Bible Stories from A-Z
Teacher Created Resources| ISBN 0743971027 | 2004-11-03 | PDF | 144 pages | 5.5 Mb

Bible Stories from A-Z [kids 5-9 years of age]
By Mary Murray / Teacher Created Materials, Inc.

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Disruptive Security Technologies with Mobile Code and Peer-to-Peer Networks
Publisher: CRC Press | Author(s) : Richard R. Brooks | ISBN : 0849322723 | Release Date: 29 November 2004 | 9.7 MB | PDF | Pages: 400

The traditional fortress mentality of system security has proven ineffective to attacks by disruptive technologies. This is due largely to their reactive nature. Disruptive security technologies, on the other hand, are proactive in their approach to attacks.

Adaptive systems allow network designers to gain equal footing with attackers. This complete guide combines a large body of literature into a single volume that is concise and up to date. With this book, computer scientists, programmers, and electrical engineers, as well as students studying network design will dramatically enhance their systems’ ability to overcome potential security threats.

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Strategic Business Planning: A Dynamic System for Improving Performance & Competitive Advantage
Kogan Page | ISBN 074943807X | 2003-02-01 | PDF | 352pages | 1.15 Mb

Great Proffessional Reading. I have really enjoyed this book. There are a few chapters that are oriented more for a seminar development, but I found the reading to be very education. The material is not presented as a “text book�, but it can be used to develope strategic planning sessions.

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Strategic Human Resource Management: A Guide to Action
Kogan Page | ISBN 0749445114 | 2006-03-01 | PDF | 194pages | 0.85 Mb

There is often a gap between the rhetoric of Strategic Human Resource Management and the reality of strategy in action. This highly regarded, fully updated book provides practical guidance on implementing the complex HR strategies formulated by many practitioners, academics and consultants in recent years.

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The Handbook of Business Valuation and Intellectual Property Analysis
McGraw-Hill | ISBN 0071429670 | 2004-07-23 | PDF | 600 pages | 2.2 Mb

The art and science of business valuation is currently undergoing a huge transformation and is facing new and important challenges. The Handbook of Business Valuation and Intellectual Property Analysis provides valuation and investment professionals with the latest thinking on economic damages, lost profit analysis, and numerous other key business and intellectual property valuation issues.

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The Practice of Project Management: A Guide to the Business-Focused Approach
Kogan Page | ISBN 0749436948 | 2002-08 | PDF | 356 pages | 1.45 Mb

Broad Industry Project Management. Enzo Frigenti and Dennis Comninos have consulted to industry before writing this book. They have extensive practical experience, and they command wide respect. They have managed a large range of project types, including ones as soft as social change in third world countries.

I have had the privilege of attending a course by Dennis Comninos, and I have seen the practical wisdom in the authors’ approach. After starting to read the book, I find that wisdom repeated.

Frigenti and Comninos bring their experience to bear in this book, in which they discuss an organisation-wide application of project management principles. The case studies in the book will at times seem autobiographical to anyone involved in project management, especially in organisations with limited project management maturity.

A simplistic approach to project management (one which the book avoids) involves transferring techniques from construction projects to softer areas such as IT and expecting the process to work.

From page 129: Because of its strong focus on results or objectives, ODPM [Objective Directed Project Management] can be and is being effectively used to plan and manage ‘fuzzy’ projects that do not respond well to the more scientific project management tools, techniques and processes. Such ‘fuzzy’ projects commonly exist in business, information technology, human resources and culture change or transformation projects.

I strongly recommend this book. Even the case studies will alert you to possible unforseen problems when you are planning a project.

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Corporate Restructuring: Lessons from Experience
World Bank Publications| ISBN 0821359282 | 2005-04 | PDF | 382pages | 1.45 Mb

In the wake of the periodic financial crises of the late 1990s, the international financial institutions and many experts have recognized the need for a strategy to avoid and mitigate the severity of crises in the corporate sector. Addressing this problem requires the complementary efforts of policymakers, regulators, lawyers, insolvency experts, corporate restructuring specialists, and financiers.

What are the roots of corporate distress? Can systemic corporate crises be predicted? What is the role of legal frameworks in preventing and coping with a crisis? What are the most effective financial techniques for dealing with distressed corporates? This timely volume takes a multidisciplinary perspective on corporate restructuring, and examines international experiences in dealing with corporate crises.

