In A Full Life, former US President Jimmy Carter reflects on his full and happy life with pride, humor, and a few second thoughts. He tells what he is proud of and what he might do differently. He discusses his regret at losing his re-election, but how he and Rosalynn pushed on and... Read more
In A Full Life, former US President Jimmy Carter reflects on his full and happy life with pride, humor, and a few second thoughts. He tells what he is proud of and what he might do differently. He discusses his regret at losing his re-election, but how he and Rosalynn pushed on and... Read more
Algorithm Design introduces algorithms by looking at the real-world problems that motivate them. The book teaches students a range of design and analysis techniques for problems that arise in computing applications. The text encourages an understanding of the algorithm design process... Read more
Algorithm Design introduces algorithms by looking at the real-world problems that motivate them. The book teaches students a range of design and analysis techniques for problems that arise in computing applications. The text encourages an understanding of the algorithm design process... Read more
This fourth edition of Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne’s Algorithms is one of the best textbooks today on algorithms and is widely used in colleges and universities worldwide.
This book surveys the most important computer algorithms currently in use and... Read more
This fourth edition of Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne’s Algorithms is one of the best textbooks today on algorithms and is widely used in colleges and universities worldwide.
This book surveys the most important computer algorithms currently in use and... Read more
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 3e offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the theory and practice of artificial intelligence. Notable topics covered includes:
Adversarial Search
Constraint Satisfaction
... Read more
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 3e offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the theory and practice of artificial intelligence. Notable topics covered includes:
Adversarial Search
Constraint Satisfaction
... Read more
A deeply insightful character study as well as a brilliant political biography, Being Nixon offers a surprising look at a man capable of great bravery and extraordinary deviousness—a balanced portrait of a president too often reduced to caricature.
About the... Read more
A deeply insightful character study as well as a brilliant political biography, Being Nixon offers a surprising look at a man capable of great bravery and extraordinary deviousness—a balanced portrait of a president too often reduced to caricature.
About the... Read more
With his brand of keenly intelligent humor that ranges from world history to historical politics, sexual politics, mad ancient kings, and chickens with guns, Eddie Izzard has built an extraordinary fan base that transcends age, gender, and race. Writing with the same candor and insight... Read more
With his brand of keenly intelligent humor that ranges from world history to historical politics, sexual politics, mad ancient kings, and chickens with guns, Eddie Izzard has built an extraordinary fan base that transcends age, gender, and race. Writing with the same candor and insight... Read more
Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show
began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of... Read more
Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show
began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of... Read more
Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University
's Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies (Walt Disney
, American Express
,... Read more
Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University
's Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies (Walt Disney
, American Express
,... Read more
Cracking the Coding Interview is a wildly popular preparation book for programming interviews at big and small tech companies. This book is also great for brushing up coding skills and reviewing algorithms, data structures and system design. Although not required, it is recommended... Read more
Cracking the Coding Interview is a wildly popular preparation book for programming interviews at big and small tech companies. This book is also great for brushing up coding skills and reviewing algorithms, data structures and system design. Although not required, it is recommended... Read more
Cracking the PM Interview is probably the most comprehensive book you can get today about the product management role in a startup or bigger tech company. Not only does it contain awesome tips for landing a product manager job, it also offers many resources for current product managers... Read more
Cracking the PM Interview is probably the most comprehensive book you can get today about the product management role in a startup or bigger tech company. Not only does it contain awesome tips for landing a product manager job, it also offers many resources for current product managers... Read more
Working mostly alone, almost single-handedly writing 250,000 lines of computer code, Steve Grand produced Creatures®
, a revolutionary computer game that allowed players to create:
living beings complete with brains and genes
hormonal systems―creatures... Read more
Working mostly alone, almost single-handedly writing 250,000 lines of computer code, Steve Grand produced Creatures®
, a revolutionary computer game that allowed players to create:
living beings complete with brains and genes
hormonal systems―creatures... Read more
Data-Driven Marketing explores how organizations can deliver significant performance gains through strategic investment in marketing. Data-driven marketing improves efficiency and effectiveness of marketing expenditures across the spectrum of marketing activities:
... Read more
Data-Driven Marketing explores how organizations can deliver significant performance gains through strategic investment in marketing. Data-driven marketing improves efficiency and effectiveness of marketing expenditures across the spectrum of marketing activities:
... Read more
We all know that the human mind learns much better when we can visualize the concept. Or, as people say, "a picture is worth a thousand words". Learning Data Science is no different.
Ironically, instead of using a visual tool, many entry-level data science courses and books... Read more
We all know that the human mind learns much better when we can visualize the concept. Or, as people say, "a picture is worth a thousand words". Learning Data Science is no different.
Ironically, instead of using a visual tool, many entry-level data science courses and books... Read more
In Delivering Happiness, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh shares the different lessons he has learned in business and life, from starting a worm farm to running a pizza business, through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more. Fast-paced and down-to-earth, Delivering Happiness shows how a very... Read more
In Delivering Happiness, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh shares the different lessons he has learned in business and life, from starting a worm farm to running a pizza business, through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more. Fast-paced and down-to-earth, Delivering Happiness shows how a very... Read more
If you develop applications that have some kind of server/backend for storing or processing data, and your applications use the internet (e.g., web applications, mobile apps, or internet-connected sensors), then this book is for you.
Data is at the center of many challenges in system... Read more
If you develop applications that have some kind of server/backend for storing or processing data, and your applications use the internet (e.g., web applications, mobile apps, or internet-connected sensors), then this book is for you.
Data is at the center of many challenges in system... Read more
Interested in UX Design for Web and Mobile but not sure where to start? Wireframing your new website but not sure how to organize your 20-30 navigation links? Doing content marketing but not sure how to get your audience to come back for more? Don’t Make Me Think can serve you well as... Read more
Interested in UX Design for Web and Mobile but not sure where to start? Wireframing your new website but not sure how to organize your 20-30 navigation links? Doing content marketing but not sure how to get your audience to come back for more? Don’t Make Me Think can serve you well as... Read more
Elements of Propulsion provides a complete introduction to gas turbine and rocket propulsion for aerospace and mechanical engineers. The book is divided into four parts:
Basic concepts and gas dynamics
Analysis of rocket propulsion
... Read more
Elements of Propulsion provides a complete introduction to gas turbine and rocket propulsion for aerospace and mechanical engineers. The book is divided into four parts:
Basic concepts and gas dynamics
Analysis of rocket propulsion
... Read more
Energy is the only universal currency
; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics
to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops
. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic... Read more
Energy is the only universal currency
; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics
to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops
. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic... Read more
How shall we improve human health? One answer is: by eradication. The Gates Foundation announced in 2007 that their goal is malaria eradication; another of their priorities is polio eradication. Eradication means the complete elimination of a disease through deliberate human... Read more
How shall we improve human health? One answer is: by eradication. The Gates Foundation announced in 2007 that their goal is malaria eradication; another of their priorities is polio eradication. Eradication means the complete elimination of a disease through deliberate human... Read more
Based on years of embedded fieldwork and painstakingly gathered data, this masterful book transforms our understanding of extreme poverty
and economic exploitation
while providing fresh ideas for solving a devastating, uniquely American problem. Its unforgettable... Read more
Based on years of embedded fieldwork and painstakingly gathered data, this masterful book transforms our understanding of extreme poverty
and economic exploitation
while providing fresh ideas for solving a devastating, uniquely American problem. Its unforgettable... Read more
Wanna know how we landed on the Moon? Curious about how interplanetary trajectories are calculated? Welcome to the science of astrodynamics.
Written specifically for the U.S. Air Force Academy
, this book is a set of concise and intuitive explanations and examples of... Read more
Wanna know how we landed on the Moon? Curious about how interplanetary trajectories are calculated? Welcome to the science of astrodynamics.
Written specifically for the U.S. Air Force Academy
, this book is a set of concise and intuitive explanations and examples of... Read more
Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD”
is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional... Read more
Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD”
is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional... Read more
Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the... Read more
Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the... Read more
Named by the New York Times
as one of the "6 Books to help understand Trump's Win", Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels and a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of... Read more
Named by the New York Times
as one of the "6 Books to help understand Trump's Win", Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels and a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of... Read more
From the author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2015) comes an extraordinary new book that explores the future of the human species.
Yuval Noah Harari, author of... Read more
From the author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2015) comes an extraordinary new book that explores the future of the human species.
Yuval Noah Harari, author of... Read more
Ellenberg pulls from history as well as from the latest theoretical developments to provide those not trained in math with the knowledge they need. Math, as Ellenberg says, is “an atomic-powered prosthesis that you attach to your common sense, vastly multiplying its reach and... Read more
Ellenberg pulls from history as well as from the latest theoretical developments to provide those not trained in math with the knowledge they need. Math, as Ellenberg says, is “an atomic-powered prosthesis that you attach to your common sense, vastly multiplying its reach and... Read more
"I must have interrupted Melinda a dozen times to read to her passages that made me laugh out loud... The adventures she recounts are mostly inside her head, where we hear and see the kind of inner thoughts most of us are too timid to let out in public. Despite her book’s title,... Read more
"I must have interrupted Melinda a dozen times to read to her passages that made me laugh out loud... The adventures she recounts are mostly inside her head, where we hear and see the kind of inner thoughts most of us are too timid to let out in public. Despite her book’s title,... Read more
The problem with most books about aerospace propulsion is that: they can be too dry for reader to feel inspired
(especially for undergrads - the "uninitiated"
).
Well, afraid no more! This book is the opposite of 'dry'. Ignition! is a fun and... Read more
The problem with most books about aerospace propulsion is that: they can be too dry for reader to feel inspired
(especially for undergrads - the "uninitiated"
).
Well, afraid no more! This book is the opposite of 'dry'. Ignition! is a fun and... Read more
Veteran reporter Steven Levy has done a stellar job covering background stories of how famous Google
products like AdWords
, Chrome
, Android
, Google Analytics
were created. Granted unprecedented access to the company's current and... Read more
Veteran reporter Steven Levy has done a stellar job covering background stories of how famous Google
products like AdWords
, Chrome
, Android
, Google Analytics
were created. Granted unprecedented access to the company's current and... Read more
This best-selling reference guide contains the most reliable and comprehensive material on launch programs in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.
International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems is a industry-endorsed... Read more
This best-selling reference guide contains the most reliable and comprehensive material on launch programs in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.
International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems is a industry-endorsed... Read more
Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen et al. (also referred to by MIT students as "CLR"
) is the most popular and comprehensive book on Algorithms and Data structures for undergraduate students. The book covers a broad range of algorithms in depth, yet makes their... Read more
Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen et al. (also referred to by MIT students as "CLR"
) is the most popular and comprehensive book on Algorithms and Data structures for undergraduate students. The book covers a broad range of algorithms in depth, yet makes their... Read more
"If you can't measure it, you can't improve it."
⏤ Peter Drucker
By measuring and analyzing as you grow, you can validate whether a problem is real, find the right customers, and decide what to build, how to monetize it, and how to spread the word. Focusing on the One... Read more
"If you can't measure it, you can't improve it."
