smart, and know your Minecraft you might be able to get Steve through to one of the three happy endings the book has to offer. Can you do it?Sneezy Steve and the Best Quest Ever is a great read for any kid eight year of age or older. This story has all the imaginative charm of a children's classic, complete with a focus on positivity, emotions and relationships, while being packaged in a fun video game world that kids love. The interactive adventure style is great for reluctant readers. When a book is a game, it's hard to put it down. Excerpt Ah-choo!That was a big one. Maybe the biggest sneeze Steve had ever had. If sneezes were animals then this was the blue whale of sneezes. Except it didn't have like fins or a blowhole or a tongue the size of an elephant. It was just a sneeze. You get what I'm saying...Steve slowly opened one eye and then the other. A cool breeze brushed past his face as he looked out to the horizon and saw something very strange. The mountains in the distance ended all of a sudden, like they had been chopped in half by a mountain-sized knife. Steve could see underground even! Far away lava flowed in these giant empty pits in the ground and Steve could see caves deep beneath the earth and in the bellies of the chopped in half mountains. Steve blinked, unable to believe his eyes. And when he opened them again, everything looked normal. It was almost as if he'd caught the world with its pants down and when the world noticed he was looking, it fixed everything really fast. The world must have been very embarrassed."Did I imagine it?" Steve asked no one in particular. No one in particular answered. Instead of giant pits and cut-in-half mountains, there were cheery fields around Steve now. There were mysterious forests to his left and soaring mountains to his right."Hello world," Steve said. "Sorry about surprising you."Wind blew through the trees and the sun shone brightly. Steve was pretty sure that was the world saying 'hello' back. "Hello trees and hello grass. Hello water and hello hills." Steve looked down at a block of dirt that was sticking out of the ground near his feet. "Hello block," he said.The block of dirt didn't say anything."You're shy, that's okay," said Steve. He punched at the block of dirt, digging it out of the ground. "Come with me block," he said. "Blocky... that's what I'll call you." He put the block lovingly in his backpack and as he did, he noticed there was something else already inside the very empty pack: a picture. A picture of a girl. Who was she?Start reading now to find out what happens next!
Choose Your Own Story: the Minecraft Zombie Adventure
Author: John Diary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781519064493
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
You wake up as a zombie, in the world of Minecraft! You can only make weird grumbly growl noises and hold your hands right out in front of your face! How did this happen?! Will you try to get home? Or enjoying scaring all the puny players? It's all up to you in this Choose Your Own Story book. You get to decide how the story goes, so it will be the most exciting story ever! Each section of the book will offer you a couple choices about what you want to do next. As you make your choices, your experience of reading the story will be different from everyone else's. There are 25 different endings to discover and only some of them will take you to the sequel. Are YOU smart enough to make all the right decisions and find your way to the end? Well, prove it! Or maybe you just want to make all the WORST decisions and see what sort of trouble you can get in. It's really up to you! Make friends with mobs, terrorize the players, maybe protect them, and discover the secrets of the world of Minecraft in this brand new book! You will never have read a book like this before. The Minecraft Zombie Adventure is a great book for any kid ages 8+. It will be a memorable experience for any reader and is also a great experience to read together, deciding on the choices as a team. Interactive fiction, like this book, is a proven way to get reluctant readers into reading heavier fare. It's always exciting because there is always something for the reader to do. What are you waiting for? Read it now!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781519064493
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
You wake up as a zombie, in the world of Minecraft! You can only make weird grumbly growl noises and hold your hands right out in front of your face! How did this happen?! Will you try to get home? Or enjoying scaring all the puny players? It's all up to you in this Choose Your Own Story book. You get to decide how the story goes, so it will be the most exciting story ever! Each section of the book will offer you a couple choices about what you want to do next. As you make your choices, your experience of reading the story will be different from everyone else's. There are 25 different endings to discover and only some of them will take you to the sequel. Are YOU smart enough to make all the right decisions and find your way to the end? Well, prove it! Or maybe you just want to make all the WORST decisions and see what sort of trouble you can get in. It's really up to you! Make friends with mobs, terrorize the players, maybe protect them, and discover the secrets of the world of Minecraft in this brand new book! You will never have read a book like this before. The Minecraft Zombie Adventure is a great book for any kid ages 8+. It will be a memorable experience for any reader and is also a great experience to read together, deciding on the choices as a team. Interactive fiction, like this book, is a proven way to get reluctant readers into reading heavier fare. It's always exciting because there is always something for the reader to do. What are you waiting for? Read it now!
