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Geeks and Geezers

Harvard Business School, 2002

We were drawn to thinking and then ultimately writing about geeks and geezers from very different starting points. Coauthoring a book isn’t quite like synchronized swimming. It’s more like gaining perspective and depth through incongruity. Through writing and arguing in what seemed like endless and percussive...

OpenSceneGraph 3.0: Beginner's Guide

Packt Publishing, 2010

Written with a fast-paced but friendly and engaging approach, this Packt Beginner's Guide is designed to be placed alongside the computer as your guide and mentor. Step-by-step tutorials are bolstered by explanations of the reasoning behind what you are doing. You will quickly pick up the necessary skills, tips, and tricks for creating...

A PhD Is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science

Basic Books, 2011

Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find.

In A Ph.D. Is Not Enough!, physicist Peter J. Feibelman lays...

Twilight of the Machines

Feral House, 2008

“John Zerzan can now credibly claim the honor of being America’s most famous anarchist. His writing is sharp, uncompromising, and tenacious.”—Derrick Jensen, Utne Reader

The mentor of the green anarchist and neo-primitive movements is back with his first book in six years, confronting...

BlackBerry Java Application Development: Beginner's Guide

Packt Publishing, 2010

The book teaches how to write rich, interactive, and smart BlackBerry applications in Java. It expects the readers to know Java but not Java Mobile or the BlackBerry APIs. This book will cover UI programming, data storage, programming network, and Internet API apps. As we move on, you will learn more about the BlackBerry’s device...

C++ Without Fear: A Beginner's Guide That Makes You Feel Smart (2nd Edition)

Prentice Hall, 2011

Many years ago, when I had to learn C overnight to make a living as a programmer (this was before C++), I would have given half my salary to find a mentor, a person would say, “Here are the potholes in the road...errors that you are sure to make in learning C. And here’s how to steer around them.” Instead, I had to...

Efficient Structures for Geometric Data Management (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Springer, 1988

This book is the revised and extended version of a Pfr.D. dissertation submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley. Many of the ideas presented in this book have their roots in discussions with Eugene Wong, my mentor and thesis advisor. I would like to thank Gene...

Logic Programming, Knowledge Representation, and Nonmonotonic Reasoning: Essays Dedicated to Michael Gelfond

Springer, 2011

Michael Gelfond has been an extraordinary mentor, teacher, and colleague for many people in the knowledge representation and reasoning (KR&R), logic programming (LP), and answer set programming (ASP) communities.

Michael’s current and former students often like to tell stories about their experience with Michael as...

Tactical Trend Trading: Strategies for Surviving and Thriving in Turbulent Markets

Apress, 2012

"Follow trends and make money, or don't follow trends and don't make money. Robert Robbins wants investors to follow trends. His effort is to be saluted." —Michael W. Covel, bestselling author of Trend Following, The Complete Turtle Trader, and Trend Commandments

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Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery and Neurotraumatology

Springer, 2006

Two meetings took place simultaneously in Nagoya in March 2005. Both the 6th International Congress of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery (MIN) and the 3rd World Congress of the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology (AMN) were held at the same venue and successfully brought together experts in different areas of clinical...

No Quarter: A Matty Graves Novel (The Matty Graves Novels)

McBooks Press, 2007

This first book in the series introduces Matty Graves, midshipman in the early years of the United States Navy. In 1799, the young US Navy faces France in an undeclared Quasi-War for the Caribbean. Matty Graves is caught up in escalating violence as he serves aboard the Rattle-Snake under his drunken cousin, Billy. Matty already knows how to...

Lighting Techniques for Photographing Model Portfolios: Strategies for Digital Photographers

Amherst Media, 2009

Ifirst met Billy Pegram when he was shooting fashion in Seattle and I was the new agent on the block. We developed a synergistic relationship. He introduced me to clients; I had him shoot the models I represented. I have now known him for nearly three decades. During this time, we have learned from each other and...

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