Books with author Scott Anderson

So you want to be a pirate? This book shows you how in 10 easy stages, from wearing the right clothes right down to what to do with the treasure. And along the way, you’ll learn a barrelful of facts about famous pirates and pirate life through the ages.• This e-book is best viewed on Kindle Fire in landscape view to optimise your experience.• Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.• Text type – An information book.• A glossary and index on pages 22 and 23 can be used to navigate, and to check understanding.• Curriculum links – Geography: Island home, Where in the world is Barnaby bear?; History: Why do we remember famous people?• This non-fiction book is paired with a story on the same theme; Pirate Party, also by Scoular Anderson.• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Heating and cooling your home is generally your largest energy bill, costing more than fueling your car, but you can make big cuts in your heating and cooling costs while still staying comfortable. Learn how you can dramatically reduce your costs through projects some small and some large, many of which you can do yourself that will reduce what it takes to keep your home’s temperature where you want it. Learn what heating options are available today; including high efficiency gas and oil heating units, geothermal heat pumps, wood, outdoor wood boilers, coal, solar heating, wood pellets, corn, grass pellets, biofuels and others, and see how they stack up against each other in terms of installation costs and operating costs plus the steps of sizing and installing them are explained. You can then pick the one that best meets your needs and works best in your area. Also covered are what to do when you cannot afford heat; when the furnace breaks, heating in blackouts, or if the natural gas stops, as well as how to save on air conditioning costs, also some marketed ways of how not to save on heating costs that you should avoid and how to super insulate your house. This is a do-it-yourself book about how you can retrofit your existing house into the energy efficient home of tomorrow, while not breaking the bank, as well as covering how to make the best of what you have and how to get by on less if you have to. Much of the information in the book is from author’s personal experience in reducing his own heating costs. Included are lots of handy trade secrets and tricks for fixing problems and installing things that can make life a lot easier even if times are hard. (20 chapters, 356 pages)

Jockey Chris Englund has won a record-tying five Kentucky Derbies, horse racing's jewel. But his uncompromising honesty in a world where cheating pays has stalled his career.Out of the blue, he gets the leg up on the odds-on Derby favorite, Knidos. But Derby week turns to ashes when he's offered half a million dollars to hold Knidos and set off a betting bonanza for criminal cartels around the world.The drive to the Derby wire tests Chris Englund's courage and a great horse's heart in a brutal battle against insurmountable odds. If he throws the race, he’ll betray the honor he’s fought for all his life. If he rides to win, he’ll destroy the horse and lose the woman he loves. KING OF THE ROSES is the story of a champion rider’s choice between temptation and truth, between honesty and his life. The prize isn’t just a garland of Derby roses. It’s a love that demands more than he’s ever been asked to give.“No racing novel since the advent of Dick Francis's series of mysteries has captured my admiration like this book.—Maryland Horse“The Derby is run in less time than it takes to describe it—but the description itself is one of the most exciting whodunit chapters you're ever likely to come across.”—San Diego Magazine(horse books, mystery thrillers, equestrian romance, horse racing suspense, run for the roses, Kentucky Derby)

"The waves on Lake Superior nearly splattered them all over the cliffs, and mosquitoes almost ate them alive in the Boundary Waters. Halfway through the three-month trip, they buried their underwear. But who needs underwear when you’re 22 years old and living out the adventure of a boyhood dream?" —St. Paul Pioneer Press"Distant Fires, a true-life adventure, describes a 1,700-mile canoe trip from Duluth to York Factory on Hudson Bay. Anderson and a companion retraced the paddles taken by Eric Sevareid and a companion almost sixty years earlier. Their trials and tribulations, plus Anderson’s sense of humor, make the trip fun in book form. Pen-and-ink illustrations are by noted Minnesota wildlife artist Les Kouba." —Minneapolis Star Tribune"Distant Fires is a voyage of discovery. Scott Anderson is an inquisitive traveler, and when he sees something that piques his interest, he stops for a chat. He also has a marvelous eye for the natural world that surrounds him in his summerlong journey. He is a natural-born writer." —Duluth News Tribune"Some of [Anderson’s] phrasing is very happy indeed: ‘the resting place of the rivers.’ I wish I had written that." —Eric Sevareid

Do You Want To Learn The C Programming Language In The Simplest, Most Straight-Forward Way Possible?Here you will be taken step-by-step to learn, understand, and implement the C Programming Language. This guide was written by a software engineer who has been in the industry for many years, and has years of experience using C Programming as well as training others how to use the C Programming Language.Over time he has learned what teaching methods work, and which don't - and he has compiled the ones that work and put them in this guide that will walk you through how to use the C Programming Language. Here Are The Topics You Are About To Learn:- C Language Overview - Your First C Program - Basic Syntax - Data Types- Variables in C - Constants and Literals - Storage Classes - Operators - Loops in C - Decision Making in C - Functions - Arrays - Pointers - Strings - Structures - Unions - Header Files - Typecasting - File Input and Output - Preprocessors - Error Handling - Variable Arguments - Command Line Arguments - Memory Management

Here is everything you need to know about being a knight, from from being a young page to being knighted. This humorous non-fiction book explains all the tasks, training, outfits and privileges that came with the job.This e-book is best viewed on Kindle Fire in landscape view to optimise your experience.• Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.• Text type – An information book.• There is a contents page (on page 1), listing the "10 easy stages", plus an illustrated glossary and index on pages 22 and 23.• Curriculum links – History: Knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past.• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

