Advanced Computing in Computers & Nonfiction eBooks

Arduino

computer technology

by Benjamin Leanek ...

Series series computer technology
This book " Arduino" introduces several options for adding communication features to the Arduino.Standard learning processes such as the Teach Pendant control most industrial robots. Accelerometer-based gesture recognition has become famous for the past decade. The advantages of the accelerometer are low to medium and small. The wireless sensor system (with the Wii Remote, based on accelerometer) ... Read more

$5.39 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book " Arduino" introduces several options for adding communication features to the Arduino.Standard learning processes such as the Teach Pendant control most industrial robots. Accelerometer-based gesture recognition has become famous for the past decade. The advantages of the accelerometer are low to medium and small. The wireless sensor system (with the Wii Remote, based on accelerometer)
... Read more
More Everything Forever

AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity

by Adam Becker ...

'Book of the Year' as chosen by The Conversation'Disconcerting . . . a disturbing and important book' NEW SCIENTIST'Smart and wonderfully readable' NEW YORK TIMESThe bad science and sinister ideas behind Silicon Valley's foolish obsession with immortality, AI paradise and limitless growth.Tech billionaires have decided that they should determine ou... ... Read more

Was $16.99 AUD Now $4.99 AUD

'Book of the Year' as chosen by The Conversation'Disconcerting . . . a disturbing and important book' NEW SCIENTIST'Smart and wonderfully readable' NEW YORK TIMESThe bad science and sinister ideas behind Silicon Valley's foolish obsession with immortality, AI paradise and limitless growth.Tech billionaires have decided that they should determine ou...
... 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 ...

As we enter the age of AI, we are in danger of being reduced to what Cory Doctorow dubs the 'reverse centaur'. With that term he conjures a human being conscripted as the assistant to a dominant machine. It could be a driver made to deliver nonstop, all day long; a warehouse worker packing shelves without bathroom or food breaks; or a programmer reviewing impossible amounts of AI-produced code.Don ... Read more

$15.14 AUD

As we enter the age of AI, we are in danger of being reduced to what Cory Doctorow dubs the 'reverse centaur'. With that term he conjures a human being conscripted as the assistant to a dominant machine. It could be a driver made to deliver nonstop, all day long; a warehouse worker packing shelves without bathroom or food breaks; or a programmer reviewing impossible amounts of AI-produced code.Don
... Read more
End Times Fascism

And the Fight for the Living World

by Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor ...

A blistering exposé of the new far-right apocalyptic alliance that's on the move around the globe - and how we resistThe far right is on the march again – but this time it’s different from anything we’ve seen before. A new, apocalyptic alliance of religious fundamentalists, billionaire Silicon Valley tech kings and ethno-nationalists is on the move. They’re united in their belief that some kind of ... Read more

$21.99 AUD

PRE-ORDER

A blistering exposé of the new far-right apocalyptic alliance that's on the move around the globe - and how we resistThe far right is on the march again – but this time it’s different from anything we’ve seen before. A new, apocalyptic alliance of religious fundamentalists, billionaire Silicon Valley tech kings and ethno-nationalists is on the move. They’re united in their belief that some kind of
... 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

$39.14 AUD

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
What Machines Can't Replace

Why AI Makes Us More Human

by Anna McPhee ...

The moment AI began generating art and stories, humans began valuing imperfection, effort, and slowness more than ever.We're handwriting letters. Choosing bread that took three days. Celebrating flaws. We're not resisting AI, we're discovering what machines can't touch.What Machines Can't Replace reveals the paradox at the heart of our AI future: the more abundant machine-made content becomes, the ... Read more

$10.79 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

The moment AI began generating art and stories, humans began valuing imperfection, effort, and slowness more than ever.We're handwriting letters. Choosing bread that took three days. Celebrating flaws. We're not resisting AI, we're discovering what machines can't touch.What Machines Can't Replace reveals the paradox at the heart of our AI future: the more abundant machine-made content becomes, the
... Read more
This Is for Everyone

by Tim Berners-Lee ...

