New Releases by Jay Asher

Kdy jindy nežli v období Vánoc může nastat čas zázraků. Půvabná jemná romance amerického autora dá uvěřit, že život někdy nečekaně nabízí velkou dávku štěstí i pravou lásku. Romantická literatura nejen pro dívky. Kniha je hladivou vánoční vločkou pro čtenáře, kteří se chtějí potěšit romantickým příběhem. Mladinká Sierra pracuje v rodinném podniku, na farmě s vánočními stromky. Její pracovní náplní je střídavě pobyt v Oregonu, kde leží farma, a měsíc před Vánoci pak v Kalifornii, kam jezdí stromky prodávat. Obrat v jejím životě nastává ve chvíli, kdy potkává sympatického Caleba, kterého však tíží životní škraloup z minulosti. Navzdory nesouhlasu okolí se Sierra rozhodne Calebovi pomoci a i když okolnosti budou komplikované, najde sílu vytrvat a snad i získat pravou lásku.

A practical guide that takes you from understanding the fundamentals of Logic Pro X to discovering professional music creation techniques with an easy-to-follow approach Key FeaturesExplore the world of music production by getting up to speed with Logic Pro XUnderstand the fundamentals of music production such as recording, editing, and adding effects to musicLearn to produce virtual sounds and music effects to enhance your music and create a final master from a raw music fileBook Description Logic Pro X is Apple''s flagship application for music creation, found in many professional music studios across the globe. It is a powerful digital audio workstation that comes with all the software tools that you need to create music that sounds great. In the latest version, Logic Pro X 10.5, Apple has added impressive features to what was already a full package of tools, loops, FX plug-ins, and software instruments. Providing a comprehensive introduction if you''re new to Mac computer music creation, this practical guide will show you how to use Logic Pro X and have you up to speed in no time. You''ll not only understand what Apple''s Logic Pro X software can do but also get hands-on with using it to accomplish various musical tasks. The book starts by getting you up and running with the basic terminologies. As you progress, you''ll explore how to create audio and MIDI musical parts. To build on your knowledge further, the book will guide you through developing an automated mix. In addition to this, you''ll learn how to bounce mixes and audio files for distribution. By the end of this book, you''ll be well-versed with Logic Pro X and have the skills you need to create professional-quality music. What you will learnGet to grips with Audio and MIDI and how they are different, along with covering Apple LoopsRecord and edit audio, such as your voice or guitarCreate and edit MIDI parts, using Logic Pro X''s software instrumentsDevelop realistic drums and electronic drums with Logic Pro X 10.5''s amazing DrummerExplore the new Step Sequencer, Live Loops, and Quick Sampler that are now included with version 10.5Edit your arrangement and prepare the parts for mixingDiscover the principles of good mixing, including automation, pre-mastering, and final bouncingWho this book is for This book is for musicians, songwriters, and music producers who want to learn Logic Pro X from scratch with the help of expert guidance. A basic understanding of music theories such as chords and notes is highly recommended before you get started. This Logic Pro X book also assumes that you''ll be working on a Mac.

A practical guide that takes you from understanding the fundamentals of Logic Pro to discovering professional music creation techniques with an easy-to-follow approach Key Features Explore the world of music production by getting up to speed with Logic Pro Understand the fundamentals of music production such as recording, editing, and adding effects to music Learn to produce virtual sounds and music effects to enhance your music and create a final master from a raw music file Book DescriptionLogic Pro is Apple’s flagship application for music creation, found in many professional music studios across the globe. It is a powerful digital audio workstation that comes with all the software tools that you need to create music that sounds great. In the previous version, Logic Pro 10.5, Apple had added impressive features to what was already a full package of tools, loops, FX plug-ins, and software instruments. Providing a comprehensive introduction if you’re new to Mac computer music creation, this practical guide will show you how to use Logic Pro and have you up to speed in no time. You’ll not only understand what Apple’s Logic Pro software can do but also get hands-on with using it to accomplish various musical tasks. The book starts by getting you up and running with the basic terminologies. As you progress, you’ll explore how to create audio and MIDI musical parts. To build on your knowledge further, the book will guide you through developing an automated mix. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to bounce mixes and audio files for distribution. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with Logic Pro and have the skills you need to create professional-quality music.What you will learn Get to grips with Audio and MIDI and how they are different, along with covering Apple Loops Record and edit audio, such as your voice or guitar Create and edit MIDI parts, using Logic Pro''s software instruments Develop realistic drums and electronic drums with Logic Pro 10.5''s amazing Drummer Explore the new Step Sequencer, Live Loops, and Quick Sampler that were included with version 10.5 Edit your arrangement and prepare the parts for mixing Discover the principles of good mixing, including automation, pre-mastering, and final bouncing Who this book is for This book is for musicians, songwriters, and music producers who want to learn Logic Pro from scratch with the help of expert guidance. A basic understanding of music theories such as chords and notes is highly recommended before you get started. This Logic Pro book also assumes that you’ll be working on a Mac.

