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Scrivener® Absolute Beginner’s Guide
Author Jennifer Ackerman Kettell
Far more than a word processor, Scrivener helps you organize and brainstorm even the most complex writing project, bring together your research, and write more efficiently and successfully than ever before. Long available for Mac, there’s now a Windows version, too.....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Narrative Comprehension and Film
Author Edward Branigan
Narrative is one of the ways we organise and understnad the world. It is found everywhere: not only in films and books, but also in everday conversations and in the nonfictional discourses of journalists, historians, educators, psychologists, attorneys and man....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Transformative Learning through Creative Life Writing
Author Celia Hunt
Arising from a research project conducted over two years, Transformative Learning through Creative Life Writing examines the effects of fictional autobiography on adult learners’ sense of self. Starting from a teaching and learning perspective, Hunt draws together i....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Political Culture and Participation in Rural China
Author Yang Zhong
Despite China’s rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, most Chinese still live in the vast countryside or have rural household registration. Although there was significant economic improvement in rural areas in the 1980s, the rural economy has been stagnating or ....
Release Date 2013/06 -
An Introduction to Literary Studies, 3rd Edition
Author Mario Klarer
In this classic beginner's guide to English literature, Mario Klarer offers a concise and accessible discussion of central issues in the study of literary texts, looking at:definitions of key terms such as literature and textthe genres of fiction, poetry, drama, an....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers
Author Anthony Mersino
Research indicates that emotional intelligence (EI) accounts for an astonishing 70-80 percent of management success. Technical expertise just isn’t enough anymore: project managers need strong interpersonal skills and the ability to recognize emotional cu....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Antonio A Semi , Pier L Rossi , Emma Piccioli
A beautiful and thoughtful collection of essays on reading, writing and learning, Writing and Psychoanalysis grows out of a colloquium. The results are wondrous and impact on the reader at many different levels. In the act of writing, we all discover something abo....
Release Date 2013/06 -
IBM System Blue Gene Solution: Blue Gene/Q Hardware Installation and Maintenance Guide
Author James Milano , Matt Mattingly
This document is one of a series of IBM® Redbooks® written specifically for the IBM Blue Gene/Q® system. The Blue Gene/Q system is the third generation of massively parallel supercomputers from IBM in the Blue Gene® series. This document explains how to install the ....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Introduction to Adobe Creative Cloud
Author Conrad Chavez
In this time-saving guide, design expert Conrad Chavez provides an introduction to the Adobe Creative Cloud. Conrad demonstrates how the Adobe Creative Cloud can enhance your workflows to meet the challenges of today’s creative projects. Coverage includes designing ....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Writing Feature Articles, 4th Edition
Author Brendan Hennessy
Hennessy's classic text tells you everything you need to know about writing successful features. You will learn how to formulate and develop ideas and how to shape them to fit different markets. Now in its fourth edition, Writing Feature Articles has been ful....
Release Date 2013/05 -
A Guide to Writing as an Engineer, 4th Edition
Author David A. McMurrey , David F. Beer
The fourth edition of A Guide to Writing as an Engineer updates Beer and McMurrey's popular book on communication and technical writing for engineers. Used predominantly in freshmen engineering survey courses, the text is also applicable for specific courses on en....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Cinder Creative Coding Cookbook
Author Dawid Gorny , Rui Madeira
If you know C++ this book takes your creative potential to a whole other level. The practical recipes show you how to create interactive and visually dynamic applications using Cinder which will excite and delight your audience.Learn powerful techniques for building....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Content Rights for Creative Professionals, 2nd Edition
Author Arnold Lutzker
Content Rights for Creative Professionals is for professionals and students working in all areas of media (film/video, photography, multimedia, web, graphics, and broadcast) who need to know what the law requires and how they should properly utilize copyrights....
Release Date 2013/04 -
Author Frederick Gilbert
If you are in middle management, you live with daily ambiguity, lack of control, and even chaos. To get anything done, you must present your ideas to decision makers, and those presentations can be brutal. Careers and projects can come unwound in a matter of minutes....
Release Date 2013/04 -
Grammar of the Edit, 3rd Edition
Author Christopher J. Bowen
Learn the basic "grammar" of editing films and videos in Grammar of the Edit! This book shows you in no uncertain terms (independently of software) what you absolutely need to know to edit your video production. Whether you are just learning how to edit or you need ....
