Talented, handsome, and personable, Dewayne Jobe rose from humble beginnings in rural Mississippi to play college football in Southern California and beyond. One of the best wide receivers in college ball, Dewayne is assured a promising career in professional football and easily finds success both on and off the field. Not only is he a great player, he's got the wife, the kids, and the pristine white picket fence to boot.But catastrophe looms right around the corner and ultimately s...

Beat the casinos at their own game!Casino gambling expert Bill Burton will teach you:The truth about the most popular casino betsHow to find the best slot machines to playWhat games you should avoid at all costsThe ten smartest bets in the casinoThe ten worst bets in the casinoHow to get the most bang for your buck—in the pit and all over the casinoThe basics of card counting, dice setting ...

A city's infrastructure influences the daily life of residents, neighborhoods, and businesses. But uniting the hard infrastructure of roads and bridges with the soft infrastructure of parks and public art creates significant political challenges. Planners at all stages must work at an intersection of public policy, markets, and aesthetics--while also accounting for how a project will work in both the present and the future.The latest volume in the Urban Agenda series looks at press...

Vintage Games explores the most influential videogames of all time, including Super Mario Bros., Grand Theft Auto III, Doom, The Sims and many more. Drawing on interviews as well as the authors' own lifelong experience with videogames, the book discusses each game's development, predecessors, critical reception, and influence on the industry. It also features hundreds of full-color screenshots and images, including rare photos of game boxes and other materials. Vintage Games is the ideal b...

Vintage Game Consoles tells the story of the most influential videogame platforms of all time, including the Apple II, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, Sony PlayStation, and many more. It uncovers the details behind the consoles, computers, handhelds, and arcade machines that made videogames possible. Drawing on extensive research and the authors’ own lifelong experience with videogames, Vintage Game Consoles explores each system’s development, ...

Blackstone Audio is proud to present the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s brilliant production of Shakespeare’s disturbing and psychologically rich masterpiece Hamlet. Whether you’re a Hamlet scholar or being exposed to this work for the first time, this stunning work of audio theater, fully dramatized with performances by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival cast, is a must-listen.In Denmark a king is dead. His brother, Claudius, has snatched the throne, and the widowed queen, yet life go...

Some of the cast and production team are interviewed about the making of the 1979 Mod film 'Quadrophenia'.Interviews with Phil Davis, Toyah Wilcox, Mark Wingett, Sean Barton, Franc Roddam, Bill Burbishly and Martin Stellman.Listen to find out about the casts feelings about the film, the huge buzz around the film and how the production team first became involved in making the film.

o·li·o/ˈōlēō/nouna miscellaneous collection (as of literary or musical selections)Ghosts dance in the ballroom. Two orphans find renewed hope. A bookbinder searches for her lost journal. A man struggles to survive."Olio" is the Massillon Public Library's Writers of the Round Table's first short story collection.This unique collection contains 22 short stories by 13 authors. t...

How and why does restorative practice (RP) work? This book presents the biological theory, affect script psychology (ASP), behind RP, and shows how it works in practice in different settings.ASP explains how the central nervous system triggers 'affects' which are the basis of all human motivation and emotion. The book presents a clear explanation of what ASP is, how it relates to RP, and how ASP helps practitioners to understand relationships, emotions and dynamics in their work. T...

The Massillon Public Library adult writer's group presents its first-ever poetry anthology, Writing Is.This powerful collection contains 28 unique poems from 7 authors. The poems fall under three categories: 'Writing Is,' a united category showing the importance of writing in our lives, 'Who We Are,' poems showing what makes each of us unique, and Where We Come From,' outlining our struggles.Enjoy this collection from authors of all different backgrounds, struggles...

Dandelions push up between the concrete slabs, reminding onlookers of resilience and hope.A moving, emotional collection of poems that explores the stages of love and life: grief, rage, and the enduring hope at the end of it all-the dandelions in the sidewalk cracks. This collection features 38 poems from 13 authors.Dandelions in Sidewalk Cracks is the 2nd Massillon Public Library adult writer's group (Writers of the Round Table) c...

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.‘O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mockThe meat it feeds on.’Othello follows the story of the Moor through love, jealousy...