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Designing Data-Intensive Applications

The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann, Chris Riccomini ...

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there's an overwhelming variety of systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data warehouses, and data lakes. There are cloud services, on-premises services, and embedded databases. What ... Read more

$63.99 NZD

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there's an overwhelming variety of systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data warehouses, and data lakes. There are cloud services, on-premises services, and embedded databases. What
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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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iPad: The Missing Manual

The Missing Manual

by J.D. Biersdorfer ...

The iPad 2 is faster, lighter, and more versatile than its predecessor, but there's still no printed guide to using its amazing features. That’s where this full-color Missing Manual comes in. Learn how to stream HD video, make video calls, manage your email, surf the Web, listen to music, play games, and maybe even do a little iWork. This is the book that should have been in the box.Build your ... Read more

$22.99 NZD

The iPad 2 is faster, lighter, and more versatile than its predecessor, but there's still no printed guide to using its amazing features. That’s where this full-color Missing Manual comes in. Learn how to stream HD video, make video calls, manage your email, surf the Web, listen to music, play games, and maybe even do a little iWork. This is the book that should have been in the box.Build your
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Windows 7: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue ...

In early reviews, geeks raved about Windows 7. But if you're an ordinary mortal, learning what this new system is all about will be challenging. Fear not: David Pogue's Windows 7: The Missing Manual comes to the rescue. Like its predecessors, this book illuminates its subject with reader-friendly insight, plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners as well as veteran PC users.Windows 7 ... Read more

$36.99 NZD

In early reviews, geeks raved about Windows 7. But if you're an ordinary mortal, learning what this new system is all about will be challenging. Fear not: David Pogue's Windows 7: The Missing Manual comes to the rescue. Like its predecessors, this book illuminates its subject with reader-friendly insight, plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners as well as veteran PC users.Windows 7
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Design for the Mind

Seven Psychological Principles of Persuasive Design

by Victor Yocco ...

SummaryDesign for the Mind: Seven Psychological Principles of Persuasive Design teaches web designers and developers how to create sites and applications that appeal to our innate natural responses as humans. Author Victor Yocco, a researcher on psychology and communication, introduces the most immediately relevant and applicable psychological concepts, breaks down each theory into easily-digested ... Read more

$51.38 NZD

SummaryDesign for the Mind: Seven Psychological Principles of Persuasive Design teaches web designers and developers how to create sites and applications that appeal to our innate natural responses as humans. Author Victor Yocco, a researcher on psychology and communication, introduces the most immediately relevant and applicable psychological concepts, breaks down each theory into easily-digested
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Word 2019 in easy steps

Also covers MS Word in Office 365!

by Scott Basham ...

Series series In Easy Steps
Word 2019 in easy steps will help you get up and running quickly, with this popular word processing application from Microsoft.The visual nature of Word means that a clear, concise and colourful visual reference guide is an invaluable tool for both newcomers and those upgrading from older versions. Word 2019 in easy steps meets this challenge head on, using detailed images and easy-to-follow ... Read more

$27.43 NZD

Word 2019 in easy steps will help you get up and running quickly, with this popular word processing application from Microsoft.The visual nature of Word means that a clear, concise and colourful visual reference guide is an invaluable tool for both newcomers and those upgrading from older versions. Word 2019 in easy steps meets this challenge head on, using detailed images and easy-to-follow
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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

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...
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Exploring Microsoft Office

The Illustrated, Practical Guide to Using Office and Microsoft 365

by Kevin Wilson ...

Series Book 4 - Exploring Tech
Microsoft 365, formerly known as Office 365 offers many improved productivity features and services. Updated and revised, Exploring Microsoft Office is here to help. Packed with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, illustrations, photographs and video demos, this guide offers specifics in...Downloading and Installing the Microsoft Office SuiteGetting started with Office Online: using Sway, ... Read more

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Microsoft 365, formerly known as Office 365 offers many improved productivity features and services. Updated and revised, Exploring Microsoft Office is here to help. Packed with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, illustrations, photographs and video demos, this guide offers specifics in...Downloading and Installing the Microsoft Office SuiteGetting started with Office Online: using Sway,
... Read more
Excel 2013 Power Programming with VBA

by John Walkenbach ...