Release Date 2013/03 -
Grammar of the Shot, 3rd Edition
Author Christopher J. Bowen
Tell effective visual stories by utilizing the "grammar of film and video with this elegant, modular reference. See what you absolutely need to know to put together your own film or video, shot by shot. Whether you're just learning how to frame a shot or simply lo....
Release Date 2013/03 -
FT Essential Guide to Writing a Business Plan
Author Vaughan Evans
Whether you seek financial backing or board consent, this book will give you the critical knowledge you need to get the go-ahead. Written by a seasoned practitioner with years of experience in both writing and evaluating business plans for funding, it will help you ....
Release Date 2013/03 -
FT Essential Guide to Making Business Presentations
Author Philip Khan-Panni
The critical knowledge you need to plan, write and deliver your next presentation with maximum impact. Written by a co-founder of the Professional Speaking Association, this book focuses on getting you the results you need from your presentation, whether you are sel....
Release Date 2013/03 -
Building Impressive Presentations with impress.js
Author Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
Design stunning presentations with dynamic visuals and 3D transitions that will captivate your colleaguesCreate presentations inside the infinite canvas of modern web browsersBuild presentations that work anywhere, any time, and on any deviceBuild dynamic presentati....
Release Date 2013/03 -
Author Maggie Price
Paint outside the lines! Jumpstart your creativity and inject new life into your art. Struggling to get started? Paralyzed by the fear of failure? Find yourself falling back on the same colors again and again? Just plain stuck? It happens to every artist sooner or l....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Author Emma-Sue Prince
Go from ordinary to extraordinary with 7 essential soft skills. You need Adaptability, Resilience, Optimism, Integrity, Critical thinking, Pro-activity and Empathy to stay one step ahead. Our world is changing - so fast, so furiously, so ferociously - that to stand ....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Cinder – Begin Creative Coding
Author Krisjanis Rijnieks
A quick introduction into the world of creative coding with Cinder through basic tutorials and a couple of advanced examplesMore power – Cinder is one of the most powerful creative coding engines out there and it will be hard to find a better one for your profession....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Author Brett Shavers
Cybercrime Case Presentation is a "first look" excerpt from Brett Shavers' new Syngress book, Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard. Case presentation requires the skills of a good forensic examiner and great public speaker in order to convey enough information t....
Release Date 2013/01 -
HBR Guide to Better Business Writing (HBR Guide Series)
Author Bryan Garner
DON'T LET YOUR WRITING HOLD YOU BACK.When you’re fumbling for words and pressed for time, you might be tempted to dismiss good business writing as a luxury. But it’s a skill you must cultivate to succeed: You’ll lose time, money, and influence if your e-mails, prop....
Release Date 2013/01 -
Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration
Author Leigh Thompson
Embracing the Counterintuitive Side of CollaborationThink of your to-do list at work. Chances are the most important tasks require you to work with others—and the success of those endeavors depends on the effectiveness of your collaboration. According to management ....
Release Date 2013/01 -
Author Udit Chakraborty , Samir Roy
Soft computing is a branch of computer science that deals with a family of methods that imitate human intelligence. This is done with the goal of creating tools that will contain some human-like capabilities (such as learning, reasoning and decision-making). This bo....
Release Date 2013/01 -
Business Communication, 3rd Edition
Author P. D. Chaturvedi
Business Communication: Concepts, Skills, Cases, and Applications builds on the strengths of the previous edition and has been updated to reflect the latest research and technological developments in business communication. Divided into three parts, this revised edi....
Release Date 2013/01 -
Dialogues with Creative Legends and Aha Moments in a Designer’s Career, First Edition
Author Richard Saul Wurman , David Calvin Laufer
In Dialogues with Creative Legends, you will find answers to some of the perplexing questions talented people confront. From these dialogues emerge a startling range of ideas, from beginning a creative career to developing client relationships, mentoring, and the ro....
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Author Bryan Tillman
Create compelling, original characters using archetypes and design elements such as shadows and line with the tips and techniques found in this image-packed book. Bryan Tillman bridges the gap between the technique of drawing characters and the theory of good charac....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Brilliant Business Writing, 2nd Edition
Author Neil Taylor
Full of tips, examples and exercises that will transform your writing from the same old same old into something that'll mark you out from the crowd. Get the confidence and creativity to take your business writing from something that does the job into something that....
Release Date 2012/12