General Computing in Computers & Nonfiction eBooks

Stream Big

The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen

by Nathan Grayson ...

Told through the diverse and fascinating careers of nine streamers, **this is a “**timely and insightful dive into the players and politics of one of the twenty-first century’s most influential modes of media” (Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine), examining how Twitch has revolutionized technology, entertainment, business, and pop culture.With 2.5 million viewers at any given moment, ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Told through the diverse and fascinating careers of nine streamers, **this is a “**timely and insightful dive into the players and politics of one of the twenty-first century’s most influential modes of media” (Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine), examining how Twitch has revolutionized technology, entertainment, business, and pop culture.With 2.5 million viewers at any given moment,
... Read more
Ethics and Responsible Research and Innovation in Practice

The ETHNA System Project

Edited by Elsa González-Esteban, Ramón A. Feenstra, Luis M. Camarinha-Matos ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This Open Access book aims to present practical contributions to the ethics governance framework, the conceptualization and characteristics of ethics tools, as well as the experience gained from their application in different institutions.Its main objective is to provide a practical and useful guide that will help other institutions to start introducing Research Ethics effectively in their ... Read more

Free

This Open Access book aims to present practical contributions to the ethics governance framework, the conceptualization and characteristics of ethics tools, as well as the experience gained from their application in different institutions.Its main objective is to provide a practical and useful guide that will help other institutions to start introducing Research Ethics effectively in their
... Read more
Animation: A World History

Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age

by Giannalberto Bendazzi ...

A continuation of 1994’s groundbreaking Cartoons, Giannalberto Bendazzi’s Animation: A World History is the largest, deepest, most comprehensive text of its kind, based on the idea that animation is an art form that deserves its own place in scholarship. Bendazzi delves beyond just Disney, offering readers glimpses into the animation of Russia, Africa, Latin America, and other often-neglected ... Read more

$98.99 CAD

A continuation of 1994’s groundbreaking Cartoons, Giannalberto Bendazzi’s Animation: A World History is the largest, deepest, most comprehensive text of its kind, based on the idea that animation is an art form that deserves its own place in scholarship. Bendazzi delves beyond just Disney, offering readers glimpses into the animation of Russia, Africa, Latin America, and other often-neglected
... Read more
Video Game Design For Dummies

by Alexia Mandeville ...

Learn what it takes to design a video game, as a hobby or as a career!Video Game Design For Dummies teaches you what it takes to design games from concept to completion. You'll learn the theory behind great gaming experiences, and you'll discover tools you can use to bring your game ideas to life. An experienced video game developer teaches you the basics of game design and how to motivate and ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Learn what it takes to design a video game, as a hobby or as a career!Video Game Design For Dummies teaches you what it takes to design games from concept to completion. You'll learn the theory behind great gaming experiences, and you'll discover tools you can use to bring your game ideas to life. An experienced video game developer teaches you the basics of game design and how to motivate and
... Read more
Brought to You By

How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy

by Amy Westervelt ...

Recommended by BILL McKIBBEN on the EZRA KLEIN SHOW"A book that every citizen needs to read." -JILL ABRAMSON, author of Merchants of TruthA gripping account of the corporate propaganda that has invaded our media, our democracy, and now the very nature of truth itself-from investigative reporter and Drilled podcast host Amy Westervelt.Whether it's the tobacco industry lying about the... ... Read more

$22.39 CAD

Recommended by BILL McKIBBEN on the EZRA KLEIN SHOW"A book that every citizen needs to read." -JILL ABRAMSON, author of Merchants of TruthA gripping account of the corporate propaganda that has invaded our media, our democracy, and now the very nature of truth itself-from investigative reporter and Drilled podcast host Amy Westervelt.Whether it's the tobacco industry lying about the...
... Read more
Will Schooling Ever Change?

School Culture, Distance Learning and the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Piotr Mikiewicz, Marta Jurczak-Morris ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
This book is an insightful meta-narrative about schooling which explores the global natural experiment of the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact on school culture.The proposed book discusses how the abrupt and somewhat forced digital transformation of schooling on a global scale (caused by the COVID-19 pandemic) did not change the educational status quo. It states that online teaching and ... Read more

Free

This book is an insightful meta-narrative about schooling which explores the global natural experiment of the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact on school culture.The proposed book discusses how the abrupt and somewhat forced digital transformation of schooling on a global scale (caused by the COVID-19 pandemic) did not change the educational status quo. It states that online teaching and
... Read more
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Google Chrome and Chrome OS

by Paul McFedries ...

