http://www.freebookspot.es Latest books added today en-us http://www.freebookspot.es/logorss.jpg http://www.freebookspot.es 160 43 http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=392031 In this must-have guide for aspiring performers, a veteran film actor shares her secrets for success when performing for film and television. Readers will discover exercises for relaxing the face to achieve maximum expressiveness maintaining proper eye focus in front of the camera and conveying the "beats" of a scene, even in the shortest takes. They’ll also discover tested techniques for adapting to the styles of different directors modulating voice and breath for maximum effect preparing for the first day on the set enduring multiple takes and on-the-set waiting and much, much more. For any performer who intends to make a living in front of the camera, Acting for Film is the most authoritative resource! Read more...
]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:59:22 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391993 It is widely understood that writing can discuss writing, but we rarely consider that film can be used as a means of analyzing conventions of the commercial film industry, or of theorizing about cinema in general. Over the past few decades, however, independent cinema has produced a body of fascinating films that provide intensive critiques of nearly every element of the cinematic apparatus. The experience of these films simultaneously depends on and redefines our relationship to the movies. Read more...
]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:08:00 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391992 The digital video mode 24p captures imagery more nearly the way motion picture cameras do. It opens up a world of possibilities for digital filmmakers. But aspiring to 'film-look video' involves more than just flipping a switch on your camera. The authors share the secrets of Hollywood-style production so you can give your movie a truly polished, commercial look. You won't need to beg major studios for financing to finally turn your movie into a reality. Read more...
]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:05:16 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391844 This is one of the most respected books on film making ever published. With the aid of hundreds of photographs and diagrams, it clearly and concisely presents the essential concepts and techniques of motion picture camerawork and the allied areas of film making that they interact and impact with. Branching out from five central subject areas, the five Cs -- camera angles, continuity, cutting, close-ups, composition -- Mascelli offers film makers a detailed and practical course in visual thinking. Included are discussions of: cinematic time and space compositional rules point-of-view camera height and angle master scenes types of editing screen direction. Read more...
]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:08:03 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390451 Wollen Sie Zwergkaninchen richtig kennen lernen und ihnen alles bieten, was sie als Heimtiere zum Wohlfuhlen brauchen? Dieser neue Ratgeber von Monika Wegler enthalt Praxiswissen kompakt: Worauf ist bei der Auswahl der Tiere zu achten, welche Ausstattung ist komfortabel, wie gewohnen Sie Ihre Zwerge Schritt fur Schritt ein? Zusatzlich liefert er Informationen zur gesunden Ernahrung, Gesunderhaltung und wie man die Tiere artgerecht beschaftigt. Vollig neue spezielle Text-Bild-Seiten vermitteln Wissen auf einen Blick: Welche hervorragenden Sinnesleistungen besitzt das Zwergkaninchen? Wie kann man mit einfachen Mitteln einen Abenteuerspielplatz in der Wohnung gestalten? Dazu gibt die Autorin viele Tipps und Informationen aus ihrem 25-jahrigen Erfahrungsschatz mit Zwergkaninchen. Ihre au?ergewohnlichen Fotos, die jeden Kaninchenfreund bezaubern, aber auch informieren, runden den neuen Ratgeber ab und machen ihn zu einem echten Lesevergnugen. Read more...
]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:31:35 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390360 The essays in this book are terrifically written, models of wit and good style, admirably concise, and still pertinent today. Read more...
]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:27:50 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390239 You have to be open minded and have a good sense of humor to buy this book. I bought this book as a gift for my b/f, but I actually started reading it myself and its one of those books that you read when you want to have a good laugh. I listen to Ricky Gervais podcasts on and off and Karl is basically the person that adds the comedy to the show. If you're one that gets easily offended or don't like dry humor, I would not recommend this book. The tone of the book can sometimes sound like a man-child writing in his journal. This is a very nice short read for humor. Read more...
]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:55:44 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=389428 A wide variety of puzzles including mazes, word searches, whodunits, battleship, story builders and many, many more. Solutions at the back. Read more...
]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:56:16 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=388654 Product Description: From Martin Amis on Jimmy Connors and Jane Austen on Henry VIII, to Liz Hurley on Marilyn Monroe and Madonna on Eva Peron, here are more than 4,000 quotations about both historical and contemporary figures from all over the world. The speakers are as well known as the people they are talking about, and come from a broad range of disciplines and professions, including actors, architects, dancers, historians, mathematicians, literary figures, politicians, academics, sports personalities, and scientists. We read Margot Fonteyn's praise of Fred Astaire: "His technique is astounding, yet everything is accomplished with the air of someone sauntering through the park on a spring morning." Albert Einstein on Madame Curie: "Very intelligent but as cold as a herring." El Greco on Michaelangelo: "He was a good man, but did not know how to paint." And Barbara Streisand in defense of Bill Clinton: "We elected a President, not a Pope." All the quotations about an individual are brought together in an entry headed by a brief description, making it possible to compare what different people have said about one particular person. A detailed author index gives a context line from each quotation, biographical information on authors, and an overview of their comments, often revealing their personalities. A colorful source of information on famous personalities past and present, People on People is an entertaining read, perfect for browsing. Read more...
