No longer a marginal media form, the study of digital game industries and 'gameification' is more popular than ever. Hjorth and Richardson bring you Understanding Games and Gaming Culture; the must-read guide to global games studies. Giving students the tools to conceptually navigate contemporary game studies, this book examines game development, audience and profit in the context of contemporary global debates and media.

The go-to resource for project management practitioners. The Standard for Project Management enumerates 12 principles of project management and the PMBOK (R) Guide, Seventh Edition is structured around eight project performance domains. Both the standard and the guide reflect the range of development approaches that lead to value delivery.

'Jennifer Makumbi is a genius storyteller.' Reni Eddo-LodgeAn intoxicating mix of Ugandan folklore and modern feminism, from a multi-award-winning authorAs Kirabo enters her teens, questions begin to gnaw at her – questions which the adults in her life will do anything to ignore. Where is the mother she has never known? And why would she choose to leave her daughter behind? Inquisitive, headstrong, and unwilling to take no for an answer, Kirabo sets out to find the truth for herself. Her se...

Alif Baa is the first volume of the best-selling Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program, now in its third edition. In this edition of Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds with Website, English-speaking students will use the integrated method of learning colloquial and formal (spoken and written) Arabic together. Alif Baa provides learners with all the material necessary to learn the sounds of Arabic, write its letters, and begin speaking Arabic.The accompanying companion website–i...

Science meets design in this comprehensive introduction to the chemical elements that make up our universe

The first-ever authoritative A-Z celebration of the 500 greatest names in men's fashion - 200 years of men's style through the work of designers, brands, photographers, icons, models, retailers, tailors, and stylists around the globe

A groundbreaking, gorgeous board book that uses photographs of flowers to introduce children to the rich variety of colour - for ages 2 to 5

The first major book in two decades by the pioneering underwater photographer, beloved as the 'Audubon of the sea'

A groundbreaking global survey of the finest mid-20th-century homes - in a great, new, classic edition

The legendary chef Ferran Adria's think-tank, the elBullifoundation, applies its rigorous Sapiens methodology to the core products that form the foundation of all cuisine