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Data Pipelines Pocket Reference

by James Densmore ...

Data pipelines are the foundation for success in data analytics. Moving data from numerous diverse sources and transforming it to provide context is the difference between having data and actually gaining value from it. This pocket reference defines data pipelines and explains how they work in today's modern data stack.You'll learn common considerations and key decision points when implementing ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Data pipelines are the foundation for success in data analytics. Moving data from numerous diverse sources and transforming it to provide context is the difference between having data and actually gaining value from it. This pocket reference defines data pipelines and explains how they work in today's modern data stack.You'll learn common considerations and key decision points when implementing
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Tribe of Hackers

Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World

by Marcus J. Carey, Jennifer Jin ...

Series series Tribe of Hackers
Tribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World (9781119643371) was previously published asTribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World (9781793464187). While this version features a new cover design and introduction, the remaining content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product.Looking for real ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Tribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World (9781119643371) was previously published asTribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World (9781793464187). While this version features a new cover design and introduction, the remaining content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product.Looking for real
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Unity 3.x Game Development Essentials

If you have an idea for a game but lack the skills to create it, this book is the perfect introduction. There‚Äôs lots of handholding through all the essentials, culminating in the building of a full 3D game.

by Will Goldstone ...

If you have an idea for a game but lack the skills to create it, this book is the perfect introduction. There‚Äôs lots of handholding through all the essentials, culminating in the building of a full 3D game.Key FeaturesKick start your game development, and build ready-to-play 3D games with ease.Understand key concepts in game design including scripting, physics, instantiation, particle effects, ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you have an idea for a game but lack the skills to create it, this book is the perfect introduction. There‚Äôs lots of handholding through all the essentials, culminating in the building of a full 3D game.Key FeaturesKick start your game development, and build ready-to-play 3D games with ease.Understand key concepts in game design including scripting, physics, instantiation, particle effects,
... Read more
Curse the Day

A gripping techno spy thriller for fans of Lee Child

by Jude O'Reilly ...

Series series A Michael North Thriller
'Starts off like a fired bullet and never lets up. A sheer delight' DAVID BALDACCIMichael North is a dead man walking.Can he survive long enough to uncover the truth?Tobias Hawke was the tech genius on the brink of an astonishing breakthrough in the field of Artificial Intelligence. His creation, 'Syd', a device that mimics human thought, promised to change the face of humanity forever.Now Ha... ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

'Starts off like a fired bullet and never lets up. A sheer delight' DAVID BALDACCIMichael North is a dead man walking.Can he survive long enough to uncover the truth?Tobias Hawke was the tech genius on the brink of an astonishing breakthrough in the field of Artificial Intelligence. His creation, 'Syd', a device that mimics human thought, promised to change the face of humanity forever.Now Ha...
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From Computer Tech to Network Administrator (and everything in between)

by Douglas Chick ...

README.TXTFrom: Computer Tech to Network Administrator is a straightforward and sometimes comical look into the everyday world of information technology. It answers questions that many IT professionals and newcomers ask about the tools and skills needed to survive one of the most complex career fields in the world. Most computer books deal with configuring software and do little to help you learn ... Read more

$4.80 CAD

README.TXTFrom: Computer Tech to Network Administrator is a straightforward and sometimes comical look into the everyday world of information technology. It answers questions that many IT professionals and newcomers ask about the tools and skills needed to survive one of the most complex career fields in the world. Most computer books deal with configuring software and do little to help you learn
... Read more
Unity 3D Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide

A seat-of-your-pants manual for building fun, groovy little games quickly

by Ryan Henson Creighton ...

The book takes a clear, step-by-step approach to building small, simple game projects. It focuses on short, attainable goals so that the reader can finish something, instead of trying to create a complex RPG or open-world game that never sees the light of day. This book encourages readers hungry for knowledge. It does not go into gory detail about how every little knob and dial functions that's ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The book takes a clear, step-by-step approach to building small, simple game projects. It focuses on short, attainable goals so that the reader can finish something, instead of trying to create a complex RPG or open-world game that never sees the light of day. This book encourages readers hungry for knowledge. It does not go into gory detail about how every little knob and dial functions that's
... Read more
Delete

The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age (New in Paper)

by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger ...

