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The Age of Spiritual Machines

When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence

by Ray Kurzweil ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Bold futurist Ray Kurzweil, author of The Singularity Is Near, offers a framework for envisioning the future of machine intelligence—“a book for anyone who wonders where human technology is going next” (The New York Times Book Review).“Kurzweil offers a thought-provoking analysis of human and artificial intelligence and a unique look at a future in which the capabilities of ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Bold futurist Ray Kurzweil, author of The Singularity Is Near, offers a framework for envisioning the future of machine intelligence—“a book for anyone who wonders where human technology is going next” (The New York Times Book Review).“Kurzweil offers a thought-provoking analysis of human and artificial intelligence and a unique look at a future in which the capabilities of
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Know Thyself

The Science of Self-Awareness

by Stephen M Fleming ...

Unlock the secrets to understanding yourself and others with the surprising science of the human mind's greatest power: introspection.“Are you sure?”Whether in a court room, a doctor’s office, a gameshow’s hot seat, or a student’s desk, we are always trying to answer that question. Should we accept eyewitness testimony or a physician’s diagnosis? Do we really want to risk it all on a final ... Read more

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Unlock the secrets to understanding yourself and others with the surprising science of the human mind's greatest power: introspection.“Are you sure?”Whether in a court room, a doctor’s office, a gameshow’s hot seat, or a student’s desk, we are always trying to answer that question. Should we accept eyewitness testimony or a physician’s diagnosis? Do we really want to risk it all on a final
... Read more
The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late

by Cory Doctorow ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even a Lester Bangs." —Stephen Marche, The New York Times Book ReviewA short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.In modern tech parlance, a c... ... Read more

$11.99 USD

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even a Lester Bangs." —Stephen Marche, The New York Times Book ReviewA short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.In modern tech parlance, a c...
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Observability Engineering

Achieving Production Excellence

by Charity Majors, Liz Fong-Jones, George Miranda ...

Observability is the only way to engineer, manage, and improve the business-critical systems that customers depend on every day—and as the complexity of software grows, so does the need for observability. With this thoroughly revised second edition, authors Charity Majors, Liz Fong-Jones, and George Miranda take inventory of the current state of the field and explain how practitioners can evolve ... Read more

$43.19 USD

Observability is the only way to engineer, manage, and improve the business-critical systems that customers depend on every day—and as the complexity of software grows, so does the need for observability. With this thoroughly revised second edition, authors Charity Majors, Liz Fong-Jones, and George Miranda take inventory of the current state of the field and explain how practitioners can evolve
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Talking to Robots

Tales from Our Human-Robot Futures

by David Ewing Duncan ...

Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan considers 24 visions of possible human-robot futures—Incredible scenarios from Teddy Bots to Warrior Bots, and Politician Bots to Sex Bots—Grounded in real technologies and possibilities and inspired by our imagination.What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us, their creators? Will they usher in a ... Read more

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Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan considers 24 visions of possible human-robot futures—Incredible scenarios from Teddy Bots to Warrior Bots, and Politician Bots to Sex Bots—Grounded in real technologies and possibilities and inspired by our imagination.What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us, their creators? Will they usher in a
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The Big Nine

How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity

by Amy Webb ...

A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head.We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we -- the everyday people whose data powers AI -- aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, ... Read more

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A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head.We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we -- the everyday people whose data powers AI -- aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa,
... Read more
The Thinking Machine

Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip

by Stephen Witt ...

**Winner of the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year AwardNamed a Best Book of 2025 by The Economist“Framed as a biography of Jensen Huang, the only CEO Nvidia has ever had, the book is also something more interesting and revealing: a window onto the intellectual, cultural, and economic ecosystem that has led to the emergence of superpowerful AI.” —James Surowiecki, The Atlantic“A lively ... Read more

$14.99 USD

**Winner of the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year AwardNamed a Best Book of 2025 by The Economist“Framed as a biography of Jensen Huang, the only CEO Nvidia has ever had, the book is also something more interesting and revealing: a window onto the intellectual, cultural, and economic ecosystem that has led to the emergence of superpowerful AI.” —James Surowiecki, The Atlantic“A lively
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Rewiring Democracy

How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship

by Bruce Schneier, Nathan E. Sanders ...