]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:38:57 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=388436 Here is armed America—a land of machine-gun gatherings in the desert, lederhosened German shooting societies, feral-hog hunts in Texas, and Hollywood gun armories. Whether they’re collecting antique weapons, practicing concealed carry, or firing an AR-15 or a Glock at their local range, many Americans love guns—which horrifies and fascinates many other Americans, and much of the rest of the world. This lively, sometimes raucous book explores from the inside the American love affair with firearms. Dan Baum is both a lifelong gun guy and a Jewish Democrat who grew up in suburban New Jersey feeling like a “child of a bitter divorce with allegiance to both parents.” In Gun Guys he grabs his licensed concealed handgun and hits the road to meet some of the 40 percent of Americans who own guns. We meet Rick Ector, a black Detroit autoworker who buys a Smith and Wesson after suffering an armed robbery—then quits his job to preach the gospel of armed self-defense, especially to the resistant black community Jeremy and Marcey Parker, a young, successful Kentucky couple whose idea of a romantic getaway is the Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun Championship in Bowling Green and Aaron Zelman, head of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. Baum also travels to New Orleans, where he enters the world of a man disabled by a bullet, and to Chicago to interview a killer. Along the way, he takes us to gun shows, gun stores, and shooting ranges trying to figure out why so many of us love th Read more...
]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:52:47 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=388129 The 21st Century Screenplay is the much-expanded successor to the author's Scriptwriting Updated. Many books in one, it offers a comprehensive, highly practical manual of screenwriting from the classic to the avant-garde, from The African Queen and Tootsie, to 21 Grams, Pulp Fiction, Memento and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Whether you want to write short films, features, adaptations, genre films, ensemble films, blockbusters or art house movies, this book takes you all the way from choosing the brilliant idea to plotting, writing and rewriting. Featuring a range of insider survival tips on time-effective writing, creativity under pressure and rising to the challenge of international competition, The 21st Century Screenplay is essential reading for newcomer and veteran alike. Read more...
]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:56:32 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=387658 Eine neue Hundesportart ist Dogdance nicht mehr. Vielmehr hat sich das Tanzen mit Hunden inzwischen etabliert und ist eine beliebte Beschaftigungsmoglichkeit geworden, die von Hundesportvereinen und Hundeschulen angeboten wird. Als Programmpunkt bei Hundeausstellungen, Heimtiermessen und auch bei Stadtfesten ist Dogdance kaum mehr wegzudenken. Dieses Buch enthalt eine detaillierte Trainingsanleitung, mit der jeder bei Null beginnen kann. Eine vielfach bewahrte Trainingstechnik wird erklart und allerlei Kunststucke werden beschrieben, sodass Einsteiger schnell Zugang zu diesem Hundesport finden. Von den vorgestellten Trainingsideen profitieren aber selbstverstandlich auch fortgeschrittene Dogdancer. Fur den Aufbau von Showtanzen und Turnierchoreografien haben die Autorinnen das TARGET-Konzept entwickelt, mit dem jeder in sechs Schritten eine Dogdance-Choreografie erfinden und mit seinem Hund einstudieren kann. Dieses einfache aber effektive Konzept wird in diesem Buch ausfuhrlich vorgestellt. Read more...
]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:29:48 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=387378 Succinct, lively, and affordable, ESSENTIAL CINEMA: AN INTRODUCTION TO FILM ANALYSIS vividly illustrates principles in action as it helps you develop effective skills in close analysis. The book is packed with frame captures you can readily relate to, and it also features interviews with film practitioners throughout, giving you insight into real-world practice. In addition, unique screening questions at the end of each chapter help you apply chapter concepts to any film you watch, while the running glossary and end-of-text illustrated glossary offer easy access to full explanations of concepts. Read more...
]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:58:25 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=387220 "IQ Gym" is a fun way of boosting your brain power. Organized into sections, and comprising a more and more challenging array of puzzles and problems, it will give all aspects of your intelligence a rigorous workout. As well as presenting verbal, numerical and spatial challenges, the book will test your powers of logic, lateral thinking, and right vs. left brain hemispherical balance. Performance assessments at the end of each section will enable you to monitor your progress. Contents Section 1: Word Power Word Power Puzzles: Quick Fire, More Challenging, Difficult Word Power Tests Section 2: Thinking Numerically Thinking Numerically Puzzles: Quick Fire, More Challenging, Difficult Thinking Numerically Tests Section 3: Visual Visual Puzzles: Quick Fire, More Challenging, Difficult Visual Tests Section 4: Memory Memory Puzzles: Quick Fire, More Challenging, Difficult Memory Tests Section 5: Personality Self-confidence Attitude Section 6: Advanced Logic Light Switch Tests Progressive Matrix Tests Assessment Read more...
