Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrate[...]

MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION COPIES SOLD"New York Times" Bestseller * "Los Angeles Times" Bestseller * "Washington Post" Bestseller * "San Francisco Chronicle" Bestseller * "Chicago Tribune" Bestseller"A story to make you believe in the soul-sustaining power of fiction."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review "[...]

For the first time, the chefs and instructors of the world-renowned Le Cordon Bleu cooking schools have written a cookbook that will teach anyone, from novices with a sweet tooth to expert bakers, how to prepare beautiful and delicious desserts at home. Hundreds of techniques are explained in step-b[...]

The Raspberry Pi has taken the world by storm. At under $40, this tiny device is a full-fledged PC that's already being used in home automation, robotics, home theater, and a world of other applications. Sams Teach Yourself Raspberry Pi Programming in 24 Hours guides you through every step of learni[...]

A Hands-On Course in Sensors using the Arduino and Raspberry Pi is the first book to give a practical and wide-ranging account of how to interface sensors and actuators with micro-controllers, Raspberry Pi and other control systems. The author describes the progression of raw signals through conditi[...]

'I was hundreds of miles from landfall, if not over a thousand miles. I couldn't swim such a distance, even with a lifebuoy. What would I eat? What would I drink? How would I keep the sharks away?' After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacif[...]

"The Jungle Book "meets "Not Wanted On the Voyage" in a triumph of storytelling and originality: a novel, as one character puts it, to make you believe in God.
Piscine Molitor Patel, nicknamed Pi, lives in Pondicherry, India, where his family runs a zoo. Little Pi is a great reader. He devours b[...]

Alexis Rockman's watercolor drawings were the first stage in the development of the fantastical, imaginary world of "Life of Pi," the 2012 feature film directed by Ang Lee. Lee sought out Rockman's vision as an artist with a specific commitment to hand drawing to bring a human scale to the project--[...]

Learn how to get the most from RISC OS on the Raspberry Pi. This book takes the lid off the RISC OS operating system and reveals how to really use it. Aimed at those who wish to learn how to program RISC OS directly but who are struggling with the Programmer's Reference Manuals (PRMs), or who simply[...]