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Agentic GraphRAG

Integrating Knowledge Graphs, Reasoning, and Agency for Enterprise AI

by Anthony Alcaraz, Sam Julien ...

What if your AI systems could retrieve information, reason over complex knowledge, plan actions, and continuously learn—with enterprise-grade security and compliance? Agentic GraphRAG guides technical leaders, engineers, and architects through the next evolution of GenAI. Combining retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with graph-based reasoning and agentic capabilities, this guide is a blueprint ... Read more

$48.99 USD

What if your AI systems could retrieve information, reason over complex knowledge, plan actions, and continuously learn—with enterprise-grade security and compliance? Agentic GraphRAG guides technical leaders, engineers, and architects through the next evolution of GenAI. Combining retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with graph-based reasoning and agentic capabilities, this guide is a blueprint
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Microcopy: Discover How Tiny Bits of Text Make Tasty Apps and Websites

by Niaw de Leon ...

Microcopy consists of small pieces of text like headings, hint texts, placeholders, summaries, and instructions throughout a website or app. These little bits of content often get overlooked to the detriment of the application or website you're building, which is tragic since they make the difference between technology that fades into obscurity and technology that goes on to become extremely ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Microcopy consists of small pieces of text like headings, hint texts, placeholders, summaries, and instructions throughout a website or app. These little bits of content often get overlooked to the detriment of the application or website you're building, which is tragic since they make the difference between technology that fades into obscurity and technology that goes on to become extremely
... Read more
Data Visualization: a successful design process

by Andy Kirk ...

A comprehensive yet quick guide to the best approaches to designing data visualizations, with real examples and illustrative diagrams. Whatever the desired outcome ensure success by following this expert design process. This book is for anyone who has responsibility for, or is interested in trying to find innovative and effective ways to visually analyze and communicate data. There is no skill, no ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A comprehensive yet quick guide to the best approaches to designing data visualizations, with real examples and illustrative diagrams. Whatever the desired outcome ensure success by following this expert design process. This book is for anyone who has responsibility for, or is interested in trying to find innovative and effective ways to visually analyze and communicate data. There is no skill, no
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Principles of Database Management

The Practical Guide to Storing, Managing and Analyzing Big and Small Data

by Wilfried Lemahieu, Seppe vanden Broucke, Bart Baesens ...

This comprehensive textbook teaches the fundamentals of database design, modeling, systems, data storage, and the evolving world of data warehousing, governance and more. Written by experienced educators and experts in big data, analytics, data quality, and data integration, it provides an up-to-date approach to database management. This full-color, illustrated text has a balanced theory-practice ... Read more

$72.19 USD

This comprehensive textbook teaches the fundamentals of database design, modeling, systems, data storage, and the evolving world of data warehousing, governance and more. Written by experienced educators and experts in big data, analytics, data quality, and data integration, it provides an up-to-date approach to database management. This full-color, illustrated text has a balanced theory-practice
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Building Machine Learning Powered Applications

Going from Idea to Product

by Emmanuel Ameisen ...

Learn the skills necessary to design, build, and deploy applications powered by machine learning (ML). Through the course of this hands-on book, you’ll build an example ML-driven application from initial idea to deployed product. Data scientists, software engineers, and product managers—including experienced practitioners and novices alike—will learn the tools, best practices, and challenges ... Read more

$41.09 USD

Learn the skills necessary to design, build, and deploy applications powered by machine learning (ML). Through the course of this hands-on book, you’ll build an example ML-driven application from initial idea to deployed product. Data scientists, software engineers, and product managers—including experienced practitioners and novices alike—will learn the tools, best practices, and challenges
... Read more
Mastering Oracle SQL

Putting Oracle SQL to Work

by Sanjay Mishra, Alan Beaulieu ...

The vast majority of Oracle SQL books discuss some syntax, provide the barest rudiments of using Oracle SQL, and perhaps include a few simple examples. It might be enough to pass a survey course, or give you some buzz words to drop in conversation with real Oracle DBAs. But if you use Oracle SQL on a regular basis, you want much more. You want to access the full power of SQL to write queries in an ... Read more

$23.09 USD

The vast majority of Oracle SQL books discuss some syntax, provide the barest rudiments of using Oracle SQL, and perhaps include a few simple examples. It might be enough to pass a survey course, or give you some buzz words to drop in conversation with real Oracle DBAs. But if you use Oracle SQL on a regular basis, you want much more. You want to access the full power of SQL to write queries in an
... Read more
Web Style Guide, 4th Edition

Foundations of User Experience Design

by Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah Horton ...

