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| "An Illustrated Coastal Year : The seashore uncovered season by season" |
| "They say that no one in the British Isles lives more than an hour or two from the coast a coastline of contrasts with scenery that changes from estuaries shingle beaches saltmarshes and sand dunes to rocky shores rugged cliffs machair and bustling harbours Our shores are teeming with wildlife be it in the water on the tideline clinging to cliffs or in the skies above them and this beautiful book you can learn more about familiar and favourite coastal species and some intriguing lesser-known marine creatures Season by season Celia Lewis's wonderful illustrations show the flowers birds animals fish and insects found at that time of year Her craft projects using driftwood pebbles and shells are suitable for all ages and will encourage you to put beachcombed mementos to surprising uses Or get creative with food and work some foraged ingredients into tasty recipes by Celia and many of our best seafood chefs We all love spending time near the water's edge so next time you feel like stretching your legs along a coastal path fancy a day trip to the seaside or are planning balmy summer holidays dip into An Illustrated Coastal Year and be inspired by the incredible diversity of wildlife to be found around our little archipelago"
Price: 15.49 |
| "Untie the Lines : Setting Sail and Breaking Free" |
| "Former stressed-out city girl and journalist Emma is living the dream She's in Malaysia living on a yacht with handsome traveller Guy and together they have plans to explore the world's most remote and exotic places Alright so she has to ignore the niggling doubt that things didn't quite work out the last time she went to stay with a stranger on his boat in Asia but she's quietly confident that this time things will be different She and Guy are literally sailing into the sunset together Adventures in Asia America and the Caribbean beckon Life free from the rat race and nine-to-five grind couldn't be more perfect Or could it?Eventually forced to return to London to her old crippling fast-paced world Emma finds herself struggling with anxiety and panic attacks and losing the battle between head and heart Running or sailing away is just not an option any more Untie the Lines the sequel to Casting Off is a beautifully written often funny story for those who dream of escape adventure and an unshackled life But it is also a deeply moving tale about recognising the need to be true to yourself and to live a balanced life - for without balance we fall"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Tom Diaper's Logbook : Memoirs of a Racing Skipper" |
| "Tom Diaper's Logbook is the memoir of a remarkable man and a rare opportunity to read first-hand about the drama conflict and fascinating details that made up the life of a for-hire racing skipper during the glory days of racing Tom Diaper wrote his memoirs on scraps of paper and old cigarette papers and these were pulled together to give a narrative of his life from a toddler on his father's yacht until his retirement as a skipper The book tells of dramatic races with the German Kaiser working for the Pinkerton Detective Agency both World Wars and other exciting adventures over Tom's lifetime The book was first published in 1950 a year after Tom's death and has been popular amongst sailors and sailing enthusiasts ever since Now reissued with the original photos plus explanatory footnotes and a foreword from renowned sailor and fan of the book Tom Cunliffe Tom Diaper's Logbook is an ideal gift for lovers of sea stories action and real-life adventure"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Lovers" |
| "'a heartbreaking tale of illicit love and religious persecution Rod Nordland seamlessly weaves the personal and the political in urgent effortless prose to tell a story that is not only beautifully written but also vitally important for our times' Amanda Foreman Chair of the Man Booker PrizeA riveting real-life equivalent of The Kite Runner A powerful and profoundly moving story of a young couple willing to risk everything for loveShe is his Juliet and he is her Romeo and her family has threatened to kill them bothThis is the heartrending account of Zakia and Mohammad Ali a couple from opposing Islamic sects who defying their society's norms have left behind everything they know and are quite literally risking their lives for their loveShe is a Sunni he is a Shia but as friends from childhood Zakia and Mohammad Ali could never have predicted that their love would anger their families so much that they would be forced to leave their homes finding refuge in the harsh terrain of the Afghani mountains Without money or passports they rely on the kindness of strangers to house them for a couple of days at a time as they remain on the run never deterredNew York Times journalist Rod Nordland has chronicled the plight of the young lovers telling their extraordinary story of courage perseverance and love in one of the world's most troubled countries This moving love story is told against the bigger backdrop of the horrific but widespread practices that women are subjected to in Afghanistan"
Price: 12.49 |