Series series Strong Ideas
From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Hacker's Mind and Data & Goliath, an informative and wide-ranging exploration of how AI will alter every facet of democracy, and how to harness the technology to distribute rather than concentrate power.AI is changing democracy. We still get to decide how.AI’s impact on democracy will go far beyond headline-grabbing political deepfakes and ... Read more

$16.99 USD

From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Hacker's Mind and Data & Goliath, an informative and wide-ranging exploration of how AI will alter every facet of democracy, and how to harness the technology to distribute rather than concentrate power.AI is changing democracy. We still get to decide how.AI’s impact on democracy will go far beyond headline-grabbing political deepfakes and
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The AI Workweek

Cut Hours, Automate Busywork, and Focus on What Actually Matters

by Ashley Gross ...

Use generative AI to reduce your workweek from 40 hours to 15The AI Workweek: How to Cut Hours, Automate the Busywork, and Focus on What's Really Important delivers a practical playbook for implementing generative AI tools like ChatGPT to eliminate repetitive tasks and reclaim productive time. Ashley Gross, an AI consultant who has led workshops for multiple global corporations and industry ... Read more

$17.00 USD

Use generative AI to reduce your workweek from 40 hours to 15The AI Workweek: How to Cut Hours, Automate the Busywork, and Focus on What's Really Important delivers a practical playbook for implementing generative AI tools like ChatGPT to eliminate repetitive tasks and reclaim productive time. Ashley Gross, an AI consultant who has led workshops for multiple global corporations and industry
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The Reality Game

How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth

by Samuel Woolley ...

Fake news posts and Twitter trolls were just the beginning. What will happen when misinformation moves from our social media feeds into our everyday lives?Online disinformation stormed our political process in 2016 and has only worsened since. Yet as Samuel Woolley shows in this urgent book, it may pale in comparison to what's to come: humanlike automated voice systems, machine learning, "deepfake ... Read more

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Fake news posts and Twitter trolls were just the beginning. What will happen when misinformation moves from our social media feeds into our everyday lives?Online disinformation stormed our political process in 2016 and has only worsened since. Yet as Samuel Woolley shows in this urgent book, it may pale in comparison to what's to come: humanlike automated voice systems, machine learning, "deepfake
... Read more
Effective Python中文版第三版｜寫出良好Python程式的125個具體做法

by Brett Slatkin ...

Python被譽為最易上手的程式語言，但你真的是用Python的腦袋寫Python嗎？身為Python的開發者，想要「寫得更好」，還想知道「為什麼這樣寫比較好？」《Effective Python 第三版》延續前兩版廣受好評的風格，集結125個經過實戰驗證的開發技巧，全面涵蓋Python 3.11最新語法與標準函式庫。從基礎語言機制、函式與類別設計，到協同程式、型別提示與效能優化，每一項建議都清楚說明「為什麼這樣寫比較好」，幫助你避開常見雷區、寫出更簡潔、可維護、具備Python風格的程式碼。條目式設計，查找方便、精練實用專為Python 3.11打造，掌握語言最新演進每個條目皆含範例、反例與最佳實踐作者為Google資深工程師，實戰經驗豐富不僅告訴你「怎麼寫」，更像是經驗豐富的前輩手把手教你「為什麼這樣寫更好」，帶你從語言使用者晉升為真正精通Python的開發者！-------- ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Python被譽為最易上手的程式語言，但你真的是用Python的腦袋寫Python嗎？身為Python的開發者，想要「寫得更好」，還想知道「為什麼這樣寫比較好？」《Effective Python 第三版》延續前兩版廣受好評的風格，集結125個經過實戰驗證的開發技巧，全面涵蓋Python 3.11最新語法與標準函式庫。從基礎語言機制、函式與類別設計，到協同程式、型別提示與效能優化，每一項建議都清楚說明「為什麼這樣寫比較好」，幫助你避開常見雷區、寫出更簡潔、可維護、具備Python風格的程式碼。條目式設計，查找方便、精練實用專為Python 3.11打造，掌握語言最新演進每個條目皆含範例、反例與最佳實踐作者為Google資深工程師，實戰經驗豐富不僅告訴你「怎麼寫」，更像是經驗豐富的前輩手把手教你「為什麼這樣寫更好」，帶你從語言使用者晉升為真正精通Python的開發者！--------
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Distributed Tracing in Practice

Instrumenting, Analyzing, and Debugging Microservices

by Austin Parker, Daniel Spoonhower, Jonathan Mace, Ben Sigelman, Rebecca Isaacs ...

