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Author Howard Karger
Every day, this alluring come-on entices unsuspecting consumers into the depths of the "fringe economy"—a parallel economic universe of pawnshops, payday lenders, check cashers, and other businesses that prey on the financially desperate. These people are duped....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Expert Oracle Database Architecture: 9i and 10g Programming Techniques and Solutions
Author Thomas Kyte
This is a defining book on the Oracle database for any developer or database administrator who works with Oracle-driven database applications. Tom Kyte has a simple philosophy: you can treat Oracle as a black box and just stick data into it or you can understand how....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Author Maryann Karinch , Gregory Hartley
An International Spy Museum Bestseller!Have you ever been lied to? Of course you have, whether you knew it or not.Ever caught a spouse, business partner, parent, boss, or child brazenly lying right to your face? What if you could tell someone was lying, just by list....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Author Timothy V. Kelly
Put your phone system on your computer network and see the savingsSee how to get started with VoIP, how it works, and why it saves you moneyVoIP is techspeak for "voice over Internet protocol," but it could spell "saving big bucks" for your business! Here's where t....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Author Ian Kimbell , Andreas Vogel
SAP is the world's leading provider of ERP software and services, with worldwide revenue in 2004 of $9.7 billion and a 57 percent market share among major business application providers; it is one of the world's largest software companies overallERP is a flexible,....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Digital Sports Photography: Take Winning Shots Every Time
Author David Karlins , Serge Timacheff
You can freeze that one moment in timeSports photography gets you up close and personal with the action you crave, the athletes you idolize, or the activities that make memories for your children. It also provides plenty of frustration for amateurs and professionals....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries
Author Brad Abrams , Krzysztof Cwalina
A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0321545613 ISBN-13: 9780321545619"This book is an absolute must-read for all .NET developers. It gives clear do and don't guidance on how to design class libraries for .NET. It also offers insight into the design a....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Author Matt Kloskowski , Dave Cross
Over 300 productivity-enhancing secrets you need to know about Illustrator CS. Fully illustrated, stand-alone tips reveal the hidden features and productivity-enhancing tricks that allow you to accomplish more in less time with Illustrator CS2. Easy-to-browse format....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Author Felix Nelson , Scott Kel
Scott Kelby and Felix Nelson (the creative team behind Photoshop User magazine) take their best-selling Photoshop Killer Tips books to a whole new level with their update for Photoshop CS2.Okay, why a book of nothing but tips? Because that's where all the really sl....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Powerful Times: Rising to the Challenge of Our Uncertain World
Author Eamonn Kelly
Understand the most revolutionary human transformation in four centuries... and prepare for it!We're not just living through an age of change: we're living through a 'change of age': the most profound inflection point in human history since the Enlightenment. Th....
Release Date 2005/09 -
The 86 Percent Solution: How to Succeed in the Biggest Market Opportunity of the Next 50 Years
Author Robert Gunther , Kamini Banga , Vijay Mahajan
Most global businesses focus nearly all their efforts on selling to the wealthiest 14% of the world's population. It's getting harder and harder to make a profit that way: these markets are oversaturated, overcompetitive, and declining. The Invisible Market shows ....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Leading With Authenticity In Times Of Transition
Author Michael Wakefield , Kerry Bunker
Organizations today are awash in change. Managing change requires leaders to focus simultaneously on managing the business and providing effective leadership to the people. More often than not, it is the focus on the people side that loses out. This book offers a fr....
Release Date 2005/08 -
Author David C. Kreines
The Oracle database is one of the most popular in the world, and for good reason. It's compatible, scalable, portable, and capable of performing incredibly fast. The advantages Oracle holds over its competition come with a price, however--it's a highly complex database that's becoming more comple....
Release Date 2005/08 -
MEL Scripting for Maya Animators, 2nd Edition
Author Mark R. Wilkins , Chris Kazmier
Trying to learn Maya programming from the documentation can be daunting whether or not you are a programmer. The first edition of MEL Scripting for Maya Animators earned the reputation as the best introductory book on MEL, Maya’s scripting language. Now fully revise....
Release Date 2005/08 -
Oracle® Database 10g Insider Solutions
Author Richard Stroupe , John Kanagaraj , Arun Kumar R.
Oracle Database 10g Insider Solutions is a must-have reference guide for all Oracle professionals. It provides much-needed information on best practices, tips, and techniques in debugging, installation, deployment, and tuning of the Oracle 10g database. You can draw....
