You Talking to Me? ooks at the thousands of languages humans speak, plus how we communicate with symbols and codes, and even how animals communicate. This is your chance to travel the world and explore all the cool ways humans and animals communicate with each other. From the...

Graphic Design School allows students to develop core competencies while understanding how these fundamentals translate into new and evolving media. With examples from magazines, websites, books, and mobile devices, the Fifth Edition provides an overview of the visual communications...

This easy-to-learn introduction to the art of pyrography offers fourteen step-by-step projects for making decorative gifts--from coasters and picture frames to bangles, decorative plates, and door hangers--illustrated with clear how-to photographs. Each pyro project can be completed using ready-made...

How to Be a Craftivist is a manifesto for quiet activism: how to tackle issues not with shouting and aggression but with gentle protest, using the process of 'making' to engage thoughtfully in the issues we are about, to influence and effect change. Sarah Corbett - professional campaigner...

"It's a word lover's dream... An extravaganza for alphabetarians." -Kirkus Reviews Take a ride through 26 fully-illustrated alphabets, each one an A to Z of things to spot. From an A to Z of Birds (A is for Albatross, B is for Bluebird), to an A to Z of...

Have you ever wanted to learn to hand letter, but didn't know where to start? Hand Lettering for Beginners has everything you need to learn the art of hand lettering. Sarah Ensign uses simple techniques to teach you, step by step, how to start with the most basic style of hand lettering (faux...

"There are countless books that can teach you the alphabet, but almost none that focus on the tiny designs that run interference among the letterforms: those easily overlooked punctuation and typographic symbols. These symbols, as Michael Arndt proves in this beautiful and endlessly fascinating...

An original and accessible approach to learning hieroglyphs, written by an experienced teacher and author. This is the first guide to reading hieroglyphs that begins with Egyptian monuments themselves. Assuming no knowledge on the part of the reader, it shows how to interpret the...

Say it with chalk! Learn the art of hand-drawn chalk lettering from an Etsy superstar in a book complete with chalkboards! Ubiquitous at boutiques and cafés, on Etsy and Pinterest, in stationery and home decor, the art of chalk lettering is hotter than ever. Valerie...

The fast-paced and "engrossing account" (The New York Times Book Review) of "one of the greatest breakthroughs in archaeological history" (The Christian Science Monitor): two rival geniuses in a race to decode the writing on one of the world's most famous documents--the...

The earlier we start, the more able we become, and coding is now an essential modern tool. HTML coding will help with small and medium projects, such as making simple games and setting up websites. For the more adventurous, the basics of JavaScript are also covered to help make dynamic interactions....

Your first step toward thinking like a coder Coding For Dummies is one of the most popular get-started guides for new coders. This all- new edition demystifies essential coding concepts before diving into building simple apps in Python and JavaScript. For anyone brand-new to...

"This work empowers readers with theory, historical precedent, and practical information while encouraging everyone to 'amplify other voices and disrupt patterns of inequity.' Don't pass on this singular resource." --Library Journal Starred Review Extra...

From internationally-bestselling author and journalist Andrew Smith, an immersive, alarming, sharp-eyed journey into the bizarre world of computer code, told through his sometimes painful, often amusing attempt to become a coder himself Throughout history, technological revolutions...

This handy dictionary hilariously captures the state of the English language in the year 2020. The Internet - and more specifically, social media - can make new and confusing words spread like wildfire. So it's easy to feel like sometimes you get left behind in the linguistic dust. For example,...

Create a More Beautiful World with a Little Hand-Lettered Love! Messages from your own hand are an intimate and powerful means of expression and communication. Happy Hand Lettering offers you instruction and encouragement to begin creating beautifully written words right...

Learn how to combine watercolor illustrations with hand lettering to create beautiful art and gifts. Self-taught artist Tanje Pöltl shares the tips, tricks and know-how she's learned on her creative journey so that you can fast-track your skills.  Discover the...

Learn how to create iconic visual branding that stands the test of time with the innovative tools and inspiration in Logos That Last. *Winner of the 2023 American Graphic Design Award for Book Design from Graphic Design USA* *One of the "top 20 books that all...

Keith Baker's peas are back in this "pea-quel" to the New York Times bestselling LMNO Peas! The peas have rolled through the uppercase letters, numbers, colors, and the months of the year. Now they're back with all of their signature jaunty and joyful perfect-for...

"The perfect quarantine read. It's funny, sweet, and beautifully written. The romance is so perfect it made me ache." --Alisha Rai, Bustle   Kirkus Best Fiction Book of 2020 PopSugar Crazy Popular Books of 2020 Amazon Best...

A New York Times Bestseller! A "raucous trip through the odd corners of our alphabet." -The New York Times Let's get real-the English language is bizarre. A might be for apple, but it's also for aisle and aeons. Why does the word "gnat" start with a G but the word...

From Albert Einstein to Agatha Christie, Pablo Picasso to JFK, Dyslexic Legends Alphabet presents an eye-opening and motivational A to Z of legends with dyslexia who have made their inspirational mark on our world. This book is a must- read for any child who may be struggling at school...

This highly-visual book introduces an effective new method to learn over 1,000 Chinese characters using visual stimuli and pictographs. Learning the fundamental hanzi characters used to write Chinese can be challenging, but this book is designed to speed up learning by presenting...

Learn how to design, animate, and create incredible computer graphics using free software. With easy-to-follow, illustrated step-by-step instructions, create all types of projects, from Pop Art posters and photo cubes, to game animations and a 3D city. Inspiration is...

This stunning illustrated guide to more than 2,000 signs and symbols covers the arts, religions, and folklore of cultures across the world. Cross-referenced, color-coded, and indexed.

Learn how we usenumbers to describe the world around us.When did humans first start counting? Is infinity really a number? Readers (Grades 5-8) will learn all about numbers big and small.

The internet isn't the first technology to alter how we communicate, but it is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. The programmers behind the apps and platforms we use decide how our conversations are structured, from the grammar of status updates to the...

Why don't eleven and twelve end in -teen? The rest of our counting system sits in neatly arithmetical sets of ten, so why do these two rulebreakers seem so at odds with the numbers that follow them? Admittedly, that question might never have occurred to you. But if you're...

Are you looking to brush up on your English idioms? English for Everyone: English Idioms can help you to understand the context and use of hundreds of native English expressions.  Take your practical English usage to the next level and build your confidence in...

Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages--all self-taught--runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3...