Since most applications today are distributed in some fashion, monitoring their health and performance requires a new approach. Enter distributed tracing, a method of profiling and monitoring distributed applications—particularly those that use microservice architectures. There’s just one problem: distributed tracing can be hard. But it doesn’t have to be.With this guide, you’ll learn what ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Since most applications today are distributed in some fashion, monitoring their health and performance requires a new approach. Enter distributed tracing, a method of profiling and monitoring distributed applications—particularly those that use microservice architectures. There’s just one problem: distributed tracing can be hard. But it doesn’t have to be.With this guide, you’ll learn what
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Taming Silicon Valley

How We Can Ensure That AI Works for Us

by Gary F. Marcus ...

How Big Tech is taking advantage of us, how AI is making it worse, and how we can create a thriving, AI-positive world.On balance, will AI help humanity or harm it? AI could revolutionize science, medicine, and technology, and deliver us a world of abundance and better health. Or it could be a disaster, leading to the downfall of democracy, or even our extinction. In Taming Silicon Valley, Gary ... Read more

$14.99 USD

How Big Tech is taking advantage of us, how AI is making it worse, and how we can create a thriving, AI-positive world.On balance, will AI help humanity or harm it? AI could revolutionize science, medicine, and technology, and deliver us a world of abundance and better health. Or it could be a disaster, leading to the downfall of democracy, or even our extinction. In Taming Silicon Valley, Gary
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The Hacker and the State

Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics

by Ben Buchanan ...

“One of the finest books on information security published so far in this century—easily accessible, tightly argued, superbly well-sourced, intimidatingly perceptive.”—Thomas Rid, author of Active Measures“The best examination I have read of how increasingly dramatic developments in cyberspace are defining the ‘new normal’ of geopolitics in the digital age. Buchanan…captures the dynamics of all of ... Read more

$15.19 USD

“One of the finest books on information security published so far in this century—easily accessible, tightly argued, superbly well-sourced, intimidatingly perceptive.”—Thomas Rid, author of Active Measures“The best examination I have read of how increasingly dramatic developments in cyberspace are defining the ‘new normal’ of geopolitics in the digital age. Buchanan…captures the dynamics of all of
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The Psychology of Fraud, Persuasion and Scam Techniques

Understanding What Makes Us Vulnerable

by Martina Dove ...

The second edition of this bestselling book provides an in-depth explanation of not only why we fall for scams and how fraudsters use technology and other techniques to manipulate others but also why fraud prevention advice is not always effective.Starting with how fraud victimisation is perceived by society and why fraud is underreported, the book explores the different types of fraud and the ... Read more

$45.99 USD

The second edition of this bestselling book provides an in-depth explanation of not only why we fall for scams and how fraudsters use technology and other techniques to manipulate others but also why fraud prevention advice is not always effective.Starting with how fraud victimisation is perceived by society and why fraud is underreported, the book explores the different types of fraud and the
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What Makes Us Smart

The Computational Logic of Human Cognition

by Samuel J. Gershman ...

How a computational framework can account for the successes and failures of human cognitionAt the heart of human intelligence rests a fundamental puzzle: How are we incredibly smart and stupid at the same time? No existing machine can match the power and flexibility of human perception, language, and reasoning. Yet, we routinely commit errors that reveal the failures of our thought processes. What ... Read more

$28.79 USD

How a computational framework can account for the successes and failures of human cognitionAt the heart of human intelligence rests a fundamental puzzle: How are we incredibly smart and stupid at the same time? No existing machine can match the power and flexibility of human perception, language, and reasoning. Yet, we routinely commit errors that reveal the failures of our thought processes. What
... Read more
Managing Humans

Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
Read hilarious stories with serious lessons that Michael Lopp extracts from his varied and sometimes bizarre experiences as a manager at Apple, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, Symantec, Slack, and Borland. Many of the stories first appeared in primitive form in Lopp’s perennially popular blog, Rands in Repose. The Third Edition of Managing Humans contains a whole new season of episodes from the ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Read hilarious stories with serious lessons that Michael Lopp extracts from his varied and sometimes bizarre experiences as a manager at Apple, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, Symantec, Slack, and Borland. Many of the stories first appeared in primitive form in Lopp’s perennially popular blog, Rands in Repose. The Third Edition of Managing Humans contains a whole new season of episodes from the
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Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media

by Amelia Hruby ...