⏤ Peter Drucker
By measuring and analyzing as you grow, you can validate whether a problem is real, find the right customers, and decide what to build, how to monetize it, and how to spread the word. Focusing on the One... Read more
This bestselling business classic by two internationally renowned management analysts describes a business system for the twenty-first century that supersedes:
The mass production system of Ford
The financial control system of Sloan
... Read more
This bestselling business classic by two internationally renowned management analysts describes a business system for the twenty-first century that supersedes:
The mass production system of Ford
The financial control system of Sloan
... Read more
Since taking over as chairman 18 years ago, Alan C. Greenberg—a cigar-smoking, shirt-sleeved trader from the old school—has transformed Bear Stearns into one of the most profitable investment banks in the financial industry. Many believe that periodic messages from the man who sits in... Read more
Since taking over as chairman 18 years ago, Alan C. Greenberg—a cigar-smoking, shirt-sleeved trader from the old school—has transformed Bear Stearns into one of the most profitable investment banks in the financial industry. Many believe that periodic messages from the man who sits in... Read more
After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University
psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of... Read more
After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University
psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of... Read more
This practical book takes the theory and design principles you've learned in Aerospace Propulsion courses and applies it straight to actual rocket-engine design. Topics covered include all parts of the design process as how it's done in the industry: from component design, to subsystem design,... Read more
This practical book takes the theory and design principles you've learned in Aerospace Propulsion courses and applies it straight to actual rocket-engine design. Topics covered include all parts of the design process as how it's done in the industry: from component design, to subsystem design,... Read more
In this bold, fascinating book, Eula Biss addresses our fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what may be in our children's air, food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Reflecting on her own experience as a new mother, she suggests that we cannot immunize our children, or... Read more
In this bold, fascinating book, Eula Biss addresses our fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what may be in our children's air, food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Reflecting on her own experience as a new mother, she suggests that we cannot immunize our children, or... Read more
With the rise of private space companies like SpaceX
and Blue Origin
, this work once again became an indispensible part of any serious engineering student. The book covers a broad range of topics in the interdisciplinary science of Propulsion system design
... Read more
With the rise of private space companies like SpaceX
and Blue Origin
, this work once again became an indispensible part of any serious engineering student. The book covers a broad range of topics in the interdisciplinary science of Propulsion system design
... Read more
A companion to Don't Make Me Think, this book is a one-stop shop for all of your Usability Testing
needs. Usability Testing basically means putting test users in front of your app (or... Read more
A companion to Don't Make Me Think, this book is a one-stop shop for all of your Usability Testing
needs. Usability Testing basically means putting test users in front of your app (or... Read more
In Sapiens, Dr. Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical – and sometimes devastating – breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural and Scientific Revolutions.
Drawing on insights from... Read more
In Sapiens, Dr. Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical – and sometimes devastating – breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural and Scientific Revolutions.
Drawing on insights from... Read more
In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike
founder and board chairman Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable... Read more
In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike
founder and board chairman Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable... Read more
Should We Eat Meat? is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique of meat consumption by humans, throughout their evolution and around the world.
Setting the scene with a chapter on meat’s role in human evolution and its growing influence during the... Read more
Should We Eat Meat? is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique of meat consumption by humans, throughout their evolution and around the world.
Setting the scene with a chapter on meat’s role in human evolution and its growing influence during the... Read more
Ever wonder what SLI
, SLO
and SLA
mean? Curious about "error budget"
? Not sure if time-to-market speed or system reliability is more important? If you are a software engineer or work with software engineers at an Internet company, this book is... Read more
Ever wonder what SLI
, SLO
and SLA
mean? Curious about "error budget"
? Not sure if time-to-market speed or system reliability is more important? If you are a software engineer or work with software engineers at an Internet company, this book is... Read more
How often have you heard of A/B testing in your field?
It can be said that Statistics
is one of the most practical and useful skills in the real world that people often ignore in college.... Read more
How often have you heard of A/B testing in your field?
