Lightsabers (Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights, Book 4)

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Your dose of gaming goodness for Xbox, PlayStation, GameCube, GameBoy, PCs, Macs, and Linux! The 2006 Gamer’s Tome of Ultimate Wisdom: An Almanac of Pimps, Orcs and Lightsabers is filled with entertaining reviews, previews, and commentaries on all gaming platforms and the gaming industry as a whole. The book takes a month-by-month look back at the significant game releases of 2005 and looks ahead to the exciting titles you can expect to see in 2006.

Along the way the Gamer’s Tome offers insights into anything and everything that has to do with gaming, including why sports games are the biggest rip-off in the industry, advice on how to talk about games in public without being shunned by “regular” people and even what energy drinks give you that extra oomph you need to get through an all-night LAN party. This book is for you if you view gaming - be it PC, console or handheld gaming - as a major component of your life!

Customer Reviews:

Best ever!.......2006-01-19

This book is the best damn book in the history of mankind! The level of detail and craftsmanship is not to be believed. I bought fifty and handed them out on the street to change people's lives. There's a rumor that after reading this book, a scientist was inspired and found cures for 4 different diseases!

Actually, I bought the book and it's very cool. "Wild" Bill Abner is a gifted writer and his love of gaming comes through in every page.

One word describes this book: Fun!.......2006-01-19

Don't let the title of this book fool you, this is not your standard Almanac. Bill Abner has crammed more information into this title then I though possible.

The format is terrific with one page essays on the games of 2005, Closet classic's, older titles and of course my personal favortie the corporate graveyard. Besides being an incredible fun read, this book is informative. The little tid bits at the bottom of each page and the quotes from developer interviews just ads so much to the book.

No matter how much you think you know about games, Abner knows more and he will pass these gems of knowledge on to you in this title.

Brilliant and fun essays on an enormous range of gaming topics.......2006-01-18

Sticking a date and the word "almanac" on this really does a bit of a disservice to this fine collection of essays. The word conjures images of data and trivia when in reality Bill Abner has provided nothing less than a compelling piece of gaming literature. This work functions as so many things: a state-of-gaming address, an introduction to gaming sub-genres, a guide to classic gaming and, as they say, "much, much more."

The unifying thread which keeps this collection from disorder and disorganization is the lively and straightforward writing of Bill Abner. Abner is an absolute authority on gaming who couples his knowledge with a witty and direct writing style that never threatens to get geeky or preachy. The enthusiasm and energy Abner brought to this project is palpable not only in his writing but in the breadth, and sometimes obscurity, of the topics covered. He places games into the context of the greater gaming world, extending back to its obscure origins in the late 70's and early 80's, rather than simply reviewing 2005. Best of all for the reader, his enthusiasm is contagious and will leave you smiling, reminiscing and certainly searching out several new games.

A great book for gamers and for readers.......2006-01-15

I was introduced to gaming in 1994 when my wife bought me a bargin bin PC football game at Target. The game was Front Page Sports Football Pro, and it led me to start playing PC and then console games. Along the way, I read Bill Abner's reviews and thoughts in the form of website or magazine reviews or usenet posts and message board comments. His thoughts were always well written and intelligent. If he liked a game, chances are it was a good game.

One game in particular was High Heat 2000. I had been on the outs with baseball after the last big strike and had not given much of a thought to baseball - real or in a game - for several years. Bill's reviews of High Heat 1999 and comments on the upcoming 2000 version made me interested in a game that apparently had depth and a lot to offer, and eventually that game even brought me back to the real game on the field. After taking that good advice, I started following his reviews closely. He always gives his honest opinions and never tries to oversell or undersell a game. When there were bugs in High Heat, he pointed them out. When the AI was questionable in a game, he made that clear in his review -even if he understood that his audience might not care as much as he did about the dropped passes in NCAA 2005. There were games that Bill disliked but that I ended up playing and liking, but that did not stop me from enjoying his perspective.

He does the same thing in this book. He gives his honest thoughts about the games he has played. In fact, the best thing I can say about this book is that there are pages about games that I could care less about and will never play - but I read them anyway. I am a limited gamer - mostly sports games with an occasional FPS thrown in for variety. But that did not stop me from enjoying his essays on adventure games or puzzle games or even children's games.

