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Document Design: A Guide for Technical Communicators
by Ann R. Hawkins Miles A. KimballThe technological revolution of the last ten years has radically changed document designers' materials, processes, and tools of the trade. In short, choices about everything from typography and color to planning and production have changed -- even multiplied. The first new text for the college market in ten years, Kimball and Hawkins' Document Design assumes from the start that students are working online to produce a fuller range of print and online documents, designed and delivered differently in a digital world. Through practical, accessible advice and examples, Kimball and Hawkins lay out the array of elements and choices that document designers need to consider, all in the context of a rhetorical framework that allows students to see the effects of those choices. The only text to integrate a range of theoretical perspectives, visual perception, visual culture, and visual rhetoric, Document Design teaches students to think more critically about their own design decisions and to keep usability in mind every step of the way. True to its message, this artfully designed text practices the principles it teaches and is sure to become a reference that students will keep.
Documentary: Observational Documentary And The Politics Of The Sixties (Routledge Film Guidebooks)
by David SaundersDave Saunders’ spirited introduction to documentary covers its history, cultural context and development, and the approaches, controversies and functions pertaining to non-fiction filmmaking. Saunders examines the many methods by which documentary conveys meaning, whilst exploring its differing societal purposes. After a historical consideration of international documentary production, the author examines the impact of recent technological developments on the production, distribution and viewing of non-fiction. In addition, he explores the increasingly hazy distinctions between factual and dramatic formats, discussing ‘reality television’, the ‘docu-drama’, and less orthodox approaches including animated and fantastical representations of reality. Documentary encompasses a broad range of academic discourse around non-fiction filmmaking, introducing readers to the key filmmakers, major scholars, central debates and critical ideas relating to the form. This wide-ranging guidebook features global releases from the 1920s through to 2009, and includes films such as: Nanook of the North (1922) The Man with the Movie Camera (1929) Night Mail (1936) Night and Fog (1955) Primary (1960) Roger and Me (1989) Tarnation (2003) My Winnipeg (2006) Sicko (2007) Waltz With Bashir (2008) Say My Name (2009) Anvil: The Story of Anvil (2009)
Documenting Trauma in Comics: Traumatic Pasts, Embodied Histories, and Graphic Reportage (Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels)
by Dominic Davies Candida RifkindWhy are so many contemporary comics and graphic narratives written as memoirs or documentaries of traumatic events? Is there a specific relationship between the comics form and the documentation and reportage of trauma? How do the interpretive demands made on comics readers shape their relationships with traumatic events? And how does comics’ documentation of traumatic pasts operate across national borders and in different cultural, political, and politicised contexts? The sixteen chapters and three comics included in Documenting Trauma in Comics set out to answer exactly these questions. Drawing on a range of historically and geographically expansive examples, the contributors bring their different perspectives to bear on the tangled and often fraught intersections between trauma studies, comics studies, and theories of documentary practices and processes. The result is a collection that shows how comics is not simply related to trauma, but a generative force that has become central to its remembrance, documentation, and study.
Documenting the Undocumented: Latino/a Narratives and Social Justice in the Era of Operation Gatekeeper
by Marta Caminero-SantangeloLooking at the work of Junot Díaz, Cristina García, Julia Alvarez, and other Latino/a authors who are U.S. citizens, Marta Caminero-Santangelo examines how writers are increasingly expressing their solidarity with undocumented immigrants. Through storytelling, these writers create community and a sense of peoplehood that includes non-citizen Latino/as. This volume also foregrounds the narratives of unauthorized migrants themselves, showing how their stories are emerging into the public sphere. Immigration and citizenship are multifaceted issues, and the voices are myriad. They challenge common interpretations of "illegal" immigration, explore inevitable traumas and ethical dilemmas, protest their own silencing in immigration debates, and even capitalize on the topic for the commercial market. Yet these texts all seek to affect political discourse by advancing the possibility of empathy across lines of ethnicity and citizenship status. As border enforcement strategies escalate along with political rhetoric, detentions, and deaths, these counternarratives are more significant than ever before, and their perspectives cannot be ignored. What we are witnessing, argues Caminero-Santangelo, is a mass mobilization of stories. This growing body of literature is critical to understanding not only the Latino/a immigrant experience but also alternative visions of nation and belonging.
Documents (New Poets of America #42)
by Jan-Henry GrayRooted in the experience of living in America as a queer undocumented Filipino, Documents maps the byzantine journey toward citizenship through legal records and fragmented recollections. In poems that repurpose the forms and procedures central to an immigrant’s experiences—birth certificates, identification cards, letters, and interviews—Jan-Henry Gray reveals the narrative limits of legal documentation while simultaneously embracing the intersections of identity, desire, heritage, love, and a new imagining of freedom.
