When asked 'who are you?', people in different cultures tend to define themselves
fundamentally differently in terms of what their respective culture considers to be
most important. In cultures where one's professional and economic status is most
important, people say 'I am an engineer', or 'a priest at St...
Please do not consider any construction you find in this
book to be a final or definitive design. There is always room
for tinkering and improvements: As a matter of fact, some of
the constructions shown in this guide make deliberate use of
basic LEGO pieces, to help those who try to build with limited...
If you're a PHP programmer eager to create extensions for Joomla!, this book is for you. Written for Joomla! 1.5, it gets you coding your first extensions as quickly as possible, and adds features that will make your work look professional! The world's hottest open-source content management system, Joomla! won the 2006 Open Source CMS Prize....
Graduate school marks the first step toward a career in mathematics for young mathematicians. During this period, they make important decisions which will affect the rest of their careers. Here now is a detailed guide to help students navigate graduate school and the years that follow.
In his inimitable and forthright style, Steven Krantz...
Every high-quality animated production begins with an idea and ends with a series of rendered frames. Getting
from the idea, to the finished product, involves many different stages that are often handled by various specialists
throughout a studio.
Each step along the way contributes to the final image in some way. The concept...
A Packt Compendium is a book formed by drawing existing content from
several related Packt titles. In other words, it is a mashup of published Packt content – Professional Expertise Distilled in the true sense. Such a compendium of Packt's content allows you to learn from each of the chapters' unique styles and Packt...
If you can write WordPress plug-ins, you can make WordPress do just about anything. From making the site easier to administer, to adding the odd tweak or new feature, to completely changing the way your blog works, plug-ins are the method WordPress offers to customize and extend its functionality. This book will show you how to build all...
You may be a one-person band, the only manager in your company, or the manager of other managers in a larger company. Whatever the size of your business, having a strong grounding in the thinking and practices of effective managers and leaders will make you more capable. In this essential guide, you'll learn how to:
Methadone and buprenorphine are the only two opioids that are indicated for the management of both pain and opioid-related drug addiction. Both present unique challenges to the general practitioner and pain specialist, requiring a separate analysis from the rest of the drugs in the same family.
