Visionary designer and technologist John Maeda defines the fundamental laws of how computers think, and why you should care even if you aren’t a programmer.“Maeda is to design what Warren Buffett is t
If you cat could talk, what would she say?Now you can find out what your cat is saying to you through sounds and physical gestures. And learning feline is easy! Amazing photos of kids and their pets b
Pittsburgh toilet, squeaky cheese, city chicken, shampoo banana, and Chevy in the Hole are all phrases that are familiar to Midwesterners but sound foreign to anyone living outside the region. This bo
Suitable for anyone who doesn't know a smiley from a big red heart, a thumbs-up from a toilet symbol, a poo from two blonde girls dancing, this book helps you to speak Emoji. It includes sections like
John Maeda is one of the world's preeminent thinkers on technology and design, and in How to Speak Machine, he offers a set of simple laws that govern not only the computers of today, but the unimagin
"This nifty little book will inform and amuse with its irreverent yet factual explanations of Alaska's own unique vocabulary and idioms"--Page [4] of cover.
sets out to decode the world of finance for all of us, explaining everything from high-frequency trading and the World Bank to the difference between bullshit and nonsense. As funny as it is devasta
Money is our global language. Yet so few of us can speak it. The language of the economic elites can be complex, jargon-filled and completely baffling. And we need to understand it because if we can't
Here's a totally silly book about cows that is sure to make kids giggle. It tells boys and girls all about the way cows do the high moo and the low moo . . . the bumpy moo and the jumpy moo. Then kids
If the title sounds a little peculiar, that's just the start! Here's a totally silly book about cows that is sure to make kids giggle. It tells boys and girls all about the way cows do the high moo an
Lily loves her halfbrother, Adam, but his autism has taken over her life. Lily can't make friends or go out after school -- caring for Adam has forced Lily to become as much mother as sister. All Lily
What if animals and humans could speak to one another? Tom Mustill―the nature documentarian who went viral when a thirty‑ton humpback whale breached onto his kayak―asks this question in his thrilling investigation into whale science and animal communication.“When a whale is in the water, it is like an iceberg: you only see a fraction of it and have no conception of its size.” On September 12, 2015, Tom Mustill was paddling in a two-person kayak with a friend, just off the coast of California. It was cold, but idyllic―until a humpback whale breached, landing on top of them, releasing the energy equivalent of forty hand grenades. He was certain he was about to die, but both he and his friend survived miraculously unscathed. In the interviews that followed the incident, Mustill was left with one question: What could this astonishing encounter teach us?Drawing from his experience as a naturalist and wildlife filmmaker, Mustill started investigating human-whale interactions around the world
If your dog could talk, what would he say?Now you can find out why your dog wags his tail, how your dog tells you he wants to play, and what your dog is saying when he barks.And learning to speak Dog
The ultimate emoji phrase book and dictionary. Fred Benenson is the master of emoji--its subtleties, its nuances, its laugh-out-loud humor. Now you can be, too, with his handy guide: The first b
