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Locally Played

Real-World Games for Stronger Places and Communities

By: Benjamin Stokes

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Locally Played

Real-World Games for Stronger Places and Communities

By: Benjamin Stokes

How games can make a real-world difference in communities when city leaders tap into the power of play for local impact. In 2016, city officials were surprised when Pokémon GO brought millions of players out into the public space, blending digital participation with the physical. Yet for local control and empowerment, a new framework is needed to guide the power of mixed reality and pervasive play. In Locally Played, Benjamin Stokes describes the rise of games that can connect strangers across zip codes, support the “buy local” economy, and build cohesion in the fight for equity. With a mix of high- and low-tech games, Stokes shows, cities can tap into the power of play for the good of the group, including healthier neighborhoods and stronger communities. Stokes shows how impact is greatest when games “fit” to the local community—not just in terms of culture, but at the level of group identity and network structure. By pairing design principles with a range of empirical methods, Stokes investigates the impact of several games, including Macon Money, where an alternative currency encouraged people to cross lines of socioeconomic segregation in Macon, Georgia; Reality Ends Here, where teams in Los Angeles competed to tell multimedia stories around local mythology; and Pokémon GO, appropriated by several cities to serve local needs through local libraries and open street festivals. Locally Played provides game designers with a model to strengthen existing networks tied to place and gives city leaders tools to look past technology trends in order to make a difference in the real world.

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MIT Press

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0262356937

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9780262356930

The Showman and the Slave

Race, Death, and Memory in Barnum’s America

By: Benjamin Reiss

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The Showman and the Slave

Race, Death, and Memory in Barnum’s America

By: Benjamin Reiss

In this compelling story about one of the nineteenth century's most famous Americans, Benjamin Reiss uses P. T. Barnum's Joice Heth hoax to examine the contours of race relations in the antebellum North. Barnum's first exhibit as a showman, Heth was an elderly enslaved woman who was said to be the 161-year-old former nurse of the infant George Washington. Seizing upon the novelty, the newly emerging commercial press turned her act--and especially her death--into one of the first media spectacles in American history. In piecing together the fragmentary and conflicting evidence of the event, Reiss paints a picture of people looking at history, at the human body, at social class, at slavery, at performance, at death, and always--if obliquely--at themselves. At the same time, he reveals how deeply an obsession with race penetrated different facets of American life, from public memory to private fantasy. Concluding the book is a piece of historical detective work in which Reiss attempts to solve the puzzle of Heth's real identity before she met Barnum. His search yields a tantalizing connection between early mass culture and a slave's subtle mockery of her master.

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Harvard University Press

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0674042654

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9780674042650

The Maine Townsman

or, Laws for the Regulation of Towns

By: Benjamin Kingsbury

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The Maine Townsman

or, Laws for the Regulation of Towns

By: Benjamin Kingsbury

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. With forms and judicial decisions, adapted to the revised statutes of Maine. Eleventh edition.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752585498

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9783752585490

Fort Donelson's Legacy

War and Society in Kentucky and Tennessee, 1862-1863

By: Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III)

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Fort Donelson's Legacy

War and Society in Kentucky and Tennessee, 1862-1863

By: Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III)

Fort Donelson's Legacy portrays the tapestry of war and society in the upper southern heartland of Tennessee and Kentucky after the key Union victories at Forts Henry and Donelson in February 1862. Those victories, notes Benjamin Franklin Cooling, could have delivered the decisive blow to the Confederacy in the West and ended the war in that theater. Instead, what followed was terrible devastation and bloodshed that embroiled soldier and civilian alike. Cooling compellingly describes a struggle that was marked not only by the movement of armies and the strategies of generals but also by the rise of guerrilla bands and civil resistance. It was, in part, a war fought for geography - for rivers and railroads and for strategic cities such as Nashville, Louisville, and Chattanooga. But it was also a war for the hearts and minds of the populace ... In exploring the complex terrain of 'total war' that steadily engulfed Tennessee and Kentucky, Cooling draws on a huge array of sources, including official military records and countless diaries and memoirs. He makes considerable use of the words of participants to capture the attitudes and concerns of those on both sides."--Dust jacket.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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0870499491

