Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Data is at the centre of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there's an overwhelming variety of tools and analytical systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, plus data warehouses and data lakes. What are the right choices for your application? How do you make...Paperback$14100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
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In The Art of Street Photography, photographers Joshua K. Jackson and Sean Tucker present a more interpretive and artistic approach to street photography. This book expands the scope of street photography from its more traditional 'reportage' roots to uncover your own subjective and creative visual voice. Throughout the book, you will get ideas about how to use the public space...Hardback$7500Unit price /UnavailableOut 22 Sep 2026Pre-order
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When English mathematician Matthew Watkins went to San Francisco to study an early version of ChatGPT, he expected dry technical work. Instead, he uncovered a series of 'rare tokens' that made the system go haywire. Some produced gibberish. Others turned it hostile. One trigger word - petertodd - sent the machine into what looked like full-blown paranoia. Was it a...Paperback$3399Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableOut 25 Aug 2026Pre-order
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'You won't look at your screens in the same way after reading this book' — Grace Blakeley, author of Vulture Capitalism 'Read this book!' — Jeremy Corbyn 'A must-read!' — Deborah Frances-White, host of The Guilty Feminist 'Off grid with the homies is the dream. Big up Adele for everything she dreams of' — Jordan Stephens Logging Off is a...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableOut 8 Sep 2026Pre-order
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Landlords are using software to band together and organise artificial rent hikes. Uber is spiking the price of rides when your phone's about to die. And without drivers' knowledge, car companies are installing software that reports your driving behaviour to insurance companies, so they can collude against you on insurance prices. Instead of merely driving down costs, companies are now...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableOut 22 Sep 2026Pre-order
Gizmo
We live in a world where many aspects of late twentieth century science fiction have become technological reality. As gadgets and technology in general have become more miniaturised, sleek and capable, so too has an appetite for the sort of quirky, retro tech that wistfully reminds us of earlier times. Nintendo has enjoyed great success with the re-release of their...Hardback$6000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
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Artificial Intimacy
Social media came for our attention – now Chatbots are coming for our relationships. Nearly one-third of adults now turn to AI programmes like ChatGPT for companionship. For Gen Z, the figures are even more stark: eight out of ten say they could form a deep emotional attachment with a machine. It's not hard to see why. Chatbots offer the...Paperback$3399Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableOut 29 Sep 2026Pre-order 
2084 and the AI Revolution, Updated and Expanded Edition
Will technology change what it means to be human? You don't have to be a computer scientist to have discerning conversations about artificial intelligence and technology. We all wonder where we're headed. Even now, technological innovations and machine learning have a daily impact on our lives, and many of us see good reasons to dread the future. Are we doomed...Hardback$6450Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Reboot
A blueprint for rescuing our fragile democracy by harnessing AI Democracy is in retreat at home and abroad. Our institutions and our politics are more broken than ever. At this delicate moment, artificial intelligence has burst onto the scene, a powerful technology that holds as much potential to bolster democracy as to harm it. But we have stopped treating democracy...Hardback$7500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
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Australia's favourite parenting author joins forces with a top online safety expert to give Australian parents the tools to understand and manage their kids' and teens' use of screens. When it comes to children and screens, parents and educators face a genuine contradiction: so much of modern life happens online, yet it's also one of the leading causes of harm...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableOut 18 Aug 2026Pre-order-
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Body Electric
In today's world, a normal day means sitting in front of a screen for eight to ten hours. Meeting after meeting. Email after email. We leave our desks drained, overstimulated and unfocused, only to go home, sit down again, and scroll some more. The result? Headaches, back pain, restless sleep, and rising rates of preventable disease. We know technology is...Hardback$5000Unit price /UnavailableOut 18 Aug 2026Pre-order -
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You Are Here
The OFFICIAL GUIDE to the world’s biggest geography game GeoGuessr is the wildly addictive online geography game that has captivated millions worldwide. The premise is deceptively simple yet irresistibly challenging: dropped into a random street view somewhere on Earth – from the sun-baked backstreets of Mexico City to the Alpine curves of a Swiss mountain road – you must deduce...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3899Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Jul 2026Pre-order 
Pre-orderThe Accessible Design Reference and Specification Book
Design for everyone without sacrificing beautiful design. The Accessible Design Reference and Specification Book gives UX and UI designers the tools to meet compliance—and exceed expectations. Award-winning designer and educator Irene Pereyra makes accessibility approachable with clear answers to the most pressing design questions in a Q&A format, accompanied by real-world case studies, practical tips, and inspiring analogies. Structured around...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableOut 4 Aug 2026Pre-order