A nontechnical manual for groundbreaking technologyThe Complete Idiot's Guide® to Google Chrome OS presents readers with a clear overview of Google's free operating system—targeting users of netbook computers and allowing them to work primarily on the web—including how to send email, work with pictures, save and manage files, use common office applications as well as more specialized programs, and ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

A nontechnical manual for groundbreaking technologyThe Complete Idiot's Guide® to Google Chrome OS presents readers with a clear overview of Google's free operating system—targeting users of netbook computers and allowing them to work primarily on the web—including how to send email, work with pictures, save and manage files, use common office applications as well as more specialized programs, and
... Read more
iPad 2 Tips and Tricks for Beginners

by Jingting Liu ...

22-Oct-2011: Added a new chapter for some iOS5 features. This book is designed and written for those people, who don’t like to read pages and pages of boring manual to learn how to use an iPad. Instead, this book has included some most useful tips and tricks for iPad 2. Each tip and trick is illustrated with screenshot or picture, with short but clear instructions. By naming this book “for ... Read more

Free

22-Oct-2011: Added a new chapter for some iOS5 features. This book is designed and written for those people, who don’t like to read pages and pages of boring manual to learn how to use an iPad. Instead, this book has included some most useful tips and tricks for iPad 2. Each tip and trick is illustrated with screenshot or picture, with short but clear instructions. By naming this book “for
... Read more
vi Editor Pocket Reference

by Arnold Robbins ...

For many users, working in the UNIX environment means using vi, a full-screen text editor available on most UNIX systems. Even those who know vi often make use of only a small number of its features.The vi Editor Pocket Reference is a companion volume to O'Reilly's updated sixth edition of Learning the vi Editor, a complete guide to text editing with vi. New topics in Learning the vi Editor ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

For many users, working in the UNIX environment means using vi, a full-screen text editor available on most UNIX systems. Even those who know vi often make use of only a small number of its features.The vi Editor Pocket Reference is a companion volume to O'Reilly's updated sixth edition of Learning the vi Editor, a complete guide to text editing with vi. New topics in Learning the vi Editor
... Read more
CodeNotes for ASP.NET

Edited by Gregory Brill ...

CodeNotes provides the most succinct, accurate, and speedy way fora developer to ramp up on a new technology or language.Unlike other programming books, CodeNotes drills down tothe core aspects of a technology, focusing on the key elements needed in order to implement it immediately. It is a unique resource fordevelopers, filling the gap between comprehensive manuals andpocket references.CodeNotes ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

CodeNotes provides the most succinct, accurate, and speedy way fora developer to ramp up on a new technology or language.Unlike other programming books, CodeNotes drills down tothe core aspects of a technology, focusing on the key elements needed in order to implement it immediately. It is a unique resource fordevelopers, filling the gap between comprehensive manuals andpocket references.CodeNotes
... Read more
How to Learn Microsoft Access VBA Programming Quickly!

by Andrei Besedin ...

How to Learn Microsoft Access VBA Programming QuicklyThe Microsoft Access Database comes with its own programming language known as Visual Basic Applications. It provides a powerful way that allows automation and usually controls how an access database application operates. Even though it is easy to use, getting started can tend to be overwhelming or intimidating for beginners.To make things easy ... Read more

$2.99 CAD

How to Learn Microsoft Access VBA Programming QuicklyThe Microsoft Access Database comes with its own programming language known as Visual Basic Applications. It provides a powerful way that allows automation and usually controls how an access database application operates. Even though it is easy to use, getting started can tend to be overwhelming or intimidating for beginners.To make things easy
... Read more
Smart Green World?

Making Digitalization Work for Sustainability

by Steffen Lange, Tilman Santarius ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainability
In this book, Steffen Lange and Tilman Santarius investigate how digitalization influences environmental and social sustainability. The information revolution is currently changing the daily lives of billions of people worldwide. At the same time, the current economic model and consumerist lifestyle needs to be radically transformed if society is to overcome the challenges humanity is facing on a ... Read more

$52.99 CAD

In this book, Steffen Lange and Tilman Santarius investigate how digitalization influences environmental and social sustainability. The information revolution is currently changing the daily lives of billions of people worldwide. At the same time, the current economic model and consumerist lifestyle needs to be radically transformed if society is to overcome the challenges humanity is facing on a
... Read more
Becoming Digital

Toward a Post-Internet Society

by Vincent Mosco ...