Delete looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. Digital technology empowers us as never before, yet it has unforeseen consequences as well. Potentially humiliating content on Facebook is enshrined in cyberspace for future employers to see. Google remembers everything we've searched for and when. The ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Delete looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. Digital technology empowers us as never before, yet it has unforeseen consequences as well. Potentially humiliating content on Facebook is enshrined in cyberspace for future employers to see. Google remembers everything we've searched for and when. The
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Raspberry Pi

by Thorin Klosowski ...

Series series Idiot's Guides
The Raspberry Pi is an inexpensive, simple computer that's about the size of a credit card. It has multiple inputs and outputs that make it the foundation for almost a limitless number of projects — from creating a wi-fi hot spot to an elaborate, programmed LED light show. Idiot's Guides: Raspberry Pi is the perfect beginner book for learning how it works, how to program it (using Scratch, a basic ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

The Raspberry Pi is an inexpensive, simple computer that's about the size of a credit card. It has multiple inputs and outputs that make it the foundation for almost a limitless number of projects — from creating a wi-fi hot spot to an elaborate, programmed LED light show. Idiot's Guides: Raspberry Pi is the perfect beginner book for learning how it works, how to program it (using Scratch, a basic
... Read more
Big Data

A Very Short Introduction

by Dawn E. Holmes ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Since long before computers were even thought of, data has been collected and organized by diverse cultures across the world. Once access to the Internet became a reality for large swathes of the world's population, the amount of data generated each day became huge, and continues to grow exponentially. It includes all our uploaded documents, video, and photos, all our social media traffic, our ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Since long before computers were even thought of, data has been collected and organized by diverse cultures across the world. Once access to the Internet became a reality for large swathes of the world's population, the amount of data generated each day became huge, and continues to grow exponentially. It includes all our uploaded documents, video, and photos, all our social media traffic, our
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Fortnite

The Essential Guide to Battle Royale and Other Survival Games

by Triumph Books ...

Fortnite: Battle Royale is taking the world by storm, combining the high-octane action of traditional shooters with the creative construction elements of sandbox games like Minecraft. With 40 million players and counting, competition is fierce, and strategy is essential. Once you jump from the Battle Bus onto the island below, there can be only one goal: survival. This guide has all the tips and ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Fortnite: Battle Royale is taking the world by storm, combining the high-octane action of traditional shooters with the creative construction elements of sandbox games like Minecraft. With 40 million players and counting, competition is fierce, and strategy is essential. Once you jump from the Battle Bus onto the island below, there can be only one goal: survival. This guide has all the tips and
... Read more
The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition

Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken ...

A new and extensively revised edition of a popular textbook used in universities, coding boot camps, hacker clubs, and online courses.The best way to understand how computers work is to build one from scratch, and this textbook leads learners through twelve chapters and projects that gradually build the hardware platform and software hierarchy for a simple but powerful computer system. In the ... Read more

$63.19 CAD

A new and extensively revised edition of a popular textbook used in universities, coding boot camps, hacker clubs, and online courses.The best way to understand how computers work is to build one from scratch, and this textbook leads learners through twelve chapters and projects that gradually build the hardware platform and software hierarchy for a simple but powerful computer system. In the
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Programming Collective Intelligence

Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications

by Toby Segaran ...

Want to tap the power behind search rankings, product recommendations, social bookmarking, and online matchmaking? This fascinating book demonstrates how you can build Web 2.0 applications to mine the enormous amount of data created by people on the Internet. With the sophisticated algorithms in this book, you can write smart programs to access interesting datasets from other web sites, collect ... Read more

$45.99 CAD

Want to tap the power behind search rankings, product recommendations, social bookmarking, and online matchmaking? This fascinating book demonstrates how you can build Web 2.0 applications to mine the enormous amount of data created by people on the Internet. With the sophisticated algorithms in this book, you can write smart programs to access interesting datasets from other web sites, collect
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(Part 1) You Must Learn VBScript for QTP/UFT: Don't Ignore The Language For Functional Automation Testing

by Rex Jones ...

