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Windows 8 For Dummies

by Andy Rathbone ...

The bestselling tech book of all time, now updated for Windows 8Microsoft Windows is the operating system that runs nearly 90 percent of the world's computers. Windows 8 will offer new interface updates, cloud-based services, and much more. This update of Andy Rathbone's bestselling Windows guide covers all the basics, plus the enhancements unique to Windows 8. Whether you're meeting Windows for ... Read more

$15.00 USD

The bestselling tech book of all time, now updated for Windows 8Microsoft Windows is the operating system that runs nearly 90 percent of the world's computers. Windows 8 will offer new interface updates, cloud-based services, and much more. This update of Andy Rathbone's bestselling Windows guide covers all the basics, plus the enhancements unique to Windows 8. Whether you're meeting Windows for
... Read more
GIMP Bible

by Jason van Gumster, Robert Shimonski ...

Series Book 616 - Bible
The ultimate reference and guide to the GNU image manipulation programGIMP is a free, Photoshop-like image manipulation program, and as its use grows, so does the demand for detailed instruction on how to get the very most out of it. GIMP Bible is the most comprehensive and current independent GIMP reference available that goes beyond official documentation.If you're a digital artist or ... Read more

$30.00 USD

The ultimate reference and guide to the GNU image manipulation programGIMP is a free, Photoshop-like image manipulation program, and as its use grows, so does the demand for detailed instruction on how to get the very most out of it. GIMP Bible is the most comprehensive and current independent GIMP reference available that goes beyond official documentation.If you're a digital artist or
... Read more
Mindhacker

60 Tips, Tricks, and Games to Take Your Mind to the Next Level

by Ron Hale-Evans, Marty Hale-Evans ...

Compelling tips and tricks to improve your mental skillsDon't you wish you were just a little smarter? Ron and Marty Hale-Evans can help with a vast array of witty, practical techniques that tune your brain to peak performance. Founded in current research, Mindhacker features 60 tips, tricks, and games to develop your mental potential. This accessible compilation helps improve memory, accelerate ... Read more

$15.00 USD

Compelling tips and tricks to improve your mental skillsDon't you wish you were just a little smarter? Ron and Marty Hale-Evans can help with a vast array of witty, practical techniques that tune your brain to peak performance. Founded in current research, Mindhacker features 60 tips, tricks, and games to develop your mental potential. This accessible compilation helps improve memory, accelerate
... Read more
SugarCRM For Dummies

by Karen S. Fredricks ...

SugarCRM is an innovative customer relationship management software solution that enhances your company’s marketing effectiveness, drives sales performance, improves customer satisfaction, and provides executive insight into business performance. SugarCRM For Dummies will show you to take advantage of this free, open source CRM application to boost your sales and please your customers.This guide ... Read more

$21.00 USD

SugarCRM is an innovative customer relationship management software solution that enhances your company’s marketing effectiveness, drives sales performance, improves customer satisfaction, and provides executive insight into business performance. SugarCRM For Dummies will show you to take advantage of this free, open source CRM application to boost your sales and please your customers.This guide
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Database Development For Dummies

by Allen G. Taylor ...

Powerful, low-cost database development tools make it possible for virtually anybody to create their own database—and this hands-on guide makes it fun and easyDatabases permeate every nook and cranny of our highly connected, information-intensive world, from ATMs to personal finance, online shopping, and networked information management. Databases have become so integral to the business ... Read more

$25.00 USD

Powerful, low-cost database development tools make it possible for virtually anybody to create their own database—and this hands-on guide makes it fun and easyDatabases permeate every nook and cranny of our highly connected, information-intensive world, from ATMs to personal finance, online shopping, and networked information management. Databases have become so integral to the business
... Read more
Adobe Premiere Pro For Dummies

by Keith Underdahl ...

Quiet on set! Time to start your moviemaking adventure -- here's what you need to know about capturing, editing, and publishing your videosIf you're an amateur filmmaker shooting documentaries or a hobbyist putting together a family video, Adobe Premiere Pro For Dummies is the book for you. From setting up a production studio and shooting good footage, to editing clips, adding effects, and working ... Read more

$21.00 USD

Quiet on set! Time to start your moviemaking adventure -- here's what you need to know about capturing, editing, and publishing your videosIf you're an amateur filmmaker shooting documentaries or a hobbyist putting together a family video, Adobe Premiere Pro For Dummies is the book for you. From setting up a production studio and shooting good footage, to editing clips, adding effects, and working
... Read more
Zoom For Dummies

by Phil Simon ...

Zoom into the new world of remote collaborationWhile a worldwide pandemic may have started the Zoom revolution, the convenience of remote meetings is here to stay. Zoom For Dummies takes you from creating meetings on the platform to running global webinars. Along the way you'll learn how to expand your remote collaboration options, record meetings for future review, and even make scheduling a ... Read more

$16.00 USD

Zoom into the new world of remote collaborationWhile a worldwide pandemic may have started the Zoom revolution, the convenience of remote meetings is here to stay. Zoom For Dummies takes you from creating meetings on the platform to running global webinars. Along the way you'll learn how to expand your remote collaboration options, record meetings for future review, and even make scheduling a
... Read more
Platformland

An Anatomy of Next-Generation Public Services

by Richard Pope ...

The aim of most public sector digitization programmes is the status quo, delivered more cheaply. Rather than saving the public from bureaucracy, digital has created new administrative burdens. The public are engaged as consumers in a way that misunderstands the nature of what makes public services public. Instead of digital being recognised as critical to the operation of a modern state, it is too ... Read more

$17.09 USD

The aim of most public sector digitization programmes is the status quo, delivered more cheaply. Rather than saving the public from bureaucracy, digital has created new administrative burdens. The public are engaged as consumers in a way that misunderstands the nature of what makes public services public. Instead of digital being recognised as critical to the operation of a modern state, it is too
... Read more
Lisp in Small Pieces

by Christian Queinnec ...

Translated by Kathleen Callaway ...

This is a comprehensive account of the semantics and the implementation of the whole Lisp family of languages, namely Lisp, Scheme and related dialects. It describes 11 interpreters and 2 compilers, including very recent techniques of interpretation and compilation. The book is in two parts. The first starts from a simple evaluation function and enriches it with multiple name spaces, continuations ... Read more

$104.19 USD

This is a comprehensive account of the semantics and the implementation of the whole Lisp family of languages, namely Lisp, Scheme and related dialects. It describes 11 interpreters and 2 compilers, including very recent techniques of interpretation and compilation. The book is in two parts. The first starts from a simple evaluation function and enriches it with multiple name spaces, continuations
... Read more
CodeNotes for C#

Edited by Gregory Brill ...

Series series CodeNotes
CodeNotes provides the most succinct, accurate, and speedy way for a developer to ramp up on a new technology or language. Unlike other programming books, CodeNotes drills down to the core aspects of a technology, focusing on the key elements needed in order to understand it quickly and implement it immediately. It is a unique resource for developers, filling the gap between comprehensive manuals ... Read more

$10.99 USD

CodeNotes provides the most succinct, accurate, and speedy way for a developer to ramp up on a new technology or language. Unlike other programming books, CodeNotes drills down to the core aspects of a technology, focusing on the key elements needed in order to understand it quickly and implement it immediately. It is a unique resource for developers, filling the gap between comprehensive manuals
... Read more
LDAP System Administration

Putting Directories to Work

by Gerald Carter ...

Be more productive and make your life easier. That's what LDAP System Administration is all about.System administrators often spend a great deal of time managing configuration information located on many different machines: usernames, passwords, printer configurations, email client configurations, and network filesystem configurations, to name a few. LDAPv3 provides tools for centralizing all of ... Read more

$23.09 USD

Be more productive and make your life easier. That's what LDAP System Administration is all about.System administrators often spend a great deal of time managing configuration information located on many different machines: usernames, passwords, printer configurations, email client configurations, and network filesystem configurations, to name a few. LDAPv3 provides tools for centralizing all of
... Read more
XDA University

by 33 Nanoseconds ...

XDA University is a book that adds a narrative to the content that you can find on the XDA Developers website. Its a community of a multitude of people who are primary developers, Android modders and the like. This books adds some enchanting elements to describe the complete processes people go above and beyond to truly customize their Android device. The information in this book is subject to ... Read more

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XDA University is a book that adds a narrative to the content that you can find on the XDA Developers website. Its a community of a multitude of people who are primary developers, Android modders and the like. This books adds some enchanting elements to describe the complete processes people go above and beyond to truly customize their Android device. The information in this book is subject to
... Read more
Job Interview Questions - How to Prepare For and Answer the Ones They WILL Ask You! ...and Much more

by Bryan Evans ...

