Bill Clinton - My Life (2005)

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Pub. Date: May 2005
ISBN: 140003003X
ISBN-13: 9781400030033
Format: Paperback, 1056pp
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group

Description
In this hefty volume, the former president recounts his hardscrabble childhood in Hope, Arkansas; the illustrious academic career that took him to Oxford and Yale Law School; and his meteoric rise in politics. Offering a candid appraisal of his successes and setbacks, Clinton devotes plenty of space here to his White House years, paying particular attention to the policy initiatives he feels to be his true legacy. After unprecedented pre-publication media attention and build-up, My Life rewards our enduring fascination with this charismatic and controversial figure— celebrated by some as his generation’s most brilliant politician and condemned by others for his personal excesses.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton - Living History (2004)

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Authors: Hillary Clinton, Nan Graham (Editor)
Pub. Date: April 2004
ISBN: 0743222253
ISBN-13: 9780743222259
Format: Paperback, 592pp
Publisher: Scribner

Book Description
One of the most influential women of her time, Hillary Rodham Clinton has always found herself in the vanguard of political activism and social reform. In her high-profile roles as lawyer and children’s activist, first lady, and U.S. senator, she has fought tirelessly and passionately for what she believes in. Now, in this meticulously detailed political memoir, she discusses her eight years in the Clinton White House and the watershed events of her husband’s historic presidency. She describes the ecstatic triumphs and crushing defeats of an administration that set out to accomplish progressive reforms but was hamstrung from the start by relentless media scrutiny and criticism; she presents her views on such emotionally charged issues as the Whitewater investigation, the Lewinsky scandal, and the Clinton impeachment; and she sheds illuminating light on her complicated relationship with her brilliant, flawed, and charismatic husband. A thoughtful and provocative read, this memoir provides a rare and intimate glimpse into the mind and heart of a true political icon.

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Asterix in Britain

Asterix in Britain

By Rene Goscinny (Author), Albert Uderzo (Illustrator)

Book Description
The Romans have invaded Britain, but one village still holds out. Asterix and Obelix come to help, with a barrel of magic potion in hand. But to deliver the precious brew, the Gaulish heroes must face fog, rain, bad food, warm beer, and the Roman, too.

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Asterix and the Big Fight

Asterix and the Big Fight

By Rene Goscinny (Author), Albert Uderzo (Illustrator)

Book Description
When the Romans persuade a Gaulish chief to challenge Vitalstatistix to single combat, no one worries much. But then a flying menhir hits Getaflix and he no longer remembers how to make his magic potion. Can Asterix help restore Getaflix’s memory?

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PHP 5 Unleashed (2003)

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Author: John Coggeshall
Paperback: 800 pages
Publisher: Sams; 1st edition (December 10, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 067232511X
ISBN-13: 978-0672325113

Book Description
Over 12 million Internet domains worldwide use the PHP language to power their websites. If you are a programmer included in this group, or would like to be one, you should pick up a copy of PHP Unleashed. The definitive guide in PHP programming, PHP Unleashed thoroughly and authoritatively covers the release of PHP 5, as well as advanced topics not found in other books. It begins with a detailed summary of the basics and then quickly moves on to more advanced topics such as working with data, outputting graphical data and building complete applications. Whether you’re an experienced programmer and new to PHP, or an experienced PHP programmer but new to PHP 5, this is the one PHP book you need in your library.

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Asterix and Cleopatra

Asterix and Cleopatra

By Rene Goscinny (Author), Albert Uderzo (Illustrator)

Book Description
To impress Julius Caesar, Queen Cleopatra promises to build the Roman Emperor a magnificent palace in just three months. Of course, Asterix has to get involved. By the time his feisty group from Gaul have finished, they’ve outwitted the Roman army, too.

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Adobe Photoshop CS2: Photographers’ Guide

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Author: David D. Busch
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (April 25, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1592007252
ISBN-13: 978-1592007257

Book Description
Photography and Photoshop go hand in hand. If you feel there isn’t enough photography in the average Photoshop book, and there isn’t enough Photoshop in the average photography book, then the book you’re looking for is right in your hands. This full-color book is packed with effective examples, simple to follow techniques, and tricks that serve as a jumping-off point to spark your own creativity into action. Examine Photoshop from a photographer’s perspective as you cover both traditional and leading-edge photographic techniques, and learn how to reproduce or enhance them in Photoshop.

