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  • The New Age of Sexism

    How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny

    by Laura Bates ...
    ‘Laura Bates explains how they built the future – and forgot to put women in it’ CAITLIN MORAN'Fascinating and essential... I urge you to read every syllable' JO BRAND‘All men must read this book if they have any interest in a truly just, fair and equal society’ ROBIN INCEAI is here, bringing a seismic shift in the way our society operates. Might this mean a future reimagined on equitable terms ... Read more

    £11.99

  • Some Body Like Me

    A story of unexpected love at the end of the world

    by Lucy Lapinska ...
    As the world falls apart around them, piece by piece, Abigail Fuller spends humanity's final days looking after her husband David.But that's not true, not really. Abigail isn't David's wife. She's not even human. She's a replacement, built in the image of the real Abigail, who died sixteen years ago.And in three weeks, when the law changes, Abigail will no longer have to do anything David says. ... Read more

    Was £9.99 Now £0.99

  • Code Dependent

    How AI Is Changing Our Lives — Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction

    **Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024AI is changing what it means to be human. This is the unrivalled investigation into the impact of AI on how we live now.'The intimate investigation of AI that we’ve been waiting for, and it arrives not a moment too soon.' – Shoshana Zuboff, author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism**Through the voices of ordinary people in places far ... Read more

    £5.99

  • Empire of AI

    Inside the reckless race for total domination

    by Karen Hao ...
    **A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn 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 and OpenAI**When longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, it was meant, its leader Sam ... Read more

    £13.99

  • How To Think About AI

    A Guide For The Perplexed

    Revealing the unfolding story of Artificial Intelligence, Richard Susskind presents a short non-technical guide that challenges us to think differently about AI. Susskind brings AI out of computing laboratories, big tech companies, and start-ups - and into everyday life. In recent years, and certainly since the launch of ChatGPT, there has been massive public and professional interest in ... Read more

    £6.99

  • The Unaccountability Machine

    Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind

    by Dan Davies ...
    LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024'A great book ... a wonderful way of talking about our current world' Rory Stewart'Mischievous and fiercely intelligent' Ed Smith, New Statesman'One of the most insightful books I've read in a long time' Sam Freedman'The kind o... ... Read more

    £6.99

  • Kibana 8.x – A Quick Start Guide to Data Analysis

    Learn about data exploration, visualization, and dashboard building with Kibana

    by Krishna Shah ...
    Uncover valuable business insights by leveraging the power of Kibana to navigate and interpret datasets for improved decision makingKey FeaturesGain profound understanding of the end-to-end workings of KibanaExplore the powerful administration features in Kibana 8.x for managing and supporting data ingestion pipelinesBuild your own analytics and visualization solution from scratchPurchase of the ... Read more

    £15.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • I Am a Strange Loop

    One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind asks, where does the self come from -- and how our selves can exist in the minds of others. Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul, consciousness, "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? I Am a Strange Loop argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is the "strange loop"-a ... Read more

    £9.99

  • Your Face Belongs to Us

    The Secretive Startup Dismantling Your Privacy

    by Kashmir Hill ...
    ***AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024**LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'A parable for our times' FINANCIAL TIMES, Best Books of 2023'Gripping' THE TIMES, Best Technology Books of 2023____________________________________... ... Read more

    Was £9.99 Now £0.99

  • If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

    The Case Against Superintelligent AI

    AI is the greatest threat to our existence that we have ever faced.The founder of the field of AI risk, Eliezer Yudkowsy, and his successor at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Nate Soares, explain why superintelligent AI is a global suicide bomb and call for an immediate halt to its development.The technology may be complex but the facts are simple. We are currently on a path to build ... Read more

    £11.99

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  • Seen to Be Believed

    A tense and suspenseful crime thriller

    by Louisa Scarr ...
    Series Book 4 - Butler & West
    'Butler and West are fast becoming my favourite detective partnership... Addictive reading!' Alison Belsham, author of The Tattoo ThiefNothing is as it seems, for Butler and West.One spring evening, a mother and her children are brutally attacked in their home. The unprovoked and violent assault leaves DS Robin Butler and DC Freya West in the dark – the luxury items were left untouched and there ... Read more