The most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of visionary. Born in the same year as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Berners-Lee famously distributed his invention, the World Wide Web, for no commercial reward. Its widespread adoption changed everything – transforming humanity into the first digital species. Through the web, we live, work, dream and connect ... Read more

$3.99 AUD

The most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of visionary. Born in the same year as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Berners-Lee famously distributed his invention, the World Wide Web, for no commercial reward. Its widespread adoption changed everything – transforming humanity into the first digital species. Through the web, we live, work, dream and connect
... Read more
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

$61.77 AUD

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
God AI

Boom or Doom? What to Expect When Machines Outsmart Us

by Toby Walsh ...

Is it game over for humanity? The essential guide to our most dangerous invention.Our fears about artificial general intelligence go deep. They touch on our very identity as thinking, feeling creatures, and on our place in the universe. Are we creating our own successor? And might this creation be a god?In this vital contribution, leading researcher and author Professor Toby Walsh explores the ... Read more

$16.99 AUD

Is it game over for humanity? The essential guide to our most dangerous invention.Our fears about artificial general intelligence go deep. They touch on our very identity as thinking, feeling creatures, and on our place in the universe. Are we creating our own successor? And might this creation be a god?In this vital contribution, leading researcher and author Professor Toby Walsh explores the
... Read more
We Are Not Machines

The Fight for the Future of Work

by Sarah O'Connor ...

'Sarah is one of the few people who really understands how AI is changing the character of work already and what it means for all of us' David Runciman'Original and enlightening... Not many books about the labour market make you laugh and bring tears to your eyes' Emma Duncan, The TimesFrom award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI is ... Read more

$19.99 AUD

'Sarah is one of the few people who really understands how AI is changing the character of work already and what it means for all of us' David Runciman'Original and enlightening... Not many books about the labour market make you laugh and bring tears to your eyes' Emma Duncan, The TimesFrom award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI is
... Read more
Empire of AI

Inside the reckless race for total domination

by Karen Hao ...

A New York Times and Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award 2025Longlisted for the 2025 Financial Times & Schroders Business Book of the YearShortlisted for Foyles Non Fiction Book of the Year 2025An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman a... ... Read more

Was $21.99 AUD Now $18.99 AUD

A New York Times and Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award 2025Longlisted for the 2025 Financial Times & Schroders Business Book of the YearShortlisted for Foyles Non Fiction Book of the Year 2025An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman a...
... Read more
What If We Got AI Right?

How to stop catastrophising and build an ethical future

by Eleanor Drage ...

'Timely and much-needed' Carole Cadwalladr'A wise and purpose-driven book to steer us out of AI doom' Sandi ToksvigWe're confused about AI: what it is, and where it's leading us - whether into a utopia or an apocalypse. Yet these obsessions thwart efforts to make meaningful change in an industry with very real problems.Here, Dr Eleanor Drage, one of the world's leading AI ethicists, unpicks the ... Read more

$19.30 AUD

'Timely and much-needed' Carole Cadwalladr'A wise and purpose-driven book to steer us out of AI doom' Sandi ToksvigWe're confused about AI: what it is, and where it's leading us - whether into a utopia or an apocalypse. Yet these obsessions thwart efforts to make meaningful change in an industry with very real problems.Here, Dr Eleanor Drage, one of the world's leading AI ethicists, unpicks the
... Read more
The Most Human Human

What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive

by Brian Christian ...

For the first time in history, we are interacting with computers so sophisticated that we think they're human beings. This is a remarkable feat of human ingenuity, but what does it say about our humanity? Are we really no better at being human than the machines we've created?By mimicking our behaviour and conversation, computers have recently come within a single vote of passing the Turing Test, ... Read more

$15.99 AUD

For the first time in history, we are interacting with computers so sophisticated that we think they're human beings. This is a remarkable feat of human ingenuity, but what does it say about our humanity? Are we really no better at being human than the machines we've created?By mimicking our behaviour and conversation, computers have recently come within a single vote of passing the Turing Test,
... Read more
API Architecture

The Big Picture for Building APIs

by Matthias Biehl ...

