The Color of Pixar
Title | The Color of Pixar PDF eBook |
Author | Tia Kratter |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 357 |
Release | 2017-09-12 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1452164142 |
Bold and beautiful, this volume presents hundreds of film stills from the Pixar archives in a glorious spectrum of color. Starting with bright white images and seamlessly flowing through the colors of the rainbow, it becomes crystal clear how each frame tells a story. Bound into a gorgeous volume, The Color of Pixar encapsulates everything there is to love about the studio: the attention to detail, the playful characters, and the sheer scope of their work in over 20 years of iconic feature films. Copyright ©2017 Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Pixar. All rights reserved.
The Rapture of the Nerds
Title | The Rapture of the Nerds PDF eBook |
Author | Cory Doctorow |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2012-09-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0765329107 |
From the two defining personalities of post-cyberpunk SF, a brilliant collaboration to rival 1987's The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
The Firm
Title | The Firm PDF eBook |
Author | Duff McDonald |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2013-09-10 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1439190976 |
A revelatory history of the controversial consulting firm traces its decades-long influence in both business and political arenas, citing its role in the establishment of mainstream practices and modern understandings about capitalism.
Nerds
Title | Nerds PDF eBook |
Author | David Anderegg |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2011-03-03 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1101479140 |
A lively, thought-provoking book that zeros in on the timely issue of how anti-intellectualism is bad for our children and even worse for America. Why are our children so terrified to be called "nerds"? And what is the cost of this rising tide of anti-intellectualism to both our children and our nation? In Nerds, family psychotherapist and psychology professor David Anderegg examines why science and engineering have become socially poisonous disciplines, why adults wink at the derision of "nerdy" kids, and what we can do to prepare our children to succeed in an increasingly high-tech world. Nerds takes a measured look at how we think about and why we should rethink "nerds," examining such topics as: - our anxiety about intense interest in things mechanical or technological; - the pathologizing of "nerdy" behavior with diagnoses such as Asperger syndrome; - the cycle of anti-nerd prejudice that took place after the Columbine incident; - why nerds are almost exclusively an American phenomenon; - the archetypal struggles of nerds and jocks in American popular culture and history; - the conformity of adolescents and why adolescent stereotypes linger into adulthood long after we should know better; and nerd cultural markers, particularly science fiction. Using education research, psychological theory, and interviews with nerdy and non-nerdy kids alike, Anderegg argues that we stand in dire need of turning around the big dumb ship of American society to prepare rising generations to compete in the global marketplace. Watch a QuickTime trailer for this book.
Utopias
Title | Utopias PDF eBook |
Author | Howard P. Segal |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2012-03-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1118234316 |
This brief history connects the past and present of utopianthought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up topresent day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise. Explores the purpose of utopias, what they reveal about thesocieties who conceive them, and how utopias have changed over thecenturies Unique in including both non-Western and Western visions ofutopia Explores the many forms utopias have taken – propheciesand oratory, writings, political movements, world's fairs, physicalcommunities – and also discusses high-tech and cyberspacevisions for the first time The first book to analyze the implicitly utopian dimensions ofreform crusades like Technocracy of the 1930s and ModernizationTheory of the 1950s, and the laptop classroom initiatives of recentyears
Black Magic
Title | Black Magic PDF eBook |
Author | Krin Gabbard |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780813533841 |
Krin Gabbard explores the often hidden & unacknowledged contribution of African American culture to Hollywood movies. Although relying heavily on African American music, language & street culture, the old racial hierarchies often seem preserved.
Design to Grow
Title | Design to Grow PDF eBook |
Author | David Butler |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2016-02-23 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1451676263 |
"Expert advice from Coca-Cola's vice president of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Learn how Coca-Cola uses design to grow its business by combining the advantages of scale with the agility to respond to fast-changing market conditions"--