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Global and Transnational Business: Strategy and Management
Wiley | ISBN 0470851260 | 2004-10-22 | PDF | 496 pages | 1.45 Mb

In this new edition of a successful textbook the authors assess the turbulent environment in which international businesses operate and the approaches to strategy formulation and implementation which can be adopted. They also examine the functional and operational management of companies and fuse together the theoretical and empirical aspects of international management. New material includes coverage of leadership in transnational companies, cultural issues in international management, entrepreneurship and SMEs in global business, the impact of e-commerce, and the anti-globalization movement.

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Inside-Out Marketing: How to Create an Internal Marketing Strategy
Kogan Page Business Books | ISBN 0749436638 | 2003-07 | PDF | 256 pages | 0.75 Mb

Put simply, internal marketing is largely about the things people do within an organization that contribute to the achievement of the organization’s overall purpose and success. This practical guide provides an understanding of internal marketing and the seven components of an internal marketing strategy (IMS). With a balance of both theory and practice, Michael Dunmore shows how to develop an IMS that integrates the whole organization and produces teams that can work together towards common goals and outcomes. He demonstrates how a strong internal marketing strategy can be critical to achieving and sustaining competitive advantage, as well as being a major driver of change and enhanced performance.

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Key Marketing Skills
Kogan Page | ISBN 0749442980 | 2004-01-10 | PDF | 383pages | 3.45 Mb

This is a brand new edition that focuses on the practical issues faced by today’s marketing professionals. It is truly about turning strategy into action and provides answers to key marketing issues

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Capital Flows and Crises
The MIT Press | ISBN 0262050676 | 2003-01-03 | PDF | 352pages | 4.45 Mb

The implications of capital mobility for growth and stability are some of the most contentious and least understood contemporary issues in economics. In this book, Barry Eichengreen discusses historical, theoretical, empirical, and policy aspects of the effects, both positive and negative, of capital flows. He focuses on the connections between capital flows and crises as well as on those between capital flows and growth.

Eichengreen argues that international financial liberalization, like other forms of economic liberalization, can positively affect the efficiency of resource allocation and the rate of economic growth. But analyses of both recent and historical experience also show an undeniable association between capital mobility and crises, especially when domestic institutions are weak and the harmonization of capital account liberalization and other policy reforms is inadequate. In his conclusion, Eichengreen makes suggestions for policy design to maximize the benefits of international financial liberalization while minimizing the risks of financial instability.

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Performance Management: Key Strategies and Practical Guidelines
Kogan Page | ISBN 0749445378 | 2006-03-01 | PDF | 192pages | 0.85 Mb

Managing staff performance is an effective mechanism for developing both staff and organizational growth. By clarifying an organization’s objectives, translating these into clear individual goals, and reviewing these goals regularly, performance management provides a well-structured and effective management tool.

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Gary Rosenzweig, “ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University�
ISBN: 9780789737021 | September 2007 | pages 440 | PDF

Gary Rosenzweig’s ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University shows you how to use ActionScript, the programming language behind Flash CS3 Professional. The lessons teach you all the basics of ActionScript programming through game examples, but the code can be easily adapted to non-game-oriented projects, such as web training and advertising. Written by a real-world Flash developer, this book presents you with the source code of 16 complete games and lays the foundation for you to create your own games. Gary also provides a companion website - flashgameu.com, which contains files, updates, new content, Gary’s blog and much more.

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Computer Network Time Synchronization: The Network Time Protocol by David L. Mills (Author)
Publisher: CRC (March 24, 2006) | ISBN-10: 0849358051 | PDF | 17 Mb | 286 pages

What started with the sundial has, thus far, been refined to a level of precision based on atomic resonance: Time. Our obsession with time is evident in this continued scaling down to nanosecond resolution and beyond. But this obsession is not without warrant. Precision and time synchronization are critical in many applications, such as air traffic control and stock trading, and pose complex and important challenges in modern information networks.

Penned by David L. Mills, the original developer of the Network Time Protocol (NTP), Computer Network Time Synchronization: The Network Time Protocol takes a broad look at the architecture, protocols, and algorithms involved in time dissemination, distribution, and synchronization. Focused on the fourth generation of NTP, Mills’ magnum opus gives an in-depth configuration and performance analysis of typical deployed NTP networks as well as a detailed error budget showing the influence of network and computer delay variations on accuracy. Mills demonstrates the algorithms used to select measurements accessed via diverse pathways to achieve the best accuracy, addresses security issues in depth, and describes the engineering principles underlying NTP architecture and timestamping exchange procedures. Opening the door to highly precise time synchronization in both public and private networks, Computer Network Time Synchronization offers in-depth analysis, theory, and practical concerns in a unified and authoritative reference.

