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The Psychology of Dungeons & Dragons, is relevant to players, game masters, and even game designers. It applies decades of established and cutting-edge research to help listeners understand how playing the game drives behaviors, shapes play, impacts relationships, and changes players once they put away the dice. Every chapter concludes with specific, practical tips and takeaways for players and game masters to use not only in their games of Dungeons & Dragons but also in any other tabletop role-playing game.

From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York comes a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. In this delightful exploration of craft in its many forms, curator and scholar Glenn Adamson explores how raw materials, tools, design and technique come together to produce objects of beauty and utility.

This beautifully honest account of survival and restoration carries the potency to revitalize each of us. This book holds inspiration for worldwide compassionate action and celebrates what Loving Bravely truly means.

The hero’s journey is a pattern of stages occurring across countless works of fiction – from the myths of Ancient Greece all the way to the modern experience of video games. The Gamer's Journey takes these ideas to the next level. Following the structure of the monomyth, Dr. Daniel Kaufmann transforms the themes found in many video games into life lessons that unlock our own potential. These quests include identity formation, self-discovery, confidence, finding our passions, and character development.

Esistono periodi straordinari durante i quali, in un unico luogo e tempo, in un solo campo del sapere, si succedono e si affiancano così tanti uomini geniali da far gridare al miracolo. È il caso dei poeti tragici e lirici nella Grecia del quinto secolo avanti Cristo, dei filosofi tedeschi del Settecento e dell'Ottocento. E, ovviamente, dei pittori italiani del Rinascimento. In poco più di due secoli, una fioritura mai vista prima di talenti rivoluzionò la pittura, creando una nuova visione del mondo che suscita, ancora oggi, stupore, estasi, meraviglia.

Shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, the Metropolitan Museum of Art began an ambitious program of collection building and physical expansion that transformed it into one of the world’s foremost museums, an eminence that it has maintained ever since. Two men of singular qualities and accomplishments played key roles in the Met’s transformation—J. P. Morgan, America’s leading financier and a prominent art collector, and Roger Fry, the headstrong English expert in art history who served as the Met’s curator of painting.

The Anatomy Series of 2001 was made in a quantity of eighty panels, taking three weeks to complete. The set considered the landscape of the human physical system. The panels were worked on flat, painting twelve at a time in rotation. They were laid out on an old framed work which also served as a container for the pool of colour washed over the textured surface. Two inch square wooden cubes were used to stack the panels in small towers to dry out.

Dive deep into the intricate minds of The Witcher's characters and explore the fascinating intersection of psychology and fantasy in "The Psychology of The Witcher." Uncover the secrets behind the complex motivations and behaviors of Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer of Vengerberg, and other iconic characters in this captivating exploration of the acclaimed fantasy series.

Artist Index provides a glossary of individual creators 14th to 21st centuries, with bio-data linked to sources for further reading. It is part of the series Painted Histories released September 2022 to May 2023.

You might not know the name Tyrus Wong, but you probably know many of the images he shaped, including scenes from the beloved Disney classic Bambi. Yet when he came to this country as a child, Tyrus was an illegal immigrant locked up in an offshore detention center. How did he go on to a long and prosperous career drawing animation cels, storyboards, and greeting cards that shaped the American imagination?