]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:25:13 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=386707 Baby Games provides hundreds of rhymes, songs, finger plays, and games to create magical playtime as a baby grows from infant to toddler to preschooler. Read more...
]]> Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:54:53 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=386425 [img]2540937[/img] [center][b] Natasha Dow Schull, "Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas" [/b] 2012 | ISBN: 0691127557 | 444 pages | PDF | 3 MB [/center] Recent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. Addiction by Design takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward. Drawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas, anthropologist Natasha Dow Schull shows how the mechanical rhythm of electronic gambling pulls players into a trancelike state they call the "machine zone," in which daily worries, social demands, and even bodily awareness fade away. Once in the zone, gambling addicts play not to win but simply to keep playing, for as long as possible even at the cost of physical and economic exhaustion. In continuous machine play, gamblers seek to lose themselves while the gambling industry seeks profit. Schull describes the strategic calculations behind game algorithms and machine ergonomics, casino architecture and "ambience management," player tracking and cash access systems all designed to meet the market's desire for maximum "time on device." Her account moves from casino floors into gamblers' everyday lives, from gambling industry conventions and Gamblers Anonymous meetin Read more...
]]> Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:12:02 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=385203 Seventy-five unusual and eminently beautiful vegetables are profiled in this charming book by expert gardener and garden designer Jack Staub. Within these pages, you'll discover produce not likely found at the supermarket, including the Asparagus Bean, Chinese Rat Tail Radish, Green Zebra Tomato, and Turkish Orange Eggplant. Staub presents the charming history and lore surrounding the plants as well as instructions for growing them outdoors or indoors in containers. A guide to unique and gorgeous vegetable varieties for your garden. Read more...
]]> Wed, 29 May 2013 13:52:45 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=385201 You've dusted off your old fishing rod, dug up a few worms, grabbed some sunblock and a cooler, and now you're all set to go fishin' Or are you? The Everything Fishing Book is the perfect guide to get you out by your favorite fishing hole, casting your line. The author, experienced fisherman and outdoor sportswriter Ronnie Garrison, provides you with step-by-step instruction on how to choose bait, bait a hook, cast a line, and reel the fish in like a pro. The Everything Fishing Book helps you: • Choose a rod and reel • Tie knots • Select a fishing spot • Buy or catch bait • Reel in a fish • Cook and prepare a catch Packed with dozens of clear, easy-to-follow illustrations, The Everything Fishing Book makes catching the Big One a snap! Read more...
]]> Wed, 29 May 2013 13:50:03 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=384491 Like Bill Carter chronicling the late night wars in his classic The Late Shift, star New York Times reporter Brian Stelter reveals all the dish and dirt behind the polite smiles and perky demeanors of morning television in his much-anticipated... TOP OF THE MORNING When America wakes up with personable and charming hosts like Matt Lauer, Robin Roberts, and George Stephanopoulos, it's hard to imagine their show bookers having to guard a guest's hotel room all night to prevent rival shows from poaching. But that is just part of the intense reality New York Times staff writer Brian Stelter reveals in TOP OF THE MORNING a gripping look at the most competitive time slot in television, complete with Machiavellian booking wars and manic behavior by the producers, executives, and stars. Stelter is behind the scenes as Ann Curry replaces Meredith Vieira on the Today show, only to be fired a year later in a fiasco that made national headlines. He's backstage as Good Morning America launches an attack to dethrone Today and end the longest consecutive winning streak in morning television history. And he's there as Roberts is diagnosed with a crippling disease-on what should be the happiest day of her career. Featuring exclusive material about current and past morning stars like Katie Couric and all the major players of the 2000s, TOP OF THE MORNING illuminates what it takes to win the AM, when every single viewer counts, tons of jobs are on the line, and hundreds of millions Read more...
]]> Mon, 27 May 2013 19:34:32 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=382882 In life, uncertainty surrounds us. Things that we thought were good for us turn out to be bad for us (and vice versa) people we thought we knew well behave in mysterious ways the stock market takes a nosedive. Thanks to an inexplicable optimism, most of the time we are fairly cheerful about it all. But we do devote much effort to managing and ameliorating uncertainty. Is it any wonder, then, asks Greg Costikyan, that we have taken this aspect of our lives and transformed it culturally, making a series of elaborate constructs that subject us to uncertainty but in a fictive and nonthreatening way? That is: we create games. In this concise and entertaining book, Costikyan, an award-winning game designer, argues that games require uncertainty to hold our interest, and that the struggle to master uncertainty is central to their appeal. Game designers, he suggests, can harness the idea of uncertainty to guide their work. Costikyan explores the many sources of uncertainty in many sorts of games -- from Super Mario Bros. to Rock/Paper/Scissors, from Monopoly to CityVille, from FPS Deathmatch play to Chess. He describes types of uncertainty, including performative uncertainty, analytic complexity, and narrative anticipation. And he suggest ways that game designers who want to craft novel game experiences can use an understanding of game uncertainty in its many forms to improve their designs. Read more...