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We want our kids to grow up valuing themselves and to become confident, kind and curious individuals. The reality is that smartphones and screens now permeate every aspect of childhood, and while they offer connection and opportunity, they also present many challenges - even with Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s. Screen Wise is the solutions-based guide for Australian...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableOut 4 Aug 2026Pre-order
At Play in a Post-Work World
The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally shifted our relationship with work. After years of lockdown, and with many employees working from home, this was the first time in nearly two centuries that people below the class divide found themselves with just as much time for leisure, recreation, and quality time with loved ones as those above. The time away from work changed...Hardback$29000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Pre-orderArcade Adventures
Arcade Adventures tells the story of video game arcades, from the pioneering technology of the 1970s and the golden age of the 1980s, to the modern experiences of today. Arcades were a true pioneer of gaming, existing long before consoles were played in homes around the world. Arcade Adventures celebrates the history of these beloved spaces, from the enduring playability...Hardback$8999Unit price /UnavailableOut 6 Oct 2026Pre-order
Pre-orderI Think We Should Kill Other People
The new laugh-out-loud serial killer thriller from L.M. Chilton, author of Don't Swipe Right and Everyone in the Group Chat Dies. 'Razor sharp, irreverent and as funny as hell' JOHN MARRS 'A brilliant, dark comedy' Heat Hazel and Marc were paired together on the revolutionary new reality TV show Love Synced, in which AI matches hopeful lovers based on its...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableOut 4 Aug 2026Pre-order
At Play in a Post-Work World
The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally shifted our relationship with work. After years of lockdown, and with many employees working from home, this was the first time in nearly two centuries that people below the class divide found themselves with just as much time for leisure, recreation, and quality time with loved ones as those above. The time away from work changed...Paperback$5000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
Since it was first published in 2000, hundreds of thousands of web designers and developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug's guide to understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it's one of the best loved and most recommended books on the subject. It's a core foundational book that every web designer...Paperback$9700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
The Digital Mind
Understand how digital technology reshapes cognition, behaviour, and psychological experience Digital technologies now mediate nearly every aspect of human experience, from social connection to decision-making. The Digital Mind: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Modern Challenges examines how screens, algorithms, and virtual environments fundamentally alter psychological processes. Marshall S. Rich, PhD Forensic Cyberpsychology, provides a rigorous framework for understanding these changes, connecting established...Paperback$11000Unit price /UnavailableOutPre-order
The AI-Driven Data Team
Rapidly transform your analytics teams to deliver AI-driven insights. The AI-Driven Data Team by Nicholas Kelly is a proven-to-work playbook for data and analytics leaders who want to align analytics capabilities with the demands of an AI-powered business environment. Written for leaders accountable for data, analytics and business intelligence, this book provides tools for diagnosing capability gaps among data analytics...Paperback$12900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks-
Superbloom
From the telegraph and telephone in the 1800s to the internet and social media in our own day, the public has welcomed new communication systems. Whenever people gain more power to share information, the assumption goes, society prospers. Superbloom tells a startlingly different story. As communication becomes more mechanized and efficient, it breeds confusion more than understanding, strife more than...Paperback$5300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Postgrowth Digital Futures
Postgrowth Digital Futures explores the intriguing possibility of digital technology serving both the planet and its people. This thought-provoking book envisions a future where ecological sustainability and social justice are prioritised over unchecked technological advancement. By applying the principles of degrowth, Postgrowth Digital Futures invites readers to rethink their digital lives and the systems that underpin them. It challenges the...Paperback$9200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks-
Marketing Science Fictions
This book explores data science in practice through an ethnographic study at a global marketing technology and research firm. The book shows that, while businesses have embraced data science methods to understand markets and consumers, in practice they produce too much information. Consequently, they must be combined with creative practices that simplify and make sense of analytics. Cluley shows that...Paperback$13500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
Divided Publics
Divided Publics is available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Exploring Russia's grassroots aid for Ukrainian refugees via Telegram, this book reveals how digital media fuels both solidarity and division. It offers a rare look at participation under authoritarianism, introducing a new lens on collective action in crises.Paperback$7199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Data Quality Techniques