Choose Your Own Minecraft Story: the Zombie Adventure 4
Author: John Diary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
In the best book yet in this blockbuster series, you are brought back to the world of Minecraft, facing the ultimate challenge it has to offer: The End. Trapped in the body of a Minecraft zombie, you have gathered the materials, made the preparations, and finally opened a portal to the End. The prophecy says that your only way home is through this mysterious realm, populated by the alien Enderman and a massive, sinister dragon. As you step through the portal for the first time, you have decisions to make. Will you make the journey yourself or take along your friend and sidekick Gordo, even if it puts him in danger? Maybe you need more allies. Which of the friends you've made so far should you ask? The next installment in the adventure revisits all your favorite places and characters from the first three books. Perhaps you'll go looking for Fibula, the bossy skeleton that showed you the ropes of being a mob. Or maybe you'll reconnect with Teagan, that Creeper that had a crush on you. Or what about those self-conscious Enderman? How about those Zombie Piglins you freed that one time? Preparation is the key to success. Only clever planning will get you through to the end of this book and face-to-face with your final opponent: the Ender Dragon. Good luck! The Zombie Adventure 4: Beginning of the End is a rollicking comedy-adventure for kids aged 8 to 12. Perfect for the lover of Minecraft or the reluctant reader who will be drawn in by getting to choose their own path through the story. Readers will face moral questions, make mischief and explore the meaning of friendship in this fun-filled romp through their favorite game.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
In the best book yet in this blockbuster series, you are brought back to the world of Minecraft, facing the ultimate challenge it has to offer: The End. Trapped in the body of a Minecraft zombie, you have gathered the materials, made the preparations, and finally opened a portal to the End. The prophecy says that your only way home is through this mysterious realm, populated by the alien Enderman and a massive, sinister dragon. As you step through the portal for the first time, you have decisions to make. Will you make the journey yourself or take along your friend and sidekick Gordo, even if it puts him in danger? Maybe you need more allies. Which of the friends you've made so far should you ask? The next installment in the adventure revisits all your favorite places and characters from the first three books. Perhaps you'll go looking for Fibula, the bossy skeleton that showed you the ropes of being a mob. Or maybe you'll reconnect with Teagan, that Creeper that had a crush on you. Or what about those self-conscious Enderman? How about those Zombie Piglins you freed that one time? Preparation is the key to success. Only clever planning will get you through to the end of this book and face-to-face with your final opponent: the Ender Dragon. Good luck! The Zombie Adventure 4: Beginning of the End is a rollicking comedy-adventure for kids aged 8 to 12. Perfect for the lover of Minecraft or the reluctant reader who will be drawn in by getting to choose their own path through the story. Readers will face moral questions, make mischief and explore the meaning of friendship in this fun-filled romp through their favorite game.