| "Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by William Deresiewicz (Paperback,..." |
| "As a professor at Yale William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply His students some of the nation's brightest minds were adrift when it came to the big questions how to think critically and creatively and how to find a sense of purpose Now he argues that elite colleges are turning out conformists without a compass Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counsellors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw first-hand as a member of Yale's admissions committee As schools shift focus from the humanities to practical subjects like economics students are losing the ability to think independently It is essential says Deresiewicz that college be a time for self-discovery when students can establish their own values and measures of success in order to forge their own paths He features quotes from real students and graduates he has corresponded with over the years candidly exposing where the system is broken and offering clear solutions on how to fix it Excellent Sheep is likely to makea lasting markHe takes aim at just about the entirety of upper-middle-class life in AmericaMr Deresiewicz's book is packed full of what he wants more of in American life passionate weirdness (The New York Times)"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "New York Times Bestseller Winner of the 2015 WOMEN'S WAY Book Prize Goodreads Best of 2014 Semi-Finalist Books for a Better Life Award Finalist Lambda Literary Award Finalist Time Magazine 30 Most Influential People on the Internet American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book In her profound and courageous New York Times bestseller Janet Mock establishes herself as a resounding and inspirational voice for the transgender community-and anyone fighting to define themselves on their own terms With unflinching honesty and moving prose Janet Mock relays her experiences of growing up young multiracial poor and trans in America offering readers accessible language while imparting vital insight about the unique challenges and vulnerabilities of a marginalized and misunderstood population Though undoubtedly an account of one woman's quest for self at all costs Redefining Realness is a powerful vision of possibility and self-realization pushing us all toward greater acceptance of one another-and of ourselves-showing as never before how to be unapologetic and real"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World by Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "A visionary roadmap for people who believe they can change the world-and invaluable advice about bringing together the partners and technologies to help them do it -President Bill ClintonA radical how-to guide for using exponential technologies moonshot thinking and crowd-powered tools Bold unfolds in three parts Part One focuses on the exponential technologies that are disrupting today's Fortune 500 companies and enabling upstart entrepreneurs to go from I've got an idea to I run a billion-dollar company far faster than ever before The authors provide exceptional insight into the power of 3D printing artificial intelligence robotics networks and sensors and synthetic biology Part Two draws on insights from billionaires such as Larry Page Elon Musk Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos and reveals their entrepreneurial secrets Finally Bold closes with a look at the best practices that allow anyone to leverage today's hyper-connected crowd like never before Here the authors teach how to design and use incentive competitions launch million-dollar crowdfunding campaigns to tap into tens of billions of dollars of capital and finally how to build communities-armies of exponentially enabled individuals willing and able to help today's entrepreneurs make their boldest dreams come true"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim S. Grover (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "For more than two decades legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats Michael Jordan Kobe Bryant Dwayne Wade and dozens more and made them greater Now for the first time ever he reveals what it takes to get those results showing you how to be relentless and achieve whatever you desire Direct blunt and brutally honest Grover breaks down what it takes to be unstoppable you keep going when everyone else is giving up you thrive under pressure; you never let your emotions make you weak In The Relentless 13 he details the essential traits shared by the most intense competitors and achievers in sports business and all walks of life Relentless shows you how to trust your instincts and get in the Zone; how to control and adapt to any situation; how to find your opponent's weakness and attack Grover gives you the same advice he gives his world-class clients don't think and shows you that anything is possible Packed with previously untold stories and unparalleled insight into the psyches of the most successful and accomplished athletes of our time Relentless shows you how even the best get better and how you can too"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change by Adam Braun (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career But while