Equip yourself with proven techniques to turn poor-quality data from a costly liability into a measurable advantage. Data Quality Techniques is a hands-on guide for mid-career data professionals who need to transform data into a reliable, strategic asset. Designed around the Conformed Dimensions of Data Quality framework, this book shows how to define and measure data quality and communicate expectations...Paperback$13600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks 
Cyber Risk
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What does it mean to live in a world where our most essential systems are digital—and vulnerable? Cyber Risk takes readers beyond the technical aspects of cybersecurity to explore how the management of digital risk shapes politics, policy, and everyday life. Drawing on case studies from corporate boardrooms to international affairs, it reveals...Hardback$17600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks-
Authentic Marketing
Develop a marketing strategy that blends data-driven principles with authentic human insight to deliver stronger, more meaningful results. Authentic Marketing is a practical guide for mid-career marketers who want to build credibility, apply clear frameworks and develop campaigns that stand out in an increasingly AI-driven landscape. As conversations about automation dominate the industry, this book reframes what truly drives marketing...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
AI Strategy for Sales Teams
How can sales professionals apply AI to build trust, optimize strategy and deliver impact in a digital-first world? AI Strategy for Sales Teams by Andy Hough, Richard Vincent, and Richard Brooks is a practical guide for mid-career sales professionals, managers, and consultants who want to strengthen credibility, apply proven frameworks, and optimize selling strategies in an AI-driven marketplace. Focused on...Paperback$11800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks 
IRREPLACEABLE
AI and automation are reshaping our world at an unprecedented speed, making traditional skills obsolete and opening new doors of opportunity. Those who adapt and develop unique, irreplaceable abilities will thrive. What is your plan to remain indispensable, protect your business, and safeguard your humanity in this AI-driven world? Pascal Bornet—award-winning AI expert, former McKinsey executive, and Top Voice in...Paperback$5800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Instagram & Facebook All-in-One For Dummies
Transform your online presence into a lead generation machine Instagram & Facebook All-in-One For Dummies brings together the expertise of a group of seasoned social media professionals and certified Meta trainers to solve the biggest challenge facing businesses and individuals today: how to translate Facebook and Instagram’s massive user bases into loyal audiences and customers. This comprehensive guide eliminates the...Paperback$7900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
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The explosive story of the tech giant Nvidia – the producer of the only chip anyone involved in AI wants – and its charismatic, uncompromising, complicated CEO, Jensen Huang. WINNER OF THE FT SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 A SUNDAY TIMES, ECONOMIST AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 This is the story of the company that...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableOut 4 Aug 2026Pre-order-
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The Passengers
The high concept thriller from the bestselling author of The One - now a major Netflix series. Eight self-drive cars set on a collision course. Who lives, who dies? You decide. When someone hacks into the systems of eight self-driving cars, their passengers are set on a fatal collision course. The passengers are: a TV star, a pregnant young woman,...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 11 Aug 2026Pre-order 
Pre-orderDon’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today
An electrifying, thought-provoking exploration of how the digital era is reshaping our world, by bestselling, Women's Prize-winning writer Naomi Alderman. What's the most useful thing you could know about your own life? In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns to a question that affects us all—how do we understand, and navigate, the...Paperback$3200Unit price /UnavailableOut 11 Aug 2026Pre-order
White Space Is Not Your Enemy
Designing a website or brochure without an art background? Then step away from the computer and read this engaging conversational introduction to visual communications first. Written for the beginner, White Space Is Not Your Enemy is a practical graphic design and layout guide that introduces the concepts and practices necessary for producing effective visual communication across a variety of formats—from...Hardback$24700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The Virtual Universe
Will we one day inhabit virtual worlds? From the buzz around Second Life in the early 2000s to Mark Zuckerberg's much-hyped quest for the metaverse, there seems to be a clear pattern. After being touted as revolutionary, virtual worlds fail to meet expectations and fade into obscurity. Yet the dream of an immersive, independent, and interconnected virtual social universe still...Hardback$5699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Security Engineering
Now that there's software in everything, how can you make anything secure? Understand how to engineer dependable systems with this newly updated classic. In Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, Third Edition, Cambridge University professor Ross Anderson updates his classic textbook and teaches readers how to design, implement, and test systems to withstand both error and attack....Hardback$14099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leading Digital Transformation, Updated and Expanded (featuring "Discovery-Driven Digital Transformation" by Rita McGrath and Ryan McManus)
Too many digital transformations fail to deliver. Don't let yours be one of them. If you read nothing else on leading digital transformation, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you set ambitious milestones for your transformation, anticipate and avoid common mistakes, and reach your goals faster and...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Applied Math with Python
