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The Ultimate Random Encounters Book: Hundreds of Original Encounters to Help Bring Your Next RPG Adventure to Life (The Ultimate RPG Guide Series)
by Travis "Wheels" Wheeler Logan Jenkins Lee Terrill Greg LeathermanTake your gaming campaign to the next level with this inspiring, easy-to-use collection of random encounters perfect for any fantasy RPG.Spark your imagination fast with this collection of fun, engaging, and inspiring random encounter prompts. These expertly written options are organized into popular themes and locations so you can find what you need fast, whether you choose from the list or use the dice to choose randomly. With fantasy hooks to fit every game from Pathfinder to GURPS to D&D, there are options for all of your campaigns. Whether you&’re playing from a game book or weaving your own homebrewed adventure, there&’s always a need for short random encounters in between set pieces. Featuring fun full-color illustrations, you&’ll engage more in your story and bring your game to life!
The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide: Prompts and Activities to Create Compelling Characters for Horror, Sci-Fi, X-Punk, and More (Ultimate Role Playing Game Series)
by James D’AmatoTake your skyship pirate, haunted waif, or alien scientist to the next level with this fun, interactive book of exercises to help you build your RPG character&’s backstory—made specifically for the genres you love to play.You can now explore new RPG character ideas with this character backstory guide to the most popular RPG genres beyond fantasy, from sci-fi to horror and superhero to western-themed games. This latest guide from One Shot creator and RPG expert James D&’Amato helps you build out an existing character or create a new one, with these activities that provide plenty of RPG fun before you even hit the gaming table. With activities to help you flesh out characters for fantasy, sci-fi, horror, x-punk, superhero and western campaigns (with an extra chapter of neutral exercises you can use whenever you like), this book has everything you need, whether you&’re looking to start a new character, build out an existing character you&’re currently playing, or explore new character ideas and genres.
The Ultimate RPG Game Master's Worldbuilding Guide: Prompts and Activities to Create and Customize Your Own Game World (The Ultimate RPG Guide Series)
by James D’AmatoLevel up your Game Master skills with these fun, interactive prompts and activities to help your worldbuilding from RPG expert James D&’Amato.Make your next campaign truly unique with the help of this interactive guide to world building! From RPG expert James D&’Amato comes a fun new guide that teaches beginner and experienced gamers alike how to build and create their own game elements for customizing existing adventures or creating new stories from scratch. The Ultimate RPG Game Master&’s Worldbuilding Guide includes dozens of activities for a wide range of genres from fantasy and sci-fi to horror and x-punk. This lively and interactive book helps Game Masters create dynamic destinations, powerful items, shadowy organizations, compelling villains, and more. Make the most of your gaming experience with these unique and personalized ideas for your gaming group&’s next adventures!
The Ultimate RPG Guide Boxed Set: Featuring The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide, The Ultimate RPG Gameplay Guide, and The Ultimate RPG Game Master's Worldbuilding Guide (The Ultimate RPG Guide Series)
by James D’AmatoA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
The Ultimate Stallone Reader
by Chris HolmlundSylvester Stallone has been a defining part of American film for nearly four decades. He has made an impact on world entertainment in a surprisingly diverse range of capacities -- as actor, writer, producer, and director -- all while maintaining a monolithic presence. With The Ultimate Stallone Reader, this icon finally receives concerted academic attention. Eleven original essays by internationally-known scholars examine Stallone's contributions to mainstream cinema, independent film, and television. This volume also offers innovative approaches to star, gender, and celebrity studies, performance analysis, genre criticism, industry and reception inquiry, and the question of what it means to be an auteur. Ultimately, The Ultimate Stallone Reader investigates the place that Sylvester Stallone occupies within an industry and a culture that have both undergone much evolution, and how his work has reflected and even driven these changes.