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Effective Web Design 2002

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Author: Ann Navarro, Tabinda Khan
ISBN: 0782128491
ISBN-13: 9780782128499
Format: Paperback, 576pp
Publisher: Sybex, Incorporated
Edition Description: BOOK & CD

Book Description
The trends and technologies behind Web design are shifting constantly. This fully revised new edition of Effective Web Design builds on the highly successful first edition to bring you up to speed on the latest tools, techniques, and thinking on Web site design. You’ll make a strong start with XHTML, the latest and most powerful Web markup language. Then you’ll learn to create pages that work flawlessly in all commonly used browsers, including the newest releases. You’ll also discover how you can take advantage of progress in other technologies, from style sheets to Flash to MP3. The full-color insert helps you learn about the effective use of color on your site and provides a valuable reference guide you’ll use again and again.

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Advanced Javascript

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Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.; 2nd edition (May 25, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 155622852X
ISBN-13: 978-1556228520
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 2 inches

Book Description
A guide to experienced JavaScript users looking to move to the next level, offering explorations of JavaScript’s advanced features such as layers and style sheets. The CD-ROM features HTML source code for the examples in the text. System requirements not listed. Previous edition not cited. Focuses on professional-level JavaScript techniques, including the latest developments.

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Advanced Javascript

Book Details
Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.; 2nd edition (May 25, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 155622852X
ISBN-13: 978-1556228520
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 2 inches

Book Description
A guide to experienced JavaScript users looking to move to the next level, offering explorations of JavaScript’s advanced features such as layers and style sheets. The CD-ROM features HTML source code for the examples in the text. System requirements not listed. Previous edition not cited. Focuses on professional-level JavaScript techniques, including the latest developments.

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Java and SOAP (2002)

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Author: Robert Englander
Paperback: 276 pages
Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.; 1st edition (May 15, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596001754
ISBN-13: 978-0596001759

Book Description
Java and SOAP provides Java developers with an in-depth look at SOAP (the Simple Object Access Protocol). Of course, it covers the basics: what SOAP is, why it’s soared to a spot on the Buzzwords’ Top Ten list, and what its features and capabilities are. And it shows you how to work with some of the more common Java APIs in the SOAP world: Apache SOAP and GLUE. In addition to covering the basics such as the structure of a SOAP message, SOAP encoding, and building simple services using RPC and messaging, Java and SOAP covers many topics that are essential to real-world development. Although SOAP has native support for an impressive number of object types, the nature of modern programming means that whatever SOAP gives you is not enough. When do you need to add support for your own object types, and how do you do it? How do you handle errors, and how do you add your own information to Fault messages? How do you handle attachments? In an ideal world, you could live entirely within Java, and ignore the SOAP messages being send back and forth: you’d be able to write Java code and let the SOAP APIs work behind the scenes. However, we’re not yet in that ideal world, and won’t be for some time. Therefore, Java and SOAP pays particular attention to how SOAP messages are encoded. It doesn’t just explain the document types, but shows how the documents are used in practice as they are generated by the different APIs. If you ever have to debug interoperability problems, you’ll find that this information is indispensable. We’ve always found that the best software is written by people who understand what’s happening under the hood. SOAP is no different. Let’s say you need to write a custom serializer to create a SOAP representation of a structure. How do you know that your encoding is efficient? There’s one definitive answer: look at the SOAP documents it produces! Java and SOAP also discusses interoperability between the major SOAP platforms, including Microsoft’s .NET, SOAP messaging, SOAP attachments, message routing, and a preview of the forthcoming AXIS APIs and server. If you’re a Java developer who would like to start working with SOAP, this is the book you need to get going.

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Asterix and the Banquet

Asterix and the Banquet

By Rene Goscinny (Author), Albert Uderzo (Illustrator)

Book Description
When the Romans say no, Asterix says yes. So when the soldiers construct a barricade around Asterix’s village to pen everyone in, he and Obelix embark on a trip around the entire country, collecting local specialties along the way. It’s a delicious feast for them, and readers, too.

