Brought to you by Penguin.We think we know bullshit when we hear it, but do we? A spotter's guide to bullshit in the wild from two brilliantly contrarian scientistsThe world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Start-up culture elevates hype to high art. These days, calling bullshit is a noble act.Based on a popular course at the University of ...

'A necessary book for our times. But also just great fun' Saul Perlmutter, Nobel LaureateThe world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Start-up culture elevates hype to high art. These days, calling bullshit is a noble act.Based on a popular course at the University of Washington, Calling Bullshit gives us the tools to see through the obfuscations, deliberate...

When my children were young, we spent a lot of time at the park. We had our favorites, but onepark in particular always sparked their imaginations. It was a magical place where their pretendadventures knew no bounds. As I watched them play, running and laughing, my ownimagination began to run wild. What if their make-believe adventures were real?There was even a playful squirrel that would join in, and the kids would pretend it was amonster, racing a...

Highly recommended by JASA, Technometrics, and other leading statistical journals, the first two editions of this bestseller showed how to easily perform complex linear mixed model (LMM) analyses via a variety of software programs. Linear Mixed Models: A Practical Guide Using Statistical Software, Third Edition continues to lead readers step-by-step through the process of fitting LMMs.The third edition provides a comprehensive update of the available tools for fitting linear mixed-...

Living on a farm can be mighty entertaining, seeing what the wind blows in is even more so. One day I looked up and saw a new animal on the farm that wasn't there the day before, what came next was a most delightful story. This story will hopefully make you giggle, smile, and think about friendship and take you on an adventure, at least I hope so. The day the little burro arrived our donkey was walking with her side by side. It truly looked like he was introducing her to all the animals on...

Living in a small wooden cabin at the edge of a forest and working to solve the mystery of recent murders, young Eli Bright learns the locals believe a man-beast is responsible.As an outsider, he is watched very closely as he works with the young local sheriff, Stanley Blake. But Eli knows there has to be a proper explanation. Paranormal creatures don’t exist, right?

Joseph Roth, a young member of the Rockfort Paranormal Department which is in charge of keeping vampires, shifters, fairies, and all kind of supernatural creatures in check, finds himself facing more than he bargained for when he is assigned to investigate a mysterious murder. Not only is Joseph stuck between his department and a prestigious vampire family, he’s unaware of the target on his back. With the department keeping secrets from him, Joseph decides to uncover the truth on his own, ...

For the average Joe, fishing may be considered a pretty tedious affair…Long hours spent on the bank by some muddy pond in the middle of nowhere, hunched over a rod, waiting for a bite.Early starts, foul weather, wriggling worms and writhing maggots are enough to turn most people off straight away. But for the staunch angler, this sweeping assumption couldn’t be further from the truth…From wild conspiracies and wacky theories to absurd angling drama, the sport of fis...

Cinnamon 'Cinn' Saunders thought he'd learnt to control his little ghost problem.That is, until the moment he brings back a malevolent spirit from the shadowrealm, and finds himself unjustly arrested for the murder of four people.After breaking free of foster care and a stint in juvie, all Cinn wanted to do was keep his head down and work his way up to become a professional chef. Now he's forced to make a choice: life in jail, or allow a stranger to whisk h...

Book three of the Olympus Device trilogy takes the reader along on the adventures of a simple man who finds himself in the unenviable position of trying to protect mankind from his own creation.Dusty’s whereabouts are exposed by a selfless act of heroism, and again the Texan finds himself a target of a massive manhunt and political cover-up. As the truth becomes known, there is an outcry for justice, and the government has no choice but to consider compromise.But not everyo...

I am nothing like my sisters.The Edwards daughters have a reputation for falling in love under forbidden circumstances. Not me, though. I'm the calm, collected one and Daddy's new favorite since I cause the least trouble.This is all thanks to my long-time best friend, Cruz Cooper. He's every bit the crazy person I'm not and keeps me grounded in college despite his wild ways.We have all these plans to live off-campus and then start our careers withou...

Let me list the reasons why we cannot be together...He is ten years older than me.He is practically family.And he is also my father's business associate.Amelia Edwards, the daughter of mogul Lex Edwards, is beginning her adult life. Away from home, she's studying law at Yale and has the freedom of doing whatever she pleases without her controlling father watching her every move.Family always comes first in the Edwards household. So, ...