The Ultimate Stallone Reader: Sylvester Stallone as Star, Icon, Auteur
by Holmlund Chris Ed.Sylvester Stallone has been a defining part of American film for nearly four decades. He has made an impact on world entertainment in a surprisingly diverse range of capacities – as actor, writer, producer, and director – all while maintaining a monolithic presence. With The Ultimate Stallone Reader, this icon finally receives concerted academic attention. Eleven original essays by internationally-known scholars examine Stallone's contributions to mainstream cinema, independent film, and television. This volume also offers innovative approaches to star, gender, and celebrity studies, performance analysis, genre criticism, industry and reception inquiry, and the question of what it means to be an auteur. Ultimately, The Ultimate Stallone Reader investigates the place that Sylvester Stallone occupies within an industry and a culture that have both undergone much evolution, and how his work has reflected and even driven these changes.
Ultimate Trivia, Volume 1: 800 + Fun and Challenging Trivia Questions
by Donna HokeBecome a triumphant trivia boss If you want to impress people with your wide-ranging knowledge at the next game night, pick up Ultimate Trivia, Vol. 1. The 800-plus questions in this book are spread over amusing and diverse categories creating a wide and fun playing field for everyone. Pass the time on a cross-country road trip with questions on literature and fine arts. Test your family's historical knowledge at the next holiday gathering. Or belly up to the bar and engage in a Q&A about animals and nature. It doesn't matter the setting—this trivia book is perfect. Ultimate Trivia, Vol. 1 includes: A variety of formats—Try team vs. team in group play or go head-to-head with a friend to see who comes out as a trivia master. Checked and double-checked—All the information has been strenuously fact-checked to ensure everything is accurate and up to date. So many subjects—You name it, it's probably covered: US and world history, pop culture and food and drink—it has it all. Leave a lasting impact at the next trivia night with this brain-busting book.
Ultimate Trivia, Volume 2: 840 MORE Fun and Challenging Trivia Questions
by Donna HokeSerious trivia challenge—840 questions to rack your brain Whether playing in a pub, along with a TV show, or at a party, people can't get enough of trivia. Keep up with its rising resurgence with Ultimate Trivia, Vol. 2., the book that will put your general knowledge skills through the wringer. What is the largest muscle in the human body? Who designed the city of Washington, D.C.? With over 800 more engaging questions, from geography to pop culture, sports to science, this mind-challenging guide is anything but trivial. Ultimate Trivia, Vol. 2 includes: All new questions—Fresh topics include television shows and movies, capitals of countries, and football—it's all in here. Anywhere with anyone—Pit two groups against each other during a party or go head-to-head at the bar with a friend to see who comes out as a trivia boss. Thoroughly vetted—All the information has been vigorously fact-checked to ensure everything is accurate and up to date. When it comes to trivia books that will put your brain to the test, this one rises above the rest.
The Ultimate Unofficial Coronation Street Quiz
by Ed CobhamSo you think you're one of Corrie's biggest fans? Test your knowledge with this trivia quiz book. What faulty household item caused the death of Valerie Barlow in 1971? Who died after being run over by a Blackpool tram in 1989? If you’re more at home in The Rovers than anywhere else, these brain-teasing questions will be right up your street!
The Ultimate Unofficial Coronation Street Quiz
by Ed CobhamSo you think you're one of Corrie's biggest fans? Test your knowledge with this trivia quiz book. What faulty household item caused the death of Valerie Barlow in 1971? Who died after being run over by a Blackpool tram in 1989? If you’re more at home in The Rovers than anywhere else, these brain-teasing questions will be right up your street!
The Ultimate Unofficial Eastenders Quiz Book
by Ed CobhamSo you think you're one of Eastenders' biggest fans? Test your knowledge with this trivia quiz book:How many times has Sharon been married? What colour was the original exterior of the Queen Vic? If you think you’re practically a resident of the square, these brain teasing questions will drive you Dotty until you've got them all!