Many candidates take a passive role at the interview. They competently answer the questions that are put to them but they never take the initiative by asking intelligent questions that steer the interview in a helpful direction. If you are a proactive candidate who asks the sorts of questions given above then you will be seen as more dynamic and you will significantly increase your chances of ... Read more

$9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Many candidates take a passive role at the interview. They competently answer the questions that are put to them but they never take the initiative by asking intelligent questions that steer the interview in a helpful direction. If you are a proactive candidate who asks the sorts of questions given above then you will be seen as more dynamic and you will significantly increase your chances of
... Read more
Bad Data Handbook

Cleaning Up The Data So You Can Get Back To Work

by Q. Ethan McCallum ...

What is bad data? Some people consider it a technical phenomenon, like missing values or malformed records, but bad data includes a lot more. In this handbook, data expert Q. Ethan McCallum has gathered 19 colleagues from every corner of the data arena to reveal how they’ve recovered from nasty data problems.From cranky storage to poor representation to misguided policy, there are many paths to ... Read more

$23.09 USD

What is bad data? Some people consider it a technical phenomenon, like missing values or malformed records, but bad data includes a lot more. In this handbook, data expert Q. Ethan McCallum has gathered 19 colleagues from every corner of the data arena to reveal how they’ve recovered from nasty data problems.From cranky storage to poor representation to misguided policy, there are many paths to
... Read more
OCA Oracle Database 11g Administration I Exam Guide (Exam 1Z0-052)

by John Watson ...

A Fully Integrated Study System for OCA Exam 1Z0-052Prepare for the Oracle Certified Associate Oracle Database 11g Administration I exam with help from this exclusive Oracle Press guide. In each chapter, you'll find challenging exercises, practice questions, a two-minute drill, and a chapter summary to highlight what you've learned. This authoritative guide will help you pass the test and serve as ... Read more

$53.99 USD

A Fully Integrated Study System for OCA Exam 1Z0-052Prepare for the Oracle Certified Associate Oracle Database 11g Administration I exam with help from this exclusive Oracle Press guide. In each chapter, you'll find challenging exercises, practice questions, a two-minute drill, and a chapter summary to highlight what you've learned. This authoritative guide will help you pass the test and serve as
... Read more
Being Digital

by Nicholas Negroponte ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "Succinct and readable.... If you suffer from digital anxiety ... here is a book that lays it all out for you." --**NewsdayIn lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as the fax and the CD-ROM are likely to go the way ... Read more

$5.99 USD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "Succinct and readable.... If you suffer from digital anxiety ... here is a book that lays it all out for you." --**NewsdayIn lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as the fax and the CD-ROM are likely to go the way
... Read more
The Literariness of Media Art

by Claudia Benthien, Jordis Lau, Maraike M. Marxsen ...

The beginning of the 20th century saw literary scholars from Russia positing a new definition for the nature of literature. Within the framework of Russian Formalism, the term ‘literariness’ was coined. The driving force behind this theoretical inquiry was the desire to identify literature—and art in general—as a way of revitalizing human perception, which had been numbed by the automatization of ... Read more

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The beginning of the 20th century saw literary scholars from Russia positing a new definition for the nature of literature. Within the framework of Russian Formalism, the term ‘literariness’ was coined. The driving force behind this theoretical inquiry was the desire to identify literature—and art in general—as a way of revitalizing human perception, which had been numbed by the automatization of
... Read more
Manual de Supervivencia del Administrador de Bases de Datos

by Miguel Ángel Benítez ...

