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New ways to look at those old playing cards including symbolic representations, insights into tough problems, and even a few new games.

An interstellar Do Not Disturb sign, a smartwatch that may be a little too smart, love found in a silent meditation retreat, two former circus clowns enter a boxing ring, and an entire conversation with only three words are just some of the humorous and dramatic situations found in this third collection of ten-minute plays. Each one is designed to be produced with just a few actors, a few props, and within one or two simple settings. They are easy to perform or fun to just read.

Somewhere in your house tucked away in some dark dusty drawer you probably have a deck of standard playing cards. You may have used them to play Poker or Bridge and thought that was all they were good for but that is true no longer. In this book are the directions and rules for more than 52 new and original card games. Why spend loads of money on specially printed card sets that are designed for only one game when you can use those old cards to play a wide variety of new games? Take a break from the electronics, gather the family and friends together, and try out some new and exciting card ...

In the magical Forest of Songs there is a mighty and wonderful tree called the Great Tree. It is the home of a clan of fairies whose varied personalities are reflected in the colors of their brightly decorated wings. These sixteen short stories follow the first year of life for one young fairy known as Arylide. She is born from a flower and lives in the Great Tree as she learns about making friends, discovers who she is, and finds out how to celebrate and honor Earth and her changing seasons. These stories are designed to be entertaining and fun while also helping children learn about the ...

Awri was a well-respected investigator who lived and worked in the big city of Yakrutich until the day he disappeared. Now his former partner, Chief Detective Exi, is searching for him. In partnership with her former nemesis, Kim, the two detectives follow the trail of a man who transforms himself into the harbinger of a rebellious philosophy that will one day influence the lives of the people of all the worlds of the Milleran Cluster. The events in this work take place between Books One and Two.

The important questions of life can haunt us–especially if we try to avoid them–but working to answer them provides richness and meaning in our lives. It is possible to live a life with purpose, a life aligned with nature and all living beings, a life that benefits ourselves and those we love, and it is possible to do all these things regardless of spiritual tradition or practice. Religion, relationships, information, and insights are all tools to be used but, ultimately, you are the builder of your life. No one will live it but you and no one else will be ultimately responsible for the...

There are a lot of games that use a few dice but few games that use a lot of dice. Grabbing a big handful of dice and throwing them on a table, however, is a great deal of fun and the games in this book let you do just that. You can buy a set of forty dice at most game and toy stores and now you can use those forty brightly colored cubes to play a great many fun and engaging games together. This book and a few inexpensive items are all you need to enjoy some new games suitable for the whole family. Take a break from the electronics and enjoy some interaction with your friends and family ...

An infant child is taken away from the Gycron city hospital on the island of Keyevitch, a strange man heads to the forbidden barrier at the edge of the world, and a detective is murdered within the walls of a local research corp. These are some of the mysteries that Chief Detective Exi and her partner Junior Detective Shorix from the Savuras Security Corp are asked to investigate. In the process of seeking answers they discover the mysteries of the strange ancient people known as the Shadow-Keepers who thwart the technological progress of the people of the planet of Pa’Kevutu, the ...

Ony’a and Erut are rescued from the onslaught of the Kevutian forces on the planet of Pa’Myshka by the stranger known as Zao but their troubles are far from over. Ony’a wants to take revenge against the Kevutian forces and the cruel dominion they have built over the other planets of the collection of asteroids known as The Milleran Cluster. Over time they have tortured and imprisoned the inhabitants of those worlds in their never-ending quest for resources and faithful workers of their Corps. Erut has become one of the prisoners and desires his freedom and a chance to destroy the ...

The 36 images most often associated with a Lenormand deck have been re-assigned to the meanings of the numbers and suits of standard playing card whose meaning. Nine additional images have been added. These 45 images (excluding the Man, the Woman, and the Child) made it possible to assign one image to each of the number cards and the two Jokers of a standard deck.

Characters search for a conflict, upset audience members disrupt the show, a spy mission goes wrong, cowboys try but can’t do a simple shootout correctly, and a considerate and mannerly thief asks permission before he robs people. These are some of the situations found in this collection of ten-minute plays. Here are delightful theatrical nuggets that range from the comical to the serious. Each one is designed to be produced with just a few actors, few props, and within a single setting. They are easy to perform or fun to just read.

An undercover vampire, a prophetic park bench, an audience on stage, a mixed-up fairy tale, a bad hand, a little gibberish, some self care, a dental obsession, and the end of the world are some of the things you will encounter in this fourth collection of ten-minute plays. Most are designed to be produced with just a few actors, a few props, and within one or two simple settings. They are easy to perform or fun to just read.

When the erratic but brilliant engineer Ty is nearly torn apart by excavation equipment, it is up to his friend Zoey to rescue him. On board the first explorer sun ship, the Constantia, Ty soon discovers that the failure of the enormous machine was no accident. Meanwhile, on his home planet of Pa’Kevutu, a simple act of defiance turns into a large scale revolution that threatens to change the oppressive corporate governmental structure. Hoping to distract the people from the message of the rebels, the corporate executives send the Constantia on a controversial mission to find much needed ...

Erut s a simple farmer who found himself forced into the military by the power-hungry Kevutians bent on controlling all the asteroids of a region known as the Milleran Cluster. He is shipped to the verdant planet Pa'Myshka only to be falsely accused of stealing from the fees imposed on the subjugated Myshkans. He escapes from his fellow soldiers only to find himself amidst a band of rebels known as the Sifuti. Ony'a, grand-daughter of Zoe and a Myshkan with some connection to the Sifuti, uses her abilities to determine that Erut is telling the truth when he says the only thing of interest ...

Comedy is how we cope with the absurdity of life. The person who cannot step back and see how ludicrous are most of the things we encounter in life is the person who gets mired and engulfed in them. Comedy lets us step back and see the whole picture. It reminds us of what is really important which certainly includes laughing and laughing often. These four comedies each take on several situations but exaggerate them until they become enlarged and laughable. To each are added an unusual use of standard theatrical tradition. A writer of one play becomes involved with his own characters. ...

There is a world of fascination found in the deck of cards known as the Tarot. Nowadays, Tarot cards are often used for divination and books on the Tarot describe how to read and use the cards for that purpose. This book does the same by describing a unique way to learn the cards but then explores worlds beyond simple divination. The seven ancient "planets" of the solar system are used to help explore even more ways to learn, explore, create, and have fun with the cards. Specifically, four methods of using the cards are used. There are new and interesting card spreads, ways to discover ...