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How I Survived: Four Nights on the Ice

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How I Survived: Four Nights on the Ice
by Serapio Ittusardjuat (Author) and Matthew K. Hoddy (Illustrator)

Booktalk: After his snowmobile breaks down halfway across the sea ice on a trip back from a fishing camp, Serapio Ittusardjuat recounts the traditional skills and knowledge he leaned on to stay alive. This harrowing first-person account of four nights spent on the open sea ice–with few supplies and no water–shows young readers the determination and strength necessary to survive in the harsh Arctic climate, even when the worst occurs.

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Real-World Python: A Hacker’s Guide to Solving Problems with Code

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Real-World Python: A Hacker’s Guide to Solving Problems with Code
by Lee Vaughan (Author)

Booktalk: Move from playing with syntax to writing complete programs in no time. You’ll conduct experiments, explore statistical concepts, and solve novel problems that have frustrated geniuses throughout history, like detecting distant exoplanets, as you continue to build your Python skills.

Chapters begin with a clearly defined project goal and a discussion of ways to attack the problem, followed by a mission designed to make you think like a programmer. You’ll direct a Coast Guard search-and-rescue effort, plot and execute a NASA flight to the moon, protect access to a secure lab using facial recognition, and more. Along the way you’ll learn how to:

  • Use libraries like matplotlib, NumPy, Bokeh, pandas, Requests, Beautiful Soup, and turtle
  • Work with Natural Language Processing and computer vision modules like NLTK and OpenCV
  • Write a program to detect and track objects moving across a starfield
  • Scrape speeches from the internet and autosummarize them
  • Use the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) map to select spacecraft landing sites
  • Survive a zombie apocalypse with the aid of data-plotting and visualization tools

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