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AI Engineering

Building Applications with Foundation Models

by Chip Huyen ...

Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build ... Read more

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Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build
... Read more
Agentic GraphRAG

Integrating Knowledge Graphs, Reasoning, and Agency for Enterprise AI

by Anthony Alcaraz, Sam Julien ...

What if your AI systems could retrieve information, reason over complex knowledge, plan actions, and continuously learn—with enterprise-grade security and compliance? Agentic GraphRAG guides technical leaders, engineers, and architects through the next evolution of GenAI. Combining retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with graph-based reasoning and agentic capabilities, this guide is a blueprint ... Read more

$48.99 USD

What if your AI systems could retrieve information, reason over complex knowledge, plan actions, and continuously learn—with enterprise-grade security and compliance? Agentic GraphRAG guides technical leaders, engineers, and architects through the next evolution of GenAI. Combining retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with graph-based reasoning and agentic capabilities, this guide is a blueprint
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Destination AAISM

by Rob Witcher, Filip Kokotovic ...

Destination AAISM is aligned with ISACA's AAISM exam outline.Our goal is simple: we want to help you prepare for the AAISM exam with confidence while building a strong foundation in the principles of AI security that will help you lead and make informed security decisions in an increasingly AI-driven world.At Destination Certification, we have the collective wisdom from working in the security ... Read more

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Destination AAISM is aligned with ISACA's AAISM exam outline.Our goal is simple: we want to help you prepare for the AAISM exam with confidence while building a strong foundation in the principles of AI security that will help you lead and make informed security decisions in an increasingly AI-driven world.At Destination Certification, we have the collective wisdom from working in the security
... Read more
The Psychology of Software Teams

by Cat Hicks ...

To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software teams, and innovation for organizations. You’ll learn from rigorous empirical evidence gathered from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers around the world, revealing powerful ... Read more

$27.99 USD

To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software teams, and innovation for organizations. You’ll learn from rigorous empirical evidence gathered from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers around the world, revealing powerful
... Read more
Mastering Swift

Advanced Swift

by Cybellium ...

Build a clearer understanding of SwiftMastering Swift: Advanced Swift brings your study of Swift into focus. This Cybellium study guide connects language structure, data and program organisation and development concepts, helping you see how the ideas fit together.Develop a more connected understanding of the subject and the questions it raises. Use it to revisit the subject, connect its moving ... Read more

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Build a clearer understanding of SwiftMastering Swift: Advanced Swift brings your study of Swift into focus. This Cybellium study guide connects language structure, data and program organisation and development concepts, helping you see how the ideas fit together.Develop a more connected understanding of the subject and the questions it raises. Use it to revisit the subject, connect its moving
... Read more
Mastering Kotlin

Advanced Kotlin

by Cybellium ...

Build a clearer understanding of KotlinMastering Kotlin: Advanced Kotlin brings your study of Kotlin into focus. This Cybellium study guide connects language structure, data and program organisation and development concepts, helping you see how the ideas fit together.Develop a more connected understanding of the subject and the questions it raises. Use it to revisit the subject, connect its moving ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Build a clearer understanding of KotlinMastering Kotlin: Advanced Kotlin brings your study of Kotlin into focus. This Cybellium study guide connects language structure, data and program organisation and development concepts, helping you see how the ideas fit together.Develop a more connected understanding of the subject and the questions it raises. Use it to revisit the subject, connect its moving
... Read more
C++ Programming Mastery: From Beginner to Advanced (2024)

Comprehensive C++ Programming, Covering All Levels, Best for Newbies

by Stephen Anslem ...

Written by seasoned programmer Stephen Anslem, this book simplifies complex concepts and provides hands-on examples to help you build a solid foundation. It covers everything from the basics of syntax and object-oriented principles to advanced topics like memory management, templates, and multithreading. With clear explanations and real-world projects, you'll quickly gain the confidence to tackle ... Read more

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Written by seasoned programmer Stephen Anslem, this book simplifies complex concepts and provides hands-on examples to help you build a solid foundation. It covers everything from the basics of syntax and object-oriented principles to advanced topics like memory management, templates, and multithreading. With clear explanations and real-world projects, you'll quickly gain the confidence to tackle
... Read more
Hands-On LLM Serving and Optimization

Hosting LLMs at Scale

by Chi Wang, Peiheng Hu ...

Large language models (LLMs) are the reasoning engines of modern AI. Today, a major inflection point has arrived: as the world races to deploy AI at scale, model inference has moved to the center of the stack. Welcome to the inference era.Without proper optimization, however, LLMs can be expensive and slow to serve. Hands-On LLM Serving and Optimization is a comprehensive guide to the complexities ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Large language models (LLMs) are the reasoning engines of modern AI. Today, a major inflection point has arrived: as the world races to deploy AI at scale, model inference has moved to the center of the stack. Welcome to the inference era.Without proper optimization, however, LLMs can be expensive and slow to serve. Hands-On LLM Serving and Optimization is a comprehensive guide to the complexities
... Read more
Build an AI Agent (From Scratch)

Agents that reason, plan, and act autonomously

by Jungjun Hur, Younghee Song ...

