Language arts & disciplines

Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook

by Saeed Yousef & Hayedeh Torabi

Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume.

This book presents twenty grammar units, covering the core material which students would...

Religion Law and Tradition

by Andrew Huxley

This book brings together two scholarly traditions: experts in Roman, Jewish and Islamic law, an area where scholars tend to be familiar with work in each area, and experts in the legal traditions of South and...

Broadcast Announcing Worktext: A Media Performance Guide

by Alan Stephenson, David Reese & Mary Beadle

Broadcast Announcing Worktext provides you with the skills, techniques, and procedures necessary to enter this highly competitive field of broadcast performance. In addition to the principles of good performance,...

Broadcast Journalism

by Andrew Boyd

This new edition of Broadcast Journalism is a major revision to the premier textbook in its field and a standard primer for broadcasting courses. It is an up-to-date practical manual for would-be reporters eager...

Flash Advertising: Flash Platform Development of Microsites, Advergames and Branded Applications

by Jason Fincanon

Create awe-inspiring, mind-blowing Flash ads, microsites, advergames, and branded applications that engage consumers and demonstrate their worth to clients. Creating Flash Advertising delivers the nuts and bolts...

Multimedia Foundations

by Vic Costello

Rendering HTML5 Illustration

by Matthew David

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and CANVAS are two new tools introduced in HTML5 that you can use to add illustration and interactive animation to your Web pages. Understand why there are two different formats,...

HTML5 Rich Media Foundation

by Matthew David

This is the fourth of five articles on the new Web standard, HTML5. This article is presented in four colors, with ample pictures that illustrate what you can do with your Web sites with the help of HTML5.

Learn...

The HTML5 JavaScript Model

by Matthew David

JavaScript is the glue that enables HTML to become interactive. Learn how you can leverage JavaScript Libraries to quickly build beautiful Web applications.

* Add Ajax libraries to your Web site

* Use jQuery...

Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling

by Kenneth Kobre

Videojournalism is a new field that has grown out of traditional print photojournalism, slideshows that combine sound and pictures, public radio, documentary filmmaking and the best of television news features....

Flash Mobile: Setting up Flash CS5 for Android Development

by Matthew David

Learn how, as a Flash designer, you can set up a Flash CS5 environment to publish Android apps.

Understand how to

• Design and develop for Android hardware
• Configure the Android SDK publish setting
• Set up...

Flash Mobile: Rapid Android Development in Flash CS5

by Matthew David

Rapidly prototype and build Android apps with little or no code. Learn how to use rich media techniques in Flash CS5 effectively for Android development:

• Creating animation
• Playing back sound
• Presenting...

Flash Mobile: Developing Mobile Apps using ActionScript

by Matthew David

Learn why you will want to use ActionScript3 when creating solutions for the iPhone and Android OS. Details what has changed from and what has stayed the same as earlier versions of ActionScript. Make the most...

Flash Mobile: Leveraging Custom iPhone and Android Interface Calls with ActionScript

by Matthew David

Learn how you can tap into the Android specific extensions with ActionScript to add a rich level of control to your apps. Get up and running quickly, with these mobile features:

• Gestures
• Orientation
• Geolocation...

Flash Builder @ Work: Your First Information-Rich Application

by Cesare Rocchi

Build your first Flex application! Discover MXML as a great markup language to quickly create a working app. Get acquainted with the Flash Builder IDE, then get your hands dirty with some Flex basics, a few...

Flash Builder @ Work: Building AIR Applications

by Cesare Rocchi

Understand the architecture of the AIR framework, the merits of AIR applications vs. Flex applications, and the capabilities of the framework including reading and writing files, interacting with local databases,...

Sex Differences and Similarities in Communication

by Daniel J. Canary & Kathryn Dindia

Sex Differences and Similarities in Communication offers a thorough exploration of sex differences in how men and women communicate, set within the context of sex similarities, offering a balanced examination...

Dutch: An Essential Grammar

by William Z. Shetter

This Grammar shows, step by step, how the language is constructed. It presents a lively and accessible description of the language using plenty of relevant examples. This is the ideal first grammar for the Dutch...

Magazine Editing: In Print and Online

by John Morrish

This text examines and explains the job of the magazine editor in both its journalistic and managerial aspects. Written by an experienced journalist and former editor, it draws upon the experiences of a number...

Practicing Convergence Journalism: An Introduction to Cross-Media Storytelling

by Janet Kolodzy

Practicing Convergence Journalism teaches budding journalists how to make the most of digital technology to tell their stories effectively across multiple media platforms-in print, audio, video and online. Janet...