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The Art of Photoshop for Digital Photographers by Daniel Giordan
Publisher: Sams (August 29, 2005) | ISBN: 0672327139 | CHM | 10 Mb | 288 pages

Experience the highly visual format of the Art of Photoshop: Digital Photography Workshop and learn how to take good source photos and transform them into display-quality digital works of art with visual effects used in Adobe Photoshop.

Using the beauty of the Tuscan region of Italy as a backdrop, author and artist/photographer Daniel Giordan, will take you through the steps of how to capture good source materials, how to explore the artistic effect of those images, and how to turn those explorations into richly layered and visually complex artwork using the tools available in Photoshop. This is your chance to look over the author’s shoulder as he guides you through a process of creative exploration through which he creates 10 artistic montages.

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Actionscript Para Flash MX
Anaya Multimedia | ISBN 8441514739 | PDF | September 30, 2005 | 371 Pages | 24.4 MB

Con el lanzamiento de Flash MX, crear scripts en Flash ha pasado de ser una habilidad deseable, a ser una habilidad esencial en el mundo del dise?o de páginas Web. ActionScript es, sencillamente, el centro neurálgico en Flash, y no es de extrañar que la mayoría de las mejoras de Flash MX se basen en estos scripts. ¿Verdad que ActionScript son esos engorrosos códigos que hacen los programadores? Falso.

ActionScript le da más facilidades y opciones a la hora de dise?ar. No le convertirá en alguien que sólo habla de ceros y unos, que sólo vive de noche y cuya idea idea del diseño Web es un cambio de color en HTML. ActionScript le hará capaz de realizar sus diseños en vez de cohibirle con frustrantes limitaciones. Este cambiará su escaso o nulo conocimiento de ActionScript por una sólida base de conocimientos en la que usted con sus diseños, construirá asombrosas e imaginativas creaciones.

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“Investing Demystified� Paul Lim
McGraw-Hill; 1 edition | ISBN-10: 0071444122 | 352 pages | PDF | 1,7 Mb

The first Demystified guide to take the mystery out of investing, Investing Demystified provides independent investors with hands-on explanations of basic investing topics without needless detours. Built around the no-nonsense model that has made Demystified one of McGraw-Hill’s most popular series, this helpful and practical self-teaching guide cuts right to the chase and gives straightforward direction to anyone tired of being confused by Wall Street jargon and the investing arena.

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“Opportunity Investing: How To Profit When Stocks Advance, Stocks Decline, Inflation Runs Rampant,
Prices Fall, Oil Prices Hit the Roof, … and Every Time in Between� Gerald Appel
FT Press; 1 edition (September 1, 2006) | ISBN-10: 0131721291 | 384 pages | PDF | 2,5 Mb

“A guide that will turn readers into smart and savvy investors. Appel, author of several successful books on investing and editor of the leading technical analysis publication Systems and Forecasts, offers readers even more hot investment tips in his latest offering. Here, he shows readers how to read and recognize the economic climate, and demonstrates how to invest accordingly. After teaching how to understand the character of the market, Appel offers tried-and-true strategies that will help you make high-return, low-risk investments using mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and real investment trusts. He also provides solid advice on how to invest in foreign markets, taking advantage of often overlooked investment opportunities abroad. Investments in real estate, precious metals and other commodities also receive coverage, and Appel offers useful web resources for further research. The author has more than 40 years of experience, and his love of teaching the trade is conveyed through his enthusiasm and thorough explanations. Both amateurs and experienced investors who are looking for a competitive edge will appreciate this information-packed guide to making wise investments in any economic climate.� –Kirkus Reports

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“Economics: A Very Short Introduction� Partha Dasgupta
Oxford University Press, USA (February 2, 2007) | ISBN: 0192853457 | 192 pages | PDF | 1,3 Mb

Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life, and offer solutions to them too. Combining a global approach with examples from everyday life, Partha Dasgupta describes the lives of two children who live very different lives in different parts of the world: in the Mid-West USA and in Ethiopia. He compares the obstacles facing them, and the processes that shape their lives, their families, and their futures. He shows how economics uncovers these processes, finds explanations for them, and how it forms policies and solutions. Along the way, Dasgupta provides an intelligent and accessible introduction to key economic factors and concepts such as individual choices, national policies, efficiency, equity, development, sustainability, dynamic equilibrium, property rights, markets, and public goods.

About the Author
Partha Dasgupta is Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John’s College. His book, An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution (OUP, 1993) was praised as ‘a tour de force… a model of good economics’ (Joseph Stiglitz) and ‘philosophically sophisticated, empirically well-informed, ambitious and lively’ (James Griffin).

