• Publisher: CRC
• Number Of Pages: 368
• Publication Date: 2006-07-07
• Sales Rank: 1770633
• ISBN / ASIN: 0849391008
• EAN: 9780849391002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Manufacturer: CRC
• Book Description:
  

  Digital Printing of Textiles contains fundamental technical explanations along with current research. This comprehensive introduction to the subject is broken into five sections. After two introductory chapters, it goes on to look in a number of detailed chapters at printer and print head technologies. The next section examines the printer software required for successful color design and management. The digital printing coloration process is explored next, with chapters on substrate preparation, pigmented ink, aqueous inkjet ink, pre-treatment, and printing on cationized cotton with reactive inks. The book is concluded with three chapters on the design and business aspect of digital printing.

MySQL: Your visual blueprint for creating open source databases
By Michael Moncur

* Publisher: Visual
* Number Of Pages: 352
* Publication Date: 2002-10-23
* Sales Rank: 623201
* ISBN / ASIN: 0764516922
* EAN: 9780764516924
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Visual
* Studio: Visual Book Description:

* Discusses the basic fundamentals including database terminology and concepts.
* Offers an introduction to MySQL and the SQL language, then includes essential tasks to begin using it.
* Explores the essentials of MySQL server management, providing a guide for troubleshooting problems.
* Presents numerous annotated screenshots, tips and tricks.
* Includes a CD-ROM with additional code examples as well as advanced examples using MySQL for UNIX and Windows, PHP for Windows and UNIX, and PHPMyAdmin for UNIX.

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Troubleshooting Virtual Private Networks (VPN) (Networking Technology)
By Mark Lewis

* Publisher: Cisco Press
* Number Of Pages: 840
* Publication Date: 2004-05-27
* Sales Rank: 94934
* ISBN / ASIN: 1587051044
* EAN: 9781587051043
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Cisco Press
* Studio: Cisco Press Book Description:

Master advanced troubleshooting techniques for IPSec, MPLS Layer-3, MPLS Layer-2 (AToM), L2TPv3, L2TPv2, PPTP, and L2F VPNs

• Learn the step-by-step, end-to-end methodology essential for troubleshooting virtual private networks (VPNs)
• Gain the in-depth knowledge necessary for fast and efficient troubleshooting of IPSec, MPLS Layer-3, MPLS Layer-2 (AToM), L2TPv3, L2TPv2, PPTP, and L2F VPNs
• Master advanced troubleshooting tools and techniques for all applicable VPN types
• Debug and fix IPSec site-to-site and remote access VPN issues, such as IKE (ISAKMP) phase 1 and phase 2 negotiation failure, ESP and AH traffic drops, certificate enrollment failures, and maximum transmission unit (MTU) problems
• Locate and resolve MPLS Layer-3 VPN problems, such as those involving route exchange and label switched path (LSP) failure, MPLS VPN over traffic engineering tunnels, and Multicast VPNs (MVPN)
• Discover solutions for issues in AToM and L2TPv3-based Layer-2 VPNs, including pseudowire setup failures, attachment circuit problems, and MTU issues
• Obtain answers for L2TPv2, PPTP, and L2F control connection establishment, session setup, PPP negotiation, and VPN performance issues
• Refer to specially designed flowcharts to identify issues and find solutions fast
• Consolidate VPN troubleshooting knowledge through bonus hands-on labs
• Read and understand detailed analysis of all relevant VPN show and debug command output

Troubleshooting Virtual Private Networks presents a systematic troubleshooting methodology for network engineers, administrators, and architects tasked with managing and deploying Cisco IOS VPNs. With eight self-contained chapters designed to facilitate rapid and straightforward troubleshooting, this book provides detailed information on addressing all common and not-so-common issues with IPSec VPNs, MPLS Layer-3 VPNs, Any Transport over MPLS (AToM)-based Layer-2 VPNs, L2TP Version 3 (L2TPv3)-based Layer-2 VPNs, L2TP Version 2 (L2TPv2) VPNs, PPTP VPNs, and L2F VPNs. This book not only shows you how to correct problems but also how to avoid them in the first place with expert VPN configuration guidance and optimization tips.

Each chapter in Troubleshooting Virtual Private Networks includes a step-by-step, end-to-end troubleshooting approach to a different VPN technology. In-depth technical discussions and configuration reviews orient you to the VPN technology and get you ready to work. To help you access the answers you need, you'll find flowcharts in each chapter that provide a roadmap for rapid issue resolution. Solutions to complex or unusual issues can be found in case studies at the end of each chapter, along with review questions that test your knowledge. Bonus troubleshooting labs are also included to help you consolidate the skills learned throughout the book.

Whether you are looking to update or hone your skills, Troubleshooting Virtual Private Networks is your first and last reference for mastering advanced VPN troubleshooting.

This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press¿ which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.

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Web Development With SAS by Example
By Frederick E. Pratter

* Publisher: SAS Publishing
* Number Of Pages: 360
* Publication Date: 2006-08-30
* Sales Rank: 343746
* ISBN / ASIN: 1590475011
* EAN: 9781590475010
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: SAS Publishing
* Studio: SAS Publishing Product Description:

This is the ultimate sourcebook for using SAS Web technologies. The book has been updated for SAS 9.1 and SAS AppDev Studio 3.1. SAS Web technologies provide an extremely powerful and flexible collection of tools for Web development. In this second edition, Dr. Pratter puts all of the pieces together to create a systematic overview, so that both novice and experienced Web programmers can find the information and examples they need to get started using these tools effectively. Updated and expanded to offer a substantial amount of new material, this book demonstrates that with SAS AppDev Studio, users can leverage their substantive experience without having to learn a whole new specialized set of tools. In addition, users have the full power of SAS for data exploration, analysis, and reporting. Featuring examples that are created using resources generally available to SAS users, chapters proceed logically and address topics that include getting started with Web programming, using the Output Delivery System to create static HTML content, programming with SAS/IntrNet using the Application Dispatcher and htmSQL, programming with Java and SAS AppDev Studio, and using SAS Integration Technologies and the SAS Open Metadata Architecture. This easy-to-follow text offers a solid foundation for project managers, students, and others who want to learn about Web development. It is also a valuable working resource for experienced SAS users who want to get started delivering content on the Web and for Web developers who are interested in accessing SAS data.

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Global IT Outsourcing: Software Development across Borders
By Sundeep Sahay,&nbspBrian Nicholson,&nbspS. Krishna,

* Publisher: Cambridge University Press
* Number Of Pages: 282
* Publication Date: 2004-01-12
* Sales Rank: 1288582
* ISBN / ASIN: 0521816041
* EAN: 9780521816045
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
* Studio: Cambridge University Press Book Description:

Offering key insights into how to manage software development across international boundaries, this book is based on a series of case studies looking at the relationships between firms from North America, the U.K., Japan and Korea with Indian software companies. The authors analyze the multi-faceted challenges encountered in managing these Global Software Alliances (GSAs). They draw on extensive research and experience to offer constructive advice on how to manage GSAs more effectively.

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Peer-to-Peer : Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies
By Andy Oram

* Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
* Number Of Pages: 448
* Publication Date: 2001-03-15
* Sales Rank: 444698
* ISBN / ASIN: 059600110X
* EAN: 9780596001100
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
* Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Book Description:

The term "peer-to-peer" has come to be applied to networks that expect end users to contribute their own files, computing time, or other resources to some shared project. Even more interesting than the systems' technical underpinnings are their socially disruptive potential: in various ways they return content, choice, and control to ordinary users. While this book is mostly about the technical promise of peer-to-peer, we also talk about its exciting social promise. Communities have been forming on the Internet for a long time, but they have been limited by the flat interactive qualities of email and Network newsgroups. People can exchange recommendations and ideas over these media, but have great difficulty commenting on each other's postings, structuring information, performing searches, or creating summaries. If tools provided ways to organize information intelligently, and if each person could serve up his or her own data and retrieve others' data, the possibilities for collaboration would take off. Peer-to-peer technologies along with metadata could enhance almost any group of people who share an interest--technical, cultural, political, medical, you name it. This book presents the goals that drive the developers of the best-known peer-to-peer systems, the problems they've faced, and the technical solutions they've found. Learn here the essentials of peer-to-peer from leaders of the field:

• Nelson Minar and Marc Hedlund of target="new">Popular Power, on a history of peer-to-peer
• Clay Shirky of acceleratorgroup, on where peer-to-peer is likely to be headed
• Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly & Associates, on redefining the public's perceptions
• Dan Bricklin, cocreator of Visicalc, on harvesting information from end-users
• David Anderson of SETI@home, on how SETI@Home created the world's largest computer
• Jeremie Miller of Jabber, on the Internet as a collection of conversations
• Gene Kan of Gnutella and GoneSilent.com, on lessons from Gnutella for peer-to-peer technologies
• Adam Langley of Freenet, on Freenet's present and upcoming architecture
• Alan Brown of Red Rover, on a deliberately low-tech content distribution system
• Marc Waldman, Lorrie Cranor, and Avi Rubin of AT&T Labs, on the Publius project and trust in distributed systems
• Roger Dingledine, Michael J. Freedman, and David Molnar of Free Haven, on resource allocation and accountability in distributed systems
• Rael Dornfest of O'Reilly Network and Dan Brickley of ILRT/RDF Web, on metadata
• Theodore Hong of Freenet, on performance
• Richard Lethin of Reputation Technologies, on how reputation can be built online
• Jon Udell of BYTE and Nimisha Asthagiri and Walter Tuvell of Groove Networks, on security
• Brandon Wiley of Freenet, on gateways between peer-to-peer systems

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Enterprise Guide to Gaining Business Value from Mobile Technologies
By Adam Kornak,&nbspJorn Teutloff,&nbspMichael Welin-Berger,

* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 336
* Publication Date: 2004-04-12
* Sales Rank: 508541
* ISBN / ASIN: 0471237620
* EAN: 9780471237624
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Wiley
* Studio: Wiley Book Description:

• This is the first book to deliver specific guidelines for integrating mobile and wireless technologies into a business organization to enhance business processes, reduce operating expenses, or produce additional revenue streams
• Builds off the material from Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Guide to Wireless Enterprise Application Architecture (0-471-20951-1), which described how to build a wireless enterprise application architecture for optimum performance
• Presents a proprietary, step-by-step methodology that shows how to identify opportunities to integrate mobile technologies into an organization
• Describes the strategic framework and development approach used by experienced project teams for building a mobile technology solution
• Features extensive real case studies from Microsoft and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's extensive business portfolio

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Deploying Cisco Voice over IP Solutions
By Jonathon Davidson

* Publisher: Cisco Press
* Number Of Pages: 450
* Publication Date: 2001-12
* Sales Rank: 110208
* ISBN / ASIN: 1587050307
* EAN: 9781587050305
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Cisco Press
* Studio: Cisco Press Book Description:

Learn real-world voice-over-IP deployment solutions and strategies from the Cisco experts

Deploying Cisco Voice over IP Solutions covers:

• Definitive guidelines on real-world VoIP deployments, the fundamentals of the latest VoIP solutions, and a look into the future of VoIP services
• Different techniques for engineering and properly sizing traffic-sensitive voice networks
• Basic concepts applicable to echo analysis, echo cancellation, and locating and eliminating echoes
• Various QoS features applicable to voice
• Detailed information on call admission control (CAC)
• Dial plan configuration recommendations on Cisco H.323 gateways and gatekeepers used to support large dial plans
• Basic tasks of designing a long-distance VoIP network
• The two classes of hosted voice networks: Managed Multiservice (MMS) networks and packet voice VPNs
• Fax services store and forward as well as real-time relay fax services
• Sample configurations and step-by-step examples to help you learn how to build a VoIP network

Deploying Cisco Voice over IP Solutions provides networking professionals the knowledge, advice, and insight necessary to design and deploy voice over IP (VoIP) networks that meet customers' needs for scalability, services, and security. Beginning with an introduction to the important preliminary design elements that need to be considered before implementing VoIP, Deploying Cisco Voice over IP Solutions also demonstrates the basic tasks involved in designing an effective service provider-based VoIP network. You'll conclude with design and implementation guidelines for some of the more popular and widely requested VoIP services, such as prepaid services, fax services, and virtual private networks (VPNs).

This book is a collaboration of Cisco Systems CCIE(r) engineers, technical marketing engineers, and systems engineers. You'll find design experience from people who have designed some of the world's largest VoIP networks.

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Securing and Controlling Cisco Routers
By Peter T. Davis

* Publisher: AUERBACH
* Number Of Pages: 736
* Publication Date: 2002-05-15
* Sales Rank: 448860
* ISBN / ASIN: 0849312906
* EAN: 9780849312908
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: AUERBACH
* Studio: AUERBACH Book Description:

Securing and Controlling Cisco Routers demonstrates proven techniques for strengthening network security. The book begins with an introduction to Cisco technology and the TCP/IP protocol suite, and the subsequent chapters cover subjects such as routing, routing protocols, IP addressing, and Cisco Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting services (AAA). The text then addresses standard, extended, time-based, dynamic, and reflexive access lists, as well as context-based control and Cisco Encryption Technology. In order to practice the material taught, the reader can log on to a real router and perform the commands.

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Trends in Neural Computation (Studies in Computational Intelligence)
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* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 522
* Publication Date: 2006-11-16
* Sales Rank: 3444131
* ISBN / ASIN: 3540361219
* EAN: 9783540361213
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer Product Description:

Nowadays neural computation has become an interdisciplinary field in its own right; researches have been conducted ranging from diverse disciplines, e.g. computational neuroscience and cognitive science, mathematics, physics, computer science, and other engineering disciplines. From different perspectives, neural computation provides an alternative methodology to understand brain functions and cognitive process and to solve challenging real-world problems effectively.

Trend in Neural Computation includes twenty chapters either contributed from leading experts or formed by extending well selected papers presented in the 2005 International Conference on Natural Computation. The edited book aims to reflect the latest progresses made in different areas of neural computation, including theoretical neural computation, biologically plausible neural modeling, computational cognitive science, artificial neural networks architectures and learning algorithms and their applications in real-world problems.

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Creating Digital Content
By John Rice,&nbspBrian McKernan,

* Publisher: McGraw Hill Text
* Number Of Pages:
* Publication Date: 2002-11
* Sales Rank:
* ISBN / ASIN: 0071420835
* EAN: 9780071420839
* Binding: Software
* Manufacturer: McGraw Hill Text
* Studio: McGraw Hill Text Book Description

The digital content creation revolution is ushering in an exciting and a confusing time in TV, motion picture, and video production. A new generation of affordable digital cameras and video recording systems is democratizing the production industry with new opportunities for talented film and video makers. At the same time, cable, satellite, and Internet distribution are multiplying program distribution options. Creating Digital Content presents a series of chapters written by industry leading experts and journalists to help you understand this exciting new era, which is impacting everyone from corporate video professionals and major movie studios to local TV stations and talented digital filmmakers.

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Digital Switching Systems: System Reliability and Analysis
By Syed Riffat Ali

* Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
* Number Of Pages: 217
* Publication Date: 1997-08-01
* Sales Rank: 441227
* ISBN / ASIN: 0070010692
* EAN: 9780070010697
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
* Studio: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing Book Description:

Digital switching system reliability is the ultimate gating factor in the continued expansion of the Internet, and a key competitive differentiator in the deregulated telecommunications market. This authoritative book enables telecommunications design engineers, service providers, and reliability and software engineers to gain a more complete understanding of digital switching systems and how to upgrade digital switching system reliability in their organizations. It is the first book to bring digital switching system design, hardware and software reliability, and maintenance under one coverNemploying advanced Markov models and a variety of analysis tools and techniques to assess digital switching system reliability.

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Learn Hardware Firmware and Software Design
By O G Popa

* Publisher: O G Popa
* Number Of Pages: 368
* Publication Date: 2005-05
* Sales Rank: 932755
* ISBN / ASIN: 0973567872
* EAN: 9780973567878
* Binding: Audio CD
* Manufacturer: O G Popa
* Studio: O G Popa Product Description:

This book is a Practical Design Project and it contains 3 Parts: 1.Hardware Design guides the reader towards building the LHFSD PCB with a Microchip dsPIC30F4011 microcontroller running at 80MHz. Various hardware modules are built, one at a time, and they are thoroughly explained. 2.Firmware design uses the Microchip C30 compiler. 10 Projects are built, entirely in C, and they test all hardware modules designed in Part 1. 3.Software Design is developed using Microsoft Visual Basic 6. The 7 software Applications developed take control over firmware, and the implement additional, increased functionality.

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Biology (Cliffs AP) 2nd Edition
By Phillip E., Ph.D. Pack

* Publisher: Cliffs Notes
* Number Of Pages: 416
* Publication Date: 2001-02-06
* Sales Rank: 7271
* ISBN / ASIN: 0764586823
* EAN: 0785555046535
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Cliffs Notes
* Studio: Cliffs Notes

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CliffsAP study guides help you gain an edge on Advanced Placement* exams. Review exercises, realistic practice exams, and effective test-taking strategies are the key to calmer nerves and higher AP* scores.

CliffsAP Biology, 2nd Edition, is for students who are enrolled in AP Biology or who are preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination in Biology. Inside, you’ll find hints for answering the essay and multiple-choice sections, a clear explanation of the exam format, a look at how exams are graded, and more:

• A topic-by-topic look at what’s on the exam
• A review of all 12 AP laboratory exercises
• Must-know AP Biology essay questions.
• Typical answers to free-response questions
• Loads of illustrations, graphs, and tables

Sample questions (and answers!) and practice tests reinforce what you’ve learned in areas such as molecular genetics, photosynthesis, and animal behavior. CliffsAP Biology, 2nd Edition, also includes the following:

• Chemistry of metabolic reactions
• Structure and function of cells; cell division
• Respiration, including the Krebs Cycle, glycolysis, and mitochondria
• Heredity, including crosses, dominance, and inheritance
• Taxonomy, with a survey of the five kingdoms
• Plants, including tissues, germination and development, root and stem structures
• Animal structure and function; reproduction and development

This comprehensive guide offers a thorough review of key concepts and detailed answer explanations. It’s all you need to do your best � and get the college credits you deserve.

*Advanced Placement Program and AP are registered trademarks of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse this product.

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Water : The Miracle Cure
129 Pages | ©2004 ConX Publishing Co. | 0-9731336-8-6 | English | 1.6 MB

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Leadership and Success in Economics, Law, & Technology
Marcus O. Durham, PhD, Robert A. Durham, PhD, Rosemary Durham

Dream Point Publishers

ISBN: 978-0-9719324-7-6
Copyright 2005-2006 by Marcus O. Durham

Pages: 173

Society or external influences

This book, on economics, law, and technology, concentrates on the influences of society and groups outside your sphere. This book has practical, day-to-day keys that you can use to make your venture successful.

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How vast is the topic of Leadership and Success? How can you benefit from skills in leadership? Can there be success without leadership in some area? Are the principles the same for an individual, a group, or a society? Are the practices the same for an individual, a group, or a society? Is this a topic that can be taught or is it something that is innate? How do you define leadership? What is success?

These are just some of the questions answered in the series on Leadership and Success. The topic is too broad for a single book. A series of three volumes provide the foundations for continued personal development and growth.

Each book in the Leadership & Success series addresses a different group of topics, each related to your success as a leader. The structure of this series is based on the three areas of leadership involvement: internal development, horizontal interactions, and vertical relationships. The progression of the three books is arranged in the order in which you, as a leader, can have the most impact: people, organization, and society.

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Of Love And Other Demons (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

* Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
* Number Of Pages: 160
* Publication Date: 1996-06-01
* Sales Rank: 23071
* ISBN / ASIN: 0140256369
* EAN: 9780140256369
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
* Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics) Book Description:

From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera, a startling new novel -- the story of a doomed love affair between an unruly copper-haired girl and the bookish priest sent to oversee her exorcism.

Of Love and Other Demons is set in a South American seaport in the colonial era, a time of viceroys and bishops, enlightened men and Inquisitors, saints and lepers and pirates. Sierva Maria, only child of a decaying noble family, has been raised in the slaves' courtyard of her father's cobwebbed mansion while her mother succumbs to fermented honey and cacao on a faraway plantation. On her twelfth birthday the girl is bitten by a rabid dog, and even as the wound is healing she is made to endure therapies indistinguishable from tortures. Believed, finally, to be possessed, she is brought to a convent for observation. And into her cell stumbles Father Cayetano Delaura, the Bishop's protege, who has already dreamed about a girl with hair trailing after her like a bridal train; who is already moved by this kicking, spitting, emaciated creature strapped to a stone bed. As he tends to her with holy water and sacramental oils, Delaura feels "something immense and irreparable" happening to him. It is love, "the most terrible demon of all." And it is not long before Sierra Maria joins him in his fevered misery.

Unsettling and indelible, Of Love and Other Demons haunts us with its evocation of an exotic world while it treats, majestically the most universal experiences known to woman and man.

Natasha Richardson's film credits include Nell, Widow's Peak, The Comfort of Strangers, and The Handmaid's Tale. She has appeared on stage in Anna Christie, High Society, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, among others.

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Complete Vampire Chronicles (Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the body Thief)
By Anne Rice

* Publisher: Ballantine Books
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* Publication Date: 1993-09-01
* Sales Rank: 11928
* ISBN / ASIN: 0345385403
* EAN: 9780345385406
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
* Studio: Ballantine BooAmazon.com:

For the first time you can find all your favorite night-stalking, blood-guzzling undead--Lestat, Claudia, Louis, Akasha, Armand, and Memnoch--all in the same place at the same time. Here, collected in one box-set, are the four bestselling, original titles of Anne Rice's sprawling vampire series.

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Memoria De Mis Putas Tristes / Memories of My Melancholy Whores
By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

* Publisher: Sudamericana
* Number Of Pages: 128
* Publication Date: 2004-11
* Sales Rank: 596127
* ISBN / ASIN: 9500725878
* EAN: 9789500725873
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Sudamericana
* Studio: Sudamericana
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"El año de mis noventa años quise regalarme una noche de amor loco con una adolescente virgen. Me acordé de Rosa Cabarcas, la dueña de una casa clandestina que solía avisar a sus buenos clientes cuando tenía una novedad disponible. Nunca sucumbí a ésa ni a ninguna de sus muchas tentaciones obscenas, pero ella no creía en la pureza de mis principios. También la moral es un asunto de tiempo, decía, con una sonrisa maligna, ya lo verás." En un nuevo acto de magia narrativa, el genial autor de Cien años de soledad nos regala una suntuosa y deslumbrante historia, cuyo lirismo y musicalidad apasionará a los lectores.