The Ultimate Unofficial Eastenders Quiz Book
by Ed CobhamSo you think you're one of Eastenders' biggest fans? Test your knowledge with this trivia quiz book:How many times has Sharon been married? What colour was the original exterior of the Queen Vic? If you think you’re practically a resident of the square, these brain teasing questions will drive you Dotty until you've got them all!
The Ultimate Unofficial Encyclopedia for Minecrafters: An A–Z Guide to the Mysteries of the Deep (Encyclopedia for Minecrafters)
by Megan MillerFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Hacks for Minecrafters comes a whole new encyclopedia on the underwater world of Minecraft! What's a Red-Lipped Blenny? How can you find more buried treasure? Where do you find blue ice, and why is it valuable? For Minecraft knowledge hunters, ocean animal-lovers, and adventurers ready for the Minecraft life aquatic, this encyclopedia of the underwater world of Minecraft is a game-changing resource. Find out all you need know in this easy-to-use, A to Z, illustrated encyclopedia covering everything from anemones to underwater zombies. You&’ll learn how to: Build an aquariumActivate a conduitFind the precious Heart of the SeaUse dolphins to uncover shipwrecks and other underwater ruinsAnd more! Armed with this helpful guide to all the resources the sea has to offer, you'll be ready to fight, craft, mine, and thrive in the watery depths of Minecraft with The Ultimate Unofficial Encyclopedia for Minecrafters: Aquatic.
The Ultimate Unofficial Encyclopedia for Minecrafters: An A–Z Guide to Unlocking Incredible Adventures, Buildplates, Mobs, Resources, and Mobile Gaming Fun (Encyclopedia for Minecrafters)
by Megan MillerFrom the New York Times bestselling author Megan Miller comes this crucial guide to navigating Minecraft&’s AR game play mode! What do a muddy pig, a moobloom, and a minecoin have in common? They&’re all featured in Minecraft Earth and they&’re all in the M section of this easy-to-use encyclopedia for gamers of all ages. The Ultimate Unofficial Encyclopedia for Minecrafters: Earth covers everything from A to Z, from Adventure loot chests to zombies, giving Minecraft fans the ability to transform their own neighborhood into an incredible Minecraft playground. All you need is a mobile phone or tablet and this user-friendly guide. You&’ll learn how to: Use the overworld map to find tappables and get all the resources you needEnter Minecraft Adventures where you can solve challenges and battle hostile mobs with friends!Create unique masterpieces using build plates in tabletop or life-size view modeLocate and identify the best resources in the gameCollect and breed rare mobsFarm, craft, and battle with more successAvoid the pitfalls noobs make when playing Minecraft Earth Armed with this helpful guide to all the resources, mobs, and features that Minecraft Earth has to offer, you'll be ready to fight, craft, mine, and play with the best of them.
Ultimate Unofficial Survival Tactics for Fortnite Battle Royale: Sharpshooter Secrets For Mastering Your Arsenal (Ultimate Unofficial Survival Tactics for)
by Jason R. RichThe Ultimate Guide to Fortnite Weapon Use Strategy Power up your arsenal with Ultimate Unofficial Survival Tactics for Fortnite Battle Royale: Sharpshooter Secrets for Mastering Your Arsenal! This full-color, comprehensive guide unlocks the weapons and items offered within the game and shows you how to best use them. Inside, you’ll find in-depth strategies and techniques for achieving accurate aim, how to accomplish headshots, and how to make the best use of explosive and projectile weapons. Whether you’re on a PC, Mac, Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, or Android-based gaming system, you’ll learn how to utilize more than one hundred different types of weapons in order to achieve #1 Victory Royale. Learn the secrets to each weapon’s ammo type, capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses in order to use it effectively in a firefight. Additionally, you will develop a thorough understanding of the weapons, ammo types, and items available, and you will learn proven strategies for putting together the perfect personal arsenal for each phase of a match—including the End Game. • Master close-range, mid-range, and long-range combat techniques • Learn how to use weapons and items to build your skills and win battles and firefights • Know how, when, and where to find weapons and ammo • Find out how utilize loot items that serve as weapons, including Grenades, Clingers, Remote Explosive, Stink Bombs, etc. • Learn how to strategize your survival by utilizing health and shield powerups
Ultimate Unofficial Survival Tactics for Fortnite Battle Royale: Discover the Island's Best Loot (Ultimate Survival Tactics for Fortnite B)
