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Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top ten best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming architecture, governance, data, generative AI, team topologies, and many other topics.

Harvard Medical School psychologist and Huffington Post blogger Craig Malkin addresses the "narcissism epidemic," by illuminating the spectrum of narcissism, identifying ways to control the trait, and explaining how too little of it may be a bad thing. "What is narcissism?" is one of the fastest...

In 2011, two years after the launch of Bitcoin, its pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, quietly departed the scene. Many thought Satoshi was gone for good, but in 2016, he returned, telling a shocking story: far from leaving on his terms, he had been forced out, and now he was back to reclaim what was rightfully his.

Deep beneath our feet, vast and sprawling, lies one of the most sophisticated empires the world has ever known. At first glance, it might not look like much - it is made up of fibre optic cables and obscure payment systems. But according to prominent political scientists Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman, this network is the key source of American power on the global stage, more significant than its military might. Underground Empire weaves together tales of economic conflict, shadowy surveillance technologies and covert infrastructure projects to present an explosive new vision of geopolitics.

What if you could harness the power of AI to dominate digital and social media marketing—and turn it into real money and passive income? Welcome to AI-Powered Digital & Social Media Marketing 2026. This isn’t just another guide—it’s your blueprint to mastering the future of marketing. Inside, you’ll discover how to combine artificial intelligence, SEO, and the world’s biggest platforms to grow your brand, reach millions, and make money online like never before.

Social Media Marketing for Beginners 2026 is your playbook for thriving in today’s world. Whether you’re starting from scratch or scaling an established business, this guide shows you exactly how to combine creativity with data-driven strategies to stand out where it matters most. Inside, you’ll discover how to craft authentic content, harness the power of AI, and even tap into emerging tools like AR, VR, and predictive analytics. From building loyal communities to turning social commerce into real sales, this book gives you the roadmap to make your brand not just visible—but unforgettable.

AI has already made its way in and it’s not just knocking anymore. You’re about to find out how to use artificial intelligence to give yourself a huge and almost unfair advantage. It’s not about learning AI; it’s about getting good at the prompts that make it do what you want. This is your AI guide for beginners, the non-negotiable first step in a 21-day mission to make AI money and AI income your new reality. This is Book I. Forget information overload; this is a 4-day guided detonation of your old assumptions and limitations.

The New Science of Customer Relationships: Delivering the One-to-One Promise with AI is a science-based and insightful new approach to integrating the latest generative AI technologies into your company's customer communications. Analytics and marketing experts Thomas Davenport and Jim Sterne walk you through the technology and tools you need to understand, the data you need to collect, the processes you need to implement, and the ethics you need to observe to build an industry-leading customer relationship framework.

There are no easy decisions in software architecture. Instead, there are many hard parts—difficult problems or issues with no best practices—that force you to choose among various compromises. With this book, you'll learn how to think critically about the trade-offs involved with distributed architectures. Architecture veterans and practicing consultants Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage, and Zhamak Dehghani discuss strategies for choosing an appropriate architecture.

 In Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Jaron Lanier draws on his insider's expertise to explain precisely how social media works - by deploying constant surveillance and subconscious manipulation of its users - and why its cruel and dangerous effects are at the heart of its current business model and design. As well as offering 10 simple arguments for liberating yourself from its addictive hold, his witty and urgent manifesto outlines a vision for an alternative that provides all the benefits of social media without the harm. 

Are you ready to step into the world of technology and innovation? Arduino Programming: A Beginner’s Journey into Coding, Robotics, and Smart Tech Projects is your ultimate audio companion to mastering Arduino, one of the most versatile tools for creating interactive projects and learning to code.

In this comprehensive study guide, you will build a strong foundation in all topics covered on the certification exam, including the Databricks Lakehouse and its tools and benefits.

Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away. Through the weaponization of social media, the Internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the Internet. Terrorists livestream their attacks, “Twitter wars” produce real world casualties, and viral misinformation alters not just the result of battles, but the very fate of nations. The result is that war, tech, and politics have blurred into a new kind of battlespace that plays out on our smartphones.

Most people are stuck in straight-line thinking. They see problems in isolation, chase quick fixes, and treat outcomes as immediate and unconnected. But the real world doesn’t work that way—it runs on systems. Interconnected causes, delayed effects, feedback loops, hidden incentives, and ripple consequences drive everything around us. This audiobook rewires your brain for systems thinking—one powerful shift at a time. You’ll get 100 clear, actionable strategies.

Ready to turn ChatGPT into your personal income engine? This book is your ultimate shortcut to launching profitable AI-powered side hustles—fast. Whether you're looking to escape the 9-to-5, boost your existing business, or create a new stream of income from scratch, this book gives you the tools to earn, automate, and scale—all powered by ChatGPT.

Though created by humans, our technologies, markets, and institutions often contain an antihuman agenda. Douglas Rushkoff, digital theorist and host of the NPR-One podcast Team Human, reveals the dynamics of this antihuman machinery and invites us to remake these aspects of society in ways that foster our humanity. In 100 aphoristic statements, his manifesto exposes how forces for human connection have turned into ones of isolation and repression.

Brought to you by Penguin. The Middle Ages were a time of wonder. They gave us the first universities, the first eyeglasses and the first mechanical clocks as medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons to the stars in the sky. In this book, we...

From the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic and political power among society’s members.

Gigatrends offers a roadmap for navigating six of the most disruptive trends shaping the future. Humanity stands at the precipice of a remarkable new era in global history filled with both immense opportunities and daunting challenges. Gigatrends examines how six disruptive trends can be harnessed to create new social, economic, and organizational solutions that will usher in the promise of a human-centered future for billions of people.

With the recent generative AI boom, organizations are investing more resources into adapting artificial intelligence into their workloads, making the demand for AI skills higher than ever. With Microsoft Azure leading the pack with services for developing and deploying AI solutions, professionals looking to break into this field would be wise to start their journey by getting certified as an Azure AI Engineer. But Azure's AI-102 exam isn't a piece of cake.