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Aegypt
By John Crowley

* Publisher: Spectra
* Number Of Pages: 400
* Publication Date: 1994-08-01
* Sales Rank: 129244
* ISBN / ASIN: 0553374303
* EAN: 9780553374308
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Spectra
* Studio: Spectra Download Description:

There is more than one history of the world. Before science defined the modern age, other powers, wondrous and magical, once governed the universe, their lore perfected within a lost capital of hieroglyphs, wizard-kings, and fabulous monuments, not Egypt

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Fantastic Beast & Where To Find Them
By Newt Scamander

* Publisher: Arthur a Levine
* Number Of Pages: 42
* Publication Date: 2001
* Sales Rank: 426176
* ISBN / ASIN: 0747554668
* EAN: 9780747554660
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Arthur a Levine
* Studio: Arthur a Levine Review:

Nice warm-up

There isn't too much to say about this slender volume. J.K. Rowling wrote this book in 2001 (along with Quidditch Through the Ages) as a companion to her enormously popular Harry Potter series, as well as to benefit the British charity Comic Relief (not related to the American charity of the same name). The book is presented as one of Harry's textbooks, complete with notations and scribbles by himself and his friends. After a long and quiet amusing forward by "Albus Dumbledore," the book presents an alphabetical listing of many of the magical beasts and creatures that inhabit Harry Potter's world. The book is mostly played for fun, but it does offer a little more information about the creatures themselves and the history of Harry's world, something any hardcore fan of the series will certainly appreciate. I really picked this book up again for the first time since buying it in 2001 as a warm-up for a planned re-read of the entire series prior to the release of the final book, and it was nice to get a little more detail as I started my reading.

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See No Evil: A Novel
By Allison Brennan

* Publisher: Ballantine Books
* Number Of Pages: 432
* Publication Date: 2007-02-27
* Sales Rank: 2591
* ISBN / ASIN: 0345495039
* EAN: 9780345495037
* Binding: Mass Market Paperback
* Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
* Studio: Ballantine Books Book Description:

A cunning killer hides in plain sight.

A troubled teenage girl has been charged with the grisly murder of her stepfather. The evidence is damning: Emily was found alone at the scene with blood on her hands, and an incriminating e-mail she wrote outlines a murder plot identical to the method of the brutal slaying. But deputy district attorney Julia Chandler believes her niece is innocent, and she’s determined to keep the promise she made to protect her dead brother’s daughter–even if it means hiring private eye Connor Kincaid . . . the man who blames her for forcing his resignation from the police department.

Together Julia and Connor uncover a chain of unsolved violent crimes tied to an unorthodox therapist whose anonymous online patients purge their anger by posting lethal fantasies. But someone in the group has turned vigilante, turning the game of virtual murder into a flesh-and-blood vendetta.

After evil is seen, face your ultimate fear.

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Strike Force: A Novel
By Dale Brown

* Publisher: William Morrow
* Number Of Pages: 432
* Publication Date: 2007-05-01
* Sales Rank: 1473
* ISBN / ASIN: 006117310X
* EAN: 9780061173103
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: William Morrow
* Studio: William Morrow

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The Battle For Control Of Iran . . . Begins In Space

When a disgraced former Iranian military chief of staff engineers an insurgency that threatens to destroy the theocratic regime in Iran, a new era appears to be dawning in the Middle East. But one must be wary of old enemies . . .

On the run from the Pasdaran, the theocrat's terror army, and unable to count on support from his friends in the regular army, Iranian rebel leader General Hesarak al-Kan Buzhazi desperately turns to his old nemesis, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant-General Patrick McLanahan, for help. Unwilling to commit American forces in an Iranian civil war, and with time running out, the U.S. president authorizes McLanahan to utilize a new, top-secret fleet of globe-crossing spaceplanes, the XR-A9 Black Stallions, led by test pilot and astronaut Captain Hunter Noble. Within hours, McLanahan's Air Battle Force turns the tide, possibly changing the course of history in the Middle East for generations.

The advent of almost instantaneous global reach, along with the reactivation of America's first military space station, Silver Tower, has rekindled fears of a space arms race, and the growing insurgency in Iran is threatening to erupt into a worldwide jihad. But McLanahan finds himself embroiled in even more bitter battles at the White House, between those who support his space-based military initiative and those who are working secretly to undermine it. When McLanahan is forced to concentrate on his political and personal battles back at home, it's left to Hunter Noble and his team of young American space engineers to keep the fires of freedom in the Middle East from exploding completely out of control.

Filled with the latest cutting-edge weaponry, geopolitical intrigue, high-flying suspense, and a colorful cast of characters, Strike Force is New York Times bestselling master Dale Brown at his best.

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Skin Deep (Sensual Romance)
By Tori Carrington

* Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon
* Number Of Pages: 218
* Publication Date: 2003-05-02
* Sales Rank: 924718
* ISBN / ASIN: 0263835553
* EAN: 9780263835557
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Harlequin Mills & Boon
* Studio: Harlequin Mills & Boon

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The Sicilian's Christmas Bride (Harlequin Presents)
By Sandra Marton

* Publisher: Harlequin
* Number Of Pages: 192
* Publication Date: 2006-11-01
* Sales Rank: 104863
* ISBN / ASIN: 0373125798
* EAN: 9780373125791
* Binding: Mass Market Paperback
* Manufacturer: Harlequin
* Studio: Harlequin Book Description:

Sicilian tycoon Dante Russo has become rich and successful the hard way. So there's no mercy in his heart when he hears that Taylor Sommer's business is struggling. She's the woman who ended their affair three years ago, and her present plight is perfect--for Dante to blackmail her back into his bed and get his desire for her right out of his system.

Tally's now the mother of a lovely little girl, news which only serves to harden Dante's heart further and intensify his need to possess. But rich and ruthless though he may be, even Dante isn't immune to the magic of Christmas and the miracles it brings….

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Playing By The Baby's Rules (Silhouette Desire)
By Michelle Celmer

* Publisher: Silhouette
* Number Of Pages: 192
* Publication Date: 2004-02-01
* Sales Rank: 1000308
* ISBN / ASIN: 0373765665
* EAN: 9780373765669
* Binding: Mass Market Paperback
* Manufacturer: Silhouette
* Studio: Silhouette

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SLEEPING WITH HER BEST FRIEND... Sweet-yet-hard-nosed lingerie store owner Marisa Donato wanted a baby in the worst way, but falling in love with a potential father candidate was not an option. So, Marisa wondered, should she hit up a sperm bank...or go about making a baby the old-fashioned way? Enter Marisa's best friend, Jake, whose looks and charm weakened her knees...and her resistance.

Man-about-town Jake Carmichael lusted after his gal pal, but didn't feel worthy of true love and family. While he volunteered his services as father of her child, in his heart he hoped to be her forever lover. But when passions grew hot, could Marisa and Jake handle a love that broke all the rules...?

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Protein Formulation and Delivery (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences)
By Mcnally

* Publisher: Informa Healthcare
* Number Of Pages: 278
* Publication Date: 1999-09-21
* Sales Rank: 878225
* ISBN / ASIN: 0824778839
* EAN: 9780824778835
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Informa Healthcare
* Studio: Informa Healthcare
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This handy reference provides insight into the approach used to identify the stability profile of a molecule that comes at the end of the drug registration process, and supplies an in-depth review of the mechanisms and associated causes of protein instability likely to be encountered during drug formulation development. Emphasizes the importance of selecting formulation conditions, excipients, and container closure systems to minimize degradation processes and maximize shelf stability! Organized to direct scientists new to the field of protein formulation to appropriate starting points of drug development, Protein Formulation and Delivery · includes a discussion of accelerated stability testing and its limitations in identifying stable formulations · details analytical methods commonly used in stability assessment and formulation development · stresses the importance of demonstrating the stability-indicating nature of an assay · describes the drug substance manufacturing process succinctly · examines preformulation and development of traditional solution and lyophilized formulations intended for intravenous administration · covers aseptic processing in drug development and the potential development of a freeze-drying cycle · explores the development of nontraditional formulations, alternate routes of drug delivery, and controlled release dosage forms · discusses the physical and chemical characteristics of proteins in microsphere delivery systems · analyzes protein degradation mechanisms, and methods of detecting and monitoring degradation · explores formulations intended for injection, inhalation, and controlled delivery · and more! Presenting over 660 references and an extensive literature review valuable to scientists at every level, Protein Formulation and Delivery is an indispensable guide for industrial, research, and clinical pharmaceutical scientists, pharmacists, and pharmacologists; drug regulatory affairs personnel; biotechnologists; formulation, analytical, and synthetic chemists and engineers; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

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Trace Environmental Quantitative Analysis: Principles, Techniques and Applications, Second Edition
By Paul R. Loconto

* Publisher: CRC
* Number Of Pages: 744
* Publication Date: 2005-08-29
* Sales Rank: 1572148
* ISBN / ASIN: 0824758536
* EAN: 9780824758530
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: CRC
* Studio: CRC Book Description:

Providing insight into the theory and practice of trace analysis, the second edition takes readers through the fundamental principles to state-of-the-art methods of TEQA currently used in leading laboratories. Among the more than two-dozen new topics are the underlying principles of GC-MS, GC-MS-MS, LC-MS, and ICP-MS, column chromatographic cleanup, gel permeation chromatography, applications to biological sample matrices, matrix solid-phase dispersion, and laboratory-tested experiments. Appendices include a glossary, applications to drinking water, computer programs for TEQA, instrument designs, and useful Internet links for practicing environmental chemists.

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Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths : Volume 6
By

* Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
* Number Of Pages: 574
* Publication Date: 1984-03-01
* Sales Rank: 4387107
* ISBN / ASIN: 0444865926
* EAN: 9780444865922
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Elsevier Science Ltd
* Studio: Elsevier Science Ltd

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Packed Bed Columns: For absorption, desorption, rectification and direct heat transfer
By Nikolai Kolev

* Publisher: Elsevier Science
* Number Of Pages: 708
* Publication Date: 2006-09-19
* Sales Rank: 2586276
* ISBN / ASIN: 0444528296
* EAN: 9780444528292
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Elsevier Science
* Studio: Elsevier Science Book Description:

Packed bed columns are largely employed for absorption, desorption, rectification and direct heat transfer processes in chemical and food industry, environmental protection and also processes in thermal power stations like water purification, flue gas heat utilization and SO2 removal.
These Separation processes, are estimated to account for 40%-70% of capital and operating costs in process industry. Packed bed columns are widely employed in this area. Their usage also for direct heat transfer between gas and liquid, enlarge their importance. They are the best apparatuses, from thermodynamical point of view, for mass and heat transfer processes between gas and liquid phase.
Their wide spreading is due to low capital investments and operating costs. Since 1995 there has not been published a specialised book in this area, and this is a period of quick development of packed columns. Packed Bed Columns reflects the state of this field including the author's experience on creating and investigating of new packings, column internals and industrial columns.

* Considers the theories of mass transfer processes and shows how they help the construction of highly effective packings
* Complete information about the performance characteristics of different modern types of highly effective packings
* Considers the models for calculation and areas of their application

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Applied Materials Science: Applications of Engineering Materials in Structural, Electronics, Thermal, and Other Industries
By Deborah D. L. Chung

* Publisher: CRC
* Number Of Pages: 256
* Publication Date: 2001-06-13
* Sales Rank: 2155784
* ISBN / ASIN: 0849310733
* EAN: 9780849310737
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: CRC
* Studio: CRC Book Description:

Materials are the foundation of technology. As such, most universities provide engineering students with the basic concepts of materials science, but few offer the applications-oriented background that students need to succeed in industry. This book fills that gap. From a cross-disciplinary perspective, the author examines the practical applications of engineering materials across a broad range of industries. The topics addressed include electronic packaging, smart materials, thermal management, and materials development. Designed for use as both a text and a reference, Applied Materials Science is both scientifically rich and technologically relevant.

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Aberrations of Optical Systems (Series on Optics and Optoelectronics)
By W.T Welford

* Publisher: Taylor & Francis
* Number Of Pages: 284
* Publication Date: 1986-01-01
* Sales Rank: 1074857
* ISBN / ASIN: 0852745648
* EAN: 9780852745649
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
* Studio: Taylor & Francis Book Description:

Aberrations of Optical Systems covers elementary optics and aberration theory of various optical systems, including the use of nonaxially symmetric systems and diffractive optical elements in complex designs, such as head-up displays and the increasing use of scanning systems with laser illumination. The book provides the complete range of mathematical tools, formulae, and derivations needed for understanding the process of optical design and for planning optical design programs. While the treatment is mainly based on geometrical optics, some excursions into physical optics are made, particularly in connection with the problems of optical tolerances.

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Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits
By Behzad Razavi

* Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
* Number Of Pages: 684
* Publication Date: 2000-08-15
* Sales Rank: 120348
* ISBN / ASIN: 0072380322
* EAN: 9780072380323
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
* Studio: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Book Description:

The CMOS technology area has quickly grown, calling for a new text--and here it is, covering the analysis and design of CMOS integrated circuits that practicing engineers need to master to succeed. Filled with many examples and chapter-ending problems, the book not only describes the thought process behind each circuit topology, but also considers the rationale behind each modification. The analysis and design techniques focus on CMOS circuits but also apply to other IC technologies.

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A Buyer's and User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes & Binoculars (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)
By James Mullaney

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 232
* Publication Date: 2007-01-12
* Sales Rank: 603047
* ISBN / ASIN: 1846284392
* EAN: 9781846284397
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer Book Description:

Both beginning/novice amateur astronomers (at the level of Astronomy and Night Sky magazine readers), as well as more advanced amateur astronomers (level of Sky & Telescope) will find this book invaluable and fascinating.

Amateur astronomers are always contemplating the "next telescope up" and this will point the way to the most suitable instrument to which they should aspire. Similarly, those who are buying their first telescope – and these days not necessarily a low-cost one – will be able to compare and contrast different types and makes.

Jim Mullaney is an astronomy writer, lecturer and consultant who has published more than 500 articles and five books: he has also been an editor for Sky & Telescope, Astronomy, and Star & Sky magazines. One of the contributors to Carl Sagan’s award-winning Cosmos PBS-Television series, his work has received recognition from such notables as Sir Arthur Clarke, Johnny Carson, Ray Bradbury, Dr. Wernher von Braun, and one of his former students – NASA scientist/astronaut Dr. Jay Apt. He is probably the ideal person to write this book, containing as it does a directory of instruments offered by all the major manufacturers.

This exciting, upbeat new guide provides an extensive overview of binoculars and telescopes. It includes detailed up-to-date information on sources, selection and use of virtually every major type, brand and model of such instruments on today’s market – truly an invaluable treasure-trove of information and helpful advice for all amateur astronomers. Also includes details on the the latest released telescope lines, e.g., the 10-, 12-, 14- and 16-inch aperture models of the Meade LX-R series.

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Lighting Upgrades: A Guide for Facility Managers, Second Edition
By Damon Wood

* Publisher: Fairmont Press
* Number Of Pages: 364
* Publication Date: 2004-04-27
* Sales Rank: 1173344
* ISBN / ASIN: 0824740076
* EAN: 9780824740078
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Fairmont Press
* Studio: Fairmont Press Book Description:

Green Lights lighting specialist Damon Wood takes you step-by-step through upgrading a lighting system, in either a retrofit or complete redesign scenario, for the purpose of increasing both energy efficiency and productivity. This guide is designed for use by anyone who needs to understand the principles of lighting and light's impact on conservation, productivity and safety. Readers will find valuable discussion of lighting quality, upgrade strategies, applications, technologies, economics, maintenance, project implementation and methods for assessing specific opportunities. This fully illustrated guide addresses these issues in lay terms and in an easy-to-understand, logical style.

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Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design, 2nd Edition
By Ned Mohan,&nbspTore M. Undeland,&nbspWilliam P. Robbins,

* Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
* Number Of Pages: 824
* Publication Date: 1995-01-09
* Sales Rank: 724296
* ISBN / ASIN: 0471584088
* EAN: 9780471584087
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
* Studio: John Wiley & Sons Book Description:

Cohesive presentation of power electronics fundamentals for applications and design in the power range of 500 kW or less. Describes a variety of practical and emerging power electronic converters made feasible by the new generation of power semiconductor devices. This revised edition includes an expanded discussion of diode rectifiers and thyristor converters as well as new chapters on heat sinks, magnetic components which present a step-by-step design approach and a computer simulation of power electronics which introduces numerical techniques and commonly used simulation packages such as PSpice, MATLAB and EMTP. Contains a significantly expanded set of end-of-chapter problems.

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Optical Scanning Holography with MATLAB
By Ting-Chung Poon

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 150
* Publication Date: 2007-03
* Sales Rank: 2009663
* ISBN / ASIN: 0387368264
* EAN: 9780387368269
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer Book Description:

Optical scanning holography (OSH) is an emerging area of interest with many potential novel applications, such as 3-D pattern recognition, 3-D microscopy, 3-D cryptography, and 3-D optical remote sensing.

Optical Scanning Holography with MATLAB^{®} introduces readers to the latest advances of electronic (or digital) holography and succinctly covers the necessary mathematical background and wave optics that pertain to Fourier optics and holography. The reader is guided through modeling of the theory and applications utilizing MATLAB^{®}. Optical scanning holography is explained in a manner that enables readers to begin implementing their own setups for novel OSH applications.

Optical Scanning Holography with MATLAB^{®} consists of tutorials (with numerous MATLAB^{®} examples throughout the text) and research material, as well as new ideas and insights for graduate students, scientists, and engineers working in the fields of Fourier optics, optical scanning imaging, and holography.

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Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with Applications (2nd Edition)
By Daniel A. Crowl,&nbspJoseph F. Louvar,

* Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
* Number Of Pages: 656
* Publication Date: 2001-10-16
* Sales Rank: 388519
* ISBN / ASIN: 0130181765
* EAN: 0076092029427
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
* Studio: Prentice Hall PTR Review:

Valuable Process Safety Resource

Clear, straightforward textbook describing quantitiative methods to evaluate a range of process safety issues. Appropriate balance of theory and application. Real world examples with solved problems. Not a coffee table book, but a valuable reference for process engineers and enviromental, health, and safety professionals.

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Discovering Biomolecular Mechanisms with Computational Biology (Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit)
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* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 147
* Publication Date: 2006-06-13
* Sales Rank: 2459455
* ISBN / ASIN: 0387345272
* EAN: 9780387345277
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer
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In this anthology, leading researchers present critical reviews of methods and high-impact applications in computational biology that lead to results that also non-bioinformaticians must know to design efficient experimental research plans. Discovering Biomolecular Mechanisms with Computational Biology also summarizes non-trivial theoretical predictions for regulatory and metabolic networks that have received experimental confirmation. Discovering Biomolecular Mechanisms with Computational Biology is essential reading for life science researchers and higher-level students that work on biomolecular mechanisms and wish to understand the impact of computational biology for their success.

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Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary (Webster's New World)
By Bernadette Schell,&nbspClemens Martin,

* Publisher: Webster's New World
* Number Of Pages: 432
* Publication Date: 2006-09-05
* Sales Rank: 197032
* ISBN / ASIN: 0470047526
* EAN: 9780470047521
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Webster's New World
* Studio: Webster's New World Book Description:

The comprehensive hacker dictionary for security professionals, businesses, governments, legal professionals, and others dealing with cyberspace

Hackers. Crackers. Phreakers. Black hats. White hats. Cybercrime. Logfiles. Anonymous Digital Cash. ARP Redirect.

Cyberspace has a language all its own. Understanding it is vital if you're concerned about Internet security, national security, or even personal security. As recent events have proven, you don't have to own a computer to be the victim of cybercrime-crackers have accessed information in the records of large, respected organizations, institutions, and even the military.

This is your guide to understanding hacker terminology. It's up to date and comprehensive, with:
* Clear, concise, and accurate definitions of more than 875 hacker terms
* Entries spanning key information-technology security concepts, organizations, case studies, laws, theories, and tools
* Entries covering general terms, legal terms, legal cases, and people
* Suggested further reading for definitions

This unique book provides a chronology of hacker-related developments beginning with the advent of the computer and continuing through current events in what is identified as today's Fear of a Cyber-Apocalypse Era. An appendix entitled "How Do Hackers Break into Computers?" details some of the ways crackers access and steal information.

Knowledge is power. With this dictionary, you're better equipped to be a white hat and guard against cybercrime.

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Web-based Intelligent E-learning Systems: Technologies and Applications
By

* Publisher: Information Science Publishing
* Number Of Pages: 388
* Publication Date: 2005-10-03
* Sales Rank: 2214595
* ISBN / ASIN: 159140729X
* EAN: 9781591407294
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Information Science Publishing
* Studio: Information Science Publishing Product Description:

Collecting and presenting the latest research and development results from the leading researchers in the field of e-learning systems, Web-Based Intelligent E-Learning Systems: Technologies and Applications provides a single record of current research and practical applications in Web-based intelligent e-learning systems. This book includes major aspects of Web-based e-learning systems standards and certifications, design and development, key techniques, prototypes, products, and applications. Readers interested in the technologies and applications of distance education, online learning, and training will find this book a starting point for the understanding of the notions, techniques, and methods related to the research and developments of Web-based e-learning systems.

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The Cognitive Dynamics of Computer Science: Cost-Effective Large Scale Software Development
By Szabolcs de Gyurky

* Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr
* Number Of Pages: 292
* Publication Date: 2006-07-31
* Sales Rank: 1066182
* ISBN / ASIN: 0471970476
* EAN: 9780471970477
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr
* Studio: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr Book Description:
A groundbreaking, unifying theory of computer science for low-cost, high-quality software


The Cognitive Dynamics of Computer Science represents the culmination of more than thirty years of the author's hands-on experience in software development, which has resulted in a remarkable and sensible philosophy and practice of software development. It provides a groundbreaking ontology of computer science, while describing the processes, methodologies, and constructs needed to build high-quality, large-scale computer software systems on schedule and on budget.

Based on his own experience in developing successful, low-cost software projects, the author makes a persuasive argument for developers to understand the philosophical underpinnings of software. He asserts that software in reality is an abstraction of the human thought system. The author draws from the seminal works of the great German philosophers--Kant, Hegel, and Schopenhauer--and recasts their theories of human mind and thought to create a unifying theory of computer science, cognitive dynamics, that opens the door to the next generation of computer science and forms the basic architecture for total autonomy.
* Four detailed cases studies effectively demonstrate how philosophy and practice merge to meet the objective of high-quality, low-cost software.
* The Autonomous Cognitive System chapter sets forth a model for a completely autonomous computer system, using the human thought system as the model for functional architecture and the human thought process as the model for the functional data process.
* Although rooted in philosophy, this book is practical, addressing all the key areas that software professionals need to master in order to remain competitive and minimize costs, such as leadership, management, communication, and organization.

This thought-provoking work will change the way students and professionals in computer science and software development conceptualize and perform their work. It provides them with both a philosophy and a set of practical tools to produce high-quality, low-cost software

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Decrypted Secrets: Methods and Maxims of Cryptology
By Friedrich L. Bauer

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 525
* Publication Date: 2006-11-14
* Sales Rank: 735556
* ISBN / ASIN: 3540245022
* EAN: 9783540245025
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer Book Description:

In today's unsafe and increasingly wired world cryptology plays a vital role in protecting communication channels, databases, and software from unwanted intruders. This revised and extended third edition of the classic reference work on cryptology now contains many new technical and biographical details. The first part treats secret codes and their uses - cryptography. The second part deals with the process of covertly decrypting a secret code - cryptanalysis, where particular advice on assessing methods is given. The book presupposes only elementary mathematical knowledge. Spiced with a wealth of exciting, amusing, and sometimes personal stories from the history of cryptology, it will also interest general readers.

