“Beautiful…Those lucky enough to read this book will be inspired.”—Deepak ChopraFrom the eponymous subject of the beloved classic Tuesdays with Morrie comes an insightful, poignant masterpiece on staying vibrant and connected for life.Who am I really? What have I done? What is important and meaningful to me? What difference does it make that I have lived? What does it mean to be truly human, and where am I on that scale?Mor...

Used by graphic designers worldwide, Adobe InDesign CC is a layout powerhouse. But that power is easy to harness, as you’ll soon learn. These real-world projects teach you to think like a designer and master the details that set your work apart. Hone your InDesign skills as you:Produce an advertising posterDesign a magazine for print and tablet deliveryBuild interactive formsAdd controls for video, animations, and more to a digital media publicat...

Now that video is on practically every screen around us, working with video is an essential skill for a creative professional. Becoming proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro CC can help you deliver video for a wide range of projects, from web-friendly smartphone video to high-definition content for room-sized screens. Learn Adobe Premiere Pro CC by building cool creative projects that teach you how to:· Develop a promotional video that includes a voiceover, a title, and a logo· ...

As the most popular image-editing application on the market today, Adobe Photoshop is an indispensable part of any creative designer’s toolkit. Mastering Photoshop for photo retouching or general design work should be the first step on your path to a career in the visual design field. Learn Adobe Photoshop CC by building cool creative projects that teach you how to:Fix common problems with photographsColorize black and white photosDesign eye-catching invit...

Adobe Illustrator CC is the most popular vector illustration application available. Print and screen designers use it to create powerful artwork composed of shapes, color, and highly styled text. Illustrator is a necessary tool for anyone considering a career in the visual design or illustration field. Learn Adobe Illustrator CC by building cool creative projects that teach you how to:Design and illustrate a promotional postcardStyle text to create a logotype for a ...

Knowing the industry-standard animation and interactivity tool Adobe Animate CC can help you get a foothold in the exciting web design and mobile app-development world. Learn Animate CC by building cool creative projects that will teach you how to:Design and animate vector artworkCompose an animated greeting card using HTML5Build a promotional video with text and images animated in 3DBuild an interactive poem generator using JavaScriptC...

Dreamweaver CC is the industry-leading web design and development application from Adobe. With Dreamweaver you can build standards-based web pages using code and design techniques that translate directly into careers in web and user experience design. Learn Dreamweaver by creating an entire website from scratch as you:Use HTML to structure the content of web pagesDesign web pages that will look great on desktop, tablet, and mobile devicesUse images, color,...

“Beautiful…Those lucky enough to read this book will be inspired.”—Deepak ChopraFrom the eponymous subject of the beloved classic Tuesdays with Morrie comes an insightful, poignant masterpiece on staying vibrant and connected for life.Who am I really? What have I done? What is important and meaningful to me? What difference does it make that I have lived? What does it mean to be truly human, and where am I on that scale?Mor...

Happy, sad, angry, glad—why do we cry when we’re ecstatic or mad? A fascinating look at the science of emotionEmotions can be a pain. After his father died of Covid, Dean Burnett found himself wondering what it would be like to live without emotion. And so, he decided to put his feelings under the microscope—for science.With his trademark humour, Burnett takes us on an incredible journey of discovery, stretching from the origins of life to the ends of the u...

Are You Ready for Your Life Reimagined Moment?Are you at a point in your life where you’re asking, “What’s next?” You’ve finished one chapter and you have yet to write the next one. Many of us face these transitions at midlife, but they can happen at any point. It’s a time full of enormous potential, and it defines a whole new phase of life. It’s called Life Reimagined.Here is your map to guide you in this new life phase. You can use the powerful practices and insights—enha...

Children and parents everywhere love Goodnight Moon, but few know its author, Margaret Wise Brown. Quirky and wildly imaginative, she threw wild parties and lived extravagantly off of her royalties. In 1990 author Amy Gary discovered Margaret’s unpublished manuscripts. Since then, Gary has pored over these works and her book captures the spirit of Brown’s unrivaled talent.

From the best-selling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes a story about a woman's journey to discover the father she never knew and a love she never thought possible.Rose has just turned forty when she gets a call from a lawyer asking her to come to Kyoto for the reading of her estranged father’s will. And so for the first time in her life she finds herself in Japan, where Paul, her father’s assistant, is waiting to greet her.As Paul guide...