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Teach Yourself Linux (2004)

Book Details
Author: Robert Billing
ISBN: 0071439730
ISBN-13: 9780071439732
Pub. Date: May 2004
Format: Paperback, 192pp
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Edition Number: 1
Series: Teach Yourself Series

Description
Even those with no prior knowledge of Linux can learn to make the most of this powerful operating system. With Teach Yourself Linux, readers will learn to set up a Linux system, add applications, make things happen automatically, connect to the Internet, share files with other systems, and even apply the basics of programming. The combination of extensive instructions, practical examples, and interactive exercises will help users at all skill levels master everything from simple commands to setting up their own Web servers.

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Asterix and the Goths

Asterix and the Goths

By Rene Goscinny (Author), Albert Uderzo (Illustrator)

Book Description
Whoops, it’s happened again: Getaflix has been kidnapped, this time by a raiding band of Goths. So it’s onward and into Germania for Asterix and Getaflix. But in the process of saving their druid, the two Gauls set off a whole series of tribal wars.

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A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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Author: Karen Armstrong
Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Gramercy (March 2, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0517223120
ISBN-13: 978-0517223123

Book Description
This searching, profound comparative history of the three major monotheistic faiths fearlessly illuminates the sociopolitical ground in which religious ideas take root, blossom and mutate. Armstrong, a British broadcaster, commentator on religious affairs and former Roman Catholic nun, argues that Judaism, Christianity and Islam each developed the idea of a personal God, which has helped believers to mature as full human beings. Yet Armstrong also acknowledges that the idea of a personal God can be dangerous, encouraging us to judge, condemn and marginalize others. Recognizing this, each of the three monotheisms, in their different ways, developed a mystical tradition grounded in a realization that our human idea of God is merely a symbol of an ineffable reality. To Armstrong, modern, aggressively righteous fundamentalists of all three faiths represent “a retreat from God.” She views as inevitable a move away from the idea of a personal God who behaves like a larger version of ourselves, and welcomes the grouping of believers toward a notion of God that “works for us in the empirical age.” 25,000 first printing; BOMC alternate.

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Asterix the Gladiator

Asterix the Gladiator

By Rene Goscinny (Author), Albert Uderzo (Illustrator)

Book Description
Oh no! The Romans have captured Caconofix as a gift for Caesar—and the Emperor plans to throw him to the lions. There’s only one way for Asterix and Obelix to rescue their bard: they have to become gladiators themselves.

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It’s All in Your Head: Thinking Your Way to Happiness

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Author: Stephen M. Pollan, Mark Levine
Paperback: 316 pages
Publisher: HarperLargePrint; Lrg edition (April 24, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061121223
ISBN-13: 978-0061121227

Book Description
Here are the simple truths that motivate people of any age to find and accept lasting happiness, illustrated with the stories of real people, and illuminated with the observations of spiritual leaders and great philosophers.

For more than three decades, attorney, financial consultant, and life coach Stephen M. Pollan has been advising clients and readers on the business of living — everything from home buying and employment contracts to marriage and parenting. He has taught his clients and readers to Die Broke (use assets rather than build up an estate), to stage Second Acts (reinvent their lives), and, most recently, to Fire Your Boss (take charge of their own work lives).

Throughout these books, Pollan stresses that attitudes as well as actions are essential to success. Indeed, over the years he realized that the happiest and most successful people he’d met were also those who were the most energetic and exuberant, regardless of their age. By noting these attributes and incorporating them in his own life, Pollan came to understand that our attitudes are not just one element of succeeding at the business of living, they are in fact the foundation of leading a happy life.

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The Book of JavaScript, 2nd Edition: A Practical Guide to Interactive Web Pages

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Author: Dave Thau
Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: No Starch Press; 2 edition (December 15, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1593271069
ISBN-13: 978-1593271060

Book Description
The Book of JavaScript teaches readers how to add interactivity, animation, and other tricks to their web sites with JavaScript. Rather than provide a series of cut-and-paste scripts, thau! takes the reader through a series of real world JavaScript code with an emphasis on understanding. Each chapter focuses on a few important JavaScript features, shows how professional web sites incorporate them, and takes readers through examples of how they might add those features to their own web sites. This thoroughly updated 2nd edition includes new chapters on Ajax, revised appendices, and new examples throughout. Summary sections and assignments close each chapter, making the book perfect for use in college courses or independent study. CD includes code and images for every example, answers to assignments, script libraries for hard-to-program applications, and many useful software programs.

