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Big Data and the Future of Entertainment

by Michael D. Smith, Rahul Telang ...

How big data is transforming the creative industries, and how those industries can use lessons from Netflix, Amazon, and Apple to fight back.“[The authors explain] gently yet firmly exactly how the internet threatens established ways and what can and cannot be done about it. Their book should be required for anyone who wishes to believe that nothing much has changed.”—The Wall Street Journal ... Read more

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How big data is transforming the creative industries, and how those industries can use lessons from Netflix, Amazon, and Apple to fight back.“[The authors explain] gently yet firmly exactly how the internet threatens established ways and what can and cannot be done about it. Their book should be required for anyone who wishes to believe that nothing much has changed.”—The Wall Street Journal
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Invisible Women

the Sunday Times number one bestseller exposing the gender bias women face every day

by Caroline Criado Perez ...

*THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**A TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21st CENTURY**OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD*Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives in this groundbreaking gift of a book.'Nothing delights me more than a well-written and well-researched book that teaches you and never bores you' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie'HELL YES. This is... ... Read more

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*THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**A TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21st CENTURY**OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD*Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives in this groundbreaking gift of a book.'Nothing delights me more than a well-written and well-researched book that teaches you and never bores you' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie'HELL YES. This is...
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Time Series Forecasting in Python

by Marco Peixeiro ...

Build predictive models from time-based patterns in your data. Master statistical models including new deep learning approaches for time series forecasting.In Time Series Forecasting in Python you will learn how to:Recognize a time series forecasting problem and build a performant predictive modelCreate univariate forecasting models that account for seasonal effects and external variablesBuild ... Read more

$44.99 AUD

Build predictive models from time-based patterns in your data. Master statistical models including new deep learning approaches for time series forecasting.In Time Series Forecasting in Python you will learn how to:Recognize a time series forecasting problem and build a performant predictive modelCreate univariate forecasting models that account for seasonal effects and external variablesBuild
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The AI Con

How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want

by Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna ...

A smart, incisive take-down of so-called ‘artificial intelligence’, exposing the real harm these technologies do to our jobs, health, society and environment, who stands to gain from them, and how to fight back.‘You need to read this book’ BRIAN ENO‘Written with absolute authority and incredible wit and verve’ KAREN HAOHave tech companies created artificial minds? Are they going to replace all our ... Read more

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A smart, incisive take-down of so-called ‘artificial intelligence’, exposing the real harm these technologies do to our jobs, health, society and environment, who stands to gain from them, and how to fight back.‘You need to read this book’ BRIAN ENO‘Written with absolute authority and incredible wit and verve’ KAREN HAOHave tech companies created artificial minds? Are they going to replace all our
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The Thinking Machine

Jensen Huang and Nvidia, the company shaping the future of AI

by Stephen Witt ...

WINNER OF THE FT SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025A SUNDAY TIMES, ECONOMIST AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Gripping and brilliantly told’ MUSTAFA SULEYMAN‘Highly entertaining’ GUARDIAN‘Excellent’ ECONOMIST'Riveting ... exceptional' RAY KURZWEIL‘Page-turning’ DAVID EPSTEIN<... ... Read more

Was $21.99 AUD Now $18.99 AUD

WINNER OF THE FT SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025A SUNDAY TIMES, ECONOMIST AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Gripping and brilliantly told’ MUSTAFA SULEYMAN‘Highly entertaining’ GUARDIAN‘Excellent’ ECONOMIST'Riveting ... exceptional' RAY KURZWEIL‘Page-turning’ DAVID EPSTEIN<...
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications

The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann, Chris Riccomini ...

Data is at the center 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 systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data warehouses, and data lakes. There are cloud services, on-premises services, and embedded databases. What ... Read more

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Data is at the center 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 systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data warehouses, and data lakes. There are cloud services, on-premises services, and embedded databases. What
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The Model Thinker

What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You

by Scott E. Page ...

Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja.From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows, ... Read more

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Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja.From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows,
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Microsoft Excel VBA Codes Are Fun, Simple, and Easy to Learn In One Hour or Less: VBA for Students, Parents, and Professionals (First Edition)

by Kenny L Keys ...

This book is the first of three books to come in a series that is dedicated to making VBA in Microsoft Excel less scary for regular, everyday people. I’m committed to providing tutorials in a way that will allow my books to be as easily understood as watching a cartoon on your television screen; this is why pictorial examples dominates this book; the images will follow me step by step in the ... Read more

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This book is the first of three books to come in a series that is dedicated to making VBA in Microsoft Excel less scary for regular, everyday people. I’m committed to providing tutorials in a way that will allow my books to be as easily understood as watching a cartoon on your television screen; this is why pictorial examples dominates this book; the images will follow me step by step in the
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Fundamentals of Data Engineering

Plan and Build Robust Data Systems

by Joe Reis, Matt Housley ...

Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle ... Read more

$54.64 AUD

Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle
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Database Internals

A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work

by Alex Petrov ...

When it comes to choosing, using, and maintaining a database, understanding its internals is essential. But with so many distributed databases and tools available today, it’s often difficult to understand what each one offers and how they differ. With this practical guide, Alex Petrov guides developers through the concepts behind modern database and storage engine internals.Throughout the book, ... Read more

$46.72 AUD

When it comes to choosing, using, and maintaining a database, understanding its internals is essential. But with so many distributed databases and tools available today, it’s often difficult to understand what each one offers and how they differ. With this practical guide, Alex Petrov guides developers through the concepts behind modern database and storage engine internals.Throughout the book,
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The Ascent of Information

Books, Bits, Genes, Machines, and Life's Unending Algorithm

by Caleb Scharf ...

**“Full of fascinating insights drawn from an impressive range of disciplines, The Ascent of Information casts the familiar and the foreign in a dramatic new light.” —Brian Greene, author of The Elegant UniverseYour information has a life of its own, and it’s using you to get what it wants.**One of the most peculiar and possibly unique features of humans is the vast amount of information we carry ... Read more

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**“Full of fascinating insights drawn from an impressive range of disciplines, The Ascent of Information casts the familiar and the foreign in a dramatic new light.” —Brian Greene, author of The Elegant UniverseYour information has a life of its own, and it’s using you to get what it wants.**One of the most peculiar and possibly unique features of humans is the vast amount of information we carry
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"You Are Not Expected to Understand This"

How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World

Edited by Torie Bosch ...

Leading technologists, historians, and journalists reveal the stories behind the computer coding that touches all aspects of life—for better or worseFew of us give much thought to computer code or how it comes to be. The very word “code” makes it sound immutable or even inevitable. “You Are Not Expected to Understand This” demonstrates that, far from being preordained, computer code is the result ... Read more

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Leading technologists, historians, and journalists reveal the stories behind the computer coding that touches all aspects of life—for better or worseFew of us give much thought to computer code or how it comes to be. The very word “code” makes it sound immutable or even inevitable. “You Are Not Expected to Understand This” demonstrates that, far from being preordained, computer code is the result
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Microsoft Excel VBA Like Operator and Wildcard Characters

by Kenny L Keys ...

This five-minute eBook will quickly show anyone how to use Microsoft’s VBA operators (e.g., , Like, And) and its wildcard characters (e.g., #, ? and *) to filter for data in spreadsheet cells. If a user has ever worked with filtering data in Microsoft Access databases, he or she will be very familiar with these operators and wildcard characters and how they’re used to extract data, but the user ... Read more

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This five-minute eBook will quickly show anyone how to use Microsoft’s VBA operators (e.g., , Like, And) and its wildcard characters (e.g., #, ? and *) to filter for data in spreadsheet cells. If a user has ever worked with filtering data in Microsoft Access databases, he or she will be very familiar with these operators and wildcard characters and how they’re used to extract data, but the user
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Linux Mint 22 User Manual for Beginners

Quick, Simple Techniques to Personalize Your Desktop, Install Software, Optimize Performance, Organize Data and Use Applications

by Thomas Berg ...