by Jason R. RichBe first to find the best loot and battle your way to victory! Ultimate Unofficial Survival Tactics for Fortnite Battle Royale: Discover the Island’s Best Loot offers a comprehensive overview of the game, and includes strategies for survival, building, exploration, and engaging in combat that every gamer must master to ultimately achieve success. Inside, you’ll discover what’s available and how to find and acquire the many different types of weapons, ammo, loot items, and resources, and learn proven strategies for using each item in a variety of situations that’ll aid in your survival and battle victories. Whether you’re using a PC, Mac, Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, or Android-based mobile device, this unofficial, full-color strategy guide will introduce you to the many different items that can be found, collected, and utilized during your stay on the island. Learn to assess situations and collect the best arsenal to meet your challengesFind your key to survival by knowing when and how to use your arsenalMaster strategies for survival, building, and explorationLearn the best way to engage in combat, which every gamer must master to achieve success
Ultimate Unofficial Survival Tactics for Fortnite Battle Royale: Mastering Game Settings for Victory (Ultimate Survival Tactics for Fortnite B)
by Jason R. RichThe Essential Guide to Maximizing Your Settings in Fortnite Battle Royale! Unlock a plethora of gaming tips and strategies to achieve victory! Ultimate Unofficial Survival Tactics for Fortnite Battle Royale: Mastering Game Settings for Victory explains to readers what each customizable setting within the game is used for and helps gamers fine-tune these settings to meet their unique needs. This full-color, unofficial guide will focus on customizing the game’s options and settings when playing on a PC or Mac, console-based gaming system, and/or on a mobile device. Using easy-to-understand explanations, along with hundreds of full-color screenshots, Ultimate Unofficial Survival Tactices for Fortnite Battle Royale: Mastering Game Settings for Victory will quickly become an indispensable resource for gamers looking to enhance and fully personalize their gaming experience. Learn the best uses for the 100+ user-customizable options in the gameFine-tune the game’s settings to enhance your gaming style, experience, and strengths as a playerImprove your performance by mastering the settings that fit your game-play
The Ultimate Walking Dead and Philosophy
by Wayne YuenIn The Walking Dead, human beings are pushed to their limits by a zombie apocalypse and have to decide what really matters. <P><P>Good and evil, freedom and slavery, when one life has to be sacrificed for another, even the nature of religion-all the ultimate questions of human existence are posed afresh as the old society crumbles away and a new form of society emerges, with new beliefs and new rules. The Ultimate Walking Dead and Philosophy brings together twenty philosophers with different perspectives on the imagined world of this addictive TV show. How can we keep our humanity when faced with such extreme life-or-death choices? Did Dr. Jenner do the right thing in committing suicide, when all hope seemed to be lost? Does the Governor, as the new Machiavelli, prove that willingness to repeatedly commit murder is the best technique for getting and keeping political power? Why do most characters place such importance on keeping particular individuals alive, especially children? What can we learn about reality from Rick's haunting hallucinations?
The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion
by Jason BaileyA complete look at the extensive, ageless, unparalleled filmography of Woody Allen. Writer, actor, director, comedian, author, and musician, Woody Allen is one of the most culturally and cinematically influential filmmakers of all time. His films - he has over 45 writing and directing credits to his name - range from slapstick to tragedy, farce to fantasy. As one of history's most prolific moviemakers, his style and comic sensibility have been imitated, but never replicated, by countless other filmmakers over the years. In The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion, film writer Jason Bailey profiles every one of Allen's films: from his debut feature, What's Up, Tiger Lily, through slapstick classics such as Take the Money and Run and Sleeper; Academy Award-winning films such as Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters; and recent gems such as Midnight in Paris and Blue Jasmine. Bailey also includes essays on the fascinating themes that color Allen's works, from death and Freud to music and New York City. Getting up close and personal with the actors and actresses that have brought the iconic films to life, this book's behind-the-scenes stories span the entire career of a man whose catalog has grown into a timeless cornerstone of American pop culture. Complete with full cast lists, production details, and full-color images and artwork, The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion is the ultimate, indispensable reference to one of cinema's most beloved and important figures.
