Now with a new preface and 16 brand-new photographs―for anyone interested in learning more about nature, wherever they are―an utterly original and highly appealing guide hailed by Science News as “a g
The two-volume package includes Everything You Need to Know to Start a Bullet Journal plus a 208-page blank notebook with a dot-grid background on which to chronicle daily activities, track habits, lo
Logical reasoning meets simple math in 300 all-new puzzles that require a flash of insight to solve!Stay sharp with these perfectly addictive puzzles that challenge you to solve for “?” using genius logic―but only grade school arithmetic Once you match wits with area mazes, you’ll be hooked! Originally invented for gifted students, these novel puzzles have taken all of Japan by storm. The Big Puzzle Book of Area Mazes follows our two travel-size volumes with 300 all-new puzzles―including 100 3D puzzles, seen here for the first time!Each tangle of rectangles―or cache of cubes―dares puzzler-doers to find a missing value through spatial reasoning. The only math knowledge you need is that length × width = area. No hard math is allowed―fractions, begone!If you’re a sudoku fanatic . . . if you play brain games to stay sharp . . . if you love geometry (or you want to finally show it who’s boss) . . . then feed your mind some area mazes. They could be just what you’re craving!
Inspirational stories of how individuals overcome deep-seated prejudice that teach us to do the same―offering hope that society at large can healAs heard on NPR’s This American Life: Unlikely friendships challenge every kind of bias, to offer hope that our societies can healMuch has been written about our polarized media, social bubbles, and intractable biases. Award-winning journalist Bastian Berbner circled the world to find a different narrative. In Search of Common Ground is his profound collection of true stories that prove it is possible to mend even our fiercest divides.In Arizona, a former neo-Nazi befriends his Black parole officer. In Germany, an older couple dread the arrival of their new Roma neighbors―but are moved upon meeting them to offer help and become strong supporters. In Ireland, we see one friendship change the world when a gay-rights activist overturns a conservative mailman’s homophobia―and together, they help sway public opinion to legalize gay marriage. Other
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Welcome to Wimmelworld―a land of few words, yet endless entertainment―for curious kids age 2 to 5!Welcome to Wimmelworld―a land of few words, yet endless entertainment―for curious kids age 2 to 5!In t
Look-and-find books for young readers, chock full of vibrant illustrations that tell stories without words!Welcome to Wimmelworld—a land of few words, yet endless entertainment! In these one-of-a-kind
Look-and-find books for young readers, chock full of vibrant illustrations that tell stories without words!Welcome to Wimmelworld—a land of few words, yet endless entertainment! In these one-of-a-kind
A timely manifesto on freedom from Hong Kong's leading pro-democracy activist Nathan Law, a Nobel Prize nominee In this dispatch from exile, Hong Kong political activist Nathan Law explores the meaning of freedom--and shows how easily freedoms can be eroded or dismantled. Freedom is fragile--it is not a given, and each generation must fight to protect it, whether in emerging democracies or in the Western world, where freedom is too often taken for granted. Law sets out to prove the value of what we take to be inherently bestowed upon us as human beings, and to expose the Chinese government as it barricades its citizens from enjoying freedom. He lays out how the government controls what people know and are allowed to think, suppresses the truth, and undermines democratic processes by censoring its own members. If freedom is a basic human right, then why were lawyers, journalists, and activists being jailed, and why has Nathan Law been labeled a wanted fugitive? Rooted in his own experie
The most important question we must ask ourselves is, "Are we being good ancestors?" So said Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine in 1953 but refused to patent it--forgoing profit so that mor
Reduce risk of heart disease and stroke with this Mayo Clinictrusted cookbook packed with heart-healthy tips and 425 recipes for every occasion Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US, w
The author and illustrator of backlist juggernaut An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments (140,000 in print) return at last with a desperately timely guide to rhetoric (hidden and not-so-hidden “slant” i
An indispensable guide to understanding—and living or working with—people whose behavior leaves you frustrated and confusedWe all have people in our lives who frustrate, annoy, or hurt us
From the author of The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs and The Natural Navigator: a guide to the hidden world of water—from puddles to oceans—with skills, tips, and useful observations to help you
100 challenging puzzles for would-be codebreakers that also celebrate the uniqueness of language―from hieroglyphics to the sign language of silent monks100 wonder-filled word puzzles that thrill and t