Get the eBook free when you register your print book at Manning."A practical guide for anyone who wants to move beyond demos and create agentic systems with confidence.”—Elliot Kim, Coupang Inc.This book is a fascinating step-by-step journey through design, development, and deployment of a system of autonomous AI agents. Authors Jungjun Hur and Younghee Song guide you concept-by-concept as you ... Read more

$43.99 USD

Get the eBook free when you register your print book at Manning."A practical guide for anyone who wants to move beyond demos and create agentic systems with confidence.”—Elliot Kim, Coupang Inc.This book is a fascinating step-by-step journey through design, development, and deployment of a system of autonomous AI agents. Authors Jungjun Hur and Younghee Song guide you concept-by-concept as you
... Read more
The Human Use of Human Beings

Cybernetics and Society

by Norbert Wiener ...

For the 75th anniversary, a new edition of The Human Use of Human Beings—the landmark book that delves into the relationship between humans and computers, and presciently anticipates many contemporary dilemmas surrounding AI technology. With a new introduction by Brian Christian, author of the bestselling Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment Problem.In 1950, mathematician-philosopher Norbert ... Read more

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For the 75th anniversary, a new edition of The Human Use of Human Beings—the landmark book that delves into the relationship between humans and computers, and presciently anticipates many contemporary dilemmas surrounding AI technology. With a new introduction by Brian Christian, author of the bestselling Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment Problem.In 1950, mathematician-philosopher Norbert
... Read more
Superintelligence

Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom ...

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains. If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become very powerful. As the fate of ... Read more

$11.39 USD

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains. If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become very powerful. As the fate of
... Read more
AI for Good

How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things That Matter

by Josh Tyrangiel ...

In contrast to the wave of noisy polemics around AI, AI For Good explores how, in practice, it can actually improve our lives and tells the stories of everyday citizens at the forefront of this new “AI entrepreneurship.”AI is often framed as a force of radical transformation, either catapulting us into a utopian future or dragging us toward existential ruin. But this book tells a different story. ... Read more

$14.99 USD

In contrast to the wave of noisy polemics around AI, AI For Good explores how, in practice, it can actually improve our lives and tells the stories of everyday citizens at the forefront of this new “AI entrepreneurship.”AI is often framed as a force of radical transformation, either catapulting us into a utopian future or dragging us toward existential ruin. But this book tells a different story.
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

The Cyberweapons Arms Race

by Nicole Perlroth ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations)"Written in the hot, propulsive prose of a spy thriller" (The New York Times), the untold story of the cyberweapons market-the most secretive, government-backed market on earth-and a terrifying first look at a new kind of ... Read more

$14.29 USD

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations)"Written in the hot, propulsive prose of a spy thriller" (The New York Times), the untold story of the cyberweapons market-the most secretive, government-backed market on earth-and a terrifying first look at a new kind of
... Read more
Beginning Programming All-in-One For Dummies

by Wallace Wang ...

Let there be code!Beginning Programming All-in-One For Dummies offers one guide packed with 7 books to teach you programming across multiple languages. Coding can seem complex and convoluted, but Dummies makes it simple and easy to understand. You’ll learn all about the principles of programming, algorithms, data structures, debugging programs, unique applications of programming and more while ... Read more

$25.00 USD

Let there be code!Beginning Programming All-in-One For Dummies offers one guide packed with 7 books to teach you programming across multiple languages. Coding can seem complex and convoluted, but Dummies makes it simple and easy to understand. You’ll learn all about the principles of programming, algorithms, data structures, debugging programs, unique applications of programming and more while
... Read more
Foundations of Computer Vision

by Antonio Torralba, Phillip Isola, William T. Freeman ...

Series series Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series
An accessible, authoritative, and up-to-date computer vision textbook offering a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of the field that incorporates the latest deep learning advances.Machine learning has revolutionized computer vision, but the methods of today have deep roots in the history of the field. Providing a much-needed modern treatment, this accessible and up-to-date textbook ... Read more

$54.99 USD

An accessible, authoritative, and up-to-date computer vision textbook offering a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of the field that incorporates the latest deep learning advances.Machine learning has revolutionized computer vision, but the methods of today have deep roots in the history of the field. Providing a much-needed modern treatment, this accessible and up-to-date textbook
... Read more
Guardrails

How to embrace AI in your business without damaging your brand

by Craig McDonogh ...

Neither hope nor denial are strategies for managing AI risk.AI adoption is accelerating faster than any previous technological shift. The opportunities for creating competitive advantage are huge – but so are the risks of new, faster routes to reputational damage.GuardrAIls bridges the gap between innovation and reputation management by providing actionable, non-negotiable guardrails for ethical ... Read more

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Neither hope nor denial are strategies for managing AI risk.AI adoption is accelerating faster than any previous technological shift. The opportunities for creating competitive advantage are huge – but so are the risks of new, faster routes to reputational damage.GuardrAIls bridges the gap between innovation and reputation management by providing actionable, non-negotiable guardrails for ethical
... Read more
The Personal Shopper

A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from bestseller Carmen Reid

by Carmen Reid ...

