Technology

Do Smart Adaptive Systems Exist? is intended as a reference and a guide summarising and focusing on best practices when using intelligent techniques and building systems requiring a degree of adaptation and intelligence. It is therefore not intended as a collection of the most recent research results, but as a practical guide [...]

Unleash your literary side–one great book at a time! Like taking a private class with an engaging literature professor, Book Smart is your ticket for literary enlightenment all year long and for the rest of your life. Whether you’re a passionate turner of pages or you [...]

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In 1997, gaming journalist Konik joined the Brain Trust, a sports-gambling operation that took in millions by beating the Vegas bookies at their own game. This fascinating inside look at the gambling biz (perfectly suited, incidentally, to fans of the recent movie Two for the Money) [...]

A guide to attracting, recruiting, interviewing, and hiring the best technical talent. A comprehensive system for hiring top-notch technical employees Packed with useful information and specific advice written in a breezy, humorous style Learn how to find great people–and get them to work for [...]

According to authors John C. Friel and Linda D. Friel, all that is confused and painful about being a teenager today is captured in the “struggle to join grace and power.” Through stories, examples, and carefully researched therapeutic techniques and theories, the authors write convincingly of teens’ [...]