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Hello World

The essential book for understanding AI - from the prizewinning mathematician and The Rest is Science host

by Hannah Fry ...

From the host of The Rest is Science podcast and star of The Celebrity Traitors Season 2. Hannah Fry takes us on a tour of the good, the bad and the downright ugly of the algorithms that surround us._______________'Stylish, thoughtful . . . One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms' The TimesYou are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate - a hu... ... Read more

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From the host of The Rest is Science podcast and star of The Celebrity Traitors Season 2. Hannah Fry takes us on a tour of the good, the bad and the downright ugly of the algorithms that surround us._______________'Stylish, thoughtful . . . One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms' The TimesYou are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate - a hu...
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The Science of Racism

Everything you need to know but probably don't - yet

by Keon West ...

**Shortlisted for the 2026 Unwin AwardLonglisted for the 2026 Jhalak PrizePolls show that over fifty per cent of us don’t believe racism exists.In a world made for White people, The Science of Racism uses clear scientific research to expose what we know about racism, exactly how we know it, and what we can do about it.**‘Charismatic and funny’ – The Guardian'Illuminating, surprising, unnerving, ... Read more

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**Shortlisted for the 2026 Unwin AwardLonglisted for the 2026 Jhalak PrizePolls show that over fifty per cent of us don’t believe racism exists.In a world made for White people, The Science of Racism uses clear scientific research to expose what we know about racism, exactly how we know it, and what we can do about it.**‘Charismatic and funny’ – The Guardian'Illuminating, surprising, unnerving,
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The Man Who Solved the Market

How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019

by Gregory Zuckerman ...

NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE FT AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019'Reads more like a delicious page-turning novel...Put it on your holiday gift list for your favourite hedge-fund honcho' Bloomberg'A compelling read' Economist'Captivating' New York Times book review<... ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE FT AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019'Reads more like a delicious page-turning novel...Put it on your holiday gift list for your favourite hedge-fund honcho' Bloomberg'A compelling read' Economist'Captivating' New York Times book review<...
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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

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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
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Careless People

The #1 Sunday Times bestselling memoir that Meta doesn't want you to read

by Sarah Wynn-Williams ...

The number one global bestseller and Book of the Year 2025 for Audible, The Times, Cosmopolitan, The Economist and more.‘Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him’ – Marina Hyde‘Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome’ – Financial Times‘A Bridget Jones’s Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situation... ... Read more

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The number one global bestseller and Book of the Year 2025 for Audible, The Times, Cosmopolitan, The Economist and more.‘Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him’ – Marina Hyde‘Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome’ – Financial Times‘A Bridget Jones’s Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situation...
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The Girl in the Spider's Web

the return of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

by David Lagercrantz ...

Translated by George Goulding ...

Series Book 4 - Millennium
Meet Lisbeth Salander, the iconic character who has captivated 100 million readers worldwide"Rest easy, Lisbeth Salander fans - our punk hacker heroine is in good hands" USA TodayLISBETH SALANDER AND MIKAEL BLOMKVIST HAVE FALLEN OUT OF TOUCHThen Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son's well-being, ... Read more

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Meet Lisbeth Salander, the iconic character who has captivated 100 million readers worldwide"Rest easy, Lisbeth Salander fans - our punk hacker heroine is in good hands" USA TodayLISBETH SALANDER AND MIKAEL BLOMKVIST HAVE FALLEN OUT OF TOUCHThen Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son's well-being,
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Never Enough

The original, surprising autobiography by the TOWIE and Strictly star

by Pete Wicks ...

National heart throb and star of the Staying Relevant podcast Pete Wicks shares the journey that has seen him overcome grief, mental health trials and challenges before bursting onto our screens.'Engrossing, sad and very poignant especially when he talks movingly about his childhood . . . even so there's always a thread of humour and his sincerity and intelligence shine through which makes this ... Read more

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National heart throb and star of the Staying Relevant podcast Pete Wicks shares the journey that has seen him overcome grief, mental health trials and challenges before bursting onto our screens.'Engrossing, sad and very poignant especially when he talks movingly about his childhood . . . even so there's always a thread of humour and his sincerity and intelligence shine through which makes this
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The Price of Money

How to Prosper in a Financial World That’s Rigged Against You

by Rob Dix ...

The Sunday Times Bestseller'Excellent . . . Filled with knowledge that will help you make better money decisions.' Laura Whateley, author of Money: A User's GuideWe all depend on money every day. But almost none of us understand it.Have you ever wondered why your shopping bill keeps getting more expensive? Or how the government can produce billions out of thin air while your savings are shrinking? ... Read more

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The Sunday Times Bestseller'Excellent . . . Filled with knowledge that will help you make better money decisions.' Laura Whateley, author of Money: A User's GuideWe all depend on money every day. But almost none of us understand it.Have you ever wondered why your shopping bill keeps getting more expensive? Or how the government can produce billions out of thin air while your savings are shrinking?
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This Way Up

When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters)

by Map Men ...

A SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLERA Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025'Educational, smart and funny’ Richard Osman‘This book is superb’ Charlie Brooker‘Brilliant. Fascinating. Hilarious.’ Jonn Elledge, bestselling author of A History of the World in 47 BordersThe debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical ne... ... Read more

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A SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLERA Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025'Educational, smart and funny’ Richard Osman‘This book is superb’ Charlie Brooker‘Brilliant. Fascinating. Hilarious.’ Jonn Elledge, bestselling author of A History of the World in 47 BordersThe debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical ne...
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

The only 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

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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
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Famesick

by Lena Dunham ...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER ‘Typically exposing, brilliantly written' VOGUE ‘Its quick hits of wit are like sniffs from an oxygen mask’ NEW YORK TIMES 'Few people are willing to be as human as Lena Dunham’ OBSERVER 'A generational voice' FINANCIAL TIMESIn this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, the remarka... ... Read more

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER ‘Typically exposing, brilliantly written' VOGUE ‘Its quick hits of wit are like sniffs from an oxygen mask’ NEW YORK TIMES 'Few people are willing to be as human as Lena Dunham’ OBSERVER 'A generational voice' FINANCIAL TIMESIn this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, the remarka...
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Some Body Like Me

A story of unexpected love at the end of the world

by Lucy Lapinska ...

'Thoughtful and absorbing' THE GUARDIAN'Devastating and hopeful M.A. KUZNIAR'A very special book' GARETH BROWNLESS THAN HUMAN. MORE THAN MACHINE.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 ... Read more

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'Thoughtful and absorbing' THE GUARDIAN'Devastating and hopeful M.A. KUZNIAR'A very special book' GARETH BROWNLESS THAN HUMAN. MORE THAN MACHINE.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
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Writing and Editing for Digital Media

by Brian Carroll ...

An essential guide to writing and editing for digital media, this sixth edition responds to the mainstreaming of genAI (Generative AI) and LLMs (Large Language Models), among many other changes in the best practices of digital storytelling.Carroll explains and demonstrates how to effectively write for digital spaces and places that typically abound with graphical content, multimedia, and ... Read more

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An essential guide to writing and editing for digital media, this sixth edition responds to the mainstreaming of genAI (Generative AI) and LLMs (Large Language Models), among many other changes in the best practices of digital storytelling.Carroll explains and demonstrates how to effectively write for digital spaces and places that typically abound with graphical content, multimedia, and
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Dear Abyss

the FreeBSD Journal Letters column, years 1-6

by Michael W. Lucas ...

You asked.He didn’t answer.The We Get Letters column of the FreeBSD Journal has been called “a tsunami of bile disguised as experience and erudition,” “a torment to the eye and a stain upon the soul,” and “the corroded battleship anchor that will drag an otherwise illustrious Journal to an ignominious demise.” If you ask people who aren’t the columnist, you’ll get a less luminous view. Perhaps ... Read more

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You asked.He didn’t answer.The We Get Letters column of the FreeBSD Journal has been called “a tsunami of bile disguised as experience and erudition,” “a torment to the eye and a stain upon the soul,” and “the corroded battleship anchor that will drag an otherwise illustrious Journal to an ignominious demise.” If you ask people who aren’t the columnist, you’ll get a less luminous view. Perhaps
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Procedural Storytelling in Game Design

Edited by Tanya X. Short, Tarn Adams ...

This edited collection of chapters concerns the evolving discipline of procedural storytelling in video games. Games are an interactive medium, and this interplay between author, player and machine provides new and exciting ways to create and tell stories. In each essay, practitioners of this artform demonstrate how traditional storytelling tools such as characterization, world-building, theme, ... Read more

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This edited collection of chapters concerns the evolving discipline of procedural storytelling in video games. Games are an interactive medium, and this interplay between author, player and machine provides new and exciting ways to create and tell stories. In each essay, practitioners of this artform demonstrate how traditional storytelling tools such as characterization, world-building, theme,
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Cyberstrike: DC

by James Barrington, Richard Benham ...

