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How Digital Photography Works (How It Works Series)

2008-01-06T20:51:00.000-08:00

Book Details
# Authors: Ron White, Tim Downs, Timothy Edward Downs
# Publisher: Pearson Education
# Pub. Date: March 2007
# ISBN-13: 9780789736307

Book Description
Digital photography is going through the same sort of ballooning growth PCs did in the '80s. At the end of 2003, 31 percent of U.S. households owned digital cameras. It was a pivotal year for the industry, as digital cameras nearly outsold traditional cameras for the first time ever. InfoTrends predicts that 82 million digital cameras will be sold worldwide by 2008, and IDC predicts that digital camera owners will snap more 626 billion images by 2007! Although consumers are moving to digital cameras quickly, digital photography is still a big mystery. How does it work? How Digital Photography Works, 2nd Edition provides the answers using full-color illustrations on how it all comes together. Fans of How it Works will love this updated edition, while new users will be fascinated at the range of coverage the book offers, from how technology produces better pictures to how lenses focus and much, much more! The second edition covers the newest features that technology has made possible, offering a look inside a camera that no one else offers. You will not only walk away with an understanding of how it works, but also a great foundation that will help you take better pictures.

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Automated Data Analysis Using Excel

2008-01-04T22:12:00.000-08:00

Book Details
# Author: Brian Bissett
# ISBN: 1584888857
# ISBN-13: 9781584888857
# Format: Hardcover, 450pp
# Publisher: CRC Press
# Pub. Date: June 2007

Book Description
This guide shows step-by-step how to construct useful automated data analysis applications for both industrial and academic settings. It features numerous real-world examples and includes a CD-ROM with sample workbooks, worksheets, and source code. The book begins by discussing fundamental elements, the methods for importing and accessing data, and the creation of reports. The author then describes how to use Excel® to obtain data from non-native sources, such as databases and third-party calculation tools, and explains how to automate manipulations and calculations on the acquired data sources. The final chapter demonstrates from beginning to end how to create a cohesive, robust application.

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Data Analysis Using SQL and Excel

2007-12-24T22:17:00.000-08:00

Book Details
# Author: Gordon S. Linoff
# ISBN: 0470099518
# ISBN-13: 9780470099513
# Format: Paperback, 645pp
# Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
# Pub. Date: October 2007

Book Details
# One of the leading experts on business data mining shows managers how to leverage SQL and Excel to perform sophisticated types of business analysis without the expense of data mining tools and consultants
# Explains how to use the relatively simple tools of SQL and Excel to extract useful business information from relational databases
# Each chapter discusses why and when to perform a particular type of business analysis to obtain a useful business result, how to design and perform the analysis using SQL and Excel, and what the results look like in SQL and Excel
# Presents hints, warnings, and technical asides about Excel, SQL, and data analysis/mining

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Network Security Bible

2007-12-16T14:53:00.000-08:00

Book Details
Authors: Eric Cole, Ronald L. Krutz, James Conley, Ronald L. Krutz, James W. Conley
Paperback: 694 pages
Publisher: Wiley (January 13, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764573977
ISBN-13: 978-0764573972

Book Description
* A must for working network and security professionals as well as anyone in IS seeking to build competence in the increasingly important field of security
* Written by three high-profile experts, including Eric Cole, an ex-CIA security guru who appears regularly on CNN and elsewhere in the media, and Ronald Krutz, a security pioneer who cowrote The CISSP Prep Guide and other security bestsellers
* Covers everything from basic security principles and practices to the latest security threats and responses, including proven methods for diagnosing network vulnerabilities and insider secrets for boosting security effectiveness

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Web Engineering: The Discipline of Systematic Development of Web Applications

2007-09-27T02:26:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Authors: Gerti Kappel, Werner Retschitzegger, Siegried Reich, Birgit Pröll
ISBN: 0470015543
ISBN-13: 9780470015544
Format: Paperback, 384pp
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

Book Description
The World Wide Web has a massive and permanent influence on our lives. Economy, industry, education, healthcare, public administration, entertainment – there is hardly any part of our daily lives which has not been pervaded by the Internet. Accordingly, modern Web applications are fully-fledged, complex software systems, and in order to be successful their development must be thorough and systematic.

This book presents a new discipline called Web Engineering taking a rigorous interdisciplinary approach to the development of Web applications, covering Web development concepts, methods, tools and techniques. It highlights the need to examine and re-use the body of knowledge found within software engineering and demonstrates how to use that knowledge within the Web environment, putting emphasize on current practices, experiences and pitfalls.

The book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students on Web-focused or Software Engineering courses, as well as Web software developers, Web designers and project managers.

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HTML Utopia: Designing without Tables Using CSS

2007-09-24T02:36:00.000-07:00

Book Details
ISBN: 0975240277
ISBN-13: 9780975240274
Format: Textbook Paperback, 516pp
Publisher: SitePoint Pty, Limited
Edition Description: Revised Edition
Pub. Date: April 2006

Book Descriptions
HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS, 2nd Edition is for web developers looking to create websites using Cascading Style Sheets for layout, which allow for faster page downloads, easier maintenance, faster Website re-designs, and better search engine optimization.

HTML Utopia covers all aspects of using Cascading Style Sheets in Web Development, and is a must-read for Web Developers designing new sites or upgrading existing ones to use CSS layouts.

This book includes one of the most comprehensive CSS2 references on the market. Jeffrey Zeldman, web design guru and co-founder of the Web Standards Project, says "After reading this book, you will not only understand how to use CSS to emulate old-school, table driven web layouts, you will be creating Web sites that would be impossible to design using traditional methods."

The second edition of this popular book includes brand new coverage of Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 1.1, new CSS Solutions, and greatly expanded coverage of popular, cross-browser, CSS layout techniques.

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The Psychologist's Book of Personality Tests

2007-09-21T07:22:00.000-07:00

The Psychologist's Book of Personality Tests: Twenty-Four Revealing Tests to Identify and Overcome

Product Details
Author: Louis Janda
ISBN: 0471371025
ISBN-13: 9780471371021
Format: Paperback, 220pp
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Sales Rank: 245,631

Book Description
Based on the latest research, this book will guide readers through professionally developed personality tests to help one identify and overcome one's barriers to positive change. Millions of people live with their painful emotions, struggling to make it through each day when it is not necessary to suffer alone. Now this comprehensive guide can help readers recognize and overcome their psychological barriers and have a more satisfying and effective life. Complete with twenty-four self-tests developed by behavioral researchers, this book covers personal barriers, interpersonal barriers, and one's capacity for change. In addition, Dr. Janda provides expert advice following each test that will help readers use their results to make changes for themselves or to seek professional help.

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Beginning JavaScript, 3rd Edition (2007)

2007-09-17T12:18:00.000-07:00

Beginning JavaScript, 3rd Edition (2007)

Book Details
Authors: Paul Wilton, Jeremy McPeak
Paperback: 767 pages
Publisher: Wrox; 3 edition (May 21, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470051515
ISBN-13: 978-0470051511

Book Description
With this up-to-date guide, you’ll find everything you need to know in order to develop interactive, robust, and personalized pages using JavaScript. It takes you step by step through this powerful scripting language so you can begin enhancing your site right away and increase visits. You’ll learn how to take advantage of native JavaScript objects, manipulate objects that are available to you in the latest browsers, use cookies, and jazz up your web pages with Dynamic HTML.

