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Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution

University of Chicago Press, 2019

Nothing is as elemental, as essential to human life, as the air we breathe. Yet around the world, in rich countries and poor ones, it is quietly poisoning us.

Air pollution prematurely kills seven million people every year, including more than one hundred thousand Americans. It is strongly linked to...

sendmail Milters : A Guide for Fighting Spam

Addison Wesley, 2005

As a Mail Administrator You Need to Understand How to Successfully Monitor and Fight Spam.

Milters are among the most powerful antispamming tools available. Until now, there has been no clear and helpful resource for you to learn how to set up and use Milters. sendmail...

Europe: I Struggle, I Overcome

Springer, 2009

Wilfried Martens - Europe: I Struggle, I Overcome Foreword by Angela Merkel

Wilfried Martens has devoted his entire life to politics: as student leader, youth activist, President of the Flemish Christian Democrats, Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European People's Party and European statesman. In his autobiography...

DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You

Knopf, 2011

"This extraordinarily powerful book demonstrates how utterly we lack the shared supranational tools needed to fight cybercrime. Essential reading." --Roberto Saviano, author of Gommorah

The benefits of living in a digital, globalized society are enormous; so too are the dangers. The world has become a...

Click!: The No Nonsense Guide to Digital Cameras

McGraw-Hill, 2003

Because Technology Should Improve Your Life, Not Complicate It

No Nonsense Guides are here. With a plainspoken approach, these books are inexpensive starters that are light on idle chat and heavy on practical advice. They're lean and mean and stripped down to fighting weight, so you'll get from point A to point Z with instruction...

Beginning Game Graphics (Premier Press Game Development)

Course Technology PTR, 2004

In the distant past, almost all great games were born and bred in the back bedroom. Creativity, and sometimes outright wackiness, reigned supreme. Then, not so long ago, the game business began to look a little more like Hollywood each year. If you couldn’t afford a high-end machine with high-end hardware, speak C like a second language, and...

PeopleSoft for the Oracle DBA

Apress, 2012

This book is aimed at helping Oracle DBAs understand and use PeopleSoft technology. For the typical DBA, the introduction to PeopleSoft is likely to include some surprises, not all of them agreeable. Many—if not most—DBAs have to deal with many different databases, usually supporting different applications. Often they will want to...

Understand, Manage, and Prevent Algorithmic Bias: A Guide for Business Users and Data Scientists

Apress, 2019

Are algorithms friend or foe?

The human mind is evolutionarily designed to take shortcuts in order to survive. We jump to conclusions because our brains want to keep us safe. A majority of our biases work in our favor, such as when we feel a car speeding in our direction is dangerous and we instantly move, or when we...

Fires in Silos: Hazards, Prevention, and Fire Fighting

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Storage of chemicals in silos is ubiquitous in the chemical, pharmaceutical and other producing industries, and some 80 % of all bulk materials are inflammable. It is here that the risk of large fires arises due to self-ignition or the intrusion of different ignition sources. For firefighters, most silo fires are very difficult to handle due to the...

Career Warfare: 10 Rules for Building a Successful Personal Brand and Fighting to Keep It

McGraw-Hill, 2003

In Career Warfare, David F. D’Alessandro, the bestselling author of Brand Warfare, has written a business classic: an insightful and delightfully frank book about achieving professional success at a high level.

What really defines those who get ahead? Hard work and accomplishments will only get you so far. If...

Outspoken: Free Speech Stories

University of California Press, 2003

"America's national obsession with asserting, and quelling, free-speech comes alive in this collection of profiles of First Amendment firebrands.Ê.Ê.Ê. The author goes beyond the usual polarized corners of political correctness.Ê.Ê.Ê.Êher nuanced treatment of all sides of the debate makes this a...

Net Locality: Why Location Matters in a Networked World

John Wiley & Sons, 2011

A man is walking down Michigan Avenue in Chicago. He shares a sidewalk with crowds of anonymous people. He sees skyscrapers and signage extending to the horizon. There is a lot going on – people talking, walking, playing, fighting, screaming, driving, and smiling. He sees a coffee shop that excites his interest. He pulls...

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