A classic reference book on user interface design and graphic design for web sites, updated to reflect a rapidly changing marketConsistently praised as the best volume on classic elements of web site design, Web Style Guide has sold many thousands of copies and has been published around the world. This new revised edition confirms Web Style Guide as the go-to authority in a rapidly changing market ... Read more

$28.69 USD

A classic reference book on user interface design and graphic design for web sites, updated to reflect a rapidly changing marketConsistently praised as the best volume on classic elements of web site design, Web Style Guide has sold many thousands of copies and has been published around the world. This new revised edition confirms Web Style Guide as the go-to authority in a rapidly changing market
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Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 8 Programmer Exam 1Z0-809: A Comprehensive OCPJP 8 Certification Guide

A Comprehensive OCPJP 8 Certification Guide

by Hari Kiran Kumar, Tushar Sharma, SG Ganesh ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This book is a comprehensive, step-by-step and one-stop guide for the Java SE 8 Programmer II exam (IZ0-809). Salient features of this book include: 100% coverage of the exam topics, a full-length mock exam, practice exam questions, exam notes and tips.Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 8 Programmer II Guide (Exam IZ0-809) is a comprehensive guide for the OCPJP 8 exam.The book starts by ... Read more

$71.99 USD

This book is a comprehensive, step-by-step and one-stop guide for the Java SE 8 Programmer II exam (IZ0-809). Salient features of this book include: 100% coverage of the exam topics, a full-length mock exam, practice exam questions, exam notes and tips.Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 8 Programmer II Guide (Exam IZ0-809) is a comprehensive guide for the OCPJP 8 exam.The book starts by
... Read more
Redis Cookbook

Practical Techniques for Fast Data Manipulation

by Tiago Macedo, Fred Oliveira ...

Two years since its initial release, Redis already has an impressive list of adopters, including Engine Yard, GitHub, Craigslist, and Digg. This open source data structure server is built for speed and flexibility, making it ideal for many applications. If you're using Redis, or considering it, this concise cookbook provides recipes for a variety of issues you're likely to face.Each recipe solves ... Read more

$12.39 USD

Two years since its initial release, Redis already has an impressive list of adopters, including Engine Yard, GitHub, Craigslist, and Digg. This open source data structure server is built for speed and flexibility, making it ideal for many applications. If you're using Redis, or considering it, this concise cookbook provides recipes for a variety of issues you're likely to face.Each recipe solves
... Read more
Creating a Data-Driven Organization

Practical Advice from the Trenches

by Carl Anderson ...

What do you need to become a data-driven organization? Far more than having big data or a crack team of unicorn data scientists, it requires establishing an effective, deeply-ingrained data culture. This practical book shows you how true data-drivenness involves processes that require genuine buy-in across your company, from analysts and management to the C-Suite and the board.Through interviews ... Read more

$28.09 USD

What do you need to become a data-driven organization? Far more than having big data or a crack team of unicorn data scientists, it requires establishing an effective, deeply-ingrained data culture. This practical book shows you how true data-drivenness involves processes that require genuine buy-in across your company, from analysts and management to the C-Suite and the board.Through interviews
... Read more
Security and Usability

Designing Secure Systems that People Can Use

by Lorrie Faith Cranor, Simson Garfinkel ...

Human factors and usability issues have traditionally played a limited role in security research and secure systems development. Security experts have largely ignored usability issues--both because they often failed to recognize the importance of human factors and because they lacked the expertise to address them.But there is a growing recognition that today's security problems can be solved only ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Human factors and usability issues have traditionally played a limited role in security research and secure systems development. Security experts have largely ignored usability issues--both because they often failed to recognize the importance of human factors and because they lacked the expertise to address them.But there is a growing recognition that today's security problems can be solved only
... Read more
Information Visualization

Perception for Design

by Colin Ware ...

Series series Interactive Technologies
Information Visualization: Perception for Design, Fourth Edition explores the art and science of why we see objects the way we do. Based on the science of perception and vision, the author presents the key principles at work for a wide range of applications--resulting in visualization of improved clarity, utility and persuasiveness. This new edition has been revised and updated to include the ... Read more

$56.69 USD

Information Visualization: Perception for Design, Fourth Edition explores the art and science of why we see objects the way we do. Based on the science of perception and vision, the author presents the key principles at work for a wide range of applications--resulting in visualization of improved clarity, utility and persuasiveness. This new edition has been revised and updated to include the
... Read more
The Modern Vulkan Cookbook

A practical guide to 3D graphics and advanced real-time rendering techniques in Vulkan

by Preetish Kakkar, Mauricio Maurer ...

