This practical pocket-guide introduces the reader to the rich variety of mosses found throughout Britain's damp woodlands, riverbanks, and upland slopes.With a focus on field identification and ecological context, this compact volume serves as both a scientific reference and a practical guide for anyone engaged in the study or conservation of bryophytes. First published at the end of the nineteenth century, Handbook of Mosses presents these often-overlooked plants with cla...

"A lightning bolt of a book" makes the case for why self-directed learning — "unschooling" — is the best way to get kids to learn (Lenore Skenazy)In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that in order to foster children who will thrive in today’s constantly changing world, we must entrust them to steer their own learning and development. Drawing on evidence from anthropology, psychology, and history, he demonstrates that free play is ...

What if the answer to the youth mental health crisis isn’t less screen time—but instead, more independence?We have spent the last few decades laser-focused on improving safety for children. We have supervised them more, and made their lives more achievement-oriented, with the good intentions of helping them find success in the increasingly competitive adult world. But what if all that protection is part of the reason kids are now struggling?

If you have always wanted to excel at drawing, then The Complete Guide to Drawing & Illustration is for you. All you need is a pencil, a bit of blank paper and the expert guidance you will find within these pages. This book is designed to systematically teach you the essentials of drawing and lays the groundwork for you to develop your own personal drawing style.• Hands-on course in drawing and illustration, suitable for beginners and improvers alike• Practical, ste...

Calling all young artists! This is your complete step-by-step guide to drawing the animal kingdom! From lions to butterflies and horses to dolphins, this book will give you the skills and the knowledge to draw any animal you feel like! It's full of handy hints and tips to help you along, so before you know it, your artwork will be prowling, slithering and trotting off the page!

If you have always wanted to excel at drawing, then The Complete Guide to Drawing & Illustration is for you. All you need is a pencil, a bit of blank paper and the expert guidance you will find within these pages. This book is designed to systematically teach you the essentials of drawing and lays the groundwork for you to develop your own personal drawing style.• Hands-on course in drawing and illustration, suitable for beginners and improvers alike• Practical, ste...

"A different kind of cookbook . . . original, thought-provoking, and savory." —Award-winning restaurant critic Bryan Miller, from his ForewordChef Gray Kunz has teamed up with food writer Peter Kaminsky to put together a cookbook that looks precisely at what taste is. They have identified fourteen basic tastes in the chef's palate and offer recipes showing how to use these fundamental building blocks.Truly inspired combinations include Halibut with Spring O...

Few things come more naturally to us than sex—or so it would seem. Yet to a chimpanzee, the sexual practices and customs we take for granted would appear odd indeed. He or she might wonder why we bother with inconveniences like clothes, why we prefer to make love on a bed, and why we fuss so needlessly over privacy. Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior invites us into the thought-experiment of imagining human sex from the vantage point of our primate cousins, in order to underscore...

Everything the novice needs to flip houses in CanadaFlipping Houses For Canadians For Dummies can help you turn a quick and tidy profit by buying, fixing up, and reselling real estate. You'll learn to locate potential properties, get good deals on your purchases, complete high-value renovations, and sail through the selling process. Flipping houses can be profitable in any economic climate—as long as you know how to add real value to the properties you buy...

Fascinating, endearing and endlessly varied, animals make inspirational subject matter for artists. In Drawing Animals, author and illustrator Peter Gray guides you through the stages of capturing animal shapes, behaviour and expression to create accomplished artworks. Whether you are a complete beginner or a more experienced draughtsman, the tailored step-by-step exercises and practical tips will help you get the most out of your animal subjects.This is another title in Arcturus' ...

Children who grow up in a literate and numerate environment do not need to be taught how to read or how to use numbers to calculate. They pick these skills up in the course of their everyday living. In this collection of essays, developmental psychologist Peter Gray presents the evidence that this is so. He also presents evidence that teaching-especially when it is forced and comes too early-can interfere with children's learning to read and calculate. In addition, in one essay he describe...

Comic and accessible, with great scope for invention, caricatures are a joy to draw. In this book, author and illustrator Peter Gray works through the process of achieving a likeness and distorting it in imaginative ways for maximum effect. Tailored step-by-step exercises help aspiring caricaturists to build up their skills, and handy hints will keep them in the know about techniques and materials. The Artist's Workbooks are practical guides for artists interested in getting to grips with ...