technology
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A Brief History of the Future: the origins of the Internet
- £9.00
- The Internet is the most remarkable thing human beings have built since the Pyramids. A millennium from now, historians will look back at it and marvel that a people equipped with such clumsy tools succeeded in creating such a Leviathan. John NaughtonÀs book intersperses wonderful personal stories with an authoritative…
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Googled: The End of the World as We Know It
- £16.00
- Googled is candid, authoritative and based on extensive research, including in-house at Google HQ where Ken Auletta had unprecedented access. He conducted over 150 interviews at Google with the company's founders and executives and also interviewed those in the media who are struggling to keep their heads above water. Crucially,…
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Home Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
- £12.00
- Sapiens showed us where we came from. In our increasingly uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going. 'Spellbinding' Guardian The world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares…
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
- £14.00
- Why do some products capture our attention while others fade into obscurity? What makes us check our phones, open an app, or scroll a feed without even thinking? Is there a repeatable pattern behind how technology hooks us? In Hooked, Nir Eyal reveals the secret psychology behind the worldÕs most…
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Immortality: the quest to live forever
- £9.00
- Who wants to live forever? According to Stephen Cave, we all do - every single one of us. And the evidence is all around. Eluding the Grim Reaper is humanity's oldest and most pervasive wish. It is embedded in our very nature and provides the real driving force behind every…
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It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
- £20.00
- ÒBoydÕs new book is layered and smart . . . ItÕs Complicated will update your mind.Ó_Alissa Quart, New York Times Book Review ÒA fascinating, well-researched and (mostly) reassuring look at how today's tech-savvy teenagers are using social media.Ó_People ÒThe briefest possible summary? The kids are all right, but society isnÕt.Ó_Andrew…
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The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change
- £14.00
- Proven strategies for harnessing the power of social media to drive social change Many books teach the mechanics of using Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to compete in business. But no book addresses how to harness the incredible power of social media to make a difference. The Dragonfly Effect shows you…
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The Longer Long Tail: How Endless Choice is Creating Unlimited Demand
- £6.00
- Chris Anderson first explored the Long Tail in an article in Wired magazine that has become one of the most influential business essays of our time. Now, in this eagerly anticipated book, he takes a closer look at the new economics of the Internet age, showing where business is going…
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The Uncanny Muse: Music, Art, and Machines from Automata to AI
- £24.00
- An acclaimed critic, journalist and songwriter-musician tells the story of artÕs relation to machines, from the Baroque period to the age of AI What does it mean to be human in a world where machines, too, can be artists? The Uncanny Muse explores the history of automation in the arts…
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
- £20.00
- From the author of No.1 international bestseller Collapse, a mesmerizing portrait of the human past that offers profound lessons for how we can live today Visionary, prize-winning author Jared Diamond changed the way we think about the rise and fall of human civilizations with his previous international bestsellers Guns, Germs…
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What the Dog Saw and other adventures
- £15.00
- In these breathtaking intellectual adventure stories, covering everything from criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell looks under the surface of everyday life to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about us and our world. 'Masterpieces in the art of the…
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A Brief History of the Future: the origins of the Internet
- £9.00
- The Internet is the most remarkable thing human beings have built since the Pyramids. A millennium from now, historians will look back at it and marvel that a people equipped with such clumsy tools succeeded in creating such a Leviathan. John NaughtonÀs book intersperses wonderful personal stories with an authoritative…
- Add to basket
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Googled: The End of the World as We Know It
- £16.00
- Googled is candid, authoritative and based on extensive research, including in-house at Google HQ where Ken Auletta had unprecedented access. He conducted over 150 interviews at Google with the company's founders and executives and also interviewed those in the media who are struggling to keep their heads above water. Crucially,…
- Add to basket
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Home Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
- £12.00
- Sapiens showed us where we came from. In our increasingly uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going. 'Spellbinding' Guardian The world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares…
- Add to basket
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
- £14.00
- Why do some products capture our attention while others fade into obscurity? What makes us check our phones, open an app, or scroll a feed without even thinking? Is there a repeatable pattern behind how technology hooks us? In Hooked, Nir Eyal reveals the secret psychology behind the worldÕs most…
- Add to basket
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Immortality: the quest to live forever
- £9.00
- Who wants to live forever? According to Stephen Cave, we all do - every single one of us. And the evidence is all around. Eluding the Grim Reaper is humanity's oldest and most pervasive wish. It is embedded in our very nature and provides the real driving force behind every…
- Add to basket
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It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
- £20.00
- ÒBoydÕs new book is layered and smart . . . ItÕs Complicated will update your mind.Ó_Alissa Quart, New York Times Book Review ÒA fascinating, well-researched and (mostly) reassuring look at how today's tech-savvy teenagers are using social media.Ó_People ÒThe briefest possible summary? The kids are all right, but society isnÕt.Ó_Andrew…
- Add to basket
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The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change
- £14.00
- Proven strategies for harnessing the power of social media to drive social change Many books teach the mechanics of using Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to compete in business. But no book addresses how to harness the incredible power of social media to make a difference. The Dragonfly Effect shows you…
- Add to basket
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The Longer Long Tail: How Endless Choice is Creating Unlimited Demand
- £6.00
- Chris Anderson first explored the Long Tail in an article in Wired magazine that has become one of the most influential business essays of our time. Now, in this eagerly anticipated book, he takes a closer look at the new economics of the Internet age, showing where business is going…
- Add to basket
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The Uncanny Muse: Music, Art, and Machines from Automata to AI
- £24.00
- An acclaimed critic, journalist and songwriter-musician tells the story of artÕs relation to machines, from the Baroque period to the age of AI What does it mean to be human in a world where machines, too, can be artists? The Uncanny Muse explores the history of automation in the arts…
- Add to basket
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
- £20.00
- From the author of No.1 international bestseller Collapse, a mesmerizing portrait of the human past that offers profound lessons for how we can live today Visionary, prize-winning author Jared Diamond changed the way we think about the rise and fall of human civilizations with his previous international bestsellers Guns, Germs…
- Add to basket
-
What the Dog Saw and other adventures
- £15.00
- In these breathtaking intellectual adventure stories, covering everything from criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell looks under the surface of everyday life to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about us and our world. 'Masterpieces in the art of the…
- Add to basket