The reason is that he is a good writer. These essays and reviews are written by someone who is passionate about gaming and has the knowledge and imagination to convey his thoughts and opinions. He was faced with a difficult task - writing about a subject that moves faster than the speed of the internet and games that are old news a week after release. But what he writes is not old news. The games may be months or even years old, but the essays hold up. I have no doubt that I will discover a game from the pages of this book that I would not have played otherwise. It might be an old game I pick up in a bargin bin, or it may be a new game by a developer he brings to my attention in this book.

If you like playing computer or video games and you like good writing, this book is for you. If you want to learn about video games this is a great place to start. The book is well written and well edited. It is easy on the eyes - not an issue to many gamers but an old timer like me appreciates publishers who use a good font/font size and utilize intelligent layout and production values. It is also well priced. While you are waiting for that new game to appear on the shelves, you can spend your time reading this book.

The Perfect Book to Get Caught Up.......2006-01-04

I bought this for my dad, who loves games but doesn't really know what's out there. I can tell him what I think he should buy, but this book was a perfect read for him. There was a lot of stuff I hadn't even heard of like the game Fate. Great stuff. Dad particularly liked the Bargain Bin stuff (good games for $20 or less.) It's a pretty big book but it's a very very easy, fast, and fun read. It's a very unique book. I dont know of anything else like it.

I personally enjoyed the grab bag essays and even though I already know most of the games discussed in the book, for a newbie gamer or for someone just getting back into the hobby this is A+ material.

A word of warning: this is NOT a book to buy if you want to dig deep into each game. Each game gets 1 page but there's SO much content in it I think it makes it a faster and better read. Plua you can go online if you want to get more info.

Also, this is not a book for people wanting all the dirt on the PS3. It's barely covered. Still, I think it's worth getting, particularly if you're not a super hardcore gamer.

Lightsaber Marker Activity Book (Coloring Book)

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Only For a heavy-collecters

Lightsaber Marker Activity Book (Coloring Book)
David Boller
Manufacturer: LucasBooks for Young Readers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

Take the Jedi challenge and solve the Star Wars: Episode I-based mazes, puzzles, and trivia questions. A custom-designed lightsaber marker, exclusively made for Random House Children's Publishing, is blister-packed to the front cover of each book, to make the adventure more exciting. Lightsaber markers come in three collectible Jedi colors: Obi-Wan blue, Qui-Gon green, or Darth Maul red.

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Only For a heavy-collecters.......2000-12-11

This book is quite good. although its for little kids, i think that someone who realy like, and i mean realy like it, should buy it.

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Lightsabers [The New Jedi Knights]
Kevin J.; Moesta, Rebecca Anderson
Manufacturer: Boulevard
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000LNSPRQ

Star Wars 1999 Calendar (Darth Vader Reveals Anakin Skywalker)

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Star Wars 1999 Calendar (Darth Vader Reveals Anakin Skywalker)
George Lucas
Manufacturer: Bay Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Calendar

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ASIN: 0768332826

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Darth Vader standing with his arm out is on the front of the calendar..The background is the enterprise ships lights..

STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH COMIC (Based on the story and screenplay by George Lucas, Dark Horse Comics 4 of 4)

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STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH COMIC (Based on the story and screenplay by George Lucas, Dark Horse Comics 4 of 4)
Miles Lane , and Doug Wheatley
Manufacturer: Dark Horse Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic

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ASIN: B000SPL3F8

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Paper Comic...Lucas Books imprinted on the front cover..Printed in Canada

Star Wars the Young Jedi Knights:Lightsabers

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Star Wars the Young Jedi Knights:Lightsabers
Anderson & Modesta
Manufacturer: FL-1 Boulevard Books good reader 1996
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights: Lightsaber

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Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights: Lightsaber

Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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YOUNG JEDI KNIGHTS - Star Wars: Heirs of the Force; Shadow Academy; The Lost Ones; Lightsabers; Darkest Knight; Jedi Under Siege; Shards of Alderaan (Set of 7 Sci-Fi Novels)

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YOUNG JEDI KNIGHTS - Star Wars: Heirs of the Force; Shadow Academy; The Lost Ones; Lightsabers; Darkest Knight; Jedi Under Siege; Shards of Alderaan (Set of 7 Sci-Fi Novels)
Kevin J.; Moesta, Rebecca Anderson
Manufacturer: Boulevard Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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This bestselling book that birthed the Divine Mercy movement, one of the fastest growing movements in world today. This amazing narrrative will stir your heart and soul while it chronicles the experience of a simple Polish nun.