Herobrine Middle School
Author: John Diary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781520131788
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Dan is playing Minecraft with his friends, like he always does, when a strange figure, white from head-to-toe, approaches him in the game and drops a book at his feet. Cautiously, Dan reads the book: it's an invitation, to a school. A school for only the very best Minecraft players in the country. It has to be a trick. It's probably just a joke from one of his friends.Dan is thinking just that, when there's a knock at the door. A strange woman, dressed in all white, has arrived at Dan's front door. She introduces herself to his bewildered mom and dad with her angelic voice. Her name is Ms. Fennerby and she's a teacher at Herobrine Middle School, an academy for children gifted in the game of Minecraft. Dan has been selected as one of the builders and designers of his generation.It all seems to good to be true.And maybe it is...Herobrine Middle School is a thrilling middle school adventure filled with real emotions, page-turning excitement and characters that will jump off the page and make you laugh. It is Spy Kids and Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, all set to the backdrop of the mysterious world of Minecraft. Perfect for readers age eight to fourteen with a story that will excite all lovers of Minecraft. Excerpt "DAAANNNNN! It's dinner time!" the voice echoed up the stairs. "I'll be right down!" Dan yelled back. "I've just got to save the world!"Dan's mom, who was making a racket in the kitchen that made Dan think she was throwing every pot on the ground, didn't respond. That was okay.Dan didn't want to have to explain anyways. He was saving the world.Well... a world. The Minecraft world that he and a couple friends had been working on for over a year. They had magnificent houses and had built huge statues of their avatars in the game. Dan's pride and joy was built on the server too: The Cow Cannon 2000. The Cow Cannon 2000 did... well it did exactly what you would expect it to. It fired cows at blinding speed into the far away expanses of Minecraft. It fired them so far that Dan and his friends had never found any remains of the cows or the mine carts that they were fired in. The best part is that the machine worked automatically. It lured cows to the machine and then fired them off as soon as they got close enough. Dan was incredibly proud of it. A work of art, he told himself.And, really, everything had been perfect in that huge-housed, massive-statued, cow-raining world, until the griefers had shown up. Somehow, a bunch of older kids had found the server and at first it was fine. They built their own stuff. That was fine. But soon they were bored of that and started destroying anything and everything they could find.Dan had urged his friends to just not react. The griefers would get bored, he thought, and leave them alone. But they didn't get bored. So, it was time to take more drastic measures. The griefers' next target was Platinum Plateau where Dan's friends' houses were built, along with the Cow Cannon 2000. Dan wasn't going to let the griefers anywhere near it. He had spent the last week building a series of "secret" entrances to the plateau via mine cart. The idea was that the griefers would find the "secret" entrances and not be able to resist riding the mine carts into the centre of the plateau to surprise Dan and friends. But little did they know that the mine cart would take them right to the Cow Cannon 2000, and before they knew it, BAM! They'd be taking a free flight, courtesy of Dan airlines.What are you waiting for? Get reading!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781520131788
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Dan is playing Minecraft with his friends, like he always does, when a strange figure, white from head-to-toe, approaches him in the game and drops a book at his feet. Cautiously, Dan reads the book: it's an invitation, to a school. A school for only the very best Minecraft players in the country. It has to be a trick. It's probably just a joke from one of his friends.Dan is thinking just that, when there's a knock at the door. A strange woman, dressed in all white, has arrived at Dan's front door. She introduces herself to his bewildered mom and dad with her angelic voice. Her name is Ms. Fennerby and she's a teacher at Herobrine Middle School, an academy for children gifted in the game of Minecraft. Dan has been selected as one of the builders and designers of his generation.It all seems to good to be true.And maybe it is...Herobrine Middle School is a thrilling middle school adventure filled with real emotions, page-turning excitement and characters that will jump off the page and make you laugh. It is Spy Kids and Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, all set to the backdrop of the mysterious world of Minecraft. Perfect for readers age eight to fourteen with a story that will excite all lovers of Minecraft. Excerpt "DAAANNNNN! It's dinner time!" the voice echoed up the stairs. "I'll be right down!" Dan yelled back. "I've just got to save the world!"Dan's mom, who was making a racket in the kitchen that made Dan think she was throwing every pot on the ground, didn't respond. That was okay.Dan didn't want to have to explain anyways. He was saving the world.Well... a world. The Minecraft world that he and a couple friends had been working on for over a year. They had magnificent houses and had built huge statues of their avatars in the game. Dan's pride and joy was built on the server too: The Cow Cannon 2000. The Cow Cannon 2000 did... well it did exactly what you would expect it to. It fired cows at blinding speed into the far away expanses of Minecraft. It fired them so far that Dan and his friends had never found any remains of the cows or the mine carts that they were fired in. The best part is that the machine worked automatically. It lured cows to the machine and then fired them off as soon as they got close enough. Dan was incredibly proud of it. A work of art, he told himself.And, really, everything had been perfect in that huge-housed, massive-statued, cow-raining world, until the griefers had shown up. Somehow, a bunch of older kids had found the server and at first it was fine. They built their own stuff. That was fine. But soon they were bored of that and started destroying anything and everything they could find.Dan had urged his friends to just not react. The griefers would get bored, he thought, and leave them alone. But they didn't get bored. So, it was time to take more drastic measures. The griefers' next target was Platinum Plateau where Dan's friends' houses were built, along with the Cow Cannon 2000. Dan wasn't going to let the griefers anywhere near it. He had spent the last week building a series of "secret" entrances to the plateau via mine cart. The idea was that the griefers would find the "secret" entrances and not be able to resist riding the mine carts into the centre of the plateau to surprise Dan and friends. But little did they know that the mine cart would take them right to the Cow Cannon 2000, and before they knew it, BAM! They'd be taking a free flight, courtesy of Dan airlines.What are you waiting for? Get reading!
