Kindle & Other eBooks for College & Adult

Explore 48 curated kindle & other ebooks for College & Adult students. Each resource has been reviewed for quality and age-appropriateness.

The Electric Guitar Handbook: A Complete Course in Modern Technique and Styles

(Book). Backbeat's successful Handbook format applied to the world's most popular instrument. The Electric Guitar Handbook is the latest entry in Backbeat's best-selling handbook series, combining a two-part book and an audio CD in...

Suzuki Cello School, Vol. 1: Cello Part, Revised Edition

Titles: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations (Shinichi Suzuki) * French Folk Song (Folk Song) * Lightly Row (Folk Song) * Song of the Wind (Folk Song) * Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) * O Come, Little Children (Folk Song) * May Song (Folk Song) *...

The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Third Edition)

The Well-Trained Mind will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school—one that will train him or her to read, to think, to ?understand?, to be well-rounde...

How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck: Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro

How to think like a director, regardless of equipment (amateurs think about the camera, pros think about communication). It's about the rules developed over a century of movie-making—which work just as well when shooting a two-year-old&rs...

Introductory Business Statistics

Introductory Business Statistics is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the one-semester statistics course for business, economics, and related majors. Core statistical concepts and skills have been augmented with practical busine...

Homeschooling: The Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year-Old Child

Discover the Rewards of Homeschooling Your Young Child Young children are full of curiosity, imagination, and a sense of wonder. They're willing to try new things and possess a natural joy of discovery. Yet in a traditional school, these natur...

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Homeschooling: The Teen Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 13- to 18- Year-Old

Discover the Rewards of Homeschooling Your Teen ·Create unlimited learning on a limited budget ·Discover teaching methods for teens with different learning styles ·Utilize the best resources and technology ·Prepare...

Blueprint Homeschooling: How to Plan a Year of Home Education That Fits the Reality of Your Life

Before you build a house, you need plans. You need a BLUEPRINT. Blueprint Homeschooling is for home educating parents of all philosophies and styles who are looking for a better way to manage their time, energy, and sanity throughout the school year....

Suzuki Piano School, Vol. 1

The New International Edition of Suzuki Piano School, Volume 1 includes French, German and Spanish translations as well as a newly recorded CD performed by internationally renowned recording artist Seizo Azuma. Now the book and CD can be purchased to...

Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Piano: Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now! (Teach Yourself Series)

Learn to play the piano and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about...

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

How do other countries create “smarter” kids? What is it like to be a child in the world’s new education superpowers? The Smartest Kids in the World “gets well beneath the glossy surfaces of these foreign cultures and manages to make our own culture...

The Pie and Pastry Bible

The Pie and Pastry Bible is your magic wand for baking the pies, tarts, and pastries of your dreams—the definitive work by the country's top baker. The Pie and Pastry Bible is your magic wand for baking the pies, tarts, and pastries of your dre...

How to Brew: Everything You Need To Know To Brew Beer Right The First Time

Everything needed to brew beer right the first time. Presented in a light-hearted style without frivolous interruptions, this authoritative text introduces brewing in a easy step-by-step review....

Painting and Wallpapering Secrets from Brian Santos, The Wall Wizard

Helpful, economically mindful tips, advice, and guidance on how to use paint, faux finishes, and wallcoverings that accomplish high-quality, professional-looking results....

Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra

For curious nonmathematicians and armchair algebra buffs, John Derbyshire discovers the story behind the formulae, roots, and radicals. As he did so masterfully in Prime Obsession, Derbyshire brings the evolution of mathematical thinking to dramatic...

Closeup Shooting: A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop and Macro Photography

Close-up photography is one of the most fascinating areas in photography. This illustrated guide will take the reader on a journey into the wonderful world of small, smaller, and smallest objects and show him how he can capture their beauty with phot...

Troubleshooting and Repairing Major Appliances

Diagnose and repair home appliances and air conditioners using the latest techniques, written by a pro with 40 years of hands-on repair and teaching experience. Includes hundreds of photos and diagrams....

Artificial Intelligence: Made Easy w/ Ruby Programming

Artificial Intelligence. One of the most brilliant creations of mankind. No longer a sci-fi fantasy, but a realistic approach to making work more efficient and lives easier. And the best news? It's not that complicated after all Does it req...

Hidden Unity in Nature's Laws

One of the paradoxes of the physical sciences is that as our knowledge has progressed, more and more diverse physical phenomena can be explained in terms of fewer underlying laws, or principles. In Hidden Unity, eminent physicist John Taylor puts man...

Big Data Demystified: How Big Data Is Changing The Way We Live, Love And Learn

Big Data Demystified provides a compelling look at one of the most important trends of this decade—Big Data. In this highly accessible book, David Feinleib, producer of The Big Data Landscape and Big Data TV, covers the key aspects of Big Data....

Adult All-In-One Course: Lesson-Theory-Technic: Level 1

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course is designed for use with a piano instructor for the beginning student looking for a truly complete piano course. It is a greatly expanded version of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course that will includ...

The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest: 150 Recipes for Freezing, Canning, Drying and Pickling Fruits and Vegetables

Learn how to preserve a summer day — in batches — from this classic primer on drying, freezing, canning, and pickling techniques. Did you know that a cluttered garage works just as well as a root cellar for cool-drying? That even the experts use stor...

My Brain is Bigger Than Yours - The Truth About Dyslexia

What is dyslexia? Could I be dyslexic? How can I help a dyslexic? "My Brain is Bigger than Yours" is a short research-based book that helps you understand what dyslexia is, recognize warning its signs, and learn great tips for helping dyslexics. Abo...

