The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy (Mit Press)
By: Bernie DeKoven
4.03
Format: 172 pages, Hardcover
The return of the classic book on games and play that illuminates the relationship between the well…
Want to Read $ 17.99"It is neither work nor play, purpose nor purposelessness that satisfies us. It is the dance between."-Bernie DeKoven, The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy (Mit Press)
"It is neither work nor play, purpose nor purposelessness that satisfies us. It is the dance between."-Bernie DeKoven, The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy (Mit Press)
"It is neither work nor play, purpose nor purposelessness that satisfies us. It is the dance between."-Bernie DeKoven, The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy (Mit Press)
"On the one hand we have the playing mind—innovative, magical, boundless. On the other is the gaming mind—concentrated, determined, intelligent. And on the hand that holds them both together we have the notion of playing well."-Bernie DeKoven, The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy (Mit Press)
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1. Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas
By: Garth Ennis , Steve Dillon , Joe R. Lansdale
4.18
Format: 336 pages, Comics
Alternate Cover Edition One of the most celebrated comics titles of the late 1990s, PREACHER is… read more
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"I thought you an' I'd already settled the roles in the fucker/fuckee relationship! I guess I thought wrong!"-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas
" Criminal: You can suck my dick, motherfucker! Detective Bridges: You suck mine! [shoves barrel of pistol in the Criminal's mouth] An' you get used to it, cause you get to Rykers you're gonna find a …"-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas
2. Song of Solomon
By: Toni Morrison
4.14
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain… read more
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"Her passions were narrow but deep."-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
"He can't value you more than you value yourself."-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it."-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
"You got a life? Live it! Live the motherfuckin' life!"-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
3. Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)
By: Octavia E. Butler
3.92
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex or design. He fears … read more
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4. The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia
By: Bernard Suits , Thomas Hurka
4.33
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
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- game design
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- gaming
- games
5. Saga, Vol. 4 (Saga, #4)
By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples
5.00
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
Sagais the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the universe. As they … read more
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6. Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4)
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.60
Format: None pages,
Ursula K. LeGuin follows her classic trilogy from Earthsea with a magical tale that won the 1991 Ne… read more
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7. The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Book Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea CycleDarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world … read more
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8. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
By: Edwin A. Abbott , Banesh Hoffmann
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertai… read more
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9. パーフェクトワールド 1 (Perfect World, #1)
By: Rie Aruga
3.19
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
interiaHui She niJiu Zhi shitaChuan Nai tsugumi(26Sui )haJian Zhu Hui She tonoYin miHui de, Gao Xia… read more
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10. Saga, Vol. 5 (Saga, #5)
By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples
4.34
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
Multiple storylines collide in this cosmos-spanning new volume. While Gwendolyn and Lying Cat risk … read more
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11. Uncertainty in Games
By: Greg Costikyan
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In life, uncertainty surrounds us. Things that we thought were good for us turn out to be bad for u… read more
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12. Atari to Zelda: Japan's Videogames in Global Contexts
By: None
3.86
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the early days of arcades and Nintendo, many players didn't recognize Japanese games as coming f… read more
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13. Saga, Vol. 3 (Saga, #3)
By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples
4.57
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
From the Hugo Award-winning duo of Brian K. Vaughan (The Private Eye, Y: The Last Man) and Fiona St… read more
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14. Witch King
By: Martha Wells
3.71
Format: 415 pages, Hardcover
"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more
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"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."-Martha Wells, Witch King
15. Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
By: Kevin Kelly
4.23
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
“I love aphorisms, proverbs, and Secrets of Adulthood . . . Excellent Advice for Living includes wi… read more
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- philosophy
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"The end is almost always the beginning of something better."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"When you keep people waiting they begin to think of all your flaws."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
16. How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
By: Michael Pollan
4.27
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a m… read more
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"The opposite of spiritual is not material but egotistical."-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"Normal waking consciousness feels perfectly transparent, and yet it is less a window on reality than the product of our imaginations-a kind of controlled hallucination."-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"Nature does in fact teem with subjectivities — call them spirits if you like — other than our own; it is only the human ego, with its imagined monopoly on subjectivity, that keeps us from recognizing…"-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"The philosophical implications of "predictive coding" are deep and strange. The model suggests that our perceptions of the world offer us not a literal transcription of reality but rather a seamless …"-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