Release Date 2005/08 -
THE Java™ Programming Language, Fourth Edition
Author James Gosling , Ken Arnold , David Holmes
Direct from the creators of the Java™ programming language, the completely revised fourth edition of The Java™ Programming Language is an indispensable resource for novice and advanced programmers alike.Developers around the world have used previous editions to quic....
Release Date 2005/08 -
Author Scott Kel
Tips rule!Have you ever noticed that in just about every Mac book, the author will include a couple of tips in each chapter (you'll usually find them in the sidebar, or at the bottom of the page in a tinted box). Sometimes it's a shortcut, a faster way to do somet....
Release Date 2005/08 -
The Right Decision Every Time: How to Reach Perfect Clarity on Tough Decisions
Author Luda Kopeikina
Drawing on her breakthrough research with 115 CEOs, Luda Kopeikina offers practical, proven techniques for structuring decisions, achieving clarity about the real issues involved, and using that clarity to improve the quality of every decision you make. Kopeikina be....
Release Date 2005/08 -
Author Susan Douglas , Korry Douglas
The second edition of the best-selling PostgreSQL has been updated to completely cover new features and capabilities of the 8.0 version of PostgreSQL. You will be lead through the internals of the powerful PostgreSQL open source database chapter, offering an easy-to....
Release Date 2005/07 -
Cross-Platform GUI Programming with wxWidgets
Author Stefan Csomor , Kevin Hock , Julian Smart
"This book is the best way for beginning developers to learn wxWidgets programming in C++. It is a must-have for programmers thinking of using wxWidgets and those already using it."–Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Software and the Open Source Applications FoundationBu....
Release Date 2005/07 -
Leadership in Action: In Focus - Managing Conflict - New Challenges in a Changing World
Author Todd Weber , Kelly Hannum
In a progressively interdependent and diverse world, a major leadership challenge will increasingly be the need to lead groups of people with very different histories, perspectives, values, and cultures toward a common purpose.
Release Date 2005/06 -
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Administrator's Handbook
Author Jacques Beland , Peter Kuo
As a system administrator, you are justly concerned about the security of your infrastructure. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES 9) can lead the way to infrastructure security and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Administrator's Handbook is the authoritative source fo....
Release Date 2005/06 -
Author Devin L. Ganger , Missy Koslosky , Paul Robichaux
Ask network administrators what their most critical computer application is, and most will say "email" without a moment's hesitation. If you run a network powered by Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange occupies much of your time. According to Mi....
Release Date 2005/06 -
Get the Image You Want: Essential Photoshop Editing Techniques
Author Element K Journals Creative Team
Creating great photographic images doesn't stop with perfecting your shooting techniques. Once you have your photo in digital form, you can take it to the next level with image editing tools like Photoshop. While other Photoshop books go from feature to feature, ex....
Release Date 2005/06 -
The Pocket Idiot's Guide to German Phrases
Author Susan Shelly , Angelika Korner
The Pocket Idiot's Guide to German Phrases is a handy, informative, and fun guide to all the phrases readers need to enjoy a visit to Germany, complete with the basics of German grammar and syntax and a compact German-English/English-German dictionary.- Nearly 1.7 ....
Release Date 2005/05 -
Getting Started with Your Mac and Mac OS X Tiger
Author Scott Kel
You bought your Mac OS X Tiger computer because you thought it would be easy to use-and it is! But if you've never used a computer before, never stared at a graphical user interface or clicked an icon to launch a program or open a file, getting going with your new ....
Release Date 2005/05 -
Moral Intelligence Enhancing Business Performance and Leadership Success
Author Fred Kiel , Doug Lennick
Through a combination of research, and original thought leadership, the authors demonstrate how the best performing companies have leaders who actively apply moral values to achieve enduring personal and organizational success. These individuals exhibit moral intell....
Release Date 2005/05 -
Leadership in Action: Leadership that is Both Forceful and Enabling
Author Robert E. Kaplan
Should leaders be forceful—taking charge, making their presence felt, and stepping up to tough decisions—or should they be enabling— tapping into, bringing out, and showing appreciation for the capabilities of other people? Leaders' response to this question largel....
Release Date 2005/04 -
Author Keith Mortier , Allen Keele
Want an affordable yet innovative approach to studying for the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) 2005 exam? CISA 2005 Exam Cram 2 is your solution. You will have the essential material for passing the CISA 2005 exam right at your fingertips. All exam obje....
Release Date 2005/04