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Rapture for the Geeks
Rapture for the Geeks
Written by Richard Dooling
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307405265
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Rapture for the Geeks
When AI Outsmarts IQ
Written by Richard Dooling


Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $14.00

“Nimble and entertaining . . . A fascinating historical review of our longtime obsession with machines.”
–David Takami, Seattle Times

In Rapture for the Geeks, Richard Dooling looks at what some of the greatest minds have to say about our roles in a future in which technology rapidly leaves us in the... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
iPhone Apps Book Vol. 1
iPhone Apps Book Vol. 1
Written by Joe Funk and Mojo Media
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780761562856
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iPhone Apps Book Vol. 1
The Essential Directory of iPhone and iPod Touch Applications
Written by Joe Funk and Mojo Media


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $12.99

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Computadoras para todos
Computadoras para todos
Written by Jaime Restrepo
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307518033
Our Price: $16.95
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Computadoras para todos

Written by Jaime Restrepo


Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2009
Price: $16.95

¡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 de lengua inglesa que se usa en la computación?

¿Quiere comunicarse con sus amigos y su pa’s de... Read more >
Say Everything
Say Everything
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307451361
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Say Everything
How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
Written by Scott Rosenberg


Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $26.00

Blogs are everywhere. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements. Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands. Regularly dismissed as trivial and ephemeral, they have... Read more >
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Say Everything
Say Everything
Written by Scott Rosenberg, Read by Lincoln Hoppe
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739384657
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Say Everything
How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Read by Lincoln Hoppe


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $25.95

Blogs are everywhere. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements. Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands. Regularly dismissed as trivial and ephemeral, they have... Read more >
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Say Everything
Say Everything
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307451385
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Say Everything
How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
Written by Scott Rosenberg


Format: eBook
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $26.00

Blogs are everywhere. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements. Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands. Regularly dismissed as trivial and ephemeral, they have... Read more >
Stealing MySpace
Stealing MySpace
Written by Julia Angwin
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400066940
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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... Read more >
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Stealing MySpace
Stealing MySpace
Written by Julia Angwin
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588367693
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Stealing MySpace
The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America
Written by Julia Angwin


Format: eBook
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... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover.
Computadoras para todos (3a edición)
Computadoras para todos (3a edición)
Written by Jaime Restrepo
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307390516
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Computadoras para todos (3a edición)
Edición ampliada con más información sobre el Internet
Written by Jaime Restrepo


Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
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 de lengua inglesa que se usa en la computación?

¿Quiere descubrir y aprovechar todo lo... Read more >
Organize Your Digital Life
Organize Your Digital Life
Written by Aimee Baldridge
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781426203343
Our Price: $19.95
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Organize Your Digital Life
How to Store Your Photographs, Music, Videos, and Personal Documents in a Digital World
Written by Aimee Baldridge


Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $19.95

Now that digital cameras and music players have become so incredibly widespread, a forest of sound and imagery is blossoming in our homes. We’ve got digital pictures in the camera, scans on the computer, JPEGS attached to e-mails, and tunes on tiny players. But there’s also the old-fashioned stuff: photos in... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Organize Your Digital Life
Organize Your Digital Life
Written by Aimee Baldridge
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781426204142
Our Price: $15.95
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Organize Your Digital Life
How to Store Your Photographs, Music, Videos, and Personal Documents in a Digital World
Written by Aimee Baldridge


Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $15.95

Now that digital cameras and music players have become so incredibly widespread, a forest of sound and imagery is blossoming in our homes. We’ve got digital pictures in the camera, scans on the computer, JPEGS attached to e-mails, and tunes on tiny players. But there’s also the old-fashioned stuff: photos in... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Internet para todos
Internet para todos
Written by Jaime Restrepo
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307557087
Our Price: $16.95
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Internet para todos

Written by Jaime Restrepo


Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $16.95

¡Aprenda todo lo que usted necesita saber acerca del Internet!