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Spring Into Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Spring Into... Series)
By Brian Culp

* Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
* Number Of Pages: 384
* Publication Date: 2005-05-03
* Sales Rank: 1458111
* ISBN / ASIN: 013167983X
* EAN: 9780131679832
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
* Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional Review:

Helpful descriptions of what XP SP2 allows you to do

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Formal Models of Operating System Kernels
By Iain D. Craig

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 338
* Publication Date: 2006-11-14
* Sales Rank: 1068754
* ISBN / ASIN: 1846283752
* EAN: 9781846283758
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer

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TCP/IP Foundations
By Andrew G. Blank

* Publisher: Sybex
* Number Of Pages: 284
* Publication Date: 2004-09-17
* Sales Rank: 643199
* ISBN / ASIN: 0782143709
* EAN: 0025211443705
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Sybex
* Studio: Sybex Book Description:

The world of IT is always evolving, but in every area there are stable, core concepts that anyone just setting out needed to know last year, needs to know this year, and will still need to know next year. The purpose of the Foundations series is to identify these concepts and present them in a way that gives you the strongest possible starting point, no matter what your endeavor.

TCP/IP Foundations provides essential knowledge about the two protocols that form the basis for the Internet, as well as many other networks. What you learn here will benefit you in the short term, as you acquire and practice your skills, and in the long term, as you use them. Topics covered include:

• The origins of TCP/IP and the Internet
• The layers comprising the OSI and DoD models
• TCP/IP addressing
• Subnet masks
• Creating custom subnet masks
• Supernetting and Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
• Name resolution
• The Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic DNS
• Windows Internet Naming Services (WINS)
• The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• What to expect with IPv6

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Illuminating the Path is a call to action for researchers and developers to help safeguard our nation by transforming information overload into insights through visual analytics - the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces. Achieving this will require interdisciplinary, collaborative efforts of researchers from throughout academia, industry, and the national laboratories.

Sponsored by the US Department of homeland Security, Illuminating the Path addresses the issues faced by analysts, border personnel, and first responders in their efforts to prevent terrorist attacks, reduce our vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize damage from emergencies that do occur This book outlines the steps to create technologies to

• Help people derive insight from massive, dynamic, and often conflicting data
• Detect the expected and discover the unexpected
• Provide timely, defensible, and understandable assessments
• Communicate these assessments effectively action.

The resulting tools and technologies are intended to enable breakthroughs in homeland security, while being mindful of privacy and security concerns. These technologies will also benefit people in any field where information overload is a barrier to insight.

Contents: Preface; Executive Summary; Grand Challenges; The Science of Analytical Reasoning; Visual Representations and Interaction Technologies; Data Representations and Transformations; Presentation, Production, and Dissemination; Moving Research into Practice; Positioning for Enduring Success; Additional Reading

produced by the National Visualization and Analytics Center

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The Microcontroller Idea Book: Circuits, Programs & Applications Featuring the 8052-Basic Single-Chip Computer
By Jan Axelson

* Publisher: Lakeview Research
* Number Of Pages: 277
* Publication Date: 1994-10
* Sales Rank: 91115
* ISBN / ASIN: 0965081907
* EAN: 9780965081900
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Lakeview Research
* Studio: Lakeview Research Book Description:

An introduction to circuit design and programming with embedded computers. Circuit and code examples show how to use the devices in a variety of applications.

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The MPEG-21 Book
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* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 462
* Publication Date: 2006-05-05
* Sales Rank: 914741
* ISBN / ASIN: 0470010118
* EAN: 9780470010112
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Wiley
* Studio: Wiley

Book Description:

Understand the MPEG-21 Multimedia Framework, the standard for the creation, delivery and consumption of multimedia.

This text is the comprehensive guide to MPEG-21, the technology that provides an open framework for multimedia applications. Whereas previous MPEG standards defined compression techniques, MPEG-21 offers methods for the search, access, storage and Rights protection of content. The MPEG-21 Book offers a complete introduction to standardisation, before proceeding to discuss the vision behind MPEG-21, what ‘Digital Items’ are, how they are adapted and how their contents can be protected. The book provides coverage of the individual parts of the standard to an advanced level, with chapters dedicated to each of the core technologies. The authors describe not only the present situation, but also emerging developments and the relation of MPEG-21 to the other MPEG standards, giving essential insights into the future of MPEG and its impact on multimedia.

The MPEG-21 Book:

• Provides an accessible explanation of the MPEG-21 standards and specifications.
• Presents a comprehensive overview of the technical issues that MPEG-21 covers, including the foundational Digital Item Declaration, Digital Item Identification, Digital Item Adaptation, and Digital Item Processing.
• Offers in-depth and up-to-date coverage of Rights Expression Language and Rights Data Dictionary.
• Provides first detailed treatments of Event Reporting and IPMP Components.
• Reviews the new MPEG technologies Multimedia Middleware, Multimedia Application Formats (MAFs) and Digital Item Streaming.

The MPEG-21 Book will provide an essential resource to researchers, engineers, Internet designers, systems designers, and content providers, creators and distributors in the entertainment and broadcasting industries. Students in communications technology, media technology and multimedia signal processing will also find it an invaluable guide to this cutting-edge technology.

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Agent-Based Manufacturing and Control Systems: New Agile Manufacturing Solutions for Achieving Peak Performance (APICS Series on Resource Management)
By Massimo Paolucci,&nbspRoberto Sacile,

* Publisher: CRC
* Number Of Pages: 288
* Publication Date: 2004-10-28
* Sales Rank: 1526067
* ISBN / ASIN: 1574443364
* EAN: 9781574443363
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: CRC
* Studio: CRC Book Description:

This title outlines when agent-based systems are appropriate, enumerates techniques to decompose a problem into entities that can be modeled as agents, provides a step-by-step guide to implementation, and offers hints for using simulation to design the system. Practical, applicative, and thoroughly modern, this text provides all the tools necessary for implementing an extremely flexible, robust, adaptive, and fault-tolerant manufacturing system. This is the perfect reference for AI researchers, industrial manufacturing engineers, operations researchers, and plant managers who wish to develop the most efficient manufacturing systems available.

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Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance
By Andrew Kirkpatrick,&nbspRichard Rutter,&nbspChristian Heilmann,&nbspJim Thatcher,&nbspCynthia Waddell,

* Publisher: friends of ED
* Number Of Pages: 696
* Publication Date: 2006-07-24
* Sales Rank: 31204
* ISBN / ASIN: 1590596382
* EAN: 9781590596388
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: friends of ED
* Studio: friends of ED Book Description:

The power of the Web lies in the fact that anyone and everyone can access it, and this should also extend to users with disabilities. Accessibility is about making websites accessible to those with aural, visual, or physical disabilities, or rather, constructing websites that dont exclude these people from accessing the content or services provided.

This isn't difficult to accomplish and doesn't require anything more than your normal tool set-HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, or whatever else. All you need to do is use these tools in the right way, and bear in mind the guidelines that exist to help you keep your websites accessible and the laws that enforce web accessibility around the world.

This book gives you all you need to know about web accessibility, whether you are a web designer or developer who wants your sites to be accessible, or a business manager who wants to learn what impact the web accessibility laws have on your websites.

After an overview of the accessibility law and guidelines, and a discussion about accessibility and its implementation in the enterprise, the book goes on to show how to implement accessible websites using a combination of concise references and easy-to-follow examples, covering:

• Understanding assistive technologies
• Creating accessible content using XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash, and PDFs
• Testing against WCAG (including 2.0) and Section 508
• Retrofitting inaccessible sites where necessary

The book concludes with an in-depth analysis of accessibility law around the world. If youre concerned about the legal and moral implications of web accessibility, then this book is perfect for you. It is written by some of the world's experts on accessibility, leaving you in good hands.

Summary of Contents:

• PART 1: THE IMPACT OF WEB ACCESSIBILITY
  • Chapter 1: Understanding Web Accessibility
  • Chapter 2: Overview of Law and Guidelines
  • Chapter 3: Implementing Accessibility in the Enterprise
• PART 2: IMPLEMENTING ACCESSIBLE WEBSITES
  • Chapter 4: Overview of Accessible Technologies
  • Chapter 5: Assistive Technology: Screen Readers and Browsers
  • Chapter 6: Accessible Content
  • Chapter 7: Accessible Navigation
  • Chapter 8: Accessible Data Input
  • Chapter 9: CSS for Accessible Web Pages
  • Chapter 10: Accessible JavaScript
  • Chapter 11: Accessible Flash
  • Chapter 12: PDF Accessibility
  • Chapter 13: Accessibility Testing
  • Chapter 14: Introduction to WCAG 2.0
  • Chapter 15: Retrofitting Case Study: Redesign of a University Website
• PART 3: ACCESSIBILITY LAW AND POLICY
  • Chapter 16: U.S. Web Accessibility Law in Depth
  • Chapter 17: Worldwide Accessibility Laws and Policies
  • Appendix A: Glossary of Terms
  • Appendix B: Guide to the Section 508 Standards for Electronic and Information Technology
  • Appendix C: Overview of PAS 78 Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites

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php|architect's Guide to PHP Security|
By Ilia Alshanetsky

* Publisher: Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc.
* Number Of Pages: 200
* Publication Date: 2005-09-05
* Sales Rank: 28027
* ISBN / ASIN: 0973862106
* EAN: 9780973862102
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc.
* Studio: Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc. Book Description:

With the number of security flaws and exploits discovered and released every day constantly on the rise, knowing how to write secure and reliable applications is become more and more important every day. Written by Ilia Alshanetsky, one of the foremost experts on PHP security in the world, php|architect's Guide to PHP Security focuses on providing you with all the tools and knowledge you need to both secure your existing applications and writing new systems with security in mind. This book gives you a step-by-step guide to each security-related topic, providing you with real-world examples of proper coding practices and their implementation in PHP in an accurate, concise and complete way. Provides techniques applicable to any version of PHP, including 4.x and 5.x Includes a step-by-step guide to securing your applications Includes a comprehensive coverage of security design Teaches you how to defend yourself from hackers Shows you how to distract hackers with a "tar pit" to help you fend off potential attacks

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Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools (Wordware Applications Library)
By Brenda Huettner,&nbspM. Katherine Brown,&nbspChar James-Tanny,

* Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
* Number Of Pages: 400
* Publication Date: 2007-02-25
* Sales Rank: 164593
* ISBN / ASIN: 1598220284
* EAN: 9781598220285
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
* Studio: Wordware Publishing, Inc. Book Description:

Virtual collaborative team environments face unique challenges because their communication is not face-to-face. Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools provides practical advice for managers of distributed teams who must design the internal systems and meet deadlines with a diverse team, and for team members who want to develop and maintain professional relationships. To address these needs, this book is divided into three parts. Part I discusses team dynamics, project management and development, and forms of communication. Part II covers the types of tools currently available for collaboration such as wikis, blogs, RSS feeds, and more, and describes the different feature sets of each. Part III explains the various features of the book's companion wiki.

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Blogging with the New Google Blogger is a digital short cut that covers Google's newest version of Blogger, their free software for creating a website from which to post thoughts, interact with people, and more. This short cut serves as an introduction to the world of blogging and to the Blogger application, as well as a guide to the new version of Blogger. Readers will learn how the new version of Blogger differs from the original version and how to create a Blogger blog. Advanced users will appreciate the information on customizing blog templates, using HTML, hosting their own Blogger blog, syndicating their blogs with RSS and Atom feeds, and making money with blog advertising.

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Welcome to the Blogosphere

A general discussion on blogs--what they are, how they work, and why people blog

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Hop Integrity in the Internet (Advances in Information Security)
By Chin-Tser Huang,&nbspMohamed G. Gouda,

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 112
* Publication Date: 2005-11-17
* Sales Rank:
* ISBN / ASIN: 0387244263
* EAN: 9780387244266
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer Book Description:

Hop Integrity in the Internet introduces a new security defense, hop integrity, that can be used against denial-of-service attacks in the Internet. If a message that is part of a denial-of-service attack is originated by an adversarial host in the Internet and if the message header includes a wrong address for the originating host (in order to hide the true source of the attack), then the message will be classified as modified or replayed and will be discarded by the first router that receives the message in the Internet. A suite of protocols for providing hop integrity in the Internet is discussed in great detail. In particular, each protocol in the suite is specified and verified using an abstract and formal notation called the Secure Protocol Notation. The protocols include: - Secure address resolution - Weak hop integrity - Strong hop integrity using soft sequence numbers - Strong hop integrity using hard sequence numbers Other benefits of hop integrity extend to secure routing, mobile IP, and IP multicast.

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Dreamweaver MX Weekend Crash Course
By Wendy Peck

* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 400
* Publication Date: 2002-06-15
* Sales Rank: 272527
* ISBN / ASIN: 0764549308
* EAN: 0785555107724
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Wiley
* Studio: Wiley Book Description:

• Updated coverage of the new version: Enhanced and detailed coverage of all the newest features in Dreamweaver over the span of a weekend.
• Series features: Easy to follow 30-minute sessions make learning Dreamweaver simple and fast! Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period beginning on Friday evening and ending on Sunday afternoon.

Dreamweaver MX Weekend Crash Course
Wiley | ISBN: 0764549308 | 400 pages | 6.2 MB | PDF

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SkillSoft Press, Integrating PHP and XML
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PHP is a server-side scripting language used to create Web applications. XML is a markup language used to exchange data among Web applications. PHP can be integrated with XML to create Web applications. This book describes how to use SAX, XSLT, and XPath to manipulate XML documents. It also describes use of XML-RPC protocol for accessing procedures on a remote computer. In addition, the book covers WDDX, a technology used for information exchange between different programming languages.

This book describes how to create an online shopping cart application that allows an end user to search for a specific book in a database, place an order for the book, and purchase the book online.

About the Authors
Amrita Dubey holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. She has worked on various development projects, such as UNIX shell programming and designing function generator using IC XR-2206. She is proficient in 8085 microprocessor programming. She also has knowledge of CNCs, PLCs, circuit designing on PCBs, Software Quality Testing, RDBMS, SQL Server, and Database Design Studio Professional 2.21.1. As a technical writer, Amrita has co-authored books on Digital Electronics, Integrating Java with Oracle9i, PIC Microcontrollers, Robotics, and Integrating PHP and XML.

Poonam Sharma holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce and a DNIIT diploma. In addition, she is pursuing Master's degree in Computer Applications. She is proficient in technologies such as Java, C++, VB, ASP, Servlets, JSP, HTML, UNIX, Linux, and SQL Server 2000. Poonam has worked on projects such as Online Banking using VB and SQL and Creating Chat Application in Java. As a technical writer, she has co-authored books on Working with Korn Shell, Administering Red Hat Linux 9, Basic Programming in C++, Unix Operating System, and Integrating PHP and XML.

Sreeparna Dasgupta holds a Master's degree in Computer Science and has earned 'A' Level certificate from DOEACC. She has worked and trained people on several technologies, such as Java, C, C++, Visual Basic, Macromedia Flash MX, Photoshop, Macromedia Director MX, Oracle, SQL Server, Perl, ASP, and JSP. In addition, Sreeparna has developed online Web applications using technologies such as ASP.

Vishi Gupta holds a degree in Electrical Engineering. She is proficient in C, C++, Linux and PHP. As a technical writer, she has co-authored several books and articles on varying technologies including PHP, XML, SOAP, Linux, Core Java, PHPLens, C and C++.

Lalit Kapoor holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering. He has completed DNIIT course from NIIT. As a technical writer, he has authored articles on Java, Oracle, SQL Server, and PHP.

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Cross-Platform Web Services Using C# & JAVA (Programming Series)
By Brian Hochgurtel

* Publisher: Charles River Media
* Number Of Pages: 386
* Publication Date: 2003-03-11
* Sales Rank: 642775
* ISBN / ASIN: 1584502622
* EAN: 9781584502623
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Charles River Media
* Studio: Charles River Media Book Description:

As the need for application-to-application communication and platform interoperability continues to grow, Web service developers need to be skilled in the technologies and languages that make this communication possible. Web services provide a language and platform independent standard for creating and connecting code that allows software applications (remote objects) to communicate with each other and users, via a network or the Web. Rather than focus on one specific technology or language, Cross-Platform Web Services Using C# and Java teaches how to integrate the various technologies of Web services using the two languages expected to dominate this growing area.

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Proof: An Athena Force Adventure (Silhouette Bombshell) (Silhouette Bombshell)
By Justine Davis

* Publisher: Silhouette
* Number Of Pages: 304
* Publication Date: 2004-06
* Sales Rank: 669263
* ISBN / ASIN: 037351316X
* EAN: 9780373513161
* Binding: Mass Market Paperback
* Manufacturer: Silhouette
* Studio: Silhouette Book Description:

The women of Athena force shared a bond beyond all others . . . Now one of their own had been murdered.

Athena Academy bred strong women -- and Alex Forsythe was at the top of her class. In her five years at the state-of-the-art school, she was known for her razor-sharp mind and her fearlessness in the face of the most deadly opponent. Now a top-notch forensic scientist, Alex returned to Athena to avenge the death of her dearest friend, determined to prove there was more to Rainy's demise than the evidence suggested . . .

But digging deep into this murder made others uneasy, including a sexy stranger who tantalized her toward the truth -- and seemingly toward ever greater danger. Caught up in his cat-and-mouse game, Alex stumbled upon proof so startling it could change her whole life. Or end it.

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Pursued: Athena Force (Silhouette Bombshell)
By Catherine Mann

* Publisher: Silhouette
* Number Of Pages: 304
* Publication Date: 2004-11-01
* Sales Rank: 590750
* ISBN / ASIN: 0373513321
* EAN: 9780373513321
* Binding: Mass Market Paperback
* Manufacturer: Silhouette
* Studio: Silhouette

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interesting Athena Academy romantic suspense

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Double-Cross: Athena Force (Silhouette Bombshell)
By Meredith Fletcher

* Publisher: Silhouette
* Number Of Pages: 304
* Publication Date: 2004-10-01
* Sales Rank: 585516
* ISBN / ASIN: 0373513283
* EAN: 9780373513284
* Binding: Mass Market Paperback
* Manufacturer: Silhouette
* Studio: Silhouette Review:

At *least* twice the fun

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
By Douglas Adams

* Publisher: Pocket
* Number Of Pages: 306
* Publication Date: 1991-06-01
* Sales Rank: 9702
* ISBN / ASIN: 0671746723
* EAN: 9780671746728
* Binding: Mass Market Paperback
* Manufacturer: Pocket
* Studio: Pocket Book Description:

There is a long tradition of Great Detectives, and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for a missing cat uncovers a ghost, a time traveler, AND the devastating secret of humankind! Detective Gently's bill for saving the human race from extinction: NO CHARGE.

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Web And Information Security
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* Publisher: IRM Press
* Number Of Pages: 318
* Publication Date: 2005-10-19
* Sales Rank: 1187066
* ISBN / ASIN: 1591405882
* EAN: 9781591405887
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: IRM Press
* Studio: IRM Press Product Description:

Web and Information Security consists of a collection of chapters written by leading experts in the field that describe state-of-the-art topics pertaining to Web and information systems security. In particular, security for the semantic Web, privacy, security policy management and emerging topics such as secure semantic grids and secure multimedia systems are also discussed. As well as covering basic concepts of Web and information system security, this book provides new insights into the semantic Web field and its related security challenges. Web and Information Security is valuable as a reference book for senior undergraduate or graduate courses in information security which have special focuses on Web security. It is also useful for technologists, researchers, managers and developers who want to know more about emerging security technologies.

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Monster Blood (Goosebumps Series)
By R.L. Stine

* Publisher: Scholastic
* Number Of Pages: 144
* Publication Date: 2003-09-01
* Sales Rank: 54816
* ISBN / ASIN: 0439568390
* EAN: 9780439568395
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Scholastic
* Studio: Scholastic

Good Creepy Fun!

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Say Cheese and Die! (Goosebumps Series)
By R.L. Stine

* Publisher: Scholastic
* Number Of Pages: 144
* Publication Date: 2003-09-01
* Sales Rank: 41736
* ISBN / ASIN: 0439568420
* EAN: 9780439568425
* Binding: Mass Market Paperback
* Manufacturer: Scholastic
* Studio: Scholastic

oosebumps Say Cheese and Die
By: R.L Stein

Say Cheese and die is a must read book. There is action and adventure in this book. Every page is a mystifying problem. Billy and Jessica were neighbors until something happened. Billy and Jessica found a camera in Billy's attic. They think the camera is normal until they start taking pictures.
They first find out this isn't a normal camera. When Billy and Jessica take a picture of Billy's dad's car something unusual happened. When they get the photograph the car turns out to be wrecked. They are obviously weary about this camera. This isn't your everyday camera.
If your asking were they live ill tell you. They both live in Phoenix, Arizona, in a small little neighborhood. It's a fairly decent place. All seems very well in this little neighborhood.
But the question is still is being investigated. People think they are just kids playing a game. Well this is no game to Billy and Jessica. They dare not to take it to a camera shop. They know well enough not to make it spread to the public.
The ending is not one of those happily ever after books. The question still lurks within the book. Overall if your one of those people who like suspense then this is the book for you.! Overall I hope you enjoy the book. Maybe you might chicken out on being a photographer but it's completely up to you to solve the mystery of Terrifying camera.

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Stay Out of the Basement (Goosebumps Series)
By R.L. Stine

* Publisher: Scholastic
* Number Of Pages: 144
* Publication Date: 2003-09-01
* Sales Rank: 47842
* ISBN / ASIN: 0439568455
* EAN: 9780439568456
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Scholastic
* Studio: Scholastic Review:

I love this one!!!!

This is another one of r.l. stines best goosebumps books. This book is about a brother and a sister (I can't remember their names) Who live in a house with their mom and dad. In the book the kids mother goes away and now there with their father. While the kids mother is gone they notice that there father isn't acting like he normally does. When the kids go into the basement to see whats going on they see a big surprise. To see what else happens you have to read this awesome book. This book also has a twisted ending to it. This book didn't really make me feel scared as I was reading it, but for the kids in the book it would be scary for them. Read this book, it is great!!!!

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Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps Series)
By R.L. Stine

* Publisher: Scholastic
* Number Of Pages: 144
* Publication Date: 2003-09-01
* Sales Rank: 435247
* ISBN / ASIN: 0439568471
* EAN: 9780439568470
* Binding: Mass Market Paperback
* Manufacturer: Scholastic
* Studio: Scholastic Book Description:

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The Summons
By John Grisham

* Publisher: Doubleday
* Number Of Pages: 245
* Publication Date: 2002-02-05
* Sales Rank: 125042
* ISBN / ASIN: 0385503822
* EAN: 9780385503822
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Doubleday
* Studio: Doubleday Amazon.com:

Law professor Ray Atlee and his prodigal brother, Forrest, are summoned home to Clanton, Mississippi, by their ailing father to discuss his will. But when Ray arrives the judge is already dead, and the one-page document dividing his meager estate between the two sons seems crystal clear. What it doesn't mention, however, is the small fortune in cash Ray discovers hidden in the old man's house--$3 million he can't account for and doesn't mention to brother Forrest, either.

Ray's efforts to keep his find a secret, figure out where it came from, and hide it from a nameless extortioner, who seems to know more about it than he does, culminate in a denouement with an almost biblical twist. It's a slender plot to hang a thriller on, and in truth it's not John Grisham's best in terms of pacing, dramatic tension, and interesting characters (except for Harry Rex, a country lawyer who was the judge's closest friend and in many ways is the father Ray wishes he'd had. He's so vivid he jumps off the page). But Grisham's legions of fans are likely to enjoy The Summons even if it lacks the power of some of his classic earlier books, like The Firm, The Brethren, and The Testament. --Jane Adams

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The Quiller Memorandum
By Adam Hall

* Publisher: Forge Books
* Number Of Pages: 224
* Publication Date: 2004-05-07
* Sales Rank: 1305790
* ISBN / ASIN: 076530967X
* EAN: 9780765309679
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Forge Books
* Studio: Forge Books
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Covert neo-Nazi movement in 1960's Berlin enrolls and holds in thrall an increasingly ambivalent secret agent sent to penetrate and destroy the group. One of the great espionage novels of the Cold War period. Memorably filmed (with Harold Pinter script).