Sierra quer compreendê-lo. Caleb anseia por se redimir. Juntos, podem encontrar o verdadeiro amor se tiverem coragem para o aceitar. Sierra vive no Oregon, onde os pais possuem uma plantação de pinheiros. Quando chega o inverno, a família muda-se para a Califórnia para vender as árvores durante a época natalícia. Sierra tem assim duas vidas: uma no Oregon e outra na Califórnia. Estar numa vida significa deixar a outra, mas isso pouco lhe importa até que um dia, perto do Natal, conhece Caleb, e uma vida eclipsa a outra. Caleb não é o rapaz perfeito. Uns anos antes cometeu um erro muito grave e ainda está a pagar por isso. Mas Sierra consegue ver para além do passado de Caleb e está determinada a ajudá-lo a encontrar o perdão e a redenção. Um clima de suspeitas, preconceito e desaprovação surge em torno deles, e Caleb e Sierra não conseguem deixar de se interrogar se o amor é realmente suficiente para ultrapassar todos os obstáculos... Aquela Luz é o novo romance do autor de Por Treze Razões.

#1 international bestselling author of Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher and co-author Jessica Freeburg brilliantly reimagine the classic Pied Piper legend as a powerful graphic novel about loneliness, love, and vengeance. Fans of Through the Woods by Emily Carroll will devour this eerie, atmospheric retelling. “A moving graphic novel about isolation, love, and retribution, this dark version of a familiar tale will remain with readers long after the last page is turned.”—School Library Journal Long ago, in a small village in the middle of a deep, dark forest, there lived a lonely, deaf girl named Maggie. Shunned by her village because of her disability, her only comfort comes from her vivid imagination. Maggie has a gift for inventing stories and dreams of one day finding her fairy-tale love. When Maggie meets the mysterious Piper, it seems that all her wishes are coming true. Spellbound, Maggie falls hard for him and plunges headfirst into his magical world. But as she grows closer to the Piper, Maggie discovers that he has a dark side. The boy of Maggie’s dreams might just turn out to be her worst nightmare… With striking illustrations from Eisner-nominated artist Jeff Stokely, mixed with Jessica Freeburg''s work on historic and legendary horrors, Piper is an exciting new departure for Jay Asher that deftly touches on the same themes of truth, guilt, and redemption that made Thirteen Reasons Why a beloved bestseller.

A personal memoir

Clay reçoit treize cassettes enregistrées par Hannah Baker avant qu''elle ne se suicide. Elle y parle de treize personnes qui sont impliquées dans sa vie : amies ou ennemies, chacune de ces personnes a compté dans sa décision. D''abord choqué, Clay écoute les cassettes en cheminant dans la ville. Puis, il se laisse porter par la voix d''Hannah. Hannah en colère, Hannah heureuse, Hannah blessée et peut-être amoureuse de lui. C''est une jeune fille plus vivante que jamais que découvre Clay. Une fille qui lui dit à l''oreille que la vie est dans les détails. Une phrase, un sourire, une méchanceté ou un baiser et tout peut basculer... « Treize Raisons est un mystère, une apologie, une cérémonie. Je sais que, dans les années à venir, je reviendrai souvent à ce livre. » Sherman Alexie, auteur du Premier qui pleure a perdu. « Mystérieux, superbe, dévastateur. » The Chicago Tribune À partir de 13 ans

La novela best seller en la que se basa la nueva serie de Netflix. No puedes poner freno al futuro. Ni reescribir el pasado. La única forma de revelar los secretos es... darle al «Play». Una caja, trece caras de casete, trece culpables y una víctima. Apenas han pasado dos semanas desde el suicido de Hanna, cuando Clay encuentra una misteriosa caja en la puerta de su casa. La caja contiene unos casetes que serán el comienzo de un perverso juego que involucrará a todos los responsables de la muerte de Hanna. Reseñas: «Inquietante, bella y devastadora.» Chicago Tribune «Una visión fascinante de la mente de alguien que tomaría esta terrible decisión. Brillante e hipnótico.» Kirkus Review «Ritmo trepidante y emoción vertiginosa.» School Library Journal

When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah''s voice recounting the events leading up to her death.

