Creative Coding in Python

The release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) findings and recommendations in the spring of 2015 was an immensely important day for the people of Canada. It marked the hopeful beginni

Frommer’s books aren’t written by committee, or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. We employ the best local experts to author our guides, like

From the small creatures of the tide pools to the giant animals of the open ocean, kids will explore it all in this hand-on ocean adventure. This engaging magnetic tin includes a 64-page guidebook, 30

From award-winning actress Denise Nicholas: a ten-year anniversary reissue of her powerful and dramatic coming of age story set in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964.Freshwater Road has bee

In the final race of her college track career, Cara Bradley beat her personal best by a remarkable six seconds. Until then Bradley had been a so-so athlete hampered by pre-race jitters and self-doubt.

Taoism is mostly known for its quiet, enigmatic wisdom, but the Tao sometimes also flows with the crashing, cleansing force of a rushing river, sweeping away all forms in its path. According to Taoist

All you need is love” and Marriage is a 50-50 proposition” are ideas many of us have absorbed. The advice we’ve gotten from friends, family, and clergy and the stories in movies, music, and fiction fe

Rediscover a classic memory game with a fun Parisian style! This set of 48 matching cards features the most famous sights and symbols in the City of Light, including the magnificent Eiffel Tower, the

Rediscover a classic memory game with a San Francisco style! This set of 48 matching cards features the best and the coolest sights and symbols in the City by the Bay, including the magnificent Golden

How do we heat our homes, light our rooms, and power our cars? With energy! In 2014, the United States relied on fossil fuels for about 67 percent of its power. But as the fossil fuel supply dwindles

Joel Plaskett has earned an awful lot of honourifics in his career so far, counting folk hero, indie darling, and national treasure among them. And that’s just since the Halifax musician started makin

We tend to look at landscape in relation to what it can do for us. Does it move us with its beauty? Can we make a living from it? But what if we examined a landscape on its own terms, freed from our e

When Patti Niemi was 10 years old, all the children in her school music class lined up to choose their instruments. Boy after boy chose drums, and girl after girl chose flutethat is, until it was Patt

Patrick Woodcock has spent the past seven years engaging with and being shaped by the people, politics, and landscapes of the Kurdish north of Iraq, Fort Good Hope in the Northwest Territories, and Az

In her debut collection, Ashley-Elizabeth Best explores the cultivation of resilience during uncertain and often trying times. It’s a book built around day-to-day conflicts poems about love, family, g

Matthew gets to Heaven believing his life was a complete loser: failed musician career in spite of a very promising start, failed marriage, no relationship with his child, ruined parents - he just mad

Within each of us, there exists a wellspring of radiant healing energy that can be accessed, channeled and used for personal healing and facilitating healing in others. THE TOUCH centers on the practi

A nuanced story about artificial intelligence and digital immortality, Freenet plunges readers into the far future, when humans have closed distances in time and space through wormhole tunnels between

The southern High Sierra, including Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and the surrounding John Muir, Jennie Lakes, and Monarch Wildernesses, is one of the most magnificent natural areas in the w

Trail Running Bend and Central Oregon is an extensive guide to the best trail running in one of the country's top outdoor destinations. Author and trail runner Lucas Alberg provides detailed descripti

The poems of this fourth collection from Wayne Miller exist in the wake of catastrophe. It is a world populated by rogue gunmen on shooting sprees, a world where the only inheritance a father has to p

The poems in Against the Current expose a mind moving fast as water. Tedi Lopez Mills renders a river as a cool but contaminated space, propelling its detritus through a hybrid rural/urban zone that i

PETE FERNANDEZ SHOULD BE DEAD.His life professional and personal is in ruins. His best friend is dead. His newspaper career is past tense. His ex is staying with him as her own marriage crumbles. On t

For the first time in print, from internationally-acclaimed thriller writer Grant McKenzie comes a novel that hits perilously close to home, and will keep you guessing until the last page.What if ever

In 2005, after publishing her book The Demons of Edenwhere she denounced the very powerful men behind the a Mexican child pornography ringLydia Cacho became a target. Exactly eight months after the pu

An easy-to-follow detox utilizing traditional whole foods to heal one's digestive systemMillions of Americans suffer from digestive issues due to diets high in processed and fast foods. Featuring a 21

Frommer’s books aren’t written by committee, or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. We employ the best local experts to author our guides, like

Herbs don’t have television or magazine ads touting their benefits and yet, in many instances, they perform just as well as and sometimes better than the pharmaceuticals we constantly hear and read ab

Seismologist Charlie Richter, grandson of the inventor of the Richter scale, arrives in Los Angeles to begin work at the newly created Center for Earthquake Studies, a shadowy new agency that seems mo

In booming post-war Brooklyn, the Nowak Piano Company is an American success story, whose reputation rivals that of Mason & Hamlin or even Steinway. President Peter Nowak and his wife Francine are the children of Polish immigrants, proud to have a significant name "in a city full of significant names.” Even if Peter is a little prickly, and Francine a bit private, the Nowaks are well-regarded in their Brooklyn enclave. There is just one problem: the Nowaks' only son, David.A handsome boy and shy like his mother, David struggles with neuroses that cripple his ability to connect with other children, not to mention the tight-knit community around him. If not for his only friend Marianne--a pretty, enigmatic girl with religious leanings recently moved to the neighborhood--David’s life would likely be intolerable. With Marianne, David captures brief moments of freedom and happiness, even as Marianne’s family issues concerns about David’s eccentricities.” But the sudden deat

Wedding photographers are under tremendous pressure to capture high-quality images of once-in-a-lifetime momentsfrom the bride’s preparations, to the ceremony, to the reception and the exit. While por

What do a dog leash, shower curtains, and mylar gift wrap have in common? Theyalong with countless other surprising everyday objectscan all be used to construct implements that will help you capture b

Between 60 and 80 percent of human communication is nonverbal, spoken in the physical languages of movement and touch. But while we are talking” all the time, we lack a clear vocabulary and syntax of

The current running boom has led to growing interest in running books. This daring volume combines the best of writing on running with the appeal of the best kind of literary writing, essays that take

Rob Spillman, editor of Tin House magazine, has led a life defined by restless searching. Born in Germany to two extremely driven musicians, his childhood was spent among the West Berlin cognoscenti,

On the surface, the Paul family is living the liberal, middle-class Scandinavian dream. Max Paul is a renowned sociologist and his wife, Katriina, has a well-paid job in the public sector. They live i

Animal Adventures: Sharks will take you beneath the ocean’s surface to meet the many sharks that lurk in the depths. Have fun while learning, encounter sharkslarge and small, gentle and fiercewith col

When Erin Byrne travels, she lets the journey transforms her. Wings from Victory is a collection of stories about her unique and authentic experiences in France. Some come through serendipity, good fo

A bittersweet and humorous guide to college life featuring practical tips combined with funny, full color illustrationsCollege is one the most exciting times in a young person’s life. But for an incom

Fabulous, in all senses of that word . . . combining the best features of the suspense genre with the best of existential fictiona thrilled reflection.”Paul TherouxElsie Tyler turns heads wherever she