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Animal Origami for the Enthusiast

Animal Origami for the Enthusiast:
Step-by-Step Instructions in Over 900 Diagrams/25 Original Models

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Author: John Montroll
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (March 1, 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486247929
ISBN-13: 978-0486247922

Book Description
Challenging new collection of paper sculptures designed by renowned origami expert presents 25 intricately detailed paperfolding projects featuring strikingly life-like animals — angelfish, walrus, eagle, turtle, frog, antelope, lobster, tyrannosaurus, more. Fully illustrated step-by-step instructions and hundreds of diagrams guide origamists. Introduction. Instructions. Over 900 diagrams.

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Asterix and the Golden Sickle

Asterix and the Golden Sickle

By Rene Goscinny (Author), Albert Uderzo (Illustrator)

Book Description

Getafix has broken his golden sickle, so Asterix and Obelix visit Lutetia to buy a new one for him. But the sicklesmith—a cousin of Obelix—has vanished without a trace. Where could he have gone? And can Asterix solve the mystery and bring Getafix what he needs?

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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Linux

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Author: Albe Manual Ricart
Paperback: 382 pages
Publisher: Alpha; 2 Pap/Cdr edition (December 15, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0789721961
ISBN-13: 978-0789721969

Book Description

Complete Idiot’s Guide To Linux, Second Edition, covers: Preparing to install the system, Using shells and online documentation, The X Windows graphical interface, Networking and Internet, Administration, Configuring Linux for multimedia , and A guide to available software and tools. If you have been wanting to get started using Linux, but are not sure how to go about it or have not made deep inroads into your installed system, you’ll benefit most from this book. In addition, the step-by-step guide to standard Linux tasks will satisfy your need to utilize the system’s capabilities, especially its Internet functions.

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Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math

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Author: David Wells
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Wiley (May 18, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471462349
ISBN-13: 978-0471462347

Book Description

A fascinating journey into the mind-bending world of prime numbers
Cicadas of the genus Magicicada appear once every 7, 13, or 17 years. Is it just a coincidence that these are all prime numbers? How do twin primes differ from cousin primes, and what on earth (or in the mind of a mathematician) could be sexy about prime numbers? What did Albert Wilansky find so fascinating about his brother-in-law’s phone number?
Mathematicians have been asking questions about prime numbers for more than twenty-five centuries, and every answer seems to generate a new rash of questions. In Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math, you’ll meet the world’s most gifted mathematicians, from Pythagoras and Euclid to Fermat, Gauss, and Erd¿o¿s, and you’ll discover a host of unique insights and inventive conjectures that have both enlarged our understanding and deepened the mystique of prime numbers. This comprehensive, A-to-Z guide covers everything you ever wanted to know—and much more that you never suspected—about prime numbers, including:
* The unproven Riemann hypothesis and the power of the zeta function
* The “Primes is in P” algorithm
* The sieve of Eratosthenes of Cyrene
* Fermat and Fibonacci numbers
* The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
* And much, much more

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Understanding the Linux Kernel

Understanding the Linux Kernel

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Author: Daniel Bovet, Marco Cesati
Paperback: 942 pages
Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.; 3 edition (November 17, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596005652
ISBN-13: 978-0596005658

Book Description

In order to thoroughly understand what makes Linux tick and why it works so well on a wide variety of systems, you need to delve deep into the heart of the kernel. The kernel handles all interactions between the CPU and the external world, and determines which programs will share processor time, in what order. It manages limited memory so well that hundreds of processes can share the system efficiently, and expertly organizes data transfers so that the CPU isn’t kept waiting any longer than necessary for the relatively slow disks.

The third edition of Understanding the Linux Kernel takes you on a guided tour of the most significant data structures, algorithms, and programming tricks used in the kernel. Probing beyond superficial features, the authors offer valuable insights to people who want to know how things really work inside their machine. Important Intel-specific features are discussed. Relevant segments of code are dissected line by line. But the book covers more than just the functioning of the code; it explains the theoretical underpinnings of why Linux does things the way it does.

