Save 50% on This Week's Globe and Mail Bestsellers
Each week, we serve up the latest bestsellers from The Globe and Mail at 50% off--so you can get the books everyone's talking about, along with that happy glow of knowing you got a deal. See all Globe and Mail bestsellers for the week of August 9:
As every programmer knows, you can't innovate at peak productivity with a rusty toolkit. Sharpen your skills and master ones with these Apress resources--written by programmers for programmers. From Flex 3 to SQL Server 2008 to XNA 2.0 game programming, Apress has what you need to trick out your tech toolkit.
In his bestselling This Is Your Brain on Music, Levitin blended brain science with art, taking us to the source of our innate musical expertise. He returns with an audacious new theory in The World in Six Songs, a tour de force on how music shaped culture--and human nature.
As debate rages about the fate of Omar Khadr, Michelle Shephard offers deeper insight with Guantanamo's Child. This sweeping narrative reconstructs his life from childhood through his imprisonment, revealing how Canada has supported his detention--and why so few have cared.