]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 15:25:25 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=381495 Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Videogames is a book written by Leonard Herman and originally published in December 1994 by Rolenta Press. At the time of its publication, Phoenix was the first comprehensive book about the history of videogames Read more...
]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 02:57:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380977 Derren Brown's television and stage performances have entranced and dumbfounded millions. His baffling illusions and stunning set pieces - such as The Seance, Russian Roulette and The Heist - have set new standards of what's possible, as well as causing more than their fair share of controversy. Now, for the first time, he reveals the secrets behind his craft, what makes him tick and just why he grew that beard. Tricks of the Mind takes you on a journey into the structure and pyschology of magic. Derren teaches you how to read clues in people's behaviour and spot liars. He discusses the whys and wherefores of hypnosis and shows how to do it. And he investigates the power of suggestion and how you can massively improve your memory. He also takes a long hard look at the paranormal industry and why some of us feel the need to believe in it in the first place. Alternately hilarious, controversial and challenging, Tricks of the Mind is essential reading for Derren's legions of fans, and pretty bloody irresistible even if you don't like him that much... Read more...
]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:26 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=380143 The bible for beginning radio professionals. A complete guide to the internal workings of radio stations and the radio industry. The book is now a classic and cornerstone for this topic. Not only will readers new to radio understand how each job is best performed, they will know how it meshes with those of the rest of the radio station staff. For readers uncertain of career goals, this book provides a solid foundation in who does what, when, and why. The Radio Station details all departments within a radio station. Topics explained include satellite radio, Web radio, AM stereo, cable and podcasting. Also, mergers and consolidation, future prospects, new digital technologies. This edition is loaded with new illustrations, feature boxes and quotes from industry pros, bringing it all together for the reader. Going strong after 20 years The Radio Station is now in its seventh edition and long considered the standard work on this audio medium. It remains a concise and candid guide to the internal workings of radio stations and the radio industry, explaining the functions performed successfully within every well-run station. *Classic and candid guide to the internal workings of radio stations *Updated to include a discussion of the podcasting boom *New analysis of satellite radio and its role in radio broadcasting today Read more...
]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 09:25:26 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=379578 From one of the world's premier practitioners of classic magic, with years of experience instructing younger readers in the magical arts, comes this new revision of his complete guide to learning and performing fantastic feats of prestidigitation. Acclaimed by the Los Angeles Times as "the text that...young magicians swear by," it's full of step-by-step instructions. More than 2,000 illustrations provide the know-how behind 300 techniques, from basic card tricks to advanced levitation, along with advice on planning and staging a professional-quality magic show. Read more...
]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 23:41:58 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=379374 Product Description: Offbeat movie buffs, discerning video renters, and critical viewers will benefit from this roll call of the best overlooked films of the last 70 years. Richard Crouse, film critic and host of television’s award-winning Reel to Real, details his favorite films, from the sublime Monsoon Wedding to the ridiculous Eegah! The Name Written in Blood. Each movie is featured with a detailed description of plot, notable trivia tidbits, critical reviews, and interviews with actors and filmmakers. Featured interviews include Bill Wyman on a little-known Rolling Stones documentary, schlockmeister Lloyd Kaufman on the history of the Toxic Avenger, reclusive writer and director Hampton Fancher on his film The Minus Man, and B-movie hero Bruce Campbell on playing Elvis Presley in Bubba Ho-Tep. Sidebars feature quirky details, including legal disclaimers and memorable quotes. Read more...
]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 15:18:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=378794 Kniffeln, Maxle, Chicago oder Tour de France – dieser Ratgeber stellt sowohl beliebte Klassiker als auch neue Wurfelspiele vor. Wer glaubt, es zahle nur das reine Wurfelgluck, liegt falsch. Bernd Brucker verrat jede Menge taktische Kniffe und Tricks, mit denen man dem Gluck geschickt auf die Sprunge helfen kann. Read more...
]]> Sat, 11 May 2013 20:37:29 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=378229 Small enough to take anywhere, yet packed with more than 300 brain-bending challenges! Pit your wits against logic-teasers, matchstick quizzes, number problems, riddles, geometry puzzles, visual conundrums, word wonders, picture problems, mazes, and much more. Test your memory, imagination, math skills, powers of observation and deductive reasoning, and other mental talents by becoming a detective, a magician, an architect, and a creative thinker. Play with dominoes, unscramble letters, uncover inconsistencies, and solve mysteries. Plenty of amusing illustrations add to the fun. Read more...
