A Little Life: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015 (Picador Collection)
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2015Shortlisted for the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction 2016Winner of Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2016Finalist for the National Book Awards 2015The million copy bestseller A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance.When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way they're broke adrift and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind handsome Willem an aspiring actor; JB a quick-witted sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn brilliant enigmatic Jude who serves as their centre of gravity. Over the decades their relationships deepen and darken tinged by addiction success and pride. Yet their greatest challenge each comes to realize is Jude himself by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he'll not only be unable to overcome but that will define his life forever.
What I Know for Sure
Candid moving exhilarating uplifting and frequently humorous the words Oprah shares in What I Know For Sure shimmer with the sort of truth that readers will turn to again and again.As a creative force student of the human heart and soul and champion of living the life you want Oprah Winfrey stands alone. Over the years she has made history with a legendary talk show (the highest-rated program of its kind) launched her own television network become the USA's only African-American billionaire and been awarded both an honorary degree by Harvard University and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. From all her experiences she has gleaned life lessons which for fourteen years she's shared in O The Oprah Magazine's widely popular 'What I Know For Sure' column a monthly source of inspiration and revelation.Now for the first time these thoughtful gems have been revised updated and collected in What I Know For Sure a beautiful book with a ribbon marker packed with insight and revelation from Oprah Winfrey. Organized by theme joy resilience connection gratitude possibility awe clarity and power these essays offer a rare powerful and intimate glimpse into the heart and mind of one of the world's most extraordinary women while providing readers a guide to becoming their best selves.
Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences
Ready to give your design skills a real boost? This eye-opening book helps you explore the design structure behind most of todays hit video games. Youll learn principles and practices for crafting games that generate emotionally charged experiences?a combination of elegant game mechanics compelling fiction and pace that fully immerses players.In clear and approachable prose design pro Tynan Sylvester also looks at the day-to-day process necessary to keep your project on track including how to work with a team and how to avoid creative dead ends. Packed with examples this book will change your perception of game design.* Create game mechanics to trigger a range of emotions and provide a variety of play* Explore several options for combining narrative with interactivity* Build interactions that let multiplayer gamers get into each others heads* Motivate players through rewards that align with the rest of the game* Establish a metaphor vocabulary to help players learn which design aspects are game mechanics* Plan test and analyze your design through iteration rather than deciding everything up front* Learn how your games market positioning will affect your design
Data Science for Business: What you need to know about data mining and data-analytic thinking
Written by renowned data science experts Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science and walks you through the 'data-analytic thinking' necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from the data you collect. This guide also helps you understand the many data-mining techniques in use today.Based on an MBA course Provost has taught at New York University over the past ten years Data Science for Business provides examples of real-world business problems to illustrate these principles. Youll not only learn how to improve communication between business stakeholders and data scientists but also how participate intelligently in your companys data science projects. Youll also discover how to think data-analytically and fully appreciate how data science methods can support business decision-making.* Understand how data science fits in your organization?and how you can use it for competitive advantage* Treat data as a business asset that requires careful investment if youre to gain real value* Approach business problems data-analytically using the data-mining process to gather good data in the most appropriate way* Learn general concepts for actually extracting knowledge from data* Apply data science principles when interviewing data science job candidates
Level 3: Stories of Courage Book and Multi-ROM with MP3 Pack: Industrial Ecology (Pearson English Active Readers)
Eight inspiring true stories of people showing great courage in the face of incredible difficulties. Read about the real Erin Brockovich an incredible escape from death in Africa Cuba's bravest runner... and more! Sometimes true stories are more amazing than fiction!
Busy Swimming (Busy Books Band 12)
With lots to see and heaps to do in Busy Swimming young children really can join in by pushing pulling and turning the tabs to bring the water park to life. Help the children get changed into their swimming costumes whizz down the water slide and race across the indoor pool.Little ones will love playing with the easy-to-handle mechanisms in this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations by Rebecca Finn which is part of the Busy Book series. Busy Swimming has been endorsed and recommended by Dr Amanda Gummer's Good Play Guide.Discover more of this tactile series with Busy Playtime Busy Beach and Busy Holiday.
Learning Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming
Get a comprehensive in-depth introduction to the core Python language with this hands-on book. Based on author Mark Lutzs popular training course this updated fifth edition will help you quickly write efficient high-quality code with Python. Its an ideal way to begin whether youre new to programming or a professional developer versed in other languages.Complete with quizzes exercises and helpful illustrations this easy-to-follow self-paced tutorial gets you started with both Python 2.7 and 3.3? the latest releases in the 3.X and 2.X lines?plus all other releases in common use today. Youll also learn some advanced language features that recently have become more common in Python code.* Explore Pythons major built-in object types such as numbers lists and dictionaries* Create and process objects with Python statements and learn Pythons general syntax model* Use functions to avoid code redundancy and package code for reuse* Organize statements functions and other tools into larger components with modules* Dive into classes: Pythons object-oriented programming tool for structuring code* Write large programs with Pythons exception-handling model and development tools* Learn advanced Python tools including decorators descriptors metaclasses and Unicode processing
Theory of Fun for Game Design
Now in full color the 10th anniversary edition of this classic book takes you deep into the influences that underlie modern video games and examines the elements they share with traditional games such as checkers. At the heart of his exploration veteran game designer Raph Koster takes a close look at the concept of fun and why its the most vital element in any game.Why do some games become boring quickly while others remain fun for years? How do games serve as fundamental and powerful learning tools? Whether youre a game developer dedicated gamer or curious observer this illustrated fully updated edition helps you understand what drives this major cultural force and inspires you to take it further.Youll discover that:* Games play into our innate ability to seek patterns and solve puzzles* Most successful games are built upon the same elements* Slightly more females than males now play games* Many games still teach primitive survival skills* Fictional dressing for modern games is more developed than the conceptual elements* Truly creative designers seldom use other games for inspiration* Games are beginning to evolve beyond their prehistoric origins
Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster (Lean Series)
Whether youre a startup founder trying to disrupt an industry or an intrapreneur trying to provoke change from within your biggest challenge is creating a product people actually want. Lean Analytics steers you in the right direction.This book shows you how to validate your initial idea find the right customers decide what to build how to monetize your business and how to spread the word. Packed with more than thirty case studies and insights from over a hundred business experts Lean Analytics provides you with hard-won real-world information no entrepreneur can afford to go without.* Understand Lean Startup analytics fundamentals and the data-driven mindset* Look at six sample business models and how they map to new ventures of all sizes* Find the One Metric That Matters to you* Learn how to draw a line in the sand so youll know its time to move forward* Apply Lean Analytics principles to large enterprises and established products
Long Walk to Freedom: Illustrated Children's edition
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela is the amazing story of a true hero of our times; his famous biography has been specially adapted for children in a beautiful illustrated picture book format. Discover how a little boy whose father called him 'troublemaker' grew up to fight apartheid become South Africa's first black president and campaign for freedom and justice throughout the world.Adapted by poet Chris van Wyk and illustrated by South African artist Paddy Bouma with an introduction from Archbishop Desmond Tutu Long Walk to Freedom introduces children to the life of one of the world's most beloved leaders.
