Photoshop is a tool that a lot of artists and scientists use, but the sheer amount of possibilities it offers has intimidated a lot of potential users. Once you go over the basics of this program, you will no longer be confused and discouraged by the icons, tabs and panels. Instead, you will learn to use all of these options to your advantage, through fun and simple explanations accompanied by screenshots.Adobe Photoshop book will provide you with fundamental knowledge of the basic...

**A "**pacy, smartly reported" (Financial Times) account of the historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rival billionairesThe Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection of the American space program. Nearly a half-century after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, these Space Barons – Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, ...

When surgeon Martin Roeykens crosses paths with anthropologist Nadine, he's drawn into a world as secretive as it is deadly. Nadine has uncovered shocking evidence from Kenya's remote Turkana province — findings so explosive that the CIA will do anything to keep them buried.When she suddenly disappears and is accused of crimes she didn't commit, Martin is thrust into a race against time and against forces far more powerful than he ever imagined. From the deserts of northern Kenya t...

A humanitarian mission in Sierra Leone ends in violence when surgeon Martin Roeykens is taken hostage by a ruthless network operating across the Sahara. What appears to be a calculated kidnapping soon reveals a far more intricate design — one that reaches from the deserts of Mali and Algeria to the political salons of Paris, and into the hidden fractures of Nadine's own family.As intelligence agencies scramble and governments weigh the cost of intervention, Nadine is forced to conf...

A humanitarian mission in Sierra Leone ends in violence when surgeon Martin Roeykens is taken hostage by a ruthless network operating across the Sahara. What appears to be a calculated kidnapping soon reveals a far more intricate design — one that reaches from the deserts of Mali and Algeria to the political salons of Paris, and into the hidden fractures of Nadine's own family. As intelligence agencies scramble and governments weigh the cost of intervention, Nadine is forced to confront a ...

Unn, called Fleshweaver, has long sailed the coasts in the fleet of karvi she inherited from her mighty father. The coast dwellers respect her and pay tribute in thanks for her selfless protection. When a subordinate betrays her, Unn is left alone in a foreign land, stripped of all she’d ever known. Now she must travel away from danger, and rebuild her father’s legacy from nothing.Stories in the 1010 universe are based on Norse mythology, expertly adapted for modern audiences. Witn...

In the vein of Randall Munroe's What If? meets Brian Green's Elegant Universe, a senior writer from Space.com leads readers on a wild ride of exploration into the final frontier, investigating what's really "out there."We've all asked ourselves the question. It's impossible to look up at the stars and NOT think about it: Are we alone in the universe? Books, movies and television shows proliferate that attempt to answer this question and explore it...

A sterling roster of natural and social scientists in conversation with top-flight journalist Stefan Klein—shedding new light on their work, their lives, and what they still hope to discoverWhen acclaimed science writer Stefan Klein asks Nobel Prize–winning chemist Roald Hoffmann what sets scientists apart, Hoffmann says, “First and foremost, curiosity.” In this collection of intimate conversations with nineteen of the world’s best-known scientists (including three Nobel Laureates)...

Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts offers an insider's guide to astronauting—a behind-the-scenes look at the training, basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel, including how to deal with a dead body in space, what it’s like to film an IMAX movie in orbit, what exactly to do when nature calls, and much more!"There's something intriguing to be learned on practically every page ... [How to Astronaut] captures the details of an extraordinar...

With intrigue that rivals the best le Carre novels, Russians Among Us tells the urgent story of Russia’s espionage efforts against the United States and the West from the end of the Cold War to the presentSpies have long been a source of great fascination in the world of fiction, but sometimes the best spy stories happen in real life. Russians Among Us tells the full story of Putin’s escalating espionage campaign in the West, the ...

“Never shall I fail my comrades. . . . I will shoulder more than my share of the task, whatever it may be, one hundred percent and then some.” —from the Ranger CreedIn early March 2010, General Stanley McChrystal, the commanding officer of all U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, walked with President Hamid Karzai through a small rural bazaar. As Afghan townspeople crowded around them, a Taliban rocket loudly thudded into the ground some distance away. Karzai looked t...

Frank Herbert's Dune is widely known as the science fiction equivalent of The Lord of the Rings, and The Road to Dune is a companion work comparable to The Silmarillion, shedding light on and following the remarkable development of the bestselling science fiction novel of all time.Herein, the world's millions of Dune fans can now read---at long last---the unpublished chapters and scenes from Dune and Dune Me...