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Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Indiana "Ana" Aaron is a talented coder and IT specialist, but she doesn't always fit in at work. When she speaks up one too many times for her boss's ego, she's transferred to a remote team--and it's clear this is her last chance to blend in. Ana sees working from home as a chance at redemption; she can keep her head down and her camera off. But when her new boss praises her assertiveness and thanks Mr. Aaron, she sees no reason to correct him. But...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2017
Language
English
Description
The teenage phenoms behind viral video game Tampon Run share the story of their experience at Girls Who Code and their rise to fame, plus a savvy look at starts-ups, women in tech, and the power of coding. This book includes bonus content to help you get started coding.
Author
Publisher
Alcove Press, an imprint of The Quick Brown Fox & Company LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
As the only woman programmer at her firm, Lark is thrilled to land an account for a huge client. But her dream job quickly becomes a nightmare when she accidentally projects a scandalous (and completely unsolicited) picture from her phone onto the screen during a presentation. Before she can recover, her coworkers jump in to steal the account, leaving Lark jobless and broke. When a friend suggests text message-based sex work as a stopgap between jobs,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Dana Diaz is an aspiring stand-up comedian--a woman in a man's world. When she meets a tough computer programmer named Amanda Dorn, the two bond over their struggles in boys' club professions. Dana confides that she's recently been harassed and assaulted while in L.A., and Amanda comes up with a plan: they should go after each other's assailants, Strangers on a Train-style. But Dana finds that revenge, however sweet, draws her into a more complicated...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A, Knopf
Pub. Date
c2019
Language
English
Description
Coding is about creativity, self-expression, and telling your story. It's solving problems and being curious, building things, making the world a better place, and creating a future. It's about you: whoever you are, wherever you're at, whatever you want.
6) Burn factor
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Vince Flynn
Bright, young, and ambitious, Quinn Barry desperately wants to be an FBI agent, even as she programs databases in the basement of the J. Edgar Hoover Building. But Quinn's career -- and her life -- are about to change wildly. Testing a new program, Quinn's computer savvy turns up a mysterious DNA link among five gruesome murders. A link that the old FBI system had been carefully programmed...
7) Black Dawn
Author
Series
Titan volume 8
Publisher
[NLA Digital LLC]
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
What happens when nothing is as it seems?
Lexi Dare is on a one-woman mission to stay alive. Both at home and at work. Because how did she end up with a ring on her finger and an abuser in bed as she readies to hit the high point in her career? Everything should be perfect. Amazing job. Handsome fiancé. It's all a disaster.
Parker Black is the brains behind Titan Group, an elite security firm. In his world, everything is ordered and controlled,
...8) Proving ground: the untold story of the six women who programmed the world's first modern computer
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"After the end of World War II, top-secret research continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer - a machine built to calculate a single ballistic trajectory in twenty seconds rather than forty hours by human hand - even though there...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A woman with high standards. A rival coworker. And the promotion that stands between them... Coder Marina Spicer has no time to waste when it comes to love, hence her long list of dealbreakers. Frustrated by the online dating world, she created Dealbreakers, an anonymous app where women review how men stack up to their internet profiles. Her high standards have served her well at work, so why not in love? Enter Lucas Kennedy. A charming Irish content...
10) Storm cycle
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rachel Kirby is a computer genius whose personal life is hell. While she continues to climb the corporate ranks, her beloved twin sister is plagued by a chronic illness that will eventually kill her, leaving Rachel all alone. Serendipity in the form of a mysterious email lands in Rachel's lap one day, but not without a price.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Brilliant coder Asha runs into her high school crush, Cyrus, at a chance meeting. With their friend Jules, they build a social media platform that could bring meaning and connection to millions of lives through personalized rituals. When their app becomes a sensation, Asha is suddenly invisible in the company's boardroom, where decisions are being made without her. Will her own technology mean the end of her relationship? -- adapted from jacket
13) Memory piece
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Three Asian American teenagers meet in the New York suburbs in the 1980s. Drawn together by their shared sense of alienation from their conventionally domestic immigrant families, each wants to live a meaningful life. They envision a future defined by freedom and creativity, but on the brink of adulthood in New York City, their fortunes quickly diverge. Giselle Chin is a performance artist, pushing the boundaries of the form while socializing with...
Author
Publisher
Creston Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Offers an illustrated telling of the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, from her early creative fascination with mathematics and science and her devastating bout with measles, to the ground-breaking algorithm she wrote for Charles Babbage's analytical engine.
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ada Lovelace turned her powerful imagination into a vision of the future, predicting the impact of computers on human life. Lovelace had a unique education and embraced mathematics. She became one of the biggest believers in engineer Charles Babbage's ideas for calculation machines. This graphic biography shows how Lovelace helped spread awareness of what an early computer could do and how she became one of the first computer programmers. It also...
16) Ada Lovelace
Author
Publisher
Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Presents information about Ada Lovelace, from her childhood in England and her studies in mathematics to her development of the first computer programming language.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever wondered who developed computer coding? Discover how Ada Lovelace's interest in mathematics led to her work on an early computer and the first programming algorithm ever used"--Provided by publisher.
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