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Richard Brightfield
Richard Brightfield (born 1927) is an American writer of children's gamebooks. He wrote a number of Choose Your Own Adventure books, and was the first author to establish himself within that series after its founders Edward Packard and R.A. Montgomery. Although he is probably best known among collectors of that series for his books on martial arts, his earliest works for that series had quite different subject matter, being focused on various scientific topics or fantasy. Brightfield resides in Palm Beach County, Florida.Klinger, Cindy N. (June 21, 1992) "Big on books: Libraries can keep kids enthralled and entertained until Labor Day", ''South Florida Sun-Sentinel'', p. 30. Choose Your Own Adventure *19. Secret of the Pyramids *26. The Phantom Submarine *30. The Curse of Batterslea Hall *33. The Dragons' Den *36. The Secret Treasure of Tibet *46. The Deadly Shadow *70. Invaders of the Planet Earth *75. Planet of the Dragons *82. Hurricane! *88. Master of Kung Fu *102. Master of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamebook
A gamebook is a work of printed fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making choices. The narrative branches along various paths, typically through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages. Each narrative typically does not follow paragraphs in a linear or ordered fashion. Gamebooks are sometimes called choose your own adventure books or CYOA after the influential ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' series originally published by US company Bantam Books. Gamebooks influenced hypertext fiction. Production of new gamebooks in the West decreased dramatically during the 1990s as choice-based stories have moved away from print-based media, although the format may be experiencing a resurgence on mobile and ebook platforms. Such digital gamebooks are considered interactive fiction or visual novels. Description Gamebooks range from branching-plot novels, which require the reader to make choices but are otherwise like regular novels at one end, to what amounts to "solit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choose Your Own Adventure
''Choose Your Own Adventure'' is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome. The series was based upon a concept created by Edward Packard and originally published by Constance Cappel's and R. A. Montgomery's Vermont Crossroads Press as the "Adventures of You" series, starting with Packard's ''Sugarcane Island'' in 1976. ''Choose Your Own Adventure'', as published by Bantam Books, was one of the most popular children's series during the 1980s and 1990s, selling more than 250 million copies between 1979 and 1998. When Bantam, now owned by Random House, allowed the ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' trademark to lapse, the series was relaunched by Chooseco, which now owns the trademark. Chooseco does not reissue titles by Packard, who has started his own imprint, U-Ventures. Format Original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Packard (writer)
Edward Packard (born February 16, 1931) is an American author, creator of the ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' book concept and author of more than 50 books in the series. The genre that Packard invented has come to be called “interactive fiction.” Packard wrote many other children’s books as well, and is also a lawyer, essayist, and poet. Born in Huntington, New York, he is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School. Packard came up with the original idea of writing interactive second-person fiction — in which the reader is the protagonist (“''you'' are the hero”) and makes choices that affect how the story unfolds — while he was thinking up bedtime stories for his children. (While telling them a story, making it up as he went along, he would enlist their help by pausing to ask them, “What do you think happened next?”, and they would each have different ideas about how they wanted the story to proceed.) After he published the first three books i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martial Arts
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; combat sport, competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage. Etymology According to Paul Bowman, the term ''martial arts'' was popularized by mainstream popular culture during the 1960s to 1970s, notably by Hong Kong martial arts films (most famously those of Bruce Lee) during the so-called "chopsocky" wave of the early 1970s. According to John Clements, the term '':wikt:martial art, martial arts'' itself is derived from an older Latin (language), Latin term meaning "arts of Mars (mythology), Mars", the Roman mythology, Roman god of war, and was used to refer to the combat systems of Europe (European martial arts) as early as the 1550s. The term martial science, or martial sciences, was commonly used to refer to the fighting arts of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palm Beach County, Florida