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I love this book!!!!.......2007-08-21

I really love this book. I use this book as a devotional. If you want to learn more about God's loving mercy, and the chaplet of Divine Mercy this is a great book for you. I am getting a lot out of this book that is helping me with my walk with the Lord.

Divine Mercy Today.......2007-07-28

This is an authentic and most beautiful revelation of God's Mercy, His call to the whole world today to come back to Him. God loves each and every person with an everlasting love which no sin can erase if only we allow ourselves to be open to God's Mercy, love and forgiveness. The world is rushing to its ruin and God's Mercy will protect all who come to Him but He will not force us. No one can read this book without being deeply moved and knowing in truth that there is a God who loves us. The world is not left to chance but God is warning us that evil is self-destructive. Peace is God's gift which He promises by Covenant to all who come to Him. GOD'S WORD CANNOT FAIL.

Simply Divine.......2007-05-18

This book provides an excellent insight into a humble soul truly united with Christ. It's an inspiration to re-examine our own lives to see the how we can unite our sufferings with the Lord and allow Christ to work through us. It also reinforces the message of God's Divine Mercy and God's desire to shower us with His mercy when many may think we do not derserve it or even want it. While we can never merit God's mercy, He truly was working through St. Faustina to spread his message that he wants to give his Mercy to all who accept Him and to the whole world which is in so desperate need of Mercy. Reading this book will make you look at things differently and it is a grace to read.

INCREDIBLE!!! .......2007-02-14

This is my favorite book, which says a lot considering how much I read. St. Faustyna's recordings of the words of Christ, as well as her own, will bring you closer to our Lord. Do not hesitate to buy this book!

The GENTLE Side of Jesus.......2007-01-15

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This book reveals a GENTLE and COMPASSIONATE side of God.

You will read full CONVERSATIONS between Jesus and St. Faustina as well as conversations between Jesus and other types of souls.

Also, there are many visions and words related, both from Jesus and the Blessed Mother.

An ABSOLUTE must read....life changing!

Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul

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Buy the book and study it.
Daily thoughts for the soul
The Diary of Saint Faustina
Devotion
The Keyword Is "Mercy"

Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul
Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
Manufacturer: Marians of the Immaculate Conception
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0944203043
Release Date: 2006-12-04

Book Description

In the Diary, this woman's childlike trust, simplicity, and initmacy will Jesus will stir your heart and soul.

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Buy the book and study it........2007-08-15

I found this book to be a wonderful aid to my spiritual life. At one point in the book Jesus tells Sister Faustina to write in her diary because it will be helpful to souls who would read it later.
I am one of those souls. At times I felt as if Christ was speaking to me through her. This book helped me so much to understand more fully how vast is the love of God. So vast that none of us will ever be able to understand it. Much larger than the worst sins that any of us can ever commit.
This book made me more aware of my own sin on another level than what I was previously aware of. This book has taught me new forms of prayer that have helped draw me closer to Christ.
This book has taught me more about how to love God. It has greatly enriched my interior life. My relationship with God has now moved up to a higher level.
It has also helped me to understand more about the living presence of God in the Eucharist.
I am not Catholic, I am an Episcopalian, (but I am rather Catholic at heart). And although I have always believed in the living presence of Christ in the bread and wine, it has now moved to a higher level of understanding and reverence. I anxiously look forward to every oportunity I have to join with the living Christ in the Eucharistic feast.
The book is a bit long and does repeat a bit, but it is beautiful and well worth the time to read.
My copy is underlined, and marked with sticky notes and folded over pages of places that I have returned to again and again to meditate on.
I have nothing but praise for this book and recommend it to everyone of any religion.

Daily thoughts for the soul.......2007-05-25

This book is a gem. It covers daily spiritual thoughts. You have something deep and worthwhile every day to read and reflect on, if you read just a little each day. Or you can read the whole book in one sitting, then re-read each day what moves you the most.