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A+ Complete Lab Manual, 3rd Edition
By Donald R. Evans,&nbspScott Johnson,

* Publisher: Sybex
* Number Of Pages: 272
* Publication Date: 2003-08-15
* Sales Rank: 204888
* ISBN / ASIN: 0782142516
* EAN: 0025211442517
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Sybex
* Studio: Sybex
Book Description:

This is an updated edition of Sybex's lab manual for the A+ certification sponsored by CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association). A+ certifies the competency of service technicians in the computer industry. Revised exams are due out Q4 of this year. A+ candidates must pass two exams�Core Hardware and Operating System Technologies. The new hardware exam will cover latest memory, bus, peripheral & wireless technology and the new O/S exam will include added coverage of Windows Me & XP.

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Youth, Pornography and the Internet
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* Publisher: National Academy Press
* Number Of Pages: 450
* Publication Date: 2002-09
* Sales Rank: 552654
* ISBN / ASIN: 0309082749
* EAN: 9780309082747
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: National Academy Press
* Studio: National Academy Press

Book Description
Youth, pornography, and the Internet. The combination of these elements is a subject on which individuals from all walks of life--parents, teachers, librarians, school administrators, library board members, legislators, judges, and other concerned citizens--have thoughts and strong opinions. Those with products and services to sell are also interested in and concerned about the subject. Some from the online adult entertainment industry fear that efforts to restrict the access of children to certain kinds of sexually explicit material on the Internet will impinge on what they see as legitimate business opportunities to market their products and services to adults. Those with technology-based protection systems to sell hope to capitalize on what they see as a growing market for solutions to the problem, however that may be defined.

Views in this subject area are highly polarized. Because strongly held values are at stake, the political debate is heated, and often characterized by extreme views, inflammatory rhetoric, and half-truths. Against the backdrop of intense lobbying in the halls of Congress and many local school and library board meetings in communities across the country, a document assembling in one place the different dimensions and pros and cons of approaches that might be taken to address the problem can help to conduct the debate over "what to do" in a more informed manner.

Thus, one purpose of this report is to provide a reasonably complete and thorough treatment of the problem and potential solutions that airs all sides. In addition, different communities or groups of readers are likely to be interested in different aspects of this report.
Parents will be interested in its description and assessment of a reasonably comprehensive set of tools and strategies for protecting their children on the Internet from exposure to inappropriate sexually explicit material (and other inappropriate material for that matter), many of which can be deployed in their homes. Furthermore, to the extent that parents understand the advantages and disadvantages of these various tools and strategies, they can engage their legislators and local administrative bodies more effectively.

Adults responsible for children and youth in other settings--school, libraries, after-school programs, camps, and so on--will be interested in this description and assessment as well for classroom and other purposes, but also in the political and organizational issues that surround the use of these various tools and strategies. Those responsible for education broadly construed will also be attentive to the issues related to material that is improperly or incorrectly identified as inappropriate for children and youth.

The information technology (IT) sector is likely to be interested in finding business opportunities for helping parents and others deal with the issues as they see fit, while many commercial interests in the IT sector and in other corners are concerned about the possibility of regulation.

Law enforcement agencies may be interested in this report to help clarify their roles and responsibilities in both preventive and tactical operations, and may benefit from the report's overview about existing law in this area. The judiciary, especially at the local level, may find perspective and understanding that can be useful in trying and hearing cases touching on the subject matter of this report.

Policy makers will be interested in all of these dimensions of the issue, and must decide how to weigh them in their attempts to formulate appropriate policy. Further, much of this report points to legal, economic, technical, and social realities that affect how legislation and regulation might actually play out.

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Nanotechnology Applications to Telecommunications and Networking
By Daniel Minoli

* Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
* Number Of Pages: 487
* Publication Date: 2005-10-28
* Sales Rank: 317205
* ISBN / ASIN: 0471716391
* EAN: 9780471716396
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience
* Studio: Wiley-Interscience Book Description:

Be a part of the nanotechnology revolution in telecommunications

This book provides a unique and thought-provoking perspective on how nanotechnology is poised to revolutionize the telecommunications, computing, and networking industries. The author discusses emerging technologies as well as technologies under development that will lay the foundation for such innovations as:
* Nanomaterials with novel optical, electrical, and magnetic properties
* Faster and smaller non-silicon-based chipsets, memory, and processors
* New-science computers based on Quantum Computing
* Advanced microscopy and manufacturing systems
* Faster and smaller telecom switches, including optical switches
* Higher-speed transmission phenomena based on plasmonics and other quantum-level phenomena
* Nanoscale MEMS: micro-electro-mechanical systems

The author of this cutting-edge publication has played a role in the development of actual nanotechnology-based communication systems. In this book, he examines a broad range of the science of nanotechnology and how this field will affect every facet of the telecommunications and computing industries, in both the near and far term, including:
* Basic concepts of nanotechnology and its applications
* Essential physics and chemistry underlying nanotechnology science
* Nanotubes, nanomaterials, and nanomaterial processing
* Promising applications in nanophotonics, including nanocrystals and nanocrystal fibers
* Nanoelectronics, including metal nanoclusters, semiconducting nanoclusters, nanocrystals, nanowires, and quantum dots

This book is written for telecommunications professionals, researchers, and students who need to discover and exploit emerging revenue-generating opportunities to develop the next generation of nanoscale telecommunications and network systems. Non-scientists will find the treatment completely accessible. A detailed glossary clarifies unfamiliar terms and concepts. Appendices are provided for readers who want to delve further into the hard-core science, including nanoinstrumentation and quantum computing.

Nanotechnology is the next industrial revolution, and the telecommunications industry will be radically transformed by it in a few years. This is the publication that readers need to understand how that transformation will happen, the science behind it, and how they can be a part of it.

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Advanced Encryption Standard - AES: 4th International Conference, AES 2004, Bonn, Germany, May 10-12, 2004, Revised Selected and Invited Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
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* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 189
* Publication Date: 2005-08-22
* Sales Rank: 1007889
* ISBN / ASIN: 3540265570
* EAN: 9783540265573
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer Book Description:

This book constítutes the thoroughly refereed postproceedings of the 4th International Conference on the Advanced Encryption Standard, AES 2004, held in Bonn, Germany in May 2004. The 10 revised full papers presented together with an introductory survey and 4 invited papers by leading researchers were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers are organized in topical sections on cryptanalytic attacks and related topics, algebraic attacks and related results, hardware implementations, and other topics. All in all, the papers constitute a most up-to-date assessment of the state of the art of data encryption using the Advanced Encryption Standard AES, the de facto world standard for data encryption.

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WordPress Complete: set up, customize, and market your blog
By Hasin, Hayder

* Publisher: Packt Publishing
* Number Of Pages: 304
* Publication Date: 2006-10-17
* Sales Rank: 7579
* ISBN / ASIN: 1904811892
* EAN: 9781904811893
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Packt Publishing
* Studio: Packt Publishing Book Description:

Wordpress is a simple and powerful way to start blogging. If you're not an IT expert but want to use a state of the art blogging system to give your blog the best chance of success, while giving you the time to focus on content and your readers, WordPress is the right system for you, and this book is the right place to start. It will give you a rapid and straightforward introduction to the rich and powerful features of WordPress and get you up and running with a state of the art blog as quickly and painlessly as possible. WordPress is an open source blog engine released under GNU general public license. It allows users to easily create dynamic blogs with great content and many outstanding features. It is an ideal tool for developing blogs and though it is chiefly used for blogging, it can also be used as a complete CMS with very little effort. Its versality and ease of use has attracted a large, enthusiastic, and helpful community of users. If you want to create powerful, fully-featured blogs in no time, this book is for you. This book will help you explore WordPress showing you what it offers and how to go about building your blog with the system. You will be introduced to the main aspects of a blog - users, communities, posts, comments, news feeds - and learn how to manage them using WordPress. You will develop the skills and confidence to manage all types of content, be it text or images, on your blog, and also understand how users interact with the blog. In working through the book you'll be inspired as well as informed, and have the capability and the ideas for make your blog cutting edge and exciting to maximise its impact. From this book you'll learn about: Installing and configuring WordPress on a local development machine or a web hosting service Managing posts and comments Working with Image galleries, calendars, etc. Organising users and Communities Creating and Installing themes to control the page layout Linking to the outside world - Feeds, Syndication, and Podcasting Customising Widgets and Plugins Using WordPress as a regular CMS Written in a clear, easy to read style, the book takes you the essential tasks required to create a feature-rich blog as quickly as possible. From initial setup to customizing modules, each task is explained in a clear, practical way using an example blog developed through the book. Who this book is written for This book is a beginner's guide to WordPress, for people who are new to blogging and want to create their own blogs in a simple and straightforward manner. It does not require any detailed knowledge of programming or web development, and any IT confident user will be able to use the book to produce an impressive blog. The table of contents is: WordPress and the World of Blogging Getting Started with WordPress Choosing and Installing a Theme Blog Your Heart Out Non-Blog Content Feeds, Syndication, and Podcasting Getting the Theme Tailor-Made for You Managing Users and Building Communities Widgets and Plugins Administrator's Reference

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Force: The Key to Capturing Life Through Drawing
By Mike Mattesi

* Publisher: iUniverse Star
* Number Of Pages: 192
* Publication Date: 2004-06-01
* Sales Rank: 453584
* ISBN / ASIN: 0595317588
* EAN: 9780595317585
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: iUniverse Star
* Studio: iUniverse StaBook Description:

Prepare to experience a brand new thought process on the drawing of life and the expression of energy. This important concept is also the least talked about subject in figure drawing classes today. Artist Michael Mattesi is your guide on an exciting and provocative journey through multiple methods of thinking using easy to understand critiques of dynamic drawings. Learn to approach drawing through Michael's groundbreaking theory about force and its relationship to:

· Rhythm
· Form
· Shape
· Clothing
· Reportage
· Animals

Animate objects are always full of Force. No matter how still a body may seem, there are always forces to comprehend and address. Participate in Michael's web forums and online instruction through critiques and video examples at www.drawingforce.com.

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HTML: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages
By Ruth Maran

* Publisher: Visual
* Number Of Pages: 350
* Publication Date: 2000-07-01
* Sales Rank: 264060
* ISBN / ASIN: 0764534718
* EAN: 0785555030572
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Visual
* Studio: Visual Book Description:

Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Inside you'll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 100 key HTML tasks, including:

• Setting up a Web page
• Reducing image resolution
• Creating a link to an FTP site
• Adding an embedded sound
• Creating radio buttons
• Creating an inline frame
• Adding JavaScript to a Web page
• Adding a hit counter
• Creating an internal stylesheet
• Creating an XML declaration

• HomeSite, Gif.gIf.giF, and Paint Shop Pro evaluation versions
• Goldwave, CuteFTP, and WS_FTP Pro shareware trials
• BBEdit 5.1.1 demo
• Plus, all sample code and an eversion of the book

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Fast Track Visual C++(r) 6.0 Programming
By Steven Holzner

* Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
* Number Of Pages: 624
* Publication Date: 1998-09-11
* Sales Rank: 1546104
* ISBN / ASIN: 0471312908
* EAN: 9780471312901
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
* Studio: John Wiley & Sons Book Description:

Get up to speed with the latest version of Visual C++. What makes Fast Track the C++ guide of choice is leading expert Steve Holzner's practical approach to learning by example. Cutting right to the core of issues crucial to programmers, this book begins with a brief refresher course and then moves quickly onto the skills that really count: capturing images, metafiles, and other advanced graphics; creating and synchronizing multithreaded programs; capturing keystrokes with Windows hooks; building a Web browser; building ActiveX controls; and much more.

Companion Web site provides all source code from the book.

Visual C++ is a trademark of Microsoft, Inc.

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Linux(R) Troubleshooting for System Administrators and Power Users (HP Professional Series)
By James Kirkland,&nbspDavid Carmichael,&nbspChristopher L. Tinker,&nbspGregory L. Tinker,

* Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
* Number Of Pages: 624
* Publication Date: 2006-04-27
* Sales Rank: 314751
* ISBN / ASIN: 0131855158
* EAN: 9780131855151
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
* Studio: Prentice Hall PTR Summary:
Linux is a fast-growing operating system with power and appeal, and enterprises worldwide are quickly adopting the system to utilize its benefits. But as with all operating systems, performance problems do occur causing system administrators to scramble into action. Finally, there is a complete reference for troubleshooting Linux–quickly! Linux Troubleshooting for System Administrators and Power Users is THE book for locating and solving problems and maintaining high performance in Red Hat® Linux and Novell® SUSE® Linux systems.



This book not only teaches you how to troubleshoot Linux, it shows you how the system works–so you can attack any problem at its root. Should you reinstall if Linux does not boot? Or can you save time by troubleshooting the problem? Can you enhance performance when Linux hangs or runs slowly? Can you overcome problems with printing or accessing a network? This book provides easy-to-follow examples and an extensive look at the tools, commands, and scripts that make Linux run properly.

* A troubleshooting guide for all Linux users: Focuses on common problems with start-up, printing, login, the network, security, and more
* Restore Linux when boot, startup, or shutdown fails–and reinstall Linux properly when all troubleshooting fails
* Explains how to use some of the most popular Linux performance tools, including top, sar, vmstat, iostat, and free
* Handle storage problems and CPU slamming to ensure high Linux performance
* Solve hardware device problems by deciphering error messages and using the lspci tool
* Use backup/recover commands and tape libraries to create proper backups
* Identify and correct remote and network printing problems using spooler commands

Gone are the days of searching online for solutions that are out of date and unreliable. Whether you are a system admin, developer, or user, this book is an invaluable resource for ensuring that Linux runs smoothly, efficiently, and securely.


Chapter Summaries
These chapter summaries will give you an idea of how the book is organized and a bit of an overview of the content of each chapter.

Chapter 1: System Boot, Startup, and Shutdown Issues
Chapter 1 discusses the different subsystems that comprise Linux startup. These include the bootloaders GRUB and LILO, the init process, and the rc startup and shutdown scripts. We explain how GRUB and LILO work along with the important features of each. The reader will learn how to boot when there are problems with the bootloader. There are numerous examples. We explain how init works and what part it plays in starting Linux. The rc scripts are explained in detail as well. The reader will learn how to boot to single user mode, emergency mode, and confirm mode. Examples are included of using a recovery CD when Linux won't boot from disk.

Chapter 2: System Hangs and Panics
This chapter explains interruptible and non-interruptible OS hangs, kernel panics, and IA64 hardware machine checks. A Linux hang takes one of two forms. An interruptible hang is when Linux seems frozen but does respond to some events, such as a ping request. Non-interruptible hangs do not respond to any actions. We show how to use the Magic SysReq keystroke to generate a stack trace to troubleshoot an interruptible hang. We explain how to force a panic when Linux is in a non-interruptible hang. An OS panic is a voluntary shutdown of the kernel in response to something unexpected. We discuss how to obtain a panic dump from Linux. The IA64 architecture dump mechanism is also explained.

Chapter 3: Performance Tools
In Chapter 3, we explain how to use some of the most popular Linux performance tools including top, sar, vmstat, iostat, and free. The examples show common syntaxes and options. Every system administrator should be familiar with these commands.

Chapter 4: Performance
Chapter 4 discusses different approaches to isolating a performance problem. As with the majority of performance issues, storage always seems to draw significant attention. The goal of this chapter is to provide a quick understanding of how a storage device should perform and easy ways to get a performance measurement without expensive software. In addition to troubleshooting storage performance, we touch on CPU bottlenecks and ways to find such events.

Chapter 5: Adding New Storage via SAN with Reference to PCMCIA and USB
Linux is moving out from under the desk and into the data center. An essential feature of an enterprise computing platform is being able to access storage on the SAN. This chapter provides a detailed walkthrough and examples of installing and configuring Fibre Channel cards. We discuss driver issues, how the device files work, and how to add LUNs.

Chapter 6: Disk Partitions and Filesystems
Master Boot Record (MBR) basics are explained, and examples are shown detailing how bootloader programs such as LILO and GRUB manipulate the MBR. We explain the partition table, and a lot of examples are given so that the reader will understand how the disk is carved up into extended and logical partitions. Many scenarios are provided explaining common disk and filesystem problems and their solutions. After reading this chapter, the reader will understand not only what MBA, LBA, extended partitions, and all the other buzzwords mean, but also how they look on the disk and how to fix problems related to them.

Chapter 7: Device Failure and Replacement
This chapter explains identifying problems with hardware devices and how to fix them. We begin with a discussion of supported devices. Whether a device is supported by the Linux distribution is a good thing to know before spending a lot of time trying to get it working. Next we show where to look for indications of hardware problems. The reader will learn how to decipher the hexadecimal error messages from dmesg and syslog. We explain how to use the lspci tool for troubleshooting. When the error is understood, the next goal is to resolve the device problem. We demonstrate techniques for determining what needs to be done to fix device issues including SAN devices.

Chapter 8: Linux Processes: Structure, Hangs, and Core Dumps
Process management is the heart of the Linux kernel. A system administrator should know what happens when a process is created to troubleshoot process issues. This chapter explains process creation and provides a foundation for troubleshooting. Linux is a multithreading kernel. The reader will learn how multithreading works and what heavyweight and lightweight processes are. The reader also will learn how to troubleshoot a process that seems to be hanging and not doing any work. Core dumps are also covered. We show you how to learn which process dumped core and why. This chapter details how cores are created and how to best utilize them to understand the problem.

Chapter 9: Backup/Recovery
Creating good backups is one of if not the most important tasks a system administrator must perform. This chapter explains the most commonly used backup/recovery commands: tar, cpio, dump/restore, and so on. Tape libraries (autoloaders) are explained along with the commands needed to manipulate them. The reader will learn the uses of different tape device files. There are examples showing how to troubleshoot common issues.

Chapter 10: cron and at
The cron and at commands are familiar to most Linux users. These commands are used to schedule jobs to run at a later time. This chapter explains how the cron/at subsystem works and where to look when jobs don't run. The cron, at, batch, and anacron facilities are explained in detail. The kcron graphical cron interface is discussed. Numerous examples are provided to demonstrate how to resolve the most common problems. The troubleshooting techniques help build good general troubleshooting skills that can be applied to many other Linux problems.

Chapter 11: Printing and Printers
This chapter explains the different print spoolers used in Linux systems. The reader will learn how the spooler works. The examples show how to use the spooler commands such as lpadmin, lpoption, lprm, and others to identify problems. The different page description languages such as PCL and PostScript are explained. Examples demonstrate how to fix remote printing and network printing problems.

Chapter 12: System Security
Security is a concern of every system administrator. Is the box safe because it is behind a firewall? What steps should be taken to secure my system? These questions are answered. Host-based and network-based security are explained. Secure Shell protocol (SSH) is covered in detail: why SSH is secure, encryption with SSH, SSH tunnels, troubleshooting typical SSH problems, and SSH examples are provided. The reader will learn system hardening using netfilter and iptables. Netfilter and iptables together make up the standard firewall software for the Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.

Chapter 13: Network Problems
Network issues are a common problem for any system administrator. What should be done when Linux boots and users can't connect? Is the problem with the Linux box or something on the LAN? Has the network interface card ...

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New Theories for Chemistry
By Jan C.A. Boeyens

* Publisher: Elsevier Science
* Number Of Pages: 292
* Publication Date: 2005-06-20
* Sales Rank: 1264100
* ISBN / ASIN: 0444518673
* EAN: 9780444518675
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Elsevier Science
* Studio: Elsevier Science Book Description:

Many new developments, related to the interpretation and importance of symmetry relationships, quantum mechanics, general relativity, field theory and mathematics have occurred in the second half of the 20th century without having a visible impact on chemical thinking. By re-examining basic theories, The New Theories for Chemistry aims to introduce a new understanding of old concepts, such as electron spin, The Periodic Table and electronegativity. The book focuses on the new mathematical concepts that enable the exploration of interactions between particles, waves and fields within a chemical context, and is packed with examples to support its arguments. The author adopts a practical approach and topics are arranged sequentially, from the mathematical basis through to general concepts. An essential reference source, this book is suitable for physicists, theoretical and physical chemists, as well as students and researchers working in the field.

* Re-examines basic theories, such as electronegativity and electron spin, and introduces new theory
* Full of practical experiments and examples
* Is an excellent single reference source

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System Identification: Theory for the User (2nd Edition)
By Lennart Ljung

* Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
* Number Of Pages: 609
* Publication Date: 1998-12-29
* Sales Rank: 99100
* ISBN / ASIN: 0136566952
* EAN: 0076092032700
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
* Studio: Prentice Hall PTR Review:

A Complete Text for System Identification

This book is very through in presenting methods of system identification...mathematically. However as with most good mathematical oriented books there are not a lot of practical design type problems. One other mark aginst the book is that similar notation is used for different topics, which can sometimes be a bit confusing. One thing I might recommend, to a potential buyer is that you take a course in random process, and possess a through understanding of signals and transforms. All in all though if a little more meat in terms of practicality were added I'd rate this book a five.

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You Failed Your Math Test, Comrade Einstein: Adventures and Misadventures of Young Mathematicians, Or Test Your Skills in Almost Recreational Mathematics
By

* Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
* Number Of Pages: 232
* Publication Date: 2005-06
* Sales Rank: 1134394
* ISBN / ASIN: 9812562796
* EAN: 9789812562791
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company
* Studio: World Scientific Publishing Company
* Average Rating: 5
* Total Reviews: 1

Great Russian math entrance exam questions

Interesting and tough questions from Moscow State University, Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, and Moscow Institute for Engineering and Physics.

Includes articles on the history of using tougher questions to refuse admissions of Jewish students - a form of state-sanctioned discrimination, before the era of perestroika. There is also material covering the alleged KGB assassination of Bella Abramovna - a dedicated math teacher who organized an informal underground university for educating Jewish math students in the Soviet Union. A fascinating read.

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Handbook of Cane Sugar Engineering
By E. Hugot

* Publisher: Elsevier Science Pub Co
* Number Of Pages: 1166
* Publication Date: 1986-04-01
* Sales Rank: 2432678
* ISBN / ASIN: 0444424385
* EAN: 9780444424389
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Elsevier Science Pub Co
* Studio: Elsevier Science Pub Co
* Average Rating: 5

Book Description:

Hardbound. Hugot's Handbook of Cane Sugar Engineering needs little introduction - it can be found in technical libraries in cane sugar producing countries all over the world. Unique in the extent and thoroughness of its coverage, the book has for many years provided the only complete description of cane sugar manufacture, mills, diffusers, boilers and other factory machinery, calculation methods of capacity for every piece of equipment, and process and manufacturing techniques.

