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Sword Art Online. Sword Art Online (ソードアート・オンライン, Sōdoāto Onrain) is a light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec.

Sword Art Online

There are currently 14 volumes released in Japanese with the 15th out in August 2014. The English version has been licensed by Yen Press which has released Volume 1 in April 2014 with Volume 2 out in August 2014. Please support the series by buying the official English translations. Programming Computer Vision with Python: Tools and algorithms for analyzing images (9781449316549): Jan Erik Solem. Book Reviews by Critics. Unglue.it. We Wrote a Book! - Need for Air. After two months of effort, our book is finally out.

The collaborative writing process is extremely interesting in itself and will be the topic of subsequent blog posts. Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Lion Edition (9781449398538): David Pogue. REWORK: The new business book from 37signals. First The new reality Takedowns Ignore the real world Learning from mistakes is overrated Planning is guessing Why grow?

REWORK: The new business book from 37signals.

Workaholism Enough with “entrepreneurs” Graphbook - A book on algorithmic graph theory. A GNU-FDL book on algorithmic graph theory by David Joyner, Minh Van Nguyen, and David Phillips.

graphbook - A book on algorithmic graph theory

This is an introductory book on algorithmic graph theory. Theory and algorithms are illustrated using the Sage open source mathematics software. The Internet of Things: Key Applications and Protocols: Amazon.co.uk: Olivier Hersent, David Boswarthick, Omar Elloumi. An all–in–one reference to the major Home Area Networking, Building Automation and AMI protocols, including 802.15.4 over radio or PLC, 6LowPAN/RPL, ZigBee 1.0 and Smart Energy 2.0, Zwave, LON, BACNet, KNX, ModBus, mBus, C.12 and DLMS/COSEM, and the new ETSI M2M system level standard.

In–depth coverage of Smart–grid and EV charging use cases. This book describes the Home Area Networking, Building Automation and AMI protocols and their evolution towards open protocols based on IP such as 6LowPAN and ETSI M2M. The authors discuss the approach taken by service providers to interconnect the protocols and solve the challenge of massive scalability of machine–to–machine communication for mission–critical applications, based on the next generation machine–to–machine ETSI M2M architecture. Android Cookbook (9781449388416): Ian F. Darwin. Android Cookbook. Posted on 14 May 2012.

Android Cookbook

"Android has gone from zero to one of the leading mobile platforms in a few years," explains author Ian Darwin, who crowdsourced many of the 200 "recipes" in this new cookbook. "Android will continue to grow," Darwin continues, "since now even BlackBerry accepts Android apps into their App World store, giving Android developers two platforms for the price of one. There is a lot to learn when moving to Android, and a book that contributes the experience of dozens of developers will help you get there. " If you're ready to jump in and build a working Android app, Android Cookbook has all of the practical recipes you need to get the job done. You'll work with the user interface, multitouch, location-aware apps, web services, device features—such as the camera, accelerometer, and GPS—and a lot more, including steps to package your app for sale in the Android Market.

Self-publish your in-progress book for great royalties on Leanpub. iOS 5 Programming Cookbook: Solutions & Examples for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Apps (9781449311438): Vandad Nahavandipoor. Programming iOS 5: Fundamentals of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Development (9781449319342): Matt Neuburg. Books - Programming iOS 5 by Matt Neuburg. Programming iOS 5, 2nd Edition  What do I mean by deep?

Programming iOS 5, 2nd Edition 

There are lots of iOS books, but many of them are organized around presenting numerous short working examples of different parts of the system. The Big Nerd Ranch book, for instance, is a good one in that style. That style is useful -- the examples make good starting points and are likely to immediately show you the the particular bits of API you will need to do something similar. You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself (9781592406593): David McRaney. Async JavaScript book by Trevor Burnham. Get Some REST - Build better web applications. Building Hypermedia APIs with HTML5 and Node (9781449306571): Mike Amundsen. Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty – Web Design Principles for Programmers. Bootstrapping Design eBook: Become the designer your startup needs. Machine Learning for Hackers (9781449303716): Drew Conway, John Myles White.

Machine Learning for Hackers  The book covers the basic concepts and some useful tools, including:

Machine Learning for Hackers 

Hands-on Node.js book. Why?

Hands-on Node.js book

Analyzing why the usage of event-driven programming and why Node uses Javascript. Why Javascript is such a great language for event-driven programming. Starting up Showing how to install Node and NPM to get you started. Understanding. The Node.js Bundle - LeanBundle. The aim of The Node Beginner Book is to get you started with developing applications for Node.js , teaching you everything you need to know about advanced JavaScript along the way on 59 pages. Praise for The Node Beginner Book : "This is one of the best tutorials I've read.

Mac Kung Fu: Over 300 Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks for OS X Lion. Publishing the ABC's of the Web for Babies. The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company. The Startup Owners Manual is a go-to reference for anyone hoping The Startup Owners Manual is a go-to reference for anyone hoping to create a successful new business.

The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

Even the greatest ideas need guidance to grow, and this book offers just that: tested models for building a business model that attracts and keeps the customers you need, and at the same time is scalable, repeatable and profitable. This book encourages you to forget all you’ve learned at other jobs, and to step outside – outside your office and your comfort zone – to intuit what your prospective customers need. Then the authors draw on decades of hard-earned experience and wisdom to help guide you along the path to entrepreneurial success. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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