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Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns
Author Joey Lott , Danny Patterson
Today's ActionScript-based applications require increasingly sophisticated architectures and code. This book aids intermediate and advanced ActionScript developers in learning how to plan and build applications more effectively. You'll learn how to apply design p....
Release Date 2006/11 -
Author Stoyan Stefanov , Carsten Lucke
XML, Data, Dates, Web Services, and Web APIsAbout This BookMaximize your productivity through the use of proven, powerful, reusable PHP componentsIn-depth coverage of a range of important PEAR packagesMany code examples provide a clear and practical guidanceWho This....
Release Date 2006/10 -
Canon® EOS 30D Digital Field Guide
Author Charlotte K. Lowrie
Whether you're a professional or an advanced amateur, the Canon EOS 30D delivers outstanding performance and image quality. This guide is designed to help you get the most from your 8.2-megapixel EOS 30D, regardless of your shooting preferences and style. Packed wi....
Release Date 2006/10 -
Network Security Hacks, 2nd Edition
Author Andrew Lockhart
In the fast-moving world of computers, things are always changing. Since the first edition of this strong-selling book appeared two years ago, network security techniques and tools have evolved rapidly to meet new and more sophisticated threats that pop up with alar....
Release Date 2006/10 -
Marketing in the Public Sector: A Roadmap for Improved Performance
Author Nancy Lee , Philip Kotler
Praise for Marketing in the Public Sector“Professionally, as an academic turned politician, this book–if published a few years earlier–would have made my life much simpler. This book lays out, in detail with concrete examples, how to conduct a grand plan for change.....
Release Date 2006/10 -
3-D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals
Author James K. Sebenius , David A. Lax
When discussing being stuck in a "win-win vs. win-lose" debate, most negotiation books focus on face-to-face tactics. Yet, table tactics are only the "first dimension" of David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius' pathbreaking 3-D Negotiation (TM) approach, developed from....
Release Date 2006/09 -
100 Ways to Take Better Portrait Photographs
Author Daniel Lezano
100 Ways to Take Better Portrait Photographs is a practical and informative guide to every aspect of portrait photography from informal pictures of family and friends to professional studio techniques. It contains: Straightforward, practical tips and advice Over....
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Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005: Database Essentials Step by Step
Author Solid Quality Learning
SQL Server 2005 is Microsoft’s next-generation data management and analysis solution that delivers enhanced scalability, availability, and security features to enterprise data and analytical applications while making them easier to create, deploy, and manage. Now yo....
Release Date 2006/09 -
Author Rick F. van der Lans
The Classic SQL Tutorial: Fully Updated for Today’s Standards and Today’s Top DatabasesFor twenty years, van der Lans’ Introduction to SQL has been the definitive SQL tutorial for database professionals everywhere, regardless of experience or platform. Now van der L....
Release Date 2006/09 -
Fundamentals of Computers: For Undergraduate Courses in Commerce and Management
Author ITL Education Solutions Limited
This meticulously organized book dwells on fundamentals that one must learn in order to pursue any venture in the computer field. This book has 13 chapters, each chapter covering basic as well as advanced concepts. Designed for undergraduate students of commerce and....
Release Date 2006/08 -
10 Steps to Successful Strategic Planning
Author Teri Lund , Susan Barksdale
Loaded with worksheets, exercises, tips, tools, checklists, and other easy-to-use and interactive learning aids, this book walks you through the process from beginning to end. Along the way, you will see how other organizations have planned their successs in many Ca....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Designing SOCs with Configured Cores
Author Steve Leibson
Microprocessor cores used for SOC design are the direct descendents of Intel’s original 4004 microprocessor. Just as packaged microprocessor ICs vary widely in their attributes, so do microprocessors packaged as IP cores. However, SOC designers still compare a....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Author Lewis R. Ireland , David L. Cleland
The theme of the last edition will continue as authors improve individual chapters by adding a brief introduction that outlines the central points of the chapter and warms up readers for what follows. Each chapter concludes with four additional sections: a listing o....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Useful Custom FileMaker 8 Functions
Author Bob Bowers , Scott Love , Steve Lane
This Short Cut presents a sampling of custom functions that we’ve found useful, or that serve as good examples of functions in our day-to-day practice. The functions are broken into groups according to their purpose, much as FileMaker’s calculation functions are. Pl....