Documents Concerning Rubashov the Gambler
by Carl-Johan VallgrenSt Petersburg, 1899. Obsessive gambler Rubashov has played every game in town. Now on New Year's Eve, he finds himself on the brink of ruin, and decides to make a bid for the ultimate rush, the biggest gamble ever, to challenge the Devil to a game of poker.Rubashov loses. His punishment is not to go straight to Hell (Hell is full and has been for years), instead he is condemned to immortality. And so begins a monumental trip through Europe, as Rubashov encounters some of the twentieth century's most notorious characters.
Documents in Crisis: Nonfiction Literatures in Twentieth-Century Mexico (SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture)
by Beth E. JörgensenWinner of the 2012 Best Book in the Humanities presented by the Mexico Section of the Latin American Studies AssociationIn the turbulent twentieth century, large numbers of Mexicans of all social classes faced crisis and catastrophe on a seemingly continuous basis. Revolution, earthquakes, industrial disasters, political and labor unrest, as well as indigenous insurgency placed extraordinary pressures on collective and individual identity. In contemporary literary studies, nonfiction literatures have received scant attention compared to the more supposedly "creative" practices of fictional narrative, poetry, and drama. In Documents in Crisis, Beth E. Jörgensen examines a selection of both canonical and lesser-known examples of narrative nonfiction that were written in response to these crises, including the autobiography, memoir, historical essay, testimony, chronicle, and ethnographic life narrative. She addresses the relative neglect of Mexican nonfiction in criticism and theory and demonstrates its continuing relevance for writers and readers who, in spite of the contemporary blurring of boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, remain fascinated by literatures of fact.
Documents of Performance in Early Modern England
by Tiffany SternAs well as 'play-makers' and 'poets', playwrights of the early modern period were known as 'play-patchers' because their texts were made from separate documents. This book is the first to consider all the papers created by authors and theatres by the time of the opening performance, recovering types of script not previously known to have existed. With chapters on plot-scenarios, arguments, playbills, prologues and epilogues, songs, staged scrolls, backstage-plots and parts, it shows how textually distinct production was from any single unified book. And, as performance documents were easily lost, relegated or reused, the story of a play's patchy creation also becomes the story of its co-authorship, cuts, revisions and additions. Using a large body of fresh evidence, Documents of Performance brings a wholly new reading of printed and manuscript playbooks of the Shakespearean period, redefining what a play, and what a playwright, actually is.
Dodecaedro
by Antonia HierroUn trepidante recorrido por el mundo de la corrupción en la España actual, de la mano de una exfiscal entrometida y muy cercana al presidente del Gobierno. Hortensia Salazar, una antigua fiscal sevillana que trabaja como asesora del Presidente del Congreso de los Diputados, es pasional, decidida, desenfadada y experta en técnicas de combate. Adicta al trabajo y a los tacones, tiene una complicada vida sentimental a sus espaldas, pero en la actualidad solo quiere llevar una vida normal y compartirla con el hombre que ama, algo que le va a resultar muy difícil, pues no ha dejado de investigar el último caso que dejó pendiente cuando abandonó la fiscalía. En la España del momento, con la crisis económica, la prima de riesgo, el laberinto de la deuda, las tensiones territoriales y ETA en pleno proceso de paz, Hortensia se verá envuelta en una trama de corrupción política y económica, cuyo alcance desconoce pero que amenaza con hacer saltar por los aires las estructuras del país. Será entonces cuando comprenderá el valor de su extraña y compleja familia y lo relativo que es el concepto de normalidad.
Dodelijke goedwil
by Dawn Brower Raf SwiggersJaesin Grean heeft één prioriteit. Hij wil zijn beste vriend, dr. Luciana Doll, veilig houden van haar vader en een bos zombies die rond hun deur wandelen. Lucy is een genie en heeft bijna een geneesmiddel ontwikkelt. Wanneer haar ex-verloofde Nathanial Tyger blijkt te zijn geïnfecteerd, wordt ze gedwongen haar werk te versnellen, in de hoop hem te redden van een toekomst als een zombie. Ze racen tegen de klok om Nat te redden en een mogelijke aanval van haar vader te bestrijden. Zal ze overleven in een wereld die al uit elkaar is gescheurd? Jaesin krijgt de herculeanse taak om hen door dit alles te gidsen. Zal hij voldoen aan Lucy's verwachtingen en kan hij haar lang genoeg in veiligheid houden om een behandeling te vinden.