This new edition has been extensively revised. Information that has become obsolete or of little interest has been deleted or severely shortened. Detailed additions have been made to chapters dealing with recently developed equipment. An entirely new chapter has been added on automation and data processing. Numerous figures, graphs, drawings, photographs, tables and formulae are provided. The metric system has been used throughout the book, but because many factories still u

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Tone of Voice and Mind: The Connections Between Intonation, Emotion, Cognition, and Consciousness (Advances in Consciousness Research, 47)
By Norman D. Cook

* Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
* Number Of Pages: 291
* Publication Date: 2002-09
* Sales Rank: 2002740
* ISBN / ASIN: 1588112764
* EAN: 9781588112767
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: John Benjamins Publishing Co
* Studio: John Benjamins Publishing Co

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Does Consciousness Cause Behavior?
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* Publisher: The MIT Press
* Number Of Pages: 384
* Publication Date: 2006-03-05
* Sales Rank: 303832
* ISBN / ASIN: 0262162377
* EAN: 9780262162371
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: The MIT Press
* Studio: The MIT Press Book Description:

Our intuition tells us that we, our conscious selves, cause our own voluntary acts. Yet scientists have long questioned this; Thomas Huxley, for example, in 1874 compared mental events to a steam whistle that contributes nothing to the work of a locomotive. New experimental evidence (most notable, work by Benjamin Libet and Daniel Wegner) has brought the causal status of human behavior back to the forefront of intellectual discussion. This multidisciplinary collection advances the debate, approaching the question from a variety of perspectives.

The contributors begin by examining recent research in neuroscience that suggests that consciousness does not cause behavior, offering the outline of an empirically based model that shows how the brain causes behavior and where consciousness might fit in. Other contributors address the philosophical presuppositions that may have informed the empirical studies, raising questions about what can be legitimately concluded about the existence of free will from Libet's and Wegner's experimental results. Others examine the effect recent psychological and neuroscientific research could have on legal, social, and moral judgments of responsibility and blame--in situations including a Clockwork Orange-like scenario of behavior correction.

Contributors:
William P. Banks, Timothy Bayne, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Suparna Choudhury, Walter J. Freeman, Shaun Gallagher, Susan Hurley, Marc Jeannerod, Leonard V. Kaplan, Hakwan Lau, Sabine Maasen, Bertram F. Malle, Alfred R. Mele, Elisabeth Pacherie, Richard Passingham, Susan Pockett, Wolfgang Prinz, Peter W. Ross

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Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Composites: Materials, Processing and Technology (Materials Science and Process Technology Series)
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* Publisher: Noyes Publications
* Number Of Pages: 515
* Publication Date: 1990-08-01
* Sales Rank: 4301116
* ISBN / ASIN: 0815512333
* EAN: 9780815512332
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Noyes Publications
* Studio: Noyes Publications

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Advanced Organic Chemistry : Reaction Mechanisms (Advanced Organic Chemistry Series)
By Reinhard Bruckner

* Publisher: Academic Press
* Number Of Pages: 512
* Publication Date: 2001-07
* Sales Rank: 488470
* ISBN / ASIN: 0121381102
* EAN: 9780121381103
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Academic Press
* Studio: Academic Press Book Description:

A best-selling mechanistic organic chemistry text in Germany, this text's translation into English fills a long-existing need for a modern, thorough and accessible treatment of reaction mechanisms for students of organic chemistry at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. Knowledge of reaction mechanisms is essential to all applied areas of organic chemistry; this text fulfills that need by presenting the right material at the right level.

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The Bifurcation of the Self: The History and Theory of Dissociation and Its Disorders (Library of the History of Psychology Theories)
By Robert W. Rieber

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 304
* Publication Date: 2006-03-27
* Sales Rank: 1875504
* ISBN / ASIN: 0387274138
* EAN: 9780387274133
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer Book Description:

For more than a hundred years, dissociative states, sometimes referred to as multiple personality disorder, have fascinated the public as well as scientists. The precise nature of this disorder is a controversial one, dividing clinicians, theorists, and researchers. Challenging the conventional wisdom on all sides, Robert Rieber’s Bifurcation of the Self traces the clinical and social history of dissociation in a provocative examination of this widely debated phenomenon.

At the core of this history is a trio of related evolutions�hypnosis, concepts of identity, and dissociation�beginning with nineteenth-century "hysterics" and culminating in the modern boom in Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) diagnoses and the parallel rise in childhood abuse/repressed memory cases. Rieber does not argue the non-existence of DID; rather he asserts that it is a rare disorder exaggerated by dissociation advocates and exploited by the media. In doing so, he takes on some of the most difficult questions in the field:

- How crucial is memory to a person’s identity?

- Can two or more autonomous personalities actually exist in the same body?

- If trauma causes dissociation, why aren’t there more DID cases?

- Why are DID cases prevalent in some eras but not in others?

- Does dissociative disorder belong in the DSM?

The book is rigorously illustrated with two centuries’ worth of famous cases including Christine Beauchamp, Ansel Bourne, Eve Black/Eve White, and most notably the woman known as "Sybil", whose story is covered in depth with newly revealed manuscripts. And Rieber reviews the current state of DID-related controversy, from the professionals who feel that the condition is underreported to those who consider it a form of malingering, so that readers may draw their own conclusions.

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Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, 3rd Edition, 18 volume set
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* Publisher: Academic Press
* Number Of Pages: 14800
* Publication Date: 2001-10-01
* Sales Rank: 3153338
* ISBN / ASIN: 0122274105
* EAN: 9780122274107
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Academic Press
* Studio: Academic Press Book Description:

Nine years has passed since the 1992 second edition of the encyclopedia was published. This completely revised third edition, which is a university and professional level compendium of chemistry, molecular biology, mathematics, and engineering, is refreshed with numerous articles about current research in these fields. For example, the new edition has an increased emphasis on information processing and biotechnology, reflecting the rapid growth of these areas. The continuing Editor-in-Chief, Robert Meyers, and the Board prepared a new topical outline of physical science and technology to define complete coverage. Section editors are either Nobel Laureates or editors of key journals in their fields. Additional Board members representing the global scientific community were also recruited.

The new 18-volume edition of the Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, 3E, will have the added feature of an Index Volume, containing abstracts of all of the articles in the encyclopedia.

The latest edition of the Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology:

Has been completely updated with no less than 90% revised material and 50% new content throughout the volumes
Presents eighteen volumes, nearly 800 authoritative articles and 14,500 pages
Is lavishly illustrated with over 7,000 photographs, illustrations and tables
Presents an increased emphasis on the hottest topics such as information processing, environmental science, biotechnology and biomedicine
Includes a final Index Volume containing Thematic, Relational and Subject indexes

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The Search for Mathematical Roots, 1870-1940
By I. Grattan-Guinness

* Publisher: Princeton University Press
* Number Of Pages: 624
* Publication Date: 2000-12-15
* Sales Rank: 2780069
* ISBN / ASIN: 0691058571
* EAN: 9780691058573
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
* Studio: Princeton University Press Book Description:

While many books have been written about Bertrand Russell's philosophy and some on his logic, I. Grattan-Guinness has written the first comprehensive history of the mathematical background, content, and impact of the mathematical logic and philosophy of mathematics that Russell developed with A. N. Whitehead in their Principia mathematica (1910-1913).

This definitive history of a critical period in mathematics includes detailed accounts of the two principal influences upon Russell around 1900: the set theory of Cantor and the mathematical logic of Peano and his followers. Substantial surveys are provided of many related topics and figures of the late nineteenth century: the foundations of mathematical analysis under Weierstrass; the creation of algebraic logic by De Morgan, Boole, Peirce, Schröder, and Jevons; the contributions of Dedekind and Frege; the phenomenology of Husserl; and the proof theory of Hilbert. The many-sided story of the reception is recorded up to 1940, including the rise of logic in Poland and the impact on Vienna Circle philosophers Carnap and Gödel. A strong American theme runs though the story, beginning with the mathematician E. H. Moore and the philosopher Josiah Royce, and stretching through the emergence of Church and Quine, and the 1930s immigration of Carnap and GödeI.

Grattan-Guinness draws on around fifty manuscript collections, including the Russell Archives, as well as many original reviews. The bibliography comprises around 1,900 items, bringing to light a wealth of primary materials.

Written for mathematicians, logicians, historians, and philosophers--especially those interested in the historical interaction between these disciplines--this authoritative account tells an important story from its most neglected point of view. Whitehead and Russell hoped to show that (much of) mathematics was expressible within their logic; they failed in various ways, but no definitive alternative position emerged then or since.

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Integrated Principles of Zoology
By Jr., Cleveland P Hickman,&nbspLarry S Roberts,&nbspAllan Larson,

* Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
* Number Of Pages: 928
* Publication Date: 2000-07-26
* Sales Rank: 383263
* ISBN / ASIN: 0072909617
* EAN: 9780072909616
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
* Studio: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Book Description:

This long-awaited revision promises to maintain the best features of the "classic" zoology text, while adding eight new expert contributors and a wealth of new technology offerings!

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Whisky: Technology, Production and Marketing (Handbook of Alcoholic Beverages) (Handbook of Alcoholic Beverages)
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* Publisher: Academic Press
* Number Of Pages: 384
* Publication Date: 2003-05
* Sales Rank: 371167
* ISBN / ASIN: 0126692025
* EAN: 9780126692020
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Academic Press
* Studio: Academic Press Book Description:

Whisky: Technology, Production and Marketing explains in technical terms, the science and technology of producing whisky, combined with information from industry experts on successfully marketing the product. World experts in Scotch whisky provide detailed insight into whisky production from the processing of raw materials, to the fermentation, distillation, maturation, blending, production of co-products and quality testing, as well as important information on the methodology used for packaging and marketing whisky in the twenty-first century. No other book covers the entire whisky process from raw material to delivery to the market in such a comprehensive manner and with such a high level of technical detail.

* Only available work to cover the entire whisky process from raw material to delivery to the market in such a comprehensive manner
* Includes a chapter on marketing and selling whisky
* Foreword written by Alan Rutherford, former Chairman and Managing Director of United Malt and Grain Distillers Ltd.

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Robot Builder's Bonanza, Third Edition (Robot Builder's Bonanza)
By Gordon McComb,&nbspMyke Predko,

* Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
* Number Of Pages: 733
* Publication Date: 2006-02-21
* Sales Rank: 22593
* ISBN / ASIN: 0071468935
* EAN: 9780071468930
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
* Studio: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Book Description:

#1 ROBOTICS BOOK OF ALL TIME SUPER-CHARGED BY A FAMOUS NEW CO-AUTHOR AND UPDATED TO REFLECT STATE-OF-THE-ART ADVANCES

Everybody's favorite amateur robotics book is bolder and better than ever -- and now features the field's "grand master" Myke Predko as the new author! Author duo McComb and Predko bring their expertise to this fully-illustrated robotics "bible" to enhance the already incomparable content on how to build -- and have a universe of fun -- with robots. Projects vary in complexity so everyone from novices to advanced hobbyists will find something of interest.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• 30 completely new projects
• All projects have been revamped to be more customizable
• More visual -- illustrations of the final product are right at the beginning of the chapter

Everything you need to build from plans provided or create your own designs:
* Robot Basics * Construction Techniques * Computer and Electronic Control * Power, Motors, and Locomotion * Practical Robotics Projects * Sensors and Navigation * Robot Programming * Tips, Tricks, and Tidbits

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Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation (Pro)
By Chris Peiris,&nbspDennis Mulder,&nbspAmit Bahree,&nbspAftab Chopra,&nbspShawn Cicoria,&nbspNishith Pathak,

* Publisher: Apress
* Number Of Pages: 500
* Publication Date: 2007-01-11
* Sales Rank: 144158
* ISBN / ASIN: 1590597028
* EAN: 9781590597026
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Apress
* Studio: Apress Book Description:

Part of Microsofts radical new WinFX API is the Indigo foundation, more formally known as the Windows Communication Foundation, or WCF. Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation is a complete guide to WCF from the SOA architecture perspective and shows you why WCF is important to web service development and architecture.

The book covers the unified programming model, reliable messaging, security, the peer-to-peer programming model, and more. Youll also learn how to move your current DCOM and .NET remoting applications to WCF, and how to integrate those applications with new WCF-based applications. Youll want to get ahold of a copy because it

• Contains a comprehensive WCF programming model
• Explains how queue management and reliable messaging work in WCF
• Discusses implementing transaction support in WCF
• Shows how to make WCF services interoperable with other SOA offerings
• Thoroughly covers WCF security topics and concerns

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Robot Builder's Sourcebook : Over 2,500 Sources for Robot Parts
By Gordon McComb

* Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
* Number Of Pages: 711
* Publication Date: 2002-08-15
* Sales Rank: 293004
* ISBN / ASIN: 0071406859
* EAN: 0639785500032
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
* Studio: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Book Description:

* A much-needed clearinghouse for information on amateur and educational robotics, containing over 2,500 listings of robot suppliers, including mail order and local area businesses

* Contains resources for both common and hard-to-find parts and supplies

* Features dozens of "sidebars" to clarify essential robotics technologies

* Provides original articles on various robot-building topics

Fascinated by the world of robotics but don't know how to tap into the incredible amount of information available on the subject? Clueless as to locating specific information on robotics? Want the names, addresses, phone numbers, and web sites of companies that can supply the exact part, plan, kit, building material, programming language, operating system, computer system, or publication you've been searching for? Turn to Robot Builder's Sourcebook - a unique clearinghouse of information for that will open 2500+ new doors and spark almost as many new ideas.

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Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day
By Jennifer Grappone,&nbspGradiva Couzin,

* Publisher: Sybex
* Number Of Pages: 336
* Publication Date: 2006-06-13
* Sales Rank: 2873
* ISBN / ASIN: 0471787531
* EAN: 9780471787532
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Sybex
* Studio: Sybex Book Description:

Influence search engine results and bring targeted traffic to your Web site with an hour a day of search engine optimization (SEO). Drawing on years of experience as successful SEO consultants, Jennifer Grappone and Gradiva Couzin provide detailed, practical, and often surprisingly simple techniques for improving results. Their simple strategies include setting SEO goals, site optimization, developing and implementing a strategy that might include both free and paid efforts, and tools for monitoring trends, measuring the competition, and tracking results.

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Hilbert's 10th Problem (Foundations of Computing)
By Yuri Matiyasevich

* Publisher: The MIT Press
* Number Of Pages: 288
* Publication Date: 1993-10-13
* Sales Rank: 855824
* ISBN / ASIN: 0262132958
* EAN: 9780262132954
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: The MIT Press
* Studio: The MIT Press Book Description:

At the 1900 International Congress of Mathematicians, held that year in Paris, the German mathematician David Hilbert put forth a list of 23 unsolved problems that he saw as being the greatest challenges for twentieth-century mathematics. Hilbert's 10th problem, to find a method (what we now call an algorithm) for deciding whether a Diophantine equation has an integral solution, was solved by Yuri Matiyasevich in 1970. Proving the undecidability of Hilbert's 10th problem is clearly one of the great mathematical results of the century.

This book presents the full, self-contained negative solution of Hilbert's 10th problem. In addition it contains a number of diverse, often striking applications of the technique developed for that solution (scattered previously in journals), describes the many improvements and modifications of the original proof - since the problem was "unsolved" 20 years ago, and adds several new, previously unpublished proofs.

Included are numerous exercises that range in difficulty from the elementary to small research problems, open questions,and unsolved problems. Each chapter concludes with a commentary providing a historical view of its contents. And an extensive bibliography contains references to all of the main publications directed to the negative solution of Hilbert's 10th problem as well as the majority of the publications dealing with applications of the solution.

Intended for young mathematicians, Hilbert's 10th Problem requires only a modest mathematical background. A few less well known number-theoretical results are presented in the appendixes. No knowledge of recursion theory is presupposed. All necessary notions are introduced and defined in the book, making it suitable for the first acquaintance with this fascinating subject.

Yuri Matiyasevich is Head of the Laboratory of Mathematical Logic, Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg.

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Cryptography for Internet & Database Applications
By Nick Galbreath,&nbspNicholas Galbreath,

* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 320
* Publication Date: 2002-07-15
* Sales Rank: 834465
* ISBN / ASIN: 0471210293
* EAN: 0723812210299
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Wiley
* Studio: Wiley Book Description:

Cryptography is the gold standard for security. It is used to protect the transmission and storage of data between two parties by encrypting it into an unreadable format. Cryptography has enabled the first wave of secure transmissions, which has helped fuel the growth of transactions like shopping, banking, and finance over the world's biggest public network, the Internet. Many Internet applications such as e-mail, databases, and browsers store a tremendous amount of personal and financial information, but frequently the data is left unprotected. Traditional network security is frequently less effective at preventing hackers from accessing this data. For instance, once-private databases are now completely exposed on the Internet. It turns out that getting to the database that holds millions of credit card numbers-the transmission-is secure through the use of cryptography, but the database itself isn't, fueling the rise of credit card information theft.
A paradigm shift is now under way for cryptography. The only way to make data secure in any application that runs over the Internet is to use secret (also known as private) key cryptography. The current security methods focus on securing Internet applications using public keys techniques that are no longer effective. In this groundbreaking book, noted security expert Nick Galbreath provides specific implementation guidelines and code examples to secure database and Web-based applications to prevent theft of sensitive information from hackers and internal misuse.

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Next Generation SDH/SONET: Evolution or Revolution
By Huub van Helvoort

* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 254
* Publication Date: 2005-04-29
* Sales Rank: 953674
* ISBN / ASIN: 0470091207
* EAN: 9780470091203
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Wiley
* Studio: Wiley Book Description:

Since the turn of the twentieth century, telecommunications has shifted from traditional voice transport to data transport, although digitized voice is still a large contributor. Instead of an evolution of existing transport standards, a revolution was necessary in order to enable additional data-related transport.

Next Generation SDH/SONET provides a detailed description of the enablers of efficient data transport over any synchronous network. These include virtual concatenation (VCAT), the operation to provide more granularity, and the link capacity adjustment scheme (LCAS), an extension of VCAT that provides more flexibility. Equally, generic framing procedure (GFP), the methodology that efficiently transports asynchronous, or variable bit-rate data signals over a synchronous or constant bit-rate, is explored in detail.

â—� Describes new extensions to SDH/SONET standards to provide more granularity and flexibility in their structures, enabling the efficient transport of data-related signals such as Ethernet and FICON

â—� Presents comprehensive sections on the implementation of multi-service transport platforms (MSTP) enabled by VCAT, LCAS and GFP

â—� Provides valuable advice on how to exploit existing networks to create or extend LANs towards metro (MAN) or wide (WAN) area networks and also to support storage area (SAN) networks

This volume will appeal to manufacturers, engineers and all those involved in developing and deploying SDH, SONET and OTN technology. It will also be an invaluable resource for postgraduate students on network communications courses.

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Every Landlord's Legal Guide, Eighth Edition
By Marcia Stewart,&nbspJanet Portman,&nbspRalph E. Warner,

* Publisher: NOLO
* Number Of Pages: 590
* Publication Date: 2006-05-30
* Sales Rank: 13013
* ISBN / ASIN: 1413304141
* EAN: 9781413304145
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: NOLO
* Studio: NOLO Amazon.com:

Anyone who has ever been a landlord knows that the rental business is tightly regulated. As the authors of Every Landlord's Legal Guide point out, "a landlord either knows and follows the law or doesn't stay in business long." This book clearly outlines what the law requires of a landlord and, just as importantly, offers advice on how to be conscientious yet profitable. This useful book is filled with helpful information on finding good tenants, agreements and leases, liability issues, and even terminations and evictions. The advice is extremely thorough. For example, the chapter on the landlord's maintenance duties contains information on who is responsible for minor repairs, ways to avoid problems by instituting a preventive-maintenance program, and even possible tenant responses to landlord negligence. The book is rounded out with a chapter on finding a lawyer and an appendix of state laws that may affect your business. Dozens of sample forms are included both as blank hard copies in the book and as templates on the enclosed disk. This book is extremely user-friendly: Stilted legalese is translated into simple English, handy icons highlight particular points in the text, and sidebars provide in-depth analysis on a variety of issues. The authors maintain that success is based on "choosing tenants carefully, keeping good tenants happy, teaching mediocre tenants how to improve and getting rid of bad tenants by applying policies that are strict, fair and legal." This book will help you do just that. --C.B. Delaney

The all-in-one resource every landlord needs.

The best, most effective way to make and save money as a landlord is to keep up with the law --and with Every Landlord's Legal Guide, you can do it.

From move-in to move-out, Every Landlord's Legal Guide helps you handle the issues you're likely to face, helping you avoid hassles and headaches -- not to mention legal fees. Here is everything you need to:

*choose tenants *prepare a lease or rental agreement *collect and return deposits *avoid discrimination charges *hire a property manager *keep up with repairs and maintenance *minimize liability *deal with problem tenants *and more

Every Landlord's Legal Guide provides over 30 documents you'll need, including leases and rental agreements,as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.

The 8th edition is completely revised to provide your state's current laws, and discusses how new federal bankruptcy laws affect your ability to evict tenants.

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Rich Client Programming: Plugging into the NetBeans(TM) Platform
By Tim Boudreau,&nbspJaroslav Tulach,&nbspGeertjan Wielenga,

* Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
* Number Of Pages: 640
* Publication Date: 2007-04-30
* Sales Rank: 5961
* ISBN / ASIN: 0132354802
* EAN: 9780132354806
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
* Studio: Prentice Hall PTR Book Description:

The open-source NetBeans Platform is an extraordinarily powerful framework for building "write once, run anywhere" rich client applications. Now, for the first time since the release of NetBeans IDE 5.0, there's a comprehensive guide to rich client development on the NetBeans Platform.

Written for Java developers and architects who have discovered that basic Swing components are not enough for them, this book will help you get started with NetBeans module development, master NetBeans' key APIs, and learn proven techniques for building reliable desktop software. Each chapter is filled with practical, step-by-step instructions for creating complete rich client applications on top of the NetBeans Platform and plugins for NetBeans IDE.

Rich Client Programming's wide-ranging content covers

• Why modular development makes sense for small, medium, and large applications
• Using NetBeans to accelerate development and improve efficiency
• Leveraging NetBeans productivity features, from the Component Palette to Code Completion
• Leveraging NetBeans' modular architecture in your own applications
• Implementing loosely coupled communication to improve code maintainability and robustness
• Managing user- and system-configuration data
• Building reloadable components with solid threading models
• Constructing sophisticated multiwindow applications and presenting rich data structures to users
• Adding user-configurable options
• Integrating Web services with NetBeans desktop applications
• Automating module updates and providing user help

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed
By Tammy Fox

* Publisher: Sams
* Number Of Pages: 624
* Publication Date: 2007-04-20
* Sales Rank: 63624
* ISBN / ASIN: 0672328925
* EAN: 9780672328923
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Sams
* Studio: Sams
* Average RatinBook Description:

This comprehensive guide can help you administer Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 effectively in any production environment, no matter how complex or challenging.

Long-time Red Hat insider Tammy Fox brings together today’s best practices for the entire system lifecycle, from planning and deployment through maintenance and troubleshooting. Fox shows how to maximize your efficiency and effectiveness by automating day-to-day maintenance through scripting, deploying security updates via Red Hat Network, implementing central identity management services, and providing shared data with NFS and Samba.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed contains extensive coverage of network and web services, from the Apache HTTP server and Sendmail email services to remote login with OpenSSH. Fox also describes Red Hat’s most valuable tools for monitoring and optimization and presents thorough coverage of security–including a detailed introduction to Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux).

