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The 68000 Microprocessorby Andrew M. VeronisISBN 0442288425 (0-442-28842-5)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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Accelerandoby Charles StrossISBN 0441014151 (0-441-01415-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Accelerando'Book summary:Expanding upon his award-winning short story cycle from the pages of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Charles Stross-author of such revolutionary science fiction novels as Singularity Sky and Iron Sunrise-delivers the story fans have been anticipating with Accelerando, a novel destined to change the face of the genre.
For three generations, the Macz family has struggled to cope with the rampant technological achievements that have rendered humans near obsolete. And mankind's end encroaches even closer when something starts to dismantle the nine planets of the solar system in an effort to annihilate all biological lifeforms. [via] 
Advanced COBOL: ANS 74by P. B. RobinsonISBN 0444194533 (0-444-19453-3)
Hardcover, Macdonald and Jane's
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All Tomorrow's Partiesby William GibsonISBN 0425190447 (0-425-19044-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Tomorrow's Parties'Book summary:Although Colin Laney (from Gibson's earlier novel Idoru) lives in a cardboard box, he has the power to change the world. Thanks to an experimental drug that he received during his youth, Colin can see "nodal points" in the vast streams of data that make up the worldwide computer network. Nodal points are rare but significant events in history that forever change society, even though they might not be recognizable as such when they occur. Colin isn't quite sure what's going to happen when society reaches this latest nodal point, but he knows it's going to be big. And he knows it's going to occur on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, which has been home to a sort of SoHo-esque shantytown since an earthquake rendered it structurally unsound to carry traffic.
Colin sends Barry Rydell (last seen in Gibson's novel Virtual Light) to the bridge to find a mysterious killer who reveals himself only by his lack of presence on the Net. Barry is also entrusted with a strange package that seems to be the home of Rei Toi, the computer-generated "idol singer" who once tried to "marry" a human rock star (she's also from Idoru). Barry and Rei Toi are eventually joined by Barry's old girlfriend Chevette (from Virtual Light) and a young boy named Silencio who has an unnatural fascination with watches. Together this motley assortment of characters holds the key to stopping billionaire Cody Harwood from doing whatever it is that will make sure he still holds the reigns of power after the nodal point takes place.
Although All Tomorrow's Parties includes characters from two of Gibson's earlier novels, it's not a direct sequel to either. It's a stand-alone book that is possibly Gibson's best solo work since Neuromancer. In the past, Gibson has let his brilliant prose overwhelm what were often lackluster (or nonexistent) story lines, but this book has it all: a good story, electric writing, and a group of likable and believable characters who are out to save the world ... kind of. The ending is not quite as supercharged as the rest of the novel and so comes off a bit flat, but overall this is definitely a winner. --Craig E. Engler [via]
Angel Fireby Andrew M. GreeleyISBN 0446514373 (0-446-51437-3)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems Sourcebookby V. Daniel HuntISBN 0412012111 (0-412-01211-1)
Hardcover, Kluwer Academic Pub
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Artificial Knowing: Gender and the Thinking Machineby Alison AdamISBN 041512963X (0-415-12963-X)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Artificial Knowing: Gender and the Thinking Machine'Book summary:Artificial Knowing challenges the masculine slant in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) view of the world. Alison Adam admirably fills the large gap in science and technology studies by showing us that gender bias is inscribed in AI-based computer systems. Her treatment of feminist epistemology, focusing on the ideas of the knowing subject, the nature of knowledge, rationality and language, are bound to make a significant and powerful contribution to AI studies.
