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Web Marketing For Dummies

For Dummies, 2008

It looks so simple on TV. Launch Web site, count money. If only real life were that easy! Alas, with billions of Web sites competing for attention, it’s not simple at all.

On the other hand, marketing online isn’t rocket science. This book charts a practical course of action to put your business Web site to work,...

The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management (Portable Mba Series)

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

PProject management has hung on long past the “new management fad” stage. When the first edition of this book came out in 1999, project management was riding a rocket of popularity. Nine years later the discipline continues to add disciples in new fields such as health care and nonprofit aid organizations. While the...

Encyclopedia of Space Science & Technology 2 Volume Set

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

A comprehensive resource on the past, present, and future of space technology

Researchers in optics, materials processing, and telecommunications require a reference that can provide a quick study of a number of basic topics in space science. The two-volume Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology represents an ambitious...

What's Science Ever Done For Us: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

A playful and entertaining look at science on The Simpsons

This amusing book explores science as presented on the longest-running and most popular animated TV series ever made: The Simpsons. Over the years, the show has examined such issues as genetic mutation, time travel, artificial intelligence, and even aliens....

WebKit For Dummies

For Dummies, 2012

Mobile apps are the rocket fuel powering the growth of the web today.

Everything is going mobile. If you’re starting a web business today without a mobile strategy, or if you have a mobile strategy but it isn’t the center of your business, you’re going to have a hard time gaining any sort of traction....

Designing with Web Standards (3rd Edition)

New Riders Publishing, 2009

Best-selling author, designer, and web standards evangelist Jeffrey Zeldman has revisited his classic, industry-shaking guidebook. Updated in collaboration with co-author Ethan Marcotte, this third edition covers improvements and challenges in the changing environment of standards-based design.

Written in the same engaging...

Java Programming 24-Hour Trainer (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

Wrox Press, 2011

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to notice the recent serious decline in the publishing of computer books, to say nothing of computer magazines. I enjoy reading books about software and visit the nearby Barnes and Noble at least twice a month. During the last three years the number of bookcases dedicated to computer books...

The Hundred-Year Lie: How to Protect Yourself from the Chemicals That Are Destroying Your Health

Plume, 2007

In a devastating exposé in the tradition of Silent Spring and Fast Food Nation, investigative journalist Randall Fitzgerald warns how thousands of man-made chemicals in our food, water, medicine, and environment are making humans the most polluted species on the planet. A century ago in 1906, when Congress enacted the...

The Nuclear Imperative: A Critical Look at the Approaching Energy Crisis (Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality)

Springer, 2006

Part of this book was originally written in 1976 when some thirty copies were printed and distributed to interested parties. A wider distribution was planned but never carried out. In re-reading the first edition written 29 years ago, I am struck by the fact that arguments for a nuclear-powered future and a need to develop portable synfuels and new...

The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity

John Wiley & Sons, 2002

A commanding encyclopedia of the history and principles of spaceflightÐ²Ð“Ð²Ð“from its humble beginnings to its likely future

"Our reason for spaceflight is just this: we are human, and to be human is to be inquisitive. At heart, we are explorers with a universe of billions of new worlds before us." ...

More Mortgage Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad Times

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

A clear look at how to capture investment profits during difficult financial times

The U.S. economy has become crippled by the credit and real estate catastrophe. Even though we've all been affected by the calamity and have heard no shortage of news about it, it still seems unfathomable and utterly incomprehensible to most people that...

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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