Digital Audio Technology: A Guide to CD, Minidisc, Sacd, DVD(A), MP3, and DAT by Jan Maes, ISBN 0240516540
An expert team from SONY Europe explains the technology behind today's major digital audio consumer products, including the Compact Disc, MiniDisc, Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio, MP3 and Digital Audio Tape.
Beginning with a fascinating overview of the history of audio technology, this fourth edition addresses the principles and technologies which underpin the various formats currently available. Considerable technical detail is provided, with extensive use of illustrations to enhance understanding.
Audio engineers, students and hi-fi enthusiasts who want to gain an understanding of the way these technologies have been developed will find no better introduction than this authoritative guide from SONY, a forerunner in the digital audio industry.
Covers everything you need to know about the major digital audio consumer products.
Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs, ISBN 031242227X
This #1 "New York Times"bestseller is now a major motion picture to be released in December by Sony Miramax. The film, co-produced by Brad Pitt and Ryan Murphy (creator of FX's "Nip/Tuck"), stars Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Joseph Fiennes.
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Tony Hawk's Project 8 Xbox 360
Reengineered from the ground up for Sony and Microsoft's next-generation consoles, Tony Hawk's Project 8 immerses players in the definitive skateboarding experience using ultra-realistic graphics, enhanced physics and extremely responsive controls that simulate the feeling of skating with every trick and bail. The game challenges players to experience the intensity and pressure of skating against some of the world's top pros in true to life competitions as they aim to become the #1 skater and establish their town as a skateboard destination. Delivering continuous skating action in a free-roaming living environment, Tony Hawk's Project 8 incorporates the series' most popular features, all of which have been enhanced with next-generation technology.
Features
- Next Generation Gameplay Brings Skateboarding to Life: Tony Hawk's Project 8 is built from the ground up with an entirely new engine for Sony and Microsoft next-generation consoles and features the most advanced...
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Worms: Open Warfare PSP
Retaining the same award-winning gameplay, unique sense of humor and clever mix of action and strategy that has epitomized the brand for almost a decade, Worms is the ideal quality gaming experience while on the move and is perfectly placed to make its debut on the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS. The processing power of the new handhelds means "Worms" contains the best of aspects of all previous "Worms" games whilst at the same time offering the best Worms AI and most balanced weapons system to date. Plus with the introduction of a whole raft of unique features and laugh-out-loud comedy, Worms engages the player with streamlined gameplay especially suited to the smaller screen and shorter play time of a handheld device.
Heralding a return to the classic 2D turn based gameplay, the easy to play yet hard to master gameplay makes Worms on PSP and the Nintendo DS a match made in heaven
FEATURES
- The unique "Two-and-a-half dimensional environments" of the PSP...
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Lean and Green: Profit for Your Workplace and the Environment by Pamela J. Gordon, ISBN 1576751708
Illustrated with real-life examples from Sony, Intel, IBM, and other well-known companies, this handbook promotes practical environmental tasks that yield immediate benefits.
Lean and Green: Profit for Your Workplace and the Environment by Pamela J. Gordon, ISBN 1576751708
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Rampage: Total Destruction PS2
While the game retains the core elements that made the Rampage series so popular - giant monsters, massive destruction and a humorous theme, new mechanics and play modes make Rampage: Total Destruction a unique gaming experience. With dozens of monsters to collect and play as, new levels of destruction, and an interactive 3D environment, Rampage: Total Destruction unleashes the chaos like never before.
Features:
- Collectible Monsters: One of the new features being introduced in Rampage: Total Destruction is collectible monsters. In addition to the 3 original monsters from Rampage, George, Lizzie and Ralph, the player will be able to fi nd, unlock, and more than 25 collectible monsters.
- Heightened Levels of Destruction: The environments in Rampage: Total Destruction are designed and constructed to maximize the destruction experience. Rampage: Total Destruction includes 7 destructible cities all equipped with various neighborhoods to roam around in...
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Spider-Man by Mark Cotta Vaz, ISBN 0345450043
"An all-access, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the amazing Hollywood blockbuster
In 1962, when Spider-Man first appeared in the pages of "Amazing Fantasy #15, the response was so electrifying the web-spinner was given his very own comic book series within a year. Now, on the 40th anniversary of that fateful beginning, Marvel Comics' most popular superhero stars in his own spectacular feature film!
Here for the first time all the juicy details of Spider-Man's journey to the silver screen are revealed. From script to soundstage, from costumes to visual effects, the book captures the creative energies of those responsible for this supreme act of illusion. "Behind the Mask of Spider-Man features:
- Hundreds of never-before-seen photos, costume sketches, storyboards, and set design illustrations
- Candid reflections and delicious anecdotes from cast members, including Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, and Kirsten Dunst
- Fascinating revelations from director Sam Raimi ...
Spider-Man by Mark Cotta Vaz, ISBN 0345450043
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Open Season (Widescreen, Special Edition)
In Sony Pictures Animation's first feature film, the animated action adventure comedy "Open Season," the odds are about to get even. Boog (Martin Lawrence), a domesticated grizzly bear with no survival skills, has his perfect world turned upside down when he meets Elliot (Ashton Kutcher) a scrawny, fast-talking mule deer. When Elliot convinces Boog to leave his cushy home in a park ranger's garage to try a taste of the great outdoors, things quickly spiral out of control. Relocated to the forest with open season only three days away, Boog and Elliot must acclimate in a hurry.
Open Season (Widescreen, Special Edition)
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