She could barely look after herself. Now, she's looking after the entire planet.After an incident with a hot-air balloon causes college-dropout Sally Webber to lose her job, she sets off to find direction in her life. Crashing into a teleporting alien, however, is not on her to-do list. Now she’s on the run from TV-drama-loving aliens, and things are just getting started. Zander won’t stop reeling her into life-or-death situations to save her planet, as he waits for his laser-wielding sister to search the universe for him. Though Sally isn’t quite sure if he wants to save Earth from annihilation, or just quell his curiosity of all things human.Now she’s got to find lost alien emissaries, as well as a job, and stop the planet from getting incinerated in the process. But with Zander as her roommate, what could possibly go wrong?(Contents suitable for Young Adult readers)"S.E. Anderson's debut is a hilarious galactic romp with loving nods to Hitch Hiker's Guide to Galaxy but with a voice all its own. It's quirky, fun, and utterly enjoyable."~Dragon Award-nominated author, R.R. Virdi of The Grave Report and The Books of Winter.

Heating and cooling your home is generally your largest energy bill, costing more than fueling your car, but you can make big cuts in your heating and cooling costs while still staying comfortable. Learn how you can dramatically reduce your costs through projects some small and some large, many of which you can do yourself that will reduce what it takes to keep your home’s temperature where you want it. Learn what heating options are available today; including high efficiency gas and oil heating units, geothermal heat pumps, wood, outdoor wood boilers, coal, solar heating, wood pellets, corn, grass pellets, biofuels and others, and see how they stack up against each other in terms of installation costs and operating costs plus the steps of sizing and installing them are explained. You can then pick the one that best meets your needs and works best in your area. Also covered are what to do when you cannot afford heat; when the furnace breaks, heating in blackouts, or if the natural gas stops, as well as how to save on air conditioning costs, also some marketed ways of how not to save on heating costs that you should avoid and how to super insulate your house. This is a do-it-yourself book about how you can retrofit your existing house into the energy efficient home of tomorrow, while not breaking the bank, as well as covering how to make the best of what you have and how to get by on less if you have to. Much of the information in the book is from author’s personal experience in reducing his own heating costs. Included are lots of handy trade secrets and tricks for fixing problems and installing things that can make life a lot easier even if times are hard. (20 chapters, 356 pages)

Winners’ Guide to Essential ISEE/SSAT (Lower) Math -(Grades 4-5). Full coverage of all topics and sub-topics starting from the basicsTo do well in the ISEE/SSAT Math section, what is needed is a thorough study of the fundamentals, a basic grasp of the concepts, and developing an ability to apply these concepts to the ISEE/SSAT type problems.Then comes the ability to solve a problem in multiple ways, the ability to use shortcuts when stumped, and the ability to guess intelligently.Whether you are a natural at math or not, you do need to brush up /build up your fundamentals, and then go on to the more difficult problems under timed conditions.And this is exactly what this book does.It helps you to develop a solid understanding of the underlying concepts, builds upon this understanding by providing various different types of examples, exposes you to alternative ways of looking at a particular problem, and finally allows you to practise your skills on nearly 1000 problems.Unique Features of the Winners’ Guide to Essential ISEE/SSAT (Lower) Math -(Grades 4-5) • Comprehensive coverage of the main topics of Numbers, Data, Shapes and Measures and over 50 sub-topics as prescribed under the National curriculum.• All Theory & Questions based around the Actual ISEE/SSAT questions that have appeared on these topics in the recent past.• All topics & subtopics covered extensively over 200+ pages.• Over 200 fully solved questions to ensure in depth understanding of All concepts.• Over 800 Topic wise practice questions with answers to ensure ALL concepts are well understood.• No Superfluous Material. You study ONLY what is required for the test. No learning difficult concepts or theories that will never get tested at the Lower Level.Here are some of the main topics covered; UNDERSTANDING NUMBERSPLACE VALUESNEGATIVE NUMBERSDECIMAL NUMBERSROUNDING OFFBASIC ARITHMETIC OPERATIONSFOUR ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS WITH WHOLE NUMBERSMULTIPLYING AND DIVIDING BY 10, 100 AND 1000FOUR ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS WITH DECIMALS NUMBERSFOUR ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS WITH NEGATIVE NUMBERSFACTORS AND MULTIPLESFACTORS, MULTIPLES AND PRIME NUMBERSLCM AND GCDSQUARE AND CUBE NUMBERSFRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGESFRACTION AND EQUIVALENT FRACTIONMIXED NUMBERS AND IMPROPER FRACTIONSMULTIPLYING AND DIVIDING FRACTIONSCOMPARING FRACTIONSADDING AND SUBTRACTING FRACTIONSFRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGEPERCENTAGE PROBLEMSRATIO AND PROPORTIONRATIOPROPORTIONSIMILAR SHAPESALGEBRAUSING LETTERS FOR UNKNOWN VALUESSIMPLE EQUATIONSFORMULASNUMBER SEQUENCESMEASURESTIMEMONEYWEIGHTVOLUMELENGTHGEOMETRYANGLESCIRCLESTRIANGLESSQUARES AND RECTANGLESOTHER QUADRILATERALS3D SHAPESCOORDINATESSTATISTICSDATA ORGANIZATIONPICTOGRAMS, BAR CHARTS AND LINE GRAPHSPIE CHARTSVENN DIAGRAMMEAN, MODE AND MEDIANPROBABILITYINTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY