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Confessions of a Public Speaker Confessions of a Public Speaker
By Scott Berkun
November 2009 
$24.99 USD

In this hilarious and highly practical book, author and professional speaker Scott Berkun reveals the techniques behind what great communicators do, and shows how anyone can learn to use them… Read more.




The Sustainable Network The Sustainable Network
By Sarah Sorensen
October 2009 
$29.99 USD

The Sustainable Network demonstrates how we can tackle challenges, ranging from energy conservation to economic and social innovation, using the global network -- of which the public Internet is just… Read more.




Apprenticeship Patterns Apprenticeship Patterns
By Dave Hoover, Adewale Oshineye
Foreword by Howard G. (Ward) Cunningham
October 2009 
$29.99 USD

Are you doing all you can to further your career as a software developer? With today's rapidly changing and ever-expanding technologies, being successful requires more than technical expertise. To grow… Read more.




Head First Data Analysis Head First Data Analysis
By Michael Milton
July 2009 
$49.99 USD

How can you learn to manage and analyze all kinds of data? Turn to Head First Data Analysis, where you'll learn how to collect and organize your data, sort the… Read more.




Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide
By Amy Shuen
April 2008 
$24.99 USD

Web 2.0 makes headlines, but how does it make money? This concise guide explains what's different about Web 2.0 and how those differences can improve the bottom line. Whether you're… Read more.




Head First Software Development Head First Software Development
By Dan Pilone, Russell Miles
December 2007 
$49.99 USD

Even the best developers have seen well-intentioned software projects fail -- often because the customer kept changing requirements, and end users didn't know how to use the software you developed.… Read more.




Visualizing Data Visualizing Data
By Ben Fry
December 2007 
$39.99 USD

How you can take advantage of data that you might otherwise never use? With the help of the free software programming environment called Processing, this book helps you represent data… Read more.




The Art of Agile Development The Art of Agile Development
By James Shore, Shane Warden
October 2007 
$39.99 USD

Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers, and customers into a single package… Read more.




SOA in Practice SOA in Practice
By Nicolai Josuttis
August 2007 
$39.99 USD

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is finally becoming a concrete discipline rather than a hopeful collection of cloud charts. This book demonstrates how SOA can simplify the creation of large-scale applications, whether… Read more.




Programming Collective Intelligence Programming Collective Intelligence
By Toby Segaran
August 2007 
$39.99 USD

This fascinating book demonstrates how you can build web applications to mine the enormous amount of data created by people on the Internet. With the sophisticated algorithms in this book,… Read more.




Beautiful Code Beautiful Code
By Andy Oram, Greg Wilson
Edited by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson
June 2007 
$44.99 USD

How do the experts solve difficult problems in software development? In this unique and insightful book, leading computer scientists offer case studies that reveal how they found unusual, carefully designed… Read more.




The Myths of Innovation The Myths of Innovation
By Scott Berkun
May 2007 
$24.99 USD

In The Myths of Innovation, bestselling author Scott Berkun takes a careful look at innovation history, including the software and Internet Age, to reveal how ideas truly become successful innovations-truths… Read more.




Backup & Recovery Backup & Recovery
By W. Curtis Preston
January 2007 
$49.99 USD

Packed with practical, freely available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a… Read more.




Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
By Brett McLaughlin, Gary Pollice, David West
November 2006 
$49.99 USD

Tired of reading object-oriented analysis and design books that only make sense after you're an expert? Try our Head First book. This witty and entertaining tutorial shows you how to… Read more.




Database in Depth Database in Depth
By C.J. Date
May 2005 
$29.95 USD

This concise guide sheds light on the principles behind the relational model, which underlies all database products in wide use today. It goes beyond the hype to give you a… Read more.




Database Nation Database Nation
By Simson Garfinkel
December 2000 
$16.95 USD

As the 21st century begins, advances in technology endanger our privacy in ways never before imagined. This newly revised update of the popular hardcover edition, Database Nation: The Death of… Read more.





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