We Play A Game

Download or read book It's How We Play the Game written by Ed Stack and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Porchlight’s Best Leadership & Strategy Book of The Year An inspiring memoir from the CEO of DICK’s Sporting Goods that is “not only entertaining but will be of great value to any entrepreneur” (Phil Knight, New York Times bestselling author of Shoe Dog). It’s How We Play the Game shows how a trailblazing business was created by giving back to the community and by taking principled, and sometimes controversial, stands—including against the type of weapons that are too often used in mass shootings and other tragedies. Ed Stack’s memoir tells the story of a complicated founder and an ambitious son—one who transformed a business by making it about more than business, conceiving it as a force for good in the communities it serves. In 1948, Ed Stack’s father started Dick’s Bait and Tackle in Binghamton, New York. Ed Stack bought the business from his father in 1984, and grew it into the largest sporting goods retailer in the country, with 800 locations and close to $9 billion in sales. The transformation Ed wrought wasn’t easy: economic headwinds nearly toppled the chain twice. But DICK’s support for embattled youth sports programs earned the stores surprising loyalty, and the company won even more attention when, in the wake of yet another school shooting—at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida—it chose to become the first major retailer to pull all semi-automatic weapons from its shelves, raise the age of gun purchase to twenty-one, and, most strikingly, destroy the assault-style-type rifles then in its inventory. With vital lessons for anyone running a business and eye-opening reflections about what a company owes the people it serves, It’s How We Play the Game is “a compelling narrative…In a genre that can frequently be staid, Mr. Stack’s corporate biography is deeply personal…[Features] surprising openness [and] interesting and humorous anecdotes” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).

Download or read book We Play a Game written by Duy Doan and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 112th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets explores the Vietnamese-American experience

Download or read book This Game We Play 3 written by Brittany R. Harris and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trying to get away from the drama at home, Alexandria escapes to Jamaica but her worries get the best of her and her relaxation is short-lived. Soon, Jewel resurfaces spilling secrets about Nick's past and present, creating a new world of chaos for Alex. But Alexandria has a few tricks up her sleeve and she will no longer be toyed with. Tired of putting others before herself, Alexandria finally decides to follow her heart. Jobless, Tori moves back in with her parents. Of course, she blames Alexandria for yet another downfall in her life. Unable to ignore her zeal for revenge, she continues to plot; this time inviting a surprise guest. Will her plan once again backfire or will she get the salvation she's been desperately hoping for and be able to move on with her life? With all the frustration Alexandria has put him through he still has faith in her. But no one can be loyal to neglect forever. He just needs to hear her say ""I love you"". Time is ticking. But Love never fails, so if it does, it wasn't love. Vonte won't let his fight for Alexandria's love consume him as he also pushes forward with his dream of owning a gym, hoping his success will help Alexandria realize his eyes is never off the prize. Will his affection account for something or will he be friend-zoned yet again? No longer wanting to hide from his problems, Brandon has vowed to do better, but finds himself in double trouble. If having one kid on the way wasn't enough he may now have two. Brandon takes his problems to church knowing only a higher power can help him. He prays to get back into the good graces of his family and friends. Can he finally be able to get his priorities straight or be distracted by lust when a new woman enters his life?

Download or read book Game Play written by Paul Booth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 21st century has seen a board game renaissance. At a time when streaming television finds millions of viewers, video games garner billions of dollars, and social media grows ever more intense, little has been written about the rising popularity of board games. And yet board games are one of our fastest growing hobbies, with sales increasing every year. Today's board games are more than just your average rainy-day mainstay. Once associated solely with geek subcultures, complex and strategic board games are increasingly dominating the playful media environment. The popularity of these complex board games mirrors the rise of more complex cult media products. In Game Play: Paratextuality in Contemporary Board Games, Paul Booth examines complex board games based on book, TV, and film franchises, including Doctor Who, The Walking Dead, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, The Hunger Games and the worlds of H.P. Lovecraft. How does a game represent a cult world? How can narratives cross media platforms? By investigating the relationship between these media products and their board game versions, Booth illustrates the connections between cult media, gameplay, and narrative in a digital media environment.

Download or read book Play the Game! written by Ruth Comfort Mitchell and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Play the Game!' is a comedic coming-of-age novel written by Ruth Comfort Mitchell. The story begins by introducing us to Honor Carmody, a young girl who enjoys the attention of a lot of boys—which both of her parents find rather appaling. As such, after finishing grammar school, her mother and stepfather decide to send her to Marlborough, a prestigious school for girls known across the country. Of course, Honor is not thrilled about the prospect of attending a school with only girls.

Download or read book How We Play the Game in Salt Lake and Other Stories written by M. Shayne Bell and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2001-05-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the pen of acclaimed writer M. Shayne Bell, winner of the Writers of the Future Contest, here are futures to make come true . . . and also futures that should never come true -- but will.

Download or read book Play the Game written by Alan M. Paredes Ph.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2000-11-13 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See Publication Notes.