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The UNIX Hater's Handbook

John Wiley & Sons, 1994

In the tradition of 12-step programs that help people overcome their addictions by sharing stories, The UNIX-Haters Handbook is the self-help guide for people affected by the world's most esoteric and most widely used operating system.

Turn here for answers to all-important questions, such as...

Why does the...

Kazhdan's Property (T) (New Mathematical Monographs)

Cambridge University Press, 2008

Property (T) is a rigidity property for topological groups, first formulated by D. Kazhdan in the mid 1960's with the aim of demonstrating that a large class of lattices are finitely generated. Later developments have shown that Property (T) plays an important role in an amazingly large variety of subjects, including discrete subgroups of Lie...

Beginning Game Programming with Flash

Course Technology PTR, 2007

If you are new to game programming and want to learn how to create dynamic, robust, and fun 2D games, "Beginning Game Programming with Flash" is the book for you! Written for introductory game programming students and other enthusiasts, the book begins with an overview of the Flash graphical user interface (GUI), explaining the four main...

Beginning Silverlight 2: From Novice to Professional (Books for Professionals by Professionals)

Apress, 2009

With the need for a richer user experience ever more in focus when creating web applications, Microsoft has released Silverlight, the new crossÐ²Ð“browser, crossÐ²Ð“platform plugÐ²Ð“in that allows developers to create rich interactive applications for the Web.

Silverlight poses exciting new opportunities...

Security and Software for Cybercafes (Premier Reference Source)

IGI Global, 2008

Cybercafes, which are places where Internet access is provided for free, provide the opportunity for people without access to the Internet, or who are traveling, to access Web mail and instant messages, read newspapers, and explore other resources of the Internet. Due to the important role Internet cafes play in facilitating access to information,...

An Introduction to Optimization, 2nd Edition

John Wiley & Sons, 2001

A modern, up-to-date introduction to optimization theory and methods
This authoritative book serves as an introductory text to optimization at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. With consistently accessible and elementary treatment of all topics, An Introduction to Optimization, Second Edition helps students build a...

Statistically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations

Taylor & Francis, 1996

Statistically Speaking is a book of quotations. It has, for the first time, brought together in one easily accessible form the best expressed thoughts that are especially illuminating and pertinent to the disciplines of probability and statistics. Some of the quotations are profound, others are wise, some are witty, but none are frivolous....

Encyclopaedia Arcane: Blood Magic

Mongoose Publishing, 2003

The ancient practice of blood magic has been outlawed in many civilised societies, for though it allows access to staggering levels of magical power the price can be very high. Savage tribes often respect blood magic, though even they tend to fear and avoid it where possible – its power is the stuff of legend, to be invoked only by those who...

Strategic Software Engineering

Auerbach Publications, 2005

Software is a disruptive technology that has changed how almost every
sector of human society and the economy works. Software is now pervasive;
it is a component of almost every industrial product or at least
essential to the development of such products. Software capabilities lie at
the core of the new national and...

Utilizing Problem Structure in Planning: A Local Search Approach

Springer, 2004

Planning is a crucial skill for any autonomous agent, be it a physically embedded agent, such as a robot, or a purely simulated software agent. For this reason, planning, as a central research area of artificial intelligence from its beginnings, has gained even more attention and importance recently.

After giving a general introduction to AI...

Therapy After Terror: 9/11, Psychotherapists, and Mental Health

Cambridge University Press, 2008

"A licensed, clinical social worker, Seeley (anthropology, Columbia Univ.) offers a riveting, comprehensive examination of the work and experiences of psychotherapists following 9/11. [...] At the heart of the book is Seeley's discussion of "trauma contagion", a phenomenon she distinguishes from vicarious trauma. [...] Integrating...

HBR's 10 Must Reads 2015: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus McKinsey Award–Winning article "The Focused Leader") (HBR's 10 Must Reads)

Harvard Business School, 2015

A year’s worth of management wisdom, all in one place.

We’ve combed through ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to help you get up to speed fast on the freshest, most relevant thinking driving business today. With authors from Clayton Christensen to Roger...

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