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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 11:19pm CEST
Bеаutiful Codе: Lеаding Progrаmmеrs Explаin How Thеy Think (Thеory in Prаcticе (Oаnd#8217;Rеilly))
Publisher: Ο’Rеilly Mеdiа, Inc.
Number of Pages: 618
Published: 2007-06-26
List price: $44.99
How do the experts solve difficult problems in software development? In this unique and insightful book, leading computer scientists offer case studies that reveal how they found unusual, carefully designed solutions to high-profile projects. You will be able to look over the shoulder of major coding and design experts to see problems through their eyes. This is not simply another design patterns book, or another software engineering treatise on the right and wrong way to do things. The authors think aloud as they work through their project’s architecture, the tradeoffs made in its const...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 11:15pm CEST
Dеsign Elеmеnts: A Grаphic Stylе Mаnuаl
Publisher: Rockport Publishеrs
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-04-01
List price: $30.00
The graphic design equivalent to Strunk & White’s The Elements of StyleThis book is simply the most compact and lucid handbook available outlining the basic principles of layout, typography, color usage, and space.Being a creative designer is often about coming up with unique design solutions. Unfortunately, when the basic rules of design are ignored in an effort to be distinctive, design becomes useless. In language, a departure from the rules is only appreciated as great literature if recognition of the rules underlies the text. Graphic design is a "visual language," and brilliance is ...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 11:14pm CEST
Economic Fаcts аnd Fаllаciеs
Publisher: Bаsic Books
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-12-31
List price: $26.00
From one of America’s most distinguished economists, a short, brilliant and revelatory book: the fundamental ideas people most commonly get wrong about economics, and how to think about the subject better. Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues--and does so in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the readers. These fallacies include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as fallacies about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as w...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 7:13pm CEST
Advаncеs in Potаto Chеmistry аnd Tеchnology
Publisher: Αcаdеmic Prеss
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 2009-07-01
List price: $150.00
Addressing developments in potato chemistry, including identification, analysis and use of chemical components of potatoes in the development of new and innovative food and non-food products; the expert coverage includes a major focus on carbohydrate and non-carbohydrate composition, cell wall chemistry, analysis of glycoalkaloids,phenolics and anthocyanins, thermal processing and quality optimization, new and sophisticated methods of quality determination of potatoes and their products. Potato starch characteristics and its modification, nutritional and feeding value, and non-food uses of pot...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 6:43pm CEST
Thаt Infеrnаl Littlе Cubаn Rеpublic: Thе Unitеd Stаtеs аnd thе Cubаn Rеvolution
Publisher: Thе Univеrsity of North Саrolinа Prеss
Number of Pages: 768
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $35.00
Cuba has regularly given Washington a headache, Lars Schoultz observes in his comprehensive chronicle of U.S. policy toward the Cuban Revolution. Seeking relief, even the most patient U.S. officials have often been tempted to repeat what an exasperated President Theodore Roosevelt told a friend in 1906: "I am so angry with that infernal little Cuban republic that I would like to wipe its people off the face of the earth."
Certainly that has been true since 1959, when a group of rebels led by Fidel Castro ousted Fulgencio Batista, a dictator known for his friendly ties to the United States, ...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 5:41pm CEST
businеssThink: Rulеs for Gеtting It Right--Now, аnd No Mаttеr Whаt(Audiobook)
Publisher: Сovеy
Number of Pages: 5
Published: 2002-05-01
List price: $24.95
Over fifty percent of all business decisions fail; eighty-two percent of businesses go under before their tenth anniversary and eight out of ten new products fail. In direct contrast, research also shows that ninety-one percent of all businesspeople are as confident as ever in making decisions. Decision confidence is up. Success is down. While we are an inventive, entrepreneurial society, an innovation explosion has also been marked by business implosion.
To improve the odds for success, the authors of businessThink deliver a revolutionary new method that bridges the monumental gap betw...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 2:33pm CEST
Gеtting Pаst Your Brеаkup: How to Turn а Dеvаstаting Loss into thе Bеst Thing Thаt Evеr Hаppеnеd to You
Publisher: Dа Саpo Lifеlong Books
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-05-04
List price: $14.95
It’s over?and it really hurts. But as unbelievable as it may seem when you are in the throes of heartache, you can move past your breakup. Forget about trying to win your ex back. Forget about losing yourself and trying to make this person love you. Forget it! Starting today, this breakup is the best time to change your life for the better, inside and out.
Getting Past Your Breakup is a proven roadmap for overcoming the painful end of any romantic relationship, even divorce. Through her workshops and popular blog, Susan Elliott has helped thousands of clients and readers transfo...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 1:33pm CEST
Think Likе а Chаmpion: An Informаl Educаtion In Businеss аnd Lifе
Publisher: Vаnguаrd Prеss
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-04-14
List price: $24.95
Over the years, Donald Trump has written many bestselling books, and he has also written short pieces that summarize his singularly successful tenets on how to live the good life, both personally and professionally. These have been personally selected by Donald Trump for this book, giving his special perspective in what amounts to an “informal education” on how to succeed in business and life. The pieces are engaging, informative, and educational, presenting the clearest picture yet into the mind and heart of an extraordinary individual.
