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The More The Merrier means that, the more players, the merrier it is!The More the Merrier means that when a lot of people play together, individual energies become a synergistic phenomenon and the combined energy of two or more players is greater than the sum of their individual effects.The sound of ten players laughing, when increased to 100 players laughing, creates a level of enjoyment and connection that engages people s attentions and emotions in a compelling way.The More The Merrier is a book of activities, and MORE. It s sequentially divided into chapters leading you, from thinking about leading large groups, to actually doing it.We strive to add the underpinnings, the reasons why as well as the how.Writing this book has helped the authors be better leaders, as we translate what we often do intuitively, to a balance of words that hopefully, inform and inspire.The More The Merrier means that more players are not an obstacle to play, but something to celebrate. In the ideal global picture, people who love to play will invite more people to play, and those players will include even more players.People laughing and playing together create an experience in common.Commonalities create connections, the invitation to further relationship.From relationship comes the possibility of understanding, acceptance, and even forgiveness.We don t propose that large group play is an answer to world peace, though it could be a kinesthetic catalyst to peace among groups of every size. The More The Merrier contain stories, theories, charts, guidance, and instruction, distilled from the experiences of the three authors, along with over 100 games and activities.Some will be new to you and some are classics converted from small group play to large.Similar to a smorgasbord, we invite you to take some and leave some, and be satisfied in the end. ... Read more

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well done!!!
Sikes, Evans and Cavert are some of the best teambulders around,wonderful to have insights from all three.The book actually covered more than I needed ( philosphy of experiential ed., co-facilitation,pre-group work sheet..but all were very imformative!) which would make it a great resource for some one new to leading activities with groups. I found a fair amount of new activities,appreciated the variations that were always offered and the time it generally took to run the activity.There are great quotes thruout the book that I really enjoyed to use for group processing.The book is worth the price especially for a new facilitator!

A Surprisingly Complete Guide to Meaningful Mayhem
Leading games is an art. Especially when you are leading games for large groups. Especially for very large groups - like, say, 1000 people. An art that can set the tone for an entire day or weekend or weeklong conference - for just about any organization, profit or non, kids or grown-ups. An art that requires years to master and that only a master player can teach.

Unless you happen to have a copy of this book - an impressively extensive, well-organized, carefully detailed, and often minutely scripted facilitation guide to games and exercises for large groups.

The authors are all themselves master players - and their mastery, based on years of direct experience leading large groups, is deep enough to have been built on the wisdom of other master players, including some of the leading thinkers in experiential education and group facilitation, and, in some small part, those of the people who carried on the work of the New Games Foundation, which includes the mastery ofin some other small part, mine.

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Happy Trails = Happy Memories
I grew up watching Roy and Dale on TV but even though they were part of my life, and one of the reasons I still love horses, I learned a lot about them as people in this great book. Really glad I bought it.

Picture Book
I liked this book and plan to always keep it.It contained a lot of the same pictures I have seen over the years and I would have liked more "never seen before" photos.It is good to have so many of them though in one book - like a photo album.

Excellent
This was a gift to my mother, Roy Rogers' best fan.She likes it very much. I also liked it very much.It is a good biography of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

A gorgeous, highly recommended keepsake
Other books have been written about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, the king and queen of B Western movies for over a decade who went on to produce a hit television show for ten years thereafter. None contain the rare family photos paired with personal reminiscences which make Happy Trails: A Pictorial Celebration Of The Life And Times Of Roy Rogers And Dale Evans such a memorable keepsake and winner. Happy Trails is simply packed with private photos from the duo's childhoods, early singing careers, marriage, and family life, alongside more familiar publicity shots from their films and show. A gorgeous, highly recommended keepsake.

illustrated, popular biography of the famous cowboy couple
The long marriage and professional relationship of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans throughout the 1940s and '50 is presented in a mostly sunny light, as it was in their popular TV series and movies. Not that there aren't some dark moments: Roy Roger's first wife died; and three of the couple's nine children died. But while the sorrows of such moments are not overlooked, it is the strength of Roy and Dale which comes shining through, as when dealing with culprits or problems in their films. The popular, largely pictorial biography contains a number of heretofore unpublished family photos. Fans of these stars of early TV and aficionados of popular culture will take to this book. While not undermining or even threatening the fond popular image of the couple, it presents them as not just stars, but ones who had a life outside of the limelight as well.
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An Accurate Portrayal Of Britain's Maverick Media Mogul?
The meteoric rise of Chris Evans has mainly been chronicled in tabloid reports of excess, erratic behaviour and the nastiest temper in show business. Is Freak or Unique, the title itself suggesting an analysis of character, anything diferent, would it show a different side to Evans?Sadly it has not, the author himself a tabloid journalist, has interviewed a biased selection of characters from Evans' life and attempted to fool the reader into thinking he'd interviewed more worthy names by piecing together old interviews.With very little revolutionary material, Freak or Unique fails to achieve an in depth analysis of Chris Evans. ... Read more

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A Gardening book with a difference. Written by a keen gardener and owner of a well known Cotswold nursery.This book explains the strange and delightful characters we know as veg. The character is explained in stories, poems, cartoons and helpful hints on how to best plant, grow and eat vegetables.A must for the vegetable grower to ponder and laugh over on a cold winters night and also a superb gift for anyone about to take up vegetable growing (whether they know it yet or not).A publication by REARDON PUBLISHING the Cotswold Publisher a family run publishing house based in the Cotswolds using local authors and having the books printed in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, Reardon Publishing are also able to offer a whole range of Cotswold books along with maps and videos mostly in the specialised subjects of Walking, Cycling, Driving, and tourism in both the Cotswolds and associated Counties. ... Read more