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  • What Machines Can't Replace

    Why AI Makes Us More Human

    by Anna McPhee ...
    The moment AI began generating art and stories, humans began valuing imperfection, effort, and slowness more than ever.We're handwriting letters. Choosing bread that took three days. Celebrating flaws. We're not resisting AI, we're discovering what machines can't touch.What Machines Can't Replace reveals the paradox at the heart of our AI future: the more abundant machine-made content becomes, the ... Read more

    $14.00 NZD

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  • Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)

    by Sebastian Raschka ...
    Series series From Scratch
    How to implement LLM attention mechanisms and GPT-style transformers.In Build a Large Language Model (from Scratch) bestselling author Sebastian Raschka guides you step by step through creating your own LLM. Each stage is explained with clear text, diagrams, and examples. You’ll go from the initial design and creation, to pretraining on a general corpus, and on to fine-tuning for specific tasks ... Read more

    $51.38 NZD

  • Autonomy

    The Quest to Build the Driverless Car - And How It Will Reshape Our World

    by Lawrence Burns ...
    ’A fascinating hybrid. Part freewheeling history of the rise of the modern autonomous vehicle, part intimate memoir from an insider who was on the front lines for much of that history, Autonomy will more than bring readers up to speed on one of today’s most closely watched technologies’ Brian Merchant, author of The One DeviceFrom the ultimate insider – a former General Motors executive and ... Read more

    $18.99 NZD

  • The God Test

    by Robert Wright ...
    From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Wright comes a sweeping new view of artificial intelligence – as an evolutionary force that will pose deep political and spiritual challenges and could, in the process, give our species a unifying sense of purpose.The God Test is the first book to capture the power behind the AI revolution – to clearly explain the breakthroughs that ... Read more

    $28.54 NZD

  • 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

    Was $18.99 NZD Now $15.99 NZD

  • Building Apps for the Universal Windows Platform

    Explore Windows 10 Native, IoT, HoloLens, and Xamarin

    by Ayan Chatterjee ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    Develop Windows 10 applications faster and more efficiently using the Universal Windows Platform. You will use Xamarin to create apps for macOS, iOS, and Android devices.Building Apps for the Universal Windows Platform is a complete guide covering PCs, tablets, phones, and other devices such as HoloLens. You will use Windows 10 to develop apps for desktop, mobile, holographic, wearable, and IoT ... Read more

    $67.99 NZD

  • Tecnosapiens

    Cripto, IA y escaloneta. Cápsulas para entender el nuevo mundo

    by Santiago Siri ...
    Tecnosapiens explora, a través de experiencias personales, las innovaciones tecnológicas más impactantes de nuestro presente de la mano del máximo referente en estos temas.Santiago Siri propone una hoja de ruta audaz para repensar el rol de la inteligencia artificial, el software libre y el bitcoin en la creación de un nuevo orden político y económico. Tecnosapiens no es solo un testimonio de vida ... Read more

    $13.99 NZD

  • The Art of Game Design

    A Book of Lenses, Third Edition

    by Jesse Schell ...
    The Art of Game Design guides you through the design process step-by-step, helping you to develop new and innovative games that will be played again and again. It explains the fundamental principles of game design and demonstrates how tactics used in classic board, card and athletic games also work in top-quality video games.Good game design happens when you view your game from as many ... Read more

    $156.99 NZD

  • The Tetris Effect

    The Cold War Battle for the World's Most Addictive Game

    by Dan Ackerman ...
    'The definitive telling of one of the most fascinating stories in videogame history.' Wired‘A great read on a game that has hypnotized my brain and probably yours too.’ Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple21 February 1989. Three men fly into Moscow, representing software giants from Britain, America, and Japan. Each of them is determined to undercut the others in order to secure a technology so ... Read more

    $13.69 NZD

  • Nexus

    The Sunday Times bestselling history about humans, technology and AI from the author of Sapiens

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    ‘If you read only one non-fiction book this year, consider this one’ TOM HANKS‘If there’s one book that I would urge everyone to read – it is Nexus’ STEPHEN FRYThe mind-blowing story of how information networks – from the stone age to AI - have shaped our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SapiensStories brought us together.Books ... ... Read more

    Was $21.99 NZD Now $18.99 NZD

  • Why Information Grows

    The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies

    by César Hidalgo ...
    In Why Information Grows, rising star César Hidalgo offers a radical interpretation of global economicsWhile economists often turn to measures like GDP or per-capita income, César Hidalgo turns to information theory to explain the success or failure of a country's economic performance. Through a radical rethinking of what the economy is, Hidalgo shows that natural constraints in our ability to ... Read more

