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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art [March 26, 2024]
Steve McConnell
Often referred to as the “black art” because of its complexity and uncertainty, software estimation is not as difficult or puzzling as people think. In fact, generating accurate estimates is straightforward — once you understand the art of creating t...
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition [March 9, 2024]
Steve McConnell
Widely considered one of the best practical guides to programming, Steve McConnell’s original code complete has been helping developers write better software for more than a decade. Now this classic book has been fully updated and revised with leadin...
Fantastical [February 12, 2024]
Neal Asher
Fantastical: a short story collection. I’m known for science fiction and, generally, that work is what ends up as a book or in some story collection. But as over the years I scrabbled around to find my opening I also wrote fantasy, contemporary and s...
Jenny Trapdoor [February 12, 2024]
Neal Asher
During the prador-human war the Dark Intelligence, the AI Penny Royal, fractured and went rogue. The manipulations of this insane and incredibly dangerous intelligence were grotesque. It granted wishes that were deals with the devil, and transformed ...
Ships in the Night [February 3, 2024]
Robert M. Kerns
Cole & Srexx [0.50]: Cole meets the Pirate Lord of Sector 82!Short Story in the Cole & Srexx Series
Machine Vendetta [February 2, 2024]
Alastair Reynolds
Inspector Dreyfus [3]: From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series — Machine Vendetta is a thrilling tale of deadly conspiracies and old enemies that refuse to die.Panoply is a small, efficient police force...
The Umbrex Project Management Office Playbook [January 24, 2024]
Umbrex Consulting LLC
How to set-up, staff, govern, run, and close a best practice PMO.
Next Generation PMO [January 24, 2024]
Martin Paver
The advent of advanced data analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to redefine the operational landscape of the Portfolio, Programme or Project Management Office (PMO). It underscores the immense productivity enhancements these technologie...
House of Open Wounds [January 4, 2024]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Tyrant Philosophers [2]: Behind the front lines of a crusade to scour the world of magic, the crew of a field hospital confront the horrors of war. A companion novel to Adrian Tchaikovsky's award-winning fantasy novel City of Last Chances.City-by-cit...
The Fires of Aurelius [December 7, 2023]
Robert M. Kerns
Cole & Srexx [4]: An unknown task force. The Coalition shattered. Haven destroyed?The Haven Protectorate continues to chip away at the Coalition's holdings through guile and subterfuge... and supplying resistance movements. Cole doesn't want an all-o...
Roger Dean: Views [November 27, 2023]
Roger Dean
Views showcases the first seven years of Roger Dean's work after his graduation from the Royal College of Art in 1968.It includes paintings and graphics; branding such as the Yes typography and the first Virgin Records logo; groundbreaking stage sets...
Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life [November 27, 2023]
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life — distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone.The world’s greatest bodybuilder. The...
System Collapse [November 14, 2023]
Martha Wells
Murderbot Diaries [7]: Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Following the events in Network Effect , the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if ther...
VBA Programming for Microsoft Project '98 Through 2010 With an Introduction to VSTO [October 24, 2023]
Rod Gill
Award winning technologist and Project MVP Rod Gill puts his many years of field experience into your hands through a structured learning approach including hands-on exercises and many useful macros. This book is essential for people who want to incr...
Views [October 24, 2023]
Roger Dean
Views showcases the first seven years of Roger Dean's work after his graduation from the Royal College of Art in 1968. It includes paintings and graphics; branding such as the Yes typography and the first Virgin Records logo; groundbreaking stage set...
Dark Matter [October 19, 2023]
Blake Crouch
“Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man Jason’s never...
Upgrade [October 19, 2023]
Blake Crouch
Upgrade is the mind-bending thriller from Blake Crouch, author of the bestselling Dark Matter and Recursion.You are the next step in human evolution...What if you were capable of more? Your concentration was better, you could multitask quicker, read ...
A Master of Djinn [September 27, 2023]
P. Djèlí Clark
Dead Djinn Universe [1]: Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the univer...
The Last Devil to Die [September 27, 2023]
Richard Osman
The Thursday Murder Club [4]: An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well ...
The Thousand Earths [September 11, 2023]
Stephen Baxter
In 2145AD John Hackett’s adventure is just beginning.In Year 30, Mela’s story is coming to a close.Hackett, in his trusty ship the Perseus, is not just a space traveller – beginning his travels with an expedition to Neptune and back – but, thanks to ...
The Ultimate Guide to Bathrooms [September 11, 2023]
Real Homes Magazine
The 2019 Real Homes magazine, 'The Ultimate Guide to Bathrooms'.
The Ultimate Guide to Kitchens [September 11, 2023]
Real Homes Magazine
The 2019 Real Homes magazine, 'The Ultimate Guide to Kitchens'.
The Long Game [September 11, 2023]
Ann Leckie
An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative short story by New York Times bestselling and Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Ann Leckie.On a far-off colony, humans tower over the local species w...
The Story of Wine: From Noah to Now [September 8, 2023]
Hugh Johnson
The fully updated edition of Hugh Johnson's multi-award-winning 1989 masterpiece, in which the author explores humanity's fascination with the most venerable of alcoholic beverages 'from Noah to Now'.• New foreword by historian Andrew Roberts• Full o...
Pump Yourself Up [September 1, 2023]
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Quick Tips from Arnold Schwarzenegger to turn your vision into reality.
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