I've read the studies No one has been able to draw a conclusive correlation between virtual behaviour & behaviour in-world The Nether is a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion Just log in choose an identity & indulge your every desire But when a young detective uncovers a disturbing brand of entertainment she triggers an interrogation into the darkest corners of the imagination Winner of the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize The Nether is both a serpentine crime drama & haunting sci-fi thriller that explores the consequences of living out our private dreams Jennifer Haley's The Nether received its UK premiere in July 2014 at the Royal Court Theatre London in a co-production with Headlong ...

Michelin National Map Series help you easily plan your safe & enjoyable journey thanks to a comprehensive key a complete name index as well a clever time & distance chart Michelin's driving information will help you navigate safely in all circumstances with scales from 1150000 to 128500000 1 pages ...

The ultimate hands-on guide to IT security & proactive defense The Network Security Test Lab is a hands-on step-by-step guide to ultimate IT security implementation 480 pages Gregg Michael ...

In The Networks you & your opponents are new television networks & you need new programming For this you’ll need Shows Stars & Ads Shows need Stars & Ads Stars give you bonus viewers (points) & Ads give you extra money You’ll need everything you can get; you&ll have a small amount of resources & time & you must grab the latest hot show before your opponents & some Stars will give their best effort only if you put them on in the proper conditions For example some Stars only want to be put on dramas Other Stars want to be the only Star on the show & your Ads will give you the most money only if you put them on in the correct time slot Finally Shows age & viewers lose interest so you have to keep your line-up fresh by canceling shows & sending them into reruns Fortunately you can get viewers from your reruns & you&ll get bonuses if you get a lot of shows of the same genre throughout the game If you need a special push Network Cards can give you special powers — but will a Network Card be better than another action? You&ll have to make that call The player with the most viewers after five seasons wins! ...

The Networks Telly Time an expansion for The Networks features nine genres & a new "noughts-&-crosses" way to get a genre bonus with the shows in this item likely to be familiar to those from the UK Telly Time comes in a small tuckbox which contains 59 cards & 35 small plastic chips Most of the cards are new TV shows 45 of the cards in Telly Time are brand new Shows There are three new Genres represented Chat Shows have a special power the moment you Develop one you may rotate all Stars & Ads in one of your timeslots (including the one the Chat Show is going in) to their good sides Quiz Shows also have a special power at the end of each Season you may use any Quiz Shows active in your lineup to convert money into Viewers at a rate of 1M to 1 Viewer up to 3M for 3 Viewers for each active Quiz Show in your lineup Kids Shows have no special explicit powers but tend to get you a lot of Viewers for their cost & you can stuff them with Ads But they only want to go on your earliest slot with a big penalty if you put them on in the wrong time slot Note that you must have The Networks base game in order to play Telly Time! The Networks Telly Time is partially compatible with The Networks On the Air The designer doesn&t recommend playing it with the Shows from On the Air but it will work just fine with the Stars Ads & Network Cards from On the Air The Networks Telly Time is fully compatible with The Networks Executives Mogul Cards work the same way except that you pick them up when you move the marker on your Genre-Bonus-O-Meter to the end ...

We live in an age saturated with images Video screens loop multimillion dollar ads while we sit in the back of taxis Teenagers scavenge through public parks in search of Pokemon Technology has created for us a new reality; one which we are still struggling to understand Taking their cue from the work of Charles Johns who has argued that far from being an ailment neurosis is in fact the dominant condition of our society today an array of thinkers have gathered in The Neurotic Turn to address the question How can the concept of "neurosis" help us understand this new digitized world in which we live & our place within it? With essays from Charles Johns Graham Harman Benjamin Noys Patricia Reed Dany Nobus John Russon & Katerina Kolozova ...

A new legend begins in The Never King a thrilling fantasy adventure by James Abbott Xavir Argentum is rotting in gaol Sentenced to life in the squalor of Hell's Keep punishment for an atrocity he didn't commit the once legendary commander is all but forgotten His elite band of warriors are dead
- & the kingdom he was poised to inherit is oppressed by the tyrant who framed him For half a decade now Xavir has ruled nothing but a prison gang Yet vengeance comes to those who wait When a former spymaster infiltrates the Keep bearing news of his old enemy's treachery plans are forged A few are compelled to restore peace
- an exiled queen an outcast witch & an unlikely alliance of rogues & heroes But peace & vengeance make poor companions & first Xavir must make his escape

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Twins Max & Anni have had the worst birthday ever Max has missed a vital goal in the football Cup Final & Anni has fallen out with her best friend Feeling thoroughly miserable Max & Anni sneak downstairs at midnight & light the candles on their untouched birthday cake & as they blow them out they make a wish to redo the day! When they wake up their wish has come true! & this time Max & Anni aren't going to mess things up But little do they realize that they are going to have to relive their birthday again & again & again ...

Small & insignificant Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody's idea of a hero least of all his own Through the pages of an old book he discovers a mysterious world of enchantment
- but a world that is falling into decay The great task of making things well again falls on Bastian & so begins a dazzling magical adventure
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A withdrawn bookish boy called Bastian (Noah Hathaway) who fears his bullying schoolmates & an impending test steals a mysterious book & reads it in the school attic He is drawn into the fantasy to such an extent that it soon becomes clear he is the hero needed to save & Fantasia& from destruction Bastian&s adventures include encounters with a range of magical creatures ...