How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone (McCullough Brian)(Pevná vazba)

How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone (McCullough Brian)(Pevná vazba)

The internet was never intended for you, opines Brian McCullough in this lively narrative of an era that utterly transformed everything we thought we knew about technology. In How the Internet Happened, he chronicles the whole fascinating story for the first time, beginning in a dusty Illinois

The Gentrification of the Internet: How to Reclaim Our Digital Freedom (Lingel Jessa)(Pevná vazba)

How we lost control of the internet--and how to win it back. The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cynics could have predicted the World Wide Web as we know it today: commercial, isolating, and full

Valueweb: How Fintech Firms Are Using Bitcoin Blockchain and Mobile Technologies to Create the Internet of Value (Skinner Chris)(Pevná vazba)

The next generation internet, the Internet of Things, cannot work without an Internet of Value. The Internet of Value -- or ValueWeb, for short -- allows machines to trade with machines and people with people, anywhere on this planet in real-time and for free. The problem is that our old system

How the Internet Really Works: An Illustrated Guide to Protocols, Privacy, Censorship, and Governance (Article 19)(Pevná vazba)

An accessible, comic book-like, illustrated introduction to how the internet works under the hood, designed to give people a basic understanding of the technical aspects of the Internet that they need in order to advocate for digital rights. The internet has profoundly changed interpersonal

Kaleidoscope (Selznick Brian)(Pevná vazba)

An astounding new feat of storytelling from Brian Selznick, the award-winning creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck.A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space,

Catfishing on Catnet (Kritzer Naomi)(Pevná vazba)

How much does the internet know about YOU? From Hugo and Locus Award-winning author Naomi Kritzer, Catfishing on CatNet is a thought-provoking near future YA thriller that could not be more timely as it explores issues of online privacy, artificial intelligence, and the power and perils of social

The Wright Brothers (McCullough David)(Pevná vazba)

#1 New York Times bestseller Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright. On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown brothers

The Holmes Factor (Freemantle Brian)(Pevná vazba)

The second in the Sebastian Holmes series, following The Holmes InheritanceIt's just weeks from the outbreak of the First World War, a conflict few expect to erupt. If it does, Russia is pivotal. But Russia, having survived one abortive revolution, seethes with unrest. Will Russia fight? Will the

Dune: The Lady of Caladan (Herbert Brian)(Pevná vazba)

From Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Lady of Caladan is a brand new novel in the internationally bestselling Dune series. Lady Jessica, mother of Paul, and consort to Leto Atreides. The choices she made shaped an empire, but first the Lady of Caladan must reckon with her own betrayal

Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Christian Brian)(Pevná vazba)

A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set

Network Science (Barabsi Albert-Lszl)(Pevná vazba)

Networks are everywhere, from the internet, to social networks, and the genetic networks that determine our biological existence. Illustrated throughout in full colour, this pioneering textbook, spanning a wide range of topics from physics to computer science, engineering, economics and the social

The Internet (Brooks Bethea Nikole)(Pevná vazba)

A Field Guide to Internet Boyfriends: Meme-Worthy Celebrity Crushes from A to Z (Zuckerman Esther)(Pevná vazba)

From Keanu Reeves and Idris Elba to Timothee Chalamet, A Field Guide to Internet Boyfriends is the ultimate celebration of the suave, sexy, sensitive, and silly celebrities who have captured our hearts and memes Handsome and heartfelt, with winning smiles and pinnable Tweets -- this is what

Multiple Streams of Internet Income: How Ordinary People Make Extraordinary Money Online (Allen Robert G.)(Pevná vazba)

Following the success of the bestselling Multiple Streams of Income, Multiple Streams of Internet Income took the idea of making money on the Internet to the next level, by revealing how to deliver a marketing message faster, cheaper, and to a larger number of potential customers. This new updated

Social Struggle - How we took over the Internet (Kleiny Woody and)(Pevná vazba)

@WoodyandKleiny have overcome broken homes and dreams and gone from filming blurry videos that get 100 views to become two of the world's biggest internet content creators, with more than 10 million followers across their social media platforms. Prepare to enter the world of WAK. It's a place where

Sands of Dune: Novellas from the world of Dune - Kevin James Anderson, Brian Herbert

Collected for the first time, these Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any fan of the series.The world of Dune has shaped an entire

Brian Cook's Landscapes of Britain - a guide to Britain in beautiful book illustration, mini edition (Cook Brian)(Pevná vazba)

The illustrations of Brian Cook from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s have become iconic. His heightened use of colour, in a flat colour poster style, is much imitated, but never surpassed. His jacket covers for the Batsford series of books that celebrated British life are now very collectable. This

Pt, Confit, Rillette: Recipes from the Craft of Charcuterie (Polcyn Brian)(Pevná vazba)

In P t , Confit, Rillette, Brian Polcyn and Michael Ruhlman provide a comprehensive guide to the most elegant and accessible branch of the charcuterie tradition. There is arguably nothing richer and more flavorful than a slice of p t de foie gras, especially when it's spread onto crusty bread

Hollow (Catling Brian)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of the Vorrh Trilogy comes an epic odyssey following a group of mercenaries hired to deliver a church's ultimate power-a sacred oracle-as the decadence of carnival gives way to the gravity of lent and the mystic landscape grows

Brian Clarke: The Art of Light (Clarke Brian)(Pevná vazba)

Gorgeous masterpieces of stained glass by Brian Clarke, the medium's leading exponent todayOver the past five decades, British artist Brian Clarke (born 1953) has consistently pushed the boundaries of stained glass as a medium, both in terms of technology and visual vocabulary. With major

The Gunpowder Plot (Twiddy Robin)(Pevná vazba)

Explore significant events in world history with How It Happened. Filled with activities that cater to umbrella learning: explore, The Fire of London, Remembrance Day, The Moon Landing and the Gunpowder Plot. Learn to draw maps, write diary entries or make a meal like an astronaut, there is always

Escape from the Central Bank Trap: How to Escape From the $20 Trillion Monetary Expansion Unharmed (Lacalle Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Forensic Computing (Sammes Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

In the second edition of this very successful book, Tony Sammes and Brian Jenkinson show how the contents of computer systems can be recovered, even when hidden or subverted by criminals. Equally important, they demonstrate how to insure that computer evidence is admissible in court. Updated to

Don't Buy It: The Trouble with Talking Nonsense about the Economy (Shenker-Osorio Anat)(Pevná vazba)

After everything that's happened, how is it possible that conservatives still win debates about the economy? Time and again the right wins over voters by claiming that their solutions are only common sense, even as their tired policies of budgetary sacrifice and corporate plunder both create and