Cómo utilizar los navegadores más populares: Internet Explorer, Safari, Netscape

Cómo funciona el correo electrónico, incluyendo los programas MS Outlook® y Hotmail

Cómo usar el mensajero instantáneo, inclusive para hacer llamadas por el Internet


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Windows 98/Me Para Todos
Windows 98/Me Para Todos
Written by Jaime Restrepo
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307561206
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Windows 98/Me Para Todos

Written by Jaime Restrepo


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $15.95

¿Sabe cómo más o menos usar las computadoras, pero no sabe cómo sacarle provecho a todo lo que ofrece el sistema operativo Windows® 98/Me?

¿No sabe cómo usar el teclado para poder escribir en español más fácilmente?

¿No entiende la terminología de lengua inglesa que se usa en la computación?

¿Quiere usar el programa... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Rapture for the Geeks
Rapture for the Geeks
Written by Richard Dooling
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307449955
Our Price: $14.00
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Rapture for the Geeks
When AI Outsmarts IQ
Written by Richard Dooling


Format: eBook
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $14.00

Will the Geeks inherit the earth?

If computers become twice as fast and twice as capable every two years, how long is it before they’re as intelligent as humans? More intelligent? And then in two more years, twice as intelligent? How long before you won’t be able to tell if you are... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
Rapture for the Geeks
Rapture for the Geeks
Written by Richard Dooling
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307405258
Our Price: $22.00
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Rapture for the Geeks
When AI Outsmarts IQ
Written by Richard Dooling


Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $22.00

Will the Geeks inherit the earth?

If computers become twice as fast and twice as capable every two years, how long is it before they’re as intelligent as humans? More intelligent? And then in two more years, twice as intelligent? How long before you won’t be able to tell if you are... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
Super Crunchers
Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780553384734
Our Price: $14.00
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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: $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... Read more >
Job-Hunting Online
Job-Hunting Online
Written by Mark Emery Bolles and Richard N. Bolles
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781580088992
Our Price: $12.95
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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... Read more >
Teaching Motion Design
Teaching Motion Design
Edited by Michael Dooley and Steven Heller
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781581155044
Our Price: $21.95
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Teaching Motion Design
Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs
Edited by Michael Dooley and Steven Heller


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $21.95

How motion design is taught in more than 45 leading programs



This definitive study of motion design is essential reading for everyone teaching or studying design. Now, for the first time, authors Steven Heller and Michael Dooley present a comprehensive look at course offerings from more than 45 leading programs devoted to... Read more >
Dreaming in Code
Dreaming in Code
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400082476
Our Price: $13.95
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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: $13.95

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 >
Also available as an eBook.
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: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781580650663
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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... Read more >
The Chip
The Chip
Written by T.R. Reid
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307432032
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The Chip
How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution
Written by T.R. Reid


Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
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... Read more >
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Super Crunchers
Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780553805406
Our Price: $25.00
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Super Crunchers
Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
Written by Ian Ayres


Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $25.00

Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted?

Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking... Read more >
Super Crunchers
Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres, Read by James Lurie
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780739354728
Our Price: $29.95
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Super Crunchers
Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
Written by Ian Ayres
Read by James Lurie


Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $29.95

Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted?

Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking... Read more >
Super Crunchers
Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres, Read by James Lurie
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739354735
Our Price: $14.98

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Super Crunchers
Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
Written by Ian Ayres
Read by James Lurie


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $14.98

Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted?

Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking... Read more >
What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online?
What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online?
Written by Barbara Melton, M.Ed., LPC and Susan Shankle, MSW LISW-CP
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780767927918
Our Price: $14.00
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What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online?
How to Understand the Electronic World Your Children Live In
Written by Barbara Melton, M.Ed., LPC and Susan Shankle, MSW LISW-CP


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $14.00

Texting. Blogging. IMing. Technology that has become second nature to our children remains uncharted territory for many parents. What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online? tells you everything you need to know to navigate the parenting issues technology raises, and arms you with the tools you need to protect... Read more >
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