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Upgrading and Repairing Laptops

2007-09-11T23:29:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Author: Scott Mueller
Publisher: Que; 2 edition (December 16, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0789733765
ISBN-13: 978-0789733764

Book Description
Laptops--call them notebooks, portable computers, or whatever else you like--are tightly engineered items. It's hard to get all the required components to obey stringent performance and power-management requirements, and still fit into a small case. The job usually requires a custom motherboard and other specialized components, and so the laptop owner who wants to upgrade his or her machine faces a much more difficult task than the owner of a desktop machine with a similar wish.

One can swap out the hard drive, add more RAM, and make tweaks in software, but almost everything else requires the addition of external components, which kind of defeat the purpose of a laptop. That's the message the reader takes away from Scott Mueller's Upgrading and Repairing Laptops. It's not Mueller's fault that such computers are hard to do much with, and that your best upgrade procedure is often a visit to an auction site.

That said, Mueller does a great job of explaining how laptops work--how the engineers went about cramming all those heat-generating components into those miniature chassis in the first place. He also explains a lot of interesting component theory, such as how magnetic hard drives store data and how various DVD standards differ. The information makes for good reading, and comes in handy when you're shopping. He also demonstrates his skill--long well-reputed among builders and repairers of desktop machines--in teaching diagnostics. He explains, for example, how to test a laptop power supply, and why you should consider it a prime suspect in a malfunctioning computer even if the LEDs come on and the cooling fan spins. A CD-ROM features videos that show disassembly procedures--a strategy that works better than photographs and numbered steps. --David Wall

Topics covered: How portable computers work (and sometimes fail to work), and how to diagnose their woes. Sections address general troubleshooting concepts, system disassembly, and various subsystems such as memory, CPU, storage, and video. Coverage of PCMCIA (PC Card) is particularly good.

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Beginning Linux Programming

2007-09-07T16:07:00.000-07:00

Beginning Linux Programming

Book Details
Authors: Neil Matthew, Richard Stones
Paperback: 888 pages
Publisher: Wrox; 3 Sub edition (January 2, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764544977
ISBN-13: 978-0764544972

Book Description
If you have some programming experience and are ready to venture into Linux programming, this updated edition of the bestselling entry-level book takes you there. The authors guide you step by step, using construction of a CD database application to give you hands-on experience as you progress from the basic to the complex. You’ll start with fundamental concepts like writing Unix programs in C. You’ll learn basic system calls, file I/O, interprocess communication, and shell programming. You’ll become skilled with the toolkits and libraries for working with user interfaces.

The book starts from the basics, explaining how to compile and run your first program. New to this edition are chapters on MySQL® access and administration; programming GNOME and KDE; and Linux standards for portable applications. Coverage of kernel programming, device drivers, CVS, grep, and GUI development environments has expanded. This book gives you practical knowledge for real wor ld application.

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Network Security Bible

2007-09-04T17:03:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Authors: Eric Cole, Ronald L. Krutz, James Conley, Ronald L. Krutz, James W. Conley
Paperback: 694 pages
Publisher: Wiley (January 13, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764573977
ISBN-13: 978-0764573972

Book Description
* A must for working network and security professionals as well as anyone in IS seeking to build competence in the increasingly important field of security
* Written by three high-profile experts, including Eric Cole, an ex-CIA security guru who appears regularly on CNN and elsewhere in the media, and Ronald Krutz, a security pioneer who cowrote The CISSP Prep Guide and other security bestsellers
* Covers everything from basic security principles and practices to the latest security threats and responses, including proven methods for diagnosing network vulnerabilities and insider secrets for boosting security effectiveness

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide (2007)

2007-08-28T21:32:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Author: Tim Grey
Paperback: 207 pages
Publisher: Sybex (April 16, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470119195
ISBN-13: 978-0470119198

Book Description
Get the most out of Lightroom with Tim Grey as your guide by reducing the time and effort you spend storing, selecting, and editing your digital images. Adobe’s new Lightroom software, together with this practical guide, explains everything from importing and cataloguing to processing and archiving. Whether you’re a professional photographer or advanced amateur, you’ll find ways to work efficiently with Lightroom in order to improve your productivity and get the results you want.

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Adding Ajax (2007)

2007-08-23T21:56:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Author: Shelley Powers
Paperback: 399 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (June 20, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596529368
ISBN-13: 978-0596529369

Book Description
Ajax can bring many advantages to an existing web application without forcing you to redo the whole thing. This book explains how you can add Ajax to enhance, rather than replace, the way your application works. For instance, if you have a traditional web application based on submitting a form to update a table, you can enhance it by adding the capability to update the table with changes to the form fields, without actually having to submit the form. That's just one example.

Adding Ajax is for those of you more interested in extending existing applications than in creating Rich Internet Applications (RIA). You already know the "business-side" of applications-web forms, server-side driven pages, and static content-and now you want to make your web pages livelier, more fun, and much more interactive.

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Dreamweaver CS3 For Dummies (2007)

2007-08-17T21:52:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Author: Janine C. Warner
Paperback: 456 pages
Publisher: For Dummies; New Ed edition (May 7, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470114908
ISBN-13: 978-0470114902

Book Description
Do you want to create a sophisticated Web site that's easy to develop and maintain? Whether you're a beginner or an experienced Web developer, this friendly guide shows you how to utilize Dreamweaver's newest enhancements to build and manage state-of-the-art, professional Web sites quickly and easily.
* Set up your site and create new pages
* Work with text, graphics, and links
* Define and apply styles using CSS
* Add audio, video, and Flash® files to your site
* Use Dreamweaver's database features

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PhP 5 for Dummies

2007-08-11T17:08:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Author: Janel Valade
ISBN: 0764541668
ISBN-13: 9780764541667
Pub. Date: March 2004
Format: Paperback, 408pp
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

Book Description
Covers the latest major release of PHP, the most popular open source Web scripting language, in the friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style

* PHP is installed on nearly nine million servers, and usage has grown at the rate of 6.5 percent per month for the past two years
* PHP is easy to learn, well suited for Web development, and can be embedded with HTML, making it a good choice for creating dynamic Web pages for e-commerce sites and other Web applications; a database-friendly language, it connects easily to Sybase, MySQL, mSQL, Oracle, and other databases
* Explains how to acquire and install PHP, how PHP's features make it a useful scripting language, and how to use PHP for three of the most common applications: interactive Web sites, database storage, and common operating system tasks.

