Are You Game?

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Pick up one of these books and answer the question: are you game?

Updated February 19, 2026
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The big time : how the 1970s transformed sports in America
MacCambridge, Michael 1963-
Paper Book
"Indispensable history." -Sally Jenkins, bestselling author of The Right Call A captivating chronicle of the pivotal decade in American sports, when the games invaded prime time, and sports moved from the margins to the mainstream of American culture.
Game on
Glass, Seressia.
Paper Book
Samara Reynolds has built a large following as a gamer under an anonymous screenname, and uses her skills as a DEIA consultant to advocate for equal representation in video games. When she posted a video critiquing the popular game Legendsfall, she knew she'd get a reaction from her fans, but the...
Don't know tough
Cranor, Eli 1988-
Paper Book
Trent Powers relocates his family from Anaheim to Arkansas to take over as head coach of the Denton Pirates, a high school football team powered by a volatile but talented running back named Billy Lowe. Billy comes from an extremely troubled home and takes out his anger on the field, and it's not...
Ready player one
Cline, Ernest.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. "Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix."--USA Today * "As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates."--Entertainment...
Cards on the table a Hercule Poirot mystery
Christie, Agatha 1890-1976
Paper Book
In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the wily Hercule Poirot is on the case when a bridge night turns deadly. Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot...
Around the world in eighty games : from tarot to tic-tac-toe, catan to snakes and ladders, a mathematician unlocks the secrets of the world's greatest games
Du Sautoy, Marcus
Paper Book
A "fun" and "unexpected" (The Economist) global tour of the world's greatest games and the mathematics that underlies them  Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Monopoly? And how can pi help you win rock paper scissors?...
Everything to play for : how videogames are changing the world
Did, Marijam
Paper Book
An insider's account of the videogame industry telling how gaming can become a force for good Everything To Play For asks if videogames can achieve egalitarian goals instead of fuelling hyper-materialist, reactionary agendas. Combining cultural theory and materialist...
Role Playing
Yardley, Cathy.
Paper Book
From Cathy Yardley, author of Love, Comment, Subscribe, comes an emotional rom-com about two middle-aged gamers who grow their online connection into an IRL love story. Maggie is an unapologetically grumpy forty-eight-year-old hermit. But when her college-aged son makes her a...
The good, the bad, and the Barbie : a doll's history and her impact on us
Stone, Tanya Lee.
Paper Book
During her unparalleled fifty-year history, Barbie has been the doll that some people love-and some people love to hate. There's no question she's influenced generations, but to what end? Acclaimed nonfiction author Tanya Lee Stone takes an unbiased look at how Barbie became the icon that she is,...
The wishing game : a novel
Shaffer, Meg
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Years ago, a reclusive mega-bestselling children's author quit writing under mysterious circumstances. Suddenly he resurfaces with a brand-new book and a one-of-a-kind competition, offering a prize that will change the winner's life in this absorbing and whimsical novel....

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