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How Computers Really Work

A Hands-On Guide to the Inner Workings of the Machine

by Matthew Justice ...

An approachable, hands-on guide to understanding how computers work, from low-level circuits to high-level code.How Computers Really Work is a hands-on guide to the computing ecosystem: everything from circuits to memory and clock signals, machine code, programming languages, operating systems, and the internet.But you won't just read about these concepts, you'll test your knowledge with exercises ... Read more

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An approachable, hands-on guide to understanding how computers work, from low-level circuits to high-level code.How Computers Really Work is a hands-on guide to the computing ecosystem: everything from circuits to memory and clock signals, machine code, programming languages, operating systems, and the internet.But you won't just read about these concepts, you'll test your knowledge with exercises
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The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition

Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken ...

A new and extensively revised edition of a popular textbook used in universities, coding boot camps, hacker clubs, and online courses.The best way to understand how computers work is to build one from scratch, and this textbook leads learners through twelve chapters and projects that gradually build the hardware platform and software hierarchy for a simple but powerful computer system. In the ... Read more

£28.99

A new and extensively revised edition of a popular textbook used in universities, coding boot camps, hacker clubs, and online courses.The best way to understand how computers work is to build one from scratch, and this textbook leads learners through twelve chapters and projects that gradually build the hardware platform and software hierarchy for a simple but powerful computer system. In the
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Grokking Algorithms, Second Edition

An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people

by Aditya Y Bhargava ...

A friendly, fully-illustrated introduction to the most important computer programming algorithms.Master the most widely used algorithms and be fully prepared when you’re asked about them at your next job interview. With beautifully simple explanations, over 400 fun illustrations, and dozens of relevant examples, you’ll actually enjoy learning about algorithms with this fun and friendly guide!In ... Read more

£26.99

A friendly, fully-illustrated introduction to the most important computer programming algorithms.Master the most widely used algorithms and be fully prepared when you’re asked about them at your next job interview. With beautifully simple explanations, over 400 fun illustrations, and dozens of relevant examples, you’ll actually enjoy learning about algorithms with this fun and friendly guide!In
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Object-Oriented Python

Master OOP by Building Games and GUIs

by Irv Kalb ...

Power up your Python with object-oriented programming and learn how to write powerful, efficient, and re-usable code.Object-Oriented Python is an intuitive and thorough guide to mastering object-oriented programming from the ground up. You’ll cover the basics of building classes and creating objects, and put theory into practice using the pygame package with clear examples that help visualize the ... Read more

£3.19

Power up your Python with object-oriented programming and learn how to write powerful, efficient, and re-usable code.Object-Oriented Python is an intuitive and thorough guide to mastering object-oriented programming from the ground up. You’ll cover the basics of building classes and creating objects, and put theory into practice using the pygame package with clear examples that help visualize the
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

by Ben Horowitz ...

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential leadership advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog.While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very ... Read more

£12.99

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential leadership advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog.While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very
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Hackers

Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition

by Steven Levy ...

This 25th anniversary edition of Steven Levy's classic book traces the exploits of the computer revolution's original hackers -- those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early '80s who took risks, bent the rules, and pushed the world in a radical new direction. With updated material from noteworthy hackers such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Stallman, and Steve ... Read more

£8.99

This 25th anniversary edition of Steven Levy's classic book traces the exploits of the computer revolution's original hackers -- those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early '80s who took risks, bent the rules, and pushed the world in a radical new direction. With updated material from noteworthy hackers such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Stallman, and Steve
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Claude Skills: The Complete Guide

From First Reusable Skill to a Maintained Operating Library

by Hillary Scholl ...

From First Reusable Skill to a Maintained Operating LibraryMost people use Claude one conversation at a time.They write a prompt, receive an answer, and begin again the next day.But valuable work is rarely one-off. Reports follow the same structure. Reviews use the same standards. Documents require the same checks. Teams repeat the same workflows week after week.Claude Skills: The Complete Guide ... Read more

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From First Reusable Skill to a Maintained Operating LibraryMost people use Claude one conversation at a time.They write a prompt, receive an answer, and begin again the next day.But valuable work is rarely one-off. Reports follow the same structure. Reviews use the same standards. Documents require the same checks. Teams repeat the same workflows week after week.Claude Skills: The Complete Guide
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Showstopper!

