Players Books

Dr. Dachman gives us a book that reminds us of an historic event in our country's past, introduces us to a character that we'll want to know better, and pulls it all together into a book that adults and children alike will treasure. The story is sweet and almost believeable, the illustrations are perfect, together what a phenomenal chronicle. The recommended website mentioned in the book made the whole experience so much fun to hear the music and see the book come to life--what a great combination for kids! Can't wait for the next adventure myself!!!

A sweet story for any child with lots of wonderful illustrations and you get to go online and listen to the music! What fun :o)

Like all of Antonia Forest's books this, which is one of my favourites, transcends the "children's book" genre, and is an excellent novel in its own right. The story of one of the ancestors of the "Marlow" family of Forest's other books teaches the reader about the context of Shakespeare's plays and paints a picture of Elizabethan England without ever becoming "educational" or over-worthy.Antonia Forest is not well known enough, or highly rated enough.Shame! Her great strength is her ability to portray characters in early adolescence dealing with complex feelings that they are old enough to experience but not skilled enough to articulate. Can we start a Forest Revival Movement?

The Player's Boy is one of the best young adult historical fiction books I have read, and it is shamefully neglected.

The character of Nicholas is subtly drawn and his responses are intelligible to a late 20th century audience, while not becoming anachronistic. The danger of over-idealising Shakespeare is narrowly avoided, but giving him a sardonic younger brother is a touch of genius.

Why is this author so little known and so consistently out of print?

The World of Greyhawk, one of TSR's first and most popular AD&D game settings, is revisited in the Player's Guide to Greyhawk, an accessory that will be appreciated by old fans of Greyhawk who wish to return to this exciting milieu and by newer gamers who have yet to experience it.

This accessory includes an introduction to the world of Oerth; an overview of the Flanaess (the continent central to Greyhawk adventures), a section of gods and other political and supernatural powers; information on the city of Greyhawk itself; notes on the various races of the game world; special information on roleplaying in the Flanaess; "Adventuring Attractions in the Central Flanaess" (i.e., the vicinity of Greyhawk City); and several player character kits, three of them for orders of knighthood.

Graphic elements include a double-sided, 11" x 17" cardstock insert that features a full color map of the Flanaess on one side and the domain of the city of Greyhawk on the other. The maps are colorful and attractive, and whereas the Flanaess map is not nearly as impressive as the two posters that used to depict it, it is more wieldy; the Greyhawk domain map is well detailed and will prove a useful tool to anyone running an adventure in the region. Other color graphics include depictions of the symbols of major Greyhawk gods and powers (e.g., the hand and eye of Vecna, and the arrows and iron gauntlet of Hextor).

The Player's Guide to Greyhawk is well organized, fun to look through, and comprehensive enough to be of real value to players and DMs involved in Greyhawk adventures.

--Michael J. Varhola for Skirmisher Online Gaming Magazine

The "Player's Guide to Greyhawk" is a well written, concise book about the history, peoples, politics, and other topics regarding the World of Greyhawk, and more specifically, the City of Greyhawk. I wish that it had more material on other places in the WoG, but overall it is a superb book that will give any player insight to the races and history that makes Greyhawk so special compared to other bland forgotten realms.

The PG (Player's Guide) series is a well-crafted, "user-friendly" set of guidebooks that introduces new players to the worlds of TSR. The approach is refreshingly light and engaging (gamespeak and rhetoric are kept to an absolute minimum), and as primary overviews of classic campaign worlds, these colorful sourcebooks are ideal! This one details the world of Krynn - chapters include lore on the geography of Ansalon, the cultures (including gully dwarves and kender), the gods, the histories of the Cataclysm, the mysterious Lost Peoples, monsters, and much more!

This is a book I'd reccemend to all players on Krynn before the Age of Mortals. Consider this a book that takes the World Book of Anaslon from the Tales of the Lance box set and takes out the parts the player characters should not know, and you have the synopsis of this book. Although parts of the book may be found lacking to the players, this allows the DM expansion onto ideas that were not presented in the novels and expansions; merely hinted at.

Remember when sex was fun and new? Get ready to feel that way again, because Tommy Orlando is going to give you the details on something that will change the way you have sex.

