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SQL Server Tacklebox Essential tools and scripts for the day-to-day DBA

Red gate, 2009

For the day-to-day DBA, there are dangers around every corner; monsters waiting to strike down the unsuspecting database with a resource-hungry query, an inefficient data load, or even outright data corruption. When the worst happens, and SQL Server is down, or performance is suffering, customers are quick to complain.. During such difficult...

Chocolate Fortunes: The Battle for the Hearts, Minds, and Wallets of China's Consumers

AMACOM, 2009

As China comes into its own as a world economic power, a new, huge consumer class is emerging, hungry for all things Western. In this land where twenty-five years ago most of the population had never tasted chocolate, five icons of Western business are now slugging it out in a battle royal to see which will become the Emperor of Chocolate in China....

Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Studies show that the reason why many people gain weight—and keep it on—is emotional eating, not physical eating. Now Dr. Roger Gould, a psychotherapist and a leading authority on emotional eating, shows how to overcome fear, anxiety, and other stresses and stop using food as an over-the-counter tranquilizer that can cause weight gain....

Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty.

PublicAffairs, 2009

For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the Ð²ÐÑGreen RevolutionÐ²ÐÑ succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got to Africa. More than 9 million people every year die of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases every year most of them in Africa...

The Fast Food Diet: Lose Weight and Feel Great Even If You're Too Busy to Eat Right

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Lose weight eating at McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, and Wendy's?

Yes, it's possible—and this book shows you how!

"Dr. Steve Sinatra is one of the top preventive cardiologists in America. . . . In The Fast Food Diet, he shows readers how to eat smarter and more...

Communications Policy and Information Technology: Promises, Problems, Prospects (Telecommunications Policy Research Conference)

MIT Press, 2002

New technologies, although developed with optimism, often fall short of their predicted potential and create new problems. Communications technologies are no different. Their utopian proponents claim that universal access to advanced communications technologies can help to feed the hungry, cure the sick, educate the illiterate, improve the global...

Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Song

Ecco, 2003

A life as haunting as the music, and a biography that comes very close to doing it justice. -- Kirkus Reviews

Behind our most beloved hymn is a fascinating story spanning continents, cultures, and centuries. Inspired by the way "Amazing Grace" continues to change and grow in popularity, acclaimed music writer Steve...

Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War

Oxford University Press, 2008

"Six-Legged Soldiers is an excellent account of the affect arthropod-borne diseases have had on warfare...This book will inspire readers to understand...threats and prepare new methods to combat them."--Nature, November 2008

"Both science and military history buffs will learn much from Lockwood, a self-described skeptic...

Professional Multicore Programming: Design and Implementation for C++ Developers

Wrox Press, 2008

Professional Multicore Programming: Design and Implementation for C++ Developers

In order to increase overall system performance, computer manufacturers have opted to add more processors rather than increase clock frequency. In turn, if you want an application to benefit from the next new processor, that application will...

Java Programming 10-Minute Solutions

Sybex, 2003

The problems encountered by a beginning Java programmer are many—and mostly minor.

The problems you encounter as an experienced Java programmer are far fewer—and far more serious.

Java Programming 10-Minute Solutions provides direct solutions to the thorny...

Fundamentals of Computer Science using Java

Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2002

In the summer of 1996, our Computer Science department made the decision to use Java as the core language for our Computer Science program, beginning that fall. Although there were many Java books available, we soon discovered that most were “trade” or “hobby” books, not designed for university courses and certainly not...

Perl Debugged

Addison Wesley, 2001

"This book was a joy to read. It covered all sorts of techniques for debugging, including 'defensive' paradigms that will eliminate bugs in the first place. As coach of the USA Programming Team, I find the most difficult thing to teach is debugging. This is the first text I've even heard of that attacks the problem. It does a fine job. Please...

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