A Year with Swollen Appendices
Author: Brian Eno
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571364624
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The diary and essays of Brian Eno republished twenty-five years on with a new introduction by the artist in a beautiful hardback edition.'One of the seminal books about music . . . an invaluable insight into the mind and working practices of one of the industry's undeniable geniuses.'GUARDIANAt the end of 1994, Brian Eno resolved to keep a diary. His plans to go to the cinema, theatre and galleries fell quickly to the wayside. What he did do - and write - however, was astonishing: ruminations on his collaborative work with David Bowie, U2, James and Jah Wobble, interspersed with correspondence and essays dating back to 1978. These 'appendices' covered topics from the generative and ambient music Eno pioneered to what he believed the role of an artist and their art to be, alongside adroit commentary on quotidian tribulations and happenings around the world.This beautiful 25th-anniversary hardcover edition has been redesigned in the same size as the diary that eventually became this book. It features two ribbons, pink paper delineating the appendices (matching the original edition) and a two-tone paper-over-board cover, which pays homage to the original design.An intimate insight into one of the most influential creative artists of our time, A Year with Swollen Appendices is an essential classic.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571364624
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The diary and essays of Brian Eno republished twenty-five years on with a new introduction by the artist in a beautiful hardback edition.'One of the seminal books about music . . . an invaluable insight into the mind and working practices of one of the industry's undeniable geniuses.'GUARDIANAt the end of 1994, Brian Eno resolved to keep a diary. His plans to go to the cinema, theatre and galleries fell quickly to the wayside. What he did do - and write - however, was astonishing: ruminations on his collaborative work with David Bowie, U2, James and Jah Wobble, interspersed with correspondence and essays dating back to 1978. These 'appendices' covered topics from the generative and ambient music Eno pioneered to what he believed the role of an artist and their art to be, alongside adroit commentary on quotidian tribulations and happenings around the world.This beautiful 25th-anniversary hardcover edition has been redesigned in the same size as the diary that eventually became this book. It features two ribbons, pink paper delineating the appendices (matching the original edition) and a two-tone paper-over-board cover, which pays homage to the original design.An intimate insight into one of the most influential creative artists of our time, A Year with Swollen Appendices is an essential classic.
Sherlock Bones and the Case of the Crown Jewels
Author: Tim Collins
Publisher: Buster Books
ISBN: 9781780557502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
When the crown jewels go missing from Buckingham Kennel, it's up to super-sleuth Sherlock Bones and his trusty sidekick Dr Catson to solve the crime.
Publisher: Buster Books
ISBN: 9781780557502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
When the crown jewels go missing from Buckingham Kennel, it's up to super-sleuth Sherlock Bones and his trusty sidekick Dr Catson to solve the crime.
