No Starch publishing has put out some really nice LEGO® based books, both instructional and coffee table books. While this book falls into the later category it is far from just a coffee table book full of pretty pictures (not that there is anything wrong with that). Don’t get me wrong the photos in the book are [… read more]
Digital Parchment Services and well-known media journalist James Van Hise have signed an open-ended agreement to bring his now classic journalistic examinations of the Star Trek phenomenon back into print. The first five books in the series will be published throughout 2015. The entire series will appear under the title “The Unauthorized Guide to Trek”. [… read more]
Nathan Sawaya, the world’s most famous LEGO® artist, has just completed a new book that showcases his artwork and tells the story behind each creation. At last in The Art of the Brick: A Life in LEGO (No Starch Press, October 2014, hardcover, $29.95), Sawaya’s fans have a stunning, full-color collection of his most recognizable [… read more]
San Francisco, CA (February 4, 2014) — No Starch Press has long been the go-to source for curious kids, offering the finest in geek entertainment and education. Its recent line of kids programming books has garnered widespread praise from educators, parents, and book reviewers alike. Today, No Starch teams up with Humble Bundle to offer [… read more]
Deviation, book two in The Clone Chronicles, is very good story that could (and does) stand alone, but goes well when read together with book one (Imitation). Deviation definitely shows the authors growth in the series and completes the story the book one left hanging. Pleasantly surprised at how this book kept me reading to [… read more]
Star Trek Volume 9: The Q Gambit This is a great Q story collected in one volume. Q is out to cause problems for the JJ Abrams Star Trek universe. If you don’t subscribe to the monthly comics this is the best way to get a story. Star Trek Vol. 9, collects issues #35–40 and is about 152 [… read more]
I know Imitation is the first in a series so you might just want to wait until the second book is out to read this one. Imitation sets the stage for everything that is about to happen in Deviation, but it really leaves the reader hanging. There is no resolution in this book. It just [… read more]
The LEGO Neighborhood Book: Build Your Own Town! By Brian Lyles, Jason Lyles I will let you read all about the book in the press release below. I picked up this little book after seeing the authors posts on their websites and I wasn’t disappointed (not that I thought I would be after having seen their website). [… read more]
The Awesome Inner Workings of Video Games by Arie Kaplan is published by Lerner Publications and is great for kids 10-14 (as well as some of us older kids interested in the inner workings of video games too). Book Description Gamers, beware—your video games can think for themselves! Ever wondered what’s inside the plastic of your video game [… read more]
What if Star Wars was written 400 years earlier? Find out in William Shakespeare’s Star Wars in stores today and check out the fun book trailer below. About the book… Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal [… read more]