"The first book to deal specifically with the 'GenXpat' generation - the 25-39 age group that typically sets off for the expatriate life when career is their primary consideration. This is my kind of book - it's informative, practical, and you get a real sense that the author knows what she is talking about." Ian Burns of Blackwell's...
Report writing can be described as a career skill. Not only is it a task that forms part of an increasing number of business jobs, but also it can make a huge difference to how you are perceived and even how well you get on in your career. Today, good communication skills and theability to write effective reports are essential competencies...
A book is like a window that allows you to look into the world. The window is
shaped by the author and that makes that every window presents a unique view of
the world. This is certainly true for this book. It is shaped by the topics and the
projects throughout my career. Even more so, this book reflects my own style of
working and...
When my old grandfather came back from a long night watching over
the local sardine factory he would often say ‘You can never do well as
a nightwatchman, my boy’. It took many years of hearing this seven
times a week before I realized what he meant. If he did his nightwatchman
job perfectly by staying awake all night,...
2D games are hugely popular across a wide range of platforms and the ideal place to start if you’re new to game development. With Learn 2D Game Development with C#, you'll learn your way around the universal building blocks of game development, and how to put them together to create a real working game.
Our Beautiful, Fragile World features a career-spanning look at the images of photojournalist Peter Essick taken while on assignment for National Geographic magazine. In this book, Essick showcases a diverse series of photographs from some of the most beautiful natural areas in the world and documents major contemporary...
“I ain’t got no home, I’m just a-roamin’ round,” Woody Guthrie lamented in one of his most popular songs. A native of Oklahoma, he was still in his teens when he moved to Pampa, Texas, where he experienced the dust storms that would play such a crucial role in forming his identity and shaping his work....
Are you ready to advance your career like a warrior? Are you ready to get a promotion and a raise without sacrificing your integrity? Are you ready to fall back in love with your job? Dr. Bryan Stoops is an educator and professional martial artist. Bryan has over fifteen years of experience in K12, both as a teacher and administrator in places...
Everything you see around you was once a thought: the chair you’re sitting in; the water filter on your kitchen counter; your partner and the relationship you share; your bank account balance. All these things have been manifested; brought into existence as the results of thoughts; either positive or negative.In this book, you’ll go...
Django is the leading Python web application development framework. Learn how to leverage the Django web framework to its full potential in this advanced tutorial and reference. Endorsed by Django, Pro Django more or less picks up where The Definitive Guide to Django left off and examines in greater detail the unusual and complex...
The IBM Vienna Laboratory has made a significant contribution to the work on
the semantic description of computer systems. Both the operational semantics
descriptions ("VDL") and the later work on denotational semantics ("Meta-IV",
"VEM") contain interesting scientific ideas. Partly because of the large...
This step-by-step guide shows how to enhance your fortune through the cultivation of new friendships and relationships while enjoying the game you love to play. It tells you how you can properly structure a golf game so that it becomes both the ideal setting to create and promote deals, both small and large. It will teach you not only how to...
