The New Digital Age
Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
Written by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen

Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $12.99

In an unparalleled collaboration, two leading global thinkers in technology and foreign affairs give us their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected—a world full of challenges and benefits that are ours to meet and to harness.

Eric Schmidt is one of Silicon Valley’s great...

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Black Code
Inside the Battle for Cyberspace
Written by Ronald J. Deibert

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $14.99

Cyberspace is all around us. We depend on it for everything we do. We have reengineered our business, governance, and social relations around a planetary network unlike any before it. But there are dangers looming, and malign forces are threatening to transform this extraordinary domain.

In Black Code, Ronald J. Deibert, a...

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CUCKOO'S EGG

Written by Clifford Stoll

Format: eBook, 326 pages
On Sale: May 23, 2012
Price: $9.99

Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U.S. citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up?... Read more >

Turing's Cathedral
The Origins of the Digital Universe
Written by George Dyson

Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $12.99

“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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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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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: $11.99

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... Read more >

How to Become a Video Game Artist
The Insider's Guide to Landing a Job in the Gaming World
Written by Sam R. Kennedy

Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.99

Become a Player in the Business of Video Game Art
Every year video games generate billions of dollars and some of the most dynamic and engaging artwork today. It’s an ever-growing field that holds great professional opportunity, but you need the right skills and savvy if you want to stake your claim... Read more >

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 >

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 >

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: $13.99

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 >