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Flash 8 Action Scripts Bible (2006)

2007-08-06T22:01:00.000-07:00

Book Details:
Author: Joey Lott, Robert Reinhardt
Publisher: Wiley Publishing
Pages: 867
Type: pdf
ISBN: 0-471-77197-5

Books Description:
To create Flash applications that sizzle, you have to learn the code. In this comprehensive guide to the latest version of ActionScript, the object-oriented scripting language for Macromedia Flash, you will get the detailed instruction and step-by-step tutorials you need to write robust code and create sophisticated interactive animations. Work with objects and components, interoperate with JavaScript(r), create games, and more - it's all here in this informative book for developers, programmers, and designers. Inside, you will find complete coverage of Flash 8 ActionScript Master the basics of ActionScript expressions, functions, and variables Work with numbers, arrays, and strings Transform your movie clips with colors and filters Program sound and manage video Manage data with Web Services and Flash Remoting Call ActionScript functions from JavaScript Learn scripting for the Flash stand-alone player Bonus Companion Web site!

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Learning PHP and MySQL (2006)

2007-07-19T17:06:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Author: Michele Davis / Jon Phillips
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (June 2, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596101104
ISBN-13: 978-0596101107

Book Description
The PHP scripting language and MySQL open source database are quite effective independently, but together they make a simply unbeatable team. When working hand-in-hand, they serve as the standard for the rapid development of dynamic, database-driven websites. This combination is so popular, in fact, that it's attracting many programming newbies who come from a web or graphic design background and whose first language is HTML. If you fall into this ever-expanding category, then this book is for you.

Learning PHP and MySQL starts with the very basics of the PHP language, including strings and arrays, pattern matching and a detailed discussion of the variances in different PHP versions. Next, it explains how to work with MySQL, covering information on SQL data access for language and data fundamentals like tables and statements. Finally, after it's sure that you've mastered these separate concepts, the book shows you how to put them together to generate dynamic content. In the process, you'll also learn about error handling, security, HTTP authentication, and more.

If you're a hobbyist who is intimidated by thick, complex computer books, then this guide definitely belongs on your shelf. Learning PHP and MySQL explains everything--from basic concepts to the nuts and bolts of performing specific tasks--in plain English.

Part of O'Reilly's bestselling "Learning" series, the book is an easy-to-use resource designed specifically for newcomers. It's also a launching pad for future learning, providing you with a solid foundation for more advanced development.

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

2007-07-17T21:14:00.000-07:00

Book Details
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

2007-07-16T01:50:00.000-07:00

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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The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks: Covers CSS 2.1

2007-07-15T21:10:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Authors: Rachel Andrew, Simon Willison (Ed)
ISBN: 0957921888
ISBN-13: 9780957921887
Format: Paperback, 391pp
Publisher: SitePoint Pty, Limited
Pub. Date: November 2004

Description
Web developers use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to format website elements such as colors, background images, fonts, margins and indentation without having to rely only on on hand-coded HTML tagsâ€”which may very well be a career-limiting operation if not a dead bore because the same tag information has to be repeated over and over again. Andrew, a director of a web solutions provider company, gets you started with a brief overview and then proceeds to text styling, images, navigation, tabular data, forms and user interfaces, browser and device support, positioning and layout, and closes with possible future technologies. She delivers her material in a question-and-answer format, with plentiful figures and examplesâ€”a clear, concise, and easily understandable presentation. All code is available for download at the associated website. Distributed in the US by O'Reilly.

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Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual (2005)

2007-07-14T21:09:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Paperback: 559 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (October 26, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596008422
ISBN-13: 978-0596008420
Format: CHM

Book Description
Think you have to be a technical wizard to build a great web site? Think again. For anyone who wants to create an engaging web site--for either personal or business purposes--Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual demystifies the process and provides tools, techniques, and expert guidance for developing a professional and reliable web presence.

Like every Missing Manual, you can count on Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual to be entertaining and insightful and complete with all the vital information, clear-headed advice, and detailed instructions you need to master the task at hand. Author Matthew MacDonald teaches you the fundamentals of creating, maintaining, and updating an effective, attractive, and visitor-friendly web site--from scratch or from an existing site that's a little too simple or flat for your liking.

Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual doesn't only cover how to create a well-designed, appealing, smart web site that is thoroughly up to date and brimming with the latest features. It also covers why it's worth the effort by explaining the rationale for creating a site in the first place and discussing what makes a given web site particularly aesthetic, dynamic, and powerful. It further helps you determine your needs and goals and make well informed design and content decisions.

Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual includes a basic primer on HTML, working with JavaScript, and incorporating services like Paypal's shopping cart, Amazon's associate program, and Google AdSense and AdWords. It delivers advanced tricks for formatting, graphics, audio and video, as well as Flash animation and dynamic content. And you'll learn how to identify and connect with your site's audience through forms, forums, meta tags, and search engines.

This isn't just another dry, uninspired book on how to create a web site. Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual is a witty and intelligent guide for all of you who are ready to make your ideas and vision a web reality.

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Animal Origami for the Enthusiast

2007-07-13T00:37:00.000-07:00

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

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

Book Description
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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Mind Hacks: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain

2007-07-12T07:38:00.000-07:00

The brain is a fearsomely complex information-processing environment–one that often eludes our ability to understand it. At any given time, the brain is collecting, filtering, and analyzing information and, in response, performing countless intricate processes, some of which are automatic, some voluntary, some conscious, and some unconscious.

Cognitive neuroscience is one of the ways we have to understand the workings of our minds. It’s the study of the brain biology behind our mental functions: a collection of methods–like brain scanning and computational modeling–combined with a way of looking at psychological phenomena and discovering where, why, and how the brain makes them happen. Want to know more? Mind Hacks is a collection of probes into the moment-by-moment works of the brain. Using cognitive neuroscience, these experiments, tricks, and tips related to vision, motor skills, attention, cognition, subliminal perception, and more throw light on how the human brain works. Each hack examines specific operations of the brain. By seeing how the brain responds, we pick up clues about the architecture and design of the brain, learning a little bit more about how the brain is put together. Mind Hacks begins your exploration of the mind with a look inside the brain itself, using hacks such as “Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Turn On and Off Bits of the Brain” and “Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes.” Also among the 100 hacks in this book, you’ll find:
-Release Eye Fixations for Faster Reactions
-See Movement When All is Still
-Feel the Presence and Loss of Attention
-Detect Sounds on the Margins of Certainty
-Mold Your Body Schema
-Test Your Handedness
-See a Person in Moving Lights
-Make Events Understandable as Cause-and-Effect
-Boost Memory by Using Context
-Understand Detail and the Limits of Attention

Steven Johnson, author of “Mind Wide Open” writes in his foreword to the book, “These hacks amaze because they reveal the brain’s hidden logic; they shed light on the cheats and shortcuts and latent assumptions our brains make about the world.” If you want to know more about what’s going on in your head, then Mind Hacks is the key–let yourself play with the interface between you and the world.

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Now You Know More

2007-07-11T22:34:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Author: Doug Lennox
Publisher: Dundurn Press; Illustrate edition (September 20, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN: 1550025309

Book Description
This is a follow up to the runaway bestseller Now You Know: The Book of Answers, which went through five printings and sold over 20,000 copies! In this second book, Lennox continues to trace the concise and fascinating history and reasons for hundreds of expressions in our everyday language, as well as customs and habits in the same entertaining format that was so successful last year.

