Narrative designers and game designers are critical to the development of digital and analog games. This book provides a detailed look at the work writers and designers perform every day on game development projects. It includes practical advice on how to break into the game industry as a writer or game designer. Readers can use the templates and detailed instructions provided ...(展开全部)

Designed to help both professional and student scientists and engineers write clearly and effectively, this text approaches the subject in a fresh way. Using scores of examples from a wide variety of authors and disciplines, the author - himself a writer and physicist -- demonstrates the difference between strong and weak scientific writing, and how to convey ideas to the inten...(展开全部)

Book Description "If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write." In 1999, Stephen King began to write about his craft -- and his life. By midyear, a widely reported accident jeopardized the survival of both. And in his months of recovery, the link between writing and living became more crucial than ever. Rarely has a book on writing bee...(展开全部)

Book Description "If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write." In 1999, Stephen King began to write about his craft -- and his life. By midyear, a widely reported accident jeopardized the survival of both. And in his months of recovery, the link between writing and living became more crucial than ever. Rarely has a book on writing bee...(展开全部)

Many programmers know how to write correct code - code that works. But not all know how to craft great code - code that is well written and easy to understand. Code Craft teaches programmers how to move beyond writing correct code to writing great code. The book covers code writing concerns, including code presentation style, variable naming, error handling, and security; and t...(展开全部)

Many programmers know how to write correct code - code that works. But not all know how to craft great code - code that is well written and easy to understand. Code Craft teaches programmers how to move beyond writing correct code to writing great code. The book covers code writing concerns, including code presentation style, variable naming, error handling, and security; and t...(展开全部)

Until the recent unauthorized release of thousands of classified State Department cables, public attention was rarely drawn to the frequently outstanding political analysis done by American diplomats abroad. The existing literature on diplomacy has heretofore been limited to memoirs of former diplomats and analyses of international affairs by diplomats, academics, and think tan...(展开全部)

约瑟夫·M. 威廉姆斯(Joseph M. Williams) 芝加哥大学英语语言文学教授，先锋写作项目创始人。代表作《风格：写作的清晰与优雅》（Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace）广受欢迎。 格雷戈里·G. 科洛姆(Gregory G. Colomb) 弗吉尼亚大学英语语言文学教授。 他们和韦恩 C. 布斯（Wayne C. Booth）曾在芝加哥大学联合讲授高级写作课程，并一同出版了《研究是一门艺术；撰写学术论文、调查报告、研究著作的权威指南》 （The Craft of Research），销量近百万册。 译者简介： 闾佳，资深翻译工作者，主攻通俗经济学、社会心理学、经济管理及科普方向的非虚构类作品，现已出版多部广受好评的翻译作品。并曾在各类涉外会议中担任现场/陪同翻译。

The Craft of Argument is designed to help integrate the skills of writing, critical thinking, and arguing for the purpose of enabling the writer to write arguments that are clear, sound, and persuasive.

With more than 400,000 copies now in print, The Craft of Research is the unrivaled resource for researchers at every level, from first-year undergraduates to research reporters at corporations and government offices. Seasoned researchers and educators Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams present an updated third edition of their classic handbook, whose first and second edit...(展开全部)