Best Selling Books by Bruce Sterling

Max and Sue are counting the animals on their farm can you help? One pig in the mud easy! Two horses in the corral and three cows in their stalls no problem. But four goats have poor Max on the run, and five sheep are all spread out. Hardest of all: the clucking, dashing chickens. From up in the tree, what can Max see? Six chicks! It adds up to lots of fun for toddlers. "

If the hype is to be believed then the next big thing is the Internet of Things. But is it what you think it is? Because the Internet of Things is not about things on the internet. A world in which all our household gadgets can communicate with each other may sound vaguely useful, but it''s not really for us consumers. The internet of things serves the interests of the technology giants, in their epic wrangles with each other. And it is they who will turn the jargon of "smart cities" and "smart homes" into a self-fulfilling prophesy. In this piercing and provocative essay, Bruce Sterling tells the story of an idea that just won''t go away because there''s too much money to be made and a whole world to control.

Want to know all the ins and outs of this most challenging, stimulating game? Get them from a Grandmaster...and then start playing--and winning--with your own magnetic chess set! In "Chess Basics, world-renowned champion Nigel Short proves that this "game of kings" doesn''t have to be complicated...not when there are easy-to-follow diagrams plus information on setting up the board; descriptions of every piece and its function; a guide to notation; a discussion of check and checkmate; a list of special moves; and more.