Illus. in full color. A baffled youngster awakens one morning to find everything's out of place, but no one seems to notice! Beginning readers will have fun discovering all the wacky things wrong on each page while sharpening their ability to observe, as well as to read.[...]

Introducing Social Semiotics uses a wide variety of texts including photographs, adverts, magazine pages and film stills to explain how meaning is created through complex semiotic interactions. Practical exercises and examples as wide ranging as furniture arrangements in public places and advertisin[...]

'This textbook is really a road map for how research in new media should evolve. It offers such an overwhelming variety of examples, it is so clearly written, and it is so stimulating in research topics. This book should be the base of MA courses all over the world' - Jan Renkema, Tilburg University[...]

"The Language of Colour" provides a fresh approach to the study of colour. Moving on from the meanings of single colours, Theo van Leeuwen develops the theory that many different features shape the way we attach meaning to the colours we see in front of us, and the idea that colour schemes are more [...]

This remarkably broad and informative book offers an introduction to and overview of World Literature. Tracing the term from its earliest roots and situating it within a number of relevant contexts from postcolonialism to postmodernism, Theo D'haen examines: the return of the term "world literature"[...]

This book is an English translation of the bestselling German book Mut Tut Gut (lit. "Courage Does Well"), which is now in its 16th printing. It describes a courageous and encouraging style of living and focuses on the belief that human encouragement is the most important natural ingredient for the [...]

Theory and Design of Seismic Resistant Steel Frames is a state-of-the-art summary of recent developments in the behaviour, analysis and design of seismic resistant steel frames. The book provides advanced students, researchers and professionals in civil and structural engineering with the basic pri[...]

Voices of Experience contains a wide range of stories written by mental health survivors. The narratives illustrate how survivors have developed self-management techniques and strategies for living which, together, offer a guide to anybody struggling with 21st century life.[...]

Many applications of computer vision benefit from the use of color, but few are designed to adapt to disruptive changes in color, intensity of light, or viewpoint. Covering the most up-to-date research and latest developments on computer vision, "Color in Computer Vision: Fundamentals and Applicatio[...]