In Two Bits , Christopher M. Kelty investigates the history and cultural significance of Free Software, revealing the people and practices that have transformed not only software but also music, film, science, and education. Free Software is a set of practices devoted to the collaborative creation ...

What happened to the internet we could have had? Can we remember a future that did not come to pass? The Internet We Could Have Had takes up the challenge, revisiting the days of "end-to-end" networks, of net neutrality, of free and open source software, the days of Geocities and the lulz of Anony...

Are you walking through a wilderness of suffering, longing for healing, but unsure where to turn? Pain has many sources: the death of someone you love, a devastating diagnosis, deep wounds from abuse, or the ache of anxiety, depression, and despair. In these moments, it can feel impossible to sense ...

Are you walking through a wilderness of suffering, longing for healing, but unsure where to turn? Pain has many sources: the death of someone you love, a devastating diagnosis, deep wounds from abuse, or the ache of anxiety, depression, and despair. In these moments, it can feel impossible to sense ...

Author Noreen Kelty takes readers on a deeply personal journey from the depths of despair to the heights of choosing joy in the face of hopelessness in a memoir full of pain, redemption, and, yes, JOY....

Kelty is only eight, but she skis like she’s in double digits. Come join her and her friends, Emmett and Riley, on the first Thundersnow Squad adventure! When the lifts are closed for a winter thunderstorm, the trio venture into the woods to try and find the legendary Berkshire Beast. What they di...

The Thundersnow Squad is back! This time, Kelty, Emmett and Riley head to the Green Mountains of Vermont. Skiing is only part of the adventure as the trio encounters a “haunted” cabin and a community hot tub overflowing with foam. But the most important question is- Can the Thundersnow Squad he...

Rock and Gem Collecting the GPS Way! This handy guide is a complementary book of GPS co-ordinates and more to the popular "Gem Trails of..." series of books and other well-known collecting books which list the best rock mineral and fossil collecting sites for AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, TX, UT, ...

Carbon is much more than a chemical element: it is a polymorphic entity with many faces, at once natural, cultural and social. Ranging across ten million different compounds, carbon has as many personas in nature as it has roles in human life on earth. And yet it rarely makes the headlines as anythi...

The ocean gives and the ocean takes. Quinn Kessler has known this since her first summer at her aunt's beach house in Piper Island. For eight transformative summers, the ocean gave her sun-kissed adventures with best friends, bike rides, katydid songs, fireworks. The ocean took away the pain of ...

A History of Communications advances a new theory of media that explains the origins and impact of different forms of communication – speech, writing, print, electronic devices, and the Internet – on human history in the long term. New media are “pulled” into widespread use by broad historic...

On February 22, 2005 my daughter died within me and I died as well. This is the story of my resurrection. The Jesus of My Grief is the story of a grieving and faith conflicted mother who rediscovers the love of a sovereign God through intimate encounters with Jesus. By coming desperately and honestl...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally impor...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally impor...

The Thundersnow Squad is Back! This time they are in for a mystical experience at Magic Mountain! While they try to find out what magical force is helping mother nature come alive and the mountain to whisper, Kelty, Riley and Emmett work hard to prove that they have what it takes to become junior sk...

A multinational team of scholars and experts address the issue of controlling the use of privatized forces by states. They address the role of contract employees, their acceptance by military personnel, and possible tensions between them. “[P]rovides a rich, coherent, detailed, multifaceted and mu...

In this new edition of the anthropological classic Exotic No More , some of today’s most respected anthropologists demonstrate the tremendous contributions that anthropological theory and ethnographic methods can make to the study of contemporary society. With chapters covering a wide variety of ...

The Large Print Dot to Dot Puzzle Book for Adults: Easy-to-Read Numbers is specially designed for seniors, low-vision individuals, or anyone who appreciates clean, bold design. Each puzzle features large, easy-to-see numbers and generous spacing, making this an ideal activity for gentle focus and jo...

The Thundersnow Squad is back in the Berkshires! Join Kelty, Riley and Emmett at sleep-away ski camp! New people and new experiences can be hard when the Thundersnow Squad is away from home on their first Ski Camp adventure. When a cardboard sled building competition goes wrong, and all the sleds di...

After 60 years at Gethsemani Abbey, Br. Paul follows up his recent memoir,  In Praise of the Useless Life,  with a poetic collection that shows how to do just that – by writing poetry.    Amounting to Nothing  is both practical and metaphysical, a puzzling over the ultimate things of life, ...