Industrial Magic

Author: Kelley Armstrong
Publisher: Seal Books
ISBN: 030737159X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 562

Book Description
Meet the smart, sexy — supernatural — women of the otherworld. This is not your mother’s coven... Kelley Armstrong returns with the eagerly awaited follow-up to Dime Store Magic. Paige Winterbourne, a headstrong young woman haunted by a dark legacy, is now put to the ultimate test as she fights to save innocents from the most insidious evil of all.. . . In the aftermath of her mother’s murder, Paige broke with the elite, ultraconservative American Coven of Witches. Now her goal is to start a new Coven for a new generation. But while Paige pitches her vision to uptight thirty-something witches in business suits, a more urgent matter commands her attention. Someone is murdering the teenage offspring of the underworld’s most influential Cabals — a circle of families that makes the mob look like amateurs. And none is more powerful than the Cortez Cabal, a faction Paige is intimately acquainted with. Lucas Cortez, the rebel son and unwilling heir, is none other than her boyfriend. But love isn’t blind, and Paige has her eyes wide open as she is drawn into a hunt for an unnatural-born killer. Pitted against shamans, demons, and goons, it’s a battle chilling enough to make a wild young woman grow up in a hurry. If she gets the chance.

Industrial Light and Magic

Author: Thomas Graham Smith
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 0345322630
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
A behind-the-scenes look at the world of special effects discusses a wide range of ingenious techniques--from computer graphics and optical compositing to matte printing and model construction--used in such films as "Star Wars," "Poltergeist," and "Raider

Industrial Light & Magic

Author: Mark Cotta Vaz
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 0345381521
Category : Cinematography
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description
The way that special effects are designed and then created in films is explained in this lavishly illustrated book that traces the development of the ILM company of George Lucas.

Brother's Ruin

Author: Emma Newman
Publisher: Tor.com
ISBN: 0765393956
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
The year is 1850 and Great Britain is flourishing, thanks to the Royal Society of the Esoteric Arts. When a new mage is discovered, Royal Society elites descend like buzzards to snatch up a new apprentice. Talented mages are bought from their families at a tremendous price, while weak mages are snapped up for a pittance. For a lower middle class family like the Gunns, the loss of a son can be disastrous, so when seemingly magical incidents begin cropping up at home, they fear for their Ben's life and their own livelihoods. But Benjamin Gunn isn't a talented mage. His sister Charlotte is, and to prevent her brother from being imprisoned for false reporting she combines her powers with his to make him seem a better prospect. When she discovers a nefarious plot by the sinister Doctor Ledbetter, Charlotte must use all her cunning and guile to protect her family, her secret and her city. Brother's Ruin is the first in a new gaslamp fantasy series by Emma Newman. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Dime Store Magic

Author: Kelley Armstrong
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553903950
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 486

Book Description
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BITTEN—NOW A SYFY SERIES From one of today’s most original writers comes the mesmerizing tale of an exceptional young woman caught up in an otherworldly realm where some will stop at nothing to get what they want. Paige Winterbourne was always either too young or too rebellious to succeed her mother as leader of one of the world’s most powerful elite organizations—the American Coven of Witches. Now that she is twenty-three and her mother is dead, the Elders can no longer deny her. But even Paige’s wildest antics can’t hold a candle to those of her new charge—an orphan who is all too willing to use her budding powers for evil...and evil is all too willing to claim her. For this girl is being pursued by a dark faction of the supernatural underworld. They are a vicious group who will do anything to woo the young, malleable, and extremely powerful neophyte, including commit murder—and frame Paige for the crime. It’s an initiation into adulthood, womanhood, and the brutal side of magic that Paige will have to do everything within her power to make sure they both survive.

Industrial Light & Magic

Author: Pamela Glintenkamp
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810998025
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 360

Book Description
"Industrial Light & Magic tells the story, through the words of filmmakers, artists, and technicians, of the visual effects house, Industrial Light & Magic, which was founded by George Lucas in 1975"--

Industrial Light & Magic Presents: Making Solo: A Star Wars Story

Author: Rob Bredow
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781419737534
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Industrial Light & Magic Presents: Making Solo: A Star Wars Story is an eyewitness account of the film's production from visual effects supervisor and coproducer Rob Bredow. The book gives readers an intimate glimpse into the journey that Solo took from pre-production, production, and post-production, fully documenting how this film came to the big screen. Making Solo gives a chronological overview of how this multiple-Academy-Award-winning visual effects company created new worlds, aliens, droids, and vehicles for a galaxy far, far away, including insights into how the train heist on Vandor, L3-37, the Kessel Run, and the reimagined Millennium Falcon were brought to life. A must-have for Star Wars fans, this authorized, all-access book will be an indispensable work for all movie fans and devotees of popular culture.

Weaver's Lament

Author: Emma Newman
Publisher: Tor.com
ISBN: 0765394103
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Charlotte's magical adventures continue in Weaver's Lament, the sequel to Emma Newman's Brother's Ruin. Charlotte is learning to control her emerging magical powers under the secret tutelage of Magus Hopkins. Her first covert mission takes her to a textile mill where the disgruntled workers are apparently destroying expensive equipment. And if she can’t identify the culprits before it’s too late, her brother will be exiled, and her family dishonoured... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Magic Books & Paper Toys

Author: Esther K. Smith
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 0307407098
Category : Paper folding (Graphic design)
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Read from front to back, 77 p. section includes pop-ups, flip books, and paper folding. Read from back to front, 69 p. section includes items with hidden aspects, accordion folding, and snap wallets.

Predictable Magic

Author: Deepa Prahalad
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0131388045
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
Companies invest fortunes on innovation and product strategy. But, by some estimates, 80% of new products fail or dramatically underperform every year, though a few rare products succeed brilliantly. Why is this the case? Their creators have seamlessly integrated corporate strategy with design. They don’t deliver utilitarian objects: they craft rewarding, empowering experiences. To outsiders, this looks like magic: incomprehensible, and impossible to reproduce. But it isn’t. Predictable Magic presents a complete design process for making the “magic” happen -- over and over again. Veteran industrial designer Ravi Sawhney and business strategist Deepa Prahalad introduce Psycho-Aesthetics, a breakthrough approach for systematically creating deep emotional connections between consumers and brands. Step by step, the authors cover everything from research to strategy, implementation to consumer experience. They also demonstrate Psycho-Aesthetics at work – in case studies from some of the world’s top companies, including Sprint, Medtronic, Amana, and Hyundai. You’ll see how these great companies have used Psycho-Aesthetics to go beyond the utilitarian (or even the merely “beautiful”), to build products that powerfully connect with people... touch them... move them... time and again.