The Game Called Revolution

The Game Called Revolution
Author: Scott Kinkade
Publisher: Author Scott Kinkade
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2012-02-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Noblewoman knight Jeanne de Fleur and her elite team sail the skies in their airship fighting for justice in this steampunk adventure. When a sinister puppet master orchestrates the French Revolution, the knights must face a shape-shifting murderer, a sadistic Austrian princess, treasonous turncoats, the archangel Michael, and a doomsday weapon in the heart of Paris. One thing's for sure--you won't find this story in the history books.

Gaming the Past

Gaming the Past
Author: Jeremiah McCall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136832092

Despite the growing number of books designed to radically reconsider the educational value of video games as powerful learning tools, there are very few practical guidelines conveniently available for prospective history and social studies teachers who actually want to use these teaching and learning tools in their classes. As the games and learning field continues to grow in importance, Gaming the Past provides social studies teachers and teacher educators help in implementing this unique and engaging new pedagogy. This book focuses on specific examples to help social studies educators effectively use computer simulation games to teach critical thinking and historical analysis. Chapters cover the core parts of conceiving, planning, designing, and implementing simulation based lessons. Additional topics covered include: Talking to colleagues, administrators, parents, and students about the theoretical and practical educational value of using historical simulation games. Selecting simulation games that are aligned to curricular goals Determining hardware and software requirements, purchasing software, and preparing a learning environment incorporating simulations Planning lessons and implementing instructional strategies Identifying and avoiding common pitfalls Developing activities and assessments for use with simulation games that facilitate the interpretation and creation of established and new media Also included are sample unit and lesson plans and worksheets as well as suggestions for further reading. The book ends with brief profiles of the majority of historical simulation games currently available from commercial vendors and freely on the Internet.

The Revolution That Wasn't

The Revolution That Wasn't
Author: Spencer Jakab
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2022-02-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0593421159

"The saga of GameStop and other meme stocks is revealed with the skill of a thrilling whodunit. Jakab writes with an anti-Midas touch. If he touched gold, he would bring it to life." --Burton G. Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street From Wall Street Journal columnist Spencer Jakab, the real story of the GameStop squeeze—and the surprising winners of a rigged game. During one crazy week in January 2021, a motley crew of retail traders on Reddit’s r/wallstreetbets forum had seemingly done the impossible—they had brought some of the biggest, richest players on Wall Street to their knees. Their weapon was GameStop, a failing retailer whose shares briefly became the most-traded security on the planet and the subject of intense media coverage. The Revolution That Wasn’t is the riveting story of how the meme stock squeeze unfolded, and of the real architects (and winners) of the GameStop rally. Drawing on his years as a stock analyst at a major bank, Jakab exposes technological and financial innovations such as Robinhood’s habit-forming smartphone app as ploys to get our dollars within the larger story of evolving social and economic pressures. The surprising truth? What appeared to be a watershed moment—a revolution that stripped the ultra-powerful hedge funds of their market influence, placing power back in the hands of everyday investors—only tilted the odds further in the house’s favor. Online brokerages love to talk about empowerment and “democratizing finance” while profiting from the mistakes and volatility created by novice investors. In this nuanced analysis, Jakab shines a light on the often-misunderstood profit motives and financial mechanisms to show how this so-called revolution is, on balance, a bonanza for Wall Street. But, Jakab argues, there really is a way for ordinary investors to beat the pros: by refusing to play their game.

Mexico in Revolution, 1912-1920

Mexico in Revolution, 1912-1920
Author: Jonathan Truitt
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: Mexico
ISBN: 9780393690392

Part of the Reacting to the Past series, Mexico in Revolution, 1912-1920 invites students to stabilize Mexico's fragile government and debate a variety of reforms

Revolution!

Revolution!
Author: Philip DuBarry
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2009
Genre: Board games
ISBN: 9781556347931

Players bid against each other to gain support of the people, win territory, and gather Gold, Blackmail, and Force tokens. Support score measure in tokens. Winner is the player with the most support.

Game, Set, Match

Game, Set, Match
Author: Susan Ware
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0807834548

Argues that Billie Jean King's 1973 defeat of male player Bobby Riggs in tennis' Battle of the Sexes match helped, along with the passage of the Title IX anti-sex discrimination act, cause a revolution in women's sports.

Starfinder RPG: Tech Revolution

Starfinder RPG: Tech Revolution
Author: Paizo Publishing
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781640783522

Command the galaxy's cutting-edge technologies so sophisticated that they rival magic itself! Outfit yourself with the latest and greatest new weapons, armor, and other gear, from high-power explosives to alien relics that surpass conventional science. Or incorporate technologies directly into yourself, whether you're installing advanced cybernetic augmentations or playing Starfinder's newest class: the nanocyte, whose body hosts an army of robotic nanites that obey her commands! Outrace the speediest threats by customizing your own space-age vehicles, and overcome even the toughest foes by piloting powerful battle robots using the all-new mech combat system! Seize the future with additional options for every class and articles exploring every aspect of science-fantasy tech from advertising and music to virtual intelligences and security systems. Join in the Starfinder Tech Revolution!

Bunker Hill

Bunker Hill
Author: Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 539
Release: 2013-05-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1446463052

What lights the spark that ignites a revolution? What was it that, in 1775, provoked a group of merchants, farmers, artisans and mariners in the American colonies to unite and take up arms against the British government in pursuit of liberty? Nathaniel Philbrick, the acclaimed historian and bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and The Last Stand, shines new and brilliant light on the momentous beginnings of the American Revolution, and those individuals – familiar and unknown, and from both sides – who played such a vital part in the early days of the conflict that would culminate in the defining Battle of Bunker Hill. Written with passion and insight, even-handedness and the eloquence of a born storyteller, Bunker Hill brings to life the robust, chaotic and blisteringly real origins of America.

Revolution World

Revolution World
Author: Katy Stauber
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1597803057

Set in a near-future, post-ecological and post-economic collapse, Revolution World chronicles the romance between rogue genetic engineer Clio Somata, and martial-artist computer-programmer Seth Boucher. Sadly, the road of love is never easy... in this case, an overreaching US military establishment and an evil multi-national bioengineering firm has decided that they want what Clio and her family has — cutting edge bio-technology. The conflict between the Somata clan and the US government ends up being the catalyst that drives a bunch of libertarian Texan gamers to declare a revolt against the oppressive US government, kicking off a new Texas Revolution!