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System Agnostic Campaign Rules for Miniature Wargaming

A Tabletop Campaign System for Any Miniature Wargame

by Jesper Schmidt, Autumn M. Birt ...

Series Book 1 - The Ylécium Tabletop Series
Turn your battles into a war. Turn your war into a campaign.System Agnostic Campaign Rules for Miniature Wargaming is a complete tabletop campaign system that allows you to link your miniature wargame battles into an ongoing, strategic war.Instead of fighting isolated games, you’ll build empires, move armies across a campaign map, develop your territories, and watch your victories—and defeats ... Read more

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Turn your battles into a war. Turn your war into a campaign.System Agnostic Campaign Rules for Miniature Wargaming is a complete tabletop campaign system that allows you to link your miniature wargame battles into an ongoing, strategic war.Instead of fighting isolated games, you’ll build empires, move armies across a campaign map, develop your territories, and watch your victories—and defeats
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GNU Octave Beginner's Guide

Become a proficient Octave user by learning this high-level scientific numerical tool from the ground up

by Jesper Schmidt Hansen ...

Become a proficient Octave user by learning this high-level scientific numerical tool from the ground upKey FeaturesThe easiest way to use GNU Octave's power and flexibility for data analysisWork with GNU Octave's interpreter ‚Äì declare and control mathematical objects like vectors and matricesRationalize your scripts and control program flowExtend GNU Octave and implement your own ... Read more

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Become a proficient Octave user by learning this high-level scientific numerical tool from the ground upKey FeaturesThe easiest way to use GNU Octave's power and flexibility for data analysisWork with GNU Octave's interpreter ‚Äì declare and control mathematical objects like vectors and matricesRationalize your scripts and control program flowExtend GNU Octave and implement your own
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The Nurse from the Big White Ship

by Mich Vraa, Mich Vraa, Jesper Bugge Kold, Jesper Bugge Kold ...

Narrated by Olivia Le Andersen, Rosa Escoda ...

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From the war-torn streets of Odense to the devastated warzone of South Korea, destiny calls...Nurse Molly Dahl wants to escape the trauma of wartime Denmark by joining the hospital ship, Jutlandia, set for the battlefields of Korea.Yun, an eleven-year-old North Korean girl, flees her village which was destroyed by Napalm, seeking sanctuary from the havoc.Both Molly and Yun abandon their pasts, ... Read more

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From the war-torn streets of Odense to the devastated warzone of South Korea, destiny calls...Nurse Molly Dahl wants to escape the trauma of wartime Denmark by joining the hospital ship, Jutlandia, set for the battlefields of Korea.Yun, an eleven-year-old North Korean girl, flees her village which was destroyed by Napalm, seeking sanctuary from the havoc.Both Molly and Yun abandon their pasts,
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Your Competent Child

Toward a New Paradigm in Parenting and Education

by Jesper Juul ...

Readers’ comments:A Fabulous, Important Book.Jesper Juul provides parents with such an amazing and absolutely vital approach to raising children that it rings true on every page. Some of what he suggests we as parents do is difficult, but all of it is right on about how we can raise confident, healthy, whole humans, right from the start. I was thrilled to have discovered a book that allowed me to ... Read more

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Readers’ comments:A Fabulous, Important Book.Jesper Juul provides parents with such an amazing and absolutely vital approach to raising children that it rings true on every page. Some of what he suggests we as parents do is difficult, but all of it is right on about how we can raise confident, healthy, whole humans, right from the start. I was thrilled to have discovered a book that allowed me to
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Keystone Bone

The Complete Trilogy

by Jesper Schmidt ...

Enter the world of Erisdün, where ancient dragons, demonic forces, and powerful magic collide in an epic battle for survival. This complete box set includes all three thrilling novels— Wrath of the Dragon King, Whispers of the Bronze Tower, and Curse of the Dark King —bringing together an unforgettable saga of dark sorcery, high-stakes adventure, and characters driven by destiny.• In Wrath of the ... Read more

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Enter the world of Erisdün, where ancient dragons, demonic forces, and powerful magic collide in an epic battle for survival. This complete box set includes all three thrilling novels— Wrath of the Dragon King, Whispers of the Bronze Tower, and Curse of the Dark King —bringing together an unforgettable saga of dark sorcery, high-stakes adventure, and characters driven by destiny.• In Wrath of the
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The Generous Actor

Intuitive acting for the camera

by Jesper Trier Gissel ...