Palm Beach County is a county located in the southeastern part of Florida and lies directly north of Broward County and Miami-Dade County. The county had a population of 1,492,191 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous county in the state of Florida and the 26th-most populous county in the United States. The largest city and county seat is West Palm Beach. Named after one of its oldest settlements, Palm Beach, the county was established in 1909, after being split from Dade County. The county's modern-day boundaries were established in 1963. Palm Beach County is one of the three counties in South Florida that make up the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people in 2018. The area had been increasing in population since the late 19th century, with the incorporation of West Palm Beach in 1894 and after Henry Flagler extended the Florida East Coast Railway and built the Royal Poinciana Hotel, The Breakers, and Whitehall. In 1928, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The ''Sun Sentinel'' (also known as the ''South Florida Sun Sentinel'', known until 2008 as the ''Sun-Sentinel'', and stylized on its masthead as ''SunSentinel'') is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as well as surrounding Broward County and southern Palm Beach County. It circulates all throughout the three counties that comprise South Florida. It is the largest-circulation newspaper in the area. Paul Pham has held the position of general manager since November 2020, and Julie Anderson has held the position of editor-in-chief since February 2018. The newspaper was for many years branded as the ''Sun-Sentinel'', with a hyphen, until a redesign and rebranding on August 17, 2008. The new look also removed the space between "Sun" and "Sentinel" in the newspaper's flag, but its name retained the space. The ''Sun Sentinel'' is owned by parent company, ''Tribune Publishing''. This company was acquired by Alden Global Capital, which operates its media properties thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Choose Your Own Adventure Books
This is a list of books in the ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' gamebook series and its various spin-off series. Books published by Bantam Books (1979–1998) Choose Your Own Adventure Choose Your Own Adventure for Younger Readers (Bantam-Skylark) These books are written for a simpler reading level than the main series and have less severe "bad endings". Choose Your Own Adventure: Walt Disney Series These books involve the worlds of the many different Disney films and featurettes. Choose Your Own Super Adventure These books are longer and more complex than the books in the regular series. Choose Your Own Adventure: Passport This series is more educational and casts the reader as a member of a globe-trotting news team. Choose Your Own Nightmare The success of R.L. Stine's ''Goosebumps'' horror novels inspired a flood of children's horror books, including this ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' spin-off series. The same year, Goosebumps began the ''Give Yoursel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Gamebooks
{{Unreferenced, date=October 2022 This is a list of gamebook series and individual gamebooks. Series * '' ACE Gamebooks'', written by Jonathan Green (10+ books planned, 7 published so far) * ''Australian Adventure Gamebooks'' (2 books advertised but only 1 published) * ''Autumn Snow'', written by Martin Charbonneau and Joe Dever (3 books advertised but only 2 published) * ''Battleground General'', written by Alistair Smith, Jon Sutherland and Diane Canwell (2 books) * '' Blood Sword'', written by Dave Morris and Oliver Johnson (5 books) * ''Be An Interplanetary Spy'', written by Seth McEvoy and others (12 books) * ''Byker Grove'', written by Robert Rigby (2 books) * ''Car Wars'', written by Steve Jackson and others (6 books) * ''Choose Your Own Adventure'', written by R. A. Montgomery, Edward Packard and others (200+ books) * ''The Cluster of Echoes'', written by Victoria Hancox (6 books planned, 5 published so far) * ''Combat Heroes'', written by Joe Dever (4 books) * '' Cret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Choose Your Own Adventure Writers
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Choose may refer to: * Choice, the act of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one of them for action * Combination, a mathematical function describing number of possible selections of subsets ('seven choose two') * Morra, a hand game sometimes referred to as Choose * ''Choose'' (film), a crime horror film directed by Marcus Graves * "Choose" (Color Me Badd song), from the 1993 album ''Time and Chance'' * "Choose", song by Stone Sour from the album ''Stone Sour'' * "Choose", song by Why Don't We from the album ''8 Letters'' * "Choose", song performed by Matt Monro for the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 See also * Pick (other) * Take A take is a single continuous recorded performance. The term is used in film and music to denote and track the stages of production. Film In cinematography, a take refers to each filmed "version" of a particular shot or "setup". Takes of each s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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