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The Immortal Games
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Author : Annaliese Avery
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Release Date : 2024-01-02
The Immortal Games written by Annaliese Avery and has been published by Scholastic Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-02 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
The Blood Moon marks the start of the Immortal Games. The Gods of Olympus randomly select humans as their tokens and then gamble with their lives. The stakes are high and survival is unlikely. 17-year-old Ara is seeking revenge on the Gods for allowing her sister to die in the games. She's determined to be selected as a token, but when she is, she realizes that it isn’t just her life at stake, but also her heart. With the odds stacked against her, it will take an unlikely hero to twist her rage into something much more complicated. Ara is playing in the games of life and death... and love. What will she sacrifice?
The Immortal Game
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Author : David Shenk
language : en
Publisher: Souvenir Press
Release Date : 2011-03-01
The Immortal Game written by David Shenk and has been published by Souvenir Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with Games & Activities categories.
Bestselling author David Shenk has written the ultimate story of how 32 carved pieces on a board illuminated our understanding of war, science and the human brain. Chess is far more than just a game. Its rules and pieces have served as a metaphor for society. It has appeared in the writings of Borges, Nabokov, Tolstoy, Canetti, Eliot, to name just a few. It has helped form the military strategies that conquered civilisations, influenced the mathematical understandings that have driven technological change, and served as a moral guide. It has been condemned by Popes as the devil's game, yet presidents have used it to promote diplomacy. Here, David Shenk chronicles its intriguing saga, from ancient Persia to medieval Europe to the dens of Benjamin Franklin and Norman Schwarzkopf. Along the way, he examines a single legendary game that took place in London in 1851 between two masters of the time, and relays his own attempts to become as skilled as his Polish ancestor Samuel Rosenthal, a nineteenth-century champion. With its blend of cultural history and Shenk's lively personal narrative, The Immortal Game is a compelling guide for novices and aficionados alike.
The Immortal Game
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Author : Talia Rothschild
language : en
Publisher: Swoon Reads
Release Date : 2021-05-25
The Immortal Game written by Talia Rothschild and has been published by Swoon Reads this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-25 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
An exiled goddess goes on a quest to clear her name and save Mount Olympus in Talia Rothschild & A C Harvey's action-packed young adult debut, The Immortal Game! Galene, daughter of Poseidon, desperately wants to earn her place among the gods. But when a violent attack leaves Mount Olympus in chaos and ruins, she is accused of the crime. Banished from Olympus, Galene sets out to prove her innocence and discovers a more deadly plot—one that threatens even the oldest of Immortals. Fortunately, she has allies who willingly join her in exile: A lifelong friend who commands the wind. A defiant warrior with deadly skill. A fire-wielder with a hero’s heart. A mastermind who plays life like a game. All-out war is knocking at the gates. Galene and her friends are the only ones who can tip the scales toward justice, but their choices could save Olympus from total annihilation, or be the doom of them all.
The Immortal Game
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Author : David Shenk
language : en
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Release Date : 2011-03-04
The Immortal Game written by David Shenk and has been published by Anchor Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-04 with Games & Activities categories.
A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over. Why has one game, alone among the thousands of games invented and played throughout human history, not only survived but thrived within every culture it has touched? What is it about its thirty-two figurative pieces, moving about its sixty-four black and white squares according to very simple rules, that has captivated people for nearly 1,500 years? Why has it driven some of its greatest players into paranoia and madness, and yet is hailed as a remarkably powerful intellectual tool? Nearly everyone has played chess at some point in their lives. Its rules and pieces have served as a metaphor for society, influencing military strategy, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and literature and the arts. It has been condemned as the devil’s game by popes, rabbis, and imams, and lauded as a guide to proper living by other popes, rabbis, and imams. Marcel Duchamp was so absorbed in the game that he ignored his wife on their honeymoon. Caliph Muhammad al-Amin lost his throne (and his head) trying to checkmate a courtier. Ben Franklin used the game as a cover for secret diplomacy.In his wide-ranging and ever-fascinating examination of chess, David Shenk gleefully unearths the hidden history of a game that seems so simple yet contains infinity. From its invention somewhere in India around 500 A.D., to its enthusiastic adoption by the Persians and its spread by Islamic warriors, to its remarkable use as a moral guide in the Middle Ages and its political utility in the Enlightenment, to its crucial importance in the birth of cognitive science and its key role in the aesthetic of modernism in twentieth-century art, to its twenty-first-century importance in the development of artificial intelligence and use as a teaching tool in inner-city America, chess has been a remarkably omnipresent factor in the development of civilization. Indeed, as Shenk shows, some neuroscientists believe that playing chess may actually alter the structure of the brain, that it may be for individuals what it has been for civilization: a virus that makes us smarter.
The Immortal Games Of Capablanca
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Author : Fred Reinfeld
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-09-05
The Immortal Games Of Capablanca written by Fred Reinfeld and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-05 with Games & Activities categories.
Superbly annotated treasury contains 113 of the Cuban master's greatest games, including many previously unavailable in book form. Biography of Capablanca, tournament and match record, Index of Openings.
Infinite Risk
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Author : Ann Aguirre
language : en
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Release Date : 2016-08-02
Infinite Risk written by Ann Aguirre and has been published by Feiwel & Friends this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-02 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
In a world of infinite risk, the stakes have never been so high. Beyond the pull of life and death lies the Immortal game. Edie Kramer has leaped back to put things right and save the boy she loves. Alone in the wrong timestream, she must reinvent herself and square off against dangerous Immortals determined to win this mortal match once and for all. But righting past wrongs carries fresh dangers. As she navigates a new school and tries to put Kian on a different path, she also battles those will stop at nothing to keep her from derailing their deadly schemes. With few allies and her first love treating her like a stranger, Edie faces the most dangerous enemy of all—time itself. Yet she's come a long way from that dark night on the bridge, and when her back's to the wall, she'll go down fighting... The conclusion of New York Times-bestselling author Ann Aguirre's Immortal Game trilogy is thrilling and unforgettable.
The Immortal Game
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Author : Colin Hazlehurst
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Immortal Game written by Colin Hazlehurst and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Chess categories.
The Immortal Game
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Author : David Shenk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Immortal Game written by David Shenk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Chess categories.
Chess is the one game that has thrived over thousands of years, and in every culture it has been introduced to. David Shenk reveals the hidden history of a game that disguises infinity within its simplicity.
Mortal Danger
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Author : Ann Aguirre
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2014-08-05
Mortal Danger written by Ann Aguirre and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-05 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Edie seeks revenge against those who bullied her.
The Immortal Game
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Author : Ray Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Immortal Game written by Ray Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Authors categories.
The second of three novellas by the author of the poetry collections Resurrection and Alpha & Omega.