A NEW SCIENTIST BEST NEW SCIENCE BOOK MAY 2026'This view from the other side of the search box is both charming and insightful, tapping into a deep well of curiosity.' Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add UpEver wondered what goes through other people’s minds – our silly questions, inner anxieties, hopes and dreams?In this hopeful and insightful book, Google Data Editor Simon Rogers exp...

Brought to you by Penguin.Ever wondered what goes through other people’s minds – their silly questions, their inner anxieties, hopes and dreams?In What We Ask Google, the company's Data Editor Simon Rogers explores insights from the world's biggest dataset: an epic snapshot, two decades long and counting, of our collective brain. What it reveals about us might surprise you.In June the UK sees a spike in search...

This introductory middle school French course is designed to provide an engaging and age-appropriate learning experience for students in grades 6-8. Whether your child is currently enrolled in a French class at school or you're looking for a French curriculum for homeschool or extracurricular enrichment, this course is the perfect supplement to enhance their language skills. With an emphasis on core vocabulary and essential grammar concepts, students will build a strong foundation in the F...

This French language course focuses on essential vocabulary and phrases related to wine production, wine tasting, and the broader wine industry. Learners will explore the terminology used in vineyards, winemaking processes, and the business aspects of the wine trade. The course also covers language used in wine tasting, including how to describe flavors, aromas, and textures, making it ideal for professionals in the wine industry or enthusiasts looking to deepen their knowledge. Whether yo...

This comprehensive audio course is specifically designed to support vocabulary learning for standardized tests at the middle school level, making it an essential resource for students aiming to excel in selective middle school application processes. Tailored to benefit rising middle schoolers in 5th grade as well as students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades, this course is an excellent tool for those preparing for a range of standardized tests or simply looking to enhance their vocabulary for ac...

"A First Course in Machine Learning by Simon Rogers and Mark Girolami is the best introductory book for ML currently available. It combines rigor and precision with accessibility, starts from a detailed explanation of the basic foundations of Bayesian analysis in the simplest of settings, and goes all the way to the frontiers of the subject such as infinite mixture models, GPs, and MCMC."—Devdatt Dubhashi, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, C...

In 1979, Christopher Lasch published the epochal The Culture of Narcissism warning of the normalizing of narcissism in our society. Lasch may have understated it. 35 years later, in the Obama era-with its parade of endless, often inexplicable, scandals-we have a full blown epidemic of what has recently been called Moral Narcissism.Forget Narcissus and his reflection, Moral Narcissism-the almost schizophrenic divide between intentions and results now pervading our culture-i...

Explores the curating of "difficult knowledge" through the exhibition of lynching photographs in contemporary museums.This outstanding comparative study on the curating of "difficult knowledge" focuses on two museum exhibitions that presented the same lynching photographs. Through a detailed description of the exhibitions and drawing on interviews with museum staff and visitor comments, Roger I. Simon explores the affective challenges to thought that lie behind the...

Shakespeare’s lighthearted comedy of mistaken identity, tangled lovers, meddling fairies, and bumbling amateur actors set in a wood on Midsummer Night is vividly retold in this special live radio performance first broadcast on the Bard’s birthday, April 23, 1994, on WBAI-FM in New York City. This enchanting reinterpretation will delight both those who know and love the works of Shakespeare and those who have yet to discover them.

The Portrait is a satirical comedy revolving around an upper-crust dinner party, where a family's young bohemians "duel" their snobbish elder East Side counterparts over ownership of a rich ancestral portrait. This play, written by Sarah Levine Simon, was first performed at Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Auditorium and was later broadcast in 1993 on WBAI-FM in New York City.

This book profiles Simon Dalby’s academic contributions in the fields of critical geopolitics, environmental security and the intersection of international relations and the Anthropocene. It includes reprints of key essays that highlight innovations in critical thought at the intersections between geopolitics, environment and security.Starting with an analysis of American reconstructions of the Soviet threat in the 1970s, an early contribution to the emerging field of critical geop...