Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Elle Fashion Magazine - September 2009
Elle Fashion Magazine - September 2009
Your window to the runway's latest, Elle will tell you what's hot and what's not in the coming season. Check out the creative new fashions designers have in store from New York to Milan. Lose yourself in an intriguing interview with one of Hollywood's eligibles. Indulge in reviews of top artists and authors. Devoted to the sophisticated and well-traveled woman, Elle is indisputably one of the world's leading fashion magazines, and it is geared towards sophisticated, well-traveled women. This magazine's well-written articles and columns cover everything from style and beauty trends to personalities and lifestyle issues.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
1001 Ways to Stay Young Naturally
1001 Ways to Stay Young Naturally
PDF | 196 Pages |33.1 MB
Don't let age compromise beauty! Get youthful-looking skin, glossy hair, better posture, more energy, and a healthier heart with these bite-sized tips guaranteed to restore a youthful glow the natural way-all without surgery, drugs or expensive product
Digital Photographic Guide
Digital Photographic Guide
PDF | 52 Pages | 11.9 MB
This publication, the first in a series of Digital photography guide, concentrate on digital exposure techniques that will yield the best exposures you can get from a variety of subjects and scenes. It covers basic exposure theory and practice as well as how to use the tools in your camera to achieve the best exposure possible.
Friday, September 11, 2009
An Introduction to PHP for Scientists and Engineers: Beyond JavaScript
An Introduction to PHP for Scientists and Engineers:
Beyond JavaScript
PDF | 85 Pages | 2.65 MB
PHP, originally created in 1994 as a ‘Personal Home Page’ tool, is a server-side programming language that can be used to solve numerous computing problems that a client-side language like JavaScript cannot.
This highly useful text/reference presents key information needed to write your own online science and engineering applications, including reading, creating and manipulating data files stored as text on a server, thereby overcoming the limitations of a client-side language. This book focuses on those elements of the language - such as file input/output, arrays, built-in math functions, and user-created functions - that are essential for solving a wide range of scientific/engineering computing problems. It assumes a working knowledge of HTML, programming concepts, and JavaScript, C or a similar language.
Features: - Offers a working knowledge of PHP, essential for server-side programming, - Includes detailed code examples to guide the reader, - Contains several complete applications that show how to take advantage of server-side programming capabilities, - Extremely accessible, and ideal for self-study, - Provides an author-supported supplementary website containing code examples (www.pages.drexel.edu/~brooksdr/DRB_web_page/BookCode/PHPBookCode.htm), - Directly addresses the needs of engineers, scientists and working professionals by explaining precisely those components of PHP required.
This concise applications-oriented text is an exceptional shortcut to learning the essentials of PHP and is ideal for self-study or course use.
Dr. Brooks has authored several successful Springer titles, including: Problem Solving with Fortran 90 for Scientists and Engineers; C Programming: The Essentials for Engineers and Scientists; and An Introduction to HTML and JavaScript for Scientists and Engineers.
Tintin - Cigars of the Pharaoh
Tintin - Cigars of the Pharaoh
PDF | 15.77 MB | English
Cigars of the Pharaoh (French: Les Cigares du pharaon) is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. This was his fourth published adventure and is notable for the introduction of Rastapopoulos and Thomson and Thompson.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Asterix the Legionary
Asterix the Legionary
PDF | 14.26 MB | English
Asterix the Legionary, the tenth Asterix book in the comic book series by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published as a serial in Pilote issues 368-389 in 1966.
PDF | 14.26 MB | English
Asterix the Legionary, the tenth Asterix book in the comic book series by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published as a serial in Pilote issues 368-389 in 1966.
Tintin in America
Tintin in America
PDF | 13.04 MB | English
Tintin in America (French: Tintin en Amérique) is the third in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as the hero.
Tintin in America first appeared as a black and white comic strip in "Le Petit Vingtième" on September 3, 1931. It was then published in a black and white album in 1932. In 1945, the album was reworked and shortened to a standard 62-page format, and published in colour.
PDF | 13.04 MB | English
Tintin in America (French: Tintin en Amérique) is the third in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as the hero.
Tintin in America first appeared as a black and white comic strip in "Le Petit Vingtième" on September 3, 1931. It was then published in a black and white album in 1932. In 1945, the album was reworked and shortened to a standard 62-page format, and published in colour.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Mechatronics for the Evil Genius
Mechatronics for the Evil Genius
The popular evil genius format provides hobbyists with a fun and inexpensive way to learn Mechatronics (the merger of electronics and mechanics) via 25 complete projects.
Projects include: mechanical race car, combat robot, ionic motor, electromagnet, robotic arm, light beam remote control, and more.
Includes "parts lists" and "tool bin" for each project