This ultimate travel guide for bibliophiles explores the most literary towns across the globe—full of charming bookshops, fairs, festivals, and more.The so-called "Book Towns" of the world are dedicated havens of literature, and the ultimate dream of book lovers everywhere. Book Towns takes readers on a richly illustrated tour of the forty semi-officially recognized literary towns around the world and outlines the history and development of each community, ...

Rooms of Their Own travels around the world examining the unique spaces, habits and rituals in which famous writers created their most notable works.The perennial question asked of all authors is, 'How do you write?'. What do they require of their room or desk? Do they have favourite pens, paper or typewriters? And have they found the perfect daily routine to channel their creativity? Crossing centuries, continents and gen...

"Brooklyn Motto is a stylish, propulsive mystery that beautifully captures late 90s New York City in the convulsions of enormous social and economic change. Alex Johnson combines novelistic texture with cinematic pace to great effect, and narrator Nico Kelly is the perfect guide to this world full of danger, corruption, and also hope." - Sam Lipsyte, author of No One Left to Come Looking for You"Alex R. Johnson's playful, witty, brooding, and heartfelt Brookly...

You did not choose this season, and if you are reading this book you have probably been in it far longer than you expected, and you have probably stopped telling people how long. The prayer has been prayed, the promises have been claimed, and still the answer has not come, and in the quiet hours you have begun to wonder whether the problem is you. You have read the books that tell you to trust more and felt worse, because nobody told you what trust looks like when it is 2 AM and the thing ...

'In looking at the working lives of these great artists, we found ourselves transported to other worlds.' – ENTREE Travel'A fascinating, informative, original and inspiring study.' – Midwest Book ReviewStudios of Their Own travels around the world examining the unique spaces, habits and rituals of over 50 famous artists.From Picasso, to Hockney, to Caravaggio, discover the...

An enormous screen at Heydar Aliyev International Airport invites visitors to "take another look" at Azerbaijan. Through essays which range from terrifying crosswalks to wild chestnuts to fire-belching gas flares, Look Again accepts that invitation, and paints a rich portrait of a mysterious country.

Becoming a loan processor is a wise career choice. Loan Processors earn an exceptional income these days. If you would like to start grossing the income, you have always anticipated, our training guide will open many doors of opportunity for you. You will discover, once in the mortgage industry, the possibilities are unlimited. We have designed our training to be short and uncomplicated as possible giving you the best chance toward success. As an extra bonus, we included sections for emplo...

Most of us were taught the wrong thing about persuasion. We learned it from the pushy salesperson who talked over objections, the relative who wore us down until we agreed just to end the conversation, and the boss who mistook volume for conviction. The harder you push, the more the other person braces, and the further the real conversation moves out of reach.This book is built on a different premise. The most effective persuaders are rarely the loudest or most aggressive. They are...

Fresh off a breakup from her boyfriend of seven years, Alicia Winthrop finds herself alone, directionless, and without a future in a dead-end town on the outskirts of Beaver, Illinois. Salvation comes in the form of a billboard for the biggest regional pro wrestling promotion, Queens of War. From her very first show, Alicia is hooked. In search of purpose and craving to recapture her former glory as a collegiate hockey star, Alicia chases a new dream: become a pro wrestler and once again r...

'An absolutely riveting book - reading it makes you intelligent, full of brilliant anecdotes - and very hungry indeed.' - Richard Curtis'This brilliantly conceived and well-researched book is a source of real delight.' - Dr Annie Gray, BBC Radio 4's The Kitchen Cabinet'Superbly written, a complete joy to read, and just about the perfect present for anyone even vaguely interested in food.' - Mark Diacono

Python did not become the language of artificial intelligence by accident. It has positioned itself as the universal connector for every major AI framework, cloud platform, and data tool that matters in modern technology. But knowing how to write a for loop or import pandas is no longer enough to call yourself an AI engineer. The gap between knowing Python syntax and building production AI systems is exactly what this book exists to close.This book is written for people who already...

‘What should I read next?’ Alex Johnson invites you to join him on his year of reading Welshly on a warm and witty journey through 52 books from Wales and about Wales.From novels to poetry to non-fiction, Alex explores a rich and eclectic spread of books. Covering famous favourites such as Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood and Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin’s Ivor the Engine, through to contemporary hits such as Manon Steffan Ros’s The Blue Book of Nebo and Tiffany Murray’s My Famil...