Are You Interested in QTP/UFT for Automation Testing?This is one of the best VBScript books specifically for QTP/UFTNote: Book available on your tablet, phone, PDF, PC, Mac, and paperback (Black/White & Color). You will find details of downloading the PDF document inside the book.Why Read Part 1 – You Must Learn VBScript for QTP/UFT?Most VBScript books provide a great deal of VBScript information ... Read more

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Are You Interested in QTP/UFT for Automation Testing?This is one of the best VBScript books specifically for QTP/UFTNote: Book available on your tablet, phone, PDF, PC, Mac, and paperback (Black/White & Color). You will find details of downloading the PDF document inside the book.Why Read Part 1 – You Must Learn VBScript for QTP/UFT?Most VBScript books provide a great deal of VBScript information
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Designing the Internet of Things

by Adrian McEwen, Hakim Cassimally ...

Take your idea from concept to production with this unique guideWhether it's called physical computing, ubiquitous computing, or the Internet of Things, it's a hot topic in technology: how to channel your inner Steve Jobs and successfully combine hardware, embedded software, web services, electronics, and cool design to create cutting-edge devices that are fun, interactive, and practical. If you'd ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Take your idea from concept to production with this unique guideWhether it's called physical computing, ubiquitous computing, or the Internet of Things, it's a hot topic in technology: how to channel your inner Steve Jobs and successfully combine hardware, embedded software, web services, electronics, and cool design to create cutting-edge devices that are fun, interactive, and practical. If you'd
... Read more
The Data Journalism Handbook

How Journalists Can Use Data to Improve the News

by Jonathan Gray, Lucy Chambers, Liliana Bounegru ...

When you combine the sheer scale and range of digital information now available with a journalist’s "nose for news" and her ability to tell a compelling story, a new world of possibility opens up. With The Data Journalism Handbook, you’ll explore the potential, limits, and applied uses of this new and fascinating field.This valuable handbook has attracted scores of contributors since the European ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

When you combine the sheer scale and range of digital information now available with a journalist’s "nose for news" and her ability to tell a compelling story, a new world of possibility opens up. With The Data Journalism Handbook, you’ll explore the potential, limits, and applied uses of this new and fascinating field.This valuable handbook has attracted scores of contributors since the European
... Read more
Cryptocurrency Trading Strategies For Beginners

50+ Tips& Secrets For Day Trading Bitcoin+ Alt Coins, Market Psychology, Technical Analysis& Making A Living In Crypto

by Brandon Smith ...

Discover How You Can Start Creating Income Today By Trading Bitcoin & Altcoins With These Easy To Follow Strategies & Techniques!First up, any form of trading isn't easy, it isn't a get rich quick scheme and it takes not only work, but skill to consistently profit from the markets.If you are looking for a way to just press a few buttons and make millions, please click off of this book and go and ... Read more

$2.99 CAD

Discover How You Can Start Creating Income Today By Trading Bitcoin & Altcoins With These Easy To Follow Strategies & Techniques!First up, any form of trading isn't easy, it isn't a get rich quick scheme and it takes not only work, but skill to consistently profit from the markets.If you are looking for a way to just press a few buttons and make millions, please click off of this book and go and
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Learning Articulate Storyline

by Stephanie Harnett ...

This book provides one-on-one tutoring to help you quickly get up to speed with the basics while also learning how to best apply Storyline features in the context of the work you do.If youre an e-learning developer, writer, designer, subject matter expert, or all or any one of these, this book is for you. This book is not just for novices, but also for seasoned developers, transitioning from ... Read more

$31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book provides one-on-one tutoring to help you quickly get up to speed with the basics while also learning how to best apply Storyline features in the context of the work you do.If youre an e-learning developer, writer, designer, subject matter expert, or all or any one of these, this book is for you. This book is not just for novices, but also for seasoned developers, transitioning from
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The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto

A Fifteen-Year Quest to Unmask the Secret Genius Behind Crypto

by Benjamin Wallace ...

A “highly entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) investigation into the mysterious identity of Bitcoin’s creator and a deep dive into crypto’s utopian origin story—from The New York Times bestselling author of The Billionaire’s Vinegar“Could be the best mystery story of the past twenty years.”—James Patterson**“Superb.”—David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wager, Killers ... ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

A “highly entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) investigation into the mysterious identity of Bitcoin’s creator and a deep dive into crypto’s utopian origin story—from The New York Times bestselling author of The Billionaire’s Vinegar“Could be the best mystery story of the past twenty years.”—James Patterson**“Superb.”—David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wager, Killers ...
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Learn to Code by Solving Problems

A Python Programming Primer

by Daniel Zingaro ...

