Hollywood's premier teacher of screenwriting shares the secrets of writing and selling successful screenplays in this perfect gift for aspiring screenwriters. Anyone fortunate enough to win a seat in Professor Richard Walter's legendary class at UCLA film school can be confident their career has just taken a quantum leap forward. His students have written more than ten projects for Steven Spiel…
How to design and format manuscripts to impress any film school professor, story editor, agent, producer or studio executive.
A beloved multidisciplinary treatise comes to Penguin Classics Since its initial publication in 1958, The Poetics of Space has been a muse to philosophers, architects, writers, psychologists, critics, and readers alike. The rare work of irresistibly inviting philosophy, Bachelard’s seminal work brims with quiet revelations and stirring, mysterious imagery. This lyrical journey takes as its pr…
Includes the five hundred most frequently encountered words on the TOEFL, provides advice on using a dictionary and thesaurus to expand word power, and presents test-taking strategies.
Reviews all question types covered by the International English Language Testing System, offers four practice tests, and includes audio portions of the test on an accompanying disc.
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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 nicety. But it’s a skill you must cultivate to succeed: You’ll lose time, money, and influence if your e-mails, proposals, and other important documents fail to win people over. The HBR Guide to Better Business Writing, by writing expert Bry…
THINKING FOR YOURSELF: DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS THROUGH READING AND WRITING offers a unique integration of composition, reading, and critical thinking. As you complete the book's writing assignments, you'll see how your writing reflects your thinking and how self-directed improvement in thinking also improves your writing. The book offers step-by-step instruction, humor, cartoons, an…
Naughty Dog are responsible for developing some of the most iconic games of this generation including Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter and Uncharted. Now they invite you on a 30-year retrospective tour with this beautifully designed volume. Charting their 30-year history from being the precocious pup of the gaming world, to their current status as one of the industry's pedigree breeds, The Art o…
DmC Devil May Cry depicts a duplicitous world where nothing is everas it seems and the line between good and evil is constantly blurred. Spurredinto action by the promises of a trusted relation, Dante bursts into this newworld intent on revenge at any cost. DmC Devil May Cry Visual Art collects all the concept art behind thismodern reimagining of the Devil May Cry universe and its characters.In…
"This book supports my own 30-year crusade to demonstrate that games are an art form that undeniably rivals traditional arts. It gives detailed explanations of game art techniques and their importance, while also highlighting their dependence on artistic aspects of game design and programming.” — John Romero, co-founder of id Software and CEO of Loot Drop, Inc. "Solarski’s methodology her…
Demonstrates how games that will run on all Windows 8 devices can be developed using C# and XAML. Covers the whole game development experience from initial setup and game design through to user interface design, coding, and deployment to the Windows Store. Intended for users who are already familiar with programming one of the two main managed Visual Studio languages, C# or Visual Basic.NET.
The biggest challenge facing many game programmers is completing their game. Most game projects fizzle out, overwhelmed by the complexity of their own code. Game Programming Patterns tackles that exact problem. Based on years of experience in shipped AAA titles, this book collects proven patterns to untangle and optimize your game, organized as independent recipes so you can pick just the patte…
Characters of wayang in Mahabharata story.