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PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Ever stared at a wall of computer parts online and felt like everyone else got a manual you never received?You're not alone. Somewhere between "just watch a YouTube video" and "just buy a prebuilt," there's a massive gap and that gap is where most first-time builders either overspend on parts they don't need, or underspend on the one component that was quietly holding their entire system back.So let me ask you a few questions.Do you actually know what makes one processor meaningfully faster than another or are you just trusting whichever number is bigger? Do you know why two graphics cards with nearly identical price tags can perform completely differently depending on what you're using them for? Have you ever wondered why your computer runs hot, loud, or sluggish, even though every individual part is supposedly "good"?If any of that sounds familiar, this book was written for you.The PC Architect doesn't treat you like someone who needs to be sold a parts list. It treats you like someone capable of understanding why those parts matter how a processor actually processes, how memory actually accelerates your system, how airflow actually keeps everything alive under pressure, and how every single component you choose is in constant conversation with every other one.You'll walk through the entire process the way an engineer would, not the way a salesperson would: How to define what you're actually building for gaming, editing, coding, or something in between. before you spend a single poundHow to avoid the classic budgeting trap of overspending on the flashy parts while starving the ones that actually keep your system stableHow to physically assemble a system with confidence, from the first screw to the first successful bootHow to configure, benchmark, and stress-test your build so you know, not hope that it's genuinely stableHow to keep it running well for years, instead of watching it quietly degrade because nobody told you dust and heat are the real enemyThis isn't a book of shortcuts. It's a book of understanding. Because once you understand why a system is built the way it is, you stop needing someone else to build it for you.Whether this is your very first build or your fifth, you'll come away thinking about computers differently - not as a mysterious black box, but as a system you designed, understood, and made entirely your own.Your machine. Your rules. Your build. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Etat : New. Print on Demand.

Etat : New. Print on Demand.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Ever wondered what actually happens between the moment you type a command and the moment a server somewhere carries out your request?Do you know what's really running underneath every app, every website, every AI model you've ever used? Have you ever wondered why some of the world's largest companies are quietly moving parts of their operations away from the cloud and back onto physical hardware they own and control?If you've asked yourself any of these questions, this book was written for you.Bare Metal takes you underneath the abstraction layers that most modern computing hides from you and puts you face to face with the actual machines: the processors, the memory, the storage, the power and cooling systems, and the network cabling that make everything else possible. Whether you're a systems administrator wanting to understand what's really happening beneath your virtual machines, a developer curious about the physical world your code eventually runs on, or an infrastructure engineer looking to sharpen skills that have quietly become rare and valuable, this book meets you where you are and takes you considerably further.Here's what you'll actually walk away with: You'll understand why physical servers still matter in a world that talks endlessly about the cloud, and you'll be able to make an honest, numbers-based case for when owning hardware beats renting it. You'll know how to read a server's anatomy the way an experienced engineer does, socket by socket, drive bay by drive bay, and understand why a server-grade motherboard looks nothing like the one in a home computer. You'll grasp how power redundancy, cooling design, and rack architecture quietly determine whether a data center thrives or fails under pressure.You'll walk through the exact process of automating server provisioning at scale, from network boot to a fully configured, production-ready machine, without a single manual step slowing you down. You'll learn how storage systems protect data against the near-certainty of drive failure, how distributed storage clusters spread that protection across entire fleets of servers, and how backup and disaster recovery planning provide the safety net every serious operation needs.You'll get a genuinely practical education in performance engineering, how to measure what actually matters, benchmark rigorously, and trace a mysterious slowdown back to its real physical cause rather than guessing. You'll build real fluency in monitoring and reliability practices that catch failing hardware before it fails you, and you'll come away with a security mindset that extends all the way down to firmware and physical access controls, layers most security education never touches.And because real-world context matters as much as technical depth, you'll see exactly how this knowledge plays out in high-stakes trading systems, large-scale AI training operations, real-time multiplayer games, and telecommunications networks, industries where the physical layer isn't an afterthought, it's the entire competitive advantage.So, are you ready to stop treating hardware as someone else's problem?This book doesn't assume you're starting from zero, but it also doesn't assume you already know everything either. It's written the way a patient, experienced colleague would explain things: clearly, honestly, without unnecessary jargon, and always grounded in what actually works in practice rather than what sounds impressive on paper.If you're ready to build the kind of deep, durable infrastructure knowledge that doesn't go out of style every time a new framework trends online, turn the page and get started. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Have you ever hit "Start Streaming" and then spent the next twenty minutes wondering why your audio sounds like it's coming from inside a tin can, or why your beautifully composed scene looks nothing like what you pictured in your head?If that sounds familiar, you're not alone, and you're definitely not doing anything wrong. Live production software gives you an enormous amount of control, and that's exactly the problem. Nobody hands you a manual for turning that control into something that actually looks and sounds professional. Most people just click around, copy a setting they saw in a random video, and hope for the best.This book was written for the moment right after that. The moment you realise you want to understand what you're actually doing, not just repeat steps you don't fully understand.Inside, you'll walk through the entire live production process from the ground up. You'll learn how video, audio, and network signals actually move through your setup, so that when something goes wrong, you'll know exactly where to look instead of guessing. You'll learn how to build scenes that guide a viewer's eye naturally, rather than throwing everything onto the screen at once and hoping it works. You'll get a proper, practical breakdown of microphones, gain staging, and the filters that turn an average voice into one that sounds like it belongs on a real broadcast.Curious about automation? There's a full walkthrough of scripting and triggers, so your broadcast can handle repetitive tasks on its own while you focus on your actual content. Wondering how to keep your stream from falling apart the moment your internet has a bad five minutes? You'll find a complete section on bitrate, encoding, and network stability, explained in plain language rather than technical jargon that assumes you already know everything.This book also spends real time on the things most guides skip entirely. How do you build a visual identity that people actually remember? How do you structure a broadcast so viewers stay past the first minute instead of clicking away? What does a genuinely reliable, professional setup look like when something inevitably goes wrong mid broadcast, and how do you recover without losing your audience's trust?Whether you're just starting out and feel a little overwhelmed by all the settings in front of you, or you've been producing content for a while and want to tighten up your technical foundation, this book meets you where you are. It's written the way a patient, experienced colleague would explain things, someone who's clearly made every mistake already so you don't have to.By the end, you won't just know which buttons to press. You'll understand why you're pressing them, and that's the difference between a setup that works today and one that keeps working, session after session, for years to come.If you're ready to stop guessing and start actually understanding your production setup, this book is exactly where to begin. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Good. First Edition. 72 pages. Features: Law rides the Larb Hills; Some facts about Wayne Brazel; Gallina Mountain's Murder Mine; "Boston Cowards" of Fort Hay; A Boxcar, A Siding, A Water Tank - the time when all a man needed for adventure was to hop a train west; Isolated Log Schoolhouses - Death Traps! (vulnerable to Indian attack); Scourge of the Cherokee Nation - Bob Rogers; The Maxwells of Arizona - trackers and lawmen; Revenge by Fire! - Henry Timmerman was the only person ever hung (legally) in Klickitat County, Washington; and more. Average wear. Underlining and a few markings to six pages. A sound vintage copy. Baerman, Clinton [cover] (illustrateur). …

LeatherBound. Etat : New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1988 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 20 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 20 Volume no.392.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Ever stared at a wall of computer parts online and felt like everyone else got a manual you never received?You're not alone. Somewhere between "just watch a YouTube video" and "just buy a prebuilt," there's a massive gap and that gap is where most first-time builders either overspend on parts they don't need, or underspend on the one component that was quietly holding their entire system back.So let me ask you a few questions.Do you actually know what makes one processor meaningfully faster than another or are you just trusting whichever number is bigger? Do you know why two graphics cards with nearly identical price tags can perform completely differently depending on what you're using them for? Have you ever wondered why your computer runs hot, loud, or sluggish, even though every individual part is supposedly "good"?If any of that sounds familiar, this book was written for you.The PC Architect doesn't treat you like someone who needs to be sold a parts list. It treats you like someone capable of understanding why those parts matter how a processor actually processes, how memory actually accelerates your system, how airflow actually keeps everything alive under pressure, and how every single component you choose is in constant conversation with every other one.You'll walk through the entire process the way an engineer would, not the way a salesperson would: How to define what you're actually building for gaming, editing, coding, or something in between. before you spend a single poundHow to avoid the classic budgeting trap of overspending on the flashy parts while starving the ones that actually keep your system stableHow to physically assemble a system with confidence, from the first screw to the first successful bootHow to configure, benchmark, and stress-test your build so you know, not hope that it's genuinely stableHow to keep it running well for years, instead of watching it quietly degrade because nobody told you dust and heat are the real enemyThis isn't a book of shortcuts. It's a book of understanding. Because once you understand why a system is built the way it is, you stop needing someone else to build it for you.Whether this is your very first build or your fifth, you'll come away thinking about computers differently - not as a mysterious black box, but as a system you designed, understood, and made entirely your own.Your machine. Your rules. Your build. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Ever wondered what actually happens between the moment you type a command and the moment a server somewhere carries out your request?Do you know what's really running underneath every app, every website, every AI model you've ever used? Have you ever wondered why some of the world's largest companies are quietly moving parts of their operations away from the cloud and back onto physical hardware they own and control?If you've asked yourself any of these questions, this book was written for you.Bare Metal takes you underneath the abstraction layers that most modern computing hides from you and puts you face to face with the actual machines: the processors, the memory, the storage, the power and cooling systems, and the network cabling that make everything else possible. Whether you're a systems administrator wanting to understand what's really happening beneath your virtual machines, a developer curious about the physical world your code eventually runs on, or an infrastructure engineer looking to sharpen skills that have quietly become rare and valuable, this book meets you where you are and takes you considerably further.Here's what you'll actually walk away with: You'll understand why physical servers still matter in a world that talks endlessly about the cloud, and you'll be able to make an honest, numbers-based case for when owning hardware beats renting it. You'll know how to read a server's anatomy the way an experienced engineer does, socket by socket, drive bay by drive bay, and understand why a server-grade motherboard looks nothing like the one in a home computer. You'll grasp how power redundancy, cooling design, and rack architecture quietly determine whether a data center thrives or fails under pressure.You'll walk through the exact process of automating server provisioning at scale, from network boot to a fully configured, production-ready machine, without a single manual step slowing you down. You'll learn how storage systems protect data against the near-certainty of drive failure, how distributed storage clusters spread that protection across entire fleets of servers, and how backup and disaster recovery planning provide the safety net every serious operation needs.You'll get a genuinely practical education in performance engineering, how to measure what actually matters, benchmark rigorously, and trace a mysterious slowdown back to its real physical cause rather than guessing. You'll build real fluency in monitoring and reliability practices that catch failing hardware before it fails you, and you'll come away with a security mindset that extends all the way down to firmware and physical access controls, layers most security education never touches.And because real-world context matters as much as technical depth, you'll see exactly how this knowledge plays out in high-stakes trading systems, large-scale AI training operations, real-time multiplayer games, and telecommunications networks, industries where the physical layer isn't an afterthought, it's the entire competitive advantage.So, are you ready to stop treating hardware as someone else's problem?This book doesn't assume you're starting from zero, but it also doesn't assume you already know everything either. It's written the way a patient, experienced colleague would explain things: clearly, honestly, without unnecessary jargon, and always grounded in what actually works in practice rather than what sounds impressive on paper.If you're ready to build the kind of deep, durable infrastructure knowledge that doesn't go out of style every time a new framework trends online, turn the page and get started. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Have you ever hit "Start Streaming" and then spent the next twenty minutes wondering why your audio sounds like it's coming from inside a tin can, or why your beautifully composed scene looks nothing like what you pictured in your head?If that sounds familiar, you're not alone, and you're definitely not doing anything wrong. Live production software gives you an enormous amount of control, and that's exactly the problem. Nobody hands you a manual for turning that control into something that actually looks and sounds professional. Most people just click around, copy a setting they saw in a random video, and hope for the best.This book was written for the moment right after that. The moment you realise you want to understand what you're actually doing, not just repeat steps you don't fully understand.Inside, you'll walk through the entire live production process from the ground up. You'll learn how video, audio, and network signals actually move through your setup, so that when something goes wrong, you'll know exactly where to look instead of guessing. You'll learn how to build scenes that guide a viewer's eye naturally, rather than throwing everything onto the screen at once and hoping it works. You'll get a proper, practical breakdown of microphones, gain staging, and the filters that turn an average voice into one that sounds like it belongs on a real broadcast.Curious about automation? There's a full walkthrough of scripting and triggers, so your broadcast can handle repetitive tasks on its own while you focus on your actual content. Wondering how to keep your stream from falling apart the moment your internet has a bad five minutes? You'll find a complete section on bitrate, encoding, and network stability, explained in plain language rather than technical jargon that assumes you already know everything.This book also spends real time on the things most guides skip entirely. How do you build a visual identity that people actually remember? How do you structure a broadcast so viewers stay past the first minute instead of clicking away? What does a genuinely reliable, professional setup look like when something inevitably goes wrong mid broadcast, and how do you recover without losing your audience's trust?Whether you're just starting out and feel a little overwhelmed by all the settings in front of you, or you've been producing content for a while and want to tighten up your technical foundation, this book meets you where you are. It's written the way a patient, experienced colleague would explain things, someone who's clearly made every mistake already so you don't have to.By the end, you won't just know which buttons to press. You'll understand why you're pressing them, and that's the difference between a setup that works today and one that keeps working, session after session, for years to come.If you're ready to stop guessing and start actually understanding your production setup, this book is exactly where to begin. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …