Richard A. Ferri, "Serious Money, Straight Talk About Investing for Retirement"
Portfolio Solutions | ISBN 0967294304 | 2000 | PDF | 2.41 Mb | 224 Pages

The Tao of Poker 285 Rules to Transform Your Game and Your Life
Publisher: Adams Media Corporation (March 2003) | English | ISBN:1580628370 | 246 pages | PDF | 1.17 MB
Poker is more than just a card game�it can also help you become a winner away from the gaming tables! By blending the life lessons of a time-honored spiritual practice with the strategy of this popular card game, you can create a powerful approach to successful play�and successful living. In The Tao of Poker, prize-winning poker player Larry Phillips offers more than 280 rules to bring you to new levels of personal achievement, just when and where you need them most.

Starting Out: Modern Benoni
Publisher: Everyman Chess; 1.00 edition (February 1, 2005) | English | ISBN:1857443667 | 176 pages | PDF | 7.33 MB
Ideal for those wanting to understand the basics of the Modern Benoni. The Modern Benoni is one of Black's most ambitious and audacious defenses to the queen's pawn opening, and it has been used with devastating effect by such legends as Mikhail Tal, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. From the very start Black creates an exceptional imbalance in the position, one which leads to dynamic play and gives Black real chances to seize the initiative. Both players must be fearless in their approach, as hesitation in the Modern Benoni often leads to disaster!

Robert Pickering , "Foundations of F# (Expert's Voice in .Net)"
Apress | 360 pages | 2007 | ISBN: 1590597575 | PDF | 5.3 MB
Functional programming (FP) is the future of .NET programming, and F# is much more than just an FP language. Every professional .NET programmer needs to learn about FP, and there's no better way to do it than by learning F#--and no easier way to learn F# than from Foundations of F#. If you're already familiar with FP, you'll find F# the language you've always dreamed of. And all .NET programmers will find F# an exciting real-world alternative to C# and Visual Basic. This book is likely to have many imitators, but few true competitors. Written by F# evangelist Rob Pickering, and tech reviewed by F#'s main designer, Don Syme, this is an elegant, comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the language and an incisive guide to using F# for real-world professional development. F# is the future of programming (not just on .NET), and the future is now.

Adventure Guide to Grenada, St. Vincent & the Grenadines by Cindy Kilgore
Publisher: Hunter Publishing (May 1, 2003) | ISBN-10: 1588433498 | PDF | 3 Mb | 288 pages
This highly detailed guide includes some smaller islands barely mentioned in competing books. Covers Mustique, Bequia, Palm Island, Tobago Cays, Carriacou, Mayreau, Petit St. Vincent, St. Vincent and Grenada, at the southern end of the Caribbean arc, just below St. Lucia. St. Vincent has the oldest botanical gardens in the Americas; on Bequia, some islanders still harpoon whales as their ancestors did; Grenada has pristine reefs and abundant natural beauty; and tiny Mustique, home to countless celebrities, has verdant mountains.

Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Amsterdam by George McDonald
Publisher: Frommers; 5 edition (April 9, 2004) | ISBN-10: 0764542966 | PDF | 4,5 Mb | 288 pages
The one-dimensional Amsterdam of tulips, wooden shoes, and 17th-century architecture is the stuff of many a standard guidebook, but with its booming economy, legalized prostitution, and tolerant attitude toward recreational drug use, the city is much more than that. For savvy travelers who want to fully experience the place as the locals live it, Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Amsterdam, 6th Edition is the way to go, offering the lowdown on this hip, cultivated city, where old and new sunnily coexist.

Lee Gremillion, "Mutual Fund Industry Handbook : A Comprehensive Guide for Investment Professionals"
Wiley | ISBN 0471736244 | 2005 | PDF | 3.4 Mb | 400 Pages

"Surgical Management of Congestive Heart Failure (Contemporary Cardiology)"
Publisher:Humana Press | Pages:344 | 2004-10-15 | ISBN:1588290344 | PDF | 3.57 MB
James C. Fang, MD, and Gregory S. Couper, MD, have assembled a panel of prominent surgeons and cardiologists to review the latest clinical, scientific, and investigational surgical and mechanical approaches to heart failure in hopes of improving the lives of this challenging group of patients. Topics range from such traditional strategies as high-risk surgical revascularization in advanced coronary artery disease, to more novel approaches such as ventricular reconstruction and mechanical assist devices. Many chapters are contributed by the original pioneers of specific surgical techniques, which provide s invaluable perspective from personal experience.