El Administrador de Bases de Datos (DBA) es el profesional responsable de la instalación, administración y soporte de los SGBDs (Sistemas Gestores de Bases de Datos), asegurando siempre la seguridad, disponibilidad y eficiencia de la base de datos.Para que todas esas tareas se puedan cumplir correctamente, es necesario un óptimo conocimiento de la arquitectura de la base de datos, experiencia y ... Read more

$5.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

El Administrador de Bases de Datos (DBA) es el profesional responsable de la instalación, administración y soporte de los SGBDs (Sistemas Gestores de Bases de Datos), asegurando siempre la seguridad, disponibilidad y eficiencia de la base de datos.Para que todas esas tareas se puedan cumplir correctamente, es necesario un óptimo conocimiento de la arquitectura de la base de datos, experiencia y
... Read more
The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies

Edited by William H. Dutton ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
Internet Studies has been one of the most dynamic and rapidly expanding interdisciplinary fields to emerge over the last decade. The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies has been designed to provide a valuable resource for academics and students in this area, bringing together leading scholarly perspectives on how the Internet has been studied and how the research agenda should be pursued in the ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Internet Studies has been one of the most dynamic and rapidly expanding interdisciplinary fields to emerge over the last decade. The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies has been designed to provide a valuable resource for academics and students in this area, bringing together leading scholarly perspectives on how the Internet has been studied and how the research agenda should be pursued in the
... Read more
AppleScript: The Definitive Guide

Scripting and Automating Your Mac

by Matt Neuburg ...

Mac users everywhere--even those who know nothing about programming--are discovering the value of the latest version of AppleScript, Apple's vastly improved scripting language for Mac OS X Tiger. And with this new edition of the top-selling AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, anyone, regardless of your level of experience, can learn to use AppleScript to make your Mac time more efficient and more ... Read more

$23.09 USD

Mac users everywhere--even those who know nothing about programming--are discovering the value of the latest version of AppleScript, Apple's vastly improved scripting language for Mac OS X Tiger. And with this new edition of the top-selling AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, anyone, regardless of your level of experience, can learn to use AppleScript to make your Mac time more efficient and more
... Read more
Bayesian Methods in the Search for MH370

by Sam Davey, Neil Gordon, Ian Holland, Mark Rutten, Jason Williams ...

Series series SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering
This book demonstrates how nonlinear/non-Gaussian Bayesian time series estimation methods were used to produce a probability distribution of potential MH370 flight paths. It provides details of how the probabilistic models of aircraft flight dynamics, satellite communication system measurements, environmental effects and radar data were constructed and calibrated. The probability distribution was ... Read more

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This book demonstrates how nonlinear/non-Gaussian Bayesian time series estimation methods were used to produce a probability distribution of potential MH370 flight paths. It provides details of how the probabilistic models of aircraft flight dynamics, satellite communication system measurements, environmental effects and radar data were constructed and calibrated. The probability distribution was
... Read more
Programming Languages and Systems

27th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2018, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 14-20, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Amal Ahmed ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2018, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece in April 2018, held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018.The 36 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 114 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections ... Read more

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This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2018, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece in April 2018, held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018.The 36 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 114 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections
... Read more
Gmail For Seniors

The Absolute Beginners Guide to Getting Started With Email

by Scott La Counte ...

Series Book 6 - Tech For Seniors
If you are like millions of people, then your first email was probably AOL, Juno, or Hotmail. Email as a communication tool, however, has been around since the 60s.Gmail is the most widely used provider today, and if you are using it (or considering using it) there’s probably a good reason: it does more than perhaps any other email provider out there.You can make phone calls with Gmail! You can ... Read more

$4.99 USD

If you are like millions of people, then your first email was probably AOL, Juno, or Hotmail. Email as a communication tool, however, has been around since the 60s.Gmail is the most widely used provider today, and if you are using it (or considering using it) there’s probably a good reason: it does more than perhaps any other email provider out there.You can make phone calls with Gmail! You can
... Read more
The Complete Guide to Perspective Drawing

From One-Point to Six-Point

by Craig Attebery ...

Computers can calculate perspective angles and create a drawing for us, but the spontaneity of mark making, the tactile quality of a writing surface, the weight of a drawing instrument, and the immediacy of the human touch are sensations that keep traditional drawing skills perpetually relevant. The sensuality and convenience of the hand persists and will survive as a valuable communication tool, ... Read more

$76.99 USD

Computers can calculate perspective angles and create a drawing for us, but the spontaneity of mark making, the tactile quality of a writing surface, the weight of a drawing instrument, and the immediacy of the human touch are sensations that keep traditional drawing skills perpetually relevant. The sensuality and convenience of the hand persists and will survive as a valuable communication tool,
... Read more

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