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Practical Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Python (Pragmatic Programmers)

Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2009

Practical Programming is true to its name. The information it presents is organized around useful tasks rather than abstract constructs, and each chapter addresses a well-contained and important aspect of programming in Python. A student wondering “How do I make the computer do X?” would be able to find their answer very quickly with...

Video Systems in an IT Environment, Second Edition: The Basics of Professional Networked Media and File-based Workflows

Focal Press, 2009

Astute sailors know the optimal time to catch the tidal fl ood toward the harbor. If it is missed, a ship may be caught in a storm or stranded at sea. An able captain and crew never pass up favorable currents. Today there is a different tidal fl ood that many captains of ship are seeking to ride to safe harbor. What is it? It is the tidal swell of...

Open Source SOA

Manning Publications, 2009

You can build a world-class SOA infrastructure entirely using popular, and mature, open-source applications. Unfortunately, the technical documentation for most open-source projects focuses on a specific product, the big SOA picture. You're left to your own devices to figure out how to cobble together a full solution from the various bits. In...

Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

Packt Publishing, 2009

Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services ("Analysis Services" from here on) is now ten years old, a mature product proven in thousands of enterprise-level deployments around the world. Starting from a point where few people knew it existed and where those that did were often suspicious of it, it has grown to be the most widely deployed OLAP...

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques

Adobe Press, 2009

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques has been completely updated to cover the new features in CS4. In a friendly, easy-going style that's long on information and short on techno-babble, Photoshop Hall-of-Famer Ben Willmore and photographer Dan Ablan guide you through the concepts and features that will truly make a difference in how you use...

Desktop GIS: Mapping the Planet with Open Source Tools

Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2008

Desktop GIS explores the world of Open Source GIS software and provides a guide to navigate the many options available. Discover what kind of GIS user you are and lay the foundation to evaluate the options and decide what software is best for you.

Desktop GIS examines the challenges associated with assembling and using an...

Mac OS X Leopard All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

For Dummies, 2007

Your new Mac with OS X Leopard is so cool! You have digital media, including iTunes, iPhoto, iDVD, and iMovie, at your fingertips, as well as everything the Internet has to offer. Where do you start to make the most of it? With Mac OS X Leopard All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies, of course! Here are seven handy minibooks, each devoted to one...

Dawn of the Electronic Age: Electrical Technologies in the Shaping of the Modern World, 1914 to 1945

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Electrical power is supplied to virtually every home and workplace in our industrialized world. Providing a much-needed comprehensive overview of electrical and electronics history, Dawn of the Electric Age takes an international perspective within a chronological framework. The book explains how our engineering knowledge and its main applications...

The Benchmarking Book: A how-to guide to best practice for managers and practitioners

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009

With growing demands for increased operational efficiency and process improvement in organizations of all sizes, more and more companies are turning to benchmarking as a means of setting goals and measuring performance against the products, services and practices of other organizations that are recognized as leaders.

The Benchmarking...

Water Management in 2020 and Beyond (Water Resources Development and Management)

Springer, 2009

Water is intertwined in the daily life of humans in countless ways. The importance of water as a driver for health, food security, and quality of life and as a pillar for economic development is unique. As water affects human lives, the mankind also effects the hydrological cycle, in all dimensions from the local to the global scale. Food...

Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief

AMACOM, 2009

“I raised my own freethinking sons not that long ago, and I had little choice but to do it without much practical support. This book is the best, most comprehensive compendium of secular parenting strategies and tips I can imagine. It shows how, without the aid of any supernatural overseer, you can raise kids who...

Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click? (Voices That Matter)

New Riders Publishing, 2009

“While you’re reading Neuro Web Design, you’ll probably find yourself thinking ‘I already knew that…’ a lot. But when you’re finished, you’ll discover that your ability to create effective web sites has mysteriously improved. A brilliant idea for a book, and very nicely done.”
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