Building electronic projects that interact with the physical world is good fun. But when the devices youve built start to talk to each other things really get interesting. The workbenches of hobbyists hackers & makers have become overrun with microcontrollers -- computers-on-a-chip that power homebrewed video games robots toys & more. In Making Things Talk author Tom Igoe shows how to make these gadgets communicate. Whether you need to plug some home sensors to the Internet or create a device that can interact wirelessly with other creations this book shows you exactly what you need. The projects in this book are powerful yet inexpensive to build. Youll become familiar with the Arduino open source electronics prototyping platform as well as networking hardware such as Ethernet Wi-Fi Zigbee & Bluetooth. Get instructions for more than two-dozen simple projects & then customize them with your own designs. * Get an overview of the key concepts you need to work with microcontrollers including basic electronics programming & networking concepts * Make your own game controllers that communicate over a network * Use Zig Bee Bluetooth Infrared & plain old radio to transmit sensor data wirelessly * Write programs to send data across the Internet based on physical activity in your home office or backyard ...

Chutneys pickles & relishes are important forms of preserved food that can bring life & richness to any meal be it a simple lunch or an exotic dinner. Commercially they form a multi-million pound industry & ever-imaginative new examples appear on the supermarket shelves with great regularity. Moreover pickles chutneys & relishes are often a favourite with shoppers at farmers markets & country fairs. Notwithstanding this there is absolutely no reason why with very little effort & often the most basic of locally sourced ingredients you should not make your own. ...

This is a sharp focused & brilliant survey of the innovative filmmaking of the 1960s. The 1960s was famously the decade of sex drugs & rock n roll. It was also a decade of revolution & counter-revolution of the Cuban missile crisis American intervention in Vietnam of economic booms & the beginning of consumerism (and the rebellion against it). It was a decade in which the avant-garde came out of the closet & into the street expressing itself on album covers & posters as much as in galleries. & it was a decade in which the old popular art
- crooners & show bands Hollywood musicals & melodramas
- seemed destined to be swept away by the tide of novelty emerging across the world. The cinema was central to this atmosphere of cultural ferment. Hollywood was in decline both artistically & commercially. The genres which had held audiences captive in the 1940s & 50s
- musicals Westerns melodramas
- were losing their appeal & their great practitioners were approaching retirement. The scene was therefore set for new cinemas to emerge to attract the young the discriminating the politically conscious & the sexually emancipated. The innovative features of the new cinemas were not the same everywhere. Common to most of them however were a political & aesthetic radicalism & a break with the traditions of studio filmmaking & its cult of perfect illusion. Making Waves" is a sharp focused & brilliant survey of the innovative filmmaking of the 1960s placing it in its political economic cultural & aesthetic context
- capturing the distinctiveness of a decade which was great for the cinema & for the world at large. Geoffrey Nowell-Smith pays particular attention to a handful of the most remarkable talents (Godard Antonioni Bunuel) that emerged during the period & helped to make it so special."




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Discover the traditions behind making wines nectars & cordials & how easy it is to make them in your own home. As the environmentally friendly lifestyle becomes increasing popular what better way to celebrate your self-sufficient successes than with a glass of home-made wine? In Making Wines Nectars & Cordials self-sufficiency expert Beshlie Grimes provides 100 recipes & variations for everything from a classic lemonade through to apple wine sloe gin & rhubarb liqueur all of which use up those extra fruits & vegetables you have grown in the garden. Divided into five chapters start by learning the basic techniques you will need to produce your own drinks. Next comes Wines which covers traditional fruit wines made from strawberries ginger & more. The Nectars & Cordials chapter has recipes using passion fruit pears & raspberries plus interesting additions like rosemary lovage & angelica. In Lemonades there are ideas for perennial favourites such as limeade & pink lemonade all the perfect accompaniments to a summer picnic. Finally in Liqueurs & Spirits you will find classic recipes for fruit liqueurs & digestifs including blackberry whiskey & lemon liqueur. Whether your preference is for an indulgent rose petal liqueur a refreshing strawberry & mint nectar or a celebratory glass of elderflower champagne you are sure to find lots of recipes here to suit your taste buds! ...