Discover the power and flexibility of Linux Mint 22 with this comprehensive beginner's guide that takes you from installation to mastery.Whether you're new to Linux or transitioning from Windows or macOS, this step-by-step manual provides everything you need to confidently navigate, customize, and optimize your Linux Mint 22 system. Written in clear, jargon-free language, this guide makes Linux ... Read more

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Discover the power and flexibility of Linux Mint 22 with this comprehensive beginner's guide that takes you from installation to mastery.Whether you're new to Linux or transitioning from Windows or macOS, this step-by-step manual provides everything you need to confidently navigate, customize, and optimize your Linux Mint 22 system. Written in clear, jargon-free language, this guide makes Linux
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Grokking Algorithms

An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people

by Aditya Bhargava ...

"This book does the impossible: it makes math fun and easy!" - Sander Rossel, COAS Software SystemsGrokking Algorithms is a fully illustrated, friendly guide that teaches you how to apply common algorithms to the practical problems you face every day as a programmer. You'll start with sorting and searching and, as you build up your skills in thinking algorithmically, you'll tackle more complex ... Read more

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"This book does the impossible: it makes math fun and easy!" - Sander Rossel, COAS Software SystemsGrokking Algorithms is a fully illustrated, friendly guide that teaches you how to apply common algorithms to the practical problems you face every day as a programmer. You'll start with sorting and searching and, as you build up your skills in thinking algorithmically, you'll tackle more complex
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Linux : A Comprehensive Crash Course on Linux System Programming For Beginners. - Installation, Configuration, and Command Line Basics

by Guillem Ross ...

Learning Linux is simpler than you might think. With this crash course, you can quickly master this Operating System and put your newfound knowledge to use.Linux is an operating system. It is distributed under an open-source license. Its functionality list is quite like UNIX.This practical guide assumes a base of little or no Linux knowledge and takes you to step by step through what you need to ... Read more

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Learning Linux is simpler than you might think. With this crash course, you can quickly master this Operating System and put your newfound knowledge to use.Linux is an operating system. It is distributed under an open-source license. Its functionality list is quite like UNIX.This practical guide assumes a base of little or no Linux knowledge and takes you to step by step through what you need to
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SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) on HANA

by Sukant Pandey ...

Series Book 1 - SAP Data Management
SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG) offers centralized governance for master data domains like Financials, Supplier, Customer, and Material. With this application, you can manage master data that is ready and fit to use within SAP environments. Release 7.0 of SAP MDG brought the option of using SAP HANA for advanced duplicate detection and search, and it provides matching and cleansing ... Read more

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SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG) offers centralized governance for master data domains like Financials, Supplier, Customer, and Material. With this application, you can manage master data that is ready and fit to use within SAP environments. Release 7.0 of SAP MDG brought the option of using SAP HANA for advanced duplicate detection and search, and it provides matching and cleansing
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Python For Beginners.Learn Data Science in 5 Days the Smart Way and Remember it Longer. With Easy Step by Step Guidance & Hands on Examples. (Python Crash Course-Programming for Beginners)

Python for Beginners

by Arthur T. Brooks ...

Series series Python for Beginners
Have you always wanted to learn computer programming but thought it was too difficult or would take too long?Do you want to know the secret to learning Python Data Science the easy way and start programming today?This book is for you.You don't need to waste your time and money learning Python the hard way through tiresome technical books, expensive online courses and difficult Python tutorials.... ... Read more

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Have you always wanted to learn computer programming but thought it was too difficult or would take too long?Do you want to know the secret to learning Python Data Science the easy way and start programming today?This book is for you.You don't need to waste your time and money learning Python the hard way through tiresome technical books, expensive online courses and difficult Python tutorials....
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Web Coding & Development All-in-One For Dummies

by Paul McFedries ...

Learn the in-demand skills that let you turn lines of code into websites and appsWeb Coding & Development All-in-One For Dummies is a one-stop resource for would-be developers who need guidance on the languages and steps used to build websites and applications. Learn the coding ropes and expand your existing skillset with this easy-to-understand guide. In these complete mini-books, you’ll walk ... Read more

$48.99 AUD

Learn the in-demand skills that let you turn lines of code into websites and appsWeb Coding & Development All-in-One For Dummies is a one-stop resource for would-be developers who need guidance on the languages and steps used to build websites and applications. Learn the coding ropes and expand your existing skillset with this easy-to-understand guide. In these complete mini-books, you’ll walk
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Stream Processing with Apache Flink

Fundamentals, Implementation, and Operation of Streaming Applications

by Fabian Hueske, Vasiliki Kalavri ...