traveling as a college student he met a young boy begging on the streets of India who would change his life When Braun asked the boy what he wanted most in the world he simply answered a pencil This small request became the inspiration for the organization Braun would one day start taking him on a journey through more than fifty countries and into the heart of self-discovery His unique for-purpose approach reversed the traditional non-profit playbook and in doing so helped redefine how modern movements are created The Promise of a Pencilchronicles Braun's journey to find his calling; each chapter explains the steps that every person can take to discover a meaningful life His trailblazing story takes readers behind the scenes with CEO's and village chiefs business moguls and world-famous celebrities Driven by compelling stories and shareable insights this is a vivid and inspiring book that will give readers the tools to unlock a sense of purpose passion and meaning in their own lives"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Tales from the Back Row : An Outsider's View from Inside the Fashion Industry" |
| "In the "funny insightful" (Harper&39;s Bazaar) Tales from the Back Row Cosmopolitancom editor Amy Odell takes readers behind the stage of New York&39;s hottest fashion shows to meet the world&39;s most influential models designers celebrities editors and photographers But first she has to push her way through the crowds outside and weave her way through the packed venue from the very back row to the front And as Amy climbs the ladder she introduces an industry powered by larger-than-life characters she meets the intimidating Anna Wintour and the surprisingly gracious Rachel Zoe not to mention the hilarious Chelsea Handler and moreAs she describes the allure of Alexander Wang&39;s ripped tights and Marchesa&39;s Oscar-worthy dresses Amy layers in something else how the fashion industry is an exaggerated mirror of human fallibility reflecting our desperate desire to belong to make a mark In her "light-hearted cocktail-hour confession from someone who issober enough to recognize insanity for what it is" (The Washington Post) Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of high fashion "Whether you&39;re interested in pursuing a career in publishing public relations or design or you&39;re just fascinated with what really goes on behind-the-scenes without the usual sugar coating we&39;d say this is required reading" (Fashionistacom)"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Leading Creative Teams : Management Career Paths for Designers, Developers, and Copywriters" |
| "Learn the skills you must master to assume leadership roles-creative directors art directors and advertising managers-on creative teams and in integrated branding campaigns for corporate clients This book compares and contrasts the skill sets and responsibilities of creatives with those of managers who direct creative teams Technical competence in the creative arts is a necessary but not sufficient prerequisite for promotion to and success in positions directing creative teams Business management and communication skills are equally necessary Leading Creative Teams reviews the business metrics that the manager of a creative team must be able to manipulate and present persuasively to the organization to prove that the team's creative excellence delivers superior ROI Award-winning designer and veteran creative director Eleazar Hernandez walks you through the creative manager's skill sets-technical business management and communication He covers the techniques and tools common to the direction of creative teams in all industries brainstorming creative exploration and visual communication tools internal and client presentations critiquing mentoring and copywriting Hernandez shows how creative directors can apply management and leadership skill sets to different kinds of creative teams found across interactive graphic design and advertising industries and how they orchestrate methods among team members He details how creative teams vary in their concepts and principles composition objectives and processes according to their specific industries and project requirements And he shows you how to shape your career trajectories toward creative management roles in your chosen fieldLeading Creative Teams features information on the processes and best practices for ideating developing and directing advertising campaigns graphic design projects 30 TV spot and 30 radio spots Drawing on interviews with top creative directors art directors and advertising managers the author explores how the roles of creative team managers are evolving in response to changing technologies and business modelsWhat You'll LearnLearn the technical business and management skill sets of creative managementLead and orchestrate teams of creativesDiscover tips tricks and techniques for creative direction of web broadcast and print projectsShape your career trajectory toward creative managementLearn the dos and don'ts of creative presentationsWho This Book Is ForMid-level and junior creatives-graphic designers web designers copywriters and artists-and ad students who seek information on the specific skills experience and credentials they need to qualify for promotion to creative management The secondary readership is creative directors art directors and advertising managers who lead web interactive design and advertising creative teams and who develop and direct integrated branding campaigns for corporate clients"
