Books

Learn to create native Android apps with Jetpack Compose and Kotlin. This practical guide takes you from scratch to building a complete app with navigation and animations.

Stop writing code that only works on your laptop.Your O(n²) sorting algorithm runs fine on an i9 processor. But on a Cortex-M4 with 2KB of RAM? It crashes the stack.AlgoEmbedded is the first textbook that stops teaching "Computer Science" and starts teaching Embedded Engineering. Learn how to adapt standard algorithms for the constraints of the real world.

Brain exhausted by an infinite loop of thoughts? Learn the ancient art of a "Total System Reset."

A Unified Theory of Influence—From Ancient Persuaders to AI Futures Influence is everywhere: in the parent teaching a child, the advertiser crafting a message, the algorithm curating a feed, the state deploying propaganda. Yet we lack a comprehensive framework for understanding influence across these domains. This book provides one. Influencers and the Influenced integrates memetic theory—the study of cultural replicators—with persuasion psychology and network science to explain how ideas, beliefs, and behaviors spread through populations. The analysis spans from humanity’s earliest influencers (parents, priests, teachers) through the contemporary landscape of social media creators to speculative futures involving artificial intelligence and post-human cognition.

A practical, real-world guide to gathering software requirements with clarity, confidence, and precision. Learn proven techniques to eliminate ambiguity, reduce rework, and communicate effectively with clients and teams. Upgrade your skills now and stand out at work before poor requirements keep holding you back.

Throughout the book, we use a car-search platform as a unifying example. From ingestingdata about car listings to enriching, it with analytics and providing real-time search results, thisplatform showcases the challenges and opportunities of modern data platforms. By followingits journey, you will gain actionable insights that can be applied to a wide range of domains.Building the software platforms is not just about technology; it’s about solving real-worldproblems with creativity within the given guardrails both financial or engineering. This bookwill be guiding you through every phase of design, implementation, and evolution. Let’s buildthe future of data platforms together.

A beginner-friendly introduction to TypeScript for no-code and AI-assisted developers. Learn the fundamentals properly and build confidence beyond copy-paste code.

Aprende a crear apps nativas para Android con Jetpack Compose y Kotlin. Esta guía práctica te lleva desde cero hasta construir una aplicación completa con navegación y animaciones.

Digitale Transformation war das Hype-Thema vor KI. Es gibt allerdings einen nicht geringen Anteil an Fach- und Führungskräften, deren Wissen darüber weiter ausbaufähig ist. Dieses Buch ist eine Einführung für alle diejenigen, die keine "digitalen Pioniere" sind, sondern wissen wollen, was aus dem Thema Digitalisierung auf sie zukommen kann und aus dem Thema KI zusätzlich auf sie zukommen wird.

Modern tools are powerful.Our thinking is not always prepared for them.Automation reduces effort, but often replaces judgment.Speed creates relief, but not clarity.Systems solve tasks while quietly shaping decisions we never examine.Tools Beyond Limits is not a guide to using technology better.It is a guide to understanding where tools should stop—and where responsibility must remain human.This book explores why many digital products feel impressive yet leave users confused, dependent, or unsure. It examines AI, software, learning platforms, and automation through one lens: how tools influence thinking before outcomes appear.If you use modern tools daily and sense that something important is being lost beneath efficiency, this book is written for you.

This book is designed for individuals who have already learned the basics of web security. It provides a systematic guide to acquiring the "practical bug hunting skills" necessary to achieve your first valid report (First Blood), earn your first bounty, and consistently deliver results in real-world bug bounty programs.

Книга представляет собой масштабное размышление о судьбе Европы как культурного, духовного и исторического проекта. Автор рассматривает европейскую цивилизацию сквозь призму дуализма — противостояния добра и зла, духа и материи, индивидуального и коллективного, Востока и Запада. Этот внутренний разлом, по мнению Рёснес, стал ключевой причиной утраты целостной идентичности и духовного истощения современного общества.

Read Keats as a path of awakening. Each poem paired with an early Buddhist discourse, each pairing a small case history of liberation.