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Doom Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game history. Credited with the invention of the first-person shooter, a genre that continues to dominate the market today, he is gaming royalty. Told in remarkable detail, a byproduct of his hyperthymesia, Romero recounts his storied career.

For business leaders navigating the AI era, this book is your executive guide to clarity, strategy, and real-world results. Artificial Intelligence is disrupting industries, but success doesn’t come from hype; it comes from readiness. From Data to Decisions offers insights from Chelle Meadows, a corporate operations leader and AI strategist helping executives drive real transformation through AI. This guide bridges the gap between innovation theory and practical execution.

Lean UX has become the preferred approach to interaction design, tailor-made for today’s agile teams. In the second edition of this award-winning book, leading advocates Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden expand on the valuable Lean UX principles, tactics, and techniques covered in the first edition to share how product teams can easily incorporate design, experimentation, iteration, and continuous learning from real users into their Agile process.

An exposé of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior “Groundbreaking, magisterial, alarming.” – Financial Times The heady optimism of the Internet’s early days has turned dark...

What if your next customer didn't have a pulse, preferences, or patience for poor performance? In Machine Customers: The Evolution Has Begun, CX Evolutionist Katja Forbes reveals how intelligent agents, autonomous procurement systems, and logic-driven buying platforms are silently revolutionising commerce. This trillion-dollar transformation is happening now, not in some distant future.

User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it. This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthusiasm for individual product features. Author Jeff Patton shows you how changeable story maps enable your team to hold better conversations about the project throughout the development process. Your team will learn to come away with a shared understanding of what you’re attempting to build and why.

Will AI lead to the transformation of society as we know it, or bring about its destruction?

Tired of not making enough money? Want to be your own boss and start a side hustle but don’t know where to start? Feel like you’re already behind in understanding AI technology? Are you curious about how ChatGPT and similar AI tools have made people rich? (Updated for ChatGPT-4o) If so, then look no further. This guide will help you build an AI-powered business, generate cash flow, outsmart competitors, and secure financial freedom. Unlock the doors to prosperity, creativity, and limitless potential.

In Wiley's Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Study Guide, you'll get the information you need to succeed on the demanding CISM exam. You'll also develop the IT security skills and confidence you need to prove yourself where it really counts: on the job. Chapters are organized intuitively and by exam objective so you can easily keep track of what you've covered and what you still need to study. You'll also get access to a pre-assessment, so you can find out where you stand before you take your studies further.

For decades, the tech industry has overwhelmingly been just a software industry. Silicon Valley’s big win was disrupting Yellow Cab. What about disrupting General Motors? General Mills? General Electric? Energy, water, waste, food, manufacturing, construction—things every human on Earth relies on—have made incremental progress over the last century but have not seen the kind of exponential improvements we take for granted in computing.

Content creation on YouTube in 2025 isn’t about grinding harder — it’s about building smarter systems with AI.This beginner-friendly guide shows you how to grow a YouTube channel from scratch using ChatGPT, Canva AI, and video automation tools — without needing technical skills, expensive software, or a team.

In industry after industry, data, analytics, and AI-driven processes are transforming the nature of work. While we often still treat AI as the domain of a specific skill, business function, or sector, we have entered a new era in which AI is challenging the very concept of the firm. AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value.

New technologies are offering companies, politicians, and others unprecedented opportunity to manipulate us. Sometimes we are given the illusion of power—of freedom—through choice, yet the game is rigged, pushing us in specific directions that lead to less wealth, worse health, and weaker democracy.

Great software is something to marvel at: powerful, elegant, functional, a pleasure to work with as both a developer and as a user. Great software isn’t written by machines. It is written by professionals with an unshakable commitment to craftsmanship. The Clean Coder will help you become one of them - and earn the pride and fulfillment that they alone possess.

If you're looking to start, scale, or grow a digital business where clients act like your boss, and you see more of your office chair than your family... There are plenty of other agency models that will help you do that. If you want a business where clients are your partners and you're only needed for a few hours a day because AI does all the delivery for you...The Instant AI Agency is worth your attention. Whilst most people help businesses make more sales by adding more complexity, more staff members and more expensive overheads - We do the opposite.

Running a small business in 2025 isn’t about working harder — it’s about working smarter. Artificial Intelligence has become the ultimate competitive advantage for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and local businesses ready to scale efficiently. This book gives you a step-by-step roadmap to transform your business using ChatGPT, Canva, Zapier, and other AI-powered tools — no coding or technical background required.

Generative AI is rewriting the rulebook with its seemingly endless capabilities, from crafting intricate industrial designs, writing computer code, and producing mesmerizing synthetic voices to composing enchanting music and innovating genetic breakthroughs. In Generative AI in Practice, renowned futurist Bernard Marr offers listeners a deep dive into the captivating universe of GenAI. This comprehensive guide introduces you to the basics of this groundbreaking technology and outlines the profound impact that GenAI will have on business and society.

Most people struggle with AI because they don't know how to talk to it. This hands-on beginner's guide gives you the tools, confidence, and structure to get real results from today's most powerful AI tools, no tech skills required. The AI Workshop is your plain-language guide to mastering prompt engineering, the skill that turns vague AI requests into powerful results. Whether you're a student, business owner, creative professional, or simply curious about AI, this book shows you how to stop guessing and start getting consistent, high-quality outputs.

Most people use ChatGPT to save time. The smart ones use it to buy their freedom. This isn’t another side hustle—it’s your blueprint to design a life where income flows automatically while you finally live on your terms. You’ve done everything right—worked hard, checked the boxes, followed the rules. But deep down, you know the system was never built to make you free. Meanwhile, people with half your talent are earning full-time income from AI. The difference isn’t luck—it’s leverage.

Behind every great revolution is a vision, and behind perhaps the greatest revolution of our time, personal computing, is the vision of J.C.R. Licklider. In a simultaneously compelling personal narrative and comprehensive historical exposition, Waldrop tells the story of the man who not only instigated the work that led to the internet, but also shifted our understanding of what computers were and could be.