Seriál na Netflixu podle knižní předlohy! Clay Jensen je úplně normální kluk na střední. Jednoho dne na verandě najde balíček – krabici od bot v balicím papíře, bez zpáteční adresy. A uvnitř? Sedm magnetofonových kazet. Kdo dnes poslouchá kazety? A má si je on vůbec na čem přehrát? Ale když Clay ze zvědavosti zasune první kazetu do sterea, svět se mu obrátí vzhůru nohama. Z reproduktorů se totiž ozve hlas Hannah Bakerové – jeho spolužačky, která spáchala sebevraždu. Proč znovu vstupuje do jeho života?

**THE BOOK THAT STARTED IT ALL, NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES** The #1 New York Times bestseller and modern classic that''s been changing lives for a decade gets a gorgeous revamped cover and never-before-seen additional content, including: · An introduction from its award-winning author, Jay Asher; · The until-now-secret alternate ending for Hannah and Clay that almost was; · Early notes and ideas of how the story came to be; · Deleted scenes; · And more! You can''t stop the future. You can''t rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play. Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah''s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he''ll find out why. Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah''s pain, and as he follows Hannah''s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever. Need to talk? Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) anytime if you are in the United States. It’s free and confidential. Find more resources at 13reasonswhy.info. Find out how you can help someone in crisis at bethe1to.com.

So wunderbar romantisch wie eine heiße Schokolade vorm Kaminfeuer ... Jedes Jahr zu Weihnachten reist Sierra mit ihren Eltern nach Kalifornien, um dort auf der Familienplantage Weihnachtsbäume zu verkaufen. Doch diesmal wird Sierras Welt auf den Kopf gestellt. Sierra verliebt sich – das erste Mal, unsterblich und mit aller Macht. In Caleb, den Jungen mit den Grübchen, der Weihnachtsbäume verschenkt und eine dunkle Vergangenheit verbirgt, denn Caleb soll seine Schwester angegriffen haben. In seiner Heimatstadt ist er deshalb ein Außenseiter. Sierras Eltern, ihre Freunde, alle warnen sie davor, sich auf ihn einzulassen. Doch Sierra kann nicht glauben, dass Caleb gefährlich ist, und riskiert alles, um ihre große Liebe zu gewinnen ...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From Jay Asher, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thirteen Reasons Why, comes a holiday romance that will break your heart, but soon have you believing in love again. . . . "A beautiful story of love and forgiveness." —Stephen Chbosky, New York Times bestselling author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower Sierra''s family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon—it''s a bucolic setting for a girl to grow up in, except that every year, they pack up and move to California to set up their Christmas tree lot for the season. So Sierra lives two lives: her life in Oregon and her life at Christmas. And leaving one always means missing the other. Until this particular Christmas, when Sierra meets Caleb, and one life eclipses the other. By reputation, Caleb is not your perfect guy: years ago, he made an enormous mistake and has been paying for it ever since. But Sierra sees beyond Caleb''s past and becomes determined to help him find forgiveness and, maybe, redemption. As disapproval, misconceptions, and suspicions swirl around them, Caleb and Sierra discover the one thing that transcends all else: true love. What Light is a love story that''s moving and life-affirming and completely unforgettable.