The breakneck race to create Windows NT and the next generation at Microsoft

by G. Pascal Zachary ...

Republished by 8080 Books in 2026 with a new introduction by the author and a new foreword written by one of the characters in the story.G. Pascal Zachary managed to get total access to the formerly unseen programming catacombs of Microsoft and has made the most of it with this riveting look inside one of the world’s most fascinating corporations. He traces the tumultuous creation of Windows NT, ... Read more

£7.65

Republished by 8080 Books in 2026 with a new introduction by the author and a new foreword written by one of the characters in the story.G. Pascal Zachary managed to get total access to the formerly unseen programming catacombs of Microsoft and has made the most of it with this riveting look inside one of the world’s most fascinating corporations. He traces the tumultuous creation of Windows NT,
... Read more
The Lean Startup

The Million Copy Bestseller Driving Entrepreneurs to Success

by Eric Ries ...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION'The Lean Startup changes everything.' - Harvard Business Review----------Most new businesses fail. But most of those failures are preventable.The Lean Startup is a new approach to business that's being adopted around the world. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.Essential reading ... ... Read more

£8.99

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION'The Lean Startup changes everything.' - Harvard Business Review----------Most new businesses fail. But most of those failures are preventable.The Lean Startup is a new approach to business that's being adopted around the world. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.Essential reading ...
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Test-Driven Development with Python

Obey the Testing Goat: Using Django, Selenium, and JavaScript

by Harry Percival ...

The third edition of this trusted guide shows you how to apply test-driven development (TDD) to building real-world web applications with Python. By writing tests before building each part of your app—and then creating just enough code to pass them—you'll learn how TDD leads to clean, reliable, and maintainable software.Author Harry J.W. Percival takes you through a practical, end-to-end example ... Read more

£39.99

The third edition of this trusted guide shows you how to apply test-driven development (TDD) to building real-world web applications with Python. By writing tests before building each part of your app—and then creating just enough code to pass them—you'll learn how TDD leads to clean, reliable, and maintainable software.Author Harry J.W. Percival takes you through a practical, end-to-end example
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Statistics Every Programmer Needs

Practical Python implementations and quantitative methods

by Gary Sutton ...

Put statistics into practice with Python!Data-driven decisions rely on statistics. Statistics Every Programmer Needs introduces the statistical and quantitative methods that will help you go beyond “gut feeling” for tasks like predicting stock prices or assessing quality control, with examples using the rich tools of the Python ecosystem.Statistics Every Programmer Needs will teach you how to ... Read more

£42.49

Put statistics into practice with Python!Data-driven decisions rely on statistics. Statistics Every Programmer Needs introduces the statistical and quantitative methods that will help you go beyond “gut feeling” for tasks like predicting stock prices or assessing quality control, with examples using the rich tools of the Python ecosystem.Statistics Every Programmer Needs will teach you how to
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The Rust Programming Language, 3rd Edition

by Carol Nichols, Chris Krycho, Steve Klabnik ...

Build stable, production-grade systems with Rust.The Rust Programming Language, 3rd Edition, teaches you to write code that the compiler can verify, teams can maintain, and systems can evolve safely over time. Written by longtime Rust community members, this book shows you how to work effectively with Rust’s type system, concurrency model, and tooling, using patterns and idioms chosen for long ... Read more

£5.39

Build stable, production-grade systems with Rust.The Rust Programming Language, 3rd Edition, teaches you to write code that the compiler can verify, teams can maintain, and systems can evolve safely over time. Written by longtime Rust community members, this book shows you how to work effectively with Rust’s type system, concurrency model, and tooling, using patterns and idioms chosen for long
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Python Projects for Raspberry Pi

Physical computing for work, play, and learning

by Ben Everard ...

