General Computing

This creative coding tutorial is designed to grow your skills in a fun, hands-on way as you build simulations of natural phenomena.

Revised to include the latest Python features, even better explanations, and new chapters about databases and sound files.

Add valuable skills to your programming toolkit by learning to write complete applications in ARM, a popular low-level assembly language.

A one-stop-shop for all the math you should have learned for your programming career.

Demystifies the explosion of artificial intelligence by explaining what AI really does "under the hood".

Use randomness to solve problems in fun, hands-on experiments—from simulating evolution to encrypting messages.

Based on an award-winning university-level CS course, this entertaining book teaches you the history and inner workings of the modern computer.

Learn the tools and develop the skills for uncovering big secrets hiding in public datasets.

See How the Magic Happens

Built with ARM A64 Assembly Language

Learn to expertly apply a range of machine learning methods to real data with this practical guide.

This hands-on guide to the art of lockpicking will take you from noob to competition-ready.

Kill It with Fire chronicles the challenges of dealing with aging computer systems, along with sound modernization strategies.

Boost your computing prowess with How Computers Really Work, which deftly deconstructs hardware, software, and everything in between.

For teachers and parents,Coding in the Classroom explains the benefits of computer science education and provides strategies to get kids coding!

How the Internet Really Works is a fun guide to understanding – and navigating – the online world, teaching you the tech, your rights, and why cats rule supreme.

Build a website with your pencil! The Coding Workbook empowers you to teach students the basics of web development without a computer.

Mining Social Media explains how to obtain, process, and analyze data from the social web in meaningful ways with the Python programming language.

A tutorial-style book that provides an introductory "look under the hood" of a modern computer.

The Secret Life of Programs is a primer on the underlying technologies that allow computer programs to work.

The long-awaited The Cult of Mac, 2nd Edition brings the reader into the world of Apple today, including the creation of Apple brand loyalty, the introduction of the iPhone, and the death of Steve Jobs.

With Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way you'll finally understand probability with Bayes, and have fun doing it.

How Software Works explains everyday software to the non-programmer.

The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy teaches you how to protect yourself online.

Whether you're just getting started with GIMP or working to master GIMP's more complex features, you'll find the answers you're looking for in The Book of GIMP.

The Guild Leader's Handbook is a complete guide to conceptualizing, establishing, and maintaining a successful massively multiplayer online guild. The book covers fundamentals like recruiting, managing officers, creating and enforcing reasonable policies, and more.

The Book of Audacity is the definitive guide to the powerful cross-platform audio editor. Transform your computer into a home recording studio as you learn to record podcasts, mix and master tracks, digitize your vinyl collection, and more.

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If you thought hacking was just about mischief-makers hunched over computers in the basement, think again.

Growing Software offers critical advice for managing software development teams and the software that they're creating. Covering everything from personnel decisions to software release strategies, it provides general advice and specific solutions, as well as detailed templates and spreadsheets to help you put concepts into action.

The Google Way investigates the history and unconventional business strategies that make Google a very different (and very inspiring) company. Author Bernard Girard combines extensive research with business theory in order to identify the key strategies in Google's quick rise to the top, and offer readers a set of principles to help emulate Google's success.