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Check Point Next Generation Security Administration
Syngress; 1 edition | ISBN: 1928994741 | 752 pages | March 2002 | PDF | 6 Mb

Unparalleled security management that IT professionals have been waiting for. Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. The company’s Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the infrastructure that enables secure and reliable Internet communications. CheckPoint recently announced a ground-breaking user interface that meets the computer industry’s Internet security requirements. The Next Generation User Interface is easy to use and offers unparalleled security management capabilities by creating a visual picture of security operations.

CheckPoint Next Generation Security Administration will be a comprehensive reference to CheckPoint’s newest suite of products and will contain coverage of: Next Generation User Interface, Next Generation Management, Next Generation Performance, Next Generation VPN Clients, and Next Generation Systems.
CheckPoint are a company to watch, they have captured over 50% of the VPN market and over 40% of the firewall market according to IDC Research
Over 29,000 IT professionals are CheckPont Certified
This is the first book to covers all components of CheckPoint’s new suite of market-leading security products - it will be in demand!

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“Artificial Neural Networks in Finance and Manufacturing� Joarder Kamruzzaman, Rezaul K. Begg , Ruhul Amin Sarker
Idea Group Publishing (May 10, 2006) | ISBN-10: 1591406714 | 287 pages | PDF | 2,4 Mb

Two of the most important factors contributing to national and international economy are processing of information for accurate financial forecasting and decision making as well as processing of information for efficient control of manufacturing systems for increased productivity. The associated problems are very complex and conventional methods often fail to produce acceptable solutions. Moreover, businesses and industries always look for superior solutions to boost profitability and productivity. In recent times, artificial neural networks have demonstrated promising results in solving many real-world problems in these domains, and these techniques are increasingly gaining business and industry acceptance among the practitioners.

Artificial Neural Networks in Finance and Manufacturing presents many state-of-the-art and diverse applications to finance and manufacturing, along with underlying neural network theories and architectures. It offers researchers and practitioners the opportunity to access exciting and cutting-edge research focusing on neural network applications, combining two aspects of economic domain in a single and consolidated volume.

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Digital Filter Design (Topics in Digital Signal Processing)
Wiley-Interscience| ISBN 0471828963 | 1987-08 | PDF | 368 pages | 6.6 MB

Explains the design and implementation of digital filters on the TMS 320 Signal Processor. The TMS 320 is the leading signal processing device and is produced by Texas Instruments. This book is an applications text written for industrial users of the chip, as well as a supplementary graduate-level text in Digital Filter Design.

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“Way to Wealth� Benjamin Franklin
Applewood Books | ISBN: 0918222885 | 30 pages | PDF | 2,9 Mb

The first American book on personal finance, “The Way to Wealth� by Benjamin Franklin is still the best and wisest money book ever written. Originally published in 1758 as the preface to “Poor Richard’s Almanack,� this little gem has been through innumerable printings and sold millions of copies to those in search of smart but entertaining advice about hard work, earning and saving money and debt.

As the 21st Century charges along and the current economic climate continues to send out mixed messages, Franklin’s simple but wise commentary on the value of industry and frugality resonates as much for us today as it did for listeners nearly 350 years ago. Here is a sample:

- “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.�

- “If you would be wealthy, think of saving, as well as of getting.�

- “If you would have your business done, go; if not, send.�

- “Think what you do when you run into debt; you give to another power over your liberty.�

- “Creditors have better memories than debtors.�

Although older than the United States itself, “The Way to Wealth� is still very popular. It is handed out by major companies and financial institutions to friends, clients, and customers and is the January, 2004 selection of “The Washington Post’s� the Color of Money Book Club. As Michelle Singletary, director of the Club wrote in a column about The book, “At just 30 pages, this pocket-size book takes less than an hour to read but will give you a lifetime of financial wisdom–that is if you’re wise enough to follow the advice.�

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Finance: A Fine Art
Wiley | ISBN: 0470847670 | 298 pages | February 7, 2003 | PDF | 1 Mb

The financial markets play a crucial role in contemporary society. They can change the lives of whole communities for better or worse and form an essential part of the overall economy. Yet their intermediaries are frequently criticised for misuse of the power that they wield. In this defence of the markets Michel Fleuriet draws on his many years experience in the field to span history and contemporary culture, addressing the market practitioner’s raison d’être, his/her wider role, the skills required and the techniques employed. This is a thought-provoking and informative work for all those working in the financial markets, intending to enter them or with an interest in the wider economy.

* Draws on the extensive experience of the author - a highly respected name within financial circles.
* A synthesis of the author’s life time experience within the financial markets.
* A seminal work addressing key questions of the philosophical and conceptual background to the financial market.
* A controversial and thought-provoking work that every practitioner should read.

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