• Streamline deployment with Kickstart
• Find, install, update, remove, and verify software
• Detect, analyze, and manage hardware
• Manage storage with LVM, RAID, ACLs, and quotas
• Use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on 64-bit and multi-core systems
• Administer users and groups more efficiently and securely
• Ensure trustworthy backup and rapid recovery
• Script and schedule tasks to run automatically
• Provide unified identity management services
• Configure Apache, BIND, Samba, and Sendmail
• Monitor and tune the kernel and individual applications
• Protect against intruders with SELinux and ExecShield
• Set up firewalls with iptables
• Enable the Linux Auditing System
• Use virtualization to run multiple operating systems concurrently

Tammy Fox served as technical leader of Red Hat’s documentation group, where she wrote and revised The Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide. She was founding editor of Red Hat Magazine, now an online publication reaching more than 800,000 system administrators and others interested in Linux and open source. She wrote Red Hat’s LogViewer tool and has written and contributed to several Red Hat configuration tools. Fox is also the founding leader of the Fedora Docs Project.

Register your book at www.samspublishing.com/register for convenient access to updates and to download example scripts presented in this book.

Category: Linux/Networking

Covers: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

User Level: Intermediate�Advanced

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Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications (3rd Edition)
By Grady Booch,&nbspRobert A. Maksimchuk,&nbspMichael W. Engel,&nbspBobbi J. Young,&nbspJim Conallen,&nbspKelli A. Houston,

* Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
* Number Of Pages: 704
* Publication Date: 2007-04-30
* Sales Rank: 173364
* ISBN / ASIN: 020189551X
* EAN: 9780201895513
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
* Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional Amazon.com:

In this eagerly awaited second edition, Grady Booch draws upon the rich and varied results of those projects and offers improved methods for object development and a new, unified notation. With numerous examples implemented in C++, Booch illustrates essential concepts, explains the method, and shows successful applications in a variety of fields. Booch also gives pragmatic advice on a host of issues, including classification, implementation strategies, and cost-effective project management. A two-time winner of Software Development's coveted Jolt Cola Product Excellence Award!

Object-Oriented Design with Applications has long been the essential reference to object-oriented technology, which, in turn, has evolved to join the mainstream of industrial-strength software development. In this third edition--the first revision in 13 years--readers can learn to apply object-oriented methods using new paradigms such as Java, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.0, and .NET.

The authors draw upon their rich and varied experience to offer improved methods for object development and numerous examples that tackle the complex problems faced by software engineers, including systems architecture, data acquisition, cryptoanalysis, control systems, and Web development. They illustrate essential concepts, explain the method, and show successful applications in a variety of fields. You'll also find pragmatic advice on a host of issues, including classification, implementation strategies, and cost-effective project management.

New to this new edition are

• An introduction to the new UML 2.0, from the notation's most fundamental and advanced elements with an emphasis on key changes
• New domains and contexts
• A greatly enhanced focus on modeling--as eagerly requested by readers--with five chapters that each delve into one phase of the overall development lifecycle.
• Fresh approaches to reasoning about complex systems
• An examination of the conceptual foundation of the widely misunderstood fundamental elements of the object model, such as abstraction, encapsulation, modularity, and hierarchy
• How to allocate the resources of a team of developers and mange the risks associated with developing complex software systems
• An appendix on object-oriented programming languages

This is the seminal text for anyone who wishes to use object-oriented technology to manage the complexity inherent in many kinds of systems.

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Tricks of the Microsoft Office 2007 Gurus (Business Solutions)
By Paul McFedries

* Publisher: Que
* Number Of Pages: 504
* Publication Date: 2007-05-14
* Sales Rank: 727404
* ISBN / ASIN: 0789736667
* EAN: 9780789736666
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Que
* Studio: Que

Book Description:

We all have those "go-to" people in our lives. The one you go-to for advice, the one you go-to for comfort, the one you go-to with technical questions...now you can be the one that others go-to for help with Microsoft Office 2007. Tricks of the Microsoft Office 2007 Gurus is full of exclusive tricks from Paul McFedries, an Office "insider," that will help you learn the Office applications inside and out. Designed to bridge the gap between your expectation and reality, you will go beyond the basics and learn newly discovered techniques, shortcuts, and best practices. Through real-world examples that showcase how the tips and tricks can be used in everyday business tasks, Tricks of the Microsoft Office 2007 Gurus will help you get the most out of Office 2007.

Table of Contents

Part 1, "Microsoft Word Tricks" – The chapters in Part 1 offer a collection of tricks for Word in four categories: "Text Tricks" (Chapter 1), "Formatting Tricks" (Chapter 2), "Document Tricks" (Chapter 3), and "Page Layout Tricks" (Chapter 4).

Part 2, "Microsoft Excel Tricks" – The chapters in Part 2 focus on Excel with the author’s favorites spreadsheet tricks in four categories: "Formula and Functions Tricks" (Chapter 5), "Workbook and Worksheet Tricks" (Chapter 6), "Data Analysis Tricks" (Chapter 7), and "Chart Tricks" (Chapter 8).

Part 3, "Microsoft PowerPoint Tricks" – This part presents three chapters that help you take you PowerPoint presentations to the next level. You learn "Slide and Presentation Tricks" (Chapter 9), "Animation Tricks" (Chapter 10), and "Slide Show Tricks" (Chapter 11).

Part 4, "Microsoft Outlook Tricks" – The chapters in Part 4 concentrate on Outlook and present a large collection of tricks in two categories: "Email Tricks" (Chapter 12) and "Calendar and Contacts Tricks" (Chapter 13).

Part 5, "Microsoft Access Tricks" – The book closes with a look at a program we can also use some help with: Microsoft Access. You learn "Table and Query Tricks" (Chapter 14) and "Form and Report Tricks" (Chapter 15).

Author Bio

Paul McFedries is well-known as a teacher of Office, Windows, and programming, particularly VBA. He is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. Paul has been writing programs for PCs for more than 25 years and has been developing VBA applications since Microsoft first added VBA to the Office suite in 1994. Now primarily a writer, Paul has written more than 50 books that have sold more than three million copies worldwide. These books include Access 2007 Forms, Reports, and Queries (Que, 2007), Formulas and Functions with Excel 2007 (Que, 2007), VBA for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (Que, 2007), and Windows Vista Unleashed (Sams, 2006).

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Java, Java, Java, Object-Oriented Problem Solving (3rd Edition)
By Ralph Morelli,&nbspRalph Walde,

* Publisher: Prentice Hall
* Number Of Pages: 880
* Publication Date: 2005-12-22
* Sales Rank: 224094
* ISBN / ASIN: 0131474340
* EAN: 9780131474345
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
* Studio: Prentice Hall

Book Description:

Functional and flexible, this guide takes an objects-first approach to Java programming and problem using games and puzzles. Updated to cover Java version 1.5 features, such as generic types, enumerated types, and the Scanner class. Offers independent introductions to both a command-line interface and a graphical user interface (GUI). Features coverage of Unified Modeling Language (UML), the industry-standard, object-oriented design tool. Illustrates key aspects of Java with a collection of game and puzzle examples. Instructor and Student resources available online. For introductory computer programming students or professionals interested in learning Java.

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Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games
By Christy Marx

* Publisher: Focal Press
* Number Of Pages: 248
* Publication Date: 2006-10-25
* Sales Rank: 449361
* ISBN / ASIN: 0240805828
* EAN: 9780240805825
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Focal Press
* Studio: Focal Press Book Description:

Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games explains the practical aspects of creating scripts for animation, comics, graphic novels, and computer games. It details how you can create scripts that are in the right industry format, and follow the expected rules for you to put your best foot forward to help you break-in to the trade. This book explains approaches to writing for exterior storytelling (animation, games); interior/exterior storytelling (comics and graphic novels), as well as considerations for non-linear computer games in the shortest, pithiest, and most economical way. The author offers insider's advice on how you can present work as professional, how to meet deadlines, how visual writing differs from prose, and the art of collaboration.

* Career rules of-the-road for comics, computer games, and animation...from an insider's perspective
* Written for beginners and professionals alike
* Authored by a distinguished writer, whose credits include X-Men Evolution, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Lord of the Rings

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Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible
By Ted Padova

* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 1085
* Publication Date: 2007-02-12
* Sales Rank: 3695
* ISBN / ASIN: 0470050519
* EAN: 9780470050514
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Wiley
* Studio: Wiley Book Description:

"The Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible is the comprehensive guide to Acrobat for novices and power users alike. With a concise, easy-to-read format, you will be creating interactive XML forms, enabling streamlined document review processes, and publishing high-impact electronic documents in no time."
�Rick Brown, director of product management, Adobe Acrobat

The book you need to succeed with Adobe Acrobat!

Why do readers turn to the Adobe Acrobat Bible again and again? Because whether you're already experienced with Adobe Acrobat or you're learning to use this powerful tool for the first time, you'll find exactly what you need to know in these well-organized pages. Packed with helpful tips and step-by-step instructions, this latest edition will guide you through both basic and advanced features, enabling you to take full advantage of everything Acrobat 8 has to offer.

• Create, collect, and distribute forms with LiveCycle® Designer
• Work seamlessly with Microsoft® Office applications
• Convert AutoCAD® and Visio® files to PDF
• Discover new ways to edit PDFs and remove sensitive data
• Explore enhanced Shared Reviews tools with easy-to-use Wizard
• Collect form data by exporting it directly to Microsoft Excel®
• Combine files and create PDF Packages using new Acrobat 8 tools

What's on the CD-ROM?

You'll find valuable, author-developed sample files including PDF documents, Adobe Designer forms, and Acrobat PDF forms with JavaScripts�all arranged in folders according to chapters in the book, so you use them along with the book's tutorials. The CD also includes:

• Adobe Reader software
• Entire book in searchable PDF with embedded index
• Windows demonstration plug-ins

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SPSS for Intermediate Statistics: Use and Interpretation
By Nancy L. Leech,&nbspKaren C. Barrett,&nbspGeorge A. Morgan,

* Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
* Number Of Pages: 256
* Publication Date: 2004-08
* Sales Rank: 439369
* ISBN / ASIN: 0805847901
* EAN: 9780805847901
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
* Studio: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Book Description:

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Java Concurrency in Practice
By Brian Goetz,&nbspTim Peierls,&nbspJoshua Bloch,&nbspJoseph Bowbeer,&nbspDavid Holmes,&nbspDoug Lea,

* Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
* Number Of Pages: 384
* Publication Date: 2006-05-09
* Sales Rank: 1599
* ISBN / ASIN: 0321349601
* EAN: 9780321349606
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
* Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional Summary:From the Back Cover

"I was fortunate indeed to have worked with a fantastic team on the design and implementation of the concurrency features added to the Java platform in Java 5.0 and Java 6. Now this same team provides the best explanation yet of these new features, and of concurrency in general. Concurrency is no longer a subject for advanced users only. Every Java developer should read this book."
--Martin Buchholz
JDK Concurrency Czar, Sun Microsystems

"For the past 30 years, computer performance has been driven by Moore's Law; from now on, it will be driven by Amdahl's Law. Writing code that effectively exploits multiple processors can be very challenging. Java Concurrency in Practice provides you with the concepts and techniques needed to write safe and scalable Java programs for today's--and tomorrow's--systems."
--Doron Rajwan
Research Scientist, Intel Corp

"This is the book you need if you're writing--or designing, or debugging, or maintaining, or contemplating--multithreaded Java programs. If you've ever had to synchronize a method and you weren't sure why, you owe it to yourself and your users to read this book, cover to cover."
--Ted Neward
Author of Effective Enterprise Java

"Brian addresses the fundamental issues and complexities of concurrency with uncommon clarity. This book is a must-read for anyone who uses threads and cares about performance."
--Kirk Pepperdine
CTO, JavaPerformanceTuning.com

"This book covers a very deep and subtle topic in a very clear and concise way, making it the perfect Java Concurrency reference manual. Each page is filled with the problems (and solutions!) that programmers struggle with every day. Effectively exploiting concurrency is becoming more and more important now that Moore's Law is delivering more cores but not faster cores, and this book will show you how to do it."
--Dr. Cliff Click
Senior Software Engineer, Azul Systems

"I have a strong interest in concurrency, and have probably written more thread deadlocks and made more synchronization mistakes than most programmers. Brian's book is the most readable on the topic of threading and concurrency in Java, and deals with this difficult subject with a wonderful hands-on approach. This is a book I am recommending to all my readers of The Java Specialists' Newsletter, because it is interesting, useful, and relevant to the problems facing Java developers today."
--Dr. Heinz Kabutz
The Java Specialists' Newsletter

"I've focused a career on simplifying simple problems, but this book ambitiously and effectively works to simplify a complex but critical subject: concurrency. Java Concurrency in Practice is revolutionary in its approach, smooth and easy in style, and timely in its delivery--it's destined to be a very important book."
--Bruce Tate
Author of Beyond Java

"Java Concurrency in Practice is an invaluable compilation of threading know-how for Java developers. I found reading this book intellectually exciting, in part because it is an excellent introduction to Java's concurrency API, but mostly because it captures in a thorough and accessible way expert knowledge on threading not easily found elsewhere."
--Bill Venners
Author of Inside the Java Virtual Machine

Threads are a fundamental part of the Java platform. As multicore processors become the norm, using concurrency effectively becomes essential for building high-performance applications. Java SE 5 and 6 are a huge step forward for the development of concurrent applications, with improvements to the Java Virtual Machine to support high-performance, highly scalable concurrent classes and a rich set of new concurrency building blocks. In Java Concurrency in Practice, the creators of these new facilities explain not only how they work and how to use them, but also the motivation and design patterns behind them.

However, developing, testing, and debugging multithreaded programs can still be very difficult; it is all too easy to create concurrent programs that appear to work, but fail when it matters most: in production, under heavy load. Java Concurrency in Practice arms readers with both the theoretical underpinnings and concrete techniques for building reliable, scalable, maintainable concurrent applications. Rather than simply offering an inventory of concurrency APIs and mechanisms, it provides design rules, patterns, and mental models that make it easier to build concurrent programs that are both correct and performant.

This book covers:

* Basic concepts of concurrency and thread safety
* Techniques for building and composing thread-safe classes
* Using the concurrency building blocks in java.util.concurrent
* Performance optimization dos and don'ts
* Testing concurrent programs
* Advanced topics such as atomic variables, nonblocking algorithms, and the Java Memory Model





About the Author

Brian Goetz is a software consultant with twenty years industry experience, with over 75 articles on Java development. He is one of the primary members of the Java Community Process JSR 166 Expert Group (Concurrency Utilities), and has served on numerous other JCP Expert Groups.

Tim Peierls is the very model of a modern multiprocessor, with BoxPop.biz, recording arts, and goings on theatrical. He is one of the primary members of the Java Community Process JSR 166 Expert Group (Concurrency Utilities), and has served on numerous other JCP Expert Groups.

Joshua Bloch is a principal engineer at Google and a Jolt Award-winner. He was previously a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems and a senior systems designer at Transarc. Josh led the design and implementation of numerous Java platform features, including JDK 5.0 language enhancements and the award-winning Java Collections Framework. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Joseph Bowbeer is a software architect at Vizrea Corporation where he specializes in mobile application development for the Java ME platform, but his fascination with concurrent programming began in his days at Apollo Computer. He served on the JCP Expert Group for JSR-166 (Concurrency Utilities).

David Holmes is director of DLTeCH Pty Ltd, located in Brisbane, Australia. He specializes in synchronization and concurrency and was a member of the JSR-166 expert group that developed the new concurrency utilities. He is also a contributor to the update of the Real-Time Specification for Java, and has spent the past few years working on an implementation of that specification.
Doug Lea is one of the foremost experts on object-oriented technology and software reuse. He has been doing collaborative research with Sun Labs for more than five years. Lea is Professor of Computer Science at SUNY Oswego, Co-director of the Software Engineering Lab at the New York Center for Advanced Technology in Computer Applications, and Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Syracuse University. In addition, he co-authored the book, Object-Oriented System Development (Addison-Wesley, 1993). He received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire.

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A First Course in Logic: An Introduction to Model Theory, Proof Theory, Computability, and Complexity (Oxford Texts in Logic)
By Shawn Hedman

* Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
* Number Of Pages: 452
* Publication Date: 2004-08-20
* Sales Rank: 1502169
* ISBN / ASIN: 0198529813
* EAN: 9780198529811
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
* Studio: Oxford University Press, USA Book Description:

The ability to reason and think in a logical manner forms the basis of learning for most mathematics, computer science, philosophy and logic students. Based on the author's teaching notes at the University of Maryland and aimed at a broad audience, this text covers the fundamental topics in classical logic in an extremely clear, thorough and accurate style that is accessible to all the above. Covering propositional logic, first-order logic, and second-order logic, as well as proof theory, computability theory, and model theory, the text also contains numerous carefully graded exercises and is ideal for a first or refresher course.

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By Anne Hooper, Daphne Razazan,

• Publisher: DK ADULT
• Number Of Pages: 544
• Publication Date: 2000-11-01
• Sales Rank: 186766
• ISBN / ASIN: 0789468379
• EAN: 9780789468376
• Binding: Paperback
• Manufacturer: DK ADULT
• Studio: DK ADULT

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Let the games begin!
Erotic games to excite the imagination and increase sexual confidence. Expand your sexual repertoire and overcome inhibitions with Anne Hooper's unique and imaginative guide to erotic sex games. With something to suit everyone, you and your partner can discover how to live out daring fantasies and spice up your sex life. From stimulating games using an array of tantalizing sex toys and props, to frolics involving water, food, and video cameras, Anne Hooper shows couples how to explore and get the most out of a provocative range of sensual activities.

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Mastering Integrated HTML and CSS (Mastering)
By Virginia DeBolt

* Publisher: Sybex
* Number Of Pages: 600
* Publication Date: 2007-02-20
* Sales Rank: 245400
* ISBN / ASIN: 047009754X
* EAN: 9780470097540
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Sybex
* Studio: Sybex Book Description:

Mastering Integrated HTML and CSS maintains the "integrated" approach used in Virginia DeBolt's earlier book and throughout her web teaching. Mastery-level HTML and CSS is treated as a single topic, taught together because the fastest workflows and most effective web sites develop these pieces together.

The Mastering series from Sybex provides outstanding instruction for readers with intermediate and advanced skills, in the form of top-notch training and development for those already working in their field and clear, serious education for those aspiring to become pros. Every Mastering book includes:

• Real-World Scenarios, ranging from case studies to interviews, that show how the tool, technique, or knowledge presented is applied in actual practice.
• Skill-based instruction, with chapters organized around real tasks rather than abstract concepts or subjects.
• Self-review test questions, so you can be certain you’re equipped to do the job right.

Mastering Integrated HTML and CSS fulfills the promise of this series to supply professionals and students with the latest information and complete, practical skills for their workday tasks. You'll learn all this and much more:

• Writing XHTML and CSS using correct syntax
• Working with fixed and fluid two- and three-column layouts
• Styling links as CSS popups
• Creating and applying styles to make an accessible form
• Mastering hierarchy, alignment, focal point, and other design concepts
• Publishing and testing your pages
• Working bloat-free with CSS in Dreamweaver
• Weaning yourself from table-based layouts and out-of-date coding

The companion CD-ROM provides a StyleMe Challenge Page, which readers can use as a "lab" to test out their CSS stylesheets, plus all the files and resources needed to practice along with the book's tutorials. It also contains a selection of third-party software, especially text-editing tools with handy features such as color coding and indenting that make writing HTML easier. Instructor’s supplemental resources are available to accompany this book as a classroom text, including a sample syllabus, presentation slides, and an additional Q&A test bank.

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PHP 5 Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide
By Larry Ullman

* Publisher: Peachpit Press
* Number Of Pages: 608
* Publication Date: 2007-03-05
* Sales Rank: 126794
* ISBN / ASIN: 0321376013
* EAN: 9780321376015
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Peachpit Press
* Studio: Peachpit Press Book Description:
PHP is currently one of the most popular server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language on the Web. It's specifically designed for Web site creation and is frequently being used to replace the functionality created by Perl to write CGI scripts. PHP's popularity and easier-to-learn appeal has spawned a new breed of programmer, those who are only familiar with and only use PHP.

Sharpen your PHP skills with the fully revised and updated, PHP 5 Advanced for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickPro Guide! Filled with fifteen chapters of step-by-step content and written by best-selling author and PHP programmer, Larry Ullman, this guide teaches specific topics in direct, focused segments, shows how PHP is used in real-world applications, features popular and most-asked-about scripts, and details those technologies that will be more important in the future. You'll learn about object-oriented programming, PHP interactions with a server, XML, RSS, Networking with PHP, image and PDF generation, and more.

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Digital Image Processing: PIKS Scientific Inside
By William K. Pratt

* Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
* Number Of Pages: 782
* Publication Date: 2007-02-09
* Sales Rank: 156133
* ISBN / ASIN: 0471767778
* EAN: 9780471767770
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience
* Studio: Wiley-Interscience Book Description:

A newly updated and revised edition of the classic introduction to digital image processing

The Fourth Edition of Digital Image Processing provides a complete introduction to the field and includes new information that updates the state of the art. The text offers coverage of new topics and includes interactive computer display imaging examples and computer programming exercises that illustrate the theoretical content of the book. These exercises can be implemented using the Programmer's Imaging Kernel System (PIKS) application program interface included on the accompanying CD.

Suitable as a textbook for students or as a reference for practitioners, this new edition provides a comprehensive treatment of these vital topics:

• Characterization of continuous images
• Image sampling and quantization techniques
• Two-dimensional signal processing techniques
• Image enhancement and restoration techniques
• Image analysis techniques
• Software implementation of image processing applications

In addition, the bundled CD includes:

• A Solaris operating system executable version of the PIKS Scientific API
• A Windows operating system executable version of PIKS Scientific
• A Windows executable version of PIKSTool, a graphical user interface method of executing many of the PIKS Scientic operators without program compilation
• A PDF file format version of the PIKS Scientific C programmer's reference manual
• C program source demonstration programs
• A digital image database of most of the source images used in the book plus many others widely used in the literature

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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IMS Multimedia Telephony over Cellular Systems: VoIP Evolution in a Converged Telecommunication World
By Shyam Chakraborty,&nbspJanne Peisa,&nbspTomas Frankkila,&nbspPer Synnergren,

* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 370
* Publication Date: 2007-04-10
* Sales Rank: 158982
* ISBN / ASIN: 0470058552
* EAN: 9780470058558
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Wiley
* Studio: Wiley

Book Description:

IMS Multimedia Telephony service has been standardized in 3GPP as the replacement of the circuit switched telephony service in cellular networks. The multimedia telephony service consists of several service components such as voice, video and text. ‘IMS Multimedia Telephony over Cellular Systems’ provides a comprehensive overview of the service that will enable enriched telephony for mobile users. Enriched telephony fulfils the user’s desire to communicate in new ways, for example by sharing pictures and video clips.

In addition to an overview of the Multimedia Telephony service, the book focuses on the modern media processing methods, which allows the quality of the packet switched voice and video telephony not only to match but also possibly exceed the quality of circuit switched telephony. Such key components as adaptive jitter buffering and adaptation of conversational media are explained in detail.

Key features:

• Detailed description of how Multimedia Telephony sessions are set-up and controlled
• Analysis showing the capacity and quality of VoIP and Multimedia Telephony in cellular networks
• Coverage of other IMS services such as PoC specified by 3GPP and OMA
• Description of suitable QoS and radio bearers for Multimedia Telephony
• Explanation of the modern radio interface, especially High Speed Packet Access, which is based on concepts such as link adaptation and fast hybrid ARQ

The possibilities for the current and future standards covered in this book make it an indispensable resource for engineers, designers and researchers in VoIP, telecommunication companies and universities teaching and conducting research in telecommunications. It will also be of interest to managers needing an in-depth knowledge of the engineering and key issues of this complex technology, and students aspiring to develop a career in this area.

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Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation Step by Step (Step By Step Developer Series)
By John Sharp

* Publisher: Microsoft Press
* Number Of Pages: 448
* Publication Date: 2007-01-31
* Sales Rank: 62046
* ISBN / ASIN: 0735623368
* EAN: 9780735623361
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Microsoft Press
* Studio: Microsoft Press Book Description:

Teach yourself the essentials of using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) with this practical, hands-on tutorial. Understanding WCF--a key component of the new WinFX development environment--is essential for every developer who works with Web services in a service-oriented architecture. WCF helps connect separate services so that they can interoperate effectively, sharing processes, data, and results. With the popular STEP BY STEP approach, you work at your own pace through sequential, learn-by-doing exercises to understand the fundamental techniques for using WCF. You'll get the context for understanding how services interoperate, how they relate to service orientation to object-orientation, and hands-on guidance for creating WCF-enabled services for Windows. You'll also get a CD featuring practice exercises and code samples for each chapter.

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Practical .NET 2.0 Networking Projects
By Wei-Meng Lee

* Publisher: Apress
* Number Of Pages: 300
* Publication Date: 2007-01-29
* Sales Rank: 60003
* ISBN / ASIN: 1590597907
* EAN: 9781590597903
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Apress
* Studio: Apress Book Description:

Practical .NET 2.0 Networking Projects demonstrates some of the key networking technologies that are being made easily accessible through .NET Framework 2.0. It discusses communication between wired machines and between networks and mobile devices. The book teaches you about the technologies by walking you through sample projects in a straightforward and direct way.

The book begins by discussing background theory so youll get comfortable with the layout of the .NET Framework and Compact Framework from a networking perspective. Then youll use the APIs within these frameworks to build a variety of cutting-edge networking applications that cover everything from Bluetooth and RFID communication to sockets programming and chat servers. Youll build working examples for each project, which you can also customize and use for your own purposes. The featured projects cover

• Basic introduction to network programming in .NET 2.0
• Sockets programming
• Serial communication
• Bluetooth and GPS
• Infrared networking to mobile devices
• RFID

Formulas and Functions with Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (Business Solutions)
By Paul McFedries

* Publisher: Que
* Number Of Pages: 552
* Publication Date: 2007-03-14
* Sales Rank: 45280
* ISBN / ASIN: 0789736683
* EAN: 9780789736680
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Que
* Studio: Que Book Description:

“If you’ve never quite grasped formulas and functions, Paul McFedries will radically expand your understanding and use of Excel. And if you’re already an expert and you’re moving up to Excel 2007, this book will quickly show you features you’ve only dreamed of until now...�

–Thomas ‘Duffbert’ Duff, Duffbert’s Random Musings, http://www.twduff.com

Develop your Microsoft Excel expertise instantly with proven techniques

• Master Excel Ranges
• Create Powerful Arrays
• Troubleshoot Formula Problems
• Validate Worksheet Data
• Perform What-If Analysis
• Model Your Business
• Track Trends and Make
• Forecasts
• Analyze Data
• Find Optimal Solutions
• Build Dynamic Loan
• Schedules

Most Microsoft® Excel users learn only a small percentage of the program’s features. They know they could get more out of Excel if they could just get a leg up on building formulas and using functions. Unfortunately, this side of Excel appears complex and intimidating to the uninitiated–shrouded in the mysteries of mathematics, finance, and impenetrable spreadsheet jargon.

Sound familiar? If you’re a businessperson who needs to use Excel as an everyday part of your job, then you’ve come to the right book. Formulas and Functions with Microsoft® Office Excel 2007 demystifies worksheet formulas and presents the most useful Excel functions in an accessible, jargon-free way. This book not only takes you through Excel’s intermediate and advanced formula-building features, it also tells you why these features are useful to you and shows you how to use them in everyday situations. Throughout the book you’ll find no-nonsense, step-by-step tutorials and lots of practical examples aimed directly at business users.

• Focuses like a laser on the four technologies that you must master to get the most out of Excel: ranges, formulas, functions, and data analysis tools.

• Shuns spreadsheet theory in favor of practical know-how that you can put to use right away.

• Provides numerous real-world examples and techniques to help you learn and understand the importance of each section.

Paul McFedries is well-known as a teacher of Windows and Office, particularly Excel, and is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. Paul has been working with spreadsheets for more than 20 years and has been developing Excel solutions since the late 1980s. Now primarily a writer, Paul has written more than 50 books that have sold more than three million copies worldwide. These books include Microsoft Office Access 2007 Forms, Reports, and Queries; Tricks of the Microsoft Office 2007 Gurus (all from Que); and Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed (Sams).

Category Office Productivity Suite

Covers Microsoft Office Excel 2007

User Level Intermediate - Advanced

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Bulletproof Ajax (Voices That Matter)
By Jeremy Keith

* Publisher: New Riders Press
* Number Of Pages: 216
* Publication Date: 2007-02-09
* Sales Rank: 4948
* ISBN / ASIN: 0321472667
* EAN: 9780321472663
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: New Riders Press
* Studio: New Riders Press

Book Description:

Step-by-step guide reveals best practices for enhancing Web sites with Ajax

• A step-by-step guide to enhancing Web sites with Ajax.
• Uses progressive enhancement techniques to ensure graceful degradation (which makes sites usable in all browsers).
• Shows readers how to write their own Ajax scripts instead of relying on third-party libraries.

Web site designers love the idea of Ajax--of creating Web pages in which information can be updated without refreshing the entire page. But for those who aren't hard-core programmers, enhancing pages using Ajax can be a challenge. Even more of a challenge is making sure those pages work for all users. In Bulletproof Ajax, author Jeremy Keith demonstrates how developers comfortable with CSS and (X)HTML can build Ajax functionality without frameworks, using the ideas of graceful degradation and progressive enhancement to ensure that the pages work for all users. Throughout this step-by-step guide, his emphasis is on best practices with an approach to building Ajax pages called Hijax, which improves flexibility and avoids worst-case scenarios.

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Expert MySQL (Expert)
By Dr. Charles A. Bell

* Publisher: Apress
* Number Of Pages: 525
* Publication Date: 2007-01-22
* Sales Rank: 300146
* ISBN / ASIN: 1590597419
* EAN: 9781590597415
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Apress
* Studio: Apress Book Description:

Since the enormous number of new features made available with MySQL release 5.0, MySQL has been gaining steam as a viable alternative to database behemoths like Oracle and IBM DB2. MySQL users now have the ability to extend MySQL with new SQL commands, optimize query execution, and embed MySQL within low-resource environments like embedded devices and kiosks.

Expert MySQL, by Dr. Charles A. Bell, is the first book to examine these opportunities in detail, showing you how to wield maximum control over this powerful open source database. Youll learn how to create your own custom storage handlers, ensuring maximum flexibility and speed within your specialized applications. Youll also gain valuable insight into MySQLs architecture and learn how to tweak its behavior through custom changes to the source code.

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Implicit Objects Computer Graphics
By Luiz Velho,&nbspJonas Gomes,&nbspLuiz H. de Figueiredo,

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 208
* Publication Date: 2002-09-10
* Sales Rank: 1379309
* ISBN / ASIN: 0387984240
* EAN: 9780387984247
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer Book Description:

Implicit definition and description of geometric objects and surfaces plays a critical role in the appearance and manipulation of computer graphics. In addition, the mathematical definition of shapes, using an implicit form, has pivotal applications for geometric modeling, visualization and animation. Until recently, the parametric form has been by far the most popular geometric representation used in computer graphics and computer-aided design. Whereas parametric objects and the techniques associated with them have been exhaustively developed, the implicit form has been used as a complementary geometric representation, mainly in the restricted context of specific applications. However, recent developments in graphics are changing this situation, and the community is beginning to draw its attention to implicit objects. This is reflected in the current research of aspects related to this subject. Employing a coherent conceptual framework, Implicit Objects in Computer Graphics addresses the role of implicitly defined objects in the following parts: mathematical foundations of geometric models, implicit formulations for the specification of shapes, implicit primitives, techniques for constructing and manipulating implicit objects, modeling, rendering and animation implicit objects. Topics and features: *Broad, conceptual approach covers the fundamental algorithms and ideas *Integrated and up-to-date overview of the main developments surrounding implicit objects *Organized and cohesive presentation combines theory and practice *Provides thorough explanation of key problems and challenges in the field

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Gsm System Engineering (Artech House Mobile Communications Series)
By Asha Mehrotra

* Publisher: Artech House Publishers
* Number Of Pages: 450
* Publication Date: 1997-04
* Sales Rank: 571508
* ISBN / ASIN: 0890068607
* EAN: 9780890068601
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Artech House Publishers
* Studio: Artech House Publishers Book Description:

Here is a comprehensive look at the global system for mobile communications from an engineer's viewpoint. GSM System Engineering covers the architecture, protocols, and time and frequency domain representation, as well as the important issues of network maintenance and management of mobility, subscribers, and security. The book includes explanations of the hardware and software configurations and functions of the mobile switching center, base transceiver station, operations and maintenance center, mobile station sub-systems, the basics of a typical advanced cellular system, an example of an actual Time-Division Multiple Access (TDMA) system, and a look ahead at the industry's future. Includes 200 illustrations.

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Creating Web Portals with BEA WebLogic
By Howard Block,&nbspRob Castle,&nbspDavid Hritz,

* Publisher: Apress
* Number Of Pages: 624
* Publication Date: 2003-03-05
* Sales Rank: 385261
* ISBN / ASIN: 1590590694
* EAN: 0689253156940
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Apress
* Studio: Apress

Book Description:

Building WebLogic Portals shows the beginning portal developer how to develop a portal application from start-to-finish and supplies the intermediate developer with proven strategies and development tactics for creating an enterprise portal. It also provides the advanced Java application server developer with a full range of reference material.
Building WebLogic Portals also goes beyond portal development. The Web services chapter shows how to use Web services that allow companies to integrate business processes and data with their suppliers and customers. The authors describe the architecture of a well-planned user interface and include everything from data binding strategies to document-view architecture with MDI. They also show how to create elegant custom controls tailored to specific data and application logic and how to create dynamic user interfaces, dockable windows, and a vector-based drawing program. The book also teaches the GDI+ essentials needed for good user interfaces such as hit testing, irregularly shaped forms, owner-drawn menus, and animated controls, and shows how to integrate "intelligence" into user interfaces with embedded help and user agents.

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PostNuke Content Management (Developer's Library)
By Kevin Hatch

* Publisher: Sams
* Number Of Pages: 576
* Publication Date: 2004-12-03
* Sales Rank: 128225
* ISBN / ASIN: 0672326868
* EAN: 0752063326862
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Sams
* Studio: Sams

Book Description:

PostNuke Content Management is a practical, application-oriented guide to building content-driven websites and portals with the PostNuke package. Website developers will find that this guide will help you get your website up and running quickly. You'll learn how to install and setup PostNuke and use it to build fully-customizeable content-focused websites. Each section will take you to a new level of site development and will teach you tips, tricks and hacks to customize the function and interface exactly for your specific needs. Author Kevin Hatch maintains a popular PHP and PostNuke online tutorial and is an experienced PostNuke user, so you are sure to get thorough PostNuke information through this book.

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XML, Web Services, and the Data Revolution (Addison-Wesley Information Technology Series)
By Frank P. Coyle

* Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
* Number Of Pages: 256
* Publication Date: 2002-03-05
* Sales Rank: 511058
* ISBN / ASIN: 0201776413
* EAN: 0785342776416
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
* Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional

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The Complete Cisco VPN Configuration Guide (Networking Technology)
By Richard Deal

* Publisher: Cisco Press
* Number Of Pages: 1032
* Publication Date: 2005-12-15
* Sales Rank: 40132
* ISBN / ASIN: 1587052040
* EAN: 9781587052040
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Cisco Press
* Studio: Cisco Press

Book Description:

Use Cisco concentrators, routers, Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA security appliances, and remote access clients to build a complete VPN solution

• A complete resource for understanding VPN components and VPN design issues
• Learn how to employ state-of-the-art VPN connection types and implement complex VPN configurations on Cisco devices, including routers, Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA security appliances, concentrators, and remote access clients
• Discover troubleshooting tips and techniques from real-world scenarios based on the author’s vast field experience
• Filled with relevant configurations you can use immediately in your own network

With increased use of Internet connectivity and less reliance on private WAN networks, virtual private networks (VPNs) provide a much-needed secure method of transferring critical information. As Cisco Systems® integrates security and access features into routers, firewalls, clients, and concentrators, its solutions become ever more accessible to companies with networks of all sizes. The Complete Cisco VPN Configuration Guide contains detailed explanations of all Cisco® VPN products, describing how to set up IPsec and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections on any type of Cisco device, including concentrators, clients, routers, or Cisco PIX® and Cisco ASA security appliances. With copious configuration examples and troubleshooting scenarios, it offers clear information on VPN implementation designs.

Part I, “VPNs,� introduces the topic of VPNs and discusses today’s main technologies, including IPsec. It also spends an entire chapter on SSL VPNs, the newest VPN technology and one that Cisco has placed particular emphasis on since 2003. Part II, “Concentrators,� provides detail on today’s concentrator products and covers site-to-site and remote-access connection types with attention on IPsec and WebVPN. Part III covers the Cisco VPN Client versions 3.x and 4.x along with the Cisco3002 Hardware Client. Cisco IOS® routers are the topic of Part IV, covering scalable VPNs with Dynamic Multipoint VPN, router certificate authorities, and router remote access solutions. Part V explains Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA security appliances and their roles in VPN connectivity, including remote access and site-to-site connections. In Part VI, a case study shows how a VPN solution is best implemented in the real world using a variety of Cisco VPN products in a sample network.

This security book is part of the Cisco Press® Networking Technology Series. Security titles from Cisco Press help networking professionals secure critical data and resources, prevent and mitigate network attacks, and build end-to-end self-defending networks.

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How the Internet Works (8th Edition) (How It Works)
By Preston Gralla

* Publisher: Que
* Number Of Pages: 432
* Publication Date: 2006-11-21
* Sales Rank: 72328
* ISBN / ASIN: 0789736268
* EAN: 9780789736260
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Que
* Studio: Que Book Description:

Simple, clear explanations walk you through every technology

Detailed explanations walk you through the technology.

The Internet has changed the world... and, with everything from blogs to podcasts, Internet phones to video, it’s still changing the world. Now, it’s easy to understand how it all works! This book’s big, brilliant, full-color illustrations and clear explanations make it all incredibly simple!

DISCOVER HOW THE INTERNET REALLY WORKS... IT’S AMAZINGLY EASY!

This new edition has been completely updated for today’s hottest Internet technologies, Web connections, hardware, communications and entertainment services, and much more!

• See how the Internet can deliver any kind of information, anywhere: web pages, email, music, video, phone calls, and more!

• Understand the most exciting new Internet technologies, from blogs and podcasting to wikis and BitTorrent

• Discover how your connection to the Internet works... wireless, cable modem, DSL, even cellphones

• Go behind the scenes with today’s most sophisticated websites, applications, and services

• Protect yourself from the latest Internet dangers, including phishing, web surveillance, and wireless hacking

Preston Gralla is the award-winning author of more than 30 books, including How the Internet Works, Complete Idiot’s Guide to Internet Privacy and Security, Complete Idiot’s Guide to Protecting Your Child Online, and How Wireless Works. He has written

frequently about security issues, computer technology, the Internet, and has been a columnist for many magazines, websites

and newspapers.

Artificial Neural Networks in Real-life Applications
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* Publisher: IGI Global
* Number Of Pages: 375
* Publication Date: 2005-11-15
* Sales Rank: 1663216
* ISBN / ASIN: 1591409020
* EAN: 9781591409021
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: IGI Global
* Studio: IGI Global Book Description:

Artificial Neural Networks in Real-Life Applications offers an outlook on the most recent works in the field of artificial neural networks (ANN). It includes theoretical developments of the ANN area and applications of these systems, using intelligent characteristics for adaptability, automatic learning, classification, prediction and even artistic creation.

Artificial Neural Networks in Real-Life Applications is a summary of recent advances in the ANN area from a practical perspective. It shows studies of the applications in time series forecasting, extraction of knowledge, civil engineering, economical field, artistic creation (music), cost minimization, intruder detection, and many others, making it a very important source of ideas for research in this area.

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Advanced PHP for Web Professionals
By Christopher Cosentino,&nbspChris Cosentino,

* Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
* Number Of Pages: 368
* Publication Date: 2002-10-29
* Sales Rank: 589696
* ISBN / ASIN: 0130085391
* EAN: 0076092016236
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
* Studio: Prentice Hall PTR Summary:
From the Back Cover

* Build complex, PHP-driven Web sites�fast!
* Discover powerful new PHP techniques, hands on!
* Learn all-new techniques based on PHP-GTK and PEAR::DB
* Master XML parsing, user authentication, forms processing, data mining, and much more

Take your PHP programming skills to the next level!

In this concise, hands-on tutorial, PHP expert Christopher Cosentino delivers dozens of powerful new techniques for building serious Web applications. Through professional-quality examples drawn from his six years as a PHP developer, Cosentino walks you through building friendlier, more usable sites; improving user authentication; generating dynamic graphics; parsing XML documents; building database-independent Web applications; and much more!

Take PHP to the limit... and beyond!

* Manage sessions more effectively
* Interact with multiple databases via PEAR::DB
* Improve your form processing scripts
* Parse large files and perform data mining
* Authenticate users by IP address, database query, or HTTP authentication
* Create custom error handlers
* Dump database contents into XML files
* Use PHP-GTK to build client-side cross-platform GUI applications
* And more...

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Designing Embedded Hardware
By John Catsoulis

* Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
* Number Of Pages: 396
* Publication Date: 2005-05-16
* Sales Rank: 244756
* ISBN / ASIN: 0596007558
* EAN: 9780596007553
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
* Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Book Description:

Embedded computer systems literally surround us: they're in our cell phones, PDAs, cars, TVs, refrigerators, heating systems, and more. In fact, embedded systems are one of the most rapidly growing segments of the computer industry today. Along with the growing list of devices for which embedded computer systems are appropriate, interest is growing among programmers, hobbyists, and engineers of all types in how to design and build devices of their own. Furthermore, the knowledge offered by this book into the fundamentals of these computer systems can benefit anyone who has to evaluate and apply the systems. The second edition of Designing Embedded Hardware has been updated to include information on the latest generation of processors and microcontrollers, including the new MAXQ processor. If you're new to this and don't know what a MAXQ is, don't worry--the book spells out the basics of embedded design for beginners while providing material useful for advanced systems designers. Designing Embedded Hardware steers a course between those books dedicated to writing code for particular microprocessors, and those that stress the philosophy of embedded system design without providing any practical information. Having designed 40 embedded computer systems of his own, author John Catsoulis brings a wealth of real-world experience to show readers how to design and create entirely new embedded devices and computerized gadgets, as well as how to customize and extend off-the-shelf systems. Loaded with real examples, this book also provides a roadmap to the pitfalls and traps to avoid. Designing Embedded Hardware includes:

* The theory and practice of embedded systems
* Understanding schematics and data sheets
* Powering an embedded system
* Producing and debugging an embedded system
* Processors such as the PIC, Atmel AVR, and Motorola 68000-series
* Digital Signal Processing (DSP) architectures
* Protocols (SPI and I2C) used to add peripherals
* RS-232C, RS-422, infrared communication, and USB
* CAN and Ethernet networking
* Pulse Width Monitoring and motor control

If you want to build your own embedded system, or tweak an existing one, this invaluable book gives you the understanding and practical skills you need.

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Embedded Ethernet and Internet Complete
By Jan Axelson

* Publisher: Lakeview Research
* Number Of Pages: 450
* Publication Date: 2003-06-01
* Sales Rank: 48998
* ISBN / ASIN: 1931448000
* EAN: 9781931448000
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Lakeview Research
* Studio: Lakeview Research Book Description:

Bringing together two areas of computer technology-networking and embedded systems-this developer's guide offers guidance and examples for each of these, with a focus on the special requirements and limits of embedded systems. Because developing an embedded system for networking requires knowledge from many areas, including circuit design, programming, network architecture, and Ethernet and Internet protocols, developers are given valuable technical information on each that can be put to use right away. Covered are the advantages and limits of using Ethernet to connect embedded systems in a local network, hardware and program code needed to connect an embedded system to an Ethernet network and the Internet, and how to build a network. Also discussed are how embedded systems can use TCP/IP and related protocols and how personal-computer applications can use the protocols to communicate with embedded systems. Developers will learn how their Web server's pages can include dynamic, real-time content and respond to user input.

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Computational Intelligence: Principles, Techniques and Applications
By Amit Konar

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 708
* Publication Date: 2005-05-31
* Sales Rank: 81940
* ISBN / ASIN: 3540208984
* EAN: 9783540208983
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer
Book Description:

Computational Intelligence: Principles, Techniques and Applications presents both theories and applications of computational intelligence in a clear, precise and highly comprehensive style. The textbook addresses the fundamental aspects of fuzzy sets and logic, neural networks, evolutionary computing and belief networks. The application areas include fuzzy databases, fuzzy control, image understanding, expert systems, object recognition, criminal investigation, telecommunication networks, and intelligent robots. The book contains many numerical examples and homework problems with sufficient hints so that the students can solve them on their own. A CD-ROM containing the simulations is supplied with the book, to enable interested readers to develop their own application programs with the supplied C/ C++ toolbox.

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Adobe Illustrator CS3 Classroom in a Book
By Adobe Creative Team

* Publisher: Adobe Press
* Number Of Pages: 488
* Publication Date: 2007-04-24
* Sales Rank: 621
* ISBN / ASIN: 0321492005
* EAN: 9780321492005
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Adobe Press
* Studio: Adobe Press

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The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots (The Definitive Guide to)
By Scott Preston

* Publisher: Apress
* Number Of Pages: 440
* Publication Date: 2005-11-11
* Sales Rank: 255928
* ISBN / ASIN: 1590595564
* EAN: 9781590595565
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Apress
* Studio: Apress Book Description:

The way Scott lays out the book is really good too . . . He explains everything in easy to understand terms and provides sample code that you can use right away.

� Jim Brown, Robots.net

The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots is for educators, students, hobbyists, and startups looking for Java/hardware interaction. This book shows you how to use your PC to build robots, and how you can interface with a microcontroller to do the basics. Youll learn to design your robot to navigate, see, speak, recognize your face, listen to you, and build maps.

For up-to-the-minute information, check out Scott's Bots, the author's own website.