17. The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again
By: Catherine Price
3.69
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Journalist and screen/life balance expert Catherine Price argues persuasively that our always-on, t… read more
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- psychology
"One of the many great things about taking breaks from screens and devices is that it forces you to be still. This stillness can be very uncomfortable, but it also gives your brain a chance to breathe…"-Catherine Price, The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again
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18. 後遺症ラジオ 1 [Kouishou Radio 1] (PTSD Radio, #1)
By: Masaaki Nakayama
3.87
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
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19. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
By: Priya Parker
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A transformative exploration of the power, purpose, and benefits of gatherings in our lives: at wor… read more
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- psychology
"Chill" is a selfishness disguised as kindness"-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
"Good controversy is much more likely to happen when it is invited in but carefully structured."-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
"In a world of infinite choices, choosing one thing is the revolutionary act. Imposing that restriction is actually liberating."-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
"Barack Obama's aunt once told him, 'If everyone is family, no one is family.' It is blood that makes a tribe, a border that makes a nation. The same is true of gatherings. So here is a corollary to h…"-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
20. All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told
By: Douglas Wolk
4.01
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
The first-ever full reckoning with Marvel Comics' interconnected, half-million-page story, a revela… read more
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- nonfiction
"If he does find himself back in the mountain of Marvels, or if he never leaves it, I hope he finds its glorious imaginary world changing all the time, keeping pace with the real one in which he lives…"-Douglas Wolk, All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told
"As you explore the Marvel story, it becomes another world you can call your own, one that's constantly expanding and full of unfinished wonders. You can no more exhaust its possibilities than the rea…"-Douglas Wolk, All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told
21. Boys Run the Riot, Vol. 1
By: Keito Gaku
4.34
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
A transgender teen finds an escape from the expectations and anxieties of his daily life in the wor… read more
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22. Look Out For The Little Guy!
By: Scott Lang
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
This is the incredible story of an ex-con turned world-saving superhero. In Look Out for the Lit… read more
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23. Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons (Game Histories)
By: Jon Peterson
4.09
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The story of the arcane table-top game that became a pop culture phenomenon and the long-running le… read more
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24. Box of Light Vol. 1 (Box of Light, #1)
By: Seiko Erisawa
3.83
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The critically acclaimed, spooky tale of a haunted convenience store. A quiet convenience store … read more
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25. Minesweeper (Boss Fight Books, #31)
By: Kyle Orland
3.97
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
If you had some free time and a Windows PC in the 1990s, your mouse probably crawled its way to Min… read more
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26. Player vs. Monster: The Making and Breaking of Video Game Monstrosity (Playful Thinking)
By: Jaroslav Švelch
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A study of the gruesome game characters we love to beat—and what they tell us about ourselves. Sin… read more
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27. The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s first full-len… read more
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"In many college English courses the words “myth"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
"I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
"The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world, and your fellow men, and your own feelings, and your destiny."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
"Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
28. The Beauty of Games
By: Frank Lantz
4.10
Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition
How games create beauty and meaning, and how we can use them to explore the aesthetics of thought.A… read more
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29. The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy (Mit Press)
By: Bernie DeKoven
4.03
Format: 172 pages, Hardcover
The return of the classic book on games and play that illuminates the relationship between the well… read more
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- video games
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- design
- gaming
- games
- plays
"It is neither work nor play, purpose nor purposelessness that satisfies us. It is the dance between."-Bernie DeKoven, The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy (Mit Press)
"On the one hand we have the playing mind—innovative, magical, boundless. On the other is the gaming mind—concentrated, determined, intelligent. And on the hand that holds them both together we have t…"-Bernie DeKoven, The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy (Mit Press)
"Once again we return to the heart-warming realization that games are not life. Games are throwaway items. We play them only because we feel like playing them. They don't mean anything for real, and n…"-Bernie DeKoven, The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy (Mit Press)
30. Handmade Pixels: Independent Video Games and the Quest for Authenticity (Mit Press)
By: Jesper Juul
3.80
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
An investigation of independent video games--creative, personal, strange, and experimental--and the… read more
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- game design
- games
- nonfiction
- video games
31. A Play of Bodies: How We Perceive Videogames (Mit Press)
By: Brendan Keogh
4.35
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
An investigation of the embodied engagement between the playing body and the videogame: how player … read more
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