The definitive guide to exploring the North of England under paddle power, from the majestic Northumberland coastline to the spectacular landscapes of the Lake District.With countless beautiful lakes, rivers and coastlines, the North of England offers abundant opportunities for paddleboarders, canoeists and kayakers. Written by highly experienced paddleboard instructor Bruce Smith, this guide features 40 routes across the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the H...

Raspberry Pi Insider Guide: Everything you need for the Model B/B+ and moreTaking You from beginner to Expert!The most up-to-date Raspberry Pi guide available.Everything you need to make you an expert using the Raspberry Pi Model B and B+.Taking you from beginner to expert. Even as an absolute beginner you will start on a journey that will ultimately leave you knowledgeable and with the confidence to work your Raspberry Pi to the limit. All you need is this boo...

Bigger, better and ideal for all models of the Raspberry Pi! The ultimate guide to learning assembly language on your Pi.“This edition is the most complete and the only one a reader needs to purchase. It is a very good tutorial textbook...”Covers use of the new Raspberry Pi Operating System including the GPIO port, the VFP and Neon coprocessors. Based on the best selling Raspbian edition, now even better!Tried and tested examples. Book enhanced by ...

Is the past ever truly forgotten?Fiona Truscott has spent twenty years avoiding the truth about her family’s past. But when new evidence surfaces suggesting that her Great-Grandfather Finn Beckett was wrongfully accused of serious crimes in South Africa, she can no longer turn away. With her husband Karl by her side, she embarks on a perilous journey to the heart of Africa, determined to uncover the truth about her ancestors—and about her own parents’ mysterious deaths.Hunt...

Can the answer to a simple science question change your life? For Garson Strangewalker, yes. In this second book in the Legend Keepers series, twelve-year-old Garson doesn't fit in a school. He's in a new community, hasn't made friends, and his father has gone missing. Each day's a struggle until a simple question he asks at the spring science fair sparks an interest in glaciers. He reads about them but can't get enough.For his sixth-grade science project, Garson climbs to...

If you are tired of sinning and repenting but finding yourself back in that same sin, there is help for you. There is a place in God where a Christian can live free of sin on a regular basis. It is not easily or casually found. It takes diligence and determination on the part of the Christian who wants to live free of sin. It is therefore necessary to find this place, to experience freedom and be at peace with God.As a Christian who truly loves his God, I was not able to live this ...

Garson and Buddy are bound by the prophecy of looming peril foretold in an ancient legend. But a boy and a mountain goat's unlikely friendship and determination are not enough to halt the return of the Great Warming. In this fast-paced and inspiring final book of the Legend Keepers eco-adventure, each must overcome personal challenges and enlist the help of others to safeguard Buddy's home on Shining Mountain. Despite the odds, Garson and Buddy prove that no one is too small or or...

"In a time in which heroes are needed more than ever, Bruce Smith has now given us Buddy. Though she is small, Buddy shows us what it means to have a big heart, even in the face of daunting obstacles."––Kathi Appelt, NYT bestselling author of Newbery Honor and National Book Finalist, The Underneath"Legend Keepers is a charming animal centric adventure sure to delight readers with a heart for the wilderness."––Rosanne Parry, NYT bestselling author of A Wulf Called Wand...

Jack Wheatcroft (1925-2016) had a transformative impact on five decades of Bucknell students (1952-1996). He served the institution with great generosity of a kind that was rare for a teacher so immersed in his writing. He founded the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets, the Philip Roth Visiting Writers Residency, and the magnificent Stadler Center for Poetry. He over saw the restoration of Bucknell Hall for the Stadler Center and today it is one of the most beautiful and distinguishe...

Sign & Breath is a new critical anthology that takes a different approach to exploring these questions: What is poetry? What defines voice? Featuring a range of contemporary artists, many of whom work across different mediums and genres, Sign & Breath introduces the reader to one page that sings in any genre – prose, fiction, poetry, spoken word, hybrid forms, and song – across diverse traditions. Rather than define poetry as a genre with conventions, traditions, codes, a...

Games and elections are fundamental activities in society with applications in economics, political science, and sociology. These topics offer familiar, current, and lively subjects for a course in mathematics. This classroom-tested textbook, primarily intended for a general education course in game theory at the freshman or sophomore level, provides an elementary treatment of games and elections. Starting with basics such as gambling, zero-sum and combinatorial games, Nash equilibria, soc...

Responding to volatile criticisms frequently leveled at Leo Strauss and those he influenced, the prominent contributors to this volume demonstrate the profound influence that Strauss and his students have exerted on American liberal democracy and contemporary political thought. By stressing the enduring vitality of classic books and by articulating the theoretical and practical flaws of relativism and historicism, the contributors argue that Strauss and the Straussians have identified fund...