In recent years there has been a rapid growth in the popularity of wines of all sorts. & although commercially produced wine has become less expensive it is always a challenge to turn your own hand to reproducing the flavour & quality of commercial wines in your own home using easily-obtained ingredients. Sauternes Hocks Moselles Chianti Madeiras Champagnes & Liqueurs can all be made at home cheaply from easily available ingredients
- are all possible with the help of this book. You can become a wine connoisseur on a shoestring budget! The line illustrations are all based on photographs from the Radio Times Hulton Picture Library.
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A perceptive guide
- Publishers Weekly". If you feel drained & debilitated at work or your work doesnt fulfill your creativity
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An unputdownable novel from bestselling author Jill Mansell with plenty of laughs & romance along the way. Lottie Carlyle isn't looking for love when she meets her new boss Tyler Klein. Living in a beautiful cottage with her two adorable
- sometimes
- kids in an idyllic village in the Cotswolds on good terms with her ex-husband & with friends all around she's happy enough with her lot. But Tyler's perfect for Lottie & quickly she falls for him
- & he for her. Unfortunately there's a problem. For reasons that are totally unfair Lottie's children HATE Tyler. When a rival for Lottie's affections comes on the scene in the shape of charmer Seb the children adore him & he's certainly a distraction. But he's not Tyler
- & he's not even at all what he seems. Lottie's got a problem
- but thanks in classic Jill Mansell style to a tobogganing accident & a delicious series of mix-ups all will be revealed & true love will find a way.




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' Not everyone can keep a cow but everyone can make cheese.' This book shows you the very basic equipment needed to make your own cheese: the ingredients including different milks herbs & flavours; how to make a simple cheese; & how to produce some of the worlds speciality cheeses such as Roquefort Brie & Edam. You will find recipes for making many cheeses at home. Whether you are making a cheese cake a ricotta-based pudding or a stonking salty blue this book is a cheese lover's guide to making their own favourite food
- & there are some recipes for the biscuits to go with it too.
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This is an inspirational self-improvement guide from a leader in personal & organizational accountability. Every day we are faced with decisions from the moment we wake up until the moment we go to bed. Decisions about our families our business our futures. We are accountable for making decision big & small the cast the paths of our lives. So why do we spend so much time finger-pointing & blaming others? Mark Samuel is a master of accountability. In his book teaches us how to go from victim to accountable & how to actually do what we say we are going to do. Taking ownership of the power of personal choice regardless of the obstacles means not only walking the talk but knowing what talk you are going to walk. Faced with fear of blame fear of failure & fear of success Samuel provides inspiration & strategy for impacting the world by achieving your goals. One of Samuels main arguments in owning accountability is recognizing your current reality. He challenges readers to embrace certain tools" that can place us in the right frame of mind to accept responsibility & accomplish all of our set goals both individually & as team members including: Compassion: in taking accountability also creating solutions that consider the welfare of all parties involved & for the entire organization in general. Openness: let each member of the team regardless of rank have a chance to speak up & share their perspective in problem-solving; Sincerity: acknowledge the current reality with honesty yet without judgment. Call it what it is without criticizing at this stage. From identifying the common roadblocks to accountability to focusing on the factor of forgiveness in taking responsibility Samuel shows readers how to effectively stop the cycle of victimhood & blaming & shows us how to engage in the "accountability loop " a process of pragmatic self-examination recognition & owning & action. Using examples from the worlds of business sports parables & his own life story Samuel highly-praised accountability lessons are now available for anyone to learn from." ...

Sample some of Andalucia's finest seafood admire an ancient Roman theatre & enjoy a beer in a crusty old-fashioned bar. Malaga is best known for the legions of sun worshipers that visit each year but there is much more to this cosmopolitan province. Gaze in to the dizzying depths of El Tajo gorge when you visit Ronda enjoy the charm of white-washed villages where time has stood still & admire the surreal rocks of the inland mountain ranges which have been twisted into odd shapes & sizes. Footprintfocus Malaga covers all the little-known gems that are often overlooked in this popular province as well as popular destinations.

Includes:: detailed information on sights & attractions & fascinating insights into the history & culture of the province. * Essentials section with practical advice on getting around. * Highlights map so you know what not to miss. * Comprehensive listings including where to have fun sleep & eat the best tapas. * Detailed street maps for Malaga & other important towns. * Slim enough to fit in your pocket. Loaded with advice & information this concise Footprintfocus guide will help you get the most out of Malaga without weighing you down. The content of Footprintfocus Malaga guide has been extracted from Footprint's Andalucia Handbook.

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