How to Solve the Mind-Body Problem (Journal of Consciousness Studies)
Publisher: Imprint Academic | ISBN: 0907845088 | edition 2000 | PDF | 112 pages | 5,93 mb

How does the water of the brain yield the wine of conscious experience? What is the link between bodily activity and our inner feeling of what its like to be ourselves? In this highly readable yet scholarly essay Nicholas Humphrey takes a fresh look at the so called hard problem of consciousness and, in the light of evolutionary history, proposes a radically new solution.

His controversial ideas are discussed and challenged by leading figures in the philosophy of mind, including Andy Clark, Daniel Dennett, Naomi Eilan, Ralph Ellis, Valerie Gray Hardcastle, Stevan Harnad, Natika Newton, Christian de Quincey, Carol Rovane and Robert van Gulick. This book is an excellent short introduction to the on-going debate about the nature of consciousness.

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Coaching that Counts: Harnessing the Power of Leadership Coaching to Deliver Strategic Value (Improving Human Performance)
Butterworth-Heinemann | ISBN: 0750675802 | 320 pages | December 14, 2004 | PDF | 1 Mb

As the field of business coaching has expanded and evolved over the last decade, many different approaches to business coaching have been created. The authors of Coaching that Counts have written a practical, readable guide for developing, delivering and measuring high value business coaching.

Coaching that Counts, combines insights and practical experience about how to achieve transformational change through the strategic application and evaluation of leadership coaching. The book provides expert guidance and is organized into three sections:-
Part one looks at proven client-centered approach to coach leaders within an organization with a focus on creating value for the individual.
Part two shows how to effectively manage coaching as a business initiative.
Part three provides knowledge, ideas and tools to evaluate the monetary and intangible value of coaching.

* Demonstrates how to build accountability into the coaching process
* Breaks new ground by introducing a powerful process for designing, delivering, and measuring coaching
* Presents the combined wisdom of top business coaches

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Movable Type 3.0 Bible Desktop Edition
Wiley; Desk edition | ISBN: 0764573888 | 432 pages | November 5, 2004 | CHM | 10 Mb

If Movable Type can do it, you can do it too. By its very nature, the Web encourages change at a frenetic pace. Movable Type helps you manage that pace, and this is your indispensable guide to installing and using the most popular server-based personal publishing tool. From exploring Movable Type’s template-driven publishing system to developing your own plug-ins, here’s what you need to know to create and maintain sites as adaptable as the Web itself.

Inside, you’ll find what you need to know about Movable Type
* Prepare your Web server and install Movable Type
* Set up and configure a weblog, using archives and categories to create a more sophisticated site
* Add visual elements with photos and graphics
* Design a weblog with templates and use template tags
* Establish communication among sites using trackback pings
* Add search capabilities and import content from other blogs
* Develop Perl-based plug-ins to enhance Movable Type
* Configure Movable Type to receive and manage comments from site visitors
* See what’s new in Movable Type 3.1 in a bonus Movable Type 3.1 appendix

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James Stewart, “Calculus, 5 Ed”
Brooks Cole | 2002 | ISBN: 053439339X | 1368 pages | PDF | 17,9 MB
Stewart’s CALCULUS, Fifth Edition has the mathematical precision, accuracy, clarity of exposition and outstanding examples and problem sets that have characterized the first four editions. Stewart retains the focus on problem solving and the pedagogical system that has made the book a favorite of students and instructors in a wide variety of colleges and universities throughout the world.

In this Fifth Edition, he has made hundreds of small improvements: new examples, additional steps in existing examples, updating of data in existing examples and exercises, new phrases and margin notes to clarify the exposition, references to other sources and web sites, redrawn art, and references to the TEC CD (Tools for Enriching Calculus). These refinements ensure that students and instructors have the best materials available. The number of pages in the book, however, remains unchanged from the 4th edition. Further support for students and instructors is now available through a vast array of supplementary material.
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Database Modeling with Microsoft® Visio for Enterprise Architects
(The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition | ISBN:1558609199 | 425 pages | August 14, 2003 | CHM | 39 Mb
This book is for database designers and database administrators using Visio, which is the database component of Microsoft’s Visual Studio .NET for Enterprise Architects suite, also included in MSDN subscriptions. This is the only guide to this product that tells DBAs how to get their job done.

Although primarily focused on tool features, the book also provides an introduction to data modeling, and includes practical advice on managing database projects. The principal author was the program manager of VEA’s database modeling solutions.

· Explains how to model databases with Microsoft® Visio for Enterprise Architects (VEA), focusing on tool features.
· Provides a platform-independent introduction to data modeling using both Object Role Modeling (ORM) and Entity Relationship Modeling (ERM), and includes practical advice on managing database projects.
· Additional ORM models, course notes, and add-ins available online.

