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  • Microsoft® Excel® 2013 QuickSteps

    by John Cronan, Marty Matthews ...
    Series series QuickSteps
    Full-color, step-by-step guide to the new release of the world’s most popular spreadsheet applicationGet up and running with Excel 2013 right away--the QuickSteps way. Full-color screenshots on every page with clear instructions make it easy to use the latest release of Microsoft's powerful spreadsheet application. Follow along and quickly learn how to create workbooks, enter and edit data, use ... Read more

    S$ 23.21 SGD

  • NOOK HD: The Missing Manual

    by Preston Gralla ...
    You can do many things with NOOK HD right out of the box, but if you really want to get the most from your HD or HD+ tablet, start with this book. With clear instructions, full-color illustrations, and savvy advice from technology expert Preston Gralla, you’ll learn how to use email and the Web, watch movies and shows, play games, listen to music, and enjoy your personal ebook library.The ... Read more

    S$ 18.08 SGD

  • Gray Hat Hacking The Ethical Hacker's Handbook, Fourth Edition

    by Daniel Regalado, Shon Harris, Allen Harper, Chris Eagle, Jonathan Ness, Branko Spasojevic, Ryan Linn, Stephen Sims ...
    Cutting-edge techniques for finding and fixing critical security flawsFortify your network and avert digital catastrophe with proven strategies from a team of security experts. Completely updated and featuring 12 new chapters, Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook, Fourth Edition explains the enemy’s current weapons, skills, and tactics and offers field-tested remedies, case studies, and ... Read more

    S$ 53.51 SGD

  • The Logician and the Engineer

    How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age

    by Paul J. Nahin ...
    Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use--from our computers and cars, to our kitchen gadgets and home appliances. How did a system of mathematics established in the Victorian era become the basis for such incredible technological achievements a century later? In The Logician and the Engineer, best-selling popular math writer Paul ... Read more

    S$ 20.81 SGD

  • The Technological Republic

    Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West

    by Alexander C. Karp, Nicholas W. Zamiska ...
    INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • “A cri de coeur that takes aim at the tech industry for abandoning its history of helping America and its allies.”—The Wall Street JournalFrom the Palantir co-founder, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025, and his deputy, a critically-acclaimed and sweeping indictment of the West’s culture of complacency, arguing ... Read more

    S$ 17.43 SGD

  • 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, Microsoft**Those who understand how AI thinks are ... Read more

    S$ 16.12 SGD

  • Introduction to Algorithms, fourth edition

    by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein ...
    A comprehensive update of the leading algorithms text, with new material on matchings in bipartite graphs, online algorithms, machine learning, and other topics.Some books on algorithms are rigorous but incomplete; others cover masses of material but lack rigor. Introduction to Algorithms uniquely combines rigor and comprehensiveness. It covers a broad range of algorithms in depth, yet makes their ... Read more

    S$ 148.56 SGD

  • The Soul of A New Machine

    by Tracy Kidder ...
    Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry.Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not ... Read more

    S$ 12.42 SGD

  • Read Write Own

    Building the Next Era of the Internet

    by Chris Dixon ...
    **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘A compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there.’ Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI**The promise of the internet has been stolen.Over the last decade, a handful of giant companies like Facebook and Google have seized control of the web – sapping its dynamism and taking its profits for themselves.But there is a way to take it back.Here, a ... Read more

    S$ 19.06 SGD

  • The New Digital Age

    Transforming Nations, Businesses, and Our Lives

    by Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen ...
    In an unparalleled collaboration, two leading global thinkers in technology and foreign affairs give us their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected—a world full of challenges and benefits that are ours to meet and to harness.Eric Schmidt is one of Silicon Valley’s great leaders, having taken Google from a small startup to one of the world’s ... Read more

    S$ 3.20 SGD

  • The Unofficial History of Minecraft

    The Complete Gaming Chronicles

    by Jakob Baker ...
    Series series The Complete Gaming Chronicles
    Embark on an epic journey through the evolution of one of gaming's most revolutionary titles in "The Unofficial History of Minecraft: From Cave Game to Global Phenomenon." This comprehensive chronicle traces Minecraft's documented journey from Markus "Notch" Persson's experimental Cave Game to its current status as a worldwide cultural touchstone that has shaped a generation of gamers and creators ... Read more

    S$ 6.30 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dealers of Lightning

    Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

    by Michael A. Hiltzik ...
    The Pulitzer Prize-winner's classic account of the legendary research lab that gave rise to the Digital Age.In the 1970s and '80s, Xerox Corporation brought together a brain-trust of engineering geniuses dubbed PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). This brilliant group created several monumental innovations that triggered a technological revolution, including the first personal computer, the laser ... Read more

    S$ 22.12 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • macOS Sequoia For Dummies

    by Guy Hart-Davis ...
    Learn the ins and outs of macOS with the top-selling Dummies guidemacOS 2025 For Dummies is here to help you get acquainted with the operating system that makes your Mac computer go. Get easy-to-follow instructions for doing everything you need and taking advantage of the hottest features. If you've just jumped on the Mac bandwagon, veteran macOS writer Guy Hart-Davis shows you how to get started ... Read more