Dodge City #3 (Dodge City #3)
by Josh Trujillo Cara McGee Brittany PeerTournament day! Up against their rival the Kettle Balls, the Jazz Pandas are struggling to stay alive in the competition. Sometimes, though, the worst curveballs aren’t the ones literally flying at your face. <P><P><i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. To explore further access options with us, please contact us through the Book Quality link. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
Dodge City (Dodge City #1)
by Josh Trujillo Cara McGeeJosh Trujillo (Adventure Time) and Cara McGee (Over the Garden Wall) team up for a new series about the high-energy chaos of competitive dodgeball! Tomás is the new captain of the Jazz Pandas dodgeball team, and he’s got a certain knack for keeping an eye on on the ball (or several!). However, he’s untested and still not quite part of the team. If the disorganized Jazz Pandas want to make it to summer regional championships they’ll have to pull together under Tomás’ leadership.
Dodge City (Dodge City #2)
by Josh Trujillo Cara McGee Brittany PeerTomás is no longer the newest player on the Jazz Pandas, and with another teammate they stand a better chance of making it through the season, if they can manage not kill to each other first!
Dodge City (Stagecoach Station, # #1)
by Hank MitchumThe massive Concord stage thundered across the empty lawless miles of the Great Plains bound for the wickedest town in the West--Dodge City. It was a wide-open cattle town always itching for a fight, and a big one was about to start. For Burl Channing was on this stage, a Federal marshal hell-bent on a mission of personal vengeance to bring a vicious murderer to justice. The man he seeks is Frank Killian, a cunning gambler with a killer's finely honed edge. Frightened of one man and betrayed by the other, Emily Barker, a beautiful young widow, is suddenly caught up in their struggle -- a battle that will soon explode in front of the legendary Long Branch Saloon in one of Dodge City's deadliest gunf ights.
Dodge City: Bill Tilghman Was The Man Who Tamed Dodge City. Now He Faced A Lawless Frontier
by Matt BraunDODGE CITYMatt BraunThe cattle trail from Texas to Kansas was long, hot and dangerous. And by the time cowboys got there, they had the money and means to make a boomtown explode—and make Dodge City a great place to be a defense attorney…as long as you weren't looking for an innocent man.Harry Gryden believes in the kind of justice that only happens in a courtroom. In Dodge, it's his job to make sure that the accused get their fair trial. But Harry is a little too good at what he does. And with the Masterson brothers, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday laying down their own brand of law, being a courtroom legend is turning Harry into the rarest of Dodge City men: one who doesn't carry a gun, but is in a fight for his life…
Dodger
by Terry PratchettBeloved and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett's Dodger, a Printz Honor Book, combines high comedy with deep wisdom in a tale of one remarkable boy's rise in a fantasy-infused Victorian London. Seventeen-year-old Dodger is content as a sewer scavenger. But he enters a new world when he rescues a young girl from a beating, and her fate impacts some of the most powerful people in England. From Dodger's encounter with the mad barber Sweeney Todd, to his meetings with the great writer Charles Dickens and the calculating politician Benjamin Disraeli, history and fantasy intertwine in a breathtaking account of adventure and mystery.
Dodger and Me (Dodger And Me Ser. #1)
by Jordan SonnenblickA boy's imaginary friend is driving him crazy in Dodger and Me, the first installment of a hilarious new series by acclaimed author Jordan Sonnenblick.What would you do if your best friend was:1. Imaginary?2. An oversize blue chimp in surfer shorts? (Potentially embarrassing, but hey, no one else can see him . . . right?)3. Proposing a plan to help you improve your life?4. Did we say imaginary?5. Driving you crazy?!?!Now you have an idea of what Willie Ryan's life is like when he meets Dodger. It's the beginning of a lot of trouble—and a friendship you'll never forget!
Dodger for President (Dodger and Me)
by Jordan SonnenblickIn this second installment of Jordan Sonnenblick's Dodger and Me series, the humor runs high, the friendships run deep, and Dodger continues to run on French fries and good intentions.What would you do if your best friend was:1. Still imaginary (and still an oversize blue chimp with major junk-food issues)?2. Nominating you to run for class president – against the most popular kid in your grade?3. In charge of your campaign posters…all blue, of course, including your face!?4. Planning a magical secret weapon to help you win (not fair and square, right?)?5. Driving you crazy?!?! Now you have an idea of what Willie Ryan's life is like as his adventures with Dodger continue. The last thing Willie wants to do is run for class president, but both his running mate, Lizzie, and Dodger won't let him quit – and have their own ideas of how to run a campaign, especially against James Beeks, Mr. Popularity.