Price: 19.49 |
| "Effective Computation in Physics by Kathryn Huff, Anthony Scopatz (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "More physicists today are taking on the role of software developer as part of their research but software development isn't always easy or obvious even for physicists This practical book teaches essential software development skills to help you automate and accomplish nearly any aspect of research in a physics-based field Written by two PhDs in nuclear engineering this book includes practical examples drawn from a working knowledge of physics concepts You'll learn how to use the Python programming language to perform everything from collecting and analyzing data to building software and publishing your resultsIn four parts this book includes Getting Started Jump into Python the command line data containers functions flow control and logic and classes and objects Getting It Done Learn about regular expressions analysis and visualization NumPy storing data in files and HDF5 important data structures in physics computing in parallel and deploying software Getting It Right Build pipelines and software learn to use local and remote version control and debug and test your code Getting It Out There Document your code process and publish your findings and collaborate efficiently; dive into software licenses ownership and copyright procedures"
Price: 26.49 |
| "Cython: A Guide for Python Programmers by Kurt Smith (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Build software that combines Python's expressivity with the performance and control of C (and C) It's possible with Cython the compiler and hybrid programming language used by foundational packages such as NumPy and prominent in projects including Pandas h5py and scikits-learn In this practical guide you'll learn how to use Cython to improve Python's performance - up to 3000x - and to wrap C and C libraries in Python with ease Author Kurt Smith takes you through Cython's capabilities with sample code and in-depth practice exercises If you're just starting with Cython or want to go deeper you'll learn how this language is an essential part of any performance-oriented Python programmer's arsenalUse Cython's static typing to speed up Python code Gain hands-on experience using Cython features to boost your numeric-heavy Python Create new types with Cython - and see how fast object-oriented programming in Python can be Effectively organize Cython code into separate modules and packages without sacrificing performance Use Cython to give Pythonic interfaces to C and C libraries Optimize code with Cython's runtime and compile-time profiling tools Use Cython's prange function to parallelize loops transparently with OpenMP"
Price: 15.49 |
| "21st Century c. by Ben Klemens (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Throw out your old ideas about C and get to know a programming language that's substantially outgrown its origins With this revised edition of 21st Century C you'll discover up-to-date techniques missing from other C tutorials whether you're new to the language or just getting reacquainted C isn't just the foundation of modern programming languages; it is a modern language ideal for writing efficient state-of-the-art applications Get past idioms that made sense on mainframes and learn the tools you need to work with this evolved and aggressively simple language No matter what programming language you currently favor you'll quickly see that 21st century C rocks Set up a C programming environment with shell facilities makefiles text editors debuggers and memory checkers Use Autotools C's de facto cross-platform package manager Learn about the problematic C concepts too useful to discard Solve C's string-building problems with C-standard functions Use modern syntactic features for functions that take structured inputs Build high-level object-based libraries and programs Perform advanced math talk to internet servers and run databases with existing C libraries This edition also includes new material on concurrent threads virtual tables C99 numeric types and other features"
Price: 25.49 |
| "Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14 by Scott Meyers (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Coming to grips with C11 and C14 is more than a matter of familiarizing yourself with the features they introduce (eg auto type declarations move semantics lambda expressions and concurrency support) The challenge is learning to use those features effectively - so that your software is correct efficient maintainable and portable That's where this practical book comes in It describes how to write truly great software using C11 and C14 - ie using modern C Topics include The pros and cons of braced initialization noexcept specifications perfect forwarding and smart pointer make functions The relationships among stdmove stdforward rvalue references and universal references Techniques for writing clear correct effective lambda expressions How stdatomic differs from volatile how each should be used and how they relate to C's concurrency API How best practices in old C programming (ie C98) require revision for software development in modern C Effective Modern C follows the proven guideline-based example-driven format of Scott Meyers' earlier books but covers entirely new material"