A step-by-step guide for using Python to transform abstract mathematical concepts into effective, on-the-ground scripts that solve real-world business problems. Applied Math with Python: Solve Real-World Problems with Python-Based Solutions is a detailed, step-by-step guide for business professionals, analysts, and data scientists interested in using Python to perform crucial organisational tasks: optimising inefficient supply chains, calculating probabilities, forecasting financial performance,...Paperback$6699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
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Cybersecurity for Business Leaders
Cybersecurity for Business Leaders explains how cybersecurity is no longer purely an IT problem; it's a leadership responsibility that can derail careers, cripple organisations, and erase shareholder trust overnight. Cybersecurity for Business Leaders equips leaders to understand cyber risk, make confident decisions, and protect their businesses. Free from jargon and abstract theory, it bridges the gap between the boardroom and...Paperback$6146Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Aug 2026Pre-order 
The Innovators
Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson's New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the Internet.Paperback$5700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
The Black Swan: Second Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don’t know, now with a new section called “On Robustness and Fragility.” A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact,...Paperback$5300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks-
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson's enthralling (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose...Paperback$5900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks 
Doppelganger
A finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle AwardWinner of the Women's Prize for NonfictionNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER National Indie Bestseller A New York Times notable book of 2023Vulture's #1 book of 2023One of Slate's ten best books of 2023A Guardian best ideas book of 2023One of Time's ten best books of 2023Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award...Paperback$5300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks-
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The Nerd Reich
Who really rules our future? When Silicon Valley says it is ‘moving fast and breaking things’, the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Durán reveals something far more sinister: a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule. Drawing on insider political experience and new investigations, Durán traces this ideology from its philosophical roots...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$4199Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order 
Pre-orderSonic the Hedgehog: Tiny Book
Explore the thirty-five years of Sonic the Hedgehog’s video game history in an all-new tiny format! Sonic the Hedgehog, everyone’s favourite speedster, can now travel with you no matter what adventure you’re on! This tiny book contains more than 85 of Sonic’s iconic video game covers paired with historical tidbits, story moments, and fun facts—and it conveniently fits in a...Hardback$1999Unit price /UnavailableOut 11 Aug 2026Pre-order
Pre-orderTech Bros
The extraordinary story of Atlassian - how two university friends with a billion-dollar idea created a global tech company. In a cramped share house in inner-city Sydney, university classmates Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar started working together to create a $160 billion company from scratch and revolutionise the way the world works. They couldn't have been more different - Cannon-Brookes...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableOut 11 Aug 2026Pre-order-
The Psychology of Zelda
It's dangerous to go alone! Take this (book). For more than 30 years, The Legend of Zelda—which immerses players in a courageous struggle against the shadowy forces of evil in a world of high fantasy—has spanned more than 30 different instalments, selling over 75 million copies. Today, it is one of the most beloved video game franchises around the globe....Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Teams
Discover the power of Microsoft Teams with this intuitive and timely new guide. Microsoft Teams is unlocking the potential of remote work and virtual meetings at a time when they couldn’t be more necessary. Its feature-rich interface and ease of use promise to bring your team together—as long as you can harness its full suite of capabilities. In Teach Yourself...Paperback$6699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Human Edge in the AI Age
What remains uniquely human when AI can do almost everything? We can thrive by unlocking our human edge through eight timeless mantras. "Nitin Seth’s POSSIBLE framework is a powerful guide to thriving in the AI era." — Lou Maiuri, Chairman & Group CEO, AssetMark "A grounded, human-centered approach to navigating AI disruption." — Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar If you’re...Hardback$5700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
Dark Wire
The story of how the FBI secretly used an encrypted phone company to infiltrate one of the world's largest crime syndicates, revealing how the underworld has become a globalised economy in its own right—one that can't be policed without crossing complicated ethical boundaries. Written "in the manner of a good crime thriller" (The Wall Street Journal), the inside story of...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
Creativity's Edge
In an AI world that can write, code, and design, what's left for humans? Everything that matters. The world is changing fast. Are you ready for what's next? Technical skills alone won't keep you ahead anymore. Creativity has now become the dividing line between those who will lead the future and those who will be automated out of it. Creativity's...Hardback$5500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Beyond Cybersecurity
Beyond Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Digital Business arms your company against devastating online security breaches by providing you with the information and guidance you need to avoid catastrophic data compromise. Based upon highly-regarded risk assessment analysis, this critical text is founded upon proprietary research, client experience, and interviews with over 200 executives, regulators, and security experts, offering you a well-rounded, thoroughly...Hardback$7599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Writing an Interactive Story
Video games have become the world's largest leading cultural product. Though disputed in the past, the narrative qualities of video games have finally secured distinction in the realm of art. This is especially true for interactive games. Writing an Interactive Story will help the reader navigate the creation process of interactive scripts and discover behind-the-scenes narrative choices of renowned games....Hardback$29400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
Writing an Interactive Story
Video games have become the world's largest leading cultural product. Though disputed in the past, the narrative qualities of video games have finally secured distinction in the realm of art. This is especially true for interactive games. Writing an Interactive Story will help the reader in navigating the creation process of interactive scripts, in addition to discovering behind the scenes...Paperback$11100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
Women in Vinyl
Women in Vinyl: The Art of Making Vinyl provides a comprehensive guide to the world of vinyl, with a focus on empowerment, diversity, and inclusion. It is designed to both demystify the vinyl community and highlight the vital role women and minority groups play in shaping the industry. Divided into each step of the process, the book provides a detailed...Hardback$32900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Women in Vinyl
Women in Vinyl: The Art of Making Vinyl provides a comprehensive guide to the world of vinyl, with a focus on empowerment, diversity, and inclusion. It is designed to both demystify the vinyl community and highlight the vital role women and minority groups play in shaping the industry. Divided into each step of the process, the book provides a detailed...Paperback$10600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
White Space Is Not Your Enemy
Designing a website or brochure without an art background? Then step away from the computer and read this engaging conversational introduction to visual communications first. Written for the beginner, White Space Is Not Your Enemy is a practical graphic design and layout guide that introduces the concepts and practices necessary for producing effective visual communication across a variety of formats—from...Paperback$9399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
What Every Engineer Should Know About Modeling and Simulation
This practical book presents fundamental concepts and issues in computer modelling and simulation (M&S) in a simple and practical way for engineers, scientists, and managers who wish to apply simulation successfully to their real-world problems. It offers a concise approach to the coverage of generic (tool-independent) M&S concepts and enables engineering practitioners to easily learn, evaluate, and apply various available...Hardback$37600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Way Beyond Monochrome 2e
Photo Techniques Magazine stated: "All our readers need to know about this very useful book." Indeed, there is no other compendium that is as in-depth as this for the beauty and magic of fine-art black-and-white photography. With 560 pages and over 1,000 illustrations, Way Beyond Monochrome 2e starts with conceptual lessons of composition and takes you through image capture, exposure,...Paperback$17000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
VR Developer Gems
This book takes the practicality of other Gems series such as Graphics Gems and Game Programming Gems and provides a quick reference for novice and expert programmers alike to swiftly track down a solution to a task needed for their VR project. Reading the book from cover to cover is not the expected use case, but being familiar with the...Hardback$29400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Visual Perception from a Computer Graphics Perspective
Visual Perception from a Computer Graphics Perspective provides an introduction to human visual perception suitable for readers studying or working in the fields of computer graphics and visualisation, cognitive science, and visual neuroscience. It focuses on how computer graphics images are generated, rather than solely on the organisation of the visual system itself; therefore, the text provides a more direct...Hardback$29400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Visual Design Concepts For Mobile Games
This book is geared towards both students and professionals who are looking to enter the mobile (tablet/smartphone) and PC (personal computer) industry as concept artists (for both 2D and 3D production pipelines) or as 2D production artists (game-ready assets). It is not specifically focused on game design or game development and is also not a 3D modelling or animation guide....Hardback$32900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Visual Alchemy: The Fine Art of Digital Montage
Catherine McIntyre, like many fine artists, created traditional art for decades before encountering the versatility of digital imaging technology. Free of her Rotring pens and scalpel, she now uses Photoshop to create her montages. Visual Alchemy explores McIntyre’s sources of inspiration as well as her methods, offering an aesthetic guide to composition, colour, texture, and all of the other means...Paperback$7999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Virtual Vixens
Features software workshops for 3ds Max, Maya, CINEMA 4D, Lightwave, and Softimage XSI. Hot, hotter, hottest. See how today's leading modelling artists create 3D characters that sizzle and get the techniques you'll need to create your own virtual vixens. Steven Stahlberg, Liam Kemp, Marco Patrito, and Sze Jones from Blur Studio are just a few of the 3D artists who...Paperback$8699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Vintage Games 2.0
Super Mario Bros. Doom. Minecraft. It’s hard to imagine what life would be like today without video games, a creative industry that now towers over Hollywood in terms of both financial and cultural impact. The video game industry caters to everyone, with games in every genre for every conceivable electronic device—from dedicated PC gaming rigs and consoles to handhelds, mobile...Paperback$11800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Video, Speech, and Audio Signal Processing and Associated Standards
Now available in a three-volume set, this updated and expanded edition of the bestselling The Digital Signal Processing Handbook continues to provide the engineering community with authoritative coverage of the fundamental and specialized aspects of information-bearing signals in digital form. Encompassing essential background material, technical details, standards, and software, the second edition reflects cutting-edge information on signal processing algorithms and...Hardback$37600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Vibration Analysis with SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019
Vibration Analysis with SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2019 goes beyond the standard software manual. It concurrently introduces the reader to vibration analysis and its implementation in SOLIDWORKS Simulation using hands-on exercises. A number of projects are presented to illustrate vibration analysis and related topics. Each chapter is designed to build on the skills and understanding gained from previous exercises. Vibration Analysis with...Paperback$12300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
UX Style Frameworks
UX Style Frameworks is a practical guide for the hands-on creation of a Style Framework. This new and collaborative documentation format combines different departments’ standards and style guides into a single, unified, and accessible source for all employees. Marti Gold defines Style Frameworks for web and user experience designers, showing what and how much information goes into a style framework....Hardback$29400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Unity 3D and PlayMaker Essentials
In introducing new students to video game development, there are two crucial components to consider: design and implementation. Unity 3D and PlayMaker Essentials: Game Development from Concept to Publishing provides theoretical background on topics such as characters, stories, level design, interface design, audio, game mechanics, and tools and skills needed. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic, with topics building...Paperback$13900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Understanding Game Scoring
Understanding Game Scoring explores the unique collaboration between gameplay and composition that defines musical scoring for video games. Using an array of case studies reaching back into the canon of classic video games, this book illuminates the musical flexibility, user interactivity, and sound programming that make game scoring so different from traditional modes of composition. Mack Enns explores the collaboration...Paperback$11300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Understanding Bioinformatics
Suitable for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates, Understanding Bioinformatics provides a definitive guide to this vibrant and evolving discipline. The book takes a conceptual approach, guiding the reader from first principles through to an understanding of the computational techniques and the key algorithms. Understanding Bioinformatics is an invaluable companion for students from their first encounter with the subject through to more...Paperback$20700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Understanding BIM
Understanding BIM presents the story of Building Information Modelling, an ever-evolving and disruptive technology that has transformed the methodologies of the global construction industry. Written by the 2016 Prince Philip Gold Medal winner, Jonathan Ingram, it provides an in-depth understanding of BIM technologies, the business and organisational issues associated with its implementation, and the profound advantages its effective use can...Paperback$13400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD 2020
Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD 2020 provides a step-by-step introduction to AutoCAD with commands presented in the context of each tutorial. In fifteen clear and comprehensive chapters, the author guides you through all the important commands and techniques in AutoCAD 2020, from 2D drawing to solid modelling and finally finishing with rendering. In each lesson, the author provides step-by-step instructions with...Paperback$13000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Trusting Records in the Cloud
Published in association with the Society of American Archivists Trusting Records in the Cloud presents key findings of InterPARES Trust, an international research project that has investigated issues of trust in, and trustworthiness of records and data online, with respect to privacy, accessibility, portability, metadata and ownership. The project has produced theoretical and methodological frameworks for the development of local,...Paperback$17700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
Tradigital Animate CC
Learn how to bridge the gap between traditional animation principles and digital software. Tradigital Animate CC: 12 Principles of Animation in Adobe Flash brings the essentials of traditional animation and Adobe Flash together. The early masters of animation created a list of 12 principles which are important for anyone who wants to create interesting and believable animation. Digital animation continues...Paperback$8699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Top 20 Essential Skills for ArcGIS Utility Network
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