This edition of the book covers Version 2.6, which has seen significant changes to nearly every kernel subsystem, particularly in the areas of memory management and block devices. The book focuses on the following topics:
* Memory management, including file buffering, process swapping, and Direct memory Access (DMA)
* The Virtual Filesystem layer and the Second and Third Extended Filesystems
* Process creation and scheduling
* Signals, interrupts, and the essential interfaces to device drivers
* Timing
* Synchronization within the kernel
* Interprocess Communication (IPC)
* Program execution

Understanding the Linux Kernel will acquaint you with all the inner workings of Linux, but it’s more than just an academic exercise. You’ll learn what conditions bring out Linux’s best performance, and you’ll see how it meets the challenge of providing good system response during process scheduling, file access, and memory management in a wide variety of environments. This book will help you make the most of your Linux system.

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Photoshop 7 Bible

Photoshop 7 Bible

Scott Kelby, President, National Association of Photoshop Professionals
“The Photoshop 7 Bible, Professional Edition belongs on EVERY designer’s bookshelf–it’s that indespensable.”

Book Description

* Picks up where the classic Photoshop 7 Bible (0-7645-3694-X) ends, with bonus color pages and topics for highend users
* Graphic artists and Web designers will flock to this special Bible edition-a peerless professional resource from a bestselling Photoshop guru
* Includes 320 color pages of exciting images and instruction for the experienced user
* Provides expanded coverage of advanced topics such as creating and optimizing Web graphics, using filters, convolution kernels and displacement maps, actions and batch processing, ImageReady, and more

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Asterix The Gaul

Asterix The Gaul

By Rene Goscinny (Author), Albert Uderzo (Illustrator)

Book Description
When Roman Centurion Crismus Bonus finds out about Getafix’s magic potion, he kidnaps the druid to force him to reveal the recipe. So Asterix joins his friend in captivity and together they two plan to whip up a surprise with truly hair-raising effects.

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Building Multilayer Switched Networks:

Building Multilayer Switched Networks

The Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) students will learn how to create an efficient and expandable enterprise network by installing, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting network infrastructure equipment according to the Campus Infrastructure module in the Enterprise Composite Network model.BCMSN enables learners to improve traffic flow, reliability, redundancy, security and performance for LAN switching that is self-supported or transported via a service provider. The purpose of this course is to enable a learner to achieve a mid-career professional-level competency.

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Beginning Algorithms

Beginning Algorithms

A good understanding of algorithms, and the knowledge of when to apply them, is crucial to producing software that not only works correctly, but also performs efficiently. This is the only book to impart all this essential information-from the basics of algorithms, data structures, and performance characteristics to the specific algorithms used in development and programming tasks. Packed with detailed explanations and instructive examples, the book begins by offering you some fundamental data structures and then goes on to explain various sorting algorithms. You'll then learn efficient practices for storing and searching by way of hashing, trees, sets, and maps. The authors also share tips on optimization techniques and ways to avoid common performance pitfalls. In the end, you'll be prepared to build the algorithms and data structures most commonly encountered in day-to-day software development.

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Software Measurement and Estimation

Software Measurement and Estimation

An effective, quantitative approach for estimating and managing software projects, How many people do I need? When will the quality be good enough for commercial sale? Can this really be done in two weeks? Rather than relying on instinct, the authors of Software Measurement and Estimation offer a new, tested approach that includes the quantitative tools, data, and knowledge needed to make sound estimations.

The text begins with the foundations of measurement, identifies the appropriate metrics, and then focuses on techniques and tools for estimating the effort needed to reach a given level of quality and performance for a software project. All the factors that impact estimations are thoroughly examined, giving you the tools needed to regularly adjust and improve your estimations to complete a project on time, within budget, and at an expected level of quality.

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The On-Time,On-Target Manager

The On-Time,On-Target Manager:

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Organizational Culture and Leadership

Organizational Culture and Leadership:

In this third edition of his classic book, Edgar Schein shows how to transform the abstract concept of culture into a practical tool that managers and students can use to understand the dynamics of organizations and change. Organizational pioneer Schein updates his influential understanding of culture - what it is, how it is created, how it evolves, and how it can be changed. Focusing on today's business realities, Schein draws on a wide range of contemporary research to redefine culture, offers new information on the topic of occupational cultures, and demonstrates the crucial role leaders play in successfully applying the principles of culture to achieve organizational goals. He also tackles the complex question of how an existing culture can be changed - one of the toughest challenges of leadership. The result is a vital resource for understanding and practicing organizational effectiveness.