Frommer's Rome by Darwin Porter
Publisher: Frommer's; 1st edition (December 24, 2004) | ISBN:0764572709 | PDF | 5 Mb | 281 pages
A complete guide to the city's sights, from the Colosseum to the Vatican. With listing that help you build your own itinerary, plus a whole chapter full of detailed walking tours, this in-depth guide is simply much more detailed and comprehensive than its major competition. You'll find authoritative but fun-to-use coverage of all the ancient ruins, amazing artworks, and fascinating churches, with valuable insights that will enrich your trip. We've provided all the background information you need to enjoy and understand what you're seeing.

J Nic Fields The Roman Army of the Punic Wars 264–146 BC(Battle Orders 27)
Osprey Publishing 2007 | 96 pages | ISBN: 9781846031458 | PDF | 68 MB (3-volume RAR archive)[/center]
As Rome’s power and influence extended across the Mediterranean, she was destined for a collision with the Carthaginian Empire, a clash ultimately resulting in the decisive Second Punic War. At first the Roman Army was no match for the superior tactics and leadership of Hannibal and his troops. However, talented generals like Scipio Africanus transformed the legions into a formidable fighting force. Covering Rome’s catastrophic defeats at Lake Trasimene and Cannae to her final victory at Zama, this book examines the development of Roman tactics and organization through Rome’s transition from a city-based state to a Mediterranean powerhouse.

Katherine Isbister, "Better Game Characters by Design: A Psychological Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3D Technology)"
Morgan Kaufmann | 364 pages | 2006 | ISBN:1558609210 | PDF | 8MB
Games are poised for a major evolution, driven by growth in technical sophistication and audience reach. Characters that create powerful social and emotional connections with players throughout the game-play itself (not just in cut scenes) will be essential to next-generation games. However, the principles of sophisticated character design and interaction are not widely understood within the game development community. Further complicating the situation are powerful gender and cultural issues that can influence perception of characters. Katherine Isbister has spent the last 10 years examining what makes interactions with computer characters useful and engaging to different audiences. This work has revealed that the key to good design is leveraging player psychology: understanding what's memorable, exciting, and useful to a person about real-life social interactions, and applying those insights to character design. Game designers who create great characters often make use of these psychological principles without realizing it. Better Game Characters by Design gives game design professionals and other interactive media designers a framework for understanding how social roles and perceptions affect players' reactions to characters, helping produce stronger designs and better results.

Ken Hurst, "Engineering Design Principles"
Butterworth-Heinemann | ISBN / ASIN:0340598298 | 1999 | 168 pages | PDF | 10MB
Good design is the key to the manufacture of successful commercial products. It encompasses creativity, technical ability, communication at all levels, good management and the abiltity to mould these attributes together. There are no single answers to producing a well designed product. There are however tried and tested principles which, if followed, increase the likely success of any final product.
This book introduces these principles to engineering students and professional engineers. Drawing on historical and familiar examples from the present, the book provides a stimulating guide to the principles of good engineering design. The comprehensive coverage of this text makes it invaluable to all undergraduates requiring a firm foundation in the subject.

Sheldon Ross, "A First Course in Probability (5th Edition)"
Prentice Hall College Div | ISBN:0137463146 | 1997 | 414 pages | PDF | 44MB
This market-leading introduction to probability features exceptionally clear explanations of the mathematics of probability theory and explores its many diverse applications through numerous interesting and motivational examples. The outstanding problem sets are a hallmark feature of this book. Provides clear, complete explanations to fully explain mathematical concepts. Features subsections on the probabilistic method and the maximum-minimums identity. Includes many new examples relating to DNA matching, utility, finance, and applications of the probabilistic method. Features an intuitive treatment of probability�intuitive explanations follow many examples. The Probability Models Disk included with each copy of the book, contains six probability models that are referenced in the book and allow readers to quickly and easily perform calculations and simulations.

