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Game Over
Game Over
Written by David Sheff
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307800749
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Game Over
How Nintendo Conquered The World
Written by David Sheff


Format: eBook
On Sale: November 2, 2011
Price: $11.99

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Turing's Cathedral
Turing's Cathedral
Written by George Dyson
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780375422775
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Turing's Cathedral
The Origins of the Digital Universe
Written by George Dyson


Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $29.95

“It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence,” twenty-four-year-old Alan Turing announced in 1936. In Turing’s Cathedral, George Dyson focuses on a small group of men and women, led by John von Neumann at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New...

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The Information
The Information
Written by James Gleick
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780375423727
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The Information
A History, a Theory, a Flood
Written by James Gleick


Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $35.00

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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Dreaming in Code
Dreaming in Code
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400082476
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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: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2008
Price: $15.00

Our civilization runs on software. Yet the art of creating it continues to be a dark mystery, even to the experts. To find out why it’s so hard to bend computers to our will, Scott Rosenberg spent three years following a team of maverick software developers—led by Lotus 1-2-3 creator Mitch... Read more >
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The Soul of a New Machine
The Soul of a New Machine
Written by Tracy Kidder
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780679602613
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The Soul of a New Machine

Written by Tracy Kidder


Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: June 24, 1997
Price: $25.00

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, The Soul of a New Machine was a bestseller on its first publication in 1981. With the touch of an expert thriller writer, Tracy Kidder recounts the feverish efforts of a team of Data General researchers to create a new 32-bit... Read more >
The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design
The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design
Written by Flint Dille and John Zuur Platten
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307774910
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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: $16.99

• 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 >
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Homo Ludens
A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
Written by Johan Huizinga


Format: eBook
On Sale: June 1, 1971
Price: $24.00

In Homo Ludens, the classic evaluation of play that has become a “must-read” for those in game design, Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. Like civilization, play requires structure and participants willing to create within limits. Starting with Plato, Huizinga traces the contribution of... Read more >
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What Color Is Your Parachute? Guide to Job-Hunting Online, Sixth Edition
What Color Is Your Parachute? Guide to Job-Hunting Online, Sixth Edition
Written by Mark Emery Bolles and Richard N. Bolles
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781607740421
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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: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: May 17, 2011
Price: $9.99

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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Homo Ludens
Homo Ludens
Written by Johan Huizinga
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807046814
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Homo Ludens
A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
Written by Johan Huizinga


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1971
Price: $24.00

In Homo Ludens, the classic evaluation of play that has become a “must-read” for those in game design, Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. Like civilization, play requires structure and participants willing to create within limits. Starting with Plato, Huizinga traces the contribution of... Read more >
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Digital Art Revolution
Digital Art Revolution
Written by Scott Ligon
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780823008339
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Digital Art Revolution

Written by Scott Ligon


Format: eBook
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $19.99

There’s no question that applications like Photoshop have changed the art world forever. Master digital artists already use these tools to create masterpieces that stretch the limits of the imagination—but you don’t have to be a master to create your own digital art.

Whether you’re a beginner who’s never picked up... Read more >
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