Um Sonho Apenas/One Dream Only (Livro bilíngue: Português - Inglês)
by Elodie Nowodazkij Hamíreths CostaEstá aprendendo inglês? Are you learning Portuguese? This book can help you with that: one page in English, one page in Portuguese... Este livro pode te ajudar: uma página em inglês e outra em português... She thought she was on her way to the top... Sixteen-year-old Natalya Pushkaya has one dream and one dream only: becoming the best ballerina ever.Dancing's always been who she is and she's working her hardest to land the main role of the School of Performing Arts' end-of-the-year showcase. But...will she make it? Within a week, Natalya's life will be changed forever. ------------------------------------- Ela achava que estava a caminho do topo... Natalya Pushkaya de 17 anos tem um sonho apenas: se tornar a melhor bailarina do mundo. Dançar sempre foi o que ela é e ela está trabalhando duro para conseguir o papel principal no show de final de ano da Escola de Artes Cênicas. Mas ela vai conseguir? Em uma semana a vida de Natalya vai mudar para sempre.
Unauthorized America: A Travel Guide to the Places the Chamber of Commerce Won't Tell You About
by Vince Staten"The travel brochures never mention JFK's Love Nest, where he and Marilyn Monroe would meet for an after-noon tryst, or Elvis's Drugstore, where the King loaded up on downers. But let's face it: not everyone wants to spend summer vacation watching Junior slither down the water slide or trailing Grandpa as he treks from one historic marker to the next. Not everyone wants a Disney World vacation. This book boldly dares to take you where no travel brochures have taken you before, to the out-of-the-way sights and the offbeat vacation spots nobody touts. This is an underground guide to America, to the places that you Really want to see: where John Lennon was shot, where Margaret Mitchell was run over by a car, where Sean Penn punched out a photographer, where Fawn Hall shredded boss Ollie North's papers. These are the places the local Chamber of Commerce won't tell you about. But we will."
The Unauthorized History of DX (WWE)
by Triple H Shawn MichaelsThe inside story of DX, otherwise known as, D Generation-X, from their formation to today told by the men who created it.DX is generally considered one of the most popular factions in professional wrestling history, not to mention, one of the most notable. D-Generation X, as they were also known, headed by Triple H and Shawn Michaels and had a changing roster of rebels who did whatever they wanted, whenever, wherever- regardless of the ultimate outcome. Created as a way for two friends to work together, the clique became so popular that other wrestlers joined, and DX became one of the factions in WWE climbing back to the top and putting Ted Turner's WCW out of business.
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
by Portia De RossiI didn't decide to become anorexic. It snuck up on me disguised as a healthy diet, a professional attitude. Being as thin as possible was a way to make the job of being an actress easier . . . Portia de Rossi weighed only 82 pounds when she collapsed on the set of the Hollywood film in which she was playing her first leading role. This should have been the culmination of all her years of hard work first as a child model in Australia, then as a cast member of one of the hottest shows on American television. On the outside she was thin and blond, glamorous and successful. On the inside, she was literally dying. In this searing, unflinchingly honest book, Portia de Rossi captures the complex emotional truth of what it is like when food, weight, and body image take priority over every other human impulse or action. She recounts the elaborate rituals around eating that came to dominate hours of every day, from keeping her daily calorie intake below 300 to eating precisely measured amounts of food out of specific bowls and only with certain utensils. When this wasn't enough, she resorted to purging and compulsive physical exercise, driving her body and spirit to the breaking point. Even as she rose to fame as a cast member of the hit television shows Ally McBeal and Arrested Development, Portia alternately starved herself and binged, all the while terrified that the truth of her sexuality would be exposed in the tabloids. She reveals the heartache and fear that accompany a life lived in the closet, a sense of isolation that was only magnified by her unrelenting desire to be ever thinner. With the storytelling skills of a great novelist and the eye for detail of a poet, Portia makes transparent as never before the behaviors and emotions of someone living with an eating disorder. From her lowest point, Portia began the painful climb back to a life of health and honesty, falling in love with and eventually marrying Ellen DeGeneres, and emerging as an outspoken and articulate advocate for gay rights and women's health issues. In this remarkable and beautifully written work, Portia shines a bright light on a dark subject. A crucial book for all those who might sometimes feel at war with themselves or their bodies, Unbearable Lightness is a story that inspires hope and nourishes the spirit.