Protein Nanotechnology: Protocols, Instrumentation, and Applications(Methods in Molecular Biology Volume 300
Humana Press | 1588293106 | Edition - February 1, 2005 | PDF | 480 pages | 13.4 MB | 646 MB
Leading experts in nanobiotechnology comprehensively review the most recent advances in instrumentation and methodology, as well as their applications in genomics and proteomics. The authors provide a wide variety of techniques and methods for dealing with protein functions and structures at the nanoscale level, including nanostructured systems, nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes and nanowires, optical nanosensors, and nanoelectrodes. Among the highlights are techniques for the in vivo tracking of biochemical processes using fluorescent molecular probes and nanosensors, and the exploration of biochemical processes and submicroscopic structures of living cells at unprecedented resolutions using near-field optics. Also discussed is the development of nanocarrier methodology for the targeted delivery of drugs whose shells are conjugated with antibodies for targeting specific antigens.
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Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis Charles T. Horngren
Publisher: Prentice Hall 10 edition | English | ISBN: 0137605544 | Hardcover: 928 pages | Data: July 2, 1999 | DJVU | 50 mb

Textbook goes beyond cost accounting procedures and also stresses concepts, analyses and using cost accounting as a management tool.

Reverse Engineering of Object Oriented Code (Monographs in Computer Science)
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition | English | ISBN: 0387402950 | Paperback: 210 pages | Data: December 17, 2004 | PDF

B-29 Hunters of the JAAF (Osprey Aviation Elite 5)
Osprey Aviation Elite | Koji Takaki | ISBN: 1841761613 | 128 Pages | PDF | 22MB
'B-29!' No other term struck such terror in the hearts of the Japanese public during World War 2 than this single, most-hated name. It was then only natural that the pilots who attempted to shoot these high-flying Boeing bombers out of the skies over Tokyo, Nagasaki, Hiroshima and Kobe should become known as the elite of the Japanese Army Air Force. This book details the exploits of the ‘Dragon Slayers’ who, flying the very latest single- and twin-engined fighters, exacted a heavy toll on the AAF Boeing bombers using a range of tactics including ramming.

Introduction to Time Series and Forecasting
Springer (2003-03-12) | ISBN: 0387953515 | 456 pages | PDF | 6.24 Mb
This book is aimed at the reader who wishes to gain a working knowledge of time series and forecasting methods as applied in economics, engineering, and the natural and social sciences. The book assumes knowledge only of basic calculus, matrix algebra and elementary statistics. This second edition contains detailed instructions on the use of the new totally windows-based computer package ITSM2000, the student version of which is included with the text. Expanded treatments are also given of several topics treated only briefly in the first edition. These include regression with time series errors, which plays an important role in forecasting and inference, and ARCH and GARCH models, which are widely used for the modeling of financial time series. These models can be fitted using the new version of ITSM. The core of the book covers stationary processes, ARMA and ARIMA processes, multivariate time series and state-space models, with an optional chapter on spectral analysis. Additional topics include the Burg and Hannan-Rissanen algorithms, unit roots, the EM algorithm, structural models, generalized state-space models with applications to time series of count data, exponential smoothing, the Holt-Winters and ARAR forecasting algorithms, transfer function models and intervention analysis. Brief introductions are also given to cointegration and to non-linear, continuous-time and long-memory models.