Jesper Trier Gissel began training film actors at Nørgaards Højskole in 2006. He soon took his point of departure in the simple but powerful, intuitive approach developed by Harold Guskin and dedicated his work to develop a course which could stay as true as possible to Guskin’s principles while accomodating a classroom full of actors. "The Generous Actor" contains a complete description of the ... Read more

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Jesper Trier Gissel began training film actors at Nørgaards Højskole in 2006. He soon took his point of departure in the simple but powerful, intuitive approach developed by Harold Guskin and dedicated his work to develop a course which could stay as true as possible to Guskin’s principles while accomodating a classroom full of actors. "The Generous Actor" contains a complete description of the
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The Art of Failure

An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games

by Jesper Juul ...

Series series Playful Thinking
A gaming academic offers a “fascinating” exploration of why we play video games—despite the unhappiness we feel when we fail at them (Boston Globe)We may think of video games as being “fun,” but in The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul claims that this is almost entirely mistaken. When we play video games, our facial expressions are rarely those of happiness or bliss. Instead, we frown, grimace, and ... Read more

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A gaming academic offers a “fascinating” exploration of why we play video games—despite the unhappiness we feel when we fail at them (Boston Globe)We may think of video games as being “fun,” but in The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul claims that this is almost entirely mistaken. When we play video games, our facial expressions are rarely those of happiness or bliss. Instead, we frown, grimace, and
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Extended Epistemology

Edited by J. Adam Carter, Andy Clark, Jesper Kallestrup, S. Orestis Palermos, Duncan Pritchard ...

One of the most important research programmes in contemporary cognitive science is that of extended cognition, whereby features of a subject's cognitive environment can in certain conditions become constituent parts of the cognitive process itself. The aim of this volume is to explore the epistemological ramifications of this idea. The volume brings together a range of distinguished and emerging ... Read more

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One of the most important research programmes in contemporary cognitive science is that of extended cognition, whereby features of a subject's cognitive environment can in certain conditions become constituent parts of the cognitive process itself. The aim of this volume is to explore the epistemological ramifications of this idea. The volume brings together a range of distinguished and emerging
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Escape: From Holocaust survivors to prisoners behind the Iron Curtain

The saga of two families' dramatic escape to Denmark

by Jesper Clemmensen ...

Translated by Mark Mussari ...

On Sunday, July 24, 1960, Jan Rocek—along with his wife, mother-in-law, and two small boys—jumped over the railing on the East German ferry, the Seebad Ahlbeck, and down into the water at the harbour in Gedser, Denmark. The next day, the family's closest friends tried to repeat that feat, thereby ending decades of oppression for two Jewish families in Eastern Europe.ESCAPE is the unbelievable ... Read more

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On Sunday, July 24, 1960, Jan Rocek—along with his wife, mother-in-law, and two small boys—jumped over the railing on the East German ferry, the Seebad Ahlbeck, and down into the water at the harbour in Gedser, Denmark. The next day, the family's closest friends tried to repeat that feat, thereby ending decades of oppression for two Jewish families in Eastern Europe.ESCAPE is the unbelievable
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Fantasy Map Making

A step-by-step guide for worldbuilders

by Jesper Schmidt ...

Series Book 2 - Writer Resources
Have you ever struggled with map making? Spent countless hours trying to make it comply with the laws of nature?This book is a step-by-step guidebook that will teach you how to create an authentic fantasy map. You will gain all the knowledge necessary to complete a map which your audience will believe, no matter if they are readers, viewing a movie, video game players, or role-playing gamers. It ... Read more

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Have you ever struggled with map making? Spent countless hours trying to make it comply with the laws of nature?This book is a step-by-step guidebook that will teach you how to create an authentic fantasy map. You will gain all the knowledge necessary to complete a map which your audience will believe, no matter if they are readers, viewing a movie, video game players, or role-playing gamers. It
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Family Life

The Most Important Values for Living Together and Raising Children

by Jesper Juul ...

This book captures the essence of modern family life. Much has changed since our own childhoods; the good old days. Todays parents are challenged by the need to invent their own parenting style. This can only happen from within, based on our personal values and boundaries. Jesper Juul puts it very clearly: The love we feel for our children and our partners does not in itself have any value. It has ... Read more

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This book captures the essence of modern family life. Much has changed since our own childhoods; the good old days. Todays parents are challenged by the need to invent their own parenting style. This can only happen from within, based on our personal values and boundaries. Jesper Juul puts it very clearly: The love we feel for our children and our partners does not in itself have any value. It has
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Too Much Fun

The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer

by Jesper Juul ...

Series series Platform Studies
The surprising history of the Commodore 64, the best-selling home computer of the 1980s—the machine that taught the world that computing should be fun.The Commodore 64 (C64) is officially the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. It was also, from 1985 to 1993, the platform for which most video games were made. But while it sold at least ... Read more

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The surprising history of the Commodore 64, the best-selling home computer of the 1980s—the machine that taught the world that computing should be fun.The Commodore 64 (C64) is officially the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. It was also, from 1985 to 1993, the platform for which most video games were made. But while it sold at least
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