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An updated edition of the classic book on digital storytelling,
with a new introduction and expansive chapter commentaries. I want
to say to all the hacker-bards from every field-gamers,
researchers, journalists, artists, programmers, scriptwriters,
creators of authoring systems... please know that I wrote this book
for you." -Hamlet on the Holodeck, from the author's introduction
to the updated edition Janet Murray's Hamlet on the Holodeck was
instantly influential and controversial when it was first published
in 1997. Ahead of its time, it accurately predicted the rise of new
genres of storytelling from the convergence of traditional media
forms and computing. Taking the long view of artistic innovation
over decades and even centuries, it remains forward-looking in its
description of the development of new artistic traditions of
practice, the growth of participatory audiences, and the
realization of still-emerging technologies as consumer products.
This updated edition of a book the New Yorker calls a "cult
classic" offers a new introduction by Murray and chapter-by-chapter
commentary relating Murray's predictions and enduring design
insights to the most significant storytelling innovations of the
past twenty years, from long-form television to artificial
intelligence to virtual reality. Murray identifies the powerful new
set of expressive affordances that computing offers for the ancient
human activity of storytelling and considers what would be
necessary for interactive narrative to become a mature and
compelling art form. Her argument met with some resistance from
print loyalists and postmodern hypertext enthusiasts, and it
provoked a foundational debate in the emerging field of game
studies on the relationship between narrative and videogames. But
since Hamlet on the Holodeck's publication, a practice that was
largely speculative has been validated by academia, artistic
practice, and the marketplace. In this substantially updated
edition, Murray provides fresh examples of expressive digital
storytelling and identifies new directions for narrative
innovation.
A comprehensive, communicative, and practical guide to using
Japanese, Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary is an invaluable
tool for anyone with an interest in the Japanese language. It has
been edited with the needs of English-speaking users in mind,
whether students, teachers, business people, or casual linguists,
and special care has been taken at each stage of its compilation
including the selection of entry words and their equivalents, the
wording of the detailed explanations of Japanese words, the choice
of example sentences, and even its functional page design to
maximize its usefulness.
What is furigana and why is it so important?
Furigana refers to the small kana that are printed above or
alongside kanji to show their pronunciation. With furigana
superscripts, the beginner who is familiar with hiragana and
katakana is able to read even the most difficult and obscure kanji
at a glance. Other dictionaries either provide little or no guide
to kanji readings or romanize some or all of the Japanese words and
sentences. In the past, romanized dictionaries were of some value
to students using textbooks that contained no Japanese script. Now,
however, an increasing number of influential curricula around the
world are based on a rationale and methodology that demands the
introduction of hiragana and katakana from the earliest stages.
Learners and their teachers using such curricula will inevitably
feel more comfortable with a dictionary such as Kodansha s Furigana
Japanese Dictionary, one that shows the pronunciation of kanji with
a familiar and authentic kana script.
Combining Kodansha's Furigana Japanese-English Dictionary (1995)
and Kodansha's Furigana English-Japanese Dictionary (1996) in one
portable. affordable, and user-friendly volume, this dictionary has
the following unique features:
o A basic vocabulary of 30,000 entries covers the most frequently
used English and Japanese words
o Special treatment has been given to hundreds of words, names, and
phrases of special relevance to English-speaking students of
Japanese
o Semantic and usage differences between Japanese words and
expressions are explained in clear English
o Thousands of example sentences and phrases illustrate how
Japanese words are used in context
o Special information is provided on verb conjugations, formality,
and other aspects of Japanese grammar and usage
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This book offers practical guidance for understanding and
implementing APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS)
and Meta‑Analysis Reporting Standards (MARS) for quantitative
research. These standards provide the essential information
researchers need to report, including detailed accounts
of the methods they followed, data results and analysis,
interpretations of their findings, and implications for future
research. This revised edition reflects updates to the
original JARS and the MARS that meet developing needs
in the behavioral, social, educational, and medical sciences.
Harris Cooper analyzes examples from APA journals, offering
readers advice for implementing these
revised standards in their own writing while also
conforming with the APA Style guidelines in the seventh edition of
the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
Updated chapters offer more detailed guidelines for reporting
statistical analyses and unique elements of different types
of research, including replication studies, clinical trials, and
observational studies. This book is essential reading for
experienced and early career researchers alike, as well
as undergraduate and graduate students in research methods
classes.