Loved the first two books in the series and love this one even more. Tommy breaks down the most complicated stuff into a system that is easy to understand. The whole book can be read in under an hour, which I appreciated, because I'm a busy guy!!

I think this book would be great for men OR women. It is very empowering. I realize that female ejaculation isn't exactly brand new, but how many people know about it? And how many people can actually do it or make it happen?

Tommy shows you how anybody can do it and breaks it down in a step-by-step way. He gives you the background on female ejaculation and explains how science backs it up. This is important, because many people think it doesn't exist. You have to know it DOES exist if you want to make it happen, right?

Well, I can know tell you first hand that it does exist. It's very exciting, too!!

This book is worth 10x the price. 100x the price!!

I've bought a few books on this subject and have been close to making female ejaculation happen, but this is the book that put it all together for me. There is something about the way this guy writes which just clicked with me. Or maybe it's that I've been reading a lot about seduction and dating lately and was finally ready for the information.

Either way, at under $[...], you can't go wrong here. I appreciated that the book was short and to the point. There is no filler here. No theory. He gives you what has worked for him and others (including me, now!!).

I am confident that ANYBODY CAN DO THIS! It may take a bit of trying, but IT WILL BE WORTH IT. I was doing backflips when it finally happened and my girl thinks I am a superhero.

So try it. If you need help, post a comment here and I'll do my best to get you the advice you need.

Good luck everybody!!!

I would recommend this study guide to any golfer that would like to take their Game for both Golf and Life to the next level. Jim and Wally did a wonderful job of showing us how the foundations of life and golf are so similar. I am excited to share with you that we are now using the study guides in our church to reach out to golfers and help them take their game for life and golf to a whole new level. Well Done!

Why Not Benefit Your Life?

This book can improve your life in a thousand ways. Jim Shead and Wally Armstrong take the bible and apply it to the game of golf and to life in manner that is unobtrusive and realistic. For Christians and non-Christians alike, this book competently teaches the reader the benefits of living in God’s Word.
Shead and Armstrong have divided this book into chapters, with each chapter relating a message of Christianity to a specific aspect of golf, which is then related to a specific aspect of life. Some examples of the chapters are; balance, timing, perseverance, and power sources. The chapters work in a progressive order, the following one expanding or adding to the preceding chapter.
Perhaps the most effective aspect of this book is the way the reader is kept from becoming lost as they learn about Christianity. The progressiveness of the chapters allows the readers to grasp or understand a concept before they are introduced to more. As well, Christianity can be confusing, and Shead and Armstrong reduce the confusion with the quality of examples they use. Each and every example is realistic and most likely been experienced by the reader. In other Christianity books, examples may seem to come from fairy tales, where only a few have ever heard or have themselves experienced the examples being used. For example, most golfers have found themselves at one time or another facing a shot out of a sand trap. This example is something that most people can identify with. “In His Grip” explains how life can also put you in a bunker, and uses God’s Word to explain how to get out or prevent you from going in.
The bible passages that accompany every page also provide a means for the reader to expand upon what they have just read and learned. What makes this unique is the availability of secondary sources that go into greater detail and may provide further insights. If the reader was sufficiently impressed with “In His Grip” and wanted to know more about living with God, they would only have to look in a bible (which is not difficult to attain).
Shead and Armstrong also did a good job of keeping it light enough so the reader does not get discouraged. This book was written in a manner that provided the reader with both encouragement and hope. The wholehearted encouragement leaps of the page, creating the impression that the authors’ goals are to help you instead of writing to make a buck. The only drawback is the length. A book that makes you feel this good should be longer.
So before you spend money on a book, stop and think what you’re getting out of it. Entertainment from a book is one thing, lifelong self-fulfillment is another. “In His Grip” is an incredibly solid read. Anyone (golfer or non) looking to find themselves and sincere happiness could learn a lesson or two from this book.

Man was born on many planets. The highest order of Man lives on the doorstep to Heaven. On a planet called Juniper, only a few hundred years have passed since they entered intergalactic society. The Junipeans traverse the heavens in Lightstars, gargantuan fire-spewing spacecraft that leave a signature nuclear wake. When a mysterious series of events occurs on a nearby plant that may hold the key to a superior method of travel, they risk expulsion from intergalactic society, and send someone to find out what has happened. That planet is Earth. The year is 2024. From first page to last, The Players is science fiction at it's speculative, futuristic, galactic best.

