Calculus for Cats describes the processes, vocabulary and strategies of calculus for people who like to learn the concepts of a subject before they start trying to operate it. In an irreverent tone, it explains what calculus is, why it's important, what the procedures are and when to use them. Many people learn subjects like calculus by repeating the procedures but sometimes feel like they don't really understand what's going on. This book answers their questions. Over the last decade of the book's existence, the most common comment it's received is, "Wow So that's how it works I wish I had...

Contemporary novel in the voice of a big hearted but uneducated narrator who faces difficult and dangerous challenges armed only with duct tape and creativity. Might remind some readers of a modern Huck Finn. Appeals to both young readers and old. From the author of There Are No Electrons.

Poetry by Kenn Amdahl. Short, accessible poems. A few in traditional forms, even a handful that rhyme. Although Amdahl is known for the humor in his many fiction and nonfiction books (including one that inspired all the books for dummies and idiots) this collection primarily represents his more wistful side, with only glimpses of humor. Readable, understandable poems from a practical writer who admires the long train of wordsmiths who paved the way for all of us.

A funny, off-beat mystery with an unlikely sleuth. Jumper is a man in his mid twenties who doesn't have much education; that's obvious by the way he mishandles language. But he has a big heart, an irresistible optimism, and an odd hobby: he likes to jump off garage roofs and trees. Plus, he's an amateur detective, an avocation he learned by watching T.V. shows. In a previous book, Jumper and the Bones, he dealt with a dangerous gang that threatened him and his friends. In Jumper and the Apple Crate, he confronts a bizarre burglary in his own apartment building. His investigation leads the...