It can be said that Statistics
is one of the most practical and useful skills in the real world that people often ignore in college.... Read more
From the author of the popular blog storytellingwithdata.com, this book teaches you two things:
1. the fundamentals of data visualization
2. how to communicate effectively with data... Read more
From the author of the popular blog storytellingwithdata.com, this book teaches you two things:
1. the fundamentals of data visualization
2. how to communicate effectively with data... Read more
Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition, here are David Foster Wallace's legendary writings on tennis, five tour-de-force pieces written with a competitor's insight and a fan's obsessive enthusiasm. In this book, Wallace:
brings his dazzling literary magic to the... Read more
Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition, here are David Foster Wallace's legendary writings on tennis, five tour-de-force pieces written with a competitor's insight and a fan's obsessive enthusiasm. In this book, Wallace:
brings his dazzling literary magic to the... Read more
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down serves as an intuitive introduction to the science of materials and structural design. It can either be used as a interesting read for non-engineering readers or as a textbook companion for Engineering undergraduate courses. Furthermore, if... Read more
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down serves as an intuitive introduction to the science of materials and structural design. It can either be used as a interesting read for non-engineering readers or as a textbook companion for Engineering undergraduate courses. Furthermore, if... Read more
Superintelligence poses the questions:
What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence?
Will artificial agents save or destroy us?
Author Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity... Read more
Superintelligence poses the questions:
What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence?
Will artificial agents save or destroy us?
Author Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity... Read more
Part of the hugely popular Without the Hot Air series, Sustainable Materials is accessibly written from an engineering perspective on a wide range of materials.
Presenting a vision of change for how future generations can still use steel, cement, plastics, etcetera,... Read more
Part of the hugely popular Without the Hot Air series, Sustainable Materials is accessibly written from an engineering perspective on a wide range of materials.
Presenting a vision of change for how future generations can still use steel, cement, plastics, etcetera,... Read more
This book is probably the most popular book in the Competitive Programming community. The Algorithm Design Manual provides straightforward access to combinatorial algorithms technology, stressing design over analysis.
Part I - Techniques
provides accessible... Read more
This book is probably the most popular book in the Competitive Programming community. The Algorithm Design Manual provides straightforward access to combinatorial algorithms technology, stressing design over analysis.
Part I - Techniques
provides accessible... Read more
An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam from debut author Thi Bui.
This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. Exploring the anguish of... Read more
An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam from debut author Thi Bui.
This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. Exploring the anguish of... Read more
The Design of Everyday Things is one of the most influential books in User Experience Design. The first version of the book, published in 1988, defines the language still used by product designers today, including terms like affordance
, signifier
,... Read more
The Design of Everyday Things is one of the most influential books in User Experience Design. The first version of the book, published in 1988, defines the language still used by product designers today, including terms like affordance
, signifier
,... Read more
The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done"
. This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in... Read more
The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done"
. This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in... Read more
The Everything Store tells the story of how Amazon.com
took one of the first and largest bets on... Read more
The Everything Store tells the story of how Amazon.com
took one of the first and largest bets on... Read more
Spanning the globe and several centuries, this is the story of the quest to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans, that governs our form and function. It is also an intimate history of the author's own family and its recurring pattern of mental illness, reminding us that... Read more
Spanning the globe and several centuries, this is the story of the quest to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans, that governs our form and function. It is also an intimate history of the author's own family and its recurring pattern of mental illness, reminding us that... Read more
Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal, a gripping novel, is transforming management thinking throughout the world. It is a book to recommend to your friends in industry - even to your bosses - but not to your competitors.
The book is centered around Alex Rogo, a... Read more
Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal, a gripping novel, is transforming management thinking throughout the world. It is a book to recommend to your friends in industry - even to your bosses - but not to your competitors.
The book is centered around Alex Rogo, a... Read more
Cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke unveils the many facets of America's energy infrastructure
, its most dynamic moments and its most stable ones, and its essential role in personal and national life. The grid, she argues, is an essentially American artifact, one... Read more
Cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke unveils the many facets of America's energy infrastructure
, its most dynamic moments and its most stable ones, and its essential role in personal and national life. The grid, she argues, is an essentially American artifact, one... Read more
The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world’s best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs
to Malcolm Gladwell
. In this classic bestseller—one of the most influential business books... Read more
The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world’s best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs
to Malcolm Gladwell
. In this classic bestseller—one of the most influential business books... Read more
Filled with clever thought experiments and jaw-dropping facts, The Magic of Reality explains a stunningly wide range of natural phenomena:
How old is the universe?