An astonishing memoir for the untold number of children whose lives have been touched by bullying. Positive is a must-read for teens, their parents, educators, and administrators—a brave, visceral work that will save lives and resonate deeply. Paige Rawl has been HIV positive since birth, but growing up, she never felt like her illness defined her. On an unremarkable day in middle school, she disclosed to a friend her HIV-positive status—and within hours the bullying began. From that moment forward, every day was like walking through a minefield. Paige was never sure when or from where the next text, taunt, or hateful message would come. Then one night, desperate for escape, fifteen-year-old Paige found herself in her bathroom staring at a bottle of sleeping pills. That could have been the end of her story. Instead, it was only the beginning. Paige's memoir calls for readers to choose action over complacency, compassion over cruelty—and above all, to be Positive. Includes twenty-five photos from Paige's personal collection throughout. Supports the Common Core State Standards

If you're a Logic Pro Score Editor user, this information-packed eBook will quickly get you up to speed on the new features in the latest version of Score Editor in Logic Pro X including the new Styles Editor, Score Set Editor, and more. Written by film scoring artist and columnist Jay Asher, USING LOGIC PRO X'S UPDATED SCORE EDITOR includes easy-to-follow, illustrated tutorials and walk-throughs that will help you get the most out of these new and enhanced Score Editor features.

Annotation This title offers concise and easy-to-follow tutorials to guide the reader in inputting, formatting, and printing music notation using Logic Pro's score editor.

“A literary super-duo.”—Los Angeles Times “A clever, timely story that will attract any teen with a Facebook account.”—Booklist, starred review Josh and Emma are about to discover themselves—fifteen years in the future. It''s 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They''ve been best friends almost as long—at least, up until last November, when everything changed. Things have been awkward ever since, but when Josh''s family gets a free AOL CD-ROM in the mail, his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they''re automatically logged onto Facebook . . . but Facebook hasn''t been invented yet. Josh and Emma are looking at themselves fifteen years in the future. Their spouses, careers, homes, and status updates—it''s all there. And every time they refresh their pages, their futures change. As they grapple with the ups and downs of what their lives hold, they''re forced to confront what they''re doing right—and wrong—in the present.

Joel Ashkinazy, an ordinary guy from Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, works hard in the fashion business during the week and plays harder on the weekends in Manhattan. One Sunday, while on his way in to the Big Apple to shake his booty, his best friend, Nicholas Filipov, asks him to stop by. Joel discovers Nikki's body. He had been murdered minutes before Joel walked through the door. Joel is questioned by Detective Timothy Clarke, who suspects Joel is not telling all that he knows. Detective Clarke seems all too familiar with the gay scene and Nicholas Filipov's involvement with the Russian Mob and male prostitution. Joel cannot conceal his interest in straight men, but Clarke isn't buying. Clarke, instinctively, presses Joel to reveal what is in The Black Book. Nikki got Clyde Knudson, a young man from the Midwest, trying to find fame and fortune in Manhattan, involved with a Saudi prince who enjoyed the sado-masochistic side of sex. The prince admits to killing Knudson. Together Joel and Clarke deal with Nikki's mother, threats from the Russians, and the possibility that the prince also had Nikki murdered. Joel learns to trust Clarke and becomes part of the murder investigation. Clarke, in spite of himself, finds Joel more complex and interesting than the Twink Joel presented during their first interview.

Clay Jensen kembali dari sekolah dan menemukan kotak misterius untuknya di teras rumah. Dalam kotak itu dia menemukan 13 kaset yang direkam Hannah Baker--teman sekelas sekaligus gadis yang ditaksirnya--yang bunuh diri dua minggu sebelumnya.

Clay Jensen reçoit sept cassettes enregistrées par Hannah Baker avant qu''elle ne se suicide. Elle y parle de treize personnes qui ont, de près ou de loin, influé sur son geste. Et Clay en fait partie. D''abord effrayé, Clay écoute la jeune fille en se promenant au son de sa voix dans la ville endormie. Puis il découvre une Hannah inattendue qui lui dit à l''oreille que la vie est dans les détails. Une phrase, un sourire, une méchanceté ou un baiser et tout peut basculer...

Logic Pro is arguably the number-one digital audio workstation among professional musicians and composers, at home in both professional and project studios worldwide. Going Pro with Logic Pro 9 is an expert levelbook that addresses the needs of the professional Logic user. This book picks up where the manual leaves off, guiding you from customizing setups of Logic Pro 9 for workflow enhancement, through the recording and editing processes, to preparing final delivery media, dropping power-user tips and tricks throughout the process. Topics covered include building custom mixers; designing templates; organizing your sound palette; dealing with third-party software, applications, and hardware, such as UAD cards and the Akai MPC3000; mixing tips; mastering tips; and much more.

An expert guide to using Logic Pro 8 covers such topics as set-up, composing and editing, mixing, and integrating third-party software and hardware.