Drawing from theories by Donna Haraway and Sherry Turkle, and using tools of feminist epistemology, Adam provides a sustained critique of AI which interestingly re-enforces many of the traditional criticisms of the AI project. Artificial Knowing is an esential read for those interested in gender studies, science and technology studies, and philosophical debates in AI. [via]More editions of Artificial Knowing: Gender and the Thinking Machine:
Beep! Beep! : Competing in the Age of the Road Runnerby Chip R. Bell, Oren HarariISBN 0446523534 (0-446-52353-4)
Hardcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Breakpointby Richard A. ClarkeISBN 0399153780 (0-399-15378-0)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Cambridge CAP Computer and Its Operating Systemby M. V. Wilkes, R. M. NeedhamISBN 0444003584 (0-444-00358-4)
Softcover, North Holland
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CDP Review Manual: A Data Processing Handbookby Kenniston W. LordISBN 0442260873 (0-442-26087-3)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
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Colossus and the Crabby D.F. JonesISBN 0425043274 (0-425-04327-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Computer Data Management and Data Base Technologyby Harry KatzanISBN 0442238967 (0-442-23896-7)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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Computer Data Securityby Harry KatzanISBN 0442242581 (0-442-24258-1)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
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The Confusionby Neal StephensonISBN 0434012386 (0-434-01238-6)
Softcover, Heinemann
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confusion'Book summary:Thrown back into a web of international intrigue, Eliza must contend with all manner of characters, including buccaneers, poisoners, Jesuits, financial manipulators, and ever the stray cryptographer or two.-In this hugely ambitious, profoundly compelling adventure, Neal Stephenson brings to life a cast of unforgettable characters in a time of breathtaking genius and discovery - men and women whose exploits defined an age known as the Baroque. [via]
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Count Zeroby William GibsonISBN 0441013678 (0-441-01367-8)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Count Zero'Book summary:Turner, corporate mercenary, wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him for a mission more dangerous than the one he's recovering from: Maas-Neotek's chief of R&D is defecting. Turner is the one assigned to get him out intact, along with the biochip he's perfected. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties--some of whom aren't remotely human.
Bobby Newmark is entirely human: a rustbelt data-hustler totally unprepared for what comes his way when the defection triggers war in cyberspace. With voodoo on the Net and a price on his head, Newmark thinks he's only trying to get out alive. A stylish, streetsmart, frighteningly probable parable of the future and sequel to Neuromancer [via]
Cyberville: Clicks, Culture, and the Creation of an Online Townby Stacy HornISBN 044651909X (0-446-51909-X)
Hardcover, Grand Central Publishing
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The Cyborg Handbookby Chris Hables Gray, Heidi J. Figuroa-Sarriera, Steven MentorISBN 0415908493 (0-415-90849-3)
Softcover, Routledge
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Cyteenby C. J. CherryhISBN 0446514284 (0-446-51428-4)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cyteen'Book summary:Genetic manipulation, murder, intrigue and politics are just part of the story of a young scientist in this substantial book. C. J. Cherryh, who won the 1989 Hugo Award for this novel, following on her Hugo Award-winning Downbelow Station, offers another ambitious work. A geneticist is murdered by an adviser, but the scientist is replicated in the lab, leaving a prodigy who attempts to chart a different fate. The book is intense and complex yet always presented with the flow of true storytelling. [via]
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Cyteen Pt. 1: The Betrayalby C. J. CherryhISBN 0445204524 (0-445-20452-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cyteen Pt. 1: The Betrayal'Book summary:The first part of C.J. Cherryh's award-winning triad introduces the planet and complex politics of Cyteen, part of the Alliance/Union universe. Resources are limited and the scientific compound of Reseune, which produces computer-trained clones called azis, is a major power center. Reseune's lead scientist, the fierce and cruel Dr. Ariane Emory, has dominated Cyteen's political scene for decades. When she is assassinated, Reseune officials railroad a suspect and then experiment by creating a personal duplicate of Ariane. The bad news is, a clone isn't good enough. They want to recreate Dr. Emory's mind as well, and devise an artificial life for the little Ariane who'll be raised just like the original. [via]
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Decision Tables in Software Engineeringby Richard B. HurleyISBN 0442235992 (0-442-23599-2)
Hardcover, Cengage Learning
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Delete All Suspectsby Donna AndrewsISBN 0425209024 (0-425-20902-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Delete All Suspects'Book summary:After a hit-and-run leaves a young techie named Eddie in the hospital, Turing, an almost-sentient computer, tries to help her PI friend Tim find out who did it. While Turing tries to break into Eddie's computers, her human friends do the legwork. It seems Eddie lets his seedy friends use his computers-and some are running highly unsavory websites. Others are using spam to con people out of their credit card numbers. Then the feds show up, looking for an online vigilante who's also using Eddie's computers. Now Turing and her friends are caught in the middle. They can't let the vigilante continue-but they also can't tell the FBI everything without revealing Turing's identity to the world. [via]
Design of Computing Systems Vols. 21A & 21B : Cognitive Considerations - Social and Ergonomic Considerations: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, (HCI International '97), San Francisco, August 24-29, 1997by G. Salvendy, M. J. Smith, R. J. KoubekISBN 044482183X (0-444-82183-X)
Hardcover, Elsevier
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The Devil's Codeby John SandfordISBN 0425179885 (0-425-17988-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Milleniumby Paul LevinsonISBN 0415249910 (0-415-24991-0)
Softcover, Routledge
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Double Tapby Steve MartiniISBN 0399150927 (0-399-15092-7)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Downtimeby Peter FoxISBN 0425105504 (0-425-10550-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Drawing Bloodby Poppy Z. BriteISBN 0440214920 (0-440-21492-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Ecology of Computationby B. A. HubermanISBN 0444703799 (0-444-70379-9)
Softcover, Elsevier Science Ltd
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The Elements of Friendly Software Designby Paul HeckelISBN 0446380407 (0-446-38040-7)
Hardcover, Warner Books Inc
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The Empress Fileby John SandfordISBN 0425135020 (0-425-13502-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Expert Systems: Principles and Case Studiesby Richard ForsythISBN 0412304708 (0-412-30470-8)
Softcover, Chapman and Hall
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Fail Safeby Eugene Burdick, Harvey WheelerISBN 044012459X (0-440-12459-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fail Safe'Book summary:Something has gone wrong. A group of American bombers armed with nuclear weapons is streaking past the fail-safe point, beyond recall, and no one knows why. Their destination -- Moscow.
