books about: engineering     books:       The Backyard Homestead62 reviews Storey Books, 2009 Self-sufficiency for all "The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!" may be the best food self-sufficiency book available today. The well-organized book packs hundreds of ideas into its pages, allowing readers to pick and choose what works for them, no matter how much space and time they have available. Want to milk a goat or grow wheat? Keep bees or smoke meat? Make beer or bake ...             Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century The MIT Press, 2009 Many teens today who use the Internet are actively involved in participatory cultures?joining online communities (Facebook, message boards, game clans), producing creative work in new forms (digital sampling, modding, fan videomaking, fan fiction), working in teams to complete tasks and develop new knowledge (as in Wikipedia), and shaping the flow of media (as in blogging or podcasting). A growing body of scholarship suggests potential benefits ...             Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age11 reviews Clay Shirky Penguin Press HC, The, 2010 Recommended as THE book to understand the fundamentals of social media collaboration Clay Shirky captured the ethos of social media with his book "Here comes everybody." He follows that book up with one that concentrates on the fundamentals of turning our cognitive surplus into value. Cognitive Surplus provides a compelling and clear description of the fundamentals of social media and collaboration as well providing principles that are guiding developments and innovation in ...             School's Out - Forever (Maximum Ride, Book 2)155 reviews Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006 good series Big fan of the author and have heartily approved of this for my nieces to read.             Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project, ... The MIT Press, 2009 This report summarizes the results of an ambitious three-year ethnographic study, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings?at home, in after school programs, and in online spaces. It offers a condensed version of a longer treatment provided in the book Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out (MIT Press, 2009). The authors present empirical ...             The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age2 reviews The MIT Press, 2009 A reflection on the effect of new technologies on higher learning The "Digital Age" that we live in has been the subject of many (too many?) books, articles, essays and blogs in recent times. Everyone who has not lived in a cave in the last few years realizes that the pace of technological advancement is increasing, and many of the traditional forms of communicating, working and shopping are continuously being redefined. Despite all of this, the role and the ...             Ender's Game2697 reviews Tor Books, 2010 Forced reading vs. selective reading The book was required reading for my 15 year old daughter. She hated it. While discussing the necessity of completing the required reading whether she liked it or not (I discussed loudly, she whined loudly) I picked it up and was fascinated with it from the beginning and was totally blown away with the ending. For a sci-fi and abstract reading junkie it's a gold mine. For a concrete thinker ...             New Digital Media and Learning as an Emerging Area and "Worked Examples" as One Way Forward The MIT Press, 2010 In this report, noted scholar James Paul Gee discusses the evolution of digital media and learning (DMAL) from its infancy as an "academic area" into a more organized field or coherent discipline. Distinguishing among academic areas, fields, disciplinary specializations, and thematic disciplines, Gee describes other academic areas that have fallen into these categories or developed into established disciplines. He argues that DMAL will not ...             Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media: A Synthesis from the Good Play Project The MIT Press, 2009 Social networking, blogging, vlogging, gaming, instant messaging, downloading music and other content, uploading and sharing their own creative work: these activities made possible by the new digital media are rich with opportunities and risks for young people. This report, part of the GoodPlay Project, undertaken by researchers at Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero, investigates the ethical fault lines of such digital pursuits. ...             The Civic Potential of Video Games, ... The MIT Press, 2009 This report focuses on the civic aspects of video game play among youth. According to a 2006 survey, 58 percent of young people aged 15 to 25 were civically "disengaged," meaning that they participated in fewer than two types of either electoral activities (defined as voting, campaigning, etc.) or civic activities (for example, volunteering). Kahne and his coauthors are interested in what role video games may or may not play in this ...             Maximum Ride: Saving the World (Maximum Ride Book #3)135 reviews Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2007 A Fly High Ride! This is the third book in the series and it still get's better. I highly recommend not only this book but the whole series. These are fast reads and non-stop action. James Patterson will not let you down with these stories. They are a must read.             The Craft of Research, Third Edition24 reviews, ... University Of Chicago Press, 2008 Definitely a Craft Research is most definitely a craft and as with all research books, there is a great deal written about scientific research and medical research. Generic research guides do little to offer help to Musicological research. Yet this is a helpful resource tool if taken generically.             The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition352 reviews William Strunk Jr., E. B. White Longman, 1999 Strunk and White to the Rescue! This book served me well when I was an editor/writer long ago and I view it as a must have for all writers. Now that my son is writing, I got this for him and he told me that every other writer in his department had a copy of it. It should be required for all writers and non-writers both. I can't recommend it enough!             The Elements of Style (4th Edition)72 reviews William Strunk, E. B. White Longman, 1999 The Book You Can't Write Without This book is to writing and the English language in the same way that a golf swing is to hitting the golf ball. If you have to remember everything that you are supposed to do with your swing, you will become a golf statue for the entire (cross-out--entire) winter. Reading "The Elements of Style" can also intimidate you from ever touching the keyboard. You might up end up staring at the screen ...             Toys James Patterson, Neil McMahon Little, Brown and Company, 2011 Move over James Bond--you've just met your match! Hays Baker and his wife Lizbeth possess super-human strength, exceptional intelligence, stunning looks, a sex life to die for, and two beautiful children. Of course they do--they're Elites, endowed at birth with the most advanced genetic enhancements available. Elites are the pinnacle of evolution; the triumph of man's ambitions. The only problem in their perfect world--are the humans! ...             The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Book 1)364 reviews Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2005 A good read for people who get easily bored. Its that kind of book that makes u laugh wen ur character laughs, cry wen they cry, and smile wen they smile.             Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting (Third Edition)32 reviews Storey Publishing, LLC, 1982 nothing rotten about this book I've been composting for about six months, as a completely ignorant amateur. I just piled up all of my lawn trimmings and vegetable kitchen scraps out next to the garden - it worked, but I needed to know more. Who knew I knew so little! I was avoiding putting things in my pile that belonged there. Layering, turning, components- I am now so ravenous for compostables I look at everything ...             Sun Tzu on the Art of War140 reviews indypublish.com, 2009 #18 Know your enemy! This book and its tactics have been used by every socialist including Obama to defeat you even though your ideas were much better.             MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel109 reviews Little, Brown and Company, 2009 Max I really enjoyed this series. They were exciting and funny and sad at the same time. The kids are engaging.             The Final Warning (Maximum Ride, Book 4)204 reviews Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Good Book I love this book even though it was on Global Warming and just because there's was no action it that doesn't mean that it's not good Please Mr. James keep up the M.R. 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