How can we describe movements in animated films? In Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics, Ryan Pierson introduces a powerful new method for the study of animation. By looking for figures--arrangements that seem to intuitively hold together--and forces--underlying units of attraction, repulsion, and direction--Pierson reveals startling new possibilities for animation criticism, history, and theory. Drawing on concepts from Gestalt psychology, Pierson offers a wide-ranging compa...

May The Chance of Love Be Ever in Our FavorTobiasA new Regime has arisen from the havoc and destruction of World War III. Society must follow the strict mandates, reign under the world dictatorship of His Highest Eminence or suffer the consequences.Kincade and I are part of a cryptic organization that’s trying to uncover the secrets behind the Regime. Something is suspicious with the new world order—why else would they ...

First Love Is OverratedThis summer these two broken souls discover if your second love can make you forget your firstGrowing up, the Morelli brothers were close.Their kinship sinks deeper than the Titanic the summer they both fall for the same girl. Zakiah always felt Iliana Kaplan’s heart belonged to him. All along, it has been their story, until fate removed the blindfold.Everything falls apart when Z...