In a world full of distraction, how do we reclaim our fragmented attention to make the things we're here to create?Your Attention is Sacred is a philosophical and spiritual manifesto for anyone who's sick of liking, commenting, subscribing, or scrolling. It's a rallying cry for artists, writers, teachers, healers, small business owners, and critical thinkers ready to break free from the attention ... Read more

$14.99 USD

In a world full of distraction, how do we reclaim our fragmented attention to make the things we're here to create?Your Attention is Sacred is a philosophical and spiritual manifesto for anyone who's sick of liking, commenting, subscribing, or scrolling. It's a rallying cry for artists, writers, teachers, healers, small business owners, and critical thinkers ready to break free from the attention
... Read more
Hands-On High Performance with Go

Boost and optimize the performance of your Golang applications at scale with resilience

by Bob Strecansky ...

Proven methodologies and concurrency techniques that will help you write faster and better code with Go programmingKey FeaturesExplore Go’s profiling tools to write faster programs by identifying and fixing bottlenecksAddress Go-specific performance issues such as memory allocation and garbage collectionDelve into the subtleties of concurrency and discover how to successfully implement it in ... Read more

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Proven methodologies and concurrency techniques that will help you write faster and better code with Go programmingKey FeaturesExplore Go’s profiling tools to write faster programs by identifying and fixing bottlenecksAddress Go-specific performance issues such as memory allocation and garbage collectionDelve into the subtleties of concurrency and discover how to successfully implement it in
... Read more
Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks

Server Security from TLS to Tor

by Kyle Rankin ...

Series series Pearson Open Source Software Development Series
Protect Linux systems against modern threats with practical, real-world security techniques.Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks equips system administrators, DevOps engineers, security professionals, and IT teams with the knowledge to secure workstations, servers, networks, and critical services in increasingly hostile online environments. From fundamental hardening practices to advanced defensive ... Read more

$34.19 USD

Protect Linux systems against modern threats with practical, real-world security techniques.Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks equips system administrators, DevOps engineers, security professionals, and IT teams with the knowledge to secure workstations, servers, networks, and critical services in increasingly hostile online environments. From fundamental hardening practices to advanced defensive
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Invisible Women

Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

by Caroline Criado Perez ...

The landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women.#1 International Bestseller * Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Winner of the Royal Society Science Book PrizeData is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public ... Read more

$12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women.#1 International Bestseller * Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Winner of the Royal Society Science Book PrizeData is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public
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The Singularity Is Nearer

When We Merge with AI

by Ray Kurzweil ...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEThe noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come**Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have ... Read more

$1.99 USD

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEThe noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come**Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have
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Minecraft: Guide to Survival (Updated)

by Mojang AB, The Official Minecraft Team ...

Series series Minecraft
The definitive, fully illustrated guide to survival in Minecraft is now completely revamped with 100% new information for the latest version of the game. Learn how to survive and thrive in Minecraft’s most popular mode!Stock up your inventory, build a base and get ready to survive the night with Minecraft: Guide to Survival—the only book you’ll need to take your survival skills to the next level ... Read more

$8.99 USD

The definitive, fully illustrated guide to survival in Minecraft is now completely revamped with 100% new information for the latest version of the game. Learn how to survive and thrive in Minecraft’s most popular mode!Stock up your inventory, build a base and get ready to survive the night with Minecraft: Guide to Survival—the only book you’ll need to take your survival skills to the next level
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The Worlds I See

Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

by Dr. Fei-Fei Li ...

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON AI * FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2023From Dr. Fei-Fei Li, one of TIME's 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL in AI, comes "a powerful plea for keeping humanity at the centre of our latest technological transformation" (Financial Times).Wired called Dr. Fei-Fei Li “one of a tiny group of scientists—a group perhaps small enough to fit around a kitchen table—who are ... Read more

$12.99 USD

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON AI * FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2023From Dr. Fei-Fei Li, one of TIME's 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL in AI, comes "a powerful plea for keeping humanity at the centre of our latest technological transformation" (Financial Times).Wired called Dr. Fei-Fei Li “one of a tiny group of scientists—a group perhaps small enough to fit around a kitchen table—who are
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