Books

Overview Get snap happy with the new edition of the bestselling guide to digital photography from guru Tom Ang Learn everything you need to about digital photography from Tom Ang with the Digital Photographer's Handbook 5th Edition, the photography guide that has it all. Tom's inspirational images and jargon-free tips on demystifying the technical elements of photography will get you taking great shots every time. Fully updated to include all of the latest developments in digital cameras, equipment and software the book covers the pros and cons of all types of camera, from camera phones to top of the range DSLRs. Plus find out how to manipulate your pictures to perfection and pick up trouble-shooting advice. Suitable for all levels of experience, the Digital Photographer's Handbook 5th edition is perfect for everyone from amateurs to aspiring David Baileys. " ISBN:9781405393195 Author:Tom Ang

Overview 13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time Ninety-six per cent of the universe is missing. The effects of homeopathy don’t go away under rigorous scientific conditions. The laws of nature aren’t what they used to be. Thirty years on, no one has an explanation for a seemingly intelligent signal received from outer space? The US Department of Energy is re-examining cold fusion because the experimental evidence seems too solid to ignore. The placebo effect is put to work in medicine while doctors can’t agree whether it even exists. In an age when science is supposed to be king, scientists are beset by experimental results they simply can’t explain. But, if the past is anything to go by, these anomalies contain the seeds of future revolutions. While taking readers on an entertaining tour d’horizon of the strangest of scientific findings – involving everything from our lack of free will to Martian methane that offers new evidence of life on the planet – Michael Brooks argues that the things we don’t understand are the key to what we are about to discover. This mind-boggling but entirely accessible survey of the outer limits of human knowledge is based on a short article by Michael Brooks for New Scientist magazine. It became the sixth most circulated story on the internet in 2005, and provoked widespread comment and compliments (Google "13 things that do not make sense” to see). Michael Brooks has now dug deeply into those mysteries, with extraordinary results. " ISBN:9780385664233 Author:Michael Brooks

Overview Finding Our Way Home: Heartwarming Stories That Ignite Our Spiritual Core In a deeply heartfelt way, Jerry Jampolsky and Diane Cirincione share stories of their spiritual journey, detours they’ve taken, and people who have impacted them along their life trail. Using the Hawaiian tradition of "talking story,” Jerry and Diane demonstrate the daily application of spiritual principles and practical spirituality. Individually and together, they weave their journey for us as it continues to evolve from the influences around them. They inspire us to embrace and share our own stories of peaks and valleys that make up our journeys. The authors’ honest and vulnerable style of communicating continues to reveal their life purposes in the choices they make and the lessons they’ve learned. "Each day still provides challenges and circumstances that call to those parts of us that want to judge others or ourselves,” they write. "What is different now is that we more quickly recognize when we’re lost and the choice we have to return to the path of unconditional love. Once we remember that our purpose is service and helping others, as well as letting go of our judgments and grievances by practicing forgiveness, the path is easier, the direction clearer, and the destination of peace achievable.” ISBN:9781401917937 Author:Gerald G. Jampolsky and Diane V. Cirincione