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
by Portia De Rossi"I didn't decide to become anorexic. It snuck up on me disguised as a healthy diet, a professional attitude. Being as thin as possible was a way to make the job of being an actress easier . . ." Portia de Rossi weighed only 82 pounds when she collapsed on the set of the Hollywood film in which she was playing her first leading role. This should have been the culmination of all her years of hard work--first as a child model in Australia, then as a cast member of one of the hottest shows on American television. On the outside she was thin and blond, glamorous and successful. On the inside, she was literally dying. In this searing, unflinchingly honest book, Portia de Rossi captures the complex emotional truth of what it is like when food, weight, and body image take priority over every other human impulse or action. She recounts the elaborate rituals around eating that came to dominate hours of every day, from keeping her daily calorie intake below 300 to eating precisely measured amounts of food out of specific bowls and only with certain utensils. When this wasn't enough, she resorted to purging and compulsive physical exercise, driving her body and spirit to the breaking point. Even as she rose to fame as a cast member of the hit television shows Ally McBeal and Arrested Development, Portia alternately starved herself and binged, all the while terrified that the truth of her sexuality would be exposed in the tabloids. She reveals the heartache and fear that accompany a life lived in the closet, a sense of isolation that was only magnified by her unrelenting desire to be ever thinner. With the storytelling skills of a great novelist and the eye for detail of a poet, Portia makes transparent as never before the behaviors and emotions of someone living with an eating disorder. From her lowest point, Portia began the painful climb back to a life of health and honesty, falling in love with and eventually marrying Ellen DeGeneres, and emerging as an outspoken and articulate advocate for gay rights and women's health issues. In this remarkable and beautifully written work, Portia shines a bright light on a dark subject. A crucial book for all those who might sometimes feel at war with themselves or their bodies, Unbearable Lightness is a story that inspires hope and nourishes the spirit.
Unbelievable
by Cheo Hodari CokerIn this riveting account of Biggie's remarkable life, hip hop journalist Cheo Hodari Coker tells the story you've never heard about the dramatic, tension-filled world of Biggie, Tupac, Puff Daddy, and Suge Knight, tracing their friendships and feuds from the beginning to the bitter end. Despite the clash of personalities and styles, all four were key players in a volatile and creative era of hip hop, a time when gangsta rap became popular music.Before he rocketed to fame as Biggie, Christopher Wallace was a young black man growing up in Brooklyn with a loving single mother. An honors student who dropped out of school to sell drugs, Biggie soon discovered that he had a gift for rocking the mike. Coker's narrative is based on exclusive interviews with Biggie's family and friends, some of whom have never spoken publicly about Biggie before.Compellingly written and brilliantly illustrated, with rare color and black-and-white photographs from VIBE's archives and Biggie's family, this is an in-depth look at the life and afterlife of an icon whose music is as powerful and prevalent as ever. A virtuoso of flow as well as a master storyteller, Biggie was arguably the greatest rapper of all time. We've heard a lot of speculation about Biggie's death. Now it's time to remember his life and celebrate his work.