David B : 584 books

Both experienced and aspiring animation professionals will find Directing Animation a comprehensive and entertaining guide to understanding the director’s creative role in managing the entire animation process. An animation director doesn’t simply direct animation. He or she directs people who...

Lee and his Grampa Myles share a rare and deadly secret. Most of the time, they're able to control it. But once, when Grampa was younger, it got away from him. Ever since that day, something has been eating at his insides. Now, Lee faces his own deadly moment. Will he be able to resist the temptation? A short story from our Spectres horror line.

Thinking History, Fighting Evil presents the most thorough exploration to date of how World War II analogies, particularly those focused on the Holocaust, have colored American foreign policy-making after 9/11. In particular, this book highlights how influential neoconservatives inside and outside...

How to do better, more effective therapy with men. Cultural norms and assumptions color the male experience of psychotherapy, and the traditional notions of masculinity to which many men still cling are, in many ways, antithetical to the tenets and goals of therapy. As a result, even the experienced...

The first official Knightfall tie-in novel, charting the Templars' adventures after the Fall of Acre A brand-new original Knightfall novel. Following the Fall of Acre, Landry, Godfrey and the other survivors of the siege flee in a sailboat across the Mediterranean. Drifting for weeks, they...

Die Regeln des Spiels sind gnadenlos: Überall auf der Welt spielen Jugendliche ein Online-Game, bei dem man Abenteuer auf der virtuellen Insel Pala bestehen muss. Auch Iris ist von dem Spiel begeistert, bis es plötzlich Realität wird. Denn die Insel gibt es wirklich. Und die besten Spieler werden...

This book provides a framework for approaching ethical and policy dilemmas in research with human subjects from the perspective of trust. It explains how trust is important not only between investigators and subjects but also between and among other stakeholders involved in the research enterprise,...

Die Jugendlichen Chris, Moe, Kaya, Steven und Lennart sind Urban Explorers: Im nächtlichen Berlin erkunden sie stillgelegte Fabriken, leer stehende Häuser und verfallene Krankenhäuser. Doch was als aufregendes Abenteuer beginnt, wird bald ein riskantes Unterfangen. Denn die verlassenen Gebäude...

Ein altes Hotel in Berlin, mysteriöse Gäste und eine große, schwarze Katze - Katinka und Finley haben das Gefühl, dass ihr Hotel ein Geheimnis birgt. Hat der eigenartige Skripnik etwas damit zu tun, der das Gemälde Das Lächeln des Panthers so genau mustert? Je weiter Katinka der spektakulären...

Played wordwide, Oware is an international favorite game to play on a Mancala board. This guide to Oware (aka Warri, Ayo, or Aualé) is a comprehensive look at the game. It explores: the rules; including international variation, opening moves, strategies and counting tactics, and end-game analysis. The...

This book brings together extensive scientific learning on what makes a good farm for biodiversity. Based on thirteen years of intensive research, it breaks the discussion into chapters on key environmental and vegetation assets and then discusses how to make these assets better for biodiversity. The...

Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach, Second Edition, teaches students how to program massively parallel processors. It offers a detailed discussion of various techniques for constructing parallel programs. Case studies are used to demonstrate the development process, which...

Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach, Third Edition shows both student and professional alike the basic concepts of parallel programming and GPU architecture, exploring, in detail, various techniques for constructing parallel programs. Case studies demonstrate the...

Multisim is now the de facto standard for circuit simulation. It is a SPICE-based circuit simulator which combines analog, discrete-time, and mixed-mode circuits. In addition, it is the only simulator which incorporates microcontroller simulation in the same environment. It also includes a tool for...