In a bomb shelter beneath the White House, the calm young president turns to his Russian translator and says, "I think we are ready to talk to Premier Kruschchev." Not far away, in the War Room at the Pentagon, the secretary of defense and his aides watch with growing anxiety as the luminous blips crawl across a huge screen map. High over the Bering Strait in a large Vindicator bomber, a colonel stares in disbelief at the attack code number on his fail-safe box and wonders if it could possibly be a mistake.
First published in 1962, when America was still reeling from the Cuban missle crisis, Fail-Safe reflects the apocalyptic attitude that pervaded society during the height of the Cold War, when disaster could have struck at any moment. As more countries develop nuclear capabilities and the potential for new enemies lurks on the horizon, Fail-Safe and its powerful issues continue to respond.
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The First Thanksgiving Feastby Joan AndersonISBN 0395518865 (0-395-51886-5)
Softcover, Clarion Books
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Flying Dutchby Tom HoltISBN 044124193X (0-441-24193-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Fool's Runby John SandfordISBN 0425155722 (0-425-15572-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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God Gameby Andrew M. GreeleyISBN 0446512648 (0-446-51264-8)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God Game'Book summary:Andrew M. Greeley, the phenomenally popular novelist and priest, is best known -- and loved -- for his understated Catholic morality and compassionate understanding of human foibles. In The God Game, now available in a brand-new trade paperback edition, Father Greeley takes a new and fascinating twist on an old cliche: What if -- by using a sophisticated computer game with a healthy dose of heavenly intervention -- you really could play God? What if you actually had the power to control other people's lives?[via]
This is the dilemma that faces our hero, who quickly finds that being given the kingdom, the power, and the glory is dangerous -- but addictive. The troubles of the people he sees flashing on his computer screen are all too real -- and his troubles are just beginning. . .More editions of God Game:
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Going Postalby Stephen BriggsISBN 0413774473 (0-413-77447-3)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Going Postal'Book summary:Stage adaptation of the latest Discworld blockbuster Moist von Lipwig was a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. But he's got to see that the mail gets though, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too. Maybe it'll take a criminal to succeed where honest men have failed, or maybe it's a death sentence either way. Or perhaps there' s a shot at redemption in the mad world of the mail, waiting for a man who's prepared to push the envelope...; Brilliant stage adaptation by Stephen Briggs of Terry Pratchett's latest best-selling novel; Pratchett has sold over 27 million books worldwide and has been translated into 27 languages [via]
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The Gospel According to Larryby Janet TashjianISBN 0440237920 (0-440-23792-0)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gospel According to Larry'Book summary:Josh Swensen is not your average 17-year-old. At the age of two, he was figuring out algebraic equations with colored magnetic numbers. He is a prodigy who only wants to make the world a better place. Joshs wish comes true when his virtual alter ego, Larry, becomes a huge media sensation. Larry has his own Web site where he posts sermons on anti-consumerism and has a large following of adults and teens. Meanwhile, Larrys identity is a mystery to everyone. While it seems as if the whole world is trying to figure out Larrys true identity, Josh feels trapped inside his own creation. What will happen to the world, and to Larry, if he is exposed? [via]
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The Gridby Philip KerrISBN 0446520535 (0-446-52053-5)
Hardcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Guerrilla Marketing Online: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Earning Profits on the Internetby Charles Rubin, Jay Conrad LevinsonISBN 0395728592 (0-395-72859-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live With Technologyby Kim VicenteISBN 0415970644 (0-415-97064-4)
Hardcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live With Technology'Book summary:Kim Vicente is probably the only person who can make the connection between a perpetually blinking VCR clock and the nearly 100,000 preventable deaths per year in the U.S. due to medical error. But he does it convincingly and entertainingly in The Human Factor by outlining the many ways technology is failing us, and then providing a framework to fix the problem. From early airplane cockpit designs that caused unnecessary pilot error and even deaths to a BMW dashboard system that was supposed to simplify driving by offering seven or eight hundred features, Vicente makes a strong case for a new approach to creating high and low-tech devices. "Our traditional ways of thinking have ignored--and virtually made invisible--the relationship between people and technology," he writes. "But until a new and better way of thinking crystallizes and takes hold, we'll keep on resorting to familiar but outdated ideas because they used to work and they're all we have in our conceptual tool box." Vicente offers his "Human-tech Revolution" manifesto as our new toolbox--a framework for developing technologies that work for people, not just engineers. It's an approach that takes into account our social, economic, and political realities and could possibly even ensure your VCR clock will never blink again. An educational and accessible read for high and low-tech enthusiasts. --Craig Silverman [via]
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Idoruby William GibsonISBN 0425158640 (0-425-15864-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Idoru'Book summary:Colin Laney is a data analyst with a talent for seeing patterns, or nodes, as he calls them, in the flow of information that is cyberspace. Chia McKenzie is a young member of the fan club for the Japanese pop supergroup Lo/Rez. When a rumour involving the lead singer of Lo/Rez and an idoru, a Japanese virtual-reality singing idol, brings both Laney and Chia to Tokyo, the resulting web of events involves Russian criminals, Japanese schoolgirls, and illegal nanotechnology. And it's all set in a Tokyo that is literally growing and changing around the characters, rising from the rubble of a major earthquake.
Idoru is not William Gibson's best novel, but it is a good example of his primary strength: creating worlds that don't so much show the future as expose the world we already live in, a world of computers, information, mega-corporations, pop art, tabloids, and rock & roll. Idoru works not only on its own terms but also as a set-up for Gibson's next novel, All Tomorrow's Parties. Gibson broadens his perspective by including a wider range of characters than in his earlier novels, but mainly Idoru moves Gibson's work forward by pushing further into his familiar territory. It is the work not of a writer who is discovering new topics, but of one who is re-examining his old ones, bringing greater depth and maturity to his art in the process. --Greg L. Johnson [via]
Imsby George U. HubbardISBN 0442235836 (0-442-23583-6)
Hardcover, Cengage Learning
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Ims Programming Techniques: A Guide to Using Dl/Iby Joe Leben, Dan KappISBN 0442246552 (0-442-24655-2)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
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Internet Cultureby David PorterISBN 0415916844 (0-415-91684-4)
Softcover, Routledge
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An Introduction to Cyberculturesby David BellISBN 0415246598 (0-415-24659-8)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Jericho Iterationby Allen SteeleISBN 0441002714 (0-441-00271-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Mapping Cyberspaceby Martin Dodge, Rob KitchinISBN 0415198844 (0-415-19884-4)
Softcover, Routledge
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Modest-Witness, Second-Millennium: Femaleman Meets Oncomouse Feminism and Technoscienceby Donna J. Haraway, Lynn M. RandolphISBN 0415912458 (0-415-91245-8)
Softcover, Routledge
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Moon Is a Harsh Mistressby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0441536999 (0-441-53699-9)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Net Moneyby Michael WolffISBN 0440224322 (0-440-22432-2)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Netsportsby Michael WolffISBN 0440224209 (0-440-22420-9)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Neural Computing: Theory and Practiceby Philip D. WassermanISBN 0442207433 (0-442-20743-3)
Hardcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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The New Way Things Workby Neil Ardley, David MacaulayISBN 0395938473 (0-395-93847-3)
Hardcover, Walter Lorraine
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Way Things Work'Book summary:"Is it a fact--or have I dreamt it--that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?" If you, like Nathaniel Hawthorne, are kept up at night wondering about how things work--from electricity to can openers--then you and your favorite kids shouldn't be a moment longer without David Macaulay's The New Way Things Work. The award-winning author-illustrator--a former architect and junior high school teacher--is perfectly poised to be the Great Explainer of the whirrings and whizzings of the world of machines, a talent that landed the 1988 version of The Way Things Work on the New York Times bestsellers list for 50 weeks. Grouping machines together by the principles that govern their actions rather than by their uses, Macaulay helps us understand in a heavily visual, humorous, unerringly precise way what gadgets such as a toilet, a carburetor, and a fire extinguisher have in common.