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LEGO Mindstorms Masterpieces: Building Advanced Robots
By Mario Ferrari,&nbspRalph Hempel,&nbspDoug Carlson,&nbspGiulio Ferrari,&nbspKevin Clague,&nbspJ. P. Brown,

* Publisher: Syngress
* Number Of Pages: 600
* Publication Date: 2003-02
* Sales Rank: 215193
* ISBN / ASIN: 1931836752
* EAN: 0792502367520
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Syngress
* Studio: Syngress Book Description:

In LEGO Mindstorm Masterpieces, some of the world's leading LEGO Mindstorms inventors share their knowledge and development secrets. The unique style of this book will allow it to cover an incredibly broad range of topics in unparalleled detail. Chapters within the book will include detailed discussions of the mechanics that drive the robot - and also provide step-by-step construction diagrams for each of the robots. This is perfect book for LEGO hobbyists looking to take their skills to the next level whether they build world-class competitive robots or just like to mess around for the fun of it.

For experienced users of LEGO Mindstorms, LEGO Mindstorms Masterpiece is composed of three fundamental sections:
· Part One: A review of the advanced robot building concepts and theories.
· Part Two: Step-by-step building instructions for a series of complex models. The companion programming code is included, along with in-depth explanations of concepts needed for the specific models. Robots include Line Followers, Bipeds, Stair and Wall Climbers, a Joystick Controlled Cannon, a Robotic Game Player, Plant Waterer, and a Drink Mixer.
· Part Three: Ideas for modifying the building instructions by expanding the pieces and kits.

Topics covered:
1. Behavior: This section includes robots designed to interact with the environment, or with other robots. Behavior is the key word as the robots are designed to behave in some specific way, and all the technical details and implementations are secondary to this main goal.
2. Motion: The projects in this category are aimed at solving some specific motion problem. The focus of these robots is on the mechanical techniques rather than on software.
3. Interaction: These projects allow the reader to build robots for the purpose of interacting with the user by playing games or responding to user commands in real time.
4. Automation: Opposite of the previous category, this one hosts robots designed to perform totally automated operations. These projects will build robots able to complete tasks without human intervention.
5. Calculus: The most abstract of the sections contain robots with minimum knowledge of the external world. Pneumatic ALUs, and Turning machines are fully explained.

Ø Advanced users need inspiration too! Advanced projects with suggestions for enhancements and improvements make the explanations of the theories and physics of the robots as well as the complete building instructions, make this book extremely useful to readers long after the building of the robots has been completed.
Ø Written by the "DaVincis of LEGO" and other highly regarded LEGO personalities. This experienced authoring team is assembled of highly respected and visible superstars in the LEGO community.
Ø Proven success in the LEGO MINDSTORMS market. Syngress has already had a hit with the bestselling book, Building Robots with LEGO MINDSTORMS

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Programming Mobile Devices: An Introduction for Practitioners
By Tommi Mikkonen

* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 244
* Publication Date: 2007-04-06
* Sales Rank: 328555
* ISBN / ASIN: 0470057386
* EAN: 9780470057384
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Wiley
* Studio: Wiley Book Description:

With forewords by Jan Bosch, Nokia and Antero Taivalsaari, Sun Microsystems.

Learn how to programme the mobile devices of the future!

The importance of mobile systems programming has emerged over the recent years as a new domain in software development. The design of software that runs in a mobile device requires that developers combine the rules applicable in embedded environment; memory-awareness, limited performance, security, and limited resources with features that are needed in workstation environment; modifiability, run-time extensions, and rapid application development.

Programming Mobile Devices is a comprehensive, practical introduction to programming mobile systems. The book is a platform independent approach to programming mobile devices: it does not focus on specific technologies, and devices, instead it evaluates the component areas and issues that are common to all mobile software platforms. This text will enable the designer to programme mobile devices by mastering both hardware-aware and application-level software, as well as the main principles that guide their design.

Programming Mobile Devices:

• Provides a complete and authoritative overview of programming mobile systems.
• Discusses the major issues surrounding mobile systems programming; such as understanding of embedded systems and workstation programming.
• Covers memory management, the concepts of applications, dynamically linked libraries, concurrency, handling local resources, networking and mobile devices as well as security features.
• Uses generic examples from JavaTM and Symbian OS to illustrate the principles of mobile device programming.

Programming Mobile Devices is essential reading for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, academic and industrial researchers in the field as well as software developers, and programmers.

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The Boss's Christmas Seduction (Silhouette Desire)
By Yvonne Lindsay

* Publisher: Silhouette
* Number Of Pages: 192
* Publication Date: 2006-10-10
* Sales Rank: 139033
* ISBN / ASIN: 0373767587
* EAN: 9780373767588
* Binding: Mass Market Paperback
* Manufacturer: Silhouette
* Studio: Silhouette

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Advances in Web-Based Education: Personalized Learning Environments
By

* Publisher: Information Science Publishing
* Number Of Pages: 371
* Publication Date: 2005-11-02
* Sales Rank: 2022548
* ISBN / ASIN: 1591406919
* EAN: 9781591406914
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Information Science Publishing
* Studio: Information Science Publishing

Book Description:

Advances in technology are increasingly impacting the way in which curriculum is delivered and assessed. The emergence of the Internet has offered learners a new instructional delivery system that connects them with educational resources. Advances in Web-Based Education: Personalized Learning Environments covers a wide range of factors that influence the design, use and adoption of personalized learning environments, and it shows how user and pedagogical considerations can be integrated into the design, development and implementation of adaptive hypermedia systems to create effective personalized learning environments.

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Beginning DirectX 9 (Game Development Series)
By Wendy Jones

* Publisher: Course Technology PTR
* Number Of Pages: 352
* Publication Date: 2004-04-01
* Sales Rank: 442714
* ISBN / ASIN: 1592003494
* EAN: 0082039503493
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Course Technology PTR
* Studio: Course Technology PTR Book Description:

Welcome to the exciting world of 3D graphics creation with DirectX 9! "Beginning DirectX® 9" is your introductory guide to creating realistic virtual worlds and characters for games. This true beginner?s guide offers easy-to-follow instructions for getting your first DirectX program up and running. Then it?s on to 3D concepts and Direct3D® as you use DirectX 9 to begin designing and building your own 3D worlds. Expand your DirectX knowledge with an introduction to sound processing with DirectSound® and user input with DirectInput®. Wrap things up as you complete a comprehensive project that shows you how to apply each new concept. Bring amazing fantasy worlds to life with the power of DirectX 9!

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Programming a Multiplayer FPS in DirectX (Game Development Series)
By Vaughan Young

* Publisher: Charles River Media
* Number Of Pages: 400
* Publication Date: 2004-12-20
* Sales Rank: 137083
* ISBN / ASIN: 1584503637
* EAN: 9781584503637
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Charles River Media
* Studio: Charles River Media Book Description:

If you have experience with C++ and DirectX and have always wanted to program your own game, this is the book for you. Programming a Multiplayer FPS in DirectX takes you from the basic game design to a fully functioning game! All of the source code, assets, and tools are included?you just work through the tutorial-based chapters and watch the game come to life as you develop it. And as new features are added, you can begin playing with them to see them in action. Following a typical game development process, the book is separated into two distinct parts: Part One focuses on the design and development of the game engine, and Part Two concentrates on putting the game together using the engine. The theory has been kept to a minimum, so that you are following a hands-on approach and adding new functionality to your engine as you proceed. In the first part, you'll learn about the many facets of DirectX, C++, and object-oriented programming. You'll also learn how to design the engine and put the infrastructure into place. The next chapters will each add a new module to your engine including input, scripting, 3D rendering, sound, networking, and scene management. The second part covers the final development stages, including everything from game play to player management; it culminates with the complete multiplayer FPS game. Throughout the book you'll learn key topics that will bring you up to speed with industry proven techniques, while improving your confidence as a developer. And because DirectX is the most prevalent game development tool available, once you master this project, you'll have the skills you need to create a variety of games!

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Beginning Programming (Wrox Beginning Guides)
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes,&nbspKathie Kingsley-Hughes,

* Publisher: Wrox
* Number Of Pages: 479
* Publication Date: 2005-04-15
* Sales Rank: 66097
* ISBN / ASIN: 0764584065
* EAN: 9780764584060
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Wrox
* Studio: Wrox

Book Description:

• Programming allows developers to create a sequence of instructions that enable computers to perform certain functions and tasks
• Offering the basic best practices and skills for novice programmers, this book helps readers gain new skills for writing programs and developing applications
• Teaches programming using C++ and explores scripting with JavaScript and VBScript, which are all free and don't require the reader to purchase any software
• Includes programming projects and real-world code examples that can be modified and expanded upon

* Programming allows developers to create a sequence of instructions that enable computers to perform certain functions and tasks
* Offering the basic best practices and skills for novice programmers, this book helps readers gain new skills for writing programs and developing applications
* Teaches programming using C++ and explores scripting with JavaScript and VBScript, which are all free and don't require the reader to purchase any software
* Includes programming projects and real-world code examples that can be modified and expanded upon

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Hacking the Code: ASP.NET Web Application Security
By Mark Burnett

* Publisher: Syngress
* Number Of Pages: 472
* Publication Date: 2004-05
* Sales Rank: 487745
* ISBN / ASIN: 1932266658
* EAN: 0792502666586
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Syngress
* Studio: Syngress Book Description:

Hacker Code will have over 400 pages of dedicated exploit, vulnerability, and tool code with corresponding instruction. Unlike other security and programming books that dedicate hundreds of pages to architecture and theory based flaws and exploits, HC1 will dive right into deep code analysis. Previously undisclosed security research in combination with superior programming techniques from Foundstone and other respected organizations will be included in both the Local and Remote Code sections of the book.

The book will be accompanied with a FREE COMPANION CD containing both commented and uncommented versions of the source code examples presented throughout the book. In addition to the book source code, the CD will also contain a copy of the author-developed Hacker Code Library v1.0. The Hacker Code Library will include multiple attack classes and functions that can be utilized to quickly create security programs and scripts. These classes and functions will simplify exploit and vulnerability tool development to an extent never before possible with publicly available software.

* Learn to quickly create security tools that ease the burden of software testing and network administration
* Find out about key security issues regarding vulnerabilities, exploits, programming flaws, and secure code development
* Discover the differences in numerous types of web-based attacks so that developers can create proper quality assurance testing procedures and tools
* Learn to automate quality assurance, management, and development tasks and procedures for testing systems and applications
* Learn to write complex Snort rules based solely upon traffic generated by network tools and exploits

Unlike other security and programming books that dedicate hundreds of pages to architecture and theory-based flaws and exploits, Hacker Code dives right into deep code analysis, security tool creation, and software testing. The local code and remote code sections of the book include previously undisclosed security research in combination with superior programming techniques from Foundstone and other respected organizations.

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Hacking the Code: ASP.NET Web Application Security
By Mark Burnett

* Publisher: Syngress
* Number Of Pages: 472
* Publication Date: 2004-05
* Sales Rank: 487745
* ISBN / ASIN: 1932266658
* EAN: 0792502666586
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Syngress
* Studio: Syngress Book Description:

Hacker Code will have over 400 pages of dedicated exploit, vulnerability, and tool code with corresponding instruction. Unlike other security and programming books that dedicate hundreds of pages to architecture and theory based flaws and exploits, HC1 will dive right into deep code analysis. Previously undisclosed security research in combination with superior programming techniques from Foundstone and other respected organizations will be included in both the Local and Remote Code sections of the book.

The book will be accompanied with a FREE COMPANION CD containing both commented and uncommented versions of the source code examples presented throughout the book. In addition to the book source code, the CD will also contain a copy of the author-developed Hacker Code Library v1.0. The Hacker Code Library will include multiple attack classes and functions that can be utilized to quickly create security programs and scripts. These classes and functions will simplify exploit and vulnerability tool development to an extent never before possible with publicly available software.

* Learn to quickly create security tools that ease the burden of software testing and network administration
* Find out about key security issues regarding vulnerabilities, exploits, programming flaws, and secure code development
* Discover the differences in numerous types of web-based attacks so that developers can create proper quality assurance testing procedures and tools
* Learn to automate quality assurance, management, and development tasks and procedures for testing systems and applications
* Learn to write complex Snort rules based solely upon traffic generated by network tools and exploits

Unlike other security and programming books that dedicate hundreds of pages to architecture and theory-based flaws and exploits, Hacker Code dives right into deep code analysis, security tool creation, and software testing. The local code and remote code sections of the book include previously undisclosed security research in combination with superior programming techniques from Foundstone and other respected organizations.

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Hacking the Code: ASP.NET Web Application Security
By Mark Burnett

* Publisher: Syngress
* Number Of Pages: 472
* Publication Date: 2004-05
* Sales Rank: 487745
* ISBN / ASIN: 1932266658
* EAN: 0792502666586
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Syngress
* Studio: Syngress Book Description:

Hacker Code will have over 400 pages of dedicated exploit, vulnerability, and tool code with corresponding instruction. Unlike other security and programming books that dedicate hundreds of pages to architecture and theory based flaws and exploits, HC1 will dive right into deep code analysis. Previously undisclosed security research in combination with superior programming techniques from Foundstone and other respected organizations will be included in both the Local and Remote Code sections of the book.

The book will be accompanied with a FREE COMPANION CD containing both commented and uncommented versions of the source code examples presented throughout the book. In addition to the book source code, the CD will also contain a copy of the author-developed Hacker Code Library v1.0. The Hacker Code Library will include multiple attack classes and functions that can be utilized to quickly create security programs and scripts. These classes and functions will simplify exploit and vulnerability tool development to an extent never before possible with publicly available software.

* Learn to quickly create security tools that ease the burden of software testing and network administration
* Find out about key security issues regarding vulnerabilities, exploits, programming flaws, and secure code development
* Discover the differences in numerous types of web-based attacks so that developers can create proper quality assurance testing procedures and tools
* Learn to automate quality assurance, management, and development tasks and procedures for testing systems and applications
* Learn to write complex Snort rules based solely upon traffic generated by network tools and exploits

Unlike other security and programming books that dedicate hundreds of pages to architecture and theory-based flaws and exploits, Hacker Code dives right into deep code analysis, security tool creation, and software testing. The local code and remote code sections of the book include previously undisclosed security research in combination with superior programming techniques from Foundstone and other respected organizations.

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Introduction to Telecommunications Network Engineering, Second Edition
By Tarmo Anttalainen

* Publisher: Artech House Publishers
* Number Of Pages: 402
* Publication Date: 2003-03
* Sales Rank: 836487
* ISBN / ASIN: 1580535003
* EAN: 9781580535007
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Artech House Publishers
* Studio: Artech House Publishers Book Description:

Whether you are an executive or sales manager in a networking company, a data communications engineer, or a telecommunications professional, you must have a thorough working knowledge of the ever growing and interrelated array of telecom and data communications technologies. From protocols and operation of the Internet (IP, TCP, HTTP, ...) and its access systems such as ADSL, and GSM... to the basics of transmission and switching, this newly revised resource delivers an up-to-date introduction to a broad range of networking technologies, clearly explaining the networking essentials you need to know to be a successful networking professional. Moreover, the book explores the future developments in optical, wireless and digital broadcast communications.

This second edition has been thoroughly updated to cover recent market and technological advances that are bringing about the integration of telecom networks and the Internet. It provides the latest on such cutting-edge technologies as dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM), wireless local area networks (WLANs), and GPRS and Bluetooth. What's more, the book offers a clear explanation of the operation of each Internet protocol. In addition to being an all-in-one reference for networking professionals ranging from sales managers to network engineers, this book is a suitable introduction for students of telecommunications and data communications networking.

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Better English Pronunciation (Cambridge English Language Learning)
By J. D. O'Connor

* Publisher: Cambridge University Press
* Number Of Pages: 159
* Publication Date: 1981-06-30
* Sales Rank: 1231777
* ISBN / ASIN: 0521231523
* EAN: 9780521231527
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
* Studio: Cambridge University Press

Book Description:

This is a cassette of a highly successful and widely-used text on pronunciation. It provides a systematic and thorough introduction to the pronunciation of English to help intermediate and more advanced students improve their pronunciation of the spoken language. A recording of all the practice material in the book is available on the cassettes.

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Concept Design: Works from Seven Los Angeles Entertainment Designers
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* Publisher: Design Studio Press
* Number Of Pages: 192
* Publication Date: 2003-08
* Sales Rank: 435801
* ISBN / ASIN: 0972667601
* EAN: 9780972667609
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Design Studio Press
* Studio: Design Studio Press Review:

Concept Design at its highest level of execution.

This is a beautiful book illustrating what great Concept Design is all about, and as a designer, it's good to have examples of such stellar work; It gives us something to emulate (if we work REALLY hard). Excellent book, though i'd have liked more process drawings, and not only the stunningly finished work.

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By Martin Dawson, James Winterbottom, Martin Thomson,

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Number Of Pages: 338
• Publication Date: 2006-11-13
• Sales Rank: 104641
• ISBN / ASIN: 0072263776
• EAN: 9780072263770
• Binding: Hardcover
• Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Studio: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media

Comprehensive Coverage of the Breakthrough Technology That Can Find Anyone or Anything--Anywhere

In today's vast world of global commerce with users that are more nomadic than ever, the need for reliable, secure, and efficient access technologies is rapidly increasing. IP Location provides you with a guided tour of location determination, tackling this new technology head on and addressing all aspects of location management, delivery, and conveyance within IP networks. Covering important real-world applications such as emergency (911) services, asset tracking, call routing, navigation, and staff location in hot desk environments, this book gives you all the information you need to fully support this cutting-edge technology.

• Learn how location information is produced, transported, and consumed on the Internet
• Understand the semantics and constructs of the HELD and FLAP protocols
• Discover the three roles of the presence model--presentity, presence service, and watcher
• Explore how the Access Location Entity (ALE) helps determine location within particular types of networks
• Examine in detail the Location Information Server (LIS) including its different types and interfaces
• Determine IP location for devices connected to all types of networks including WiFi and WiMAX
• Get details on location determination and acquisition techniques for residential broadband networks such as DSL and cable
• Find out about privacy controls and considerations for Internet location

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FileMaker Pro 8.5 Bible
By Dennis R. Cohen And Steven A. Schwartz

* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 984
* Publication Date: 2006-10-02
* Sales Rank: 31215
* ISBN / ASIN: 0470082771
* EAN: 9780470082775
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Wiley
* Studio: Wiley Book Description:

FileMaker Pro 8.5 Bible provides step-by-step procedures for using virtually all FileMaker Pro features and performing all tasks. This best-selling volume has been updated to reflect Version 8.5, the latest version of FileMaker Pro workgroup database. Applicable to both the Mac and Windows versions of FileMaker Pro, this Bible shows readers how to create and work with databases and includes detailed ScriptMaker (scripting) explanations for automating FileMaker. Other topics covered include calculations and computations; data exchange; creating and using templates; linking databases; using FileMaker in workgroups; Web publishing; plug-ins; and advanced database connectivity.

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The Art of Flash Animation: Creative Cartooning
By Mark Stephen Smith

* Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
* Number Of Pages: 450
* Publication Date: 2007-03-25
* Sales Rank: 200767
* ISBN / ASIN: 1598220268
* EAN: 9781598220261
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
* Studio: Wordware Publishing, Inc. Book Description:

There are a number of manuals available on Flash, but too many of them get bogged down in details about ActionScript or interactivity. Frustrated with wading through such information in other Flash manuals, author/illustrator Mark Stephen Smith set out to make the book he wished he had when he started learning Flash. This book is both a practical primer in the fundamentals of classical, hand-drawn 2D screen animation and a basic introduction to Flash's expert handling of recyclable symbols that make independent, web, and television animation both more affordable and more efficient. It is conveniently divided into two parts. Part I is for those who are new to the terms and techniques of hand-drawn animation, character design, and storyboards. Part II covers scanning and digitizing artwork into Flash, as well as setting up scenes and symbols.

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Excel 2007 Advanced Report Development
By Timothy Zapawa

* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 542
* Publication Date: 2007-03-26
* Sales Rank: 42819
* ISBN / ASIN: 0470046449
* EAN: 9780470046449
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Wiley
* Studio: Wiley Book Description:

• Filling the void in the market for comprehensive coverage on all things Microsoft Excel 2007 report development-related, this book addresses the technical and strategic angles of developing reporting solutions using Microsoft Excel 2007
• Each chapter includes real-world examples of effective reports and demonstrates how this technology is used in various organizations
• Offers readers useful information on PivotTable and spreadsheet report features and capabilities, parameter queries, Web components, report automation, and data source access methods

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Sex For Dummies (For Dummies (Psychology & Self Help))
By Ruth K. Westheimer,&nbspPierre A. Lehu,

* Publisher: For Dummies
* Number Of Pages: 432
* Publication Date: 2006-11-06
* Sales Rank: 73073
* ISBN / ASIN: 047004523X
* EAN: 9780470045237
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: For Dummies
* Studio: For Dummies Book Description:

Try new sexual positions


The bestselling guide to a rewarding sex life and a deeper relationship

Looking for the straight facts on sex? In this friendly, authoritative guide, renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth gives you the latest on everything from oral sex and popular positions to new methods of birth control. She also debunks sex myths and covers new therapies to manage low libido, overcome sexual dysfunction, and enhance pleasure.

Praise for Dr. Ruth and Sex For Dummies

"Her energy level is higher than that of a charged particle."
--People Magazine

"Dr. Ruth writes the way she talks -- enthusiastically, nonjudgmentally, and informatively. . . ."
--Booklist

"Her name and the distinctive thrill of her voice have become inextricably linked with the subject of sex."
--New York Times

Discover how to
* Enjoy the first time
* Enhance foreplay and afterplay with your partner
* Avoid STDs and have safer sex
* Discuss sex with your kids
* Navigate cybersex

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Pragmatic Ajax: A Web 2.0 Primer (Pragmatic)
By Justin Gehtland,&nbspBen Galbraith,&nbspDion Almaer,

* Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
* Number Of Pages: 304
* Publication Date: 2006-04-10
* Sales Rank: 12212
* ISBN / ASIN: 0976694085
* EAN: 9780976694083
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Pragmatic Bookshelf
* Studio: Pragmatic Bookshelf Book Description:

It's not just another book on Ajax. It's Pragmatic Ajax: a concise, complete look at a new way of envisioning and implementing browser-based applications.

Ajax turns static web pages into interactive applications. Now you can deploy rich-client applications to clients without sacrificing the easy deployment of web applications. But to many folks, Ajax seems difficult. That's why we produced this book. As a Pragmatic guide, it strips away the mystery and shows you the easy way to make Ajax work for you.

We cover the the basics of DHTML, JavaScript, and the infamous XmlHttpRequest call. You'll see how to add Ajax to existing programs, and design new applications to exploit the power of Web 2.0. Learn the three layers of Ajax framework, and when (and how) to use each. See how to create rich clients, use visual effects, add client-side validation, and handle forms. Write applications that degrade gracefully if clients don't support JavaScript. And see how to integrate your Ajaxified clients into Java, .NET, and Ruby on Rails server frameworks.

With Pragmatic Ajax, you'll:

• Understand the breadth of the Ajax/Web 2.0 landscape, and go-indepth on how Ajax works
• Learn how JavaScript works with your server-side framework
• See how to easily apply Ajax techniques to an existing application--and when not to
• Know what's coming by looking at new features and frameworks currently in active development.

Writing dynamic applications isn't that hard. Folks are awed by Google Maps, but it isn't rocket science (apart from the satellite pictures). As a special bonus, see how to implement your own Google Maps-like application using DHTML.

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