The Information
A History, a Theory, a Flood
Written by James Gleick
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $29.95
James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality—the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world.
The story of information begins...
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The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design
Written by Flint Dille and John Zuur Platten
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $19.95
• Authors are top game designers
• Aspiring game writers and designers must have this complete bible
There are other books about creating video games out there.
Sure, they cover the basics. But
The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design goes way beyond the basics. The authors, top game designers, focus...
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eBook.
Computadoras para todos, cuarta edicion
Written by Jaime Restrepo
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
On Sale: November 29, 2011
Price: $19.95
¡Conozca a fondo su computadora y todo lo que puede hacer con ella! ¿Necesita saber usar las computadoras para mejorar su empleo y nivel de vida, pero no sabe por dónde empezar?
¿No entiende la terminología inglesa que se usa en la computación?
¿Quiere descubrir y aprovechar todo lo que el Internet tiene que...
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What Color Is Your Parachute? Guide to Job-Hunting Online, Sixth Edition
Blogging, Career Sites, Gateways, Getting Interviews, Job Boards, Job Search Engines, Personal Websites, Posting Resumes, Research Sites, Social Networking
Written by Mark Emery Bolles and Richard N. Bolles
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: May 17, 2011
Price: $12.99
Before you start your Internet job-hunt, there are some things that you must know, like:
• Why are job sites like Monster and CareerBuilder so stunningly ineffective?
• What can you do to make sure your resumes survive the elimination process?
• How do you find the information that search engines like Google...
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Super Crunchers
Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart
Written by Ian Ayres
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $16.00
An international sensation—and still the talk of the relevant blogosphere—this
Wall Street Journal and
New York Times business bestseller examines the “power” in numbers. Today more than ever, number crunching affects your life in ways you might not even imagine. Intuition and experience are no longer enough to make the grade...
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Job-Hunting Online
A Guide to Job Listings, Message Boards, Research Sites, the UnderWeb, Counseling, Networking, Self-Assessment Tools, Niche Sites
Written by Mark Emery Bolles and Richard N. Bolles
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2008
Price: $12.99
The Internet can be an invaluable tool in any job hunt-but only when you know how to use it. Cowritten by career guru Richard Nelson Bolles and his son, nontraditional career expert Mark Emery Bolles, JOB-HUNTING ONLINE helps job seekers navigate the overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet to...
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Dreaming in Code
Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 16, 2007
Price: $9.99
Their story takes us through a maze of dead ends and exhilarating breakthroughs as they and their colleagues wrestle not only with the abstraction of code but with the unpredictability of human behavior,
especially their own. Along the way, we encounter black holes, turtles, snakes, dragons, axe-sharpening, and yak-shaving—and take a...
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The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design
Written by Flint Dille and John Zuur Platten
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2010
Price: $14.99
• Authors are top game designers
• Aspiring game writers and designers must have this complete bible
There are other books about creating video games out there.
Sure, they cover the basics. But
The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design goes way beyond the basics. The authors, top game designers, focus...
Read more >