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Tolley’s Industrial & Commercial Gas Installation Practice, Volume 3, Fourth Edition:
Gas Service Technology Volume 3 (Gas Service Technology)
Newnes; 4 edition | ISBN:0750669470 | 592 pages | August 22, 2006 | PDF | 16 Mb

This is the third of three volumes of essential reference for those concerned with the installation and servicing of domestic and industrial gas equipment. This volume deals with the various aspects of installing and servicing industrial and commercial appliances and associated equipment.

The revised fourth edition is brought fully up to date with current Standards, in line with requirements of the ACS Certificates of Competence and NVQs, and addresses the radical changes seen in the practice of soundness testing and purging of industrial and commercial gas installations in excess of, and below, 1m3, as well as strength and tightness testing and direct purging of small low pressure industrial and commercial natural gas installations. Also addressed in the new edition are important changes to standards for gas installation pipework, boosters and compressors on industrial and commercial premises; gas installation in educational establishments; LPG cylinders in mobile catering vehicles, service vehicles and similar commercial units; as well as flues and ventilation for larger gas appliances.

Incorporating many illustrations and worked examples throughout the text, Volume 3 combines a concise reference with practical application in real-world engineering contexts to create an essential handbook for all aspects of the installation and servicing of domestic gas appliances, ideal for both students new to the field as well as professionals and none-operational professionals (e.g. Specifiers, Managers, Supervisors) as an ongoing source of reference.

* Comprehensive reference combined with practical application - an essential handbook for gas service technology
* Fully updated in line with the latest changes to Standards, NVQs and ACS Certificates of Competence
* Hundreds of line drawings and photographs maximise accessibility of the text, enabling readers to easily recognise the appliances under discussion

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The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (5 Vol. Set)
Gale Cengage | 2006-05 | ISBN: 1414403682 | 3500 pages | PDF | 56,5 MB

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Ethernet Networking for the Small Office and Professional Home Office
Morgan Kaufmann | ISBN:0123737443 | 352 pages | June 8, 2007 | PDF | 26 Mb

In a local area network (LAN) or intranet, there are many pieces of hardare trying to gain access to the network transmission media at the same time (i.e., phone lines, coax, wireless, etc.). However, a network cable or wireless transmission frequency can physically only allow one node to use it at a given time. Therefore, there must be some way to regulate which node has control of the medium (a media access control, or MAC, protocol).

Ethernet is a MAC protocol; it is one way to regulate physical access to network tranmission media. Ethernet networking is used primarily by networks that are contained within a single physical location. If you need to design, install, and manage a network in such an envronment, i.e., home or small business office, then this book will give you an in-depth understanding of the technology involved in an Ethernet network.

One of the major goals of this book is to demystify the jargon of networks so that the reader gains a working familiarity with common networking terminology and acronyms.

In addition, this books explains not only how to choose and configure network hardware but also provides practical information about the types of network devices and software needed to make it all work. Tips and direction on how to manage an Ethernet network are also provided.

This book therefore goes beyond the hardware aspects of Ethernet to look at the entire network from bottom to top, along with enough technical detail to enable the reader to make intelligent choices about what types of transmission media are used and the way in which the various parts of the network are interconnected.

*Explains how the Ethernet works, with emphasis on current technologies and emerging trends in gigabit and fast Ethernet, WiFi, routers, and security issues
*Teaches how to design and select complementary components of Ethernet networks with a focus on home and small business applications
*Discuses the various types of cables, software, and hardware involved in constructing, connecting, operating and monitoring Ethernet networks

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Analysis, Geometry, and Modeling in Finance: Advanced Methods in Option Pricing
Chapman & Hall/CRC | 2008-09-22 | ISBN: 1420086995 | 400 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

Analysis, Geometry, and Modeling in Finance: Advanced Methods in Option Pricing is the first book that applies advanced analytical and geometrical methods used in physics and mathematics to the financial field. It even obtains new results when only approximate and partial solutions were previously available.

Through the problem of option pricing, the author introduces powerful tools and methods, including differential geometry, spectral decomposition, and supersymmetry, and applies these methods to practical problems in finance. He mainly focuses on the calibration and dynamics of implied volatility, which is commonly called smile. The book covers the Black–Scholes, local volatility, and stochastic volatility models, along with the Kolmogorov, Schrödinger, and Bellman–Hamilton–Jacobi equations.
Providing both theoretical and numerical results throughout, this book offers new ways of solving financial problems using techniques found in physics and mathematics.

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Gang Tao, “Adaptive Control Design and Analysis”
Wiley-IEEE Press | 2003 | ISBN: 0471274526 | 640 pages | PDF | 5,4 MB

A systematic and unified presentation of the fundamentals of adaptive control theory in both continuous time and discrete time

Today, adaptive control theory has grown to be a rigorous and mature discipline. As the advantages of adaptive systems for developing advanced applications grow apparent, adaptive control is becoming more popular in many fields of engineering and science.