]]> Thu, 09 May 2013 21:18:03 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=378228 Combines two previously published works, resulting in ninety-three brain-teasing puzzles, riddles, and questions with an emphasis on humor. Read more...
]]> Thu, 09 May 2013 21:15:20 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=378196 Table of Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Part l. History and Collecting Guide Chapter 1: Jigsaw Puzzles: A Brief History 3 European Origins, 4 Early Children's Puzzles in the U.S., 6 Children's Puzzles Between the World Wars, 8 Children's Puzzles After World War II, 9 The First Puzzles for Adults, 10 The Depression Puzzle Craze, 13 Moss Production ivith Die-Cutting, 14 Revival of Hand-Crafted Wood Puzzles, 15 Luxury Puzzles: Par, 16 Adult Puzzles since the Depression, 17 Advertising Puzzles, 18 Novelty Puzzles, 20 Chapter 2: Major Jigsaw Puzzle Manufacturers: 1850-1970 22 Marjorie Bouve, 23 Milton Bradley Co., 23 James Browning, 24 Consolidated Paper Box Co., 25 Einson-Freenian Co., Inc., 26 E. E. Fairchild Corp., 2.6 AIHph L. Fretts, 27 Hallmark Cards, Inc., 28 G. J. Hayter and Co.. Lid., 2f3 C. I. Hood and Co., 29 Jaymar Specialty Co., Inc., 30 Leisure Hour Puzzle Co., 31 Madmar Quality Co., 32 McLoughlin Brothers, 32 Par Co., Ltd.. 34 Parker Brothers, Inc., 35 Picture Puzzle Exchange, 36 Margaret Richardson, 37 Saalfield Publishing Co.. 38 Sclchovv and RighterCo., 38 Silent Teacher. 39 J.W. Spear and Sons, Ltd.. 40 Springbok Editions, Inc., 41 Joseph K. Straus Products Corp., 42 Carroll A. Towne, 43 Raphael Tuck and Sons, 43 Tuco Work Shops. Inc.. 45 University Distributing Co., 46 Viking Manufacturing Co., 47 Warren Paper Products Co., 47 Western Publishing Co., 47 Chapter 3: How To Develop a Jigsaw Puzzle Collection 49 Choosin Read more...
]]> Thu, 09 May 2013 20:07:21 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=377688 The Way of the Moving Horse is the second volume of the award-winning Learn to Play Go series. Covers fundamentals of good play, including opening theory, enclosures and approaches, bases and extensions, invasion and reduction, attack and defense, capturing races, ko, life and death, contact fighting, and endgame. Shows the Korean school's strength vs. speed model to choose between six basic moves. Includes self-test and Internet Go section. Read more...
]]> Wed, 08 May 2013 18:07:51 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=377687 The Dragon Style is the third volume in the popular Learn to Play Go series. Topics include seven deadly Go sins and eight secrets of winning play. Real games - even, high, and low handicap - are analyzed in depth. Includes a self-testing section and an extensive glossary of Go terminology. Read more...
]]> Wed, 08 May 2013 18:05:50 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=376700 Unsere Vierbeiner beherrschen vielfaltige Kommunikationsmittel, um ihre Bedurfnisse anzumelden. Sie wedeln mit dem Schwanz, bellen, blinzeln, stellen die Ohren auf, strauben das Haar - Aber interpretieren wir die Signale auch richtig? Lernen Sie doch einfach Hundisch. Das ist gar nicht so schwer und garantiert ein harmonisches Zusammenleben. Im neuen GU Tierratgeber Hundesprache erfahren Sie, wie sich Hunde untereinander verstandigen, wie sie mit uns sprechen, und wie Sie mit Ihrem Vierbeiner sicher und ohne Missverstandnisse umgehen konnen. Die Autorin Katharina Schlegl-Kofler gibt viele wertvolle Tipps, wie sich Kommunikations-Pannen im taglichen Miteinander von Mensch und Hund vermeiden lassen. Der Verhaltensdolmetscher erklart typische Verhaltensweisen unserer Vierbeiner. Und mit Hilfe der 10 GU-Erfolgstipps verstehen Sie Ihren Hund garantiert immer richtig. Read more...
