Skip to main content
Search Button
United Kingdom Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...

Advanced Computing eBooks

If you like Advanced Computing eBooks, then you'll love these top picks.
Showing 1 - 24 of 66351 Results
Skip side bar filters

  • 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

    £8.29

  • The 22 Murders Of Madison May

    A gripping speculative psychological suspense

    by Max Barry ...
    From the critically acclaimed author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon comes mind-bending speculative psychological suspense about a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space, and the woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own reality."I love you. In every world."Young real estate agent Madison May is shocked when a client at an open house says these words to her ... Read more

    £5.49

  • Sea of Rust

    The post-apocalyptic science fiction epic about AI and what makes us human

    by C. Robert Cargill ...
    *One of Financial Times' Best Books of 2017*"SEA OF RUST is a 40-megaton cruise missile of a novel - it'll blow you away and lay waste to your heart . . . visceral, relentless, breathtaking" Joe Hill, Sunday Times bestselling authorAn action-packed post-apocalyptic thriller from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic.Humankind is extinct. Wiped out in a global ... Read more

    Was £5.49 Now £2.99

  • Power BI

    Unleashing Insights with Power BI. A Comprehensive Guide to Data Visualization and Business Intelligence

    by Brian Murray ...
    Series Book 3 - DATA ANALYSIS FOR BEGINNERS
    In today's data-driven world, businesses need to extract meaningful insights from their data to stay ahead of the competition. Power BI, a cloud-based business intelligence platform by Microsoft, has emerged as a leader in providing advanced analytics and visualization capabilities to businesses of all sizes.In "Unleashing Insights with Power BI: A Comprehensive Guide to Data Visualization and ... Read more

    £2.93 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • End Times Fascism

    And the Fight for the Living World

    by Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor ...
    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA 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 ... Read more

    £13.99

  • 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

    £5.99

  • The Singularity is Nearer

    When We Merge with AI

    by Ray Kurzweil ...
    In this visionary and fundamentally optimistic book, the legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition.‘The best person I know at predicting the future of AI’ BILL GATES'A fascinating exploration of our future' YUVAL NOAH HARARI'Essential reading to understand our exponential times' MUSTAFA SULEYMANWithin our lifetimes, we will be able t... ... Read more

    Was £6.99 Now £5.99

  • The Man from the Future

    The Visionary Life of John von Neumann

    by Ananyo Bhattacharya ...
    A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEARAn exhilarating new biography of John von Neumann: the lost genius who invented our world'A sparkling book, with an intoxicating mix of pen-portraits and grand historical narrative. Above all it fizzes with a dizzying mix of deliciously vital ideas. . . A staggering achievement' Tim HarfordThe smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The ... Read more

    £4.99

  • If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

    The Sunday Times bestselling book you need to read to understand the risk AI poses to humanity

    by Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares ...
    The world’s most influential voices on AI risk explain why superintelligent AI is a global suicide bomb – and we must halt development immediately'The most important book of the decade' MAX TEGMARK, author of Life 3.0'Better than any book on the subject I've ever read. A loud trumpet call to humanity to awaken us as we sleepwalk into disaster' STEPHEN FRYAI is the greatest threat to our existence ... Read more

    Was £11.99 Now £5.99

  • The AGI Chronicles

    The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence

    by Kevin Roose ...
    ‘Exciting and brilliantly reported’ Walter IsaacsonThis is the story of the twenty-first century’s Manhattan Project: the trillion-dollar sprint to create artificial general intelligence.For the last decade, a handful of companies have been racing to build the most powerful technology in history: artificial general intelligence (AGI) – a computer system capable of outdoing humans at almost ... Read more

    £11.99

  • The Alignment Problem

    'If you're going to read one book on artificial intelligence, this is the one' New York Times

    by Brian Christian ...
    'Vital reading. This is the book on artificial intelligence we need right now.' Mike Krieger, cofounder of InstagramArtificial intelligence is rapidly dominating every aspect of our modern lives influencing the news we consume, whether we get a mortgage, and even which friends wish us happy birthday. But as algorithms make ever more decisions on our behalf, how do we ensure they do what we want? ... Read more

    £0.99

  • The Spider Covenant

    by Brian Klein ...
    On 10 August 1944, with Germany on the verge of a crushing and humiliating defeat, Heinrich Himmler, the second most powerful Nazi and head of the notorious SS, holds a clandestine meeting in Strasbourg with a handful of elite industrialists and bankers.A covert organisation is born, codenamed 'Die Spinne' - The Spider. The network is tasked with helping senior SS officers escape the clutches of ... Read more

    £5.99

  • The Falls

    The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS

    by Ian Rankin ...
    Series Book 12 - A Rebus Novel
    The twelfth Inspector Rebus bestseller - a powerfully gripping novel where past and present collide...From the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES'This is, quite simply, crime writing of the highest order' DAILY EXPRESS'The unopposed champion of the British police procedural' GUARDIANA student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of ... Read more