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The Advertised Mind

The Advertised Mind
Recall and persuasion are today's primary measures of ad effectiveness. Du Plessis makes the case that emotion is actually the foundation of both, a major shift that he says today's advertisers are reluctant to accept. ... Go ahead and pick it up ... the book will give you a competitive advantage." -- Fast Company, Readers' Choice June 2005. Draws on the very latest research into the workings of the human brain * Based on the world's largest database of TV advertising responses and new research undertaken by Millward Brown
* A unique synthesis of the theories of memory and learning and how they relate to advertising effectiveness
* Reveals why 'ad-liking' is a critical factor in persuading someone to buy a product Media planners and market researchers have been trying for many years to measure the effectiveness of advertising.
Various techniques based on recall and recognition of advertisements all show that different advertisements have widely differing success rates. Historically the methods for trying to increase the success rate focus on tweaking the advertisement's media schedule, but these have shown limited success.
However research by Erik du Plessis and his colleagues at Adtrack South Africa, and subsequently at Millward Brown, has helped to show that the strongest factor predicting success is not the scheduling rate, but how much an advertisement is liked. In "The Advertised Mind," Erik du Plessis draws on information about the working of the human brain from psychologists, neurologists and artificial intelligence specialists to suggest why 'ad-liking' is such an important factor in establishing a firm memory of an advertisement and predisposing consumers to buy the brand that is being advertised.
By drawing on the findings of the world-famous Adtrack system, he explores what 'ad-liking' really means, and suggests how use of this paradigm could lead to a new phase in the ongoing effort to obtain maximum return from advertising spend. A fascinating and fresh insight into how our brains work and respond.

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Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications

Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications:

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!

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Mind Your Manners Managing Business Cultures in the New Global Europe

Mind Your Manners Managing Business Cultures in the New Global Europe

John Cleese"A very clever management book." Gay Haskins, Director General, European Forum for Management Development"We need to increase our understanding of each other's cultures--fast. So buy this book and keep it in your briefcase."

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Making Enterprise Risk Management Pay Off

Making Enterprise Risk Management Pay Off:

This book takes you behind the scenes at companies that are leading the way in developing and deploying enterprise risk management. You'll learn how they're developing new tools for identifying today's new risks; how they're improving the accuracy of their risk assessments and recalibrating their responses-and how enterprise risk management can identify not just debacles and "downsides," but breakthrough growth opportunities as well.

• Making risk management strategic, not defensive From "control" to "value enhancement"
  
• Enterprise risk management: Integrated, continuous, and broadly focused Moving risk management out of its traditionally disconnected "silos": how to do it, and why you must
  
• New tools for identifying, ranking, and measuring risks Leading-edge approaches from Chase Manhattan, Microsoft, DuPont, Unocal, and other leaders
  
• Risk management in an era of unprecedented, unrelenting change Managing the risks of globalization, interdependence, technological and marketplace change, and political and socioeconomic uncertainty.
  

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How Great Decisions Get Made

How Great Decisions Get Made:

How Great Decisions Get Made shows how to bring out the best in people, so that the process of decision making cements groups together rather than pulling them apart. The book gives readers a simple 10-step process to help their people overcome seemingly intractable differences, paving the way for groups to:

• Embrace a world view filled with the possibility of creating better results together
  
• Shift their attention from the stale "What should we do?" to a fresh "How can we achieve what we really want?" attitude
  
• Tap into who they are to define and articulate their hopes  
  

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Her Place at the Table A Womans Guide

Her Place at the Table A Womans Guide:

Her Place at the Table is a practical guide for any woman dealing with a demanding role. Drawing on extensive interviews with women leaders, the authors isolate five key challenges.
Intelligence — to make informed decisions you need good information, but getting it can be a tricky proposition for women.
Backing — no one wants to take on a tough job without the support of major players, but you can’t take those allies for granted.
Resources — allocations don't always square with the results expected.
Buy-In — you can't lead if no one wants to follow, but bringing a team on board can be problematic.
Making a Difference — the value you create must be visible before it makes a difference.