]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 11:38:10 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=376496 Product Description: The Games Presidents Play provides a new way to view the American presidency. Looking at the athletic strengths, feats, and shortcomings of our presidents, John Sayle Watterson explores not only their health, physical attributes, personalities, and sports IQs, but also the increasing trend of Americans in the past century to equate sporting achievements with courage, manliness, and political competence. The author of College Football begins with George Washington, whose athleticism contributed to his success on the battlefield and may well have contributed to the birth of the republic. He moves seamlessly into the nineteenth century when, for presidents like Jackson, Lincoln, and Cleveland, frontier sports were part of their formative years. With the twentieth-century presidents most notably the hyperactive and headline-grabbing Theodore Roosevelt Watterson shows how the growth of mass media and the improved means of transportation transformed presidential sports into both a form of recreation and a means of establishing a positive self-image. Modern presidents have used sports with varying degrees of success. Herbert Hoover fled Washington on weekends to the trout pools of Camp Rapidan in the Blue Ridge to escape relentless pressures and public criticism during the Great Depression. Franklin Roosevelt demonstrated remarkable physical endurance in his campaign to restore his ravaged body from polio. An obsessive love affair with golf became Read more...
]]> Sun, 05 May 2013 20:41:43 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=376490 The full story of the unstoppable rise of Clarkson, Hammond, May, and the Stig—and how they created one of the most famous TV shows of the 21st century Reaching a peak in the 1990s thanks to presenter Jeremy Clarkson, the original series faced the axe in 2001 but Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman successfully pitched a new format to BBC bosses and Top Gear returned to become the irreverent, funny, and often controversial show we now know and love. The addition of Richard Hammond and James May completed the Top Gear dream team and ratings soared as viewers tuned in to see the latest Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, arguments over the Cool Wall, and Power Laps by the mysterious Stig. Recent seasons have been defined by their madcap challenges with predictably hilarious results. Hour-long specials such as the 1,000-mile journey across Africa in cars bought for less than $2,500, and a race to the magnetic North Pole in which Clarkson and May became the first people to drive a motor vehicle to the Pole, have cemented Top Gear's reputation as much more than just a car show. But the show's most shocking moment came in 2006, when Hammond suffered serious head injuries while driving a Vampire turbojet drag racing car at over 300mph. From a humble beginning as a 1970s car show, to achieving world domination, this is the full story. Read more...
]]> Sun, 05 May 2013 20:22:39 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=375977 With a surge in popularity recently and an increase in great downloadable games, there has never been a better time to learn about independent "indie" games. 250 Indie Games You Must Play is a guide to the exciting and expanding world of indie gaming. Whether you are a veteran of the indie game scene or have never played an indie game before, this book helps you experience the best in indie gaming and further your understanding of why indie games are so important in the entertainment industry. The wide range of games highlighted in the text encompasses concepts and ideas that will change your perspective of what video games can be. The book covers puzzlers, platformers, beat ‘em ups, shoot ‘em ups, role-playing, and strategy. Apart from being fun, indie games can be experimental, emotional, nostalgic, and occasionally just plain bizarre. Some make you sit back in awe, while others have you thinking, "Why have I never played a game like this before?" Better still, the majority of these games are completely free to play and even the commercial releases are incredibly cheap. Once you start playing indie games, you may not be able to look at your big-budget blockbusters the same way ever again. Read more...
]]> Sat, 04 May 2013 05:26:56 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=375586 Der schonste Tag im Kinder-Jahr und ein unvergessliches Erlebnis: der Kindergeburtstag. Was fur die Kleinen ein absoluter Hohepunkt ist, kann fur die Eltern schon mal Stress bedeuten. Damit sich der in Grenzen halt, helfen ein bisschen Planung im Vorfeld und ein durchgehendes Konzept fur die Party. Die Autorinnen Angelika Muxfeldt und Michaela Bendel zeigen, wie es geht. Anhand von zwolf Mottopartys, die vom Feenfest, der Romerparty bis hin zum klassischen Geburtstag reichen, erklaren sie, wie ein Fest optimal aufgebaut wird. Die Partythemen sind breit gestreut, sodass jungere genauso wie altere Kinder ihren Spa? haben. Zahlreiche Illustrationen, zum Beispiel vom passenden Kuchen, erlauben es, die Vorschlage kinderleicht umzusetzen. Ubersichtliche Checklisten, Kopiervorlagen, Downloads und kleine Kniffe stellen sicher, dass die Party fur Klein und Gro? ein Erfolg wird. Read more...