Why do the continents look like disconnected pieces of a jigsaw puzzle?
What causes... Read more
Filled with clever thought experiments and jaw-dropping facts, The Magic of Reality explains a stunningly wide range of natural phenomena:
How old is the universe?
Why do the continents look like disconnected pieces of a jigsaw puzzle?
What causes... Read more
From one of the world's preeminent political historians, a magisterial study of political leadership around the world from the advent of parliamentary democracy to the age of Obama.
Overturning many of our assumptions about the twentieth century's most important figures, Brown's... Read more
From one of the world's preeminent political historians, a magisterial study of political leadership around the world from the advent of parliamentary democracy to the age of Obama.
Overturning many of our assumptions about the twentieth century's most important figures, Brown's... Read more
Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw from his experience as... Read more
Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw from his experience as... Read more
If you're just starting out in doing visual design for your website or your mobile app, this book is going to set you off on the right path.
Robin Williams starts out the book with the four cornerstone visual design principles:
1. Proximity
... Read more
If you're just starting out in doing visual design for your website or your mobile app, this book is going to set you off on the right path.
Robin Williams starts out the book with the four cornerstone visual design principles:
1. Proximity
... Read more
More than a discussion of economics, this book is a conversation between father and son as they work through opposing perspectives to help their country find The Power to Compete.
Examine the causes of Japan's endless economic stagnation
Discover the... Read more
More than a discussion of economics, this book is a conversation between father and son as they work through opposing perspectives to help their country find The Power to Compete.
Examine the causes of Japan's endless economic stagnation
Discover the... Read more
With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times
column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways. In The Social
... Read more
With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times
column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways. In The Social
... Read more
This is a classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. It encompasses both theory and practice in the design of data graphics including 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics
, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise,... Read more
This is a classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. It encompasses both theory and practice in the design of data graphics including 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics
, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise,... Read more
For two and a half billion years, from the very origins of life, single-celled organisms such as bacteria evolved without changing their basic form. Then, on just one occasion in four billion years, they made the jump to complexity. All complex life, from mushrooms to man, shares puzzling... Read more
For two and a half billion years, from the very origins of life, single-celled organisms such as bacteria evolved without changing their basic form. Then, on just one occasion in four billion years, they made the jump to complexity. All complex life, from mushrooms to man, shares puzzling... Read more
In Thing Explainer, seasoned aerospace engineer Randall Munroe explains complex engineering systems in the fun and easy-to-understand style of xkcd comic strip Up Goer Five, using only drawings and a vocabulary of the... Read more
In Thing Explainer, seasoned aerospace engineer Randall Munroe explains complex engineering systems in the fun and easy-to-understand style of xkcd comic strip Up Goer Five, using only drawings and a vocabulary of the... Read more
In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth—the first book to show the consequences of unchecked... Read more
In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth—the first book to show the consequences of unchecked... Read more
Having been translated into 12+ languages, Universal Principles of Design is one of the most popular desk reference books for product design practitioner. It contains a catalog of visual and psychological explanations of 125 design principles
. If you're a product designer,... Read more
Having been translated into 12+ languages, Universal Principles of Design is one of the most popular desk reference books for product design practitioner. It contains a catalog of visual and psychological explanations of 125 design principles
. If you're a product designer,... Read more
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.
Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed... Read more
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.
Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed... Read more
Based on the famous Computer Science course CS183: Startup at Stanford University
, Zero to One proposes an inspiring thesis for what it... Read more
Based on the famous Computer Science course CS183: Startup at Stanford University
, Zero to One proposes an inspiring thesis for what it... Read more