Series Book 2 - Ben Morgan Thrillers
Ben Morgan is back, and the stakes have never been higher.In Iraq, a surprise attack decimates the IS leadership. Revenge is sworn. A terrorist mastermind conceives a double-strike against America and Britain.Ten years later, cyberattacks hit both sides of the Atlantic. SAS soldiers are stricken by a silent chemical killer as London faces a devastating bombing attack.But the bigger and most ... Read more

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Ben Morgan is back, and the stakes have never been higher.In Iraq, a surprise attack decimates the IS leadership. Revenge is sworn. A terrorist mastermind conceives a double-strike against America and Britain.Ten years later, cyberattacks hit both sides of the Atlantic. SAS soldiers are stricken by a silent chemical killer as London faces a devastating bombing attack.But the bigger and most
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The Big Score

The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley

by Michael S. Malone ...

The only contemporary history of the birth of Silicon Valley, from the reporter who had a ringside seat to it all.Over the past five decades, the tech industry has grown into one of the most important sectors of the global economy. Silicon Valley―replete with sprawling office parks, sky-high rents, and countless self-made millionaires―is home to many of its key players. But the origins of Silicon ... Read more

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The only contemporary history of the birth of Silicon Valley, from the reporter who had a ringside seat to it all.Over the past five decades, the tech industry has grown into one of the most important sectors of the global economy. Silicon Valley―replete with sprawling office parks, sky-high rents, and countless self-made millionaires―is home to many of its key players. But the origins of Silicon
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Magnifica Humanitas

What It Means to Be Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Pope Leo XIV ...

Pope Leo XIV's opening statement to the world, offering a bold and urgent vision of what it means to be human in modern times and the coming age of artificial intelligence.‘The strongest way of looking at AI I've seen’ RORY STEWART‘A remarkable case for placing moral concerns at the centre of any discussion of AI’ THE NEW YORKER‘Beautifully written, hugely significant, speaks truth to power’< ... Read more

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Pope Leo XIV's opening statement to the world, offering a bold and urgent vision of what it means to be human in modern times and the coming age of artificial intelligence.‘The strongest way of looking at AI I've seen’ RORY STEWART‘A remarkable case for placing moral concerns at the centre of any discussion of AI’ THE NEW YORKER‘Beautifully written, hugely significant, speaks truth to power’<
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Learn PostgreSQL

Use, manage, and build secure and scalable databases with PostgreSQL 18 or higher

by Luca Ferrari, Enrico Pirozzi ...

All you need to know about using PostgreSQL efficiently and reliably.Key FeaturesLearn the fundamentals of PostgreSQL, advanced statements, user management, database monitoring, replication, and securityEnhance your learning journey with the provided Docker images for practical hands-on exercisesManage large databases with advanced techniques like partitioning to optimize your databasesPurchase of ... Read more

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All you need to know about using PostgreSQL efficiently and reliably.Key FeaturesLearn the fundamentals of PostgreSQL, advanced statements, user management, database monitoring, replication, and securityEnhance your learning journey with the provided Docker images for practical hands-on exercisesManage large databases with advanced techniques like partitioning to optimize your databasesPurchase of
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The Coming Wave

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

by Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar ...

*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

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*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, ...
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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

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'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...
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Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today

(and other lessons from history from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Power)

by Naomi Alderman ...

'‘Exactly the book you need right now’ Stylist'You know how the best writers pinpoint something you’ve felt for ages but haven’t been able to articulate? This is like that. It’s so good. She should give Radio 4’s next Reith Lectures' GuardianAn electrifying, thought-provoking exploration of how the digital era is reshaping our world, by bestselling, Women's Prize-winning writer Naomi Alderman ... Read more

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'‘Exactly the book you need right now’ Stylist'You know how the best writers pinpoint something you’ve felt for ages but haven’t been able to articulate? This is like that. It’s so good. She should give Radio 4’s next Reith Lectures' GuardianAn electrifying, thought-provoking exploration of how the digital era is reshaping our world, by bestselling, Women's Prize-winning writer Naomi Alderman
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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 is ... Read more

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'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 is
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Demis Hassabis: Le Cerveau derrière l’IA de DeepMind

Technologie, IA et futur

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Series series Technologie, IA et futur
Demis Hassabis n'est pas seulement un nom dans la science contemporaine. Il est le cerveau visionnaire derrière DeepMind, le laboratoire à l'origine d'avancées qui redéfinissent l'intelligence artificielle et notre rapport à la technologie.Des échecs de compétition à l'étude du cerveau humain, de la création de jeux vidéo à la résolution de mystères biologiques grâce à AlphaFold, son parcours est ... Read more

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Demis Hassabis n'est pas seulement un nom dans la science contemporaine. Il est le cerveau visionnaire derrière DeepMind, le laboratoire à l'origine d'avancées qui redéfinissent l'intelligence artificielle et notre rapport à la technologie.Des échecs de compétition à l'étude du cerveau humain, de la création de jeux vidéo à la résolution de mystères biologiques grâce à AlphaFold, son parcours est
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