    £3.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Machines that Think

    Everything you need to know about the coming age of artificial intelligence

    by New Scientist ...
    Series series New Scientist Instant Expert
    Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power.So are we on the edge of an AI-pocalypse, with superintelligent devices superseding humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? Or will this herald a kind of Utopia, with machines doing a far better job at complex tasks than us?You might not realise it, but you interact with AIs every day. They route your ... Read more

    £2.99

  • Deep Utopia

    Life and Meaning in a Solved World

    by Nick Bostrom ...
    Gold Medal Winner, Living Now Book Awards 2024Best Books of 2024, Kirkus ReviewsWinner, Independent Press Awards 2024Honorable Mention, Royal Dragonfly Book Awards 2024 (Religion/Spirituality)Winner, PenCraft Book Awards 2024 (Fiction: Intrigue)Best AI Books of 2024, The InformationWinne... ... Read more

    £5.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mockingbird

    From the author of The Queen's Gambit – now a major Netflix drama

    by Walter Tevis ...
    Series Book 162 - S.F. MASTERWORKS
    The future is a grim place in which the declining human population wanders drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. It's a world without art, reading and children, a world that people would rather burn themselves alive than endure.Even Spofforth, the most perfect machine ever created, cannot bear it and seeks only that which he cannot have - to cease to be. But there is hope for the future in the ... Read more

    Was £5.49 Now £2.99

  • Always On

    Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era

    'Delightfully insightful and intensely readable [...] There is an energy and drama to Rory's writing which nonetheless leaves space for us, the reader, to make up our minds' – Stephen FryThe inside story of how tech became personal and pernicious, from the BBC's technology correspondent.We live at a time when billions have access to unbelievably powerful technology. The most extraordinary tool ... Read more

    £9.99

  • Sea of Rust

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

    *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

    £5.49

  • These Strange New Minds

    How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means

    ‘An engaging, insightful and panoramic survey of where we are, why we got here and what it means. A brilliant guide to the most important technology of our times’ **Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI & Cofounder of DeepMind'**For readers fascinated by the future of AI, this book is an eye-opening exploration of a revolution unfolding before our eyes' New York Journal of BooksStunning advances ... Read more

    £11.99

  • 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

    Was £12.99 Now £7.99

  • How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication

    by Tom Mustill ...
    ‘Fascinating’ Greta Thunberg ‘Extraordinary’ Merlin Sheldrake ‘A must-read’ New Scientist ‘Enthralling’ George Monbiot ‘Brilliant’ Philip HoareWildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill had always liked whales. But when one breached onto his kayak, nearly killing him, he became obsessed.This book traces his extraordinary investigation into the deep ocean and the cutting-edge science of animal translation.What ... Read more

    £2.99

  • The Coming Wave

    AI, Power and Our Future: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the ultimate AI insider

    *An Economist, Financial Times, Guardian, Prospect and Sunday Times Book of the Year*Shortlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the YearThis is the only book you need to understand our new world – from the ultimate AI insider, the CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind.'If you want to understand the rise of AI, ... ... Read more

    £10.99

  • Windows 11 For Absolute Beginners

    A Complete Guide With Pictures To Master All Updates And Features Of Windows 11 PC For Seniors | Simple Explanations, Tips & Tricks To Use Of PC Easier

    by Cierra Snow ...
    Learn today how to operate your computer without seeking assistance!Whether a senior considering the need to learn about computers or an individual wishing to educate an elder family member on how to use one. It's beneficial to first grasp why computers are valuable. Frequent computer use can help a person develop mental agility, confidence, and a sense of independence.Computers may make life ... Read more

    £4.50 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Building AI-Powered Products

    The Essential Guide to AI and GenAI Product Management

    by Marily Nika ...
    Drawing from her experience at Google and Meta, Dr. Marily Nika delivers the definitive guide for product managers building AI and GenAI powered products. Packed with smart strategies, actionable tools, and real-world examples, this book breaks down the complex world of AI agents and generative AI products into a playbook for driving innovation to help product leaders bridge the gap between niche ... Read more

    £22.99

  • Understanding Control Flow

    Concurrent Programming Using μC++

    by Peter A. Buhr ...
    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

    £38.99

  • 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

    £9.99