Price: 29.99 |
| "You Don't Know JS - This & Object Prototypes by Kyle Simpson (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "No matter how much experience you have with JavaScript odds are you don't fully understand the language This concise in-depth guide takes you inside JavaScript's this structure and object prototypes You'll learn how they work and why they're integral to behavior delegation - a design pattern in which objects are linked rather than cloned Like other books in the You Don't Know JS series this and Object Prototypes dives into trickier parts of the language that many JavaScript programmers simply avoid Armed with this knowledge you can become a true JavaScript master With this book you will Explore how the this binding points to objects based on how the function is called Look into the nature of JS objects and why you'd need to point to them Learn how developers use the mixin pattern to fake classes in JS Examine how JS's prototype mechanism forms links between objects Learn how to move from classinheritance design to behavior delegation Understand how the OLOO (objects-linked-to-other-objects) coding style naturally implements behavior delegation"
Price: 14.99 |
| "You Don't Know JS - Types & Grammar by Kyle Simpson (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "No matter how much experience you have with JavaScript odds are you don't fully understand the language As part of the You Don't Know JS series this compact guide explores JavaScript types in greater depth than previous treatments by looking at type coercion problems demonstrating why types work and showing you how to take advantage of these features Like other books in this series You Don't Know JS Types & Grammar dives into trickier parts of the language that many JavaScript programmers simply avoid or assume don't exist (like types) Armed with this knowledge you can achieve true JavaScript mastery With this book you will Get acquainted with JavaScript's seven types null undefined boolean number string object and symbol Understand why JavaSript's unique array string and number characteristics may delight or confound you Learn how natives provide object wrappers around primitive values Dive into the coercion controversy - and learn why this feature is useful in many cases Explore various nuances in JavaScript syntax involving statements expressions and other features"
Price: 11.99 |
| "You Don't Know JS - Async & Performance by Kyle Simpson (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "No matter how much experience you have with JavaScript odds are you don't fully understand the language As part of the You Don't Know JS series this concise yet in-depth guide focuses on new asynchronous features and performance techniques-including Promises generators and Web Workers-that let you create sophisticated single-page web applications and escape callback hell in the process Like other books in this series You Don't Know JS Async & Performance dives into trickier parts of the language that many JavaScript programmers simply avoid Armed with this knowledge you can become a true JavaScript master With this book you will Explore old and new JavaScript methods for handling asynchronous programming Understand how callbacks let third parties control your program's execution Address the inversion of control issue with JavaScript Promises Use generators to express async flow in a sequential synchronous-looking fashion Tackle program-level performance with Web Workers SIMD and asmjs Learn valuable resources and techniques for benchmarking and tuning your expressions and statements"
Price: 16.99 |
| "ES6 & Beyond by Kyle Simpson (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "No matter how much experience you have with JavaScript odds are you don't fully understand the language As part of the You Don't Know JS series this compact guide focuses on new features available in ECMAScript 6 (ES6) the latest version of the standard upon which JavaScript is built Like other books in this series You Don't Know JS ES6 & Beyond dives into trickier parts of the language that many JavaScript programmers either avoid or know nothing about Armed with this knowledge you can achieve true JavaScript mastery With this book you will Learn new ES6 syntax that eases the pain points of common programming idioms Organize code with iterators generators modules and classes Express async flow control with Promises combined with generators Use collections to work more efficiently with data in structured ways Leverage new API helpers including Array Object Math Number and String Extend your program's capabilities through meta programming Preview features likely coming to JS beyond ES6 Consumer Long TextNo matter how much experience you have with JavaScript odds are you don't fully understand the languageAs part of the You Don't Know JS series this compact guide focuses on new features available