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The A Game: Nine Steps to Better Grades is a must-read for all college freshmen. It is one of those rare books -- concise and compelling, yet based on science. Certain to become a staple in first-year college curricula, The A Game will forever change students' lives. “The A Game is an excellent, easy-to-follow, and exceedingly useful guide to help students improve their academic performance (and, hence, their grades!) in college. In nine easy steps, Professor Sufka challenges students to take more control of the grades they get and – equally important – he tells them exactly how to do...

MEMORIES BECOME THE MOST DANGEROUS WEAPON WHEN YOU CAN'T TRUST YOUR OWN. Willow Harper has been charged with the brutal murder of her friends. But confined to Bordeaux Behavioral Hospital with no recollection of that tragic night, she is left questioning her own innocence. Public defender Donovan Thomas takes on her case, determined to get to the truth. But Willow's convenient amnesia raises more questions than answers. Why can't she recall any details? And why does it seem like she's hiding something? But to comprehend Willow's unstable grip on reality means confronting the cracks in his ...

A Step-by-Step Master Class in Indie Game Development, from the Creator of the Emmy® Winning Neverwinter Nights™ Honors for Don Daglow's From Dream to Delivery books: Winner, 2019 Independent Press Book Awards Winner, Kirkus Top 100 Indie Books of 2019 Finalist, 2020 Top Shelf Book Awards Finalist, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist, National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist, Book Excellence Awards "Don Daglow has survived 40+ years creating games and always retained his positive attitude. Learn from the master." – Jeff Braun, ...

Amie doesn’t have a wolf. It makes her broken and weak to some. They don't know her. On her eighteenth birthday, her worst fear comes true—James, the Alpha’s son and her fated mate, rejects her in front of the entire pack. Shattered, Amie runs, carving out a new life among humans where no one knows what she is… or what she’s missing. Years later, Alpha Finlay finds her. He knows she isn’t his mate, but something about her calls to him. Against her will, Amie is drawn back into pack life—where, at last, her wolf awakens. For the first time, Amie feels like she belongs. She has ...

In football, the momentum of a game can shift at the slightest moment. One misstep, fumble, or error can change the entire complexity of a game. The difference between winning and losing can be as small as an inch. In reality, life is not that much different than football. One wrong decision can send a person’s life spinning out of control. One bad move be the difference between a happy ending or a life of disappointments and sorrow. Justin thought he had conquered the game of life. He not only had a beautiful girlfriend, but was set to inherit a large trust worth a fortune. He seemed to ...

People paid me to make their characters legendary. Then the game turned real — and trapped them inside. I’m a booster — a carry. You pay me, I grind your character to the cap while you live your ordinary life. Launch night of the expansion, I deliver one last rush order. At zero, my rig goes dark. Fine. I needed cigarettes anyway. Except the hallway is gone. My one-room apartment is a concrete cube in black grass under two moons. No logout. No support. Just a welcome panel for a classification no player has ever had: [Service Provider] The System rebuilt my account into a unique class...

The Game of Life & How to Play It – Quantum Codex Edition 🪞✨ A Master Key to Reality Remastered for the New Earth Era What if Life is not a struggle to survive... but a Game to master with Grace, Power, and Divine Precision? Originally written by the mystic Florence Scovel Shinn in 1925, The Game of Life & How to Play It became a timeless metaphysical classic. Now, 100 years later, this Quantum Codex Edition upgrades the beloved teachings for a new generation of seekers, leaders, and soul-creators ready to live in alignment with their Divine Design. 🔑 This is not just a reprint. ...

Game Theory Made Simple: A Beginner's Guide to Strategic Thinking, Decision-Making, and Application to Everyday Life by The Practical Atlas is your essential introduction to the fascinating world of game theory. Whether you're curious about economics, psychology, international relations, or just want to make better decisions in daily life, this engaging and easy-to-follow guide will show you how game theory applies to the real world. With clear explanations, relatable examples, and zero jargon, this book walks you through the fundamental ideas of strategic decision-making. Learn how players...

Two strangers. One night. A secret that binds them. Nicole Brennan spent nearly eighteen years believing justice had been served. As a prosecutor, she put serial rapist Christian Ivanov behind bars for what should have been life. But when hidden corruption overturns the conviction, Ivanov walks free—and begins stalking Nicole's seventeen-year-old daughter. The police won't help. The courts have failed. And Ivanov has made his intentions terrifyingly clear. So Nicole does the unthinkable. James Cortez has dedicated his life to helping survivors of trauma. But when his young client Tyler ...

A chance for fortune. A killer that wants them dead. Reality gone horribly wrong. This is not like any reality show Lexi Zimmer had ever seen. Her excitement quickly fades when she realizes that her time in the Ozark mountains, along with 29 others, is complicated by a murderer set out to make sure that no one reaches the end and claims the prize. Jake Ward, a cop hired to catch a killer, finds his job complicated by the presence of wide-eyed participants out for money and a tiny slip of a beauty who is much tougher than she looks. Can these two survive until the end and find a love bigger ...

She was in love with a married man. Then a dangerous stranger walked into her life and changed everything. A fast-paced, jaw-dropping standalone from Jade Jones, author of the bestselling Cameron series! As a single mom, Spirit has always lived a difficult life, struggling to get by and maintaining her morals as a stripper. To make matters worse, the man she loves is married to another woman. The ball has never been in her court--or so it seems. That is, until she meets a bad-tempered, sexy dreadhead by the name of Shooter. Despite the differences in their circumstances and character, the ...

Eternal Realm is famous for one thing above all else: 99.9999% realism. It isn't merely a full-immersion VRMMO. It's humanity's second world. In an age where prices climb and paychecks don't, a decent job is hard to come by. Daisy couldn't find one either — not for lack of ability, but because her staggering beauty proved to be a liability rather than an asset. Then she happened to see an ad for Eternal Realm. She logged in, named her character Nightfall, and found two impossible numbers staring back at her: Charm: 999. Luck: 999. And something more — a unique Talent called Apotheosis. ...

Three women. Three impossible choices. Three mind-bending journeys into obsession, betrayal, and survival. From wellness retreats with deadly secrets to glittering empires built on lies, Mind Games pulls you into the twisting psyches of ordinary women caught in extraordinary deceit. Each story unravels with razor-sharp tension and shocking revelations that will keep you turning pages late into the night. It includes the books: The Stay Vanished at Sea Pretty Little Profits Mind Games contains three unputdownable psychological thrillers—The Stay, Vanished at Sea, and Pretty Little Profits...

Your guide to being a better Game Designer! (or to become one) This book is for game designers of all experience levels and also for the teams, developers, and support staff they work with. It showcases the reality of what game designers actually do (or should be doing) and sheds light on some widespread misconceptions of the job. This is an easy-to-read, practical guide for the following people: Game Designers: Understand what Game Designers really own and the skills required to be successful. Anyone can design games but not everyone is a Game Designer. What distinguishes those two is the ...

Colton Winchester grew up being everything that his father wanted him to be. He was forced to put aside his interest in the outdoors and becoming a prepper just to satisfy his father’s desire to raise a son with the proper credentials to become a wealthy professional. Left with little choice as a boy, Colton decided to become what his father wanted by excelling in sports and academics. He was able to secure a scholarship to Yale where he checked all the right boxes to be invited into the Skull and Bones Society. After graduating law school, Colton secured a job as a corporate attorney for...

♥♥♥are you bored of the usual sex?♥♥♥ Do you want to have new experiences in your sex life with fun and naughty games to rekindle the flame of passion and intimacy between you and your partner? If so, read on ... The reality is that couples very often allow themselves to be abandoned by desire, accepting a flat sex life, without any fantasy and without inspiration in the bedroom. Even in young couples, playing erotic games can be a good way to get to know each other better and increase trust and unity, that is, to lay a good foundation for a sex life and not, in order to make ...

The True Adventures of an Alaska Sourdough in the Greatest Big-Game Country on Earth, the Upper Yukon. Major Nevill Armstrong was the first civilized man to set foot in the Macmillan River wilderness on the Upper Yukon. On a prospecting trip there in 1905 with another sourdough during a 16-month prospecting trip turned survival ordeal, fell in love with that brutal country 300 miles from the nearest post.* Fast forward 10 years Nevill Armstrong returns with a few other sportsmen to reap the reward of his previous scouting adventures. On a hunting trip in 1914 he found that the riches of ...

Everyone thinks she's paranoid. What if she's the only one seeing clearly? Vivienne Duval's smart home is watching her. Her medication erases hours of memory. Her husband insists she's imagining things. And when her best friend Jolie dies investigating Vivienne's therapist, the woman who's supposed to help her starts looking like the woman destroying her. Dr. Simone Voss has treated Vivienne for dissociative disorder for three years. She's professional. Compassionate. Irreplaceable. She's also asking questions about the childhood Vivienne can't remember—questions no therapist should know ...

When Myra, one of the Mah Jongg foursome, dies mysteriously, her fellow player and friend Angelina Popoff decides to conduct her own investigation. A widow, Angelina soon becomes enamored with widower detective Guy, who returns her affection but discourages her amateur sleuth tendencies. Stubbornly she persists, botching the investigation and endangering the lives of her fellow MJ players. A story of bribery, revenge and the universal desire for belonging takes the reader on a heartfelt journey of discovery and reveals what lengths a person might go to for acceptance. The other two Mah ...

This book is aimed at giving pool players the mental skills to conquer their inner game, improve their pool game, and take them to higher levels of play. Topics include Mental Skills of Successful Athletes, Awareness, Positive Thinking, Performance Anxiety, Focus, Visualization, Self-Criticism, Learn By Feel, Winning-Losing, Goal Setting, Slumps, Consistency, Motivation, Confidence, Big Game Pressure, Physical Exercise, Mental Toughness, Decision Making, Practice, Strategies, Pool Journal, Competing, Good Sportsmanship, Post Match Learning, Mental Training Plan, Pro Player Insights, and ...