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World Out of Balance

World Out of Balance:

With intelligence and insight, World Out of Balance provides executives, consultants, and business thinkers with the high caliber of information and insight you need to plan for, rather than react to, important emerging trends shaping the global business environment. Author Paul Laudicina offers compelling snapshots of key trends and how they may evolve in the years ahead--and provides practical scenarios and expert guidelines to help you prepare your organizations to meet these challenges and profit by them.

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Survival Skills in Financial Services

Survival Skills in Financial Services

The challenges of surviving and succeeding in the financial services industry have never been greater. . . . J.K. Lasser Pro Survival Skills in Financial Services provides a practical guide to dealing with the tough realities of change. The result is an enjoyable, down-to-earth, and interactive resource that provides the knowledge, skills, and human understanding to deal with the forces of change.

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Profit Focused Supplier Management

Profit Focused Supplier Management:
This book can help you to find the most suitable suppliers for your company and to keep your business on a course of excellence. This book is also practical and suitable for non financial people. The case studies of fictional business analyst Jill Turner describe realistic work situations that an analyst would encounter in the business world. By observing Jill's methods, the reader can develop his or her own operating procedures.

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Perl Programming for Biologists

Perl Programming for Biologists:
Working on the assumption that the reader has no formal training in programming, Perl Programming for Biologists demonstrates how Perl is used to solve biological problems. Each chapter opens with a set of learning objectives, provides numerous review questions and self-study exercises, and concludes with a bulleted summary of key points. The author incorporates numerous real-life examples throughout the text. Upon completing the book, readers are able to quickly perform such tasks as correcting recurring errors in spreadsheets, scanning a Fasta sequence for every occurrence of an EcoRI site, adapting other writers' scripts to one's own purposes, and most important, writing reusable and maintainable scripts that spare the rote repetition of code.

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Patent Copyright & Trademark

Patent Copyright & Trademark:
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Intelligent Techniques for Planning

Intelligent Techniques for Planning
The Intelligent Techniques for Planning presents a number of modern approaches to the area of automated planning. These approaches combine methods from classical planning such as the construction of graphs and the use of domain-independent heuristics with techniques from other areas of artificial intelligence. The book presents, in detail, a number of state-of-the-art planning systems that utilize constraint satisfaction techniques in order to deal with time and resources, machine learning in order to utilize experience drawn from past runs, methods from knowledge systems for more expressive representation of knowledge and ideas from other areas such as Intelligent Agents. Apart from the thorough analysis and implementation details, each chapter of the book also provides extensive background information about its subject and presents and comments similar approaches done in the past.

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Four Weeks to a Better Behaved Child

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Fire Your Stock Analyst Analyzing Stocks On Your Own

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Authentic Leadership Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value

In Authentic Leadership Bill George makes the case that we need new leaders, not just new laws, to bring us out of the current corporate crisis. He persuasively demonstrates that authentic leaders of mission-driven companies will create far greater shareholder value than financially oriented companies. During George’s twelve-year leadership at Medtronic, the company’s market capitalization soared from $1.1 billion to $60 billion averaging 35 percent per year. Authentic Leadership provides a tested guide for character-based leaders and all those who have a stake in the integrity and success of our corporations.

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Aristocratic Experience & the Origins of Modern Culture

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Does Your Marketing Sell

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Wireless Home Networking for Dummies

With this book in hand, you’ll have all the information that you need to know about the following topics (and more):

• Planning your wireless home network
  
• Evaluating and selecting wireless networking equipment for installation in your home
  
• Installing and configuring wireless networking equipment in your home
  
• Sharing an Internet connection over your wireless network
  
• Sharing files, printers, and other peripherals over your wireless network
  
• Playing computer games over your wireless network
  
• Connecting your audio-visual gear to your wireless network
  
• Securing your wireless network against prying eyes
• Discovering devices that you’ll be able to connect to your wireless home network in the future
  

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The Cure For All Diseases

The most promising discovery in this book is the effectiveness of electricity to kill viruses, bacteria and parasites. Does this mean you can cancel your appointment with your clinical doctor? No it does not. Killing your invaders does not make you well instantly. But happily, at your next doctor visits she or he will be removing drugs, not adding them.

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