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 Pamphlet Architecture 27: Tooling (Pamphlet Architecture)Best Price: $11.20 Aranda/Lasch provide a glimpse of what algorithmic techniques in architecture are capable of... |  Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage ComputersBest Price: $14.00 It's absolutely wonderful to see these pioneering machines - many of which no longer exist in... |  Hackers: Heroes of the Computer RevolutionBest Price: $5.00 As the description mentions, Steven Levy's "Hackers" is not about computer criminals,... |  The West in the World, Renaissance to PresentBest Price: $81.67 The West in the World relates the story of how the west has transformed – and been... |  The West in the World, Volume II: From 1600Best Price: $63.35 The West in the World relates the story of how the west has transformed – and been... |
 Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The InternetBest Price: $3.83 This is the best book I have ever read on the origins of the Internet. It doesnt matter if you... |  Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-playing GamesBest Price: $35.88 Dungeons & Desktops is a very rich and detailed look at the history of computer role-playing... |  How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and InformaticsBest Price: $11.75 Interesting how Ms. Hayles does not mention the transhuman or transhumanism, Max More and his... |  Stephen Johnson on Digital PhotographyBest Price: $18.50 'Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography' is an excellent book on the tools, techniques, science,... |  Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free SoftwareBest Price: $17.24 In Two Bits, Christopher M. Kelty investigates the history and cultural significance of Free... |
 Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our PlanetBest Price: $18.74 In this remarkable book, the author touches upon just about everything regarding long lost... |  Musimathics, Volume 1: The Mathematical Foundations of MusicBest Price: $37.99 The book is simply useful. Musicians and teachers can review their knowledge base. Novices have... |  ARCADE FEVER The Fan's Guide to The Golden Age of Video GamesBest Price: $10.75 I didn't realize how many memories of old video games I had! I bought this book for my... |  Understanding Computers in a Changing SocietyBest Price: $67.00 This latest edition of the well-respected Computers and Technology in a Changing Society is now... |  Event History Modeling: A Guide for Social Scientists (Analytical Methods for Social Research)Best Price: $22.46 This is excerpted and slightly modified from a published review (Perspectives on Politics Volume... |
 Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century: Plans, Sections, ElevationsBest Price: $24.69 This book delivers as its title promises, Plans, Sections, and Elevations. However, there are... |  From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital UtopianismBest Price: $11.03 "From Counterculture to Cyberculture" by Fred Turner offers a groundbreaking work that... |  Web of Conspiracy: A Guide to Conspiracy Theory Sites on the InternetBest Price: $11.94 Conspiracy theory websites are so prolific that it's difficult for web searchers to reach useful... |  Cakewalk Synthesizers: From Presets to Power UserBest Price: $20.99 This book is a rare gem on a topic near and dear to my heart (Since first laying my eyes on an... |  Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture from Geek to ChicBest Price: $8.88 First of all- this is one of the few books I bought and could not put it down for more than a... |
 The Encyclopedia of Game MachinesBest Price: $20.97 Basically goes over 450 home consoles, (rounded to 420 full console reviews -- since the more... |  Information Technology for the Health Professions (2nd Edition)Best Price: $35.00 This is a very simple introduction to computers in medicine geared to an undergraduate student... |  Protocol: How Control Exists after Decentralization (Leonardo Books)Best Price: $11.50 Alexander Galloway seems to have something profound to say about networks but not the confidence... |  Musimathics, Volume 2: The Mathematical Foundations of MusicBest Price: $37.44 The book is simply useful. Musicians and teachers can review their knowledge base. Novices have... |  The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to TuringBest Price: $16.06 A very fun read chalk full of and lively interesting personal and biographical information on... |
 The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag (Oxford India Paperbacks)Best Price: $5.54 I love Jim Corbett, I don't know if any author is better at transporting you back in time &... |  The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America From Slavery to the War on TerrorBest Price: $7.27 This is a great book about surveillance in America.. This books talks about the history of... |  German Soldiers of World War TwoBest Price: $32.30 German Soldiers of World War Two by Jean de Lagarde is an impressive collection of color... |  Neural Networks for Pattern RecognitionBest Price: $59.90 Mr Bishop's book is very well written and contains a lot of useful information on neural... |  The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing PersonalBest Price: $14.11 "The Dream Machine" is billed as the story of J.C.R. Licklider, one of the main... |
 Ludwig Mies van der RoheBest Price: $34.68 This book (no dust jacket but printed cover HB) calls itself the "second and updated... |  The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer (Great Discoveries)Best Price: $8.88 If this book were instead a photograph of the subject, I would imagine Man Ray being the... |  Teaching Online: A Practical Guide, 2d EditionI reviewed practically every book in amazon regarding this theme, I chose this one because it... |  Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African FarmBest Price: $5.21 Growing up in 1960s Rhodesia, Lauren St. John thought she was in paradise. Despite the... |  The Essential Turing: Seminal Writings in Computing, Logic, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and Artificial Life plus The Secrets of EnigmaBest Price: $31.47 Enjoy this profound book by the father of the Digital Age. The Essential Turing is an excellent... |
 Engineering Problem Solving with C++Best Price: $29.95 This book seems like a lot more of sample reference code than anything else. It really doesn't... |  The Universal History of Computing: From the Abacus to the Quantum ComputerBest Price: $12.00 If you have been looking for a more academic approach to the history of computing then this is... |  New Media, Old Media: A History and Theory ReaderBest Price: $36.29 The term "new media" rose to prominence in the 1990s, superseding... |  Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the WebBest Price: $26.05 Practical. comprehensive,philosophical guide for any web user. This book is extensively... |  Modeling Biological Systems:: Principles and ApplicationsBest Price: $56.00 This book is great, it provides a extense presentation of concepts of modelling and various... |
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 Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked CityBest Price: $10.99 This book is enlightening for urban studies in the future. Clearly as it suggested the urbanist... |  Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks)Best Price: $19.35 Crucial to understanding Islam is a recognition of the role of Muslim networks. The earliest... |  The Producer as Composer: Shaping the Sounds of Popular MusicBest Price: $12.88 I've been trying to find a book like this for quite a while. It's an excellent academic, yet... |  Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the WebBest Price: $5.75 My first comment is that in 2008, the book is a bit dated. I'd like to see an updated version... |  The Commodore Story: A Company on the EdgeBest Price: $16.47 Filled with first-hand accounts of ambition, greed, and inspired engineering, this history of... |
 Mind as Machine: A History of Cognitive ScienceBest Price: $68.01 The development of cognitive science is one of the most remarkable and fascinating intellectual... |  The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information (Blackwell Philosophy Guides)Best Price: $41.84 This book is really worth reading. It contains a collection of articles by top-class... |  Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984Best Price: $17.98 I've never seen anything quite like this before. From cover to cover it's BIG, glossy,... | ||
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