The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller

John Truby is one of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry, and his students have gone on to pen some of Hollywood's most successful films, including Sleepless in Seattle, Scream, and Shrek. The Anatomy of S...

Modern Chinese

Modern Chinese is a beginner Chinese language textbook designed for college students and adult learners with no previous exposure to Chinese.This unique program adopts a story-based approach that follows the lives of six college students whose multi-...

Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications

The ultimate guide to cryptography, updated from an author team of the world's top cryptography experts. Cryptography is vital to keeping information safe, in an era when the formula to do so becomes more and more challenging. Written by a tea...

Baking and Pastry: Mastering the Art and Craft

The leading learning tool for all levels of baking and pastry ability, newly illustrated and updated Praised by top pastry chefs and bakers as “an indispensable guide” and “the ultimate baking and pastry reference,” the lates...

The All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving: Over 350 of the Best Canned, Jammed, Pickled, and Preserved Recipes

From the experts at Jarden Home Brands, makers of Ball canning products, comes the first truly comprehensive canning guide created for today's home cooks. This modern handbook boasts more than 350 of the best recipes ranging from jams and jelli...

Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques

Provides a thorough grounding in machine learning concepts as well as practical advice on applying the tools and techniques to your data mining projects Offers concrete tips and techniques for performance improvement that work by transforming the in...

Teaching Kids Business: Why, What, When, Where, How & Impact

Simple and effective strategies and activities to develop life skills and experiences that prepares kids of all ages for business. Provides progressive thinking, ideas to implement, teaching techniques, and a solid framework to teach kids business. T...

Japanese Hiragana & Katakana for Beginners: First Steps to Mastering the Japanese Writing System

The Japanese language has two basic writing systems, hiragana and katakana, in addition to the one that uses Chinese characters or Kanji. This handy book teaches you a new mnemonics–based method to read and write the basic 92 hiragana and katakana ch...

A Short History of Nearly Everything

In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail—well, most of it. In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to under...

Introduction to Sociology

Introduction to Sociology 2e adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical, one-semester introductory sociology course. It offers comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories. The textbook presents section re...

An Encyclopedia of the Violin

"No list of twentieth-century landmarks in music reference would be valid without Bachmann's Encyclopedia." —American Reference Book Annual. If there were such an award as one for the best reprint of our day, surely this book...

How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition)

Mark Bittman's award-winning How to Cook Everything has helped countless home cooks discover the rewards of simple cooking. Now the ultimate cookbook has been revised and expanded (almost half the material is new), making it absolutely indispensable...

Better Than College: How to Build a Successful Life Without a Four-Year Degree

Do you need college in order to be taken seriously and earn a real living? Conventional wisdom says yes. But true success relies upon self-knowledge and entrepreneurship: two qualities that you can obtain effectively and inexpensively without tradi...

Record Label: Start, Manage, & Run Independent Record Label

Starting a record label requires tremendous amounts of dedication and hard work because the music industry is very competitive. It also requires a substantial investment of money to produce music, sign talent and promote your company. However, if you...

Concepts of Biology

Concepts of Biology is designed for the typical introductory biology course for nonmajors, covering standard scope and sequence requirements. The text includes interesting applications and conveys the major themes of biology, with content that is mea...

The First 100 Chords for Guitar: How to Learn and Play Guitar Chords: The Complete Beginner Guitar Method

Master Essential Guitar Chords and Establish Good Habits for a Lifetime Discover how to play every essential chord on guitar Understand how chords work together Build chord progressions and master strumming Understand chord theory and construction I...

Project-Based Homeschooling: Mentoring Self-Directed Learners

Project-based homeschooling combines children's interests with long-term, deep, complex learning. This is an essential experience for children: to spend time working on something that matters to them, with the support of a dedicated mentor. Thi...

Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera

Author Bryan Peterson explains the relationship between aperture and shutter speed, including how to achieve successful exposures in seemingly difficult situations. You’ll learn: • Which aperture gives you the greatest contrast and sharpness, and whe...

Everyday Food: Light: The Quickest and Easiest Recipes, All Under 500 Calories

The editors of Everyday Food magazine know that it’s not enough to get dinner on the table in a snap—it also has to be good for the whole family. Everyday Food: Light features delicious, healthful recipes, all under 500 calories. Organized seasonally...

So You're Thinking About Homeschooling: Second Edition: Fifteen Families Show How You Can Do It

Confused and intimidated by the complexities of homeschooling, many parents assume it could never work for them. Now an updated edition of So You're Thinking About Home Schooling by Lisa Whelchel—herself a homeschooling mother of three—introduc...

Biology 2e

Biology 2e is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors. The text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational research and core biology concepts through an evolutionary lens....

Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide, Eighth Edition

For a generation, Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide to the night sky. Now this classic beginner's guide has been completely revised to bring it up to date with the latest discoveries. Upd...

Data Visualization For Dummies

Learn meaningful ways to show trending and relationships, how to convey complex data in a clear, concise diagram, ways to create eye-catching visualizations, and more. Effective data analysis involves learning how to synthesize data, especially big d...

Calculus, 7th Edition

Success in your calculus course starts here! James Stewart's Calculus texts are worldwide best-sellers for a reason: they are clear, accurate, and filled with relevant, real-world examples. With Calculus (Seventh Edition), Stewart conveys not o...

Suzuki Flute School, Vol 1: Flute Part

The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Dr. Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the...