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9780870499494

Professional Scala

By: Janek Bogucki,Alessandro Lacava,Aliaksandr Bedrytski,Matthew de Detrich,Benjamin Neil

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Professional Scala

By: Janek Bogucki,Alessandro Lacava,Aliaksandr Bedrytski,Matthew de Detrich,Benjamin Neil

Professional Scala provides experienced programmers with fast track coverage aimed at supporting the use of Scala in professional production applications. Skipping over the basics and fundamentals of programming, the discussion launches directly into practical Scala topics with the most up-to-date coverage of the rapidly-expanding language and related tools. Scala bridges the gap between functional and object-oriented programming, and this book details that link with clear a discussion on both Java compatibility and the read-eval-print loop used in functional programming. You'll learn the details of tooling for build and static analysis. You’ll cover unit testing with ScalaTest, documentation with Scaladoc, how to handle concurrency, and much more as you build the in-demand skill set required to use Scala in a real-world production environment. Java-compliant with functional programming properties, Scala's popularity is growing quickly—especially in the rapidly expanding areas of big data and cluster computing. This book explains everything professional programmers need to start using Scala and its main tools quickly and effectively. Master Scala syntax, the SBT interactive build tool, and the REPL workflow Explore functional design patterns, concurrency, and testing Work effectively with Maven, Scaladoc, Scala.js, and more Dive into the advanced type system Find out about Scala.js A working knowledge of Scala puts you in demand. As both the language and applications expand, so do the opportunities for experienced Scala programmers—and many positions are going unfilled. Twitter, Comcast, Netflix, and other major enterprises across industries are using Scala every day, in a number of different applications and capacities. Professional Scala helps you update your skills quickly to start advancing your career.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119267269

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9781119267263

Building the White House

By: Benjamin Proudfit

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Building the White House

By: Benjamin Proudfit

Even though millions of people visit the White House each year, it’s also a home to the president and his family. It’s a workplace for both those in the East Wing and West Wing, and it’s a place where history is made through legislation and visits from foreign dignitaries. Because of all these functions, the White House has needed maintenance and additions over the years. This unique look at the most famous building in the United States uses a lens focused on fun as well as history! Full-color photographs and surprising fact boxes engage readers through 200 years of construction.

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Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

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1482419327

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9781482419320

The Abide Guide

Living Like Lebowski

By: Oliver Benjamin,Dwayne Eutsey

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The Abide Guide

Living Like Lebowski

By: Oliver Benjamin,Dwayne Eutsey

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

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Simon and Schuster

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1646044312

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Wilton Manors

From Farming Community to Urban Village

By: Benjamin B. Little,Wilton Manors Historical Society

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Wilton Manors

From Farming Community to Urban Village

By: Benjamin B. Little,Wilton Manors Historical Society

The Seminoles once roamed the land that encompasses Wilton Manors, until Henry Flagler brought his East Coast Railway through the untamed wilderness in the late nineteenth century. By 1910, the railway had transformed the area into a viable farming and shipping hamlet known as Colohatchee, until a wealthy businessman began marketing the plot of land nestled between the North and South branches of the Middle River as a beautiful bedroom suburb of Fort Lauderdale. The 1926 housing market crash in south Florida, paired with a devastating hurricane brought an end to this dream one that wouldn't be revived until after WWII. Join local author Ben Little and the Wilton Manors Historical Society as they chronicle the history of this incredible town, from its humble roots to the thriving urban community it is today.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625841426

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9781625841421

Rebels Rising

Cities and the American Revolution

By: Benjamin L. Carp

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Rebels Rising

Cities and the American Revolution

By: Benjamin L. Carp

Looking at the physical environments of cities as political catalysts, Carp contends that what began as interaction, negotiation, conflict, and compromise in churches, taverns, wharves, and city streets developed into a wider political awareness and collaborative political action.