in ECMAScript 6 (ES6) the latest version of the standard upon which JavaScript is built Like other books in this series You Don't Know JS ES6 & Beyond dives into trickier parts of the language that many JavaScript programmers either avoid or know nothing about Armed with this knowledge you can achieve true JavaScript mastery With this book you will Learn new ES6 syntax that eases the pain points of common programming idioms Organize code with iterators generators modules and classes Express async flow control with Promises combined with generators Use collections to work more efficiently with data in structured ways Leverage new API helpers including Array Object Math Number and String Extend your program's capabilities through meta programming Preview features likely coming to JS beyond ES6"
Price: 14.99 |
| "Effective AWK Programming, 4e by Arnold Robbins (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "When processing text files the awk language is ideal for handling data extraction reporting and data-reformatting jobs This practical guide serves as both a reference and tutorial for POSIX-standard awk and for the GNU implementation called gawk This book is useful for novices and awk experts alike In this thoroughly revised edition author and gawk lead developer Arnold Robbins describes the awk language and gawk program in detail shows you how to use awk and gawk for problem solving and then dives into specific features of gawk System administrators programmers webmasters and other power users will find everything they need to know about awk and gawk You will learn how to Format text and use regular expressions in awk and gawk Process data using awk's operators and built-in functions Manage data relationships using associative arrays Define your own functions Think in awk with two full chapters of sample functions and programs Take advantage of gawk's many advanced features Debug awk programs with the gawk built-in debugger Extend gawk by writing new functions in C or C This book is published under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License You have the freedom to copy and modify this GNU manual Royalties from the sales of this book go to the Free Software Foundation and to the author"
Price: 23.49 |
| "Modern PHP by Josh Lockhart (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "PHP is experiencing a renaissance though it may be difficult to tell with all of the outdated PHP tutorials online With this practical guide you'll learn how PHP has become a full-featured mature language with object-orientation namespaces and a growing collection of reusable component libraries Author Josh Lockhart-creator of PHP The Right Way a popular initiative to encourage PHP best practices-reveals these new language features in action You'll learn best practices for application architecture and planning databases security testing debugging and deployment If you have a basic understanding of PHP and want to bolster your skills this is your book Learn modern PHP features such as namespaces traits generators and closures Discover how to find use and create PHP components Follow best practices for application security working with databases errors and exceptions and more Learn tools and techniques for deploying tuning testing and profiling your PHP applications Explore Facebook's HVVM and Hack language implementations-and how they affect modern PHP Build a local development environment that closely matches your production server"
Price: 15.49 |
| "Think Stats by Allen B. Downey (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "If you know how to program you have the skills to turn data into knowledge using tools of probability and statistics This concise introduction shows you how to perform statistical analysis computationally rather than mathematically with programs written in Python By working with a single case study throughout this thoroughly revised book you'll learn the entire process of exploratory data analysis - from collecting data and generating statistics to identifying patterns and testing hypotheses You'll explore distributions rules of probability visualization and many other tools and concepts New chapters on regression time series analysis survival analysis and analytic methods will enrich your discoveries Develop an understanding of probability and statistics by writing and testing code Run experiments to test statistical behavior such as generating samples from several distributions Use simulations to understand concepts that are hard to grasp mathematically Import data from most sources with Python rather than rely on data that's cleaned and formatted for statistics tools Use statistical inference to answer questions about real-world data"
Price: 17.99 |
