From our modern perspective, it's difficult to imagine a time when the earth still contained mysteries and men headed out in wooden boats on journeys into the unknown. But that was not the case during the Age of Exploration. The Great Explorers tells the dramatic stories of the four men whose expeditions helped define this era: Bartolomeu Dias, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Ferdinand Magellan. They were demanding and imperfect leaders, single-minded in the pursuit of their goals...

**A NATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR 2026 TASTE CANADA AWARDS“A must-read for baking at home, or anywhere!” CHEF DANIEL BOULUDAn accessible guide to all things BREAD--from sourdough to yeasted dough, pizza dough and more--by expert bread baker, professor, and chef Matthew James Duffy.**Bread Etc. distills the complex art of mixing, shaping, and baking dough into clear explanations and easy-to-read instructions. You’ll begin with an overview of brea...

You picked up this book because financial stress lives in your chest at 2 in the morning when bills replay and an unknown number might be another collector. You believe God is faithful, and you still wonder how the lights will stay on next month. Maybe debt feels heavier than hope, or income dropped overnight, or you and your spouse cannot talk about money without blame. Whatever pressure you face, you share a hope this book was written for, that God wants to meet you where anxiety lives, ...

Pitcairn is 4.6 square kilometers with no airport, no harbor, and no beach where a ship can dock. To land you must wait for calm, board a longboat, and run a narrow crack in the rocks called Bounty Bay while 40 people watch. If swell is 2 meters, you turn back and wait 48 hours.Those 40 people are the smallest national population on Earth. In 1937 more than 230 lived here. Today the median age is above 45, no child has been born on island since 2012, and the Island Council lists re...

Somewhere in every person who has ever owned a toilet is a voice whispering that someone else could be made to pay for the privilege of using it. That voice is how the landlord fantasy begins, and this book is the friend who pulls you aside before you sign the papers. It is a funny, insider's tour of the rental empire dream, written by someone with two decades inside the industry, and it will hold every cheerful assumption up to the light: the passive income, the mailbox money, the sleep. ...

"All children, except one, grow up." Peter Pan is a magical journey to Neverland, where fairies fly, children lead pirate battles, and dreams never fade. Join Wendy, John, and Michael as they follow the boy who never grows up—Peter Pan—through a world of flying adventures, jealous fairies, ticking crocodiles, and the infamous Captain Hook. J. M. Barrie's unforgettable story of childhood wonder, imagination, and bravery has enchanted readers for generations. ✨ This edition includes: The com...

All children grow up—except one. Peter Pan (1911), by J. M. Barrie, is the enchanting tale of the boy who never grows old and the magical world of Neverland where adventure never ends. The story begins when Peter Pan flies into the nursery of Wendy, John, and Michael Darling, whisking them away to a land of mermaids, fairies, and eternal play. But Neverland is also home to danger—most notably the villainous Captain Hook and his band of pirates. Alongside the mischievous Tinker Bell and the...

Modern avionics can reduce workload, improve precision, and expand situational awareness, but only when pilots understand what the system is doing, why it is doing it, and what it is likely to do next.Managing Automation brings automation theory into the cockpit. Drawing on human-factors research, official accident and incident investigations, and practical operating principles, Matthew James McDermott examines how highly capable systems can produce mode confusion, automation surpr...

Peter Pan, the boy who refuses to grow up, invites Wendy Darling and her brothers John and Michael on a wondrous adventure where the skies shimmer with fairy dust, pirates lurk in the shadows, and childhood dreams come alive. Together, they will confront the daring Captain Hook, befriend the mischievous Tinker Bell, and discover that the greatest magic lies in the power of imagination and the courage to believe. This beloved classic by J.M. Barrie is a celebration of youth, freedom, and th...

Now published by Wisehouse Classics, this is the unabridged Anniversary Edition of the original 1911 published novel "Peter and Wendy" (or "Peter Pan") with the original therteen illustrations by F. D. Bedford. "Peter and Wendy" or "Peter Pan" is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous yet innocent little boy who can fly, and has many adventures on the island of Neverland that is inhabited by mer...

"For those for whom conservatism means something more than anti-liberalism . . . who wish to dive deep into the conservative tradition in search of pearls" ( The American Conservative).Ours is an age full of desires but impoverished in its understanding of where those desires lead—an age that asserts mastery over the world but also claims to find the world as a whole absurd or unintelligible. In The Vision of the Soul, James Matthew Wilson seeks t...

When beauty disappears as a central motivating good, we become obsessed with truth as a substitute, producing the mindset of "culture wars" rather than cultural renewal.For two thousand years, Western thinkers understood that beauty is what moves us toward the good and the true. In The Lost Tradition of Beauty, Matthew J. Smith argues that the loss of this idea is the source of our cultural fragmentation today, as he recovers a vision of beauty as a moral,...