    £4.99

  • Unmasking AI

    My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines

    by Joy Buolamwini ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “The conscience of the AI revolution” (Fortune) explains how we’ve arrived at an era of AI harms and oppression, and what we can do to avoid its pitfalls.“AI is not coming, it’s here. If we answer the beautiful call inside these pages, we can decide who we are going to be and how we’re going to use technology in service of what it means to be fully human.”—Brené Brown, #1 ... Read more

    £6.89

  • Uncanny Valley

    Seduction and Disillusionment in San Francisco’s Startup Scene

    by Anna Wiener ...
    ‘Joan Didion at a startup’ Rebecca Solnit ‘Impossibly pleasurable’ Jia Tolentino ‘This is essential reading’ StylistAt twenty-five years old, Anna Wiener was beginning to tire of her assistant job in New York publishing. There was no room to grow, and the voyeuristic thrill of answering someone else’s phone had worn thin.Within a year she had moved to Silicon Valley to take up a job at a data ... Read more

    £4.99

  • This Is for Everyone

    The Captivating Memoir from the Inventor of the World Wide Web

    by Tim Berners-Lee ...
    **A Waterstones and Financial Times Book of the Year 2025The instant Sunday Times bestseller‘Charming, clever, self-effacing, interesting and thoughtful’ – The Observer**‘Visionary . . . Full of warmth and humanity’ – Kate Bush‘A remarkable book by a remarkable man’ – The Mail on SundayThe groundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. This is the story of ... ... Read more

    £5.99

  • Als Europa verliest

    Hoe de slag om AI de wereldorde verandert

    by Daan Juijn, Stan van Baarsen, Judith Dada, Maximilian Negele, Lily Stelling, Philip Fox, Alex Petropoulos, Michiel Bakker ...
    Een bloedstollend scenario geschreven door internationale experts De ongekend snelle opmars van AI, en de koers die daarmee op het wereldtoneel wordt uitgezet, vragen om de meest ambitieuze politieke agenda uit de naoorlogse geschiedenis van Europa. Beginnen we daar niet nú aan, dan verliest Europa het vermogen om zijn eigen toekomst vorm te geven. Maart 2031, Washington. EU-diplomaat Caroline ... Read more

    £5.49

  • Mixing a Musical

    Broadway Theatrical Sound Techniques

    by Shannon Slaton ...
    Mixing a Musical: Broadway Theatrical Sound Techniques, Second Edition pulls the curtain back on one of the least understood careers in live theatre: the role and responsibilities of the sound technician.This comprehensive book encompasses every position from shop crew labor to assistant designer to sound board operator and everything in between. Written in a clear and easy to read style, and ... Read more

    £38.99

  • The Atlas of AI

    Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence

    by Kate Crawford ...
    The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy and freedomWhat happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? In this book Kate Crawford reveals how this planetary network is fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance and increased inequality. ... Read more

    £16.59

  • Understanding Control Flow

    Concurrent Programming Using μC++

    by Peter A. Buhr ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    The control-flow issues presented in this textbook are extremely relevant in modern computer languages and programming styles. In addition to the basic control-flow mechanisms, virtually all new computer languages provide some form of exceptional control flow to support robust programming introduced in this textbook. Also, concurrency capabilities are appearing with increasing frequency in both ... Read more

    £43.19

  • AI by Design

    A Plan for Living with Artificial Intelligence

    by Catriona Campbell ...
    Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series
    This book introduces the reader to Artificial Intelligence and its importance to our future. Campbell uses behavioural psychology, explores technology, economics, real-life and historical examples to predict five future scenarios with AI. Illustrating through speculative fiction, she describes possible futures after AI exceeds human capabilities. We are at a tipping point in history and must plan ... Read more

    £29.99

  • Architecting the Industrial Internet

    The architect's guide to designing Industrial Internet solutions

    by Robert Stackowiak, Carla Romano, Shyam Varan Nath ...
    Learn the ins and outs of the Industrial Internet of Things through subjects ranging from its history and evolution, right up to what the future holds.Key Features\[\*\] Define solutions that can connect existing systems and newer cloud-based solutions to thousands of thousands of edge devices and industrial machines\[\*\] Identify, define, and justify Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) projects ... Read more

    £33.59 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    £13.99

  • Ethics of Big Data

    Balancing Risk and Innovation

    by Kord Davis ...
    What are your organization’s policies for generating and using huge datasets full of personal information? This book examines ethical questions raised by the big data phenomenon, and explains why enterprises need to reconsider business decisions concerning privacy and identity. Authors Kord Davis and Doug Patterson provide methods and techniques to help your business engage in a transparent and ... Read more

    £7.09