    S$ 31.99 SGD

  • How To Create A Website Using Wordpress

    The Beginner's Blueprint for Building a Professional Website in 3 Easy Steps (Plus 40+ Premium Wordpress Video Tutorials)

    by Brian Patrick ...
    Building A Website With Wordpress Has Never Been This EasyLearn how to set up a website that meets your exact needs in 3 EASY STEPS....one that the "professionals" would have charged you thousands of dollars for! (FREE ACCESS to 40+ Premium Wordpress Tutorial Videos)Just a few years ago, I could barely update my Facebook page; today I can build anything from an e-commerce website that sells ... Read more

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  • Computer Science Made Simple

    Learn how hardware and software work-- and how to make them work for you!

    by V. Anton Spraul ...
    Series series Made Simple
    Be smarter than your computerIf you don't understand computers, you can quickly be left behind in today's fast-paced, machine-dependent society.Computer Science Made Simple offers a straightforward resource for technology novices and advanced techies alike. It clarifies all you need to know, from the basic components of today’s computers to using advanced applications. The perfect primer, it ... Read more

    S$ 16.23 SGD

  • Presto Sketching

    The Magic of Simple Drawing for Brilliant Product Thinking and Design

    by Ben Crothers ...
    Do you feel like your thoughts, ideas, and plans are being suffocated by a constant onslaught of information? Do you want to get those great ideas out of your head, onto the whiteboard and into everyone else’s heads, but find it hard to start? No matter what level of sketching you think you have, Presto Sketching will help you lift your game in visual thinking and visual communication.In this ... Read more

    S$ 33.67 SGD

  • Head First Java

    by Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates, Trisha Gee ...
    What will you learn from this book?Head First Java is a complete learning experience in Java and object-oriented programming. With this book, you'll learn the Java language with a unique method that goes beyond how-to manuals and helps you become a great programmer. Through puzzles, mysteries, and soul-searching interviews with famous Java objects, you'll quickly get up to speed on Java's ... Read more

    S$ 67.35 SGD

  • IBM

    The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon

    by James W. Cortada ...
    Series series History of Computing
    A former IBM employee offers an authoritative history of the successes and failures of one of the most influential American companies of the last century.For decades, IBM shaped the way the world did business. IBM products were in every large organization, and IBM corporate culture established a management style that was imitated by companies around the globe. It was “Big Blue”—an icon. And yet ... Read more

    S$ 39.67 SGD

  • Star Schema The Complete Reference

    by Christopher Adamson ...
    Series series The Complete Reference
    The definitive guide to dimensional design for your data warehouseLearn the best practices of dimensional design. Star Schema: The Complete Reference offers in-depth coverage of design principles and their underlying rationales. Organized around design concepts and illustrated with detailed examples, this is a step-by-step guidebook for beginners and a comprehensive resource for experts.This all ... Read more

    S$ 45.55 SGD

  • Who Invented The Computer?

    by Robert Snedden ...
    Series series Breakthroughs In Science And Technology
    Who Invented the Computer? looks back at the long history of computers and shows how the digital world in which we live today was created. ... Read more

    S$ 22.23 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Milestones in Analog and Digital Computing

    by Herbert Bruderer ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This Third Edition is the first English-language edition of the award-winning Meilensteine der Rechentechnik; illustrated in full color throughout in two volumes. The Third Edition is devoted to both analog and digital computing devices, as well as the world's most magnificient historical automatons and select scientific instruments (employed in astronomy, surveying, time measurement, etc.). It ... Read more

    S$ 719.28 SGD

  • Playful Python Projects

    Modeling and Animation

    by Mozgovoy Maxim ...
    This book aims to take beginner and intermediate programming hobbyists to the next level by challenging them with exciting bite-size projects rooted in actual scientific and engineering problems.Each chapter introduces a set of simple techniques and shows a variety of situations where they can be applied. The main feature of the book is the choice of topics that are designed to be both ... Read more

    S$ 93.51 SGD

  • Match of Minds: Electronic Affair

    by Willow Oakes ...
    A book based on a true story of todays times where electronic devices are the way of communication. You will be pulled into the saga by the innocence of everyday conversations and be kept on the edge wondering if this is real, a scam or a catfish scenario. Get engulfed with the excitement and suspense of the ohs and then wonder about the what ifs. ... Read more

    S$ 6.49 SGD

  • Intellectual Property and Open Source

    A Practical Guide to Protecting Code

    by Van Lindberg ...
    "Clear, correct, and deep, this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and computing for anyone -- even lawyers!"-- Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and SocietyIf you work in information technology, intellectual property is central to your job -- but dealing with the complexities of the legal system can be mind-boggling. ... Read more

    S$ 27.78 SGD