Playing Around


Book Description

Discover a new world, where you can bridge the gap from virtual to reality. The world of Internet Bridge. You will meet people from all over the world. Get to know them and their cultural differences. You will find they are nice, intelligent, interesting, and very humorous men and women who have enriched my life. Bridge brought us together, and many have become my friends. My partners have ranged in age from 14 to 94. I have played with doctors, lawyers, and an Indian Chief. There have also been teachers, writers, engineers, miners, ranchers, and scientists in every field. I have played with Bill Gates. People I would never have met within the boundaries of my real life. This is not an all-inclusive list. This is a book for bridge players and everyone else. Internet Bridge has some different rules, which are quickly explained, as are basic facts about the game. However, my focus is on the people. You will find yourself smiling, laughing, and touched by their stories. Variety is the spice of life and you will find it here. "Bill Gates Finds Duplicate Bridge a 'Window' to Fun." --ACBL Bulletin, August 20, 2000




Playing Around


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Following hot on the heels of Playing For Keeps comes Playing Around, the second book in the racy Scarlet series. Rugby fanatic Clare has spent her life focusing on herself and her career. When the undeniably charismatic Alex Prince sets his sights on her, she's sure it's only to add to the number of ever-growing notches on his bedpost and vows to keep herself away, despite her attraction. Alex has other plans, and when he admits he needs her help in securing a family inheritance, he makes her an offer she can't refuse. Suddenly, Clare finds herself caught up in more than she can handle - and that includes meeting the extended Prince family. Clare reassures herself it's just a business transaction, but sparks fly between them - and wonders, is there more to lose than what's just on the surface?




Double Play


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Brrriiiing! Recess time! Little chimps Jill and Jake find more than just their favorite games in the schoolyard today. They also discover the important mathematical concept of doubling, or adding a number to itself. Easy to learn and fun to memorize, doubling is a valuable problem-solving tool that helps kids prepare for multiplication. A must-have addition to any math-themed picture book library, Double Play makes this arithmetic lesson as welcome as recess.




Let's Play in the Forest While the Wolf is Not Around


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In this adaptation of the traditional French and Latin American song, animals play in the forest while a scary wolf slowly dresses and becomes hungrier and hungrier.




The art of playing around with the energies that surround us


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I was meditating over a list of tips and tricks that could help us improve our lives ... and i think the main trick we should have in mind is just ... try to not control anything at all. Only play on the stage of our own lives ... and even being surrounded by so, so many energy forces ... we should embrace all of them ... no matter if they are positive and negative. We should somehow dance with those energies and enjoy the dance itself, which actually means accept everything happens, even if it happens for a reason difficult to be understood now. You see, we have lots of options in life, like live in society and interact with it, no matter what that means ... live in society, but practice the solitude and avoid the interaction ... but also leave this world, go in a place where you can’t find anyone around and be just you with your inner self. For most of us, what really happens ... we live inside the society and even if we don’t want to interact with it ... we are somehow forced to do it ... to better understand the life lessons we have to learn during this life time. Trying to see this art of playing around with energies ... becomes a must and we can’t survive without it. And even if we don’t want to become artists .... it’s the only art the Universe is asking us to study. But ... connecting to people becomes many times really annoying. Indeed ... there will be times when the connection will give us joy, like in a love story or the relations we have with good friends or our children ... but there will be many, many occasions when the connections will just ... hurt us. So ... do we have a choice to decide when we should stop interacting?! Well ... being an art ... you will actually understand that in the process, using some tips and tricks that i will write about ... we can connect, disconnect and then re connect anytime we want. We should not be afraid of any kind of energy ... no matter if it is positive or negative energy ... cause all around us is just a reflection of our own souls. You just can’t be afraid of ... you. If we see beautiful things, events and situations in our present moment ... it means we are in good spiritual shape ... on the right frequency. If we somehow totally dislike and disagree everything around us ... it means ... something is wrong inside of the inner soul. I’ve read lots of books over the years and i was also meditating a lot over the meaning of life ... and all i can say today is that the trick for a beautiful life is just embrace reality, no matter how that is. And if you want to change something ... try to change in the inner world ... not the outside world. You will never be able to change the reflection from the mirror ... if you don’t change what is in front of the mirror. The art of dancing with the energies from our lives ... can be learnt just as you learn the art of dancing. Connect with the partner ... and the music ... and synchronize all the movements ... for a beautiful dance.




Play with Us


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Tells how to play more than one hundred games that are played by children throughout the world, ranging from board games and jacks to jumping and hand games.




Are You Ready to Play Outside?


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Piggie can't wait to go and play in the sunshine. But will a rainy day ruin all the fun? Told entirely in speech bubbles with a repetitive use of familiar phrases, this original book encourages children who are just learning to read.




The Passage to Europe


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Provides the untold story of the crises and compromises that lead to the formation of the European Union.




Playing Around


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American women talk about why they committed adultery, how they did it, how their husbands and lovers felt about it, and what it did to their marriages and lives. "The most intimate and honest book about women's sexuality... a marvelous work! -Gay Talese "Reading it makes you understand some secret parts of yourself." -Rona Jaffe, The Washington Post Book World




Not Playing Around


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A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title This book provides an accessible space for interdisciplinary scholarship and narrative through an analysis of the power of media and sports, focusing on the intersectionality of identity, politics, social justice, and social movements within this context. Contributors examine how identities coalesce in sports and discuss the ways in which sports provide spaces for marginalized communities and create unique platforms that shift how society defines identity. Athletes’ identities and actions—and mass media’s representation thereof—can influence both the perceptions of society as a whole and how individuals view themselves, contributors argue. Each chapter delves into how different aspects of identity, including race, gender, disability, and sexuality, have developed and influenced social change, with a strong focus on lived experiences of both scholars and athletes from marginalized communities. Scholars of media studies, communication, sociology, and kinesiology may find this book particularly useful.