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"A collection of stories for middle readers that ranges from the hilarious to the horrifying."-- Provided by publisher.

"Opening a gourmet popcorn shop was never on Rebecca Anderson's bucket list. But after a failed marriage to a celebrity chef, she's ready for her life to open up and expand. She has returned to her hometown of Grand Lake, Ohio, with her popcorn-loving poodle Sprocket to start a n...

"Dive deep into the world of masa and learn how to use this essential ingredient in your everyday cooking"--Page [4] of cover.

"W.H. Auden once wrote that "art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead." In his brilliant and compulsively readable new treatise BREAKING BREAD WITH THE DEAD, distinguished professor and author Alan Jacobs shows us that engaging with the great writings of the past mi...

"Rust in Action introduces the Rust programming language by exploring numerous systems programming concepts and techniques. You'll be learning Rust by delving into how computers work under the hood. You'll find yourself playing with persistent storage, memory, networking and even...

Discover powerful machine learning techniques you can understand and apply using only high school math! Put simply, machine learning is a set of techniques for data analysis based on algorithms that deliver better results as you give them more data. ML powers many cutting-edge ...

"Everybody gets angry sometimes. Everybody gets annoyed. Everybody pops off now and then. And when you're a popcorn kernel like Bob... maybe it happens more often than you'd like. From beloved duo Maranke Rinck and Martijn van der Linden comes Popcorn Bob Can't Stop Popping, a l...

"Ellis is now best friends with a grumpy, talking popcorn kernel. Yes, REALLY! Together, they're secretly handing out popcorn to Ellis's classmates (since her school is now officially a "Healthy School"--blech), and everything is great. Bob is even learning how to control his han...

A guide for the BeagleBone embedded Linux platform covers essential BeagleBone skills and underlying engineering principles, including a review of Linux, electronics, and programming skills; and interfacing electronic circuits, buses, and modules.

"Andrew's just trying to make it through Picture Day, which is easier said than done when it seems like the whole world is out to get him--from a bully to a science experiment gone wrong to a someone else's juice snot (don't ask). But as Andrew goes through the school day, and as...

A guide to installing, configuring, and maintaining any UNIX or Linux system, including systems that supply core Internet and cloud infrastructures.

Hamlet the piglet joins Snoutbuster and Kernel Hog in a flying confrontation with two burglars on Farmer Frank's farm.

The definitive soundtrack to the film Hackers, featuring tracks from the film that were not on the original, including "Protection" by Massive Attack and "Open Up" by Leftfield, as well as unreleased score tracks. The release comes in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the ...

"Ever wondered what's inside the plastic of your video game console but don't want to crack it open to find out? Crack open this book instead! You'll learn what computer code looks like, how a game console's "brain" makes decisions, and how its memory allows you to return to play...

"Our zany hero, Two-Headed Chicken, has traveled the multiverse using the AstroCap and romped through the chronoverse using the TimeCap. Now they dare to ask: What happens if they use both caps at the same time? Answer: Chaos! Unfortunately, the chaos is so ridiculous that the re...

"When Kernel Fleck's brother is stolen by demons, he must enter their universe in search of him. It is a place of magic, chaos and incredible danger. Kernel has three aims: learn to to use magic, find his brother, and stay alive. But a heartless demon awaits him, and death has be...

Provides information on building Web 2.0 applications that have the capability to mine data created by Internet applications.

The two-headed chicken is back, with twice the adventure, twice the jokes, and a lot more heads (wait, did they just accidentally turn into a double-headed space snake?). Having lost the AstrocapTM somewhere in the multiverse, our intrepid hero dons the TimecapTM to scour the tim...

The Bourne Again SHell (Bash) is a powerful command-line shell interface that lets you communicate directly with the kernel at the heart of a computer's operating system for total control. Bash is the default shell for Unix-based operating systems Linux, Mac OS X, and Raspbian on...

"Close your eyes for a minute and picture it: What's that one thing in your life that you live for? That you love more than anything else? That defines you, at your very core? For Ellis, that thing is popcorn. When her school "goes healthy" and her dads decide to follow suit, ban...