Release Date 2006/08 -
FileMaker 8 Calculation Functions
Author Bob Bowers , Scott Love , Steve Lane
The calculation dialog in FileMaker serves as a fundamental element in nearly all development activities. The calculation dialog allows developers easy access to the data fields in their solutions and to a complete function list. This Short Cut presents a complete d....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Unleashed
Author Mike Snell , Lars Powers
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Unleashed is a deep dive into the Visual Studio 2005 tool. Specifically, it will provide you with solid guidance and education that will allow you to squeeze the ultimate productivity and use out of the Visual Studio 2005 development env....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Programming Python, 3rd Edition
Author Mark Lutz
Already the industry standard for Python users, ProgrammingPython fromO'Reilly just got even better. This third edition has been updated toreflect current best practices andthe abundance of changes introduced by the latest version of thelanguage, Python 2.5.Whether....
Release Date 2006/08 -
MySpace Unraveled: A Parent’s Guide to Teen Social Networking from the Directors of BlogSafety.com
Author Anne Collier , Larry Magid
Do you know what your children are up to on MySpace? MySpace Unraveled: What it is and how to use it safely discusses the booming MySpace social-networking phenomenon and shows you exactly what you need know about MySpace and how to create a safe online experience f....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Author Ken Schwaber , Diana Larsen , Esther Der
Project retrospectives help teams examine what went right and what went wrong on a project. But traditionally, retrospectives (also known as "post-mortems") are only helpful at the end of the project--too late to help. You need agile retrospectives that are iterativ....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Professionalization of Project Management
Author Terry A.Williams , Susan Haydt , Janice L. Thomas , Bill L. Zwerman
Will project management become a fully recognized profession? What changes can we expect to see as it moves toward this goal? Professionalization of Project Management offers a glimpse into the future of the project management profession, along with an objective lo....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Leading People Through Disasters
Author SPHR Kathryn McKee , Liz Guthridge
Flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, workplace violence, bombings, even the arrest or sudden death of the CEO—sooner or later, most organizations will face some sort of disaster. Leading People Through Disasters breaks new ground in disaster-recovery by focusing....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance
Author Andrew Kirkpatrick , Patrick H. Lauke , Jim Thatcher , Shawn Lawton Henry , Cynthia
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 web....
Release Date 2006/07 -
How to Conduct Productive Meetings
Author Donald L. Kirkpatrick
Meetings are often poorly planned and executed events that produce no meaningful business results. How to Conduct Productive Meetings is a book designed to provide practical tools and advice for anyone planning or facilitating a meeting. Legendary evaluation guru Do....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Customizable Embedded Processors Design Technologies and Applications
Author Paolo Ienne , Rainer Leupers
Customizable processors have been described as the next natural step in the evolution of the microprocessor business: a step in the life of a new technology where top performance alone is no longer sufficient to guarantee market success. Other factors become fundame....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Author Danielle Larocca Signorile
SAP Query Reporting is everything an SAP user needs to know to create your own reports in SAP using Query tools, no programming required! Designed as a hands-on learning aid, you will be able to follow along and perform each new skill learned on your own SAP system.....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Author Leonard Richardson , Lucas Carlson
Do you want to push Ruby to its limits? The Ruby Cookbook is the most comprehensive problem-solving guide to today's hottest programming language. It gives you hundreds of solutions to real-world problems, with clear explanations and thousands of lines of code you ....
Release Date 2006/07 -
LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
Author James Stanger , Jeff Dean , Nicolai Langfeldt , Bruno Gomes Pessanha , Steven Pritch
LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, Second Edition is an invaluable resource for determining what you need to practice to pass the Linux Professional Institute exams. This book will help you determine when you're ready to take the exams, which are technically ch....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Author Ben Long
Released to near universal acclaim, Apple's Aperture is an all-in-one post-production tool for professional photographers. Featuring a RAW-focused workflow, Aperture lets photographers import, edit, catalog, organize, retouch, publish, and archive images more effec....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Leadership in Action: Leading Change: Adapting and Innovating in an Uncertain World
Author Richard Lepsinger , Gary Yukl
In today's turbulent business environment, being able to respond in a timely way to emerging threats and opportunities is crucial to an organization's survival and prosperity. An organization's effectiveness can be improved by leader decisions that facilitate inn....
Release Date 2006/06