Dodger for Sale (Dodger and Me)
by Jordan SonnenblickWhat would you do if your best friend was:1. Still imaginary (and getting into trouble with other "imaginary" creatures, such as leprechauns. That's right, leprechauns!!)?2. In danger of losing his home, and the only forest in your town, the magical Field of Dreams?3. Driving you crazy?!?! (But in a best-friend type of way . . . )Now you have an idea of what Willie Ryan's life is like in the third and final installment of the hilarious Dodger and Me series. Only this time, Dodger's gone and peeved a band of leprechauns; Willie's sister, Amy, is missing; and class bully James Beeks's dad wants to build a housing development in the Field of Dreams. It just might take an oversize blue chimp—who may or may not be imaginary—and his two fifth-grade friends, Willie and Lizzie, to step up as environmental activists and save the woods (and still get their homework done).
Dodgers: A Novel
by Bill BeverlyDodgers is a dark, unforgettable coming-of-age journey that recalls the very best of Richard Price, Denis Johnson, and J.D. Salinger. It is the story of a young LA gang member named East, who is sent by his uncle along with some other teenage boys--including East's hothead younger brother--to kill a key witness hiding out in Wisconsin. The journey takes East out of a city he's never left and into an America that is entirely alien to him, ultimately forcing him to grapple with his place in the world and decide what kind of man he wants to become. Written in stark and unforgettable prose and featuring an array of surprising and memorable characters rendered with empathy and wit, Dodgers heralds the arrival of a major new voice in American fiction.From the Hardcover edition.
Dodging Bullets in Blue Valley (A North Star Novel Series #5)
by Nicole HelmFighting for his family and the woman he loves is all that matters… When the attempted rescue of his infant twins goes horribly wrong, Blue Valley sheriff Garret Averly and North Star doctor Betty Wagner take the mission into their own hands. Deep in the Montana mountains and caught in a deadly storm, Garret and Betty become pawns in an intricate match to take down North Star. Except Garret&’s following his own rules! And he&’s willing to sacrifice everything to bring Betty and his children home safely.From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover more action-packed stories in the A North Star Novel Series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Summer StalkerBook 2: Shot Through the HeartBook 3: Mountainside MurderBook 4: Cowboy in the CrosshairsBook 5: Dodging Bullets in Blue ValleyBook 6: Undercover Rescue
Dodging Cupid's Arrow!
by Kate HoffmannThe attraction between a journalist and a sexy bush pilot is enough to melt a polar ice cap.
Dodging Dinosaurs: A Branches Book (Time Jumpers #4)
by Wendy MassPick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Get ready for Chase and Ava's newest adventure! When they touch a dinosaur egg inside their magical suitcase, Chase and Ava jump back to prehistoric times! They'll need to work to return the egg to its rightful nesting place before they become dinosaur dinner. But bad guy Randall is still following them... Will they finally get some answers about this mysterious bad guy? Newly independent readers will eat up this time-travel series from New York Times bestselling author, Wendy Mass!
Dodging and Burning: A Mystery
by John CopenhaverIn a small Virginia town still reeling from World War II, a photograph of a beautiful murdered woman propels three young people into the middle of a far-reaching mystery. A lurid crime scene photo of a beautiful woman arrives on mystery writer Bunny Prescott's doorstep with no return address—and it's not the first time she's seen it. The reemergence of the photo, taken fifty-five years earlier, sets her on a journey to reconstruct the vicious summer that changed her life. In the summer of 1945, Ceola Bliss is a lonely twelve-year-old tomboy, mourning the loss of her brother, Robbie, who was declared missing in the Pacific. She tries to piece together his life by rereading his favorite pulp detective story “A Date with Death” and spending time with his best friend, Jay Greenwood, in Royal Oak, VA. One unforgettable August day, Jay leads Ceola and Bunny to a stretch of woods where he found a dead woman, but when they arrive, the body is gone. They soon discover a local woman named Lily Vellum is missing and begin to piece together the threads of her murder, starting with the photograph Jay took of her abandoned body. As Ceola gets swept up playing girl detective, Bunny becomes increasingly skeptical of Jay, and begins her own investigation into the connection between Jay and Lily. She discovers a series of clues that place doubt on Jay’s story about the photograph. She journeys to Washington, D.C., where she is forced to confront the brutal truth about her dear friend—a discovery that triggers a series of events that will bring tragedy to Jay and decades of estrangement between her and Ceola.
Dodici giorni a Natale
by Laura Contrada Eileen ThorntonQuando ha accettato di sostituire la sua amica Jane nell'asilo che gestisce, Sally non si immaginava di certo che avrebbe dovuto trascorrere quasi due ore ad aspettare il padre di Joey, in ritardo a causa del suo lavoro a quanto pare molto impegnativo; e ancora meno si immaginava che questo fantomatico Bill potesse essere allo stesso tempo così gentile, galante, impacciato ed attraente...