]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 21:53:08 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=375299 Hollywood is under attack from videogames. Movies defined the 20th century but games are now pushing them aside as the medium that captures our time, fascination and money. Generation Xbox digs into the love-hate relationship between games and cinema that has led us to this point. It's a story of disaster, triumph and Angelia Jolie in hot pants. Learn how Steven Spielberg's game-making dreams fell apart and why Silicon Valley pioneers wooed Stanley Kubrick. Discover the story behind the failed Halo movie, how videogame tech paved the way for Avatar, and what companies like Ubisoft and Valve are doing to take gaming to the next level. Based on more than 100 interviews with leading figures from videogames and Hollywood, Generation Xbox is the definitive history of an epic power struggle that has reshaped the entertainment landscape. Are you ready to play? "The one book gamers should read this year." - The Jace Hall Show "A fascinatingly detailed account," The Guardian "Pretty damn good," Destructoid.com "A definitive history of the intersection of the games and movie industries" - Eurogamer "The most interesting and illuminating game-related book I've read in years." - Tony Mott, editor, Edge magazine "I had flashbacks reading it." - Peter Hirschmann, writer/producer, Medal of Honor "AMAZING stuff!" - Daniel Alter, film producer, Hitman "A fine work that makes an important point, bringing to light an era of history that has had a vast impact and gone lar Read more...
]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 01:40:14 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=375297 In 1982 the era of Apple II and Commodore 64 17-year-old college freshman and aspiring game designer Jordan Mechner began keeping a private journal. This first volume is a candid account of the personal, creative and technical struggles that led to his breakthrough success with Karateka, which topped bestseller charts in 1985, and planted the seeds of his next game, Prince of Persia. Read more...
]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 01:19:24 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=374347 Product Description: Volume V of this award-winning series reveals the fundamentals of shape and guidelines to correct opening and endgame play learned at the world's top Go training ground, the Korean Go Academy. Templates for fighting in any situation Guidelines to correct shape Opening theory made simple Principles of standard sequences, or joseki Techniques for winning endgame Test Yourself sections check your progress Approachable for newbies Read more...
]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:00:34 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=374161 Product Description: UPDATED 3RD EDITION AVAILABLE 7/1/2010. A Master's Guide to the Ultimate Game. The award-winning first book in the Learn to Play Go series by Janice Kim 3 dan and Jeong Soo-hyun 9 dan, two masters of the 4,000-year-old Asian game of strategy. Takes the complete beginner step-by-step all the way to playing real Go in fourteen chapters that can be read in 10-15 minutes each, each with a try-it-yourself section at the end. Suitable for kids, demystifies the learning process for adults. Read more...
]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:48:15 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=373823 Product Description: "There is mental entertainment, magic, math, and more in this collection of classic tricks and problems."-Student Library Journal. Although referring to Townsend's 'The World's Most Challenging Puzzles,' this quote is applicable to his entire puzzle cannon. If you enjoy pitting yourself against the most challenging puzzles in existence and are a glutton for punishment, then one or all of these books are for you. Take your pick among 'The World's Trickiest,' 'Most Perplexing,' 'Most Incredible,' 'Greatest,' 'Most Amazing,' 'Most Baffling,' 'Most Challenging,' and 'Best.' Choose from any of the eight, or all eight, and see how you stand up against Charles Barry Townsend-'the Professor of Perplexing Puzzles." 128 pages, 122 b/w illus., 5 3/4 x 8 1/4. Read more...
]]> Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:36:41 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=373816 Product Description: Includes hidden picture puzzles, mazes, cryptic codes, and many other games featuring the characters from the book, Gnomes. Read more...
]]> Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:26:25 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=372690 Product Description: Cabich, bird fude, nodiles, buttmilk, dog yogurt, bannes, hare sope, cream of salary soup. What do these things have in common? They're all items from real grocery lists. Whose lists? Who knows. The lists were found discarded in shopping carts, dropped on supermarket floors and parking lots, even tucked in returned library books. But the fact that they were discarded is not what's interesting about them. It's that they were found - found and/or collected by Bill Keaggy, proprietor of Grocerylists.org and the author of the world's first compilation of lost grocery lists. This book. If we are what we eat, then this book reveals deep and strange truths about the average food shopper (not to mention more mundane facts like a lot of people love vodka, banana is actually very difficult to spell and that butter used to be dyed yellow using marigolds). Separated into chapters - funny lists, sad lists, unhealthy lists, organized lists - the book also includes humorous commentary by the author and some delicious recipes created from found grocery lists. Quirky sidebars and odd food facts round out the menu. *Translation: Cabbage, bird food, noodles, buttermilk, dog yogurt (duh), bananas, shampoo, cream of celery soup. Read more...
]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:22:36 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=372403 Product Description: Even readers with no particular interest in Japan - if such odd souls exist - may expect unexpected pleasure from this book if English metaphysical poetry, grooks, hyperlogical nonsense verse, outrageous epigrams, the (im)possibilities and process of translation between exotic tongues, the reason of puns and rhyme, outlandish metaphor, extreme hyperbole and whatnot tickle their fancy. Read together with The Woman Without a Hole, also by Robin D. Gill, the hitherto overlooked ulterior side of art poetry in Japan may now be thoroughly explored by monolinguals, though bilinguals and students of Japanese will be happy to know all the original Japanese is included. This Reader is a selection from "Mad in Translation - a thousand years of kyoka, comic Japanese poetry in the classic waka mode," a 2000-poem, 200-chapter, 740-page monster of a book. It offers a 300-page double distillation high-proof sample of the poetry and prose, with improved translations, re-considered opinions and additional snake-legs (explanation some scholars may not need). The scattershot of two-page chapters and notes have been compounded into a score of cannonball-sized thematic chapters with just enough weight to bowl over most specialists yet, hopefully, not bore the amateur and sink a potentially broad-beamed readership. (More information may be found at the Paraverse Press website or Google Books) Read more...
