Act Normal! - the bestselling series of children's chapter books for girls and boys (ages 5-9). Learn about the dangers of videogames with Jenny and Adam... "The problem with grown-ups is that they spend far too much time playing on their mobile phones, and not enough time playing with their children." All the adults in the town are in the grip of the addictive "Zombie Robots" video game, so nobody notices when Jenny and Adam accidentally create a plague of real zombie robots made out of the old and broken toys left abandoned under their beds. In this hilariously silly adventure, it's not long before the whole town is being overrun. Can the children ACT NORMAL and fix things before the grown-ups stop playing video games and start to notice that something is wrong? Read the book to find out...

Act Normal And Don't Tell Anyone About The Zombie Robots: Read it yourself chapter book for ages 6+ (Young Readers Chapter Books)

Children's Books

Darkin, Christian

Literature & Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Act Normal! - the bestselling series of children’s chapter books for girls and boys (ages 5-9).    Learn about endangered species and rhino poaching with Jenny and Adam…  Rhinos might be endangered animals, but when you’re trying to hide them in your house, it certainly seems like there's a lot of them!    Jenny is playing with magnets. Her brother wants to join in, but he thinks he can make a magnet that will attract rhinoceroses! Jenny thinks this is very funny... Until he succeeds!   With a house rapidly filling with endangered animals, and poachers surrounding the garden, all she can do is ACT NORMAL.  But can she think of a plan before things get out of hand?     Read the book to find out…

Act Normal And Don?t Tell Anyone About The Rhinoceros Magnet (Young Readers Chapter Books)

Animals

Act Normal! - Stories for girls and boys who know how to stand up for themselves (ages 5-9). Jenny is a girl who will never be a damsel in distress… When developers threaten to pull down an old building the children play in, Jenny and her brother, Adam decide to take matters into their own hands. The diggers arrive to begin demolition, but there’s more to this old ruin than meets the eye. Without knowing it, the children have created something impossibly wonderful… Will the developers get their way? How can Jenny and Adam stop the destruction? And what is the secret of the Castle Made Of Sweets? Read the book to find out…

Act Normal And Don't Tell Anyone About The Castle Made Of Sweets (Young Readers Chapter Books)

Act Normal!” is the top 3 bestselling series of children’s chapter books for girls and boys (ages 5-9).    Learn about elections and democracy with Jenny and Adam...  Jenny decides she wants to give everyone some fun by inviting a fair AND a circus to town, but it’s the eve of the Election and she gets more than she bargains for...  100 fairs all turn up at once, and soon, she has to take both competitors in the political race on the run from the press in the world’s largest roller-coaster. Jenny and her brother try to ACT NORMAL, but can they get the candidates to agree before they get caught up in the media circus?   Read the book to find out…

Act Normal And Make Everything Fair: Read it yourself chapter books (Young Readers Chapter Books)

Act Normal!” is the top 3 bestselling series of children’s chapter books for girls and boys (ages 5-9).   Join Jenny and Adam at their party in space… If you’ve never had a zero-gravity food fight, you really should try it. Jenny and Adam’s party is only the beginning of their adventures, though, and when they meet an alien spaghetti monster who wants to go to school with them, it’s time to ACT NORMAL, and hope the teachers don’t get too scared. But how can they get their new friend back home without anyone noticing?  Read the book to find out…

Act Normal And Don't Tell Anyone About The Ladder Into Space: Read it yourself chapter books (Young Readers Chapter Books)

So you've got a copy of After Effects and an idea of what this professional motion graphics and effects tools can do...but what can you really do with After Effects? How far can you push it? What are the best effects that you can create? What are the essential skills and techniques that you need to really make your creations stand out? After Effects Most Wanted answers these questions in a refreshing and practical way. Looking at a wide variety of projects, the original artists tell you why, and exactly how they created their masterpieces. The authors, all professionals who use After Effects to make a living, share with you the secrets of their successes and extend beyond that to give you the reasons why they did things the way that they did. Moreover, the accompanying CD has their creations available at your fingertips and the simple, step-by-step instructions in the book show you how they created these pieces. The projects covered are diverse, from a thought-provoking work by renowned and controversial artist Simon Tsyko, a work featured by Adobe in their motion gallery, to a television commercial for McDonald's and Coca-Cola by Peter Reynolds. Other authors include: Joost Korngold (www.renascent.nl) and Chris James Hewitt, whose Relokation Ne is the featured work on the BD4D (By Designers For Designers) web site, Christian Darkin, a digital video journalist and author, and Mark Towse, who offers two pieces, one for TV and one for the cinema. Without long, redundant discussions of tools and application packages, After Effects Most Wanted is a book that delivers the techniques, skills, and effects that will let you bring your creations to life.

After Effects Most Wanted

Computers & Technology

Towse, Mark

Reynolds, Peter

Hewitt, Chris

Korngold, Joost

James Hewitt, Chris

Tzysko, Simon

Darken, Christian

Programming

Apress

Theres no better time than now for making films and videos. The versatility and flexibility of todays digital camcorders gives everyone the opportunity to make great films and videos. Digital technology is improving at a tremendous rate and camcorders and their ancillary equipment have never been more affordable. With hundreds of color images and easily comprehensible diagrams, The New Digital Video Manual provides an essential port of call for anyone looking to make their first video, or take their production to a new level of expertise. Written in an entertaining and informative style by experienced technical journalists, it is detailed but not dull, and first and foremost, it aims to inspire.

The New Digital Video Manual

Business & Money

Hull, Robert

Ewbank, Jamie

Economics

Carlton Books Ltd.

Today, nearly everyone wants to make videos and post them on the Internetand here’s a book that explains in simple everyday terms how it’s done. Even the technically challenged will learn to shoot and edit professional-quality work, upload it to the Web, view it on a TV set, or share it by mobile phone, thanks to the clear instructions and professional tips from filmmaker/animator Christian Darkin. He takes the budding videographer through the entire process, starting with selecting the right camcorder, writing the script, and composing the shots, through editing the raw footage in the computer and sharing the finished product with the world.

The Really, Really, Really Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Creating & Editing Digital Videos Using Your Computer: For Absolute Beginners of All Ages

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

New Holland Pub Ltd

From the Really, Really… series comes a handbook for absolute beginners who want to master the complete process of producing professional-looking newsletters. It covers everything from writing and designing to picking the best publishing options-whether print or new media. There's also invaluable advice on software, time-saving layout options, and planning a production schedule.

Designing a Newsletter: The Really, Really, Really Easy Step-by-Step Guide for Absolute Beginners of All Ages

Graphics & Design

Design Originals

Suitable for ages 8-11 - The first full-length middle-grade childrens book in the Act Normal series.It started off as a way for computer coding fan Jenny to pick birthday presents for her friends. But Jenny and her brother Adam are soon being chased across the world by sinister magic fairy dolls, robot forklifts, and a mad party planner...In Act Normal And Don’t Tell Anyone About The Present Machine there are detailed instructions on how to: Kidnap your own grandmotherBuild a giant magnetic liquid monster Code an artificial intelligence which hypnotises children Steal a train Make diamonds in your kitchen.Can Jenny do all this and then save the boys and girls of the world from being turned into toy-buying zombies? Find out in Act Normal And Don’t Tell Anyone About The Present Machine...

Act Normal And Don't Tell Anyone About The Present Machine

Anachronistic Publishing

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