The central premise of this book is that computer games constitute a new and as yet poorly developed art form that holds great promise for both designers and players.
This premise may seem laughable or flippant. How could anybody classify the likes of SPACE INVADERS and PAC MAN as art? How can TEMPEST or MISSILE COMMAND compare with...
Is your job search stalling out after you submit a resume but before you're offered an interview? With reinvented recruiting technology, unmanageable millions of resumes choking employer databases, and government mandates in the name of diversity, a gigantic change has occurred in the recruiting world over the past several years—and it...
When Hugh MacLeod was a struggling young copywriter living in a YMCA, he started to doodle on the backs of business cards while sitting at a bar. Those cartoons eventually led to a popular blog-gapingvoid.com-and a reputation for pithy insight and humor, in both words and pictures. MacLeod has opinions on everything from marketing to the...
As a young man, this career shift wasn’t entirely motivated by a need to restore the right-left
hemisphere balance to my young brain; it may also have had something to do with the worry
that knowing a lot about Alan Turing and C++ was probably not the best way to get a girlfriend.
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 Unleashed is the 100% new, 100% practical developer’s guide to Microsoft’s most powerful version of BizTalk Server. Written by an expert team of Microsoft insiders and BizTalk MVPs, it reflects unsurpassed experience with all phases of BizTalk enterprise solutions...
In thinking about a contribution we could make to the modern practice of medicine that
had not yet been achieved by others, we remembered what constituted the complete
physician at the time of Sir William Osler: A working knowledge of multiple disciplines
and of disease processes that affect many organ systems. This was perhaps...
In the 21st century myriad earth systems – atmospheric systems, ocean systems, land systems, neo-Liberal capitalism – are in crisis. These crises are deeply related. Taking diverse and multiple forms, they have diverse and multiple consequences and are evidenced in such things as war, everyday violence, hate and...
“Masterly. An epic story of four Japanese-American families and their sons who volunteered for military service and displayed uncommon heroism… Propulsive and gripping, in part because of Mr. Brown’s ability to make us care deeply...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Get ready for the ultimate Jack Reacher experience: a thrilling new novella and eleven previously published stories, together for the first time in one pulse-pounding collection from Lee Child.
No Middle Name begins with “Too Much Time,” a brand-new work of...
Welcome to Advanced Animation with DirectX® ! This book is your guide to getting past the basics of DirectX graphics and into the bigger world of advanced animation! Take the information you already know and learn how to expand it into a vast array of various eyepopping graphical effects.
Yoga provides not only an excellent, low-impact workout, it also helps young people in key areas such as body awareness, flexibility, concentration, stress reduction, and self-expression. The exercises and games in this easy-to-follow guide are specifically designed to fit the needs of teenagers and to show teens how to work out and train...
The #1 internationally bestselling saga that began with The Eye of the World has reached new popularity with each volume. Now the phenomenal tale continues.With the Seanchan invasion force in possession of Ebou Dar, Nynaeve, Elayne and Aviendha head for Caemlyn and Elayne's rightful throne, but discover a worse enemy than the Seanchan. In...
