No Starch Press is an American publishing company, specializing in technical literature often geared towards the
geek
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,
hacker, and
DIY subcultures. Popular titles include ''
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation'',
Andrew Huang's ''Hacking the Xbox'', and ''
How Wikipedia Works''.
Topics
No Starch Press publishes books with a focus on
networking
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Science and technology
* Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects
* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
Mathematic ...
,
computer security
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,
hacking,
Linux
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,
programming, technology for kids,
Lego
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,
math
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, and
science
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Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence ...
. The publisher also releases educational comics like ''Super Scratch Programming Adventure'' and ''The Manga Guide to Science'' series.
History
San Francisco-based No Starch Press was founded in 1994 by Bill Pollock, who brings more than 30 years of publishing industry experience to the company. Several titles have been included in the prestigious ''Communication Arts'' Design Annual and STEP inside 100 competition, and have won the Independent Publisher Book Award (the IPPYs) from ''Independent Publisher'' magazine.
Availability
No Starch Press titles are available online and in bookstores in all major English language markets worldwide. No Starch Press titles have been translated into over thirty languages.
Penguin Random House
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On April 2, 2020, Bertelsmann announced the completion of its purchase ...
Publisher Services distributes No Starch Press titles in the U.S. and worldwide.
Popular books
* ''
Absolute OpenBSD''
* ''
Cult of Mac''
* ''
Debian System''
* ''
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation''
* ''
How Wikipedia Works''
* ''
Programming Linux Games''
* English-language editions of several of ''
The Manga Guides'' books:
** '' The Manga Guide to Biochemistry''
** '' The Manga Guide to Calculus''
** '' The Manga Guide to Cryptography''
** '' The Manga Guide to Databases''
** '' The Manga Guide to Electricity''
** '' The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra''
** '' The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology''
** '' The Manga Guide to Physics''
** ''The Manga Guide to Regression Analysis''
** ''The Manga Guide to Relativity''
** ''The Manga Guide to Statistics''
** ''The Manga Guide to the Universe''
* ''
The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook''
References
External links
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Computer book publishing companies
Book publishing companies based in San Francisco
Publishing companies established in 1994
1994 establishments in California
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