Series Book 15 - Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf
Maximize your Excel 2013 experience using VBA application developmentThe new Excel 2013 boasts updated features, enhanced power, and new capabilities. Naturally, that means John Walkenbach returns with a new edition of his bestselling VBA Programming book and covers all the methods and tools you need to know in order to program with Excel. With this comprehensive guide, "Mr. Spreadsheet" shows you ... Read more

$68.99 NZD

Maximize your Excel 2013 experience using VBA application developmentThe new Excel 2013 boasts updated features, enhanced power, and new capabilities. Naturally, that means John Walkenbach returns with a new edition of his bestselling VBA Programming book and covers all the methods and tools you need to know in order to program with Excel. With this comprehensive guide, "Mr. Spreadsheet" shows you
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The Personal MBA

The bestselling business book containing you everything you need to know about marketing, management and leadership

by Josh Kaufman ...

'A business classic. You're pretty much guaranteed to get your money's worth - if not much, much more' Jason Hesse, Real BusinessThis revised and expanded edition of the bestselling book, The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman, gives you everything you need to transform your business, your career or your working life forever.An MBA at a top school is an enormous investment in time, effort and cold, hard ... Read more

$15.99 NZD

'A business classic. You're pretty much guaranteed to get your money's worth - if not much, much more' Jason Hesse, Real BusinessThis revised and expanded edition of the bestselling book, The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman, gives you everything you need to transform your business, your career or your working life forever.An MBA at a top school is an enormous investment in time, effort and cold, hard
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Excel Formulas and Functions 2020

Excel Academy, #1

by Adam Ramirez ...

Series Book 1 - Excel Academy
Are you working on a project where you need to perform complex mathematical and financial operations?Did you know you could use Excel to perform such calculations using the predefined functions and formulae?Are you looking for a way to learn these functions better?If you answered yes to any of the questions, you have chosen the right book.Microsoft Excel is an application that helps you save time ... Read more

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Are you working on a project where you need to perform complex mathematical and financial operations?Did you know you could use Excel to perform such calculations using the predefined functions and formulae?Are you looking for a way to learn these functions better?If you answered yes to any of the questions, you have chosen the right book.Microsoft Excel is an application that helps you save time
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The Go-Giver

A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

by Bob Burg, John David Mann ...

Now with a foreword by Arianna Huffington'This terrific book wonderfully illuminates the principles of contribution, abundance, service and success' Stephen Covey, bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People'Most people don't have the guts to buy this book, never mind the will to follow through and actually use it. But you do. And I'm certain that you'll be glad you did' Seth ... Read more

$17.99 NZD

Now with a foreword by Arianna Huffington'This terrific book wonderfully illuminates the principles of contribution, abundance, service and success' Stephen Covey, bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People'Most people don't have the guts to buy this book, never mind the will to follow through and actually use it. But you do. And I'm certain that you'll be glad you did' Seth
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The Night Shift

by Alex Finlay ...

What connects a massacre at a Blockbuster video store in 1999 with the murder of four teenagers fifteen years later?It's New Year's Eve of 1999 when four teenagers working late are attacked at a Blockbuster video store in New Jersey. Only one survives. Police quickly identify a suspect, the boyfriend of one of the victims, who flees and is never seen again.Fifteen years later, four more teenagers ... Read more

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What connects a massacre at a Blockbuster video store in 1999 with the murder of four teenagers fifteen years later?It's New Year's Eve of 1999 when four teenagers working late are attacked at a Blockbuster video store in New Jersey. Only one survives. Police quickly identify a suspect, the boyfriend of one of the victims, who flees and is never seen again.Fifteen years later, four more teenagers
... Read more
Excel 2010 For Dummies

by Greg Harvey ...

