Writing for the multibillion-dollar video-game industry is unlike writing for any other medium. Slay the Dragon will help you understand the challenges and offer creative solutions to writing for a medium where the audience not only demands a great story, but to be a driving force within it. Aimed at traditional writers who want to learn interactive narrative as well as game cr...(展开全部)

In an irresistible invitation to lighten up, look around, and live an unscripted life, a master of the art of improvisation explains how to adopt the attitudes and techniques used by generations of musicians and actors. Let’s face it: Life is something we all make up as we go along. No matter how carefully we formulate a “script,” it is bound to change when we interact with pe...(展开全部)

From the Author: A long time ago, before I went to medical school, my father, who is also a physician, recounted a tale he had heard at a medical conference. The story summarized the status of medicine at the time. Even then, the tale struck me as having incredibly profound implications and, 20 years later, it continues to affect the way I view medicine and how I care for my pa...(展开全部)

Study Gods offers a rare look at the ways privileged youth in China prepare themselves to join the ranks of the global elite. Yi-Lin Chiang shows how these competitive Chinese high schoolers first become “study gods” (xueshen), a term describing academically high-performing students. Constant studying, however, is not what explains their success, for these young people appear g...(展开全部)

Grab your magical sword and take the place of your favorite fantasy character with this fun and historically accurate how-to guide to solving epic quests. What should you ask a magic mirror? How do you outwit a genie? Where should you dig for buried treasure? Fantasy media’s favorite clichés get new life from How to Slay a Dragon: A Fantasy Hero’s Guide to the Real Middle Ages,...(展开全部)

亚当·巴拉塔是当今包括贵金属在内的投资领域最具活力的声音之一。作为一名曾获奖的编剧、导演和制片人，巴拉塔已经将他的注意力转向了投资行业，和再一次面临通胀压力的全球经济上。他是Advantage Gold的共同所有人。Advantage Gold是美国评级最高的贵金属公司，是Inc. 5000.的成员。他是畅销书《黄金是更好的方式》(Gold Is A Better Way)的作者。

A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate philosophy for raising preteens and teens to self-sufficient young adulthood In How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims draws on research, on conversations with admissions officers, educators, and employers, and on her own insights as a mother and as a student dean to highligh...(展开全部)

A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate philosophy for raising preteens and teens to self-sufficient young adulthood In How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims draws on research, on conversations with admissions officers, educators, and employers, and on her own insights as a mother and as a student dean to highligh...(展开全部)