Series series SocietyNow
Becoming Digital examines the transition from the online world we have known to the Next Internet, which is emerging from the convergence of Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, and the Internet of Things. The Cloud stores and processes information in data centers; Big Data Analytics provide the tools to analyse and use it; and the Internet of Things connects sensor-equipped devices everywhere to ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

Becoming Digital examines the transition from the online world we have known to the Next Internet, which is emerging from the convergence of Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, and the Internet of Things. The Cloud stores and processes information in data centers; Big Data Analytics provide the tools to analyse and use it; and the Internet of Things connects sensor-equipped devices everywhere to
... Read more
Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts

by Nancy Beiman ...

Successful storyboards and poignant characters have the power to make elusive thoughts and emotions tangible for audiences. Packed with illustrations that illuminate and a text that entertains and informs, Prepare to Board, 3rd edition presents the methods and techniques of animation master, Nancy Beiman, with a focus on pre-production, story development and character design. As one of the only ... Read more

$98.99 CAD

Successful storyboards and poignant characters have the power to make elusive thoughts and emotions tangible for audiences. Packed with illustrations that illuminate and a text that entertains and informs, Prepare to Board, 3rd edition presents the methods and techniques of animation master, Nancy Beiman, with a focus on pre-production, story development and character design. As one of the only
... Read more
Official (ISC)2® Guide to the ISSAP® CBK

Edited by (ISC)² Corporate ...

Series series (ISC)2 Press
Candidates for the CISSP-ISSAP professional certification need to not only demonstrate a thorough understanding of the six domains of the ISSAP CBK, but also need to have the ability to apply this in-depth knowledge to develop a detailed security architecture.Supplying an authoritative review of the key concepts and requirements of the ISSAP CBK, the **Official (ISC)2® Guide to the ISSAP® CBK®,* ... Read more

$163.99 CAD

Candidates for the CISSP-ISSAP professional certification need to not only demonstrate a thorough understanding of the six domains of the ISSAP CBK, but also need to have the ability to apply this in-depth knowledge to develop a detailed security architecture.Supplying an authoritative review of the key concepts and requirements of the ISSAP CBK, the **Official (ISC)2® Guide to the ISSAP® CBK®,*
... Read more
Hacking Multifactor Authentication

by Roger A. Grimes ...

Protect your organization from scandalously easy-to-hack MFA security “solutions”Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is spreading like wildfire across digital environments. However, hundreds of millions of dollars have been stolen from MFA-protected online accounts. How? Most people who use multifactor authentication (MFA) have been told that it is far less hackable than other types of ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Protect your organization from scandalously easy-to-hack MFA security “solutions”Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is spreading like wildfire across digital environments. However, hundreds of millions of dollars have been stolen from MFA-protected online accounts. How? Most people who use multifactor authentication (MFA) have been told that it is far less hackable than other types of
... Read more
Professional C++

by Marc Gregoire ...

Series series Tech Today
Expand your C++ knowledge quickly and efficiently with this advanced resourceIn the newly revised sixth edition of Professional C++, veteran software engineer and developer Marc Gregoire delivers yet another volume that raises the bar for advanced programming manuals. Covering almost all features of the new C++ standard codenamed C++23, the book offers case studies with working code that’s been ... Read more

$74.99 CAD

Expand your C++ knowledge quickly and efficiently with this advanced resourceIn the newly revised sixth edition of Professional C++, veteran software engineer and developer Marc Gregoire delivers yet another volume that raises the bar for advanced programming manuals. Covering almost all features of the new C++ standard codenamed C++23, the book offers case studies with working code that’s been
... Read more
Microsoft Project Fundamentals

Microsoft Project Standard 2021, Professional 2021, and Project Online Editions

by Teresa S. Stover ...

