This novel takes the reader on a journey into contemporary Tanzanian life in an honest and unsentimental way, from the bustling towns to its vast, dangerous wilderness. Set in Tanzania, Nothing Is Wrong follows the lives of three people living on the fringes of society: a wayward vagrant, a curious Tanzanian girl, and Sal, a young American woman suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from the war in Afghanistan. As their lives come toge...
A sprawling tale of innocent lovers, demonic devastation and heroic endeavour tofight the good fight with all their might. Set on Trollworld, the home of the classic fantasy role playing game Tunnels & Trolls, super-powered stalwarts Samos Treek, Donk Bonku, Kaitlin Kloot and Brazi Tardani shoulder the brunt of the burden, setting out to save the gentle Feigh Folk from the clutches of the Arch-Demon Ashgoleth, as their guardians the Cloud Gian...
Learn a role playing game the easy way! No long rulebook to work through - 5 minutes and you'll be ready for action.
This is your chance to take the role of a young hero, to fight your way out of a tight corner, to learn magic and to set out on the adventure of a lifetime. All you need is dice, pencil and paper - although imagination and a sense of humour are good to add to the mix!
With new artwork to set the scene and easy step-by-step rul...
The Arena of Khaboom is set on the Kraken Continent, an alternative fantasy world. With the Tunnels & Trolls short rules, available by free download, a few dice and a pencil and paper, you can play a fighter to take on any of 72 pre-designed opponents. They get tougher as you progress and many have special powers. You will have plenty of chances to upgrade your abilities and maybe you will even live!
They say drowning is an awful way to die... so be very careful when you descend to the depths with the Deepwater Dwarves. Could you prevent an assassination? Could you resist irritations and stick your post? Or perhaps you think it's safer to hide under the bed covers and pretend everything is as it should be?
There are many ways to die and you're going to have to fend the Grim Reaper off not once, not twice but three times if you want to liv...
A Tunnels & Trolls solo adventure? Yes and no - start with a group of 6 adventures and reduce gradually to one character attempting to solve the mysterious murders in Castle Lostreld before the ruling family is thrown down and anarchy prevails!
This game book has 1, 155 entries, 153 illustrations and 132, 000 words. There is quite probably something here you will like...
Do you feel that there just aren't enough hours in a day? Could you use a little relaxation, without sacrificing productivity? Would you like to feel more "real"? If you've answered yes to any of these questions, you'll find the solution in the art of meditation. And the best part, says executive meditation coach Mark Thornton: you can do it "in a New York minute." In Meditation in a New York Minute, Thornton demystifies meditation and makes i...
This authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present.
This bold new collection surveys the rich field of Bardic film representations, from Michael Almereyda's Hamlet and the BBC "Shakespea(Re)-Told" season to Michael Radford's The Merchant of Venice and Peter Babakitis' Henry V. The volume offers in-depth analyses of major and obscure productions, touching on advertisements, appropriations, postcolonial reinventions, and mass media citations, arguing that Shakespeare is a magnet for debate over s...
This bold new collection surveys the rich field of Bardic film representations, from Michael Almereyda's Hamlet and the BBC "Shakespea(Re)-Told" season to Michael Radford's The Merchant of Venice and Peter Babakitis' Henry V. The volume offers in-depth analyses of major and obscure productions, touching on advertisements, appropriations, postcolonial reinventions, and mass media citations, arguing that Shakespeare is a magnet for debate over s...
The last two decades have transformed the field of Renaissance studies, and Reconceiving the Renaissance: A Critical Reader maps this difficult terrain. Attending to the breadth of fresh approaches, the volume offers a theoretical overview of current thinking about the period. Collecting in one volume the classic and cutting-edge statements which define early modern scholarship as it is now practiced, this book is a one-stop indispensable reso...
This lean, raw, and surprising debut is a deeply moving and powerful story of Moses, a nine-year-old survivor of the harsh streets of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Moses longs for something outside the grim existence he has known. He and his friend Kioso hitch a ride out of the city on the back of a truck only to find themselves in the wilderness, where their street wisdom no longer helps them as they encounter poisonous snakes, cruel jungle travel...
You play a teenager dared to steal the cherries from Old Man Gruber's house... the tree is laden with fruit, just visible from the street over the wall of his garden. You might even venture into his house, you might even live to tell the tale. More than 450 game paragraphs and lots of surprises!
This lean, raw, and surprising debut is a deeply moving and powerful story of Moses, a nine-year-old survivor of the harsh streets of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Moses longs for something outside the grim existence he has known. He and his friend Kioso hitch a ride out of the city on the back of a truck only to find themselves in the wilderness where their street wisdom no longer helps them as they encounter poisonous snakes, cruel jungle travele...
