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A collection of my poetry from the last ten years of my life.

This lecture introduces fundamental principles of online multiplayer games, primarily massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), suitable for students and faculty interested both in designing games and in doing research on them. The general focus is human-centered computing, which includes many human-computer interaction issues and emphasizes social computing, but also, looks at how the design of socio-economic interactions ext...

The definitive scholarly edition of the York Plays, first published in 1982, and now reissued in a revised and updated edition, with full annotation and introduction, in two volumes. This volume includes the Introduction and Text, with an appendix containing the musical settings accompanying the plays.

A major study of the major and minor fiction, poetry, and children's books of SF and fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin. As Le Guin herself writes, "It is written in English, not academese, and will be of interest to a wide spectrum of students, scholars, and interested readers.

The first collection of its kind, this volume assembles both well-established and up-and-coming scholars to address sizable gaps in the literature on media history in Canada.

At the time of Norway's original conversion to Christianity, two missionaries stumble upon the spiritual lesson of a lifetime. The missionaries find themselves in the company of a wise old man, who was one of the original converts to Christianity in Norway. In the form of an intelligent Socratic dialogue, the three men converse about ideas the missionaries had never before considered. The dialogue that unfolds goes deeply into exploring human ...

Her life was spinning out of control. A mix of anger and emptiness defined her. Desperate for true peace, she headed to a place of rest--the healing sands.

A collection of poems, haiku and sonnets to stir your mind and soothe your soul. In the following pages of this humble tome I hope to better define the crowded intersections of what I've seen, heard, felt, learned and breathed in through my first forty-six and half years of walking upright on this planet. In the end these are after all just words on a page, but they are my words, reflecting the beauty and the pain I've witnessed and giving som...

What a year in real estate that was! It was hard to face the facts for a while, and my most trusted friends could only shake their heads in sympathy. My brand new house was worth less than fifty percent of its appraised value, and considerably less than the value of the materials and labor that went into constructing it - only one year after being built! I was in a situation all too common in America today - "upside down" - with a large mortga...

Brian Mitchell has compiled concise but informative histories of the principle surnames that are most closely associated, through numerical strength or uniqueness, with North West Ireland. Drawing on a range of primary and secondary sources, the author has produced 324 single-page histories of surnames that either originated in or became established in North West Ireland. Owing to spelling variations, these histories apply to an additional 57 ...

Are you a Christian single without immediate marriage prospects? Sick of books by married people about finding that phantom spouse? You're not alone! We can mature gracefully as whole and complete persons, full and productive members of the Church, without a husband or wife. "Surviving Celibacy" contains hard-hitting practical advice from other singles on living a Christian lifestyle without a spouse or family. See how leading Christians of th...

Stella is a Saluki, a purebred Arabian Desert princess and somewhat of a diva. Much to her chagrin, she has fallen into the hands of a family of infidels and is forced to reside with them and their revolting common dog. She, on the other hand, dreams of a life amongst her fellow Bedouin canines, roaming the deserts and hunting for game. Stella spends her time plotting a regime change, passing her days in "captivity" by tormenting both the ...

With the volume at hand, compiler Vernon Skinner has assembled his twenty-third collection of abstractions based upon this important source for Maryland genealogists, entitled "Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland." In compiling the series, Mr. Skinner has worked primarily from microfilm copies of the Prerogative Court records, however, when necessary to resolve problems of paleography, he has consulte...

This is the eighth edition of the classic work on the royal ancestry of certain colonists who came to America before the year 1700, and it is the first new edition to appear since 1992, reflecting the change in editorship from the late Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. to his appointed successors William and Kaleen Beall. Like the previous editions, it embodies the very latest research in the highly specialized field of royal genealogy. As a result, ou...

Couples who are stepping on each other's toes should try walking in each other's shoes. Trading Places reduces conflict, deepens your commitment, and helps you live as better friends and lovers. Mutual empathy---the revolutionary tool for instantly improving a relationship---can be learned and practiced, say the authors of this groundbreaking book. Their guidance will transform your marriage.

With all their social networks and virtual communities, you'd think your students are well connected. But they're still feeling alone and isolated. Whether you're a volunteer youth worker or the lead youth pastor, getting some students to open up and share their lives can be a challenge. Here you'll get the practical tools needed to help you engage students in meaningful, one-on-one dialogue to impact their lives beyond the youth room and into...

The perfect way to introduce children to the joy of having a special time with God at night right before they close their sleepy eyes. A case-bound padded board book with devotions and prayers center on various aspects of God's shepherd-like love.

Life is a journey. But as 23-year-old New Zealander Tara Forbes discovers, the route we each must take isn't always the one of our choosing. After a shock departure from her home town, Tara undertakes a quest for the answers to a family secret, which propels her into a surprising adventure on the other side of the world. There, she finds much more than she'd expected - love, friendship, fame and all-night parties but, even more so, anonymity a...