| "Web Content Management by Barker Deane (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Looking to select a web content management system (CMS) but confused about the promises terminology and buzzwords? Do you want to understand content management without having to dive into the underlying programming? This book provides a clear unbiased overview of the entire CMS ecosystem-from platforms to implementations-in a language- and platform-agnostic manner for project managers executives and new developers alike Author Deane Barker a CMS consultant with almost two decades of experience helps you explore many different systems technologies and platforms By the end of the book you'll have the knowledge necessary to make decisions about features architectures and implementation methods to ensure that your project solves the right problems Learn what content is how to compare different systems and what the roles of a CMS team are Understand how a modern CMS models and aggregates content coordinates workflow and manages assets Explore the scope and structure of a CMS implementation project Learn the process and best practices for successfully running your CMS implementation Examine the practice of migrating web content and learn how to work with an external CMS integrator"
Price: 20.49 |
| "Python Data Science Handbook: Essential Tools for Working with Data by Jake VanderPlas (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "For many researchers Python is a first-class tool mainly because of its libraries for storing manipulating and gaining insight from data Several resources exist for individual pieces of this data science stack but only with the Python Data Science Handbook do you get them all-IPython NumPy Pandas Matplotlib Scikit-Learn and other related tools Working scientists and data crunchers familiar with reading and writing Python code will find this comprehensive desk reference ideal for tackling day-to-day issues manipulating transforming and cleaning data; visualizing different types of data; and using data to build statistical or machine learning models Quite simply this is the must-have reference for scientific computing in Python With this handbook you'll learn how to use IPython and Jupyter provide computational environments for data scientists using Python NumPy includes the ndarray for efficient storage and manipulation of dense data arrays in Python Pandas features the DataFrame for efficient storage and manipulation of labeledcolumnar data in Python Matplotlib includes capabilities for a flexible range of data visualizations in Python Scikit-Learn for efficient and clean Python implementations of the most important and established machine learning algorithms"
Price: 35.49 |
| "ASP.NET MVC 5 with Bootstrap and Knockout. JS: Building Dynamic, Responsive Web Applications by Jamie Munro (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Bring dynamic server-side web content and responsive web design together to build websites that work and display well on any resolution desktop or mobile With this practical book you'll learn how by combining the ASPNET MVC server-side language the Bootstrap front-end framework and Knockoutjs-the JavaScript implementation of the Model-View-ViewModel pattern Author Jamie Munro introduces these and other related technologies by having you work with sophisticated web forms At the end of the book experienced and aspiring web developers alike will learn how to build a complete shopping cart that demonstrates how these technologies interact with each other in a sleek dynamic and responsive web application Build well-organized easy-to-maintain web applications by letting ASPNET MVC 5 Bootstrap and Knockoutjs do the heavy lifting Use ASPNET MVC 5 to build server-side web applications interact with a database and dynamically render HTML Create responsive views with Bootstrap that render on a variety of modern devices; you may never code with CSS again Add Knockoutjs to enhance responsive web design with snappy client-side interactions driven by your server-side web application"
Price: 12.99 |
| "Data Visualization with Python and JavaScript: Scrape, Clean, Explore & Transform Your Data by Kyran Dale (Paperback,..." |
| "Learn how to turn raw data into rich interactive web visualizations with the powerful combination of Python and JavaScript With this hands-on guide author Kyran Dale teaches you how build a basic dataviz toolchain with best-of-breed Python and JavaScript libraries-including Scrapy Matplotlib Pandas Flask and D3-for crafting engaging browser-based visualizations As a working example throughout the book Dale walks you through transforming Wikipedia's table-based list of Nobel Prize winners into an interactive visualization You'll examine steps along the entire toolchain from scraping cleaning exploring and delivering data to building the visualization with JavaScript's D3 library If you're ready to create your own web-based data visualizations-and know either Python or JavaScript- this is the book for you Learn how to manipulate data with Python Understand the commonalities between Python and JavaScript Extract information from websites by using Python's web-scraping tools BeautifulSoup and Scrapy Clean and explore data with Python's Pandas Matplotlib and Numpy libraries Serve data and create RESTful web APIs with Python's Flask framework Create engaging interactive web visualizations with JavaScript's D3 library"
Price: 28.49 |