Get a firm grip on one of the most popular project management applications on the market todayIn Microsoft Project Fundamentals: Microsoft Project Standard 2021, Professional 2021, and Project Online Editions, accomplished project management leader Teresa Stover delivers a hands-on introduction to Microsoft’s popular project management software filled with real-world examples and plain-language ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Get a firm grip on one of the most popular project management applications on the market todayIn Microsoft Project Fundamentals: Microsoft Project Standard 2021, Professional 2021, and Project Online Editions, accomplished project management leader Teresa Stover delivers a hands-on introduction to Microsoft’s popular project management software filled with real-world examples and plain-language
... Read more
Microsoft Flight Simulator For Dummies

by Brittany Vincent ...

Take to the (virtual) skies with help from Microsoft Flight SimulatorMicrosoft Flight Simulator has offered a great way to fly aircraft of all sizes without ever leaving the ground for nearly 40 years. With help from Microsoft Flight Simulator For Dummies, you'll take to the skies in everything from tiny two-seaters to huge commercial airliners. Plot your course and deal with realistic wind and ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Take to the (virtual) skies with help from Microsoft Flight SimulatorMicrosoft Flight Simulator has offered a great way to fly aircraft of all sizes without ever leaving the ground for nearly 40 years. With help from Microsoft Flight Simulator For Dummies, you'll take to the skies in everything from tiny two-seaters to huge commercial airliners. Plot your course and deal with realistic wind and
... Read more
AI First

The Playbook for a Future-Proof Business and Brand

by Adam Brotman, Andy Sack ...

AI is going to change brand strategy and marketing forever. Are you ready?What does the rapid rise and astonishing rate of improvement of AI mean for brands in the next five years? Listen to what OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told authors Adam Brotman and Andy Sack when he met them: "It will mean that 95 percent of what marketers use agencies, strategists, and creative professionals for today will easily, ... Read more

$33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

AI is going to change brand strategy and marketing forever. Are you ready?What does the rapid rise and astonishing rate of improvement of AI mean for brands in the next five years? Listen to what OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told authors Adam Brotman and Andy Sack when he met them: "It will mean that 95 percent of what marketers use agencies, strategists, and creative professionals for today will easily,
... Read more
Learn Typing

by Durgesh ...

Typing skills are important to complete your work faster. Typing helps in communicating with colleagues and customers, creating documents, and finding new information.Though typing is a fundamental skill, it is still one of the most important computer skills to be learnt. Typing is something most of us will have to do a lot whether you work in an office or not. The faster you type, the more time ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Typing skills are important to complete your work faster. Typing helps in communicating with colleagues and customers, creating documents, and finding new information.Though typing is a fundamental skill, it is still one of the most important computer skills to be learnt. Typing is something most of us will have to do a lot whether you work in an office or not. The faster you type, the more time
... Read more
How to Land a Top-Paying Legal assistants Job: Your Complete Guide to Opportunities, Resumes and Cover Letters, Interviews, Salaries, Promotions, What to Expect From Recruiters and More

by Miller Daniel ...

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Legal assistants job, or to apply for a better job.What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the most ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Legal assistants job, or to apply for a better job.What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the most
... Read more
Hawaiian Greats: Delicious Hawaiian Recipes, The Top 100 Hawaiian Recipes

by Franks Jo ...

You'll love this book, the recipes are easy, the ingredients are easy to get and they don't take long to make. Foodlovers turn to Hawaiian Greats for information and inspiration.Everything is in here, from the proverbial soup to nuts: Aloha for Six: Coconut Cookies, Banana Cake Aloha Oe, Banana Guava Pie, Banana Pie, Blue Hawa, Boboli Toppings Miscellaneous, Brown Sugar-Macadamia Nut Coffee Cake, ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

You'll love this book, the recipes are easy, the ingredients are easy to get and they don't take long to make. Foodlovers turn to Hawaiian Greats for information and inspiration.Everything is in here, from the proverbial soup to nuts: Aloha for Six: Coconut Cookies, Banana Cake Aloha Oe, Banana Guava Pie, Banana Pie, Blue Hawa, Boboli Toppings Miscellaneous, Brown Sugar-Macadamia Nut Coffee Cake,
... Read more
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Applications (MB2-868) Certification Guide

by Danny Varghese ...

This Certification guide will follow a step-by-step approach to instruct the reader what they need to know to be able to become certified with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. If you will implement Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, this book is for you. You should have a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office. ... Read more

$42.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This Certification guide will follow a step-by-step approach to instruct the reader what they need to know to be able to become certified with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. If you will implement Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, this book is for you. You should have a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office.
... Read more

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

General Computing eBooks

Show: