With this highly focused book you’ll learn how to bring your characters to life using Blender, employing everything from realistic movement to refined eye control. Written in a user-friendly manner, it’s the only guide dedicated to this subject.Key FeaturesLearn how to create efficient and easy to use character rigsUnderstand and make your characters , so that your audience believes they're aliveSee common approaches when animating your cha...

The Essenes were one of the most influential sects in Jewish society during the time of Jesus of Nazareth. He himself, along with his relative John the Baptist, practised Essene traditions. Their way of life continued within Christianity for many centuries. Long concealed by Christian exegetes, the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, or Qumran Scrolls, has brought the Essenes back to the centre of many studies. The dramatic impact of Rome's occupation of the Middle East (since 63 B.C.) led ...

We find ourselves in a pivotal era-filled with defining moments and global shifts. What's the significance of it all? While many perceive doom and gloom, Going Back to Find Our Way Forward argues that these times are not only clarifying but also immensely hopeful. To truly grasp the promise ahead, we must unravel the threads of our past, uncovering the hidden opportunities that surround us. It may seem paradoxical, but amidst the apparent chaos, there's a silver lining waiting to be seized...

NAYOLA, the digital art book of the movie, shares with the reader a nine-year journey through the creative process of developing and producing this animated feature movie.The digital book is organized into twelve chapters that initially refer the reader to the process of adapting the script, based on two literary works written by two renowned African writers. First, a short story, written by José Eduardo Agualusa, an Angolan writer, then a play, written by José Eduardo Agualusa and...

Van Diemen's Land is a historical novel about love, punishment, and the violence of being named "unnatural".In colonial Tasmania, Bewley Tuck and John Kelly find one another in a world built to classify, discipline, and erase men like them. Their intimacy begins in secrecy: a rented room, shared meals, the fragile belief that private happiness might survive in a society determined to expose it.When they are discovered, the full machinery of law and empire t...

A cult classic from pre-embargo Cuba, this dark coming-of-age tale details a young man's unwitting initiation into a cult of flesh, or carne. This is the first unexpurgated English language edition of a novel that combines elements of horror, the picaresque, and philosophy reminscent of Kierkegaard and de Sade. A wild, bloody ride unlike anything you've read before.“Piñera makes Stephen King look like Dr. Seuss.” —Alan RyanThe celebrated Cuban writ...

"Da Brooklyn I Rememba" is a heartfelt journey through the streets of South Brooklyn, as told by Leonard M. De Virgilio and Sophia Vailakis-De Virgilio. This memoir takes readers into the vibrant Italian-American community of mid-20th-century New York, offering a rich tapestry of family stories, neighborhood traditions, and the simple joys of a bygone era. Through colorful anecdotes and vivid memories, Leonard reflects on the joys and challenges of growing up in a tightly-knit eth...

A comprehensive and up-to-date overview of one of the most complex, interesting, and vibrant countries in Latin America.Beyond what appears in the news or the facile explanations of political factions, Venezuelan history holds a wealth of knowledge that is largely unknown. With world-renowned figures such as Simón Bolívar, the largest oil reserves in the world, and enormous crises such as the one experienced between 2016 and 2022, Venezuela is a country of contrast...

This handbook covers Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCT-A) with a specific focus on choroidal and vitreoretinal disorders. It serves as an invaluable resource for teaching and aiding daily clinical decision-making in the field. Book chapters dissect the fundamentals of angiography through OCT, offering guidance on OCT-A and insights into macular perfusional findings across various vitreoretinal and choroidal pathologies. From diabetic retinopathy to autoimmune diseases and neova...

Algorithmic Institutionalism is the first book to conceive algorithms as institutions in contemporary societies, focusing on different dimensions of how they structure decision-making and enact power relations. In many situations in contemporary societies, algorithms structure social interactions, resulting in patterns of action and human behavior in collective contexts. Almeida, Filgueiras, and Mendonca discuss how algorithms are gradually occupying an institutional space in soci...

This handbook covers Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCT-A) with a specific focus on choroidal and vitreoretinal disorders. It serves as an invaluable resource for teaching and aiding daily clinical decision-making in the field. Book chapters dissect the fundamentals of angiography through OCT, offering guidance on OCT-A and insights into macular perfusional findings across various vitreoretinal and choroidal pathologies. From diabetic retinopathy to autoimmune diseases and neova...

This handbook covers Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCT-A) with a specific focus on choroidal and vitreoretinal disorders. It serves as an invaluable resource for teaching and aiding daily clinical decision-making in the field. Book chapters dissect the fundamentals of angiography through OCT, offering guidance on OCT-A and insights into macular perfusional findings across various vitreoretinal and choroidal pathologies. From diabetic retinopathy to autoimmune diseases and neova...