GENEALOGY ONLINE FOR DUMMIES

April Leigh Helm and Matthew Helm compiled the book to help readers conduct genealogical research. The book covers the latest online tools and shows readers how to leverage social networks and the rapidly increasing number of mobile apps to locate family members and trace their histories.

Published by: John Wiley & Sons

THE PEOPLE’S PLATFORM - TAKING BACK POWER
AND CULTURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Astra Taylor says the internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratising force, a place where everyone can participate. This book argues that for all our ‘sharing’, the internet reflects real-world inequalities as much as it reduces them. Attention accrues to those who already have it. Cultural products are valued more as opportunities for data collection for distributors - content creators receive little for their efforts.

Published by: Fourth Estate

SMASHING WORDPRESS - BEYOND THE BLOG

Thord Daniel Hedengren, in this book, takes the readers beyond the blog to give them the tools and know-how needed to build just about anything in WordPress. Readers will discover how to use WordPress as a CMS to power fully-fl edged websites, photo galleries, forums, eCommerce sites, and much more.

Published by: John Wiley & Sons

HOW TO CREATE A MIND - THE SECRET OF HUMAN
THOUGHT REVEALED

Ray Kurzweil presents a provocative exploration of the most important project in the human-machine civilisation: reverse-engineering the brain to understand precisely how it functions and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines. Kurzweil discusses how the brain works, how the mind emerges, brain-computer interfaces, and the implications of vastly increasing the powers of intelligence to address the world’s problems.

Published by: Penguin Books