Build projects using Raspberry Pi hardware that interacts with our real world.Computers are embedded into almost everything we own. Our doorbells, kitchen gadgets, vacuum cleaners, and media players are all powerful computing devices running software that someone has written.Using the flexible Python programming language, Python Projects for Raspberry Pi shows you how to get the most out of the ... Read more

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Build projects using Raspberry Pi hardware that interacts with our real world.Computers are embedded into almost everything we own. Our doorbells, kitchen gadgets, vacuum cleaners, and media players are all powerful computing devices running software that someone has written.Using the flexible Python programming language, Python Projects for Raspberry Pi shows you how to get the most out of the
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Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 3rd Edition

by Al Sweigart ...

The bestselling introduction to Python programming, revised to include the latest Python features, improved explanations, and new chapters about databases and sound files.If you’ve ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds of spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these can be. But what if you could have your computer do this work for you?In this fully revised third edition ... Read more

£23.09

The bestselling introduction to Python programming, revised to include the latest Python features, improved explanations, and new chapters about databases and sound files.If you’ve ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds of spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these can be. But what if you could have your computer do this work for you?In this fully revised third edition
... Read more
Web Development Basics: Learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Web Development, #1

by Udara Sandakelum ...

Series Book 1 - Web Development
Title: Web Development Basics: Learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScriptHave you ever wanted to create your own website but didn't know where to start? This book is here to guide you, step by step, through the essentials of web development. You'll learn how to build web pages using HTML, make them look great with CSS, and bring them to life with JavaScript.With simple explanations, practical examples, and ... Read more

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Title: Web Development Basics: Learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScriptHave you ever wanted to create your own website but didn't know where to start? This book is here to guide you, step by step, through the essentials of web development. You'll learn how to build web pages using HTML, make them look great with CSS, and bring them to life with JavaScript.With simple explanations, practical examples, and
... Read more
How AI Thinks

How we built it, how it can help us, and how we can control it

by Nigel Toon ...

THE #2 TIMES BESTSELLER'Artificial intelligence is going to have a massive impact on everyone’s lives... an accessible and sensible read that helps demystify AI' Deborah Meaden, entrepreneur and star of Dragon's Den'Nigel Toon is a visionary leader in the field of artificial intelligence... a must-read' Marc Tremblay, Distinguished Engineer, MicrosoftThose who understand how AI thinks will ... ... Read more

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THE #2 TIMES BESTSELLER'Artificial intelligence is going to have a massive impact on everyone’s lives... an accessible and sensible read that helps demystify AI' Deborah Meaden, entrepreneur and star of Dragon's Den'Nigel Toon is a visionary leader in the field of artificial intelligence... a must-read' Marc Tremblay, Distinguished Engineer, MicrosoftThose who understand how AI thinks will ...
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Practical Vim

Edit Text at the Speed of Thought

by Drew Neil ...

Vim is a fast and efficient text editor that will make you a faster and more efficient developer. It's available on almost every OS, and if you master the techniques in this book, you'll never need another text editor. In more than 120 Vim tips, you'll quickly learn the editor's core functionality and tackle your trickiest editing and writing tasks. This beloved bestseller has been revised and ... Read more

£14.99

Vim is a fast and efficient text editor that will make you a faster and more efficient developer. It's available on almost every OS, and if you master the techniques in this book, you'll never need another text editor. In more than 120 Vim tips, you'll quickly learn the editor's core functionality and tackle your trickiest editing and writing tasks. This beloved bestseller has been revised and
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Modern Vim

Craft Your Development Environment with Vim 8 and Neovim

by Drew Neil ...

Turn Vim into a full-blown development environment using Vim 8's new features and this sequel to the beloved bestseller Practical Vim. Integrate your editor with tools for building, testing, linting, indexing, and searching your codebase. Discover the future of Vim with Neovim: a fork of Vim that includes a built-in terminal emulator that will transform your workflow. Whether you choose to switch ... Read more

£19.99

Turn Vim into a full-blown development environment using Vim 8's new features and this sequel to the beloved bestseller Practical Vim. Integrate your editor with tools for building, testing, linting, indexing, and searching your codebase. Discover the future of Vim with Neovim: a fork of Vim that includes a built-in terminal emulator that will transform your workflow. Whether you choose to switch
... Read more
Calm Technology

Principles and Patterns for Non-Intrusive Design

by Amber Case ...