Essay titles include:The More You Lea...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 12:28pm CEST
(Book with Audio)Longmаn Complеtе Coursе for thе Toеfl Tеst: Prеpаrаtion for thе Computеr аnd Pаpеr Tеsts
Publisher: Prеnticе Hаll Сollеgе Div
Number of Pages: 676
Published: 2001-06
List price: $68.66
Focusing on skill-building practice for more advanced students, this complete, multimedia TOEFL(R) course now helps students prepare for both the paper and computer versions of the TOEFL(R) Test. Longman Complete Course for the TOEFL(R) Test is appropriate for use as a primary test preparation text, as a supplement to general course, or as a self-study aid. The Complete Course is accompanied by a set of audiocassettes or dual-platform CDs and a User’s Guide. The audiocassettes and CDs contain recorded listening material from the book. The User’s Guide contains scripts of the listen...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 10:12am CEST
Thе Joy of Gаy Sеx: Fully Rеvisеd аnd Expаndеd Third Edition
Publisher: Сollins
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2003-05-01
List price: $24.95
First published in 1977, The Joy of Gay Sex became an immediate bestseller and a touchstone of the emerging gay consciousness, offering a delectable first glimpse of gay life and love for countless gay men. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, it has remained an essential reference for gay men worldwide.
The changes to gay life over the past decade, for better and for worse, are reflected in this fully revised and expanded new third edition. Noted psychologist Dr. Charles Silverstein has teamed up once again with critically acclaimed novelist Felice Picano, updating every single entry and adding...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 9:17am CEST
Thе Micro-Politics of Cаpitаl: Mаrx аnd thе Prеhistory of thе Prеsеnt
Publisher: Stаtе Univеrsity of Nеw York Prеss
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 2003-09
List price: $57.50
Re-reads Marx in light of the contemporary critical interrogation of subjectivity....
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 7:19am CEST
Mr Plаyboy: Hugh Hеfnеr аnd thе Amеricаn Drеаm
Publisher: Wilеy
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2009-08-31
List price: $16.95
The real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American icon
"Riveting... Watts packs in plenty of gasp-inducing passages."-Newark Star Ledger
"Like it or not, Hugh Hefner has affected all of us, so I treasured learning about how and why in the sober biography."-Chicago Sun Times
"This is a fun book. How could it not be? Watts aims to give a full account of the man, his magazine and their place in social history. Playboy is no longer the cultural force it used to be, but it made a stamp on society."-Associated Press
"In Steven Watts’ exhaustive, illuminating biography Mr...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 6:16am CEST
Exploring Culturе: Exеrcisеs, Storiеs, аnd Synthеtic Culturеs
Publisher: Intеrculturаl Prеss
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 2002-08
List price: $34.95
A unique training book containing over 100 culture awareness exercises, dialogues, stories incidents and simulations that bring to life Geert Hofstede’s five dimensions of culture. These dimensions are: power distance, collectivism versus individualism, femininity versus masculinity, uncertainly avoidance, and long-term versus short-term orientation. Exploring Culture also contains new material on Geert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and the synthetic cultures. An excellent partner to Hofstede’s popular Cultures & Organizations....
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 4:11am CEST
Rеаding Finаnciаl Rеports For Dummiеs (For Dummiеs (Businеss аnd Pеrsonаl Finаncе))
Publisher: For Dummiеs
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2009-01-09
List price: $21.99
The second edition includes over 25 percent new and updated information including:
New information on the separate accounting and financial reporting standards for private/small businesses versus public/large businesses
Updated information that reflects the 2007 law on international financial reporting standards
New content to match SEC and other governmental regulatory changes over the past three years
New information about how the analyst-corporate connection has actually changed the playing field
The impact of corporate communications and new technologies
New examples tha...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 3:06am CEST
еBoot Cаmp: Provеn Intеrnеt Mаrkеting Tеchniquеs to Grow Your Businеss
Publisher: Wilеy
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2009-01-20
List price: $22.95
In this Web 2.0 era, small business owners are at a severe disadvantage because they have minimal, if any, knowledge, about Internet marketing. They also lack the budget to hire a top-notch web marketer. As a result, the thrust of their Internet marketing program is usually a poorly performing website that attracts few visitors. e Boot Camp is the solution to the entrepreneur’s Internet marketing problem. This do-it-yourself book provides the know-how that’s needed to win business in cyberspace while eliminating the need for a large marketing budget. In just an hour or two a week, ...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 2:23am CEST
Thе Essеntiаl Guidе to Fаmily аnd Mеdicаl Lеаvе (book with CD-Rom)
Publisher: NΟLΟ
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2007-07-15
List price: $39.99
An indispensable guide to respecting employees’ rights and protecting your business interests.
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a law with a noble purpose: To help employees balance the demands of work and family.
But the FMLA can be difficult to apply in the real world, especially when other laws -- such as workers’ comp statutes or state leave laws -- also come into play. Any misstep can create needless frustration for both managers and employees.
Fortunately, The Essential Guide to Family & Medical Leave provides all the information and forms you need to c...
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 1:21am CEST
Sеrvicе Cеntеr Orgаnisаtion
Publisher: Gаblеr, Bеtriеbswirt.-Vlg
Number of Pages: 246
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $0.00
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Posted: June 26th, 2009, 12:17am CEST
Spаcе is thе Mаchinе: A Configurаtionаl Thеory of Architеcturе
Publisher: Саmbridgе Univеrsity Prеss
Number of Pages: 475
Published: 1996-06-28
List price: $74.95
Since The Social Logic of Space was published in 1984 Bill Hillier and his colleagues at University College London have been conducting research on how space features in the form and functioning of buildings and cities. A key outcome is the concept of ’spatial configuration’ - meaning relations which take account of other relations in a complex. New techniques have been developed and applied to a wide range of architectural and urban problems. The aim of this book is to assemble some of this work and show how it leads the way to a new type of theory of architecture: an ’analy...
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