Science fiction should transport the reader into a world that is wondrous and slightly familiar. Joseph Fullam's The Players does that, but with a twist.

(The main character) encounters all kinds of bizarre beings and problems, giving The Players a disturbing, surreal atmosphere. Fullam makes Earth seem more alien than the alien planets that are the typical science fiction fodder. He does this so well that it leaves the reader in a wide-eyed state of discomfort and awe. It is almost as if Dali wrote the last half of this novel through Fullam's hand, and it couldn't be any better.

The Players is a delightful treat in a genre that is often burdened with pretentious writers who lack storytelling skills. Fullam, on the other hand, gives his novel an oddly spiritual tone that begs for attention.

I played ball for the Bard basketball team this past season, and upon hearing of my decision to sign up, my dad gave me this book to read. Charlie Rosen and Disco sought out a school like Bard to coach basketball at its purist, with no pretense of talent, no real shot at success, at a school that provided no institutional support whatsoever for athletics (just imagining playing ball in the building the school used as a gym when the book was written sends chills down my spine). The complexion of the Bard team has changed a bit, as the school recently built a multi-million dollar facility and began an ernest attempt to recruit athletes, but there were still a couple of throwbacks to the kind of players you would have seen on the "Players and Pretenders" squad. Experiencing small-school college hoops vicariously through Players and Pretenders gives the reader a glimpse of a world where sports at advanced levels can still be played with the reckless abandon and brevity of a 3rd grade basketball team. I'd have played for coaches Rosen and Disco Dodds' "ship of fools" any day.

This is the true story of charlie rosen and myself (disco) (not my real name) coaching the Bard College basketball team. It is an amusing tale of a group of strangers that come together and touch each other's lives for a year, and then go their own way. Of the other central "characters" in the book, I have recently been in touch with Lance Lavender, full of life then and now, and Matt out in California, who calls to check in evry few years. I would certainly be interested in how our other team members are doing. Back to the book, other than being an amusing read, this tells the story of what its like to play on a small college team where you play because you love to play, knowing you are just an average player, and this is your one chance to be on a team. And the growth of this group of young men and two coaches, who learn what it takes to stick together. Highly recommended! And you get to read about me, disco!!!!

This book is a remarkable achievement - Brunners imagination has reached new heights as he explores an alien invasion that cannot be seen, heard or felt. It manifests itself in the most intimately personal areas that a human posesses - their minds.

Reminds me a bit about the Aztec sacrifical practice where, in lack of a convenient enemy to do, a citizen was selected by the priests to be raised in a unique honor. For one year, the young man lived as a king and had only to ask to have all his desires met. But when the year ended, a dull knife and a cold altar were the only accomodations left. This story follows the same theme (with a lot less gore.) Our candidate is cast amoung the elite in a beautiful futuristic society. Will our
hero be a player or an Aztec-type pawn?

Another excelent edition to an excelent series. It has more of a comedic edge then the other novles in this series. It's a nice change.

This one had alot of that female slave philosophy. It was perhaps most annoyingly shown in the cheap predictable plays the Players held, where every single free woman was either a slave in disguise or ended up as one, and of course deep down wanted to be one anyway. The wiping of fingers in slave girl's hair was particulary vile.

Having said that, this book was still a valuable Tarl Cabot book that continued the story line and had many good parts that warranted the overall 5 stars.

For one it starts out with the oddest mystery. The Priest kings want Tarl dead. What this means we don't know certainly it might mean that Misk, Tarl's loyal brave and modest Priest king friend is dead and there was change in regime. Or perhaps it's another Kurii trick.

Either way Tarl ends up fleeing Port Kar and going incognito a while. Without giving away the details he ends up investigating a strange city with the help of some Players (actors/musician/Kaissa players) caste of Gor. It seems as if a Kur is being held there. We later find out this Kur's true story and the Cos/Tyros plot to finally conquer Ar begins.

The side characters are particulary good in this Gor novel. Scormus of Ar and Boots and the actor that plays the General of Ar at the end are great. Boots when he is not sprouting slave dogma is probably one of the funniest characters Norman has created in the cycle.