The New Way Things Work boasts a richly illustrated 80-page section that wrenches us all (including the curious, bumbling wooly mammoth who ambles along with the reader) into the digital age of modems, digital cameras, compact disks, bits, and bytes. Readers can glory in gears in "The Mechanics of Movement," investigate flying in "Harnessing the Elements," demystify the sound of music in "Working with Waves," marvel at magnetism in "Electricity & Automation," and examine e-mail in "The Digital Domain." An illustrated survey of significant inventions closes the book, along with a glossary of technical terms, and an index. What possible link could there be between zippers and plows, dentist drills and windmills? Parking meters and meat grinders, jumbo jets and jackhammers, remote control and rockets, electric guitars and egg beaters? Macaulay demystifies them all. (Click to see a sample spread of this book, illustrations and text copyright 1998 David Macaulay, Neil Ardley, published by Houghton Mifflin Co.) (All ages) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Night Movesby Tom Clancy, Steve R. PieczenikISBN 042517400X (0-425-17400-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Official Computer Hater's Handbookby D.J. ArnesonISBN 0440566193 (0-440-56619-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Operating Systems: A Pragmatic Approachby Harry KatzanISBN 0442242530 (0-442-24253-0)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Lifeby Charles DarwinISBN 0404084044 (0-404-08404-4)
Hardcover, Ams Pr Inc
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Philosophy and Computing: An Introductionby Luciano FloridiISBN 0415180244 (0-415-18024-4)
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The Policeman's Beard Is Half Constructedby RacterISBN 0446380512 (0-446-38051-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possibleby Arthur ClarkeISBN 0446321079 (0-446-32107-9)
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The Puzzle Palaceby James BamfordISBN 0395312868 (0-395-31286-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Puzzle Palace'Book summary:In 1947, the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand signed a secret treaty in which they agreed to cooperate in matters of signals intelligence. In effect, the governments agreed to pool their geographic and technological assets in order to listen in on the electronic communications of China, the Soviet Union, and other Cold War bad guys--all in the interest of truth, justice, and the American Way, naturally. The thing is, the system apparently catches everything. Government security services, led by the U.S. National Security Agency, screen a large part (and perhaps all) of the voice and data traffic that flows over the global communications network. Fifty years later, the European Union is investigating possible violations of its citizens' privacy rights by the NSA, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a public advocacy group, has filed suit against the NSA, alleging that the organization has illegally spied on U.S. citizens.
Being a super-secret spy agency and all, it's tough to get a handle on what's really going on at the NSA. However, James Bamford has done great work in documenting the agency's origins and Cold War exploits in The Puzzle Palace. Beginning with the earliest days of cryptography (code-making and code-breaking are large parts of the NSA's mission), Bamford explains how the agency's predecessors helped win World War II by breaking the German Enigma machine and defeating the Japanese Purple cipher. He also documents signals intelligence technology, ranging from the usual collection of spy satellites to a great big antenna in the West Virginia woods that listened to radio signals as they bounced back from the surface of the moon.
Bamford backs his serious historical and technical material (this is a carefully researched work of nonfiction) with warnings about how easily the NSA's technology could work against the democracies of the world. Bamford quotes U.S. Senator Frank Church: "If this government ever became a tyranny ... the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back, because the most careful effort to combine together in resistance to the government ... is within the reach of the government to know." This is scary stuff. --David Wall [via]
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Quicksilverby Neal StephensonISBN 0434008931 (0-434-00893-1)
Softcover, Heinemann
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quicksilver'Book summary:Quicksilver is a massive, exuberant and wildly ambitious historical novel that's also Neal Stephenson's eagerly awaited prequel to Cryptonomicon--his pyrotechnic reworking of the 20th century, from World War II codebreaking and disinformation to the latest issues of Internet data privacy.
Quicksilver, "Volume One of the Baroque Cycle", backtracks to another time of high intellectual ferment: the late 17th century, with the natural philosophers of England's newly formed Royal Society questioning the universe and dissecting everything that moves. One founding member, the Rev John Wilkins, really did write science fiction and a book on cryptography--but this isn't history as we know it, for here his code book is called not Mercury but Cryptonomicon. And although the key political schemers of Charles II's government still have initials spelling the word CABAL, their names are all different...