    $17.99 NZD

  • 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

    $20.99 NZD

  • We Have Root

    Even More Advice from Schneier on Security

    by Bruce Schneier ...
    A collection of popular essays from security guru Bruce SchneierIn his latest collection of essays, security expert Bruce Schneier tackles a range of cybersecurity, privacy, and real-world security issues ripped from the headlines. Essays cover the ever-expanding role of technology in national security, war, transportation, the Internet of Things, elections, and more. Throughout, he challenges the ... Read more

    $24.99 NZD

  • Disrupt With Impact

    Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World

    by Roger Spitz ...
    WINNER: 2024 Foreword Indies Book of the Year - Bronze, Business & Economics; WINNER: 2024 Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA), Harvey Chute First Place Category Winner - Non-Fiction Business & Enterprise; WINNER: Readers' Favorite Book Awards 2025 - Bronze Medal in Non-Fiction Business; FINALIST: 2025 International Book Awards (IBA) - Business: General and Management & Leadership</e... ... Read more

    $51.99 NZD

  • 2084 and the AI Revolution, Updated and Expanded Edition

    How Artificial Intelligence Informs Our Future

    by John C. Lennox ...
    Will technology change what it means to be human?You don't have to be a computer scientist to have discerning conversations about artificial intelligence and technology. We all wonder where we're headed. Even now, technological innovations and machine learning have a daily impact on our lives, and many of us see good reasons to dread the future. Are we doomed to the surveillance society imagined ... Read more

    $26.99 NZD

  • The Ultimate Roblox Book: An Unofficial Guide, Updated Edition

    Learn How to Build Your Own Worlds, Customize Your Games, and So Much More!

    by David Jagneaux, Heath Haskins ...
    Series series Unofficial Roblox Series
    Build and create your own Roblox world with this updated, easy-to-use guide.Roblox, the largest user-generated online gaming platform that allows users to create and share their own game worlds and gaming creations, has taken the digital world by storm! With updated screenshots and instructions, The Ultimate Roblox Book, Updated Edition provides brand-new information on game changes and the latest ... Read more

    Was $14.84 NZD Now $4.99 NZD

  • Elasticsearch 8 for Developers - 2nd Edition

    A beginner's guide to indexing, analyzing, searching, and aggregating data (English Edition)

    by Anurag Srivastava ...
    Elasticsearch is a powerful tool for handling and managing large amount of data. It is scalable, reliable, and fast, with various features for data analysis and search. This book is a comprehensive guide to using Elasticsearch to manage data. It starts with an overview of Elasticsearch, detailing its importance in today's world. The book further covers the basics of Elasticsearch, including ... Read more

    $31.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The God We Made

    The Threat and Promise of Artificial Intelligence; Quarterly Essay 102

    by Anna Goldsworthy ...
    Series Book 102 - Quarterly Essay
    Humanity in the age of AIHow will we be changed by the rise of artificial intelligence? In this scintillating essay, Anna Goldsworthy argues that AI is a rupture that makes us confront what it is to be human – what we do, and want. As it learns human ways, AI raises big questions about work, leisure and education. It brings new existential, social and ethical risks. Above all, it invites us to ... Read more

    $13.99 NZD

  • Pyside GUI Application Development- Second Edition

    Develop more dynamic and robust GUI applications using PySide, an open source cross-platform UI framework

    by Gopinath Jaganmohan, Venkateshwaran Loganathan ...
    Develop more dynamic and robust GUI applications using PySide, an open source cross-platform UI frameworkKey Features\[\*\]Designed for beginners to help you get started with GUI application development\[\*\]Develop your own applications by creating customized widgets and dialogs\[\*\]Written in a simple and elegant structure so you easily understand how to program various GUI componentsBook ... Read more

    $42.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pro MERN Stack

    Full Stack Web App Development with Mongo, Express, React, and Node

    by Vasan Subramanian ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    Assemble the complete stack required to build a modern web app using React: MongoDB (a NoSQL database) and Express (a framework for web application servers), which runs on Node (JavaScript on the server side), complement React very nicely. This book will also cover many other tools that go into building a complete web application: React Router, React-Bootstrap, Redux, Babel, and webpack.Though the ... Read more

    $90.99 NZD

  • 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

    $18.99 NZD

  • 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

    $13.99 NZD

  • Alan Turing: The Enigma

    by Andrew Hodges ...
    A new edition to celebrate Alan Turing's centenary, includes a new foreword by the author and a preface by Douglas Hofstadter.Alan Turing was the extraordinary Cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the German Enigma ciphers and transformed the Second World War. But his vision went far beyond this crucial achievement. Before the war he had formulated the concept of the universal ... Read more

    $20.99 NZD

  • 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

    $19.99 NZD