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: $14.00
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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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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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: $12.95
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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Also available as an
eBook.
Also available as an
eBook.
Stealing MySpace
The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America
Written by Julia Angwin
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $27.00
A few years ago, MySpace.com was just an idea kicking around a Southern California spam mill. Scroll down to the present day and MySpace is one of the most visited Internet destinations in America, displaying more than 40 billion webpage views per month and generating nearly $1 billion annually for Rupert...
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Also available as an
eBook.
The Chip
How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution
Written by T.R. Reid
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $16.00
Barely fifty years ago a computer was a gargantuan, vastly expensive thing that only a handful of scientists had ever seen. The world’s brightest engineers were stymied in their quest to make these machines small and affordable until the solution finally came from two ingenious young Americans. Jack Kilby and Robert...
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Also available as an
eBook.
Fatal Defect
Chasing Killer Computer Bugs
Written by Ivars Peterson
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 30, 1996
Price: $17.00
An airplane crashes, killing eighty-seven passengers. A cancer patient receives a fatal dose of radiation from a machine designed to be foolproof. The ATMs at a New York bank debit customers twice their actual withdrawals, resulting in a loss of millions of dollars. In every case, the culprit was a computer...
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