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Now You Know

2007-07-11T19:36:00.001-07:00

Book Details
Authors: Kitty Dukakis, Jane Scovell
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books (May 1991)
Language: English
ISBN: 0671741799

Book Description:
Why are golf assistants called caddies? Why do the British drive on the left and north Americans on the right? Why is football played on a "gridiron," and a leg injury called a "Charlie horse"? The answers to these questions and the origins of hundreds of other expressions and customs are brought together in this fascinating collection of the history behind everyday words and routines. With all the conciseness of his original radio scripts, Doug Lennox "cuts to the quick" in telling you the things you always wanted to know.

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Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional

2007-07-10T18:03:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Author: Lee Babin
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Apress (October 16, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590596676
ISBN-13: 978-1590596678

Book Description
Ajax breathes new life into web applications by transparently communicating and manipulating data in conjunction with a server-based technology. Of all the server-based technologies capable of working in conjunction with Ajax, perhaps none are more suitable than PHP, the world's most popular scripting language.

Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional is the first book to introduce how these two popular technologies can work together to create next-generation applications. Author Lee Babin covers what you commonly encounter in daily web application development tasks, and shows you how to build PHP/AJAX-enabled solutions for forms validation, file upload monitoring, database-driven information display and manipulation, web services, Google Maps integration, and more. You'll learn how to
* Take advantage of PHP and advanced JavaScript capabilities to create next-generation, highly responsive Web applications.
* Enhance commonplace application tasks such as forms validation and tabular data display.
* Manage cross-browser issues, ensuring your applications run on all major Web browsers.
* Take advantage of the Google Maps API and add spatial mapping features to your website.

You'll also be introduced to other key topics like conquering cross-platform issues, countering potential security holes, and testing and debugging JavaScript with efficiency. All examples are based on real-world scenarios, so you'll be able to apply what you learn to your own development situations.

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Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour A Day (2006)

2007-07-09T18:08:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Authors: Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn
Pub. Date: June 2006
ISBN: 0672328860
ISBN-13: 9780672328862
Format: Hardcover, 840pp
Publisher: Sams
Edition Number: 5

Book Description
Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in 21 Days, Fifth Edition is a new edition of the best-selling book that started the whole HTML/web publishing phenomenon. The entire book has been revised and refined to reflect current web publishing practices and technologies. Coverage in this fifth edition includes extensive coverage of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which have become a staple in web development.

You'll have no problem learning from expert author Laura Lemay's clear and approachable writing style. Simple, step-by-step instructions with lots of practical, interesting examples of web pages will guide you as you master current web publishing technologies and practices.

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Ajax for Web Applications

2007-07-08T18:05:00.000-07:00

Book Details
ISBN: 0672329123
ISBN-13: 9780672329128
Format: Paperback, 288pp
Publisher: Pearson Education
Edition Description: 1st

Description
Ajax is one of the latest and greatest ways to improve usersâ€™ online experience and create new and innovative web functionality. By allowing specific parts of a web page to be displayed without refreshing the entire page, Ajax significantly enhances the experience of web applications. It also lets web developers create intuitive and innovative interaction processes.

Ajax for Web Application Developers provides the in-depth working knowledge of Ajax that web developers need to take their web applications to the next level. The book shows how to create an Ajax-driven web application from an object-oriented perspective, and it includes discussion of several useful Ajax design patterns.

This detailed guide covers the creation of connections to a MySQL database with PHP 5 via a custom Ajax engine and shows how to gracefully format the response with CSS, JavaScript, and XHTML while keeping the data tightly secure. It also covers the use of four custom Ajax-enabled components in an application and how to create each of them from scratch.

The final section of the book combines the individual code examples and techniques from earlier chapters of the book into one larger, Ajax-driven applicationâ€“an internal web mail application that can be used in any user-based application, such as a community-based web application. Readers will learn not only how to create and use their own reusable Ajax components in this application but also how to connect their components to any future Ajax applications that they might build.

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Flash ActionScript for Designers

2007-07-07T23:55:00.000-07:00

Book Details:
Author: Doug Sahlin
Paperback: 408 pages
Publisher: Wiley; Pap/Cdr edition (July 15, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764536877
ISBN-13: 978-0764536878

Book Description:
This book will teach Flash designers how to create ActionScripts that they'll refer to again and again in their design work. Projects such as Creating a Pop-Up Menu, Creating a Sound Controller, or Creating an Animated Flash Banner can be used as the starting point for readers' own customized projects. All of this is presented with lots of visual examples and a minimum of jargon and "programmer-speak."

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WordPress Complete (2006)

2007-07-06T18:01:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Author: Hasin Hayder
Pub. Date: December 2006
ISBN: 1904811892
ISBN-13: 9781904811893
Format: Paperback, 304pp
Publisher: Packt Publishing, Limited

Book Description
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. 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.

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Photoshop CS Killer Tips

2007-07-05T23:41:00.000-07:00

Product Details:
Authors: Scott Kelby, Felix Nelson
Publication Date: Feb 17, 2004
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: New Riders Press; 3Rev Ed edition (February 17, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0735713561
ISBN-13: 978-0735713567

Book Description

OK, why a book of nothing but tips? Because that's where all the really slick, really useful, and really fun stuff is. It's true! If we're looking through a book and we see the word "Tip" we're all immediately drawn to it, because we know we're about to learn something great. Maybe it's an undocumented keyboard shortcut, a hidden inside secret, or just a faster, better way to do something we do every day. The only problem with the tips in these books is, there's never enough of 'em. That is, until now.

That's because this book is packed cover-to-cover, wall-to-wall with nothing but those cool Photoshop CS sidebar tips. Every tip is designed to make you work faster, smarter, and have more fun using Photoshop CS. There's no detailed descriptions of CYMK separation set-ups, or long boring discussions on color management theory--it's just tips--short, sweet, and to the point.

But we've done the "tip" idea one better, because every tip has a full-color graphic to make the tips even more accessible, even more fun, and even easier to use. Most importantly, to get in this book they've got to be "Killer Tips" The kind of tip that makes you smile, nod, and then call all your friends and "tune them up" with your new status as Photoshop guru.

If you've wondered how the pros get twice the work done in half the time, it's because they know all the tips, all the tricks, and now with this book--so will you.

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Asterix and the Goths

2007-07-04T02:13:00.000-07:00

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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Beginning XML with DOM and Ajax: From Novice to Professional

2007-07-03T00:00:00.000-07:00

Book Details:
Author: Sas Jacobs
Paperback: 456 pages
Publisher: Apress (June 5, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590596765
ISBN-13: 978-1590596760

Book Description:
Don't waste time on 1,000-page tomes full of syntax; this book is all you need to get ahead in XML development. Renowned web developer Sas Jacobs presents an essential guide to XML. Beginning XML with DOM and Ajax is practical and comprehensive. It includes everything you need to know to get up to speed with XML development quickly and painlessly.
Jacobs begins by presenting an overview of XML--it's syntax, rules, vocabularies, and the hows and whys of validity. She also covers the current state of XML support in today's web browsers. Next, Jacobs covers all of the basic essential uses of XML. You'll learn how to display XML data using CSS, and transform XML data using XSLT. You'll even learn about dynamic XML scripting using the XML DOM.
The last part of the book covers advanced server-side XML uses in real-world applications, including displaying XML data in Flash, and XML-driven PHP and ASP.NET applications. And last but not least, Jacobs provides a perfect introduction to Ajax development.

