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A World Without "Whom": The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age

EMMY J FAVILLA · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A World Without "Whom" is Eats, Shoots & Leaves for the internet age, and BuzzFeed global copy chief Emmy Favilla is the witty go-to style guru of webspeak. As language evolves faster than ever before, what is the future of "correct" writing? When Favilla was tasked...
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eBay Business All-in-One For Dummies

Marsha Collier · For Dummies
Pages: 744
Format: Paperback

The selling, marketing, and business tips you need to succeed eBay is the perfect place to learn the ropes of what it's like running an online business. It provides the tools, technology, and platform a would-be entrepreneur needs to launch their first successful small business. It takes...
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macOS High Sierra in easy steps: Covers version 10.13

NICK VANDOME · In Easy Steps Limited
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

macOS is the operating system at the heart of Mac computers. The latest version, macOS High Sierra, builds on some of the innovative functions and level of performance that were introduced with the previous version, macOS Sierra, to provide a stylish, effective and powerful operating system...
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Data for the People: How to Make Our Post-Privacy Economy Work for You

Andreas Weigend · Basic Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Every time we Google something, Facebook someone, Uber somewhere, or even just turn on a light, we create data that businesses collect and use to make decisions about us. In many ways this has improved our lives, yet, we as individuals do not benefit from this wealth of data as much as we could....
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Access 2016 in easy steps

MIKE MCGRATH · In Easy Steps Limited
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Access 2016 in easy steps neatly demonstrates the important functions of Access 2016 in a clear and concise manner, so you can get going quickly with this popular database application. Areas covered include:Optimizing database designCreating Tables to store data in formatted fieldsUsing...
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Microsoft Outlook 2016 Step by Step

Joan Lambert · Microsoft Press
Pages: 576
Format: Paperback

The quick way to learn Microsoft Outlook 2016! This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Outlook 2016. Jump in wherever you need answers--brisk lessons and colorful screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step. Get easy-to-follow guidance from a certified Microsoft...
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Personal Cybersecurity: How to Avoid and Recover from Cybercrime

Marvin Waschke · Apress
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Discover the most prevalent cyber threats against individual users of all kinds of computing devices. This book teaches you the defensive best practices and state-of-the-art tools available to you to repel each kind of threat. Personal Cybersecurity addresses the needs of individual users...
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Quicken 2017 The Official Guide

Bobbi Sandberg · McGraw-Hill Education
Pages: 576
Format: Paperback

The Only Official Guide to the #1 Personal Finance Software for Windows! Covers U.S. Microsoft Windows Editions--Quicken Deluxe and PremierTake control of your personal finances using the best practices and time-saving tips in Quicken® 2017 The Official Guide! Find out the most effective...
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Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality

Jaron Lanier · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 351
Format: Hardcover

The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technologyBridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body, Dawn of the New Everything is a look at what it means to be human at a moment...
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To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death

Mark O'Connell · Doubleday
Pages: 241
Format: Hardcover

"This gonzo-journalistic exploration of the Silicon Valley techno-utopians' pursuit of escaping mortality is a breezy romp full of colorful characters." - New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) Transhumanism is a movement pushing the limits of our bodies - our capabilities,...
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Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All-in-One For Dummies

DAN GOOKIN · For Dummies
Pages: 504
Format: Paperback

Stop being a prisoner to your PC! Need a PC problem fixed in a pinch? Presto! Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All-in-One For Dummies offers 5 books in 1 and takes the pain out of wading through those incomprehensible manuals, or waiting for a high-priced geek to show up days or weeks...
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The Gamer's Guide to Coding: Design, Code, Build, Play

Gordon McComb · Sterling
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Learn one of today's most important skills - coding - while creating your own games! With this illustrated, interactive guide to coding, readers will discover how to create, test, and play fun 2D computer games. No prior programming knowledge is required to become proficient: just follow...
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SVG Animations: From Common UX Implementations to Complex Responsive Animation

Sarah Drasner · O'Reilly Media
Pages: 246
Format: Paperback

SVG is extremely powerful, with its reduced HTTP requests and crispness on any display. It becomes increasingly more interesting as you explore its capabilities for responsive animation and performance boons. When you animate SVG, you must be aware of normal image traits like composition,...
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Making Things Smart: Easy Embedded JavaScript Programming for Making Everyday Objects into Intelligent Machines

Gordon H Williams · Maker Media, Inc
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Making Things Smart teaches the fundamentals of the powerful ARM microcontroller by walking beginners and experienced users alike through easily assembled projects comprised of inexpensive, hardware-store parts.Current ARM programming books take a bland, textbook approach focused on complex,...
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The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone

BRIAN MERCHANT · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

We know the iPhone as the device that transformed our world, changing everything from how we talk to each other and do business, to how we exercise, travel, shop, and watch TV. But packed within its slim profile is the fascinating, untold story of scientific, technological, and business...
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