Contains a variety of articles connected to puzzles, magic, and/ or mathematics, including the history behind given puzzles, solitaire puzzles, two-person games, and mathematically interesting objects. This title includes topics such as tangrams, peg solitaire, sodoku, coin-weighing problems, and an[...]

Melt & pour soap crafts are fun, easy, and so indulgent Handmade Soaps 101 gives you over 80 ideas for making soap for every skin type. You'll learn to add fragrances, herbs, and oils to match any personality or taste. Use simple techniques to make a variety of soaps including:
Marbled soaps [...]

Contains information on a wide variety of topics related to Techno Security. This book takes the approach of identifying some of the risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, discussing the countermeasures to address them. It shows how to hack without touching a computer using tailgating, lock bumping, s[...]

Few writers roiled the American cultural scene like Henry Louis Mencken. Pathbreaking journalist, trenchant social observer, and unbridled humorist, Mencken was the most provocative and influential cultural critic of the last century. To read him today is to be plunged into an era whose culture wars[...]

Offering an inside look at the most famous marathon in the world, this exploration traces the Boston Marathon's 26.2-mile route from the starting line on narrow Main Street in Hopkinton to the Boylston Street finish line in downtown Boston, bringing to life the history, personalities, pivotal moment[...]

A systematic, skill-building instruction manual for all the essential basic woodturning skills, "A Lesson Plan for Woodturning" allows novice woodturners to master skills without the benefit of formal training. The equivalent of three semester-length classes, the book provides a complete, self-direc[...]

Buying, selling, teaching, studying and simply enjoying food is Chelsea Market's mission. It hosts dozens of events and classes every week and has seen the birth of thousands of recipes from its inspirational ingredients and knowledgeable experts. Now, to mark its first fifteen years, Chelsea Market[...]

Lunch and breakfast are often the hardest meals to eat without busting your Paleo, gluten-free diet, especially when most recipes call for gluten, processed oils, sliced bread or sandwich buns. Diana Rodgers, a nutritional therapist and Paleo community activist, solves the problem with 100 easy and [...]

Makers often come together to form communities where they can exchange ideas and equipment. Readers will set foot in some of the world's most interesting makerspaces and see what kinds of tools makers use to create their projects. They will also learn how to find makerspaces of their own.[...]