Gene Kim

This riveting book, Battle of the Linguist Mages, delves into the modern-day arcana of combat linguistics in Los Angeles. Follow Isobel, the Queen of Sparkle Dungeon game, as she learns the secrets of 'power morphemes' to gain an edge in the game. But her discovery makes her a target, stirring up a resistance movement that could save California and its people from a terrible fate. Time is running out, and bigger threats emerge from dark dimensions. Will Isobel be able to choose a side before it's too late?

Invisible Sun by Charles Stross is a thrilling and entangled techno-thriller that explores alternate timelines, a renegade British monarch on the run through the streets of Berlin, and robotic alien invaders wreaking havoc in the USA. As the stakes escalate and humanity's fate hangs in the balance, can disgraced worldwalker Rita and her intertemporal extraordinaire mother save the day and prevent extermination across all known timelines? Get ready for a wild ride in this heart-pumping follow-up to Dark State.

Behind every programming language lies a vision of how programs should be built. The vision behind Clojure is of a radically simple language framework holding together a sophisticated collection of programming features. Learning Clojure involves much more than just learning the mechanics of the language. To really get Clojure you need to understand...

Distributed across servers, difficult to test, and resistant to modification—modern software is complex. Grokking Simplicity is a friendly, practical guide that will change the way you approach software design and development. It introduces a unique approach to functional programming that explains why certain features of software are prone to compl...

In The Machine, Justin Roff-Marsh shows readers how to follow the intrepid executives on three continents who have implemented his ideas over the last 15 years, building ridiculously efficient sales functions--and market-dominating enterprises--as a consequence.Roff-Marsh calls these executives his silent revolutionaries.This revolution has been br...

A TOC Business Novel. The Cash Machine gives a real life method to simultaneously evaluate thousands of prospects, creat customers and complete sales. This process called the Theory of Constraints develops a critical chain for sales that can be applied to any organization....

Join a world of engineered Homo quantus, including the precarious and cunning Belisarius. When a client offers him untold wealth to move a squadron of warships across the enemy wormhole, Belisarius must step up and embrace his birthright. But to succeed, he'll need a crew built from all new sub-branches of humanity, and the job is so big that it might trigger an interstellar war. Will Belisarius and his team succeed, or will they point the way to the next step of Homo quantus evolution?

The story of how that unorthodox group of scientists overcame Navy bureaucracy and more heavily funded projects to develop the world's best air-to-air missile. The story of how that unorthodox group of scientists overcame Navy bureaucracy and more heavily funded projects to develop the world's best air-to-air missile. ...more...

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of the most iconic films of all time, this book follows the journey of Steven Spielberg as he transforms Peter Benchley's bestselling novel into the classic movie Jaws. Written by the screenwriter who worked with Spielberg on set, this book offers a unique perspective on the production, from the casting of Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss to the challenges of filming on location. An expanded edition also includes updates and insights from the author, making it a must-read for movie buffs and aspiring filmmakers alike.

This book tries to put words to what most experienced programmers already know. It provides a framework for making better design choices, and a vocabulary for teams to discuss the software they collaborate on....