Series Book 1 - The Annie Valentine Series
A fun, feel-good read from Top 100 bestselling author Carmen Reid️Every book in the Annie Valentine Series can be read as a standalone️There's just one accessory Annie Valentine can't find...the perfect man!Meet Annie Valentine: stylish, savvy, multi-tasker extraordinaire. As a personal shopper in a swanky London store, Annie can be relied on to solve everyone's problems . . . except her own ... Read more

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A fun, feel-good read from Top 100 bestselling author Carmen Reid️Every book in the Annie Valentine Series can be read as a standalone️There's just one accessory Annie Valentine can't find...the perfect man!Meet Annie Valentine: stylish, savvy, multi-tasker extraordinaire. As a personal shopper in a swanky London store, Annie can be relied on to solve everyone's problems . . . except her own
... Read more
The Emperor's New Mind

Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics

by Roger Penrose ...

Series series Oxford Landmark Science
For many decades, the proponents of `artificial intelligence' have maintained that computers will soon be able to do everything that a human can do. In his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating tour through the basic principles of physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy to show that human thinking can never be emulated by a machine. Oxford ... Read more

$14.29 USD

For many decades, the proponents of `artificial intelligence' have maintained that computers will soon be able to do everything that a human can do. In his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating tour through the basic principles of physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy to show that human thinking can never be emulated by a machine. Oxford
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Alan Turing: The Enigma

The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game - Updated Edition

by Andrew Hodges, Andrew Hodges ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira KnightleyIt is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912–1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades—all before his suicide at ... Read more

$14.39 USD

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira KnightleyIt is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912–1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades—all before his suicide at
... Read more
Hands-On Large Language Models

Language Understanding and Generation

by Jay Alammar, Maarten Grootendorst ...

AI has acquired startling new language capabilities in just the past few years. Driven by the rapid advances in deep learning, language AI systems are able to write and understand text better than ever before. This trend enables the rise of new features, products, and entire industries. With this book, Python developers will learn the practical tools and concepts they need to use these ... Read more

$48.99 USD

AI has acquired startling new language capabilities in just the past few years. Driven by the rapid advances in deep learning, language AI systems are able to write and understand text better than ever before. This trend enables the rise of new features, products, and entire industries. With this book, Python developers will learn the practical tools and concepts they need to use these
... Read more
Designing Machine Learning Systems

An Iterative Process for Production-Ready Applications

by Chip Huyen ...

Machine learning systems are both complex and unique. Complex because they consist of many different components and involve many different stakeholders. Unique because they're data dependent, with data varying wildly from one use case to the next. In this book, you'll learn a holistic approach to designing ML systems that are reliable, scalable, maintainable, and adaptive to changing environments ... Read more

$41.09 USD

Machine learning systems are both complex and unique. Complex because they consist of many different components and involve many different stakeholders. Unique because they're data dependent, with data varying wildly from one use case to the next. In this book, you'll learn a holistic approach to designing ML systems that are reliable, scalable, maintainable, and adaptive to changing environments
... Read more
AI

Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable

by Roman V. Yampolskiy ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series
Delving into the deeply enigmatic nature of Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable explores the various reasons why the field is so challenging. Written by one of the founders of the field of AI safety, this book addresses some of the most fascinating questions facing humanity, including the nature of intelligence, consciousness, values and knowledge.Moving ... Read more

$45.99 USD

Delving into the deeply enigmatic nature of Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable explores the various reasons why the field is so challenging. Written by one of the founders of the field of AI safety, this book addresses some of the most fascinating questions facing humanity, including the nature of intelligence, consciousness, values and knowledge.Moving
... Read more
CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead

SY0-701 Study Guide

by Joe Shelley, Darril Gibson ...

Your complete resource for passing the Security+ exam on the first try.The CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead SY0-701 Study Guide has helped thousands of readers pass the exam on their first attempt.This book covers all of the SY0-701 objectives and includes the same elements readers raved about in the previous versions. Each of the eleven chapters presents topics in an easy-to-understand ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Your complete resource for passing the Security+ exam on the first try.The CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead SY0-701 Study Guide has helped thousands of readers pass the exam on their first attempt.This book covers all of the SY0-701 objectives and includes the same elements readers raved about in the previous versions. Each of the eleven chapters presents topics in an easy-to-understand
... Read more
Digital Accessibility Ethics

Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech

Edited by Lainey Feingold, Reginé Gilbert, Chancey Fleet ...

Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech is a practical guide with an urgent goal: to help end tech exclusion of 1.3 billion people across the world with disabilities.This book introduces the first Digital Accessibility Ethics Framework – an action-oriented, three-part tool designed to influence, change, and disrupt patterns of exclusion with values, actions, and ... Read more

$39.99 USD

Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech is a practical guide with an urgent goal: to help end tech exclusion of 1.3 billion people across the world with disabilities.This book introduces the first Digital Accessibility Ethics Framework – an action-oriented, three-part tool designed to influence, change, and disrupt patterns of exclusion with values, actions, and
... Read more

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