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Macromedia Flash 8 For Dummies (2005)

2007-07-02T22:45:00.000-07:00

Book Details:
Authors: Ellen Finkelstein, Gurdy Leeteskip to next title
Pub. Date: October 2005
ISBN: 0764596918
ISBN-13: 9780764596919
Format: Paperback, 408pp
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Inc.

Book Description:
Make the Web interactive with your own animations. Liven up your Web site with graphics that move, buttons that light up, and more. Flash is fun -- and this book makes it easy whether you're using a Mac(r) or Windows(r). Fill letters with images, create buttons that glow or change color when you pass your mouse over them, play video and sound files, morph objects into different ones, and do dozens of other things to make your site flashier.

Discover how to:
* Create animated text
* Find sample Flash files
* Explore links to additional information
* Add sound and video
* Build great user interfaces
* Publish your Flash files

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Java Programming Language Handbook: The Ultimate Source for Conquering the Java Programming Language (1996)

2007-07-01T23:56:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Authors: Anthony Potts, David H., Jr. Friedel
Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books; 11th edition (April 17, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1883577772
ISBN-13: 978-1883577773

Book Description
Includes complete reference material on the entire Java language, from data types to Java classes. Provides detailed overview chapters that explain the art of the Internet and distributed programming with Java. Features special tips to help C/C++ programmers master Java. Includes special coverage of interfacing Java with other languages. Gives you step-by-step techniques for writing your first Java program. Provides techniques for writing programs using Java classes.

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Photoshop Every Tool Explained

2007-06-30T07:44:00.000-07:00

Book Details:
Author: Simon Danaher
Publisher: Future Publishing, Ltd.
Pages : 132

Book Description:
Every Tool Explained. There are 130 pages which are full of stop spamming, projects and tips on how to use Photoshop easily and how to get the best out of one of the best photo imaging programs out there.

Subjects covered in the book include:
* Selection Tools in Photoshop:
* Navigating and Editing Your Images
* Using the Brushes and Pencil Tools
* Using the Cloning and Healing Tools
* The Gradient, Eraser and Fill
* Getting to Know the Effects Tools
* Working with the Type Tool
* Working with Paths, Vectors and Masks
* Annotations, Notes and the Measure Tool
* Creating Top Quality Artwork.

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First Glimpse Magazine July 2007

2007-06-29T21:15:00.000-07:00

First Glimpse Magazine July 2007

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The Photoshop CS2 Help Desk Book (2005)

2007-06-28T23:49:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Author : Dave Cross
Publication Date:
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Peachpit Press (June 17, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321337042
ISBN-13: 978-0321337047

Book Description
After years of fielding questions at seminars from Photoshop users, Dave Cross realized there was a lot of common ground: there were many questions that were indeed "frequently asked." In addition, most questions seemed start with “How come I can’t…." "How do I…." or "Why won’t the (fill in the blank) tool work?" This book addresses the most common problems and questions in Photoshop by both providing answers to the most frequently asked questions, and outlining strategies that can help you avoid problems in the first place.

You’ll see:
• Where to start when things don't work: from tool settings to re-installing Photoshop
• The most common warning dialogs: why they appears, how to fix them, and how to avoid them
• The Photoshop CS2 Checklist: what to check when things go wrong, or before you start working, to help avoid problems
• Solutions to typical problems when using the Adobe Creative Suite
• How to avoid problems by creating flexible documents (adjustment layers, layer masks, groups, smart object, layer comps, and more)

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Building Websites With Joomla (Jan 2006)

2007-06-27T04:24:00.000-07:00

Author: Hagen Graf
Translation: Kerry Garrison
Type: Paperback 340 pages
Publisher: Packt Publishing (www.packtpub.com)
Language: English
ISBN: 1904811949

Overview:
* A step by step tutorial to getting your Joomla! CMS website up fast
* Walk through each step in a friendly and accessible way
* Customize and extend your Joomla! site
* Get your Joomla! website up fast

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SEO Search Engine Optimization

2007-06-25T20:11:00.000-07:00

SEO Search Engine Optimization

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Stephen King - Salem's Lot

2007-06-24T06:03:00.000-07:00

Pocket Books | 1999 | ISBN:671039741 | 322 pages | PDF

Stephen King's second book, 'Salem's Lot (1975)--about the slow takeover of an insular hamlet called Jerusalem's Lot by a vampire patterned after Bram Stoker's Dracula--has two elements that he also uses to good effect in later novels: a small American town, usually in Maine, where people are disconnected from each other, quietly nursing their potential for evil; and a mixed bag of rational, goodhearted people, including a writer, who band together to fight that evil.

Simply taken as a contemporary vampire novel, 'Salem's Lot is great fun to read, and has been very influential in the horror genre. But it's also a sly piece of social commentary. As King said in 1983, "In 'Salem's Lot, the thing that really scared me was not vampires, but the town in the daytime, the town that was empty, knowing that there were things in closets, that there were people tucked under beds, under the concrete pilings of all those trailers. And all the time I was writing that, the Watergate hearings were pouring out of the TV.... Howard Baker kept asking, 'What I want to know is, what did you know and when did you know it?' That line haunts me, it stays in my mind.... During that time I was thinking about secrets, things that have been hidden and were being dragged out into the light." Sounds quite a bit like the idea behind his 1998 novel of a Maine hamlet haunted by unsightly secrets, Bag of Bones.--Fiona Webster

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The Principles of Beautiful Web Design (2007)

2007-06-23T21:23:00.000-07:00

Details:
# Author: Jason Beaird
# Paperback: 180 pages
# Publisher: SitePoint (January 31, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0975841963
# ISBN-13: 978-0975841969

Book Description
Tired of making web sites that work absolutely perfectly but just don't look nice? If so, then The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is for you. A simple, easy-to-follow guide, illustrated with plenty of full-color examples, this book will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. Good design principles are not rocket science, and using the information contained in this book will help you create stunning web sites.

# Understand the design process, from discovery to implementation
# Understand what makes "good design"
# Developing pleasing layouts using grids, the rule of thirds, balance and symmetry
# Use color effectively, develop color schemes and create a palette
# Use textures, lines, points, shapes, volumes and depth
# Learn how good typography can make ordinary designs look great
# Effective imagery: choosing, editing and placing images
# And much more

Throughout the book, you'll follow an example design, from concept to completion, learning along the way.

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Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design

2007-06-22T07:06:00.000-07:00

Details
Author: Richard York
ISBN: 0764576429
ISBN-13: 9780764576423
Pub. Date: December 2004
Format: Paperback, 648pp
Publisher: Wrox Press, Inc.

Book Description
Using cascading style sheets (CSS) is one of the signs that programmers know what they are doing when building web sites, Freelance designer and enthusiastic open source community member York guides novices through the practical steps of a project using CSS, including the mental steps needed to decide to use CSS in the first place, document standards (HTML, XML, XHTML), basics of CSS anatomy and syntax, data types, key words, color, length, the URI, CSS selectors, including pseudo-element and pseudo-class selectors, inheritance and the cascade, text and font manipulation, liquid design and the CSS box model, collapsing margins, floating, vertical alignment, styling lists and the user interface, backgrounds, positioning, styling for handheld devices and print, styling tables, styling XML, and cross-browser compatibility. York includes a quick- reference summary and exercises in each chapter, as well as exercise answers, CSS reference, CSS colors and browser rendering modes in appendices.