Series Book 2 - API-University Series
Building APIs that consumers love should certainly be the goal of any API initiative. However, it is easier said than done. It requires getting the architecture for your APIs right. This book equips you with both foundations and best practices for API architecture. This book presents best practices for putting an infrastructure in place that enables efficient development of APIs.This book is for ... Read more

$12.59 AUD

Building APIs that consumers love should certainly be the goal of any API initiative. However, it is easier said than done. It requires getting the architecture for your APIs right. This book equips you with both foundations and best practices for API architecture. This book presents best practices for putting an infrastructure in place that enables efficient development of APIs.This book is for
... Read more
Co-Existence

The Next Phase of AI - From the Bestselling Author of Co-Intelligence

by Ethan Mollick ...

How do we live alongside machines that are sometimes smarter than us?We are entering a new era. AI systems can already outperform humans in some domains while failing spectacularly in others. They can act as tutors, collaborators, researchers, strategists and creators … yet they can also produce falsehoods, generate convincing nonsense and fail unpredictably. The challenge is no longer simply ... Read more

$19.99 AUD

PRE-ORDER

How do we live alongside machines that are sometimes smarter than us?We are entering a new era. AI systems can already outperform humans in some domains while failing spectacularly in others. They can act as tutors, collaborators, researchers, strategists and creators … yet they can also produce falsehoods, generate convincing nonsense and fail unpredictably. The challenge is no longer simply
... Read more
Co-Intelligence

The Definitive, Bestselling Guide to Living and Working with AI

by Ethan Mollick ...

The New York Times BestsellerThe urgent and definitive guide to working, learning, and living in the new age of artificial intelligence from the acclaimed Wharton Professor of Management and author of the One Useful Thing Substack.'The very best book I know about the ins, outs, and ethics of generative AI. Drop everything and read it cover to cover NOW' Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit ... Read more

Was $18.99 AUD Now $15.99 AUD

The New York Times BestsellerThe urgent and definitive guide to working, learning, and living in the new age of artificial intelligence from the acclaimed Wharton Professor of Management and author of the One Useful Thing Substack.'The very best book I know about the ins, outs, and ethics of generative AI. Drop everything and read it cover to cover NOW' Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit
... Read more
Kubernetes: Up and Running

Dive into the Future of Infrastructure

by Brendan Burns, Joe Beda, Kelsey Hightower, Lachlan Evenson ...

In just five years, Kubernetes has radically changed the way developers and ops personnel build, deploy, and maintain applications in the cloud. With this book's updated third edition, you'll learn how this popular container orchestrator can help your company achieve new levels of velocity, agility, reliability, and efficiency--whether you're new to distributed systems or have been deploying cloud ... Read more

$46.72 AUD

In just five years, Kubernetes has radically changed the way developers and ops personnel build, deploy, and maintain applications in the cloud. With this book's updated third edition, you'll learn how this popular container orchestrator can help your company achieve new levels of velocity, agility, reliability, and efficiency--whether you're new to distributed systems or have been deploying cloud
... Read more
The Cryptopians

Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze

by Laura Shin ...

The story of the idealists, technologists, and opportunists fighting to bring cryptocurrency to the masses.In their short history, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have gone through booms, busts, and internecine wars, recently reaching a market valuation of more than $2 trillion. The central promise of crypto endures—vast fortunes made from decentralized networks not controlled by any single ... Read more

$31.99 AUD

The story of the idealists, technologists, and opportunists fighting to bring cryptocurrency to the masses.In their short history, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have gone through booms, busts, and internecine wars, recently reaching a market valuation of more than $2 trillion. The central promise of crypto endures—vast fortunes made from decentralized networks not controlled by any single
... Read more
Your Life, Solved: 42 Practical Ways AI Can Help You Save Time, Reduce Stress, and Get More Done

by Marlon Buchanan ...

Your Life, SolvedDo you ever feel like you're juggling too many tasks, too much information, and not enough time?You're not alone.Most people don't need more productivity hacks. They need better systems. The challenge isn't knowing what to do. It's remembering everything, staying organized, following through on commitments, and finding the time and energy to keep up with it all.Artificial ... Read more

$8.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

Your Life, SolvedDo you ever feel like you're juggling too many tasks, too much information, and not enough time?You're not alone.Most people don't need more productivity hacks. They need better systems. The challenge isn't knowing what to do. It's remembering everything, staying organized, following through on commitments, and finding the time and energy to keep up with it all.Artificial
... Read more
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

by Jill Lepore ...

Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year 2026'Superb' Philip Pullman'Revelatory' George SaundersIt presented itself as a form of futurism. But the future envisioned by the architects of the Artificial State looked, chillingly, like the very worst of the past…We live in the age of data. Over the past century, rapidly evolving technologies have transformed every aspect of our ... Read more

$21.99 AUD

Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year 2026'Superb' Philip Pullman'Revelatory' George SaundersIt presented itself as a form of futurism. But the future envisioned by the architects of the Artificial State looked, chillingly, like the very worst of the past…We live in the age of data. Over the past century, rapidly evolving technologies have transformed every aspect of our
... Read more
Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)

by Sebastian Raschka ...

Series series From Scratch
How to implement LLM attention mechanisms and GPT-style transformers.In Build a Large Language Model (from Scratch) bestselling author Sebastian Raschka guides you step by step through creating your own LLM. Each stage is explained with clear text, diagrams, and examples. You’ll go from the initial design and creation, to pretraining on a general corpus, and on to fine-tuning for specific tasks ... Read more

$44.99 AUD

How to implement LLM attention mechanisms and GPT-style transformers.In Build a Large Language Model (from Scratch) bestselling author Sebastian Raschka guides you step by step through creating your own LLM. Each stage is explained with clear text, diagrams, and examples. You’ll go from the initial design and creation, to pretraining on a general corpus, and on to fine-tuning for specific tasks
... Read more
Life 3.0

Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Max Tegmark ...

***'*This is the most important conversation of our time, and Tegmark's thought-provoking book will help you join it' Stephen HawkingTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. DAILY TELEGRAPH AND THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEARSELECTED AS ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2018**AI is the future - but what will that future look like? Will superhuman intelligence be our slave, or become our god?Taking us to ... Read more

$15.99 AUD

***'*This is the most important conversation of our time, and Tegmark's thought-provoking book will help you join it' Stephen HawkingTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. DAILY TELEGRAPH AND THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEARSELECTED AS ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2018**AI is the future - but what will that future look like? Will superhuman intelligence be our slave, or become our god?Taking us to
... Read more
The Island

by Ben Coes ...

Series series Dewey Andreas Thrillers
Dewey Andreas is the last line of defence. The latest in the New York Times bestselling series from Ben Coes.America is about to face the deadliest terrorist attack since 9/11. Iran has been planning revenge, with three goals in mind: assassinate the President. Bring America to its knees. And neutralize their most successful agent, Dewey Andreas.When the President arrives in New York to address ... Read more

$5.99 AUD

Dewey Andreas is the last line of defence. The latest in the New York Times bestselling series from Ben Coes.America is about to face the deadliest terrorist attack since 9/11. Iran has been planning revenge, with three goals in mind: assassinate the President. Bring America to its knees. And neutralize their most successful agent, Dewey Andreas.When the President arrives in New York to address
... Read more
Cryptocurrency Investing For Beginners

The Blueprint For Investing In Crypto Such As Bitcoin& Ethereum, Maximizing Your Returns, Understanding Exchanges, Wallets & The Blockchain

by Brandon Smith ...

Discover How You Can Maximize Your Gains & Minimize Your Potential Losses With This Complete Guide To Cryptocurrency Investing!Bitcoin & Crypto is a whole NEW asset class, so no wonder it seems confusing to billions of potential investors.You don't need to have millions spare, or access to top secret information in order to grow your money in the Crypto world. For average investors like you or me ... Read more

$2.96 AUD

Discover How You Can Maximize Your Gains & Minimize Your Potential Losses With This Complete Guide To Cryptocurrency Investing!Bitcoin & Crypto is a whole NEW asset class, so no wonder it seems confusing to billions of potential investors.You don't need to have millions spare, or access to top secret information in order to grow your money in the Crypto world. For average investors like you or me
... Read more

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Advanced Computing eBooks

Show: