Secret Agent’s Handbook
Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British operative that promoted sabotage and subversion in enemy countries during World War II. The SOE only existed for six years, but it manufactured...
View ArticleBuild Your Own Paper Robots
It feels so good to get back to basics. Get some paper, fold and glue it, and you can create any number of amazing creatures. Julius Perdana's new book, Build Your Own Paper Robots, goes way beyond...
View ArticleHome Brewing: Self Sufficiency
This charming primer on home brewing resembles a child's colorful library book, but the information inside is strictly for grownups. John Parkes, a professional brewer from Devon, England, lays out the...
View ArticleIs This Bottle Corked?
This breezy factoid of a book is sopped in wine history, folklore, and anecdotes. Kathleen Burk, the Oxford-educated daughter of a California grape farmer, entertains with her quick wit and humor. She...
View ArticleFifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
Is Gever Tulley a parent? I don't know, but he founded Tinkering School, a program where kids build stuff using real power tools. While browsing through his new book, Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should...
View ArticleCooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food
Cooking for Geeks is not only one of my favorite cookbooks of 2010, it may be one of my top five books of the year, period. It's that readable. I'd say that Jeff Potter is like Harold McGee or Alton...
View ArticleMore Show Me How
Is this a strangely entertaining reference book or a reference book of strange entertainment? I'm not sure, but I know this much: you'll laugh just as often as you'll learn, whether it's how to divide...
View ArticleMoonshine!
Wanna make hooch? Equipped with this book, you can definitely get your moonshining craft started right. Rowley presents the basics of distillation in a concise, fun-to-read manner. Plus, Moonshine!...
View ArticleWhy the “Three Rs” Needs to Become “RRRS”
I am not an educator. I am not a scientist. I'm hardly what you could call an expert in anything. What I know about is being a geek (technology, gaming, obscure references to cult movies), and being a...
View ArticleWhat a Book Launch Looks Like From Inside
This last Tuesday, my third book in 18 months launched. It's been an amazing year and a half, and I still find it strange to call myself an author, let alone being able to add "New York Times...
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