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250 HTML and WEB Design Secrets

2007-06-21T02:58:00.000-07:00

Product Details
Author: Molly E. Holzschlag
ISBN: 0764568450
ISBN-13: 9780764568459
Pub. Date: June 2004
Format: Paperback, 432pp
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

Book Description
* This value-priced guide by one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women on the Web delivers 250 solutions, workarounds, tips, and annoyance-busters that Web designers won't find anywhere else
* Offers 500 pages of insider techniques to improve workflow and efficiency, save development time and money, and increase search engine rankings and site traffic, whether designers want to enhance an existing Web site or build a state-of-the-art site from scratch
* Covers topics such as HTML, XHTML, CSS, graphics and multimedia, cell phone and PDA accessibility, content development, tools, usability, information architecture, globalization, and site redesign
* Molly Holzschlag is a steering committee member of the Web Standards Project (WaSP) and spokesperson for the World Organization of Webmasters, as well as a frequent lecturer at industry conferences and the author of twenty-five previous books

Synopsis
Do more than you ever thought possible with HTML, the most commonly used language of the Web! Packed with insider tips, tricks, timesavers, and workarounds, this unique guide shows you how to make the most of the methods and techniques you need to make fun and exciting Web pages. From streamlining the design process to improving a site's ranking through its dynamic content, it delivers all the secrets you need to get more done in less time, save money, and become a successful Web designer.

The Insider's Guide to:
* Setting up a master Web designer's ultimate toolbox, necessary to effectively manage a site (see Chapter 1)
* Defining the scope of a project and putting a process in place to manage it efficiently (see Chapter 2)
* Creating and managing spectacular contentâ€”the most influential aspect of a site (see Chapter 5)
* Crafting Web pages with HTML while discovering how to use HTML in such a way that it will make numerous other Web design aspects smoother (see Chapter 6)
* The real story behind using XHTML's and why it's so important (see Chapter 7)
* Maximizing the abilities of Cascading Style Sheets to eliminate problems, improve workflow, and add visual effects (see Chapter 8)
* Constructing exciting designs that work in a global environment (see Chapter 11)
* Keeping content fresh and engaging so that visitors come back and spread the word (see Chapter 13)
* Improving a site's ranking and managing its promotions (see Chapter 14)

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First Glimpse Magazine June 2007

2007-06-20T21:11:00.000-07:00

First Glimpse Magazine June 2007

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Hacking Photoshop CS2

2007-06-19T06:55:00.000-07:00

Product Details
Author: Shangara Singh
ISBN: 0764597884
ISBN-13: 9780764597886
Pub. Date: October 2005
Format: Paperback, 480pp
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

Book Description
This is absolutely the ultimate guide to hacking Adobeâ€™s wildly popular graphics software, written by an Adobe Certified professional photographer and designer.

This is serious, down and dirty, tweaking â€“ blowing away the default settings, customizing appearance, optimizing performance, customizing tools and offering readers total control over Photoshop like never before. With these 300+ hacks, readers will find their work with Photoshop faster and easier than ever.

Roll up your sleeves, and dive into these hacks including:
* Faster Photoshop startup
* Customizing the Photoshop interface
* Hacking Photoshopâ€™s Tools
* Access hidden dialog buttons
* Hacks for Masks, Layers, Paths, Curves and Selections
* Camera Raw tricks

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PHP Template Programming and Applications

2007-06-18T04:14:00.000-07:00

Product Details:
Authors: Hasin Hayder, J. P. Maia, L. Gheorge
ISBN: 190481140X
ISBN-13: 9781904811404
Pub. Date: March 2006
Format: Paperback, 248pp
Publisher: Packt Publishing, Limited

Book Description:
A step-by-step guide to building PHP web sites and applications using the Smarty templating engine
- Bring the benefits of Smarty to your PHP programming
-Give your designers the power to modify content and layout without PHP programming
-Produce code that is easier to debug, maintain, and modify
-Useful for both Smarty developers and users

Smarty is a templating engine for PHP. Designers who are used to working with HTML files can work with Smarty templates, which are HTML files with simple tags while programmers work with the underlying PHP code. The Smarty engine brings the code and templates together. The result of all this is that designers can concentrate on designing, programmers can concentrate on programming, and they don't need to get in each others way so much. Even if you are developing a site on your own, Smarty is a powerful way to make your code clearer to you and others, as well as easier to debug and modify later.

This book is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of using Smarty. It will help you to:
-Install and configure Smarty on your Web server
- Understand how Smarty affects your web site architecture, and build site foundations that make the most of what Smarty offers
- Designers will learn to work with templates that contain variables and logic, to modify layouts or content of Smarty web sites
- See how Smarty caching can improve the performance of your sites
- Develop custom Smarty functions and plug-ins to incorporate into your templates

Using a step-by-step approach based on realistic examples, the expert authors show you how to use Smarty in your own PHP development. The book is ideal for PHP developers who are new to Smarty, and for web designers who are working with PHP developers who are using Smarty.

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Dan Brown's Novels (4 novels)

2007-06-17T05:36:00.000-07:00

Description:

Angels and Demons (ISBN: 037543318X)
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.

DaVinci Code (ISBN: 0743490304)
Robert Langdon is a Harvard professor of symbology who can't stay out of trouble. Last seen in Angels and Demons (2000), this mild-mannered academic finds himself entangled in a deadly conspiracy that stretches back centuries. Visiting Paris on business, he is awakened at 2:00 a.m. by a call from the police: An elderly curator has been murdered inside the Louvre, and a baffling cipher has been found near the body. Aided by the victim's cryptologist granddaughter, Langdon begins a danger-filled quest for the culprit; but the deeper he searches, the more he becomes convinced that long-festering conspiracies hold the answer to the art lover's death.

Deception Point (ISBN: 0312335164)
When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory -- a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election.

Digital Fortress (ISBN: 0375432302)
When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage--not by guns or bombs--but by a code so complex that if released would cripple U.S. intelligence. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves.

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Stephen King - The Dark Tower 1-4

2007-06-15T06:11:00.000-07:00

Stephen King has recently concluded his masterpiece Dark Tower series with The Dark Tower, bringing new readers to this odyssey.

I The Gunslinger - A bit confusing at times (doesn't seem like a Stephen King book), but in my opinion better than the revised edition. I think it is the perfect beginning for the series.

II The Drawing of the Three - Continuing Roland's 'journey'. This book has little to do with the actual 'quest for the Tower', and the title pretty much sums up the whole book (still an excellent read). This book has a lot of action (much more than book I).

III The Waste Lands - Where the adventure REALLY begins. Now that Roland has 'drawn' his three to form a 'ka-tet', he can truly start on his quest. A very descriptive book, The Waste Lands takes you to a variety of environments and situations, which is why this is one of my favorite books. The ending is a big cliffhanger.