How can you design technology that becomes a part of a user’s life and not a distraction from it? This practical book explores the concept of calm technology, a method for smoothly capturing a user’s attention only when necessary, while calmly remaining in the background most of the time. You’ll learn how to design products that work well, launch well, are easy to support, easy to use, and remain ... Read more

£12.99

How can you design technology that becomes a part of a user’s life and not a distraction from it? This practical book explores the concept of calm technology, a method for smoothly capturing a user’s attention only when necessary, while calmly remaining in the background most of the time. You’ll learn how to design products that work well, launch well, are easy to support, easy to use, and remain
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C++ Application Development with Code::Blocks

Using Code::Blocks it's possible for C++ developers to create application consistency across multiple platforms. This book takes you through the process from installation to implementing advanced features, all with a user-friendly approach.

by BIPLAB MODAK ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis is a comprehensive tutorial with step-by-step instructions on how to develop applications with Code::Blocks.This book is for C++ developers who wish to use Code::Blocks to create applications with a consistent look and feel across multiple platforms. This book assumes that you are familiar with the basics of the C++ programming language.What you will learnInstall ... Read more

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Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis is a comprehensive tutorial with step-by-step instructions on how to develop applications with Code::Blocks.This book is for C++ developers who wish to use Code::Blocks to create applications with a consistent look and feel across multiple platforms. This book assumes that you are familiar with the basics of the C++ programming language.What you will learnInstall
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Rust Web Development

With warp, tokio, and reqwest

by Bastian Gruber ...

Create bulletproof, high-performance web apps and servers with Rust.In Rust Web Development you will learn:Handling the borrow checker in an asynchronous environmentLearning the ingredients of an asynchronous Rust stackCreating web APIs and using JSON in RustGraceful error handlingTesting, tracing, logging, and debuggingDeploying Rust applicationsEfficient database accessRust Web Development</em.. ... Read more

£26.99

Create bulletproof, high-performance web apps and servers with Rust.In Rust Web Development you will learn:Handling the borrow checker in an asynchronous environmentLearning the ingredients of an asynchronous Rust stackCreating web APIs and using JSON in RustGraceful error handlingTesting, tracing, logging, and debuggingDeploying Rust applicationsEfficient database accessRust Web Development</em..
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ActivityPub

Programming for the Social Web

by Evan Prodromou ...

ActivityPub is the new standard for connecting social networks together on the social web. This open, decentralized social networking protocol defines an API for sharing activities to a social network and a procedure that servers use to distribute those activities to a subscriber's feed. With this book, you'll learn how to assemble ActivityPub-enabled clients for making new kinds of social apps on ... Read more

£24.99

ActivityPub is the new standard for connecting social networks together on the social web. This open, decentralized social networking protocol defines an API for sharing activities to a social network and a procedure that servers use to distribute those activities to a subscriber's feed. With this book, you'll learn how to assemble ActivityPub-enabled clients for making new kinds of social apps on
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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

£38.29

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
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Regular Expression Pocket Reference

Regular Expressions for Perl, Ruby, PHP, Python, C, Java and .NET

by Tony Stubblebine ...

This handy little book offers programmers a complete overview of the syntax and semantics of regular expressions that are at the heart of every text-processing application. Ideal as a quick reference, Regular Expression Pocket Reference covers the regular expression APIs for Perl 5.8, Ruby (including some upcoming 1.9 features), Java, PHP, .NET and C#, Python, vi, JavaScript, and the PCRE regular ... Read more

£6.99

This handy little book offers programmers a complete overview of the syntax and semantics of regular expressions that are at the heart of every text-processing application. Ideal as a quick reference, Regular Expression Pocket Reference covers the regular expression APIs for Perl 5.8, Ruby (including some upcoming 1.9 features), Java, PHP, .NET and C#, Python, vi, JavaScript, and the PCRE regular
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