Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound

YEWDALL, David, Lewis (1950) Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound. 4th ed., Oxford, Elsvier Inc. 

This book caters for people who have foundation level knowledge about Sound Design. The book shows you techniques that you can do when sound designing.  The book dives into the authors early years and how he became a sound recorder.  

This book was helpful because it shows you a sound breakdown (how sound is edit) in films and detail how Yewdall used everyday items to capture sound for motion picture films. The book came with a DVD containing 1000s of sound effects.