IV Wizard and Glass - Roland and his ka-tet continue on their journey.

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Stephen King - The Bachman Novels (4 novels in 1 book)

2007-06-11T05:29:00.000-07:00

Richard Bachman first appeared on bookshelves in the late 1970's with the release of Rage and The Long Walk. King has said that he used the Bachman pseudonym so that he could write differently and also to see how an unknown writer would do. The Bachman books were not as successful as those penned under the King name, but he kept producing them. In the early 1980's, King used the Bachman name to write Roadwork and The Running Man. In 1984, King wrote Thinner using the Bachman name. Somehow, around the same time, Steve Brown found that Bachman was actually King. The rumor spread fast and "Thinner" began flying off the shelf. Bookstores throughout the country began selling out of all the Bachman books of course, and King finally admitted the truth.

Fascinating, how he pulled it off for over fifteen years!

The book consists of four great novels.

Rage:
In quiet Placerville, Maine, a slightly twisted boy named Charles Decker holds the 24 other students of his algebra class at gunpoint after shooting 2 teachers.

The Long Walk:
Is about a walk where the winner gets the ultimate prize - anything they want for life, and the losers get punished with death!

Roadwork:
The story of 40 year old Barton Dawes is fairly normal, up to the point when the city council decide to extend the 784 Freeway. In order to do this they have to demolish a few buildings - his house and workplace are both scheduled to be torn down.

The Running Man:
The future is a very dark place, where people work in dangerous jobs for low wages, but employment is still extremely hard to get. Ben Richards knows that the only way his wife and daughter can get out of the low class lifestyle is for him to try to win money on one of the many gameshows on television.

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First Glimpse Magazine May 2007

2007-06-10T20:56:00.000-07:00

First Glimpse Magazine May 2007

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Photoshop Fine Art Effect Cookbook

2007-06-09T03:25:00.000-07:00

Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook
62 Easy-To-Follow Recipes for Creating the Classic Styles of Great Artists & Photographers

Author: John Beardsworth
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Publication Date: 2006-02-21
Number Of Pages: 176
Average Amazon Rating: 4.0

How would you like to create your own impressionist landscape, a van Gogh still life, or a surrealist Salvador Dali dream world? Or perhaps a classic Ansel Adams photograph of Yosemite or an authentic-looking 19th century Daguerrotype? You can do all of that and more with Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook. The book tells you all you need to know to turn your original digital photographs into images that mimic the styles of great photographers and painters. From advice on how to develop an ey...

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Macromedia Flash 8 For Dummies (Nov 2005)

2007-06-07T06:51:00.000-07:00

Book Details:
Authors: Ellen Finkelstein, Gurdy Leeteskip to next title
Pub. Date: October 2005
ISBN: 0764596918
ISBN-13: 9780764596919
Format: Paperback, 408pp
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Inc.

Book Description:
Make the Web interactive with your own animations

Liven up your Web site with graphics that move, buttons that light up, and more

Flash is fun -- and this book makes it easy whether you're using a Mac(r) or Windows(r). Fill letters with images, create buttons that glow or change color when you pass your mouse over them, play video and sound files, morph objects into different ones, and do dozens of other things to make your site flashier.

Discover how to:
* Create animated text
* Find sample Flash files
* Explore links to additional information
* Add sound and video
* Build great user interfaces
* Publish your Flash files

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Photoshop CS2: Photographer's Guide

2007-06-04T06:58:00.000-07:00

Product Details
Author: David D. Busch
ISBN: 1592007252
ISBN-13: 9781592007257
Pub. Date: April 2005
Format: Textbook Paperback, 360pp
Publisher: Course Technology, Inc.
Edition Number: 1

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. Whether you are a digital or conventional camera buff, this full-color book is the ideal guide for diving into the most important elements of Photoshop CS. Examine Photoshop from a photographer?s perspective and learn how to fine-tune your photos as you transform them from quick snapshots into truly compelling images.

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Stephen King - Shining & Tommyknockers (2 novels)

2007-06-02T05:46:00.000-07:00

Stephen King - Shining & Tommyknockers (2 novels)

Stephen King - The Shining
Doubleday | 1977 | ISBN:0385121679 | 259 pages | PDF

First published in 1977, The Shining quickly became a benchmark in the literary career of Stephen King. This tale of a troubled man hired to care for a remote mountain resort over the winter, his loyal wife, and their uniquely gifted son slowly but steadily unfolds as secrets from the Overlook Hotel's past are revealed, and the hotel itself attempts to laim the very souls of the Torrence family. Adapted into a cinematic masterpiece of horror by legendaryStanley Kubrick -- featuring an unforgettable performance by a demonic Jack Nicholson --The Shining stands as a cultural icon of modern horror, a searing study of a family torn apart, and a nightmarish glimpse into the dark recesses of human weakness and dementia.

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Stephen King - The Tommyknockers
Signet | 2000 | ISBN:0451156609 | 512 pages | PDF

King's new novel, a numbing variation on Invasion of the Body Snatchers, offers its own best commentary on itself. Nearly one-third of the way through the 560-page book, protagonist Bobbi Anderson, a writer of westerns, describes what she has stumbled upon in her backyard to her friend Gardener, an alcoholic poet: "It was a flying saucer. No self-respecting science-fiction writer would put one in his story, and if he did, no self-respecting editor would touch it with a ten-foot pole.. . . It is the oldest wheeze in the book." After the vampirish Tommyknockers in the spaceship have wrought their evil magic upon the inhabitants of Haven (Tommyknockers live on the blood of comatose humans circulated through mind-reading PCs
connected to VCRs), the unfortunate townspeople have, it seems, "become" (the word, over-used and never explained, is King's) "something else" (the vague words are also the author's). The "gadgets" of the town "become" living beings that kill (there are marauding hedge cutters and Coke machines, Electrolux vacuums, Yamaha motorcycles and flying smoke detectors ) and The Tommyknockers is consumed by the rambling prose of its author. Taking a whole town as his canvas, King uses too-broad strokes, adding cartoonlike characters and unlikely catastrophes like so many logs on a fire; ultimately he loses all semblance of style, carefully structured plot or resonant meaning, the hallmarks of his best writing. It is clear from this latest work that King himself has "become" a writing machinethis is his fourth novel since It was published 14 months ago; the faithful readers not overwhelmed by his latest fictional "gadget" are likely to wonder, as poet Gardener does near the novel's end: "What had it all been for? He realized miserably that he was never going to know."

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Asterix in Britain

2007-05-26T23:29:00.000-07:00

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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Web Site Cookbook 2006

2007-05-23T03:40:00.000-07:00

Book Details:
Author: Doug Addison
Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: February 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-596-10109-0
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-610109-1
Pages: 280

Book Description:
The total number of web pages today has been estimated at over 3 billion, spanning millions of individual websites. Not surprisingly, there is tremendous pressure on web developers and designers to remain current with the latest technologies.