Introducing Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Publisher: Microsoft Press | English | ISBN: 0735615705 | 64 pages | Data: January 29, 2003 | CHM

New and Emerging Proteomic Techniques (Methods in Molecular Biology: Volume 328) )
Humana Press | 1588295192 | Edition - 2006-03-01 | PDF | 248 pages | 2.89 MB | rapidshare
Leading researchers and innovators describe in step-by-step detail the latest techniques that promise to significantly impact the practice of proteomics, as well as its success in developing novel clinical agents. The methods span the entire spectrum of top-down and bottom-up approaches, including microarrays, gels, chromatography, and affinity separations, and address every aspect of the human proteome, both quantitatively and qualitatively. The techniques of protein detection utilized are diverse and range from fluorescence and resonance light scattering to surface plasmon resonance and mass spectrometry. The protocols follow the successful Methods in Molecular Biologyâ„¢ series format, each offering step-by-step laboratory instructions, an introduction outlining the principles behind the technique, lists of the necessary equipment and reagents, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
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Chemical Genomics: Reviews and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology: Volume 310)
Humana Press | 1588293998 | Edition - 2005-08-01 | PDF | 296 pages | 5.04 MB | rapidshare
An up-to-date introduction for the uninitiated into the various "flavors" of chemical genomics with a series of readily reproducible techniques for applications in organic chemistry, protein chemistry, and computer science, emphasizing the high-throughput approaches that are the essence of chemical genomics. The techniques range from the classic design of small molecules as affinity ligands for specific protein families, to in silico docking for computational approaches to protein-small molecule interactions, to producing highly diverse collections of proteins, carbohydrates, and small molecules for use in arrays containing large numbers of these molecules. There are also methods for the production of proteins and carbohydrates using different expression systems, for analyzing proteins using mass spectrometry, and for arraying proteins and carbohydrates on solid supports. The protocols follow the successful Methods in Molecular Biologyâ„¢ series format, each offering step-by-step laboratory instructions, an introduction out
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Alf Yarwood «Introduction to AutoCAD 2008: 2D and 3D Design»
Newnes (June 25, 2007) | ISBN 0750685123 | PDF | 49.14 Mb
Taking the reader step-by-step through the features of AutoCAD, Alf Yarwood provides a practical, structured course of work matched to the latest release of this software. After introducing first principles and the creation of 2D technical drawings, he goes on to demonstrate the construction of 3D solid and surface model drawings and rendering in the second part. All the new features of the 2008 software release are taken into account, in particular the new workspace for 2D drafting, faster rendering, new rendering methods, more materials, and improved lighting methods. The 2D chapters are also suitable for those learning how to use

Casey Reas, Ben Fry «Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists»
MIT Press (September 30, 2007) | ISBN 0262182629 | PDF | 7.93 Mb
It has been more than twenty years since desktop publishing reinvented design, and it's clear that there is a growing need for designers and artists to learn programming skills to fill the widening gap between their ideas and the capability of their purchased software. This book is an introduction to the concepts of computer programming within the context of the visual arts. It offers a comprehensive reference and text for Processing (www.processing.org), an open-source programming language that can be used by students, artists, designers, architects, researchers, and anyone who wants to program images, animation, and interactivity.

Cliff Wootton «Developing Quality Metadata: Building Innovative Tools and Workflow Solutions
Focal Press (February 02, 2007) | ISBN 024080869X | PDF | 4.17 Mb
With the explosion of new audio and video content on the Web, its more important than ever to use accurate and comprehensive metadata to get the most out of that content. Developing Quality Metadata is an advanced user guide that will help you improve your metadata by making it accurate and coherent with your own solutions. This book is designed to get you thinking about solving problems in a proactive and productive way by including practical descriptions of powerful programming tools and user techniques using several programming languages.

Yang Xiao «Security in Distributed, Grid, Mobile, and Pervasive Computing »
Auerbach Publisher | ISBN 0849379210 | Ist Edition (April 17, 2007) | PDF | 2.94 Mb
Despite recent dramatic advances in computer security regarding the proliferation of services and applications, security threats are still major impediments in the deployment of these services. Paying serious attention to these issues, Security in Distributed, Grid, Mobile, and Pervasive Computing focuses on the increasing demand to guarantee privacy, integrity, and availability of resources in networks and distributed systems. A rich and useful presentation of strategies for security issues, the book covers each computing area in separate sections. It first reviews security issues and challenges in content distribution networks, describes key agreement protocols based on the Diffie-Hellman key exchange and key management protocols for complex distributed systems like the Internet, and discusses securing design patterns for distributed systems.