David Myers: 37 books
Play Redux
The Form of Computer Games
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
"Play Redux excels in tying together intellectual traditions that are rooted in literary studies, cognitive science, play studies and several other fields, thereby creating a logical whole. Through this, the book makes service to several academic communities by pointing out their points of contact....
Debugging Game History
A Critical Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Essays discuss the terminology, etymology, and history of key terms, offering a foundation for critical historical studies of games.
Even as the field of game studies has flourished, critical historical studies of games have lagged behind other areas of research. Histories have generally been...
Games are not
The difficult and definitive guide to what video games are
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
In Game are not, David Myers demonstrates that current controversies and conflicts surrounding the meanings and effects of videogames are not going away; they are essential properties of the game's unique and paradoxical aesthetic form: a form critical to human creativity, knowledge, and sustenance of the species.
The Key Skill of All Skills
Learn How to Learn
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Everything Is Connected
This reference book for life helps make everything you read and do, work better. It shows you how to acquire the most basic life comprehension and transformation skills—connecting one thing with another. And then adding more and more pieces of the puzzle together,...
by David Myers, Elise Meyers Walker
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Ohio's capital city once teemed with crime bosses, rampant corruption and unpunished perversion. The Bad Lands of Columbus was a nationally recognized slum controlled by "Smoky" Hobbs. Columbus native Dr. Samuel B. Hartman, the world's most successful snake oil salesman, was almost single-handedly...
by Professor Michael David Myers
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
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An expansive, yet remarkably concise and accessible resource, Qualitative Research in Business and Management is designed to help qualitative researchers with all aspects of their research project from start to finish. It discusses the...
by David Myers
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
If You Give an Amish Man Electric illustrates how the tug of convenience conflicts with the pull of church teaching. It shows that the Amish desire convenience just like us. Any of us want to make life easier or more convenient, to eliminate unnecessary hard work. The problem for the Amish is that...
The Stakes of History
On the Use and Abuse of Jewish History for Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
A leading scholar of Jewish history’s bracing and challenging case for the role of the historian today
Why do we study history? What is the role of the historian in the contemporary world? These questions prompted David N. Myers’s illuminating and poignant call for the relevance of historical...
The American Paradox
Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
For Americans entering the twenty-first century, it is the best of times and the worst of times. Material wealth is at record levels, yet disturbing social problems reflect a deep spiritual poverty. In this compelling book, well-known social psychologist David G. Myers asks how this paradox has come...
Take the Lead
Motivate, Inspire, and Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
“Why is it that some people challenge us and motivate us to rise to our best abilities, while others seem to drain our energy and spirit? What is that particular quality certain people have that causes those around them to engage fully and feel connected?”
You are a leader. You do not need...
Intuition
Its Powers and Perils
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
How reliable is our intuition? How much should we depend on gut-level instinct rather than rational analysis when we play the stock market, choose a mate, hire an employee, or assess our own abilities? In this engaging and accessible book, David G. Myers shows us that while intuition can provide us with...
by David N. Myers
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
How have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. Many have attempted to explain this singular success as a result of divine intervention. In this engaging book, David N. Myers charts the long...
The Civil War in Georgia
A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in...
The Dark Side of the Supernatural, Revised and Expanded Edition
What Is of God and What Isn't
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
You’ve seen movies and TV shows or read books that have supernatural ideas. A lot of times, it’s entertaining. Boys who are warlocks with magical powers, women who see the future, a girl who sees and talks to dead people—as ideas go, these have great potential to tell a good story. But is it...