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OUP USA

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0195304020

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9780195304022

Louder Than Words

The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning

By: Benjamin K. Bergen

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Louder Than Words

The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning

By: Benjamin K. Bergen

A cognition expert describes how meaning is conveyed and processed in the mind and answers questions about how we can understand information about things we've never seen in person and why we move our hands and arms when we speak.

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0465028292

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9780465028290

The Devil and W. Kaspar

By: Benjamin Appel

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The Devil and W. Kaspar

By: Benjamin Appel

A holy man in an unholy bind William Kaspar was not your everday sinner. Quite the reverse. William had renounced the pleasures of the flesh. He had quelled his ambitions and appetites. He had donned the robes of a Buddhist monk to search for Nirvana in the human jungle of New York. But when a beautiful woman led him all the way into temptation . . . when a goatish sailor became his guide through the lower depths of depravity . . . when the Evil One Himself gave William one diabolical change to save the entire earth from destruction . . . William had to say yes . . .

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Simon and Schuster

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1440562873

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9781440562877

In the club

Associational life in colonial South Asia

By: Benjamin B Cohen

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In the club

Associational life in colonial South Asia

By: Benjamin B Cohen

In the club presents a comprehensive examination of social clubs across South Asia, arguing for clubs as key contributors to South Asia’s colonial associational life and civil society. Using government records, personal memoirs, private club records, and club histories themselves, In the club explores colonial club life with chapters arranged thematically: the legal underpinnings of clubs; their physical locations and compositions; their financial health; the role of servants and staff as employees of clubs; issues of race and class in clubs; women’s clubs; and finally clubs in their postcolonial milieus. This book will be critical reading for scholars of South Asia, graduate students, and intellectually engaged club members alike.

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Manchester University Press

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0719098106

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9780719098109

Under Our Skin

Getting Real about Race - and Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us

By: Benjamin Watson,Ken Petersen

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Under Our Skin

Getting Real about Race - and Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us

By: Benjamin Watson,Ken Petersen

Jesus Christ died for all people. Every heart that beats was made alive by the very breath of God. Is there hope for honest and healing conversation on issues that are ultimately about so much more than black and white? Watson draws from his own life, his family legacy, and his role as a husband and father to sensitively examine both sides of the race debate and appeal to the power and possibility of faith as a step toward healing.

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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1496413296

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9781496413291

Social Justice, Legitimacy and the Welfare State

By: Benjamin Veghte

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Social Justice, Legitimacy and the Welfare State

By: Benjamin Veghte

Drawing together leading international experts such as Knut Halvorsen, Robert Y. Shapiro, Stefan Svallfors and Wim van Oorschot, this volume addresses issues of justice and legitimacy in the context of welfare state transformation. The contributors demonstrate that the Western welfare state is not at risk of losing support or encountering fundamental opposition, but does face serious challenges including growing social and ethnic diversity, new social risks, fiscal constraints and contested notions of justice. The volume focuses on four main aspects: attitude formation in cross-national perspective, the just distribution of burdens and benefits, political factors mediating the effects of social attitudes on public policy and challenges to the welfare state stemming from immigration and ethnic diversity. Providing a comparative perspective on the issue, Social Justice, Legitimacy and the Welfare State makes a significant contribution to the literature on the public standing of the welfare state.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351899457

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Book's by Benjamin Bowling

Locally Played

Locally Played

The Showman and the Slave

The Showman and the Slave

The Maine Townsman

The Maine Townsman

Fort Donelson's Legacy

Fort Donelson's Legacy

Professional Scala

Professional Scala

Building the White House

Building the White House

The Abide Guide

The Abide Guide

Wilton Manors

Wilton Manors

Rebels Rising

Rebels Rising

Louder Than Words

Louder Than Words

The Devil and W. Kaspar

The Devil and W. Kaspar

In the club

In the club

Under Our Skin

Under Our Skin

Social Justice, Legitimacy and the Welfare State

Social Justice, Legitimacy and the Welfare State

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