The Web Site Cookbook from O'Reilly covers all the essential skills that you need to create engaging, visitor-friendly websites. It helps you with the practical issues surrounding their inception, design, and maintenance. With recipes that teach both routine and advanced setup tasks, the book includes clear and professional instruction on a host of topics, including:
- registering domains
- ensuring that hostnames work
- managing the directory
- maintaining and troubleshooting a website
- site promotion
- visitor tracking
- implementing e-commerce systems
- linking with sales sites.

This handy guide also tackles the various elements of page design. It explains how to control a reader's eye flow, how to choose a template system, how to set up a color scheme, and more.

Typical of O'Reilly's "Cookbook" series, the Web Site Cookbook is written in a straightforward format, featuring recipes that contain problem statements and solutions. A detailed explanation then follows each recipe to show you how and why the solution works. This question-solution-discussion format is a proven teaching method, as any fan of the "Cookbook" series can attest to.

Regardless of your strong suit or your role in the creation and life of a website, you can benefit from the teachings found in the Web Site Cookbook. It's a must-have tool for advancing your skills and making better sites.

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Asterix the Gladiator

2007-05-21T19:55:00.000-07:00

Asterix and the Banquet

2007-05-18T19:53:00.000-07:00

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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Adobe Photoshop CS in 10 Simple Steps or Less

2007-05-16T21:46:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Authors: Micah Laaker, Christopher Schmitt
Paperback: 648 pages
Publisher: Wiley; First edition (January 5, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764542370
ISBN-13: 978-0764542374

Book Description
If you are looking to create exciting Web graphics and need to define and edit images quickly and easily, then this book is for you–whether you’re new to Adobe’s latest graphics editing software or you need a refresher on Photoshop’s wide range of resources. Open the book and you’ll discover clear, easy-to-follow instructions for more than 250 key Photoshop tasks, each presented in ten quick steps–or less. Easy - to - navigate pages, lots of screen shots, and to-the-point directions guide you through every common (and not so common) Photoshop challenge–and help you get more done in less time.
* Each solution is ten steps–or less–to help you get the job done fast
* Self-contained two-page spreads deliver the answers you need–without flipping pages
* A no-fluff approach focuses on helping you achieve results
* A resource packed with useful and fun ways to get the most out of Photoshop cs
* Make it simple and get productive fast! – find full-color images and links to resources, downloads, and companion and plug-in software on this book's Web site

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Asterix and Cleopatra

2007-05-15T19:51:00.000-07:00

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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Asterix and the Golden Sickle

2007-05-14T23:28:00.000-07:00

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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Linux for Programmers and Users

2007-05-13T03:45:00.000-07:00

Product Details:
Author (s): Graham Glass, King Ables
ISBN: 0131857487
ISBN-13: 9780131857483
Pub. Date: June 2005
Format: Textbook Paperback, 656pp
Publisher: Pearson Education

Book Description
Offering full coverage of Linux in one source, this book documents the most commonly needed topics for new and experienced Linux users and programmers - including over 100 utilities and their common options. Provides a good foundation of understanding for the most often-used Linux utilities. Devotes a chapter to helpful installation information for those who must install their own systems. Includes hundreds of command and code examples throughout. Provides approximately 50 diagrams throughout. Features FTP-able files; code used in the book will be made available on a website hosted by the publisher. A useful reference for anyone using a Linux platform, including programmers, system administrators, and any user who must understand the operating system outside of a specific application.

Author Biography
Graham Glass is Chief Technology Officer of WebMethods. He has taught UNIX, C, assembly language, C++, Smalltalk, and other computer science topics at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he earned his M.S. in computer science. Glass co-founded ObjectSpace to deliver object-oriented training, consulting and products. He also founded The Mind Electric, which created the Glue web services platform and the Fabric shared SOA infrastructure platform. King Ables has developed UNIX/Linux product software and systems tools, delivered support and training services, and written product documentation. Now an independent consultant specializing in IT services and network security, he has worked with Unix technologies since 1979 as a user, developer, system administrator, and consultant. Glass and Ables co-authored UNIX for Programmers and Users.

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Web Designers Guide to Adobe Photoshop

2007-05-12T03:34:00.000-07:00

Book Details:
Author: Chris Tull
ISBN-13: 978-1-59822-001-8
ISBN-10: 1-59822-001-2 (pbk.)
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Published: February 25, 2006
Language: English

Book Description:
Web Designer's Guide to Adobe Photoshop covers these topics and more. A one-stop source of web-specific production methods necessary to create well-designed, functional, and aesthetically pleasing web pages, this book provides readers with real how-to information on web design. You'll learn to build buttons, logos, web headers, and other web graphics, pull them into a web editing program, and even go live with your masterpiece. Whether you goal is to expand your professional skills or simply handle your local club's web site, Web Designer's Guide to Adobe Photoshop will help you create web pages and get them working properly.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux

2007-05-11T20:49:00.000-07:00

Book Details
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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Asterix and the Golden Sickle

2007-05-10T02:08:00.000-07:00

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book

2007-05-09T21:19:00.000-07:00

Book Details
Author : Adobe Creative Team
Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Adobe Press; Pap/Cdr edition (May 24, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321321847
ISBN-13: 978-0321321848

Book Description
Photoshop is one of those programs that's so cool you just want to dive right in and start creating–but by plunging in head-first, without any guidance, you're likely to miss a lot. There's a solution: With this book, you learn by doing, getting your feet wet immediately as you progress through a series of hands-on projects that build on your growing Photoshop knowledge. Simple step-by-step instructions, review questions at the end of each chapter, and a companion CD with all of the book's project files make learning a breeze as the Adobe Creative Team takes you on a self-paced tour of the image-editing powerhouse. This bestselling guide has been completely revised to cover all of Photoshop CS2's new features, which include advanced tools for digital photographers, such as a new Spot Healing Brush for correcting scratches or blemishes, and Smart Sharpen for fixing photo blurring. Photoshop CS2 also includes loads of new creative tools, such as Vanishing Point and Image Warp. This comprehensive guide starts with an introductory tour of the software and then progresses on through lessons on everything from Photoshop's interface to more complex topics like color management, Web graphics, and photo retouching.

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PHP/MySQL Programming for The Absolute Beginner

2007-05-07T04:31:00.000-07:00

Book Details:
Author: Andy Harris
ISBN: 1592004946
ISBN-13: 9781592004942
Pub. Date: September 2004
Format: Textbook Paperback, 464pp
Publisher: Course Technology, Inc.
Edition Description: BK&CD-ROM
Edition Number: 2

Book Description:
If you are new to programming with PHP and MySQL and are looking for a solid introduction, this is the book for you. Developed by computer science instructors, books in the for the absolute beginner series teach the principles of programming through simple game creation. You will acquire the skills that you need for more practical programming applications and will learn how these skills can be put to use in real world scenarios. Best of all, by the time you finish this book you will be able to apply the basic principles youâ€™ve learned to the next programming language you tackle.

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

2007-05-06T21:02:00.000-07:00

Book Details
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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Asterix and the Big Fight

2007-05-05T20:24:00.000-07:00

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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Understanding the Linux Kernel

2007-05-04T20:44:00.000-07:00

Understanding the Linux Kernel

Book Details
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

2007-05-02T20:36:00.000-07:00

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

2007-05-01T22:54:00.000-07:00

Asterix -01- 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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