Discover essential real-time rendering techniques, curated by industry-leading computer graphics professionals, with over 60 recipes for extending or applying them directly to existing or new rendering engines focusing on VulkanKey FeaturesExplore a wide range of advanced 3D graphics programming techniques to leverage the full potential of Vulkan APILearn tips, tricks, and solutions to boost your ... Read more

$37.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Discover essential real-time rendering techniques, curated by industry-leading computer graphics professionals, with over 60 recipes for extending or applying them directly to existing or new rendering engines focusing on VulkanKey FeaturesExplore a wide range of advanced 3D graphics programming techniques to leverage the full potential of Vulkan APILearn tips, tricks, and solutions to boost your
... Read more
臺灣數據百閱—100個重要議題，從圖表開啟對話、培養公民思辨力

by Re-lab團隊 ...

Series series Hello Design
★★ 公部門數據大改造！讓你一眼看懂臺灣社會的變化 ★★★★知名資訊圖表設計公司Re-lab****全新著作 ★★由年輕人發起的實驗性計畫歷時一年蒐集彙整公部門與國際組織報告用數據力與設計力，讓臺灣變得更好—▍****在圖表中，尋找改變的力量！ ▍數據不只是數字，折線的背後，是我們生活的高低起伏『這二十年來，你過得好... ... Read more

$10.64 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

★★ 公部門數據大改造！讓你一眼看懂臺灣社會的變化 ★★★★知名資訊圖表設計公司Re-lab****全新著作 ★★由年輕人發起的實驗性計畫歷時一年蒐集彙整公部門與國際組織報告用數據力與設計力，讓臺灣變得更好—▍****在圖表中，尋找改變的力量！ ▍數據不只是數字，折線的背後，是我們生活的高低起伏『這二十年來，你過得好...
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Learn LLVM 12

A beginner's guide to learning LLVM compiler tools and core libraries with C++

by Kai Nacke ...

Learn how to build and use all parts of real-world compilers, including the frontend, optimization pipeline, and a new backend by leveraging the power of LLVM core librariesKey FeaturesGet to grips with effectively using LLVM libraries step-by-stepUnderstand LLVM compiler high-level design and apply the same principles to your own compilerUse compiler-based tools to improve the quality of code in ... Read more

$41.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to build and use all parts of real-world compilers, including the frontend, optimization pipeline, and a new backend by leveraging the power of LLVM core librariesKey FeaturesGet to grips with effectively using LLVM libraries step-by-stepUnderstand LLVM compiler high-level design and apply the same principles to your own compilerUse compiler-based tools to improve the quality of code in
... Read more
Outnumbered

From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-bubbles – The Algorithms That Control Our Lives

by David Sumpter ...

'Fascinating' - Financial TimesAlgorithms are running our society, and as the Cambridge Analytica story has revealed, we don't really know what they are up to.Our increasing reliance on technology and the internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data researchers to gaze through into our lives. Using the data they are constantly collecting about where we travel, where we shop, what we ... Read more

$15.49 USD

'Fascinating' - Financial TimesAlgorithms are running our society, and as the Cambridge Analytica story has revealed, we don't really know what they are up to.Our increasing reliance on technology and the internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data researchers to gaze through into our lives. Using the data they are constantly collecting about where we travel, where we shop, what we
... Read more
Why

A Guide to Finding and Using Causes

by Samantha Kleinberg ...

Can drinking coffee help people live longer? What makes a stock’s price go up? Why did you get the flu? Causal questions like these arise on a regular basis, but most people likely have not thought deeply about how to answer them.This book helps you think about causality in a structured way: What is a cause, what are causes good for, and what is compelling evidence of causality? Author Samantha ... Read more

$18.79 USD

Can drinking coffee help people live longer? What makes a stock’s price go up? Why did you get the flu? Causal questions like these arise on a regular basis, but most people likely have not thought deeply about how to answer them.This book helps you think about causality in a structured way: What is a cause, what are causes good for, and what is compelling evidence of causality? Author Samantha
... Read more
SQL in a Nutshell

A Desktop Quick Reference

by Kevin Kline, Regina O. Obe, Leo S. Hsu ...

For programmers, analysts, and database administrators, this Nutshell guide is the essential reference for the SQL language used in today's most popular database products. This new fourth edition clearly documents SQL commands according to the latest ANSI/ISO standard and details how those commands are implemented in Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and Oracle 19c, as well as in the MySQL 8, MariaDB 10.5 ... Read more

$48.99 USD

For programmers, analysts, and database administrators, this Nutshell guide is the essential reference for the SQL language used in today's most popular database products. This new fourth edition clearly documents SQL commands according to the latest ANSI/ISO standard and details how those commands are implemented in Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and Oracle 19c, as well as in the MySQL 8, MariaDB 10.5
... Read more
Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist

Effective Modeling for Linked Data, RDFS, and OWL

by James Hendler, Fabien Gandon, Dean Allemang ...