Crunch numbers, create spreadsheets, and get up to speed on Excel 2010!This friendly book gets you started with the basics of Excel 2010, such as creating a spreadsheet from scratch, selecting commands from the Ribbon, customizing the Quick Access toolbar, creating simple formulas, moving and copying data with drag and drop, using the AutoCorrect and AutoFill features, and more.Navigate ... Read more

$12.99 NZD

Crunch numbers, create spreadsheets, and get up to speed on Excel 2010!This friendly book gets you started with the basics of Excel 2010, such as creating a spreadsheet from scratch, selecting commands from the Ribbon, customizing the Quick Access toolbar, creating simple formulas, moving and copying data with drag and drop, using the AutoCorrect and AutoFill features, and more.Navigate
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WordPress For Beginners - How To Set Up A Self Hosted WordPress Blog

by Cyrus Jackson ...

NEW & UPDATED FOR 2018Would you love to learn how to set up a jaw-dropping, secure and professional WordPress blog? (Even if you're not a technical wizard)Then:***"WordPress For Beginners"*** is the most compact guide you'll ever need.WordPress is the biggest blogging platform on the planet powering big blogs like CNN, New York Times, Mashable …the list is endless.This speaks volume of its ... Read more

$5.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

NEW & UPDATED FOR 2018Would you love to learn how to set up a jaw-dropping, secure and professional WordPress blog? (Even if you're not a technical wizard)Then:***"WordPress For Beginners"*** is the most compact guide you'll ever need.WordPress is the biggest blogging platform on the planet powering big blogs like CNN, New York Times, Mashable …the list is endless.This speaks volume of its
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The Brand Gap, Revised Edition

by Marty Neumeier ...

Series series AIGA Design Press
THE BRAND GAP is the first book to present a unified theory of brand-building. Whereas most books on branding are weighted toward either a strategic or creative approach, this book shows how both ways of thinking can unite to produce a “charismatic brand”—a brand that customers feel is essential to their lives. In an entertaining two-hour read you’ll learn:• the new definition of brand• the five ... Read more

$59.67 NZD

THE BRAND GAP is the first book to present a unified theory of brand-building. Whereas most books on branding are weighted toward either a strategic or creative approach, this book shows how both ways of thinking can unite to produce a “charismatic brand”—a brand that customers feel is essential to their lives. In an entertaining two-hour read you’ll learn:• the new definition of brand• the five
... Read more
Beginning Excel VBA

by Iducate Learning Technologies ...

Learn Excel VBA with this concise book on Excel VBA for beginners. Learn Excel VBA in the shortest time with this book that zooms in straight on the most important concepts with EXAMPLES! Soon, you can develop your own Excel VBA financial/quantitative models, reports, macros and much more! We cover Variables, Functions, If-Else conditions, loops, built in functions and much more. Book also comes ... Read more

$5.86 NZD

Learn Excel VBA with this concise book on Excel VBA for beginners. Learn Excel VBA in the shortest time with this book that zooms in straight on the most important concepts with EXAMPLES! Soon, you can develop your own Excel VBA financial/quantitative models, reports, macros and much more! We cover Variables, Functions, If-Else conditions, loops, built in functions and much more. Book also comes
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Collins Complete Photography Course

by John Garrett, Graeme Harris ...

A practical, affordable and accessible home photography tutor. This inspiring project-based course book covers everything from basic composition to the latest digital darkroom techniques.Learn at your own pace as this practical, comprehensive course helps you develop your key photographic techniques. Contents include: step-by-step projects on exposure, aperture, lenses, light, filters, colour, ... Read more

$16.99 NZD

A practical, affordable and accessible home photography tutor. This inspiring project-based course book covers everything from basic composition to the latest digital darkroom techniques.Learn at your own pace as this practical, comprehensive course helps you develop your key photographic techniques. Contents include: step-by-step projects on exposure, aperture, lenses, light, filters, colour,
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Become the Excel Guru ! - 11 Tips and Tricks to Increase Productivity TENFOLD

by Scott Falls ...

Series series Master Excel Training
How would you like to work TEN TIMES FASTER?Do you ever say to yourself, I really wish Excel could do “this” or “that”?Or did you ever find yourself manually manipulating data over and over, or say “There has to be a formula I can use or an easier way to do this”?Its times like this that you need to become like a little Excel Detective, because I’ve found that if I can think it, Excel can probably ... Read more

$5.86 NZD

How would you like to work TEN TIMES FASTER?Do you ever say to yourself, I really wish Excel could do “this” or “that”?Or did you ever find yourself manually manipulating data over and over, or say “There has to be a formula I can use or an easier way to do this”?Its times like this that you need to become like a little Excel Detective, because I’ve found that if I can think it, Excel can probably
... Read more
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Book for Digital Photographers

by Scott Kelby ...

Series series Voices That Matter
ARE YOU READY FOR AN AMAZING NEW VERSION OF THE PHOTOSHOP BOOK THAT BREAKS ALL THE RULES?Scott Kelby, Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine–and the best-selling Photoshop author in the world today–once again takes this book to a whole new level as he uncovers more of the latest, most important, and most useful Adobe Photoshop CS6 techniques for digital photographers.This major update to ... Read more

$68.99 NZD

ARE YOU READY FOR AN AMAZING NEW VERSION OF THE PHOTOSHOP BOOK THAT BREAKS ALL THE RULES?Scott Kelby, Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine–and the best-selling Photoshop author in the world today–once again takes this book to a whole new level as he uncovers more of the latest, most important, and most useful Adobe Photoshop CS6 techniques for digital photographers.This major update to
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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium All-in-One For Dummies

by Jennifer Smith, Christopher Smith, Fred Gerantabee ...

The perennial Adobe Creative Suite bestseller—fully updated for Adobe CS5Featuring eight books in one, this All-in-One For Dummies guide covers the key features and tools that you need to know in order to understand how to use each individual program within the Adobe Creative Suite—InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash—to its fullest potential. Within the ... Read more

$49.99 NZD

The perennial Adobe Creative Suite bestseller—fully updated for Adobe CS5Featuring eight books in one, this All-in-One For Dummies guide covers the key features and tools that you need to know in order to understand how to use each individual program within the Adobe Creative Suite—InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash—to its fullest potential. Within the
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AI Engineering

Building Applications with Foundation Models

by Chip Huyen ...

Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build ... Read more

$77.27 NZD

Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build
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Block Party

How Minecraft is helping communities around the world build thriving public spaces, block by block.

by Thomas Kohnstamm ...

Dozens of schoolgirls in matching uniforms crowded into a computer room at the custard-colored North Thanglong Economic & Technical college on the outskirts of Hanoi, Vietnam. Beyond intermittent ripples of laughter and excitement, the 15- and 16-year-olds stayed focused throughout the day on the hard work at hand: playing Minecraft.Together they built 3D models that reimagined the darker corners ... Read more

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Dozens of schoolgirls in matching uniforms crowded into a computer room at the custard-colored North Thanglong Economic & Technical college on the outskirts of Hanoi, Vietnam. Beyond intermittent ripples of laughter and excitement, the 15- and 16-year-olds stayed focused throughout the day on the hard work at hand: playing Minecraft.Together they built 3D models that reimagined the darker corners
... Read more
ZAG

The #1 Strategy of High-Performance Brands

by Marty Neumeier ...

"When everybody zigs, zag," says Marty Neumeier in this fresh view of brand strategy. ZAG follows the ultra-clear "whiteboard overview" style of the author’s first book, THE BRAND GAP, but drills deeper into the question of how brands can harness the power of differentiation. The author argues that in an extremely cluttered marketplace, traditional differentiation is no longer enough—today ... Read more

$50.99 NZD

"When everybody zigs, zag," says Marty Neumeier in this fresh view of brand strategy. ZAG follows the ultra-clear "whiteboard overview" style of the author’s first book, THE BRAND GAP, but drills deeper into the question of how brands can harness the power of differentiation. The author argues that in an extremely cluttered marketplace, traditional differentiation is no longer enough—today
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