Get started with Apache Flink, the open source framework that powers some of the world’s largest stream processing applications. With this practical book, you’ll explore the fundamental concepts of parallel stream processing and discover how this technology differs from traditional batch data processing.Longtime Apache Flink committers Fabian Hueske and Vasia Kalavri show you how to implement ... Read more

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Get started with Apache Flink, the open source framework that powers some of the world’s largest stream processing applications. With this practical book, you’ll explore the fundamental concepts of parallel stream processing and discover how this technology differs from traditional batch data processing.Longtime Apache Flink committers Fabian Hueske and Vasia Kalavri show you how to implement
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Generative Deep Learning

Teaching Machines to Paint, Write, Compose, and Play

by David Foster ...

Generative modeling is one of the hottest topics in AI. It’s now possible to teach a machine to excel at human endeavors such as painting, writing, and composing music. With this practical book, machine-learning engineers and data scientists will discover how to re-create some of the most impressive examples of generative deep learning models, such as variational autoencoders,generative ... Read more

$54.64 AUD

Generative modeling is one of the hottest topics in AI. It’s now possible to teach a machine to excel at human endeavors such as painting, writing, and composing music. With this practical book, machine-learning engineers and data scientists will discover how to re-create some of the most impressive examples of generative deep learning models, such as variational autoencoders,generative
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Building an Anonymization Pipeline

Creating Safe Data

by Luk Arbuckle, Khaled El Emam ...

How can you use data in a way that protects individual privacy but still provides useful and meaningful analytics? With this practical book, data architects and engineers will learn how to establish and integrate secure, repeatable anonymization processes into their data flows and analytics in a sustainable manner.Luk Arbuckle and Khaled El Emam from Privacy Analytics explore end-to-end solutions ... Read more

$38.80 AUD

How can you use data in a way that protects individual privacy but still provides useful and meaningful analytics? With this practical book, data architects and engineers will learn how to establish and integrate secure, repeatable anonymization processes into their data flows and analytics in a sustainable manner.Luk Arbuckle and Khaled El Emam from Privacy Analytics explore end-to-end solutions
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Learn SAP MM in 24 Hours

by Alex Nordeen ...

SAP MM is one of the core modules of the logistic process in SAP.SAP MM covers a broad area of business functionalities. There is no surprise that SAPMM is a very broad subject, and it requires ample amount of time. In order to save users time and make subject matter easy, this book is designed. The book is small but covers all important aspects of SAP MM.This book will help you to get end-to-end ... Read more

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SAP MM is one of the core modules of the logistic process in SAP.SAP MM covers a broad area of business functionalities. There is no surprise that SAPMM is a very broad subject, and it requires ample amount of time. In order to save users time and make subject matter easy, this book is designed. The book is small but covers all important aspects of SAP MM.This book will help you to get end-to-end
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Microsoft VBA Loop Statements for Word and Excel Includes Do…Until, While…Wend and For…Next Statements

by Kenny L Keys ...

This book is the third and final book in the Microsoft VBA Codes Are Fun, Simple, and Easy to Learn In One Hour or Less series. I’m dedicated to making VBA as simple as possible for anyone who wants to harness its power and efficiency. Since I’ve already explained Microsoft VBA statements, built-in objects, arrays, variables, integers, Sub, Private Sub and Public Sub tags in my previous books, I ... Read more

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This book is the third and final book in the Microsoft VBA Codes Are Fun, Simple, and Easy to Learn In One Hour or Less series. I’m dedicated to making VBA as simple as possible for anyone who wants to harness its power and efficiency. Since I’ve already explained Microsoft VBA statements, built-in objects, arrays, variables, integers, Sub, Private Sub and Public Sub tags in my previous books, I
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