Series series ACM Books
Enterprises have made amazing advances by taking advantage of data about their business to provide predictions and understanding of their customers, markets, and products. But as the world of business becomes more interconnected and global, enterprise data is no long a monolith; it is just a part of a vast web of data. Managing data on a world-wide scale is a key capability for any business today ... Read more

$43.19 USD

Enterprises have made amazing advances by taking advantage of data about their business to provide predictions and understanding of their customers, markets, and products. But as the world of business becomes more interconnected and global, enterprise data is no long a monolith; it is just a part of a vast web of data. Managing data on a world-wide scale is a key capability for any business today
... Read more
"Artificial Intelligence: How Does It Work? And How to Use It?"

by Sabry Fattah ...

In a world increasingly driven by technological advancements, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changer, transforming industries and revolutionizing the way we live and work. This book is a must-read guide that takes you on an exhilarating journey into the realm of AI, unraveling its inner workings and empowering you to leverage its potential.This book is meticulously crafted to ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In a world increasingly driven by technological advancements, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changer, transforming industries and revolutionizing the way we live and work. This book is a must-read guide that takes you on an exhilarating journey into the realm of AI, unraveling its inner workings and empowering you to leverage its potential.This book is meticulously crafted to
... Read more
Business Value in an Ocean of Data

Data Mining from a User Perspective

by Bulcsú Fajszi, László Cser, Tamás Fehér ...

"[...] This is a great book about how to find the value creating opportunities and how to utilize them. Reading it is a must for managers who understand that data became an extremely important source of competitive advantage in today's business." György Bőgel - CEU Business School (Hungary) "This book provides an excellent overview over business intelligence applications. [...] Real-life examples ... Read more

$9.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"[...] This is a great book about how to find the value creating opportunities and how to utilize them. Reading it is a must for managers who understand that data became an extremely important source of competitive advantage in today's business." György Bőgel - CEU Business School (Hungary) "This book provides an excellent overview over business intelligence applications. [...] Real-life examples
... Read more
Managing Mission - Critical Domains and DNS

Demystifying nameservers, DNS, and domain names

by Mark E.Jeftovic ...

This book will give you an all encompassing view of the domain name ecosystem combined with a comprehensive set of operations strategies. Key FeaturesManage infrastructure, risk, and management of DNS name servers. Get hands-on with factors like types of name servers, DNS queries and and so on.Practical guide for system administrators to manage mission-critical serversBased on real-world ... Read more

$37.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book will give you an all encompassing view of the domain name ecosystem combined with a comprehensive set of operations strategies. Key FeaturesManage infrastructure, risk, and management of DNS name servers. Get hands-on with factors like types of name servers, DNS queries and and so on.Practical guide for system administrators to manage mission-critical serversBased on real-world
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Integrating Excel and Access

Combining Applications to Solve Business Problems

by Michael Schmalz ...

In a corporate setting, the Microsoft Office Suite is an invaluable set of applications. One of Offices' biggest advantages is that its applications can work together to share information, produce reports, and so on. The problem is, there isn't much documentation on their cross-usage. Until now.Introducing Integrating Excel and Access, the unique reference that shows you how to combine the ... Read more

$23.09 USD

In a corporate setting, the Microsoft Office Suite is an invaluable set of applications. One of Offices' biggest advantages is that its applications can work together to share information, produce reports, and so on. The problem is, there isn't much documentation on their cross-usage. Until now.Introducing Integrating Excel and Access, the unique reference that shows you how to combine the
... Read more
AI-Assisted SDD: Spec-Driven Development with Gemini, Claude, and ai-sdd

by LEONARDO SAMPAIO ...

THE UNIVERSAL METHODOLOGY FOR AI-ASSISTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTAre you using AI assistants like Claude or Gemini to build software 10x faster—but STILL rebuilding features, firefighting bugs, and realizing "that's not what we asked for"?Here's why: AI without structure just amplifies chaos. You're building the wrong thing 10x faster.This book introduces a universal, future-proof methodology for ... Read more

$9.99 USD

THE UNIVERSAL METHODOLOGY FOR AI-ASSISTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTAre you using AI assistants like Claude or Gemini to build software 10x faster—but STILL rebuilding features, firefighting bugs, and realizing "that's not what we asked for"?Here's why: AI without structure just amplifies chaos. You're building the wrong thing 10x faster.This book introduces a universal, future-proof methodology for
... Read more

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