Play Creative

We've all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as Dr. Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. We are designed by nature to flourish through play.

Readers' Favorite Award Winner! "Just Hit The Damn Ball! flies in the face of conventional golfing wisdom. When you stop worrying about the things you are doing wrong, you will become a better golfer! Reader's Favourite Review Have you ever hit a perfect shot? You have the ability. Do you take lessons every year but only see marginal (if any) improvement? Traditional golf instruction is obsessed with proper technique. An obsession with perfect form is the biggest roadblock to improvement for thousands of "average" golfers. How often do you stand over the ball thinking about keeping your ...

The Ultimate Guide for Dungeon Masters is not just another rulebook; it’s a spellbook for storytellers, a toolkit for tricksters, and a playbook for those who dare to shape entire universes from scratch. As a Dungeon Master, you’re more than just a referee—you’re an all-seeing archmage, a Bard of all Bards, a trickster god weaving intricate storylines and crafting worlds that turn simple games into legendary sagas. Learn how to craft compelling campaigns filled with humor, suspense, and unexpected emotional depth. Discover the power of injecting humor into your dungeons, creating ...

Somewhere along the way, our culture lost its definition of manhood, leaving generations of men and men-to-be confused about their roles, responsibilities, and relationships and the reason God made them men. It's into this "no-man's-land" that New York Times best-selling author Mark Batterson declares his mantra for manhood: Play the man. In this inspiring call to something greater, he helps men understand what it means to be a man of God by unveiling seven virtues of manhood.

What if your biggest risk in life is playing it safe? In Never Play It Safe, bestselling author, award-winning photographer, and founder of CreativeLive, Chase Jarvis, reveals that safety is an illusion—a comforting lie that’s holding you back from true fulfillment and extraordinary success...

The founders of a respected Silicon Valley advisory firm study legendary category-creating companies and reveal a groundbreaking discipline called category design. Winning today isn’t about beating the competition at the old game. It’s about inventing a whole new game—defining a new market...

A neuroscience-based approach to learning how to play music at any age You can learn to play music, no matter what you've been told about your musical talent or aptitude. Each and every one of us has been gifted with a fully customizable brain, one we can mold to learn anything, at any age. With...

The simple way to help your kids face their fears, handle big emotions, and bolster their social skills—from the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Whole-Brain Child and a renowned play therapist “A parenting guide as useful as it is scientifically sound, The Way of Play is a gift...

Free Play is directed toward people in any field who want to contact, honor, and strengthen their own creative powers. It integrates material from a wide variety of sources among the arts, sciences, and spiritual traditions of humanity. Filled with unusual quotes, amusing and illuminating anecdotes, and original metaphors, it reveals how inspiration arises within us; how that inspiration may be blocked, derailed, or obscured by certain unavoidable facts of life; and how it can finally be liberated - how we can be liberated - to speak or sing, write or paint, dance or play.

A designer, educator, and play expert calls for adults to add more fun, exploration, and imagination to their lives “Radiant and essential … this book brings a sense of transcendence. Reading it was not only inspiring; it was joyful.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, NYT bestselling author of Big...

From Jerilee Kaye, author of best-selling novel “Knight in Shining Suit”, comes the spin-off of the top-grossing interactive story, “All the Wrong Reasons”. One last adventure. That was all Julianne wanted. One last trip to escape the pressures of an arranged marriage to a man she doesn’t love and doesn’t even like. One last time to experience freedom… to go wherever she wanted to go, to be anyone she wanted to be. During her last two weeks in Paris, she met someone unexpected—an aspiring painter, Jas Mathieu. He was as handsome as hell and as sweet as heaven. He captured ...

In this new edition of the bestselling classic, Florence Scovel Shinn teaches the power of positive thought and how to access abundance, love and success.At a time of global trauma like no other, The Game of Life and How to Play It is the ultimate guide to creating a life full of optimism...

The one-armed Herobrine wants revenge! Jeff, Zion, and Lila have to find some way to stop him blowing up the bunker, taking all villagers of Happy Hills with it. But they've only got four hours... Disclaimer: This book is an unofficial Minecraft book, a work of fan fiction. It is not endorsed, authorized, licensed, sponsored, or supported by Mojang AB, Microsoft Corp. or any other entity owning or controlling rights to the Minecraft name, trademarks or copyrights. Great Minecraft books for boys and girls aged 7 and above. Fans of Steve The Noob, Zack Zombie, Dave The Villager, and Skeleton ...

Life is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever call fun. But what if we've gotten fun wrong? In Play Anything, visionary game designer and philosopher Ian Bogost shows how we can overcome our daily anxiety; transforming the boring, ordinary world around us into one of endless, playful possibilities. The key to this playful mindset lies in discovering the secret truth of fun and games.

In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the opposite: the rest of school (even the rest of life) should be more like kindergarten. To thrive in today's fast-changing world, people of all ages must learn to think and act creatively....

When Susie stumbles upon an old, unmarked game at a dusty retro shop, she never expects it to change her life—literally. At first, it seems like a twisted version of The Sims, allowing her to create and control digital people. But as she plays, the lines between reality and the game begin to blur. The characters she creates aren't just self-aware. They're real and when they suffer, they feel it.

Top 10 Games You Can Play in Your Head, by Yourself is a collection of visionary author J. Theophrastus Bartholomew's most cherished mind games, edited and updated by filmmaker and storyteller Sam Gorski and author D.F. Lovett. No peripherals needed. No controllers. No pens. No dice or boards. Everything you need to experience the forefront of game design is right here in this audiobook!

The best guide to learning to play the violin for kids! Have you ever dreamed of making music so beautiful it could make people cry? What if you could hold an instrument so magical it could tell stories without words? Violin for Kids unlocks the world of violin playing, turning your dreams into reality. In no time, you’ll create sounds that dance and swirl, filling a room with joy. This is what you can find inside!: Unravel the Violin’s Mysteries: Learn all about the violin’s different parts, how it works its magic, and why it can produce such remarkable tones. Become a Violin Buddy: ...

Pioneers of Human Behaviour: Donald Winnicott A Gateway to His Life, Theories, and Legacy Donald W. Winnicott transformed how we think about childhood, parenting, and therapy. He showed that play is the birthplace of creativity, that authenticity flourishes in safe relationships, and that being a “good enough” caregiver matters more than being perfect. His gentle yet radical ideas reshaped psychoanalysis, influenced education, and reassured generations of parents that ordinary care is extraordinary. This concise yet powerful volume distils Winnicott’s life and work into clear, ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play comes an inspirational guide for setting new personal goals, rediscovering your interests, cultivating creativity, and reclaiming your Unicorn Space. With her acclaimed New York Times bestseller (and Reese’s Book Club pick) Fair Play, Eve...