Using a simple, balanced, and harmonious style, this book provides a convenient introduction to the subject and improves one’s understanding of adaptive control theory.

Adaptive Control Design and Analysis features:
Introduction to systems and control
Stability, operator norms, and signal convergence
Adaptive parameter estimation
State feedback adaptive control designs
Parametrization of state observers for adaptive control
Unified continuous and discrete-time adaptive control
L1+a robustness theory for adaptive systems
Direct and indirect adaptive control designs
Benchmark comparison study of adaptive control designs
Multivariate adaptive control
Nonlinear adaptive control
Adaptive compensation of actuator nonlinearities
End-of-chapter discussion, problems, and advanced topics
As either a textbook or reference, this self-contained tutorial of adaptive control design and analysis is ideal for practicing engineers, researchers, and graduate students alike.
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Time Machine #03: Sword of the Samurai
Publisher: Bantam Books | ISBN: 055325619X | edition 1984 | PDF | 124 pages | 3,93 mb

This book is your time machine. Do not read it through from beginning to end. In a moment you will receive a mission, a special task that will take you to another time period. As you face the dangers of history, the Time Machine often will give you options of where to go or what to do.
This book also contains a Data Bank to tell you about the age you are going to visit.

You can use this Data Bank to travel more safely through time. Or you can take your chances without reading it. It is up to you to decide.

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Edith Maccotta Soffiati, “Créer ses bijoux en pâte polymère”
Publisher: Eyrolles | 2006 | ISBN: 2212119127 | French | 76 pages | PDF | 16.90 Mb

Présentation de l’éditeur: Fine et malléable, la pâte polymère se prête à merveille à la création de bijoux. Sa texture lisse permet une grande précision et l’inclusion de toutes sortes de matériaux décoratifs (éclats de mosaïque, cabochons de verre, métal, feuilles à dorer, etc.), ainsi que l’application d’encres, de poudres métalliques, de peinture… Le mariage des pâtes colorées, transparentes, opaques, granulées ou lisses, mates et même métallisées donne lieu à des myriades d’effets spectaculaires.

Le durcissement à la cuisson de cette pâte à modeler synthétique dans un simple four ménager rend cette technique accessible à tous. Edith Maccotta Soffiati vous livre le fruit de son expérience en 20 leçons. Elle vous propose ensuite la réalisation étape par étape de 25 bijoux originaux pour vous familiariser en douceur avec les techniques de coupes successives, assemblages et réassemblages des canes, création des perles et montage des colliers, bracelets, bagues… Le jeu inépuisable des motifs permet d’inventer et d’innover sans répit… Alors à votre tour, laissez-vous gagner par le jeu de la création, entre savant contrôle et heureux hasard.
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My Daddy Was a Soldier: A World War II Story
Publisher: Holiday House | ISBN: 0823407950 | edition 1990 | PDF | 40 pages | 3,69 mb

A quiet story of reminiscence in which a young Philadelphia girl recalls the years during World War II. Her father leaves home in 1943 to serve in the army, and his letters from training camp and the Pacific mark the passage of time for Jeannie and her mother. During his absence, they experience the war on the home front: the mother works as a welder, and Jeannie helps her class collect scrap metal. Food shortages, victory gardens, blackouts, and gas rationing fill their lives as they share their fears for her father’s safety.

The book ends with a joyful reunion of the family in the train station following V-J Day. Soft, full-page black-and-white pencil drawings enrich a text filled with descriptions and warm, affectionate dialogue. The book accurately conveys what it was like to be a child in that time of private anxiety and community spirit. Although few children are spontaneously drawn to memoirs, Ray’s story, read aloud or discussed, is full of potential for learning and sharing.

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Night of the Moonjellies
Publisher: Purple House Press | ISBN: 1930900341 | edition 2007 | PDF | 32 pages | 2,45 mb

This beautifully illustrated picture book debut evokes the fullness of a New England childhood through descriptions of a single summer day. Seven-year-old Mark is helping at his grandmother’s seaside hot dog stand, purveyor of “the best lobster rolls in New England.” He finds “something that felt like jelly” on the beach, but further investigation is postponed by the hubbub at the stand: “Fries crackled.
Cheeseburgers sizzled. ‘More rolls!’ called Uncle Al. ‘Rushing through!’ Gram said, carrying a kettle of clam chowder up front. ‘Low on straws!’ Rollie shouted. I hurried to fill the box.” When the busy day ends, Gram and Mark take a boat out to sea, where Mark sees an oceanful of shimmering white lights–moonjellies–and returns his to the water. The text offers a wide range of tones, from soothing to stimulating, but the book’s greatest strength lies in its artwork. Shimmering blues and greens suggest the iridescence of the tranquil night sea; vibrant reds and oranges capture the harried humans. A strongly atmospheric work.

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