Learn to Code by Solving Problems is a practical introduction to programming using Python. It uses coding-competition challenges to teach you the mechanics of coding and how to think like a savvy programmer.Computers are capable of solving almost any problem when given the right instructions. That’s where programming comes in. This beginner’s book will have you writing Python programs right away. ... Read more

$35.19 CAD

Learn to Code by Solving Problems is a practical introduction to programming using Python. It uses coding-competition challenges to teach you the mechanics of coding and how to think like a savvy programmer.Computers are capable of solving almost any problem when given the right instructions. That’s where programming comes in. This beginner’s book will have you writing Python programs right away.
... Read more
OS X Mavericks: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue ...

What do you get when you cross a Mac with an iPad? OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Its 200 new features include Mac versions of iPad goodies like Maps, iBooks, and iTunes Radio—but not a single page of instructions. Fortunately, David Pogue is back, with the expertise and humor that have made this the #1 bestselling Mac book for over 11 years straight.The important stuff you need to know:Big-ticket changes. ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

What do you get when you cross a Mac with an iPad? OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Its 200 new features include Mac versions of iPad goodies like Maps, iBooks, and iTunes Radio—but not a single page of instructions. Fortunately, David Pogue is back, with the expertise and humor that have made this the #1 bestselling Mac book for over 11 years straight.The important stuff you need to know:Big-ticket changes.
... Read more
Data Jujitsu: The Art of Turning Data into Product

by DJ Patil ...

Acclaimed data scientist DJ Patil details a new approach to solving problems in Data Jujitsu.Learn how to use a problem's "weight" against itself to:Break down seemingly complex data problems into simplified partsUse alternative data analysis techniques to examine themUse human input, such as Mechanical Turk, and design tricks that enlist the help of your users to take short cuts around tough ... Read more

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Acclaimed data scientist DJ Patil details a new approach to solving problems in Data Jujitsu.Learn how to use a problem's "weight" against itself to:Break down seemingly complex data problems into simplified partsUse alternative data analysis techniques to examine themUse human input, such as Mechanical Turk, and design tricks that enlist the help of your users to take short cuts around tough
... Read more
The Technology Trap

Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation

by Carl Benedikt Frey ...

"Made me look at the industrial revolution, invention, sleeping beauties, contexts and the forces that shape our societies differently."—David Byrne, New York Times Book ReviewHow the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automationFrom the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

"Made me look at the industrial revolution, invention, sleeping beauties, contexts and the forces that shape our societies differently."—David Byrne, New York Times Book ReviewHow the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automationFrom the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap
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The Computer and the Brain

by John von Neumann ...

Series series The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series
In this classic work, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century explores the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. John von Neumann, whose many contributions to science, mathematics, and engineering include the basic organizational framework at the heart of today's computers, concludes that the brain operates both digitally and analogically, but also ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

In this classic work, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century explores the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. John von Neumann, whose many contributions to science, mathematics, and engineering include the basic organizational framework at the heart of today's computers, concludes that the brain operates both digitally and analogically, but also
... Read more
Comprendre le DEEP LEARNING

Une introduction aux réseaux de neurones

by Jean-Claude HEUDIN ...

Après des résultats spectaculaires, dont la victoire d’AlphaGo sur le meilleur joueur mondial de Go, le Deep Learning suscite autant d’intérêts que d’interrogations. Inspiré au départ par une métaphore biologique, celle du cerveau, le domaine des réseaux de neurones est devenu l’un des principaux axes de recherche de l’intelligence artificielle. Quel que soit le secteur d’activité, pas un seul en ... Read more

$8.01 CAD

Après des résultats spectaculaires, dont la victoire d’AlphaGo sur le meilleur joueur mondial de Go, le Deep Learning suscite autant d’intérêts que d’interrogations. Inspiré au départ par une métaphore biologique, celle du cerveau, le domaine des réseaux de neurones est devenu l’un des principaux axes de recherche de l’intelligence artificielle. Quel que soit le secteur d’activité, pas un seul en
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