| "Interactive Data Visualization for the Web by Scott Murray (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "Create and publish your own interactive data visualization projects on the web-even if you have little or no experience with data visualization or web development It's inspiring and fun with this friendly accessible and practical hands-on introduction This fully updated and expanded second edition takes you through the fundamental concepts and methods of D3 the most powerful JavaScript library for expressing data visually in a web browser Ideal for designers with no coding experience reporters exploring data journalism and anyone who wants to visualize and share data this step-by-step guide will also help you expand your web programming skills by teaching you the basics of HTML CSS JavaScript and SVG Learn D3 4x-the latest D3 version-with downloadable code and over 140 examples Create bar charts scatter plots pie charts stacked bar charts and force-directed graphs Use smooth animated transitions to show changes in your data Introduce interactivity to help users explore your data Create custom geographic maps with panning zooming labels and tooltips Walk through the creation of a complete visualization project from start to finish Explore inspiring case studies with nine accomplished designers talking about their D3-based projects"
Price: 25.99 |
| "Learning Virtual Reality: Developing Immersive Experiences and Applications for Desktop, Web, and Mobile by Tony Parisi..." |
| "As virtual reality approaches mainstream consumer use a vibrant development ecosystem has emerged in the past few years This hands-on guide takes you through VR development essentials for desktop mobile and browser-based applications You'll explore the three go-to platforms-OculusVR Gear VR and Cardboard VR-as well as several VR development environments programming tools and techniques If you're an experienced programmer familiar with mobile development this book will help you gain a working knowledge of VR development through clear and simple examples Once you create a complete application in the final chapter you'll have a jumpstart on the next major entertainment medium Learn VR basics for UI design 3D graphics and stereo rendering Explore Unity3D the current development choice among game engines Create native applications for desktop computers with the Oculus Rift Develop mobile applications for Samsung's Gear VR with the Android and Oculus Mobile SDKs Build browser-based applications with the WebVR Javascript API and WebGL Create simple and affordable mobile apps for any smartphone with Google's Cardboard VR Bring everything together to build a 360-degree panoramic photo viewer"
Price: 15.49 |
| "Elegant SciPy by Juan Nunez-Iglesias, Harriet Dashnow, Stefan Van der Walt (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "Welcome to Scientific Python and its community If you're a scientist who programs with Python this practical guide not only teaches you the fundamental parts of SciPy and libraries related to it but also gives you a taste for beautiful easy-to-read code that you can use in practice You'll learn how to write elegant code that's clear concise and efficient at executing the task at hand Throughout the book you'll work with examples from the wider scientific Python ecosystem using code that illustrates principles outlined in the book Using actual scientific data you'll work on real-world problems with SciPy NumPy Pandas scikit-image and other Python libraries Explore the NumPy array the data structure that underlies numerical scientific computation Use quantile normalization to ensure that measurements fit a specific distribution Represent separate regions in an image with a Region Adjacency Graph Convert temporal or spatial data into frequency domain data with the Fast Fourier Transform Solve sparse matrix problems including image segmentations with SciPy's sparse module Perform linear algebra by using SciPy packages Explore image alignment (registration) with SciPy's optimize module Process large datasets with Python data streaming primitives and the Toolz libraryv"
Price: 20.49 |
| "Mapping Experiences: A Guide to Creating Value Through Journeys, Blueprints, and Diagrams by James Kalbach (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Customers who have inconsistent broken experiences with products and services are understandably frustrated But it's worse when people inside these companies can't pinpoint the problem because they're too focused on business processes This practical book shows your company how to use alignment diagrams to turn valuable customer observations into actionable insight With this unique tool you can visually map your existing customer experience and envision future solutions Product and brand managers marketing specialists and business owners will learn how experience diagramming can help determine where business goals and customer perspectives intersect Once you're armed with this data you can provide users with real value Mapping Experiences is divided into three parts Understand the underlying principles of diagramming and discover how these diagrams can inform strategy Learn how to create diagrams with the four iterative modes in the mapping process setting up a mapping initiative investigating the evidence visualizing the process and using diagrams in workshops and experiments See key diagrams in action including service blueprints customer journey maps experience maps mental models and spatial maps and ecosystem models"
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