Threats exist all around us & the lives of so many have been ruined by others evil deeds Now one man will seek vengeance for all those who share in his pain When a group of professional killers is brought together in order to take out a crew of gangsters what starts as a seemingly good plan spirals into something more threatening & deadly than anyone saw coming! ...

1 clue 6 answers 30 seconds Put this hit party game at the top of your list! Flip the timer draw a card & race to shout out answers that fit the category How quickly can your team name ice cream brands? Vampires? Cartoon cats? Answers can be obvious or obscure but they score only if they're on the Hit List! Part of the Gamewright port-a-party range 1 clue 6 answers 30 seconds Flip the timer draw a card & race to shout out answers that fit the category How quickly can your team name ice cream brands? Vampires? Cartoon cats? Answers can be obvious or obscure but they score only if they're on the Hit List! Suitable for 4 players aged 12 ...

What makes a hit a hit? In Hit Makers Atlantic Senior Editor Derek Thompson puts pop culture under the lens of science to answer the question that every business every producer every person looking to promote themselves & their work has asked Drawing on ancient history & modern headlines
- from vampire lore & Brahms&s Lullaby to Instagram
- Thompson explores the economics & psychology of why certain things become extraordinarily popular With incisive analysis & captivating storytelling he reveals that though blockbuster films Internet memes & number-one songs seem to have come out of nowhere hits actually have a story & operate by certain rules People gravitate towards familiar surprises products that are bold & innovative yet instantly comprehensible Whether he is uncovering the secrets of JFK & Barack Obama&s speechwriters or analysing the unexpected reasons for the success of Fifty Shades of Grey Thompson goes beyond the cultural phenomena that make the news by revealing the desires that make us all human While technology might change he shows our innate preferences do not & throughout history hits have held up a mirror to ourselves From the dawn of Impressionist art to the future of Snapchat from small-scale Etsy entrepreneurs to the origin of Star Wars Derek Thompson tells the fascinating story of how culture happens
- & where genius lives


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The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul & Imagine a Better Future for Everyone Microsoft’s CEO tells the inside story of the company’s continuing transformation while tracing his own journey from a childhood in India to leading some of the most significant changes of the digital era LONGLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDHit Refresh is about individual change the transformation happening inside Microsoft & the arrival of the most exciting & disruptive wave of technology humankind has experienced – including artificial intelligence mixed reality & quantum computing It examines how people organisations & societies can & must transform how they must ‘hit refresh’ in their persistent quest for new energy new ideas & continued relevance & renewal Yet at its core it’s about humans & how one of our essential qualities – empathy – will become ever more valuable in a world where technological advancement will alter the status quo as never before In addition to his thoughts on these stunning scientific leaps Satya Nadella discusses his fascinating childhood before immigrating to the US & how he learned to lead along the way He then shares his meditations as sitting CEO – one who is mostly unknown following the brainy Bill Gates & energetic Steve Ballmer He explains how the company rediscovered its soul – transforming everything from its culture to its business partnerships to the fiercely competitive landscape of the industry itself Nadella concludes by introducing an equation to restore digital trust ethical design principles & economic growth for everyone ‘ Ideas excite me’ Nadella explains ‘ Empathy grounds & centres me’ A series of recommendations presented as algorithms Hit Refresh is an astute contemplation of what lies ahead from a conscientious deliberative leader searching for improvement – for himself for a storied company & for society ...

The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul & Imagine a Better Future for Everyone Microsoft’s CEO tells the inside story of the company’s continuing transformation while tracing his own journey from a childhood in India to leading some of the most significant changes of the digital era LONGLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDHit Refresh is about individual change the transformation happening inside Microsoft & the arrival of the most exciting & disruptive wave of technology humankind has experienced – including artificial intelligence mixed reality & quantum computing It examines how people organisations & societies can & must transform how they must ‘hit refresh’ in their persistent quest for new energy new ideas & continued relevance & renewal Yet at its core it’s about humans & how one of our essential qualities – empathy – will become ever more valuable in a world where technological advancement will alter the status quo as never before In addition to his thoughts on these stunning scientific leaps Satya Nadella discusses his fascinating childhood before immigrating to the US & how he learned to lead along the way He then shares his meditations as sitting CEO – one who is mostly unknown following the brainy Bill Gates & energetic Steve Ballmer He explains how the company rediscovered its soul – transforming everything from its culture to its business partnerships to the fiercely competitive landscape of the industry itself Nadella concludes by introducing an equation to restore digital trust ethical design principles & economic growth for everyone ‘ Ideas excite me’ Nadella explains ‘ Empathy grounds & centres me’ A series of recommendations presented as algorithms Hit Refresh is an astute contemplation of what lies ahead from a conscientious deliberative leader searching for improvement – for himself for a storied company & for society ...

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In the fast-paced & morbidly kitschy game Hit Z Road you & your fellow players embark on a road trip going south from Chicago along America&s famous Route 66 — now infested by zombies As you travel though a deck of adventure cards rife with dangers you battle zombie hordes drive abandoned school buses scavenge for gas & bullets & explore a darkened tainted American countryside full of shambling undead haunted carnivals & plumes of toxic gas Your goal is to stay alive until you reach the safe sandy beaches of the California coast Three different stages of adventure cards create an experience of increasing difficulty & ensure that each playthrough is unique Each round begins with an auction that determines both player order & which cards you will encounter Since the resources used for bidding are the same as those used to battle the oncoming zombie hordes your survival depends as much on your resource management as it does upon winning those bidding wars The player who either accumulates the most points or survives the longest wins Zombies of all types await with cannibals anti-personnel mines & radioactive wastes also being among the hazards awaiting the players Who will survive the zombie onslaught? Players 1-4 Playing time 30-60 minutes Ages 12 ...

HIT-GIRL&S IN CANADA Our adolescent assassin is locked loaded & ready to seriously mess up some Canadians JEFF LEMIRE & EDUARDO RISSO take on MARK MILLAR&S psychotic 12-year-old Hit-Girl for the next stop in her blood-soaked world tour No amount of ice snow or Mounties will prevent Mindy from slaughtering her latest enemies Collects issues 5 to 8 ...

HIT-GIRL’S IN ROME Mindy’s racing around the Italian city in hot pursuit of a cargo thief When she finally gets hold of the stolen package -- a bejewelled human skull -- she uncovers a macabre story that leads her deep into the dark criminal underbelly of Rome Collects HIT-GIRL 9-12 ...