the after list

Books I wanted to buy during the PhD, that never did because of many reasons: doubts about the content being good enough; doubts about being really in my focus target; and most of the time because of the high price :). Now i'm taking a new look trough all the lists i got creating a new general list of still interesting propositions that i'll try to buy for my next ventures.

Emotion and cognition

Psychology of Entertainment by Jennings Bryant and Peter Vorderer;
Communication and Emotion: Essays in Honor of Dolf Zillmann (LEA's Communication) - Jennings Bryant;
Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do (Interactive Technologies) - B.J. Fogg;
The Imagineering Way: Ideas to Ignite Your Creativity - The Imagineers;
Philosophy in the Flesh : The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought - George Lakoff;
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion - Robert B. Cialdini;
Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions - Martha C. Nussbaum;
The Nature of Insight (Bradford Books) - Robert J. Sternberg;
Recreative Minds: Imagination in Philosophy and Psychology - Gregory CurrieHow We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature and Informatics - N. Katherine Hayles;

Game design and development

Patterns in Game Design (Charles River Media Game Development) - Staffan Bjork;

Interactive Storytelling: Techniques for 21st Century Fiction - Andrew Glassner;

Learning by Doing: A Comprehensive Guide to Simulations, Computer Games, and Pedagogy in e-Learning and Other Educational Experiences - Clark Aldrich;

A Theory of Fun for Game Design - Raph Koster;

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture - David Kushner;

Creating Interactive 3D Actors and Their Worlds (The Conquering 3d Graphics Series) - Jean-marc Gauthier;

Game Writing: Narrative Skills for Videogames (Charles River Media Game Development) - Chris Bateman;

Mastering Unreal Technology: The Art of Level Design - Jason Busby;

The Fantastical Engineer: A Thrillseeker's Guide To Careers In Theme Park Engineering - Celeste Baine;

Film, narrative and arts

Technique of the Drama: An Exposition of Dramatic Composition and Art- Gustav Freytag;

Figures Traced in Light: On Cinematic Staging - David Bordwell;
Mimesis as Make-Believe: On the Foundations of the Representational Arts - Kendall L. Walton;

The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas;

Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification - Christopher Peterson;
Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture and Film - Giuliana Bruno;

A History of Narrative Film - David A. Cook;
Picture Theory: Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation - W. J. T. Mitchell;
The Story of Film - Mark Cousins;
Painting with Light - John Alton;
Sanford Meisner on Acting - Sanford Meisner;
Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation - Helen McCarthy;
Creating Character Emotions - Ann Hood;
Improving Your Storytelling (American Storytelling) - Doug Lipman;

A Philosophy of Mass Art - Noel Carroll;

Technology and Culture, the Film Reader - Andrew Utterson;

Cinema and Sentiment - Charles Affron;

Window Shopping: Cinema and the Postmodern - Anne Friedberg;