General Computing

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

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.

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.

Revised to reflect the latest in C++ code and practices, its fast pace is designed to get intermediate programmers fluent in the language—with help from 500 code samples and nearly 100 exercises.

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

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

An essential resource for current and future developers tasked with protecting users from the potential threats of these ubiquitous devices.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Introduction to Computer Organization: ARM shows how a modern computer’s hardware and software work "under the hood.” It covers the ARM instruction set—popular in smartphones, laptops, and tablets—and walks the reader through programming examples using a Raspberry Pi.

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

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

Learn the answers to 30 cutting-edge questions in machine learning and AI and level up your expertise in the field

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

Learn how to use R for everything from workload automation and creating online reports, to interpreting data, map making, and more.

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

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

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

This fast-paced, hands-on, quirky introduction to Windows’ Batch scripting language is ideal for coders of all skill levels.

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

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.

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.

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

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