Creepers on the Crosswalk
Author: John Diary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781674542386
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Owen has been counting down the days until Minecraft Earth, the game of his dreams, is released. Now, it's here and it's better than he could ever have imagined. A mysterious figure, going by the name marchHARE, has hacked the game so that the whole city is one massive adventure.Everywhere you turn, the world of Minecraft is there. There are zombies in Owen's bedroom, Endermen at the end of the street, and happy Mooblooms chewing grass in the bathroom. To get to school, Owen has to trek through a shadowy jungle and when he gets there, kids are setting traps in the corridors and leaving notes for each other with signs that the teachers can't see.Owen and his best friend, tech-genius Aya, love living in a parallel universe that belongs just to them and the other kids. It's a place they can decide on their own rules, be who they want and literally build the world of their dreams. They couldn't be happier, but a storm is coming. No one knows who this marchHARE is or what they want, and as the Minecraft world turns dark with hordes of zombies wandering the streets and kids getting hurt for real, Owen and Aya start to worry that it's nothing good...Creepers on the Crosswalk is a thrilling adventure-comedy for kids eight to thirteen who love the game Minecraft Earth. It is filled with white-knuckle moments, elaborate mysteries to solve, real relationships and laugh-out-loud lines. It's Alice in Wonderland meets Artemis Fowl meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid set in the exciting world of Minecraft Earth. Readers' imaginations will be set on fire as they learn about the technology that makes their favourite game possible and when games can actually hurt us. EXCERPT "We found diamonds! Yes!" Logan shouted. "Haha, you noobs," he said, pointing at the other kids playing nearby on the playground. "We've got diamonds and you dooooon't!""Oh boy," Aya said. "Yeah..." Owen agreed. He watched as Henry and Logan stood together talking about the diamond pickaxes they were planning to make. "Hey," Aya snapped her fingers twice next to Owen's ear. "Wiring?""Oh." Owen examined the right side of the doorframe, where Redstone wiring ran to a dispenser on top of the wall. Aya was better at this stuff than Owen. She was probably only asking to be nice. "Looks good," he said and then pointed her phone up at the dispenser. "But what is that--""Great!" Aya grabbed back her phone as Owen watched it go. "Hey Logan!"The boy turned, looking confused. "What?""That's not a lot of diamonds. That's nothing. I've been collecting a ton of diamonds," she said. "Here." Aya tapped on her phone to invite Logan and Henry to the buildplate for the fort. "I put them all in this chest," she said. "Take a look."Logan raised an eyebrow at Henry and then walked toward Aya. Henry trailed behind, looking sideways at Owen. "You don't have diamonds," Logan said to Aya. "You have to do lots of adventures, and you don't really--"Aya snickered and gestured at the chest in the center of the walled area. "Well then, how did all these diamonds get in this chest?" Logan came marching toward the double-doors and the wooden box past them. He stepped onto the block right in front of the doors which compressed slightly as he did. "That's a pressure plate--" Owen started to say.And then the dispenser overhead spat out a stream of lava right over Logan's head. It flowed over him and pooled on the ground at his feet. Aya cackled. "Hey!" Logan said. His character had 'died,' and he'd been kicked off of the buildplate and could no longer see the fort. "Hey! You--" Aya couldn't stop laughing. Even Owen sniggered. "Whatever..." Logan said, trying not to look annoyed. "I knew you didn't have diamonds anyway!"Aya was too busy laughing to bother with a comeback. The boys stomped away as Aya slowly came back to her senses. "Oh, man!" she said finally. "I love this game."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781674542386
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Owen has been counting down the days until Minecraft Earth, the game of his dreams, is released. Now, it's here and it's better than he could ever have imagined. A mysterious figure, going by the name marchHARE, has hacked the game so that the whole city is one massive adventure.Everywhere you turn, the world of Minecraft is there. There are zombies in Owen's bedroom, Endermen at the end of the street, and happy Mooblooms chewing grass in the bathroom. To get to school, Owen has to trek through a shadowy jungle and when he gets there, kids are setting traps in the corridors and leaving notes for each other with signs that the teachers can't see.Owen and his best friend, tech-genius Aya, love living in a parallel universe that belongs just to them and the other kids. It's a place they can decide on their own rules, be who they want and literally build the world of their dreams. They couldn't be happier, but a storm is coming. No one knows who this marchHARE is or what they want, and as the Minecraft world turns dark with hordes of zombies wandering the streets and kids getting hurt for real, Owen and Aya start to worry that it's nothing good...Creepers on the Crosswalk is a thrilling adventure-comedy for kids eight to thirteen who love the game Minecraft Earth. It is filled with white-knuckle moments, elaborate mysteries to solve, real relationships and laugh-out-loud lines. It's Alice in Wonderland meets Artemis Fowl meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid set in the exciting world of Minecraft Earth. Readers' imaginations will be set on fire as they learn about the technology that makes their favourite game possible and when games can actually hurt us. EXCERPT "We found diamonds! Yes!" Logan shouted. "Haha, you noobs," he said, pointing at the other kids playing nearby on the playground. "We've got diamonds and you dooooon't!""Oh boy," Aya said. "Yeah..." Owen agreed. He watched as Henry and Logan stood together talking about the diamond pickaxes they were planning to make. "Hey," Aya snapped her fingers twice next to Owen's ear. "Wiring?""Oh." Owen examined the right side of the doorframe, where Redstone wiring ran to a dispenser on top of the wall. Aya was better at this stuff than Owen. She was probably only asking to be nice. "Looks good," he said and then pointed her phone up at the dispenser. "But what is that--""Great!" Aya grabbed back her phone as Owen watched it go. "Hey Logan!"The boy turned, looking confused. "What?""That's not a lot of diamonds. That's nothing. I've been collecting a ton of diamonds," she said. "Here." Aya tapped on her phone to invite Logan and Henry to the buildplate for the fort. "I put them all in this chest," she said. "Take a look."Logan raised an eyebrow at Henry and then walked toward Aya. Henry trailed behind, looking sideways at Owen. "You don't have diamonds," Logan said to Aya. "You have to do lots of adventures, and you don't really--"Aya snickered and gestured at the chest in the center of the walled area. "Well then, how did all these diamonds get in this chest?" Logan came marching toward the double-doors and the wooden box past them. He stepped onto the block right in front of the doors which compressed slightly as he did. "That's a pressure plate--" Owen started to say.And then the dispenser overhead spat out a stream of lava right over Logan's head. It flowed over him and pooled on the ground at his feet. Aya cackled. "Hey!" Logan said. His character had 'died,' and he'd been kicked off of the buildplate and could no longer see the fort. "Hey! You--" Aya couldn't stop laughing. Even Owen sniggered. "Whatever..." Logan said, trying not to look annoyed. "I knew you didn't have diamonds anyway!"Aya was too busy laughing to bother with a comeback. The boys stomped away as Aya slowly came back to her senses. "Oh, man!" she said finally. "I love this game."
Brand Bewitchery
Author: Park Louis Howell
Publisher: Happy H Press
ISBN: 9781734308112
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Brand Bewitchery is for leaders of purpose-driven brands who seek a proven system to clarify their brand story, amplify their impact and simplify their life. The book guides readers through the Story Cycle System(TM) to craft their overarching brand narrative, a process that has grown business by as much as 600 percent. But how you tell your story is critical to success. Brand Bewitchery also includes two dynamic story structures. Readers will learn the And, But & Therefore foundational narrative framework to focus all of their messaging for more compelling communications. Plus, they will apply the Five Primal Elements of a short story to create a big impact. Brand Bewitchery features 12 precise story quests: individual and team-building exercises that help the brand creator find, craft and tell true stories that sell. These real-life stories not only support their new brand narrative crafted within these pages but ensure their content hacks through the noise to hook the hearts of their customers. When finished with this guide book, readers will have revealed their most powerful stories for their personal brand to grow their influence and their business brand to generate a measurable increase in sales while increasing the productivity of their people and enhancing lives in the communities they serve. The storytelling structures in Brand Bewitchery, tested over more than a decade through hundreds of businesses and the thousands of people, simply help leaders excel through the stories they tell.
Publisher: Happy H Press
ISBN: 9781734308112
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Brand Bewitchery is for leaders of purpose-driven brands who seek a proven system to clarify their brand story, amplify their impact and simplify their life. The book guides readers through the Story Cycle System(TM) to craft their overarching brand narrative, a process that has grown business by as much as 600 percent. But how you tell your story is critical to success. Brand Bewitchery also includes two dynamic story structures. Readers will learn the And, But & Therefore foundational narrative framework to focus all of their messaging for more compelling communications. Plus, they will apply the Five Primal Elements of a short story to create a big impact. Brand Bewitchery features 12 precise story quests: individual and team-building exercises that help the brand creator find, craft and tell true stories that sell. These real-life stories not only support their new brand narrative crafted within these pages but ensure their content hacks through the noise to hook the hearts of their customers. When finished with this guide book, readers will have revealed their most powerful stories for their personal brand to grow their influence and their business brand to generate a measurable increase in sales while increasing the productivity of their people and enhancing lives in the communities they serve. The storytelling structures in Brand Bewitchery, tested over more than a decade through hundreds of businesses and the thousands of people, simply help leaders excel through the stories they tell.
Noise, Water, Meat
Author: Douglas Kahn
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262311623
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
An examination of the role of sound in twentieth-century arts. This interdisciplinary history and theory of sound in the arts reads the twentieth century by listening to it—to the emphatic and exceptional sounds of modernism and those on the cusp of postmodernism, recorded sound, noise, silence, the fluid sounds of immersion and dripping, and the meat voices of viruses, screams, and bestial cries. Focusing on Europe in the first half of the century and the United States in the postwar years, Douglas Kahn explores aural activities in literature, music, visual arts, theater, and film. Placing aurality at the center of the history of the arts, he revisits key artistic questions, listening to the sounds that drown out the politics and poetics that generated them. Artists discussed include Antonin Artaud, George Brecht, William Burroughs, John Cage, Sergei Eisenstein, Fluxus, Allan Kaprow, Michael McClure, Yoko Ono, Jackson Pollock, Luigi Russolo, and Dziga Vertov.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262311623
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
An examination of the role of sound in twentieth-century arts. This interdisciplinary history and theory of sound in the arts reads the twentieth century by listening to it—to the emphatic and exceptional sounds of modernism and those on the cusp of postmodernism, recorded sound, noise, silence, the fluid sounds of immersion and dripping, and the meat voices of viruses, screams, and bestial cries. Focusing on Europe in the first half of the century and the United States in the postwar years, Douglas Kahn explores aural activities in literature, music, visual arts, theater, and film. Placing aurality at the center of the history of the arts, he revisits key artistic questions, listening to the sounds that drown out the politics and poetics that generated them. Artists discussed include Antonin Artaud, George Brecht, William Burroughs, John Cage, Sergei Eisenstein, Fluxus, Allan Kaprow, Michael McClure, Yoko Ono, Jackson Pollock, Luigi Russolo, and Dziga Vertov.
Where I'm from
Author: Steven Borsman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"In the Fall of 2010 I gave an assignment in my Appalachian Literature class at Berea College, telling my students to write their own version of "Where I'm From" poem based on the writing prompt and poem by George Ella Lyon, one of the preeminent Appalachian poets. I was so impressed by the results of the assignment that I felt the poems needed to be preserved in a bound document. Thus, this little book. These students completely captured the complexities of this region and their poems contain all the joys and sorrows of living in Appalachia. I am proud that they were my students and I am very proud that together we produced this record of contemporary Appalachian Life" -- Silas House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"In the Fall of 2010 I gave an assignment in my Appalachian Literature class at Berea College, telling my students to write their own version of "Where I'm From" poem based on the writing prompt and poem by George Ella Lyon, one of the preeminent Appalachian poets. I was so impressed by the results of the assignment that I felt the poems needed to be preserved in a bound document. Thus, this little book. These students completely captured the complexities of this region and their poems contain all the joys and sorrows of living in Appalachia. I am proud that they were my students and I am very proud that together we produced this record of contemporary Appalachian Life" -- Silas House