Inside Story tackles the myriad approaches to the burgeoning genre
of creative nonfiction--from memoir to criticism to literary
journalism to the lyric essay--by deeply exploring each stage of
the generation, reportage, writing and editing of stories. Drawing
on and integrating examples and advice from diverse practitioners
in the field, Inside Story extends beyond idea and inspiration with
practical advice, examples and exercises geared toward everyone
from writing students, citizen journalists, bloggers and working
writers. Inside Story provides a keen focus on the fundamental
aspects of reporting, including interviewing and researching, while
also offering advice and exercises toward writing nonfiction
dialogue, devising structure and creating a sense of people and
place from the ground-up. The book also explores the ethical
implications of writing in the real world, providing insight and
humor at each step of the way.
The Book of Dialogue is an invaluable resource for writers and
students of narrative seeking to master the art of effective
dialogue. The book will teach you how to use dialogue to lay the
groundwork for events in a story, to balance dialogue with other
story elements, to dramatize events through dialogue, and to
strategically break up dialogue with other vital elements of your
story in order to capture and hold a reader's or viewer's interest
in the overall arc of the narrative. Writers will find Turco's
classic an essential reference for crafting dialogue. Using
dialogue to teach dialogue, Turco's chapters focus on narration,
diction, speech, and genre dialogue. Through the Socratic dialogue
method - invented by Plato in his dialogues outlining the teachings
of Socrates - Turco provides an effective tool to teach effective
discourse. He notes, "Plato wrote lies in order to tell the truth.
That's what a fiction writer does and has always done". Now it's
your turn.
Realizing a dictionary was necessary to alert the public, they
created The Dictionary of Uncomfortable Words. Each word is
followed by a brief explanation of why it makes people uneasy when
spoken, such as:
- Abhor: Looks innocuous enough on paper but utterly filthy when
spoken aloud.
- Bull: In most circles, this word is merely a prefix. We prefer
the term "man-cow."
- Congeal: Just because gooey becomes crusty doesn't mean we want
to hear about it.
- Crotch: This word is disturbing even when referring to
trees.
- Dingleberry: This is one fruit you don't want to eat.
- Half-cocked: Sounds like a circumcision that went too far.
- Horehound: A drunk with too much money in his pocket on Saturday
night.
This second volume of From the Vault continues where its
best-selling original left off, in 1950. Spanning thirty years,
From the Vault, Vol. 2 is chock full of photographs from The
Windsor Star archives, with fascinating and fun chapter
introductions by local reporter and award-winning historian Craig
Pearson.
The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary-a revised, expanded edition of Jack
Halpern's groundbreaking New Japanese-English Character
Dictionary-is the most complete, linguistically accurate, and
up-to-date dictionary of its kind. The culmination of more than
twenty years of labor-some one hundred man-years-this authoritative
and easy-to-use dictionary has been celebrated the world over by
students and teachers of the Japanese language for its wealth of
detailed information on the meanings and usages of Sino-Japanese
characters.
One of the unique features that has made this dictionary so popular
is the core meaning, a concise keyword that facilitates an instant
grasp of the fundamental concept of each kanji. Along with detailed
character meanings, the core meaning helps learners decode
unfamiliar compound words from the meanings of their components.
Another unique feature is the System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns
(SKIP), a revolutionary indexing system that makes it possible to
locate entries as quickly and as accurately as in alphabetical
dictionaries. With SKIP, all you need to do to find a kanji is
identify the geometrical pattern to which it belongs, then count
the strokes in each part of that pattern-a much speedier process
than searching by traditional methods such as by radical.
Updates include the integration of 5,458 entry characters-almost 20
percent more than in the first edition. This includes all the
government-prescribed Joyo and Jinmei Kanji, as well as extensive
coverage of old and alternative character forms. The new edition
also features more readings, meanings, synonym articles, usage
notes, and vocabulary items than before. And, in keeping with
modern Japanese-language curricula, character and compound readings
are shown in kana instead of romanized Japanese.
With its wealth of detailed and up-to-date information on kanji
meanings, readings, and usages, its accessible new design, its
convenient lookup methods (six including SKIP), and its added
content, this dictionary is certain to satisfy the needs of
students, teachers, scholars, translators-anyone who uses the
Japanese language.
Women’s Minyan is Naomi Ragen’s first play, which premiered in
July 2002 at Habima National Theater in Tel Aviv. It is based on a
true story: a Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) woman, wife of a rabbi and
mother of twelve, leaves her home and stays with a friend. The
community’s “modesty squad” tries in vain to force her to go
back. Her friend is physically attacked, her arm and leg broken.
The rabbi’s wife is punished: she is cut off from her children,
against her will.
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