]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:17:59 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=372317 Product Description: In this study of Hollywood gangster films, Jonathan Munby examines their controversial content and how it was subjected to continual moral and political censure. Beginning in the early 1930s, these films told compelling stories about ethnic urban lower-class desires to "make it" in an America dominated by Anglo-Saxon Protestant ideals and devastated by the Great Depression. By the late 1940s, however, their focus shifted to the problems of a culture maladjusting to a new peacetime sociopolitical order governed by corporate capitalism. The gangster no longer challenged the establishment the issue was not "making it," but simply "making do." Combining film analysis with archival material from the Production Code Administration (Hollywood's self-censoring authority), Munby shows how the industry circumvented censure, and how its altered gangsters (influenced by European filmmakers) fueled the infamous inquisitions of Hollywood in the postwar '40s and '50s by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Ultimately, this provocative study suggests that we rethink our ideas about crime and violence in depictions of Americans fighting against the status quo. Read more...
]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:18:11 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=371893 ow to survive the worst that could happen, whatever form it takes. Growing up in Soviet-dominated Hungary, Rainer Stahlberg developed an increasing wariness of the world around him. When he was wounded in the Hungarian uprising of 1956, he resolved to never be caught unprepared again. Let him prepare you for any crisis. Here he details a step-by-step plan for surviving a vast range of disasters—both natural and manmade. From storms and floods to economic strife, nuclear warfare, and international terrorism, this is the ultimate handbook of disaster scenarios and survival techniques. Be ready for an energy crisis, global economic collapse, climate change, and a multitude of other terrifying-to-think-about scenarios. This book could save your life! 100 color photographs Read more...
]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:48:48 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=371208 Almost all incidences of cheating, theft, fraud, or loss can be detected through the surveillance of critical transactions, audit observations, and reviews of key metrics. Providing proven-techniques for detecting and mitigating the ever-evolving threats to casino security, this book covers the core skills, knowledge, and techniques needed to protect casino assets, guests, and employees. Read more...
]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:47:32 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=370793 The success of low-budget independent films like The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity have clearly demonstrated that successful movies can be made with very small budgets. Still, working on a tight budget requires both skill and ingenuity, and is an inevitable and continuous learning experience for the filmmaker. Join two dozen truly independent filmmakers those used to working, and delivering, within extreme limitations as they bluntly chronicle their experiences creating features "from the trenches." They cover the major stages of the filmmaking process, from financing, technical decisions, and handling actors and crew to music, production, and distribution. With loads of practical advice, actual case studies, and many behind-the-scenes photographs, this collection of war stories from the micro-budget front lines will benefit aspiring and experienced independent filmmakers alike. Read more...
]]> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:27:57 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=370378 Product Description: The book provides information about Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to farmers and also others such as agronomists and students. The authors describe an approach to pest management that can be applied to different farming situations. This approach is capable of incorporating new crops, products and techniques as they become available, and so will be useful even as farming changes. IPM is defined and compared to other options available to farmers. The book contains information about key pest and beneficial invertebrates without attempting to be a comprehensive guide to invertebrates. High quality photos of invertebrates are used to illustrate the main species or types of pests and whether or not they are beneficial.Farmers and agronomists should be able to use this book to help them implement an IPM approach on a farm. It provides practical information, written for farmers who are interested in implementing IPM and provides step-by-step guides on how to get started and make decisions regarding pest management. The book also shares information that can help farmers develop a long-term strategy to pest management but also help with making immediate changes if necessary.Farmers and agronomists should be able to use this book to help them implement an IPM approach on farm. It provides practical information, written for farmers who are interested in implementing IPM. It provides step by step guides on how to get started and make decisions regarding pest manage Read more...
]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:21:11 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=370193 • Das Buch fur die ganze Familie • Tolle Spiele fur drinnen und drau?en • Klassiker wie Teekesselchen, Topfschlagen, Himmel und Holle • Viele neue Spielideen! • Extra-Kapitel „Kindergeburtstag“ • Fur jede Altersklasse die passenden Spiele • Einfach nachvollziehbare Spielanleitungen und zahlreiche lustige Illustrationen. • Bei jedem Spiel das Wichtigste auf einen Blick: Altersgruppe, Anzahl der Spieler, benotigte Materialien. Read more...
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