While towering geniuses like Newton and Leibniz decode nature itself, bizarre adventures (merely beginning with the Great Plague and Great Fire) happen to the fictional Royal Society member Daniel Waterhouse, who knows everyone but isn't quite bright enough for cutting-edge science. Two generations of Daniel's family appear in Cryptonomicon, as does a descendant of the Shaftoes who here are soldiers and vagabonds. Other links include the island realm of Qwghlm with its impossible language and the mysterious, seemingly ageless alchemist Enoch Root.
As the reign of Charles II gives way to that of James II and then William of Orange, Stephenson traces the complex lines of finance and power that form the 17th-century Internet. Gold and silver, lead and (repeatedly) mercury or quicksilver flow in glittering patterns between centres of marketing and intrigue in England, Germany, France and Holland. Paper flows as well: stocks, shares, scams and letters holding layers of concealed code messages. Binary code? Yes, even that had already been invented and described by Francis Bacon.
Quicksilver is crammed with unexpected incidents, fascinating digressions and deep-laid plots. Who'd believe that Eliza, a Qwghlmian slave girl liberated from a Turkish harem by mad Jack Shaftoe (King of the Vagabonds) could become a major player in European finance and politics? Still less believable, but all too historically authentic, are the appalling medical procedures of the time--about which we learn a lot. There are frequent passages of high comedy, like the lengthy description of a foppish earl's costume which memorably explains that someone seemed to have been painted in glue before "shaking and rolling him in a bin containing thousands of black silk doilies".
This is a huge, exhausting read, full of rewards and quirky insights that no other author could have created. Fantastic or farcical episodes sometimes clash strangely with the deep cruelty and suffering of 17th-century realism. Recommended, though not to the faint-hearted. --David Langford [via]
Saint Vidicon To The Rescueby Christopher StasheffISBN 044101271X (0-441-01271-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Snail Mail, No Moreby Paula DanzigerISBN 0439063361 (0-439-06336-1)
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Software System Testing and Quality Assuranceby Boris BeizerISBN 0442213069 (0-442-21306-9)
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Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure Storyby Jerry KaplanISBN 0395711339 (0-395-71133-9)
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Sudanna, Sudannaby Brian HerbertISBN 0425087867 (0-425-08786-7)
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Turingby Andrew HodgesISBN 0415923786 (0-415-92378-6)
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Twice Shyby Dick FrancisISBN 0425198774 (0-425-19877-4)
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The Usborne First Encyclopedia of Scienceby Anna Claybourne, Felicity Brooks, Rachel Firth, Carrie A. Seay, David HancockISBN 0439560594 (0-439-56059-4)
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Using and Programming the Epson Hx-20 Portable Computerby Eric BalkanISBN 0442306504 (0-442-30650-4)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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Using Computers in Linguistics: A Practical Guideby John Lawler, Helen Aristar DryISBN 0415167930 (0-415-16793-0)
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War Gamesby Thomas B. AllenISBN 0425116476 (0-425-11647-6)
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The Way Things Workby David MacaulayISBN 0395428572 (0-395-42857-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Way Things Work'Book summary:David Macaulay has made it his business to demystify science and technology for children (and certainly one or two surreptitious adults) with his worldwide bestseller, The New Way Things Work. Packed with information on the inner workings of everything from the World Wide Web to windmills, the remarkable and humorous book guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines. And now Macaulay and his trusty mammoth sidekick are back, ready to make science even more fun and comprehensible. The Way Things Work Kit is a hands-on, fully interactive kit, equipped with everything needed to perform over 50 activities, including the construction of 12 working models. A handy cardboard carrying case opens to reveal a guidebook, a CD-ROM with instructions on how to build your own pinball games, activity cards, and more than 100 basic components that fit together to make models from a balloon-powered car to a robot arm to a fairground ride. Children will be absorbed for hours as they learn about levers and hydraulics, winches and friction, inertia and pneumatics. Future engineers--not to mention just regular humans--couldn't have a better introduction to the way things work. (Ages 8 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Writing Online: A Student's Guide to the Internet and World Wide Webby Eric Crump, Nick CarboneISBN 0395945631 (0-395-94563-1)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Writing With a Computerby Joan P. MitchellISBN 0395505151 (0-395-50515-1)
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