James David: 657 books
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...
Zones of Control
Perspectives on Wargaming
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts.
Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...
Spies and Shuttles
NASA's Secret Relationships with the DoD and CIA
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
In this real life spy saga, James E. David reveals the extensive and largely hidden interactions between NASA and U.S. defense and intelligence departments. The story begins with the establishment of NASA in 1958 and follows the agency through its growth, not only in scope but also in complexity.
In...
Rock 'N' Film
Cinema's Dance With Popular Music
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
For two decades after the mid-1950s, biracial popular music played a fundamental role in progressive social movements on both sides of the Atlantic. Balancing rock's capacity for utopian popular cultural empowerment with its usefulness for the capitalist media industries, Rock 'N' Film explores how...
by David James
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Wybert Strike First, Strike Fast is a fast moving, all action book, with a generous helping of humor. Written by new author David James and with over on hundred thousand words, it portrays the life of a foot soldier in the time of King Arthur.
Wybert is an uncouth, heavy drinking soldier in King Arthur's...
by David James
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Between the Stars and Sky is a vivid contemporary novel from Young Adult author David James.In the small, lakeside town of Huntington, the Firelight Festival marks the end of summer. A time to laugh, to live, to love. And for Jackson Grant, it is a chance to begin again.But there is...
Discrepant Solace
Contemporary Literature and the Work of Consolation
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
Consolation has always played an uncomfortable part in the literary history of loss. But in recent decades its affective meanings and ethical implications have been recast by narratives that appear at first sight to foil solace altogether. Illuminating this striking archive, Discrepant Solace considers...
World's Greatest Classics in One Volume
Les Misérables, Hamlet, Jane Eyre, Ulysses, Huck Finn, Walden, War and Peace, Art of War, Siddhartha, Faust, Don Quixote, Arabian Nights, Bushido…
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Les Misérables (Victor Hugo) The Call of the Wild (Jack London) Walden (Henry David Thoreau) Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)...
by Benjamin Franklin, Francis Hopkinson, John Bull
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Contents The Ephemera: An Emblem Of Human Life Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The Whistle Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Dialogue Between Franklin And The Gout Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Consolation For The Old Bachelor Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791). John Bull Washington Irving (1783-1859)....
Die beliebtesten Seeabenteuerromane (Klassiker für Jugendliche)
Die Schatzinsel, Ein Kapitän von 15 Jahren, Der rote Freibeuter, Der Schatz im Silbersee, Der schwarze Korsar, Die Abenteuer David Balfours...
Language: German
Release Date: July 17, 2017
Gehen Sie an Bord eines Schiffes, das durch die schönsten Romane und Geschichten über die berühmtesten Seeabenteurer segelt und machen Sie sich mit den bekanntesten mächenhaften Seefahrten der Welt vertraut. Inhalt: Die geheimnisvolle Insel (Jules Verne) Ein Kapitän von 15 Jahren (Jules Verne)...
by Duncan Abel, Virginia Ballesty, Erik Bergstrom
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
From Trumpocalypse to Brexit Britain, brick by brick the walls are closing in. But don’t despair. Bulldoze the borders. Conquer freedom not fear. EXIT EARTH explores all life – past, present, or future – on, or off – this beautiful, yet fragile, world of ours. Final embraces beneath a sky...
by Ryan Sayles, Patricia Abbott, J.L. Abramo
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2019
Clowns are like politics; everyone has an opinion on them. In this collection of short stories you’ll find numerous takes on the world of the painted harlequin entertainer. Often maligned in today’s day and age, the institution of the clown means something to everyone.
And sure, most of...
by David L. Clements, James L. Cambias, Paul Di Filippo
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
We're part of the cover-up!Did you know that there is a secret government agency dedicated to creating conspiracy theories? It's true! It's on Facebook!But it's not in this book. Our conspiracy theories are all fiction. At least, that's what we want you to think! Certainly,...
by Margaret A. Boden, Liane Gabora, Apara Ranjan
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Experts describe current perspectives and experimental approaches to understanding the neural bases of creativity.
This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the latest neuroscientific approaches to the scientific study of creativity. In chapters that progress logically from neurobiological...