The Diary of Saint Faustina.......2007-05-19

This is a must read for everyone. It assures us of the Divine Mercy of Jesus, especially good if you are going through a difficult time in your life.

Devotion.......2007-02-08

I bought this for my wife and over the past three days she has not been able to read a word of it because I can't put it down. It is amazing to me how sold out St. Faustina was ( and still is ) to Jesus. Every time I read a passage I shake my head and realize that I have so much further to go in my life with God. I can't be a monk, but I can be much more devout than I am. I am understanding one thing from reading this very clearly, Divine Mercy is a consuming fire.

Peace,
WKM

The Keyword Is "Mercy".......2006-11-20

Like Saint Therese Of Lisieux's autobiographical spiritual treasure "Story Of A Soul", Saint Faustina's diary, "DIVINE MERCY IN MY SOUL" is a life transforing read. . . in fact it is a read that will go on throughout your lifetime . . . not a one-time reading, but a book you will return to over and over again for inspiration and guidance, and prayerful meditation.

Sister Faustina writes of her spiritual experiences of everyday life encounters with everyday people, with family, with clergy, with others in her religious community . . . and with "the Lord" Himself.

In her writings we can see how her encounters with the Lord, in quite mystical ways, tranformed her own life and way of living and treating others. And in reading "her ways" we can begin to get hints as to how we also might live our faith among so many others who we encounter in our day-to-day living.

Of course the key word is "Mercy" . . . and not just "Mercy" . . . but "DIVINE MERCY" . . . and not a mercy somewhere far "out there" but "in my soul" . . . and therefore in YOUR soul as well, for that is where God dwells and lives and acts.

This diary is written in such a manner that one can read it at almost any section which catches our interest or answers a need of the moment. . . it also can serve as a "prayerbook" as it contains the words that Sister Faustina was told by the Lord that we should pray . . .and how to pray them. It also conatins the words of prayers that Saint Faustine herself prayed from the depths of her own soul . . . and these can be prayed by us as well . . . or help inspire our own thoughts and prayers to God.

This is a book more than worth having and reading and re-reading often. You will not exhaust the treasures which it contains and always find something new or a new depth of spirit as you read her words.

And Sister faustina will become a companion and fellow traveller with you along your pilgrimage and journet to God . . . to Divine Mercy and along the road of divine Mercy.

Thematic Concordance to the Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska

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St. Faustina's Concordance

Thematic Concordance to the Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska
George W. Kosicki
Manufacturer: Marian Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1596141379

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St. Faustina's Concordance.......2007-03-16

This is a wonderful book for those of us who thumb through St. Faustina's diary looking desparately for a specific theme,such as hope,suffering,etc.It's all done for us in this wonderful book.

Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul (Polish Version)

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A Beautiful and Powerful Work!

Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul (Polish Version)
Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
Manufacturer: Marian Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 837119319X

Book Description

In the Diary, this woman's childlike trust, simplicity, and initmacy will Jesus will stir your heart and soul.

Customer Reviews:

A Beautiful and Powerful Work!.......2004-03-28

Divine Mercy In My Soul is a MUST read. This is the intimate diary of Saint Faustina, a nun who lived in Poland during the early 1900's. She received apparitions of Jesus and He commanded her to have an image of Him painted- depiciting His Divine Mercy. (With the red and white rays pouring from His pierced Sacred Heart.) There are many, many messages that Jesus gave to St. Faustina about His burning love for the world and about His unfathomable Divine Mercy- that It excludes no one who wants to receive His Mercy. This diary is beautifully written-- it is humble and realistic. Although St. Faustina was known to nearly no one, she was charged with the great work of telling all souls about the infinite Divine Mercy of God. This is a poetic work of the heart and a profession of St. Faustina's great love for God and humanity. This is a beautiful revelation from God. I can not recommend this book highly enough!

Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: 3-pack

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Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: 3-pack
Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
Manufacturer: Magnus Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Book Description

Discounted 3-Pack (book also sold individually under ISBN 0-944203-04-3). Over 800,000 copies sold, the Diary is the book that sparked the Divine Mercy Devotion.

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