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Building your first PC doesn’t have to be intimidating. If you’ve ever stared at a pile of computer parts and felt overwhelmed, The Frame Rate Frontier is your calm, step-by-step roadmap from unopened boxes to a fully powered machine. Written in plain English without unnecessary jargon this beginner-friendly guide walks you through every stage of the build with confidence and clarity.

We live under the comforting assumption that the digital world is permanent — that what we upload, store, and share online will remain accessible forever. Digital Memory & Identity challenges this illusion by exploring the fragility, decay, and impermanence of our modern digital archives. This book examines how our personal histories, cultural artifacts, creative works, and collective knowledge are increasingly stored on technological foundations that are far more vulnerable than traditional physical records.

A joyous exploration of the cultural phenomenon that created Mario, Zelda and Pokémon, and an ode to our love of gaming, by one of the most trusted voices in video games writing. 'Among the best things ever written about Nintendo.' Tom Bissell , author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter From the instant classics to the hidden gems, Nintendo's video games occupy a special place in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people around the globe.

A beautifully written insight into the stresses, strains and successes of working for the London Ambulance service. Is there anyone who hasn't wondered about the state of the occupant of an ambulance, screaming along with its sirens on and blue lights flashing? Have you? And have you wondered about the other people inside the ambulance, maybe fighting to save the patient's life?

Starting a blog is one of the most exciting journeys you can take in today’s digital world. It’s an opportunity to share your passions, build your personal brand, connect with like-minded readers, and even open the door to new income streams. Yet for many beginners, the dream feels intimidating. Words like domain names, hosting, plugins, SEO, and monetization sound like a foreign language. The mountain seems too steep to climb.

The greatest professional disruption since the internet is happening right now—and most leaders are responding with the one strategy guaranteed to fail: random experimentation. While they chase tools, a small cohort of strategic leaders is quietly building an advantage that compounds daily. They're not learning faster. They're learning differently—with systems that turn AI into operational leverage instead of another item on the to-do list.

In this, the first book to take a big-picture view of the entire post punk period, acclaimed author and music journalist Simon Reynolds recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music. Full of anecdote and insight, and featuring the likes of Joy Division, The Fall, Pere Ubu, PiL and Talking Heads, Rip It Up And Start Again stands as one of the most inspired and inspiring books on popular music ever written.

Written by an airline pilot and a clinical psychologist, this combination of practical explanation and self-help techniques is the definitive guide to help nervous passengers overcome their fear of flying. Lighthearted, unpatronising and informative.

Every click, search, swipe, and movement through digital space leaves behind a trace. Invisible to most users yet meticulously recorded by platforms, brokers, and algorithms, these traces accumulate into what can be understood as a hidden account — an unseen system where personal information is continuously extracted, analyzed, traded, and monetised. The Invisible Ledger explores this silent economy and its profound implications for privacy, autonomy, and human identity. This audiobook examines how modern technology has transformed everyday behavior into a valuable commercial asset.

The Art of Game Design guides you through the design process step-by-step, helping you to develop new and innovative games that will be played again and again. It explains the fundamental principles of game design and demonstrates how tactics used in classic board, card, and athletic games also work in top-quality video games.

If you've ever felt locked out of software development because you lack a computer science degree, this book is your breakthrough guide. "Claude Code and GitHub for Beginners" shows non-technical founders, freelancers, and creators how to build real applications using AI coding tools and professional version control.

The Machine Economy explores the coming shift where machines, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technology begin interacting economically without human intervention. As digital assets and decentralized networks evolve, a new financial system is emerging where value can move instantly between machines, systems, and people across the world. In this short book, Carl Aguillard explains the concept of the machine economy and how technologies like blockchain, AI, and digital assets could transform global commerce.

Stop struggling with traditional coding tutorials that lead nowhere. Claude Code for Beginners is your complete roadmap to mastering AI-assisted development—even if you've never written a line of code. Written by Michael Patterson, who leads 120 engineers at a major tech company, this book bridges the gap between surface-level AI prompts and the development of production-ready applications. Whether you're an entrepreneur with a SaaS idea, a career changer, or a professional looking to automate workflows, this practical guide gets you there in 90 days.

From the bestselling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels comes the next definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the video game industry: how some of the past decade's most renowned studios fell apart—and the stories, both triumphant and tragic, of what happened next. Jason Schreier's...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Hello World, written and read by Hannah Fry. You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate – a human or an algorithm? An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye...

Technical knowledge alone isn't enough - increase your software development income by leveling up your soft skills Early in his software developer career, John Sonmez discovered that technical knowledge alone isn't enough to break through to the next income level - developers need "soft skills" like the ability to learn new technologies just in time, communicate clearly with management and consulting clients, negotiate a fair hourly rate, and unite teammates and coworkers in working toward a common goal.

How do you detangle a monolithic system and migrate it to a microservice architecture? How do you do it while maintaining business-as-usual? As a companion to Sam Newman’s extremely popular Building Microservices, this new book details a proven method for transitioning an existing monolithic system to a microservice architecture.

This practical guide reveals how to create sophisticated multi-agent AI systems using Claude Code, giving you the competitive edge in the rapidly evolving world of AI development. Unlike generic AI tutorials, this book focuses specifically on Anthropic's Claude models and their unique advantages for building reliable, scalable agent systems. You'll discover why Claude's extended context window and superior reasoning capabilities make it the preferred choice for complex multi-agent workflows that other LLMs struggle to handle.

Peter Seibel interviews 15 of the most interesting computer programmers alive today in Coders at Work, offering a companion volume to Apress’ highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston. As the words “at work” suggest, Peter Seibel focuses on how his interviewees tackle the day-to-day work of programming, while revealing much more, like how they became great programmers, how they recognize programming talent in others, and what kinds of problems they find most interesting.

Everyone in the newsroom knows that somebody is monitoring their emails, but Beth and Jennifer don't believe anyone would read their never-ending conversations. But Lincoln does, it's his job, and Beth and Jennifer's hilarious, no-holds-barred emails are the best part of his day. The only problem is he's starting to fall in love with Beth and yet she doesn't even know he exists. With ex-boyfriends, office politics and family drama, there never seems to be a good time for Lincoln to introduce himself. But to get the life you want sometimes you need to put yourself out there....