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  Navigation: A Newcomer's Guide -...

  Sara Hopkinson

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  Get to grips with navigation at sea. This best-selling book gives you all the information you need to know to do just that! It starts from scratch, uses no jargon and features diagrams and pictures, instead of words, wherever possible. It covers all modern navigation and has been updated to reflect upcoming changes in Admiralty charts. It is recommended by Fernhurst Books for beginners and Day Skipper students. Written by an RYA Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner who runs her own RYA Training Centre which specialises in navigation, it is the perfect place for newcomers to navigation to start. It explains simply how to look at charts (paper or digital), find your position, look at tides, plan your passage and determine the course to steer. It will help you find out where you are and how to get to where you want to.

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  Ultimate Python for Fintech...

  Bhagvan Kommadi

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  Creating Next Gen Apps in Finance
  
  Book Description
  Dive into the dynamic world where finance meets fintech with Python's versatile capabilities in this 'Ultimate Python for Fintech Solutions'. Whether you're aiming to build secure trading platforms, conduct deep statistical analysis, or pioneer next-generation financial technologies, this book quips you with the knowledge, tools, and practical insights to succeed. 
  This book starts with Python's foundational programming techniques, essential for understanding financial principles and laying the groundwork for robust applications. You will learn to build scalable solutions that handle complex financial data with ease by using Python for analysis, forecasting, and data visualization. 
  Next, it moves to explore advanced topics like AI/ML applications tailored for finance, enabling you to unlock predictive insights and streamline decision-making processes. You will discover how Python integrates cutting-edge technologies such as Big Data and Blockchain, to offer innovative solutions for modern fintech challenges. 
  By the end of this expansive book, you will gain the expertise needed to develop sophisticated financial applications, visualize data effectively across desktop and web platforms, and drive innovation in fintech. 
  
  Table of Contents
  
  1. Getting Started on Python Infrastructure and Building Financial Apps
  2. Learning Financial Concepts Using Python
  3. Data Structures and Algorithms Using Python
  4. Object Oriented Programming Using Python
  5. Building Simulation and Mathematical Analysis Tools Using Python
  6. Stochastic Mathematics and Building Models Using Python
  7. Prediction Algorithms Using Python
  8. Data Science and Statistical Algorithms Using Python
  9. Desktop and Web Charting Using Python
  10. AI/ML Apps Using Python
  11. Big Data/Blockchain-Based Solutions Using Python
  12. Next Generation FinTech Apps Using Python with Financial Singularity   
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  Big Data Big Analytics -...

  Michele Chambers, Michael...

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  Unique prospective on the big data analytics phenomenon for both business and IT professionals 
   
   
   
  The availability of Big Data, low-cost commodity hardware and new information management and analytics software has produced a unique moment in the history of business. The convergence of these trends means that we have the capabilities required to analyze astonishing data sets quickly and cost-effectively for the first time in history. These capabilities are neither theoretical nor trivial. They represent a genuine leap forward and a clear opportunity to realize enormous gains in terms of efficiency, productivity, revenue and profitability. 
   
   
   
  The Age of Big Data is here, and these are truly revolutionary times. This timely book looks at cutting-edge companies supporting an exciting new generation of business analytics. 
   
   
   
  ● Learn more about the trends in big data and how they are impacting the business world (Risk, Marketing, Healthcare, Financial Services, etc.) 
   
   
   
  ● Explains this new technology and how companies can use them effectively to gather the data that they need and glean critical insights 
   
   
   
  ● Explores relevant topics such as data privacy, data visualization, unstructured data, crowd sourcing data scientists, cloud computing for big data, and much more

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  HBR's 10 Must Reads on Data...

  Harvard Business Review

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  Your data is your business. Is it supporting your strategy? 
   
   
   
  Algorithms, machine learning, generative AI. With the latest advancements in technology, data is taking center stage in organizations. But without a clear plan for how you're storing, integrating, and gaining value from that information, your company will be at risk—and fall behind. 
   
   
   
  If you read (or listen to) nothing else on setting a data strategy in your organization, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you improve your analytic and algorithmic capabilities, navigate digital transformation, and achieve competitive advantage in our hyperconnected world. 
   
   
   
  This book will inspire you to quantify the benefits of a digital transformation; discover opportunities for innovative, data-backed products and services; better understand and improve your customer experience; break down silos and share higher-quality information across your organization; identify areas susceptible to cyberattacks and data breaches; and ensure metrics aren't overshadowing strategic objectives.

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  Our Data Ourselves - A Personal...

  Jacqueline D. Lipton

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  A practical, user-friendly handbook for understanding and protecting our personal data and digital privacy. 
   
   
    
  Our Data, Ourselves addresses a common and crucial question: What can we as private individuals do to protect our personal information in a digital world? In this practical handbook, legal expert Jacqueline D. Lipton guides listeners through important issues involving technology, data collection, and digital privacy as they apply to our daily lives. 
   
   
   
  Our Data, Ourselves covers a broad range of everyday privacy concerns with easily digestible, accessible overviews and real-world examples. Lipton explores the ways we can protect our personal data and monitor its use by corporations, the government, and others. She also explains our rights regarding sensitive personal data like health insurance records and credit scores, as well as what information retailers can legally gather, and how. Who actually owns our personal information? Can an employer legally access personal emails? What privacy rights do we have on social media? Answering these questions and more, Our Data, Ourselves provides a strategic approach to assuming control over, and ultimately protecting, our personal information.

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  Voices for Animal Liberation -...

  Brittany Michelson

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  Immerse yourself in the world of animal rights protests, campaigns, demonstrations, outreach, rescue, and so much more. 
    
  In today’s world, voices of the marginalized are in the spotlight and people across the globe are recognizing animal rights as a social justice movement. During a time of historic actions and victorious campaigns, Voices for Animal Liberation depicts the full spectrum of animal rights activism that is currently at work to create change. 
   
  This book offers the words of both new and highly influential voices in the movement today, with the intention of inspiring and educating those who are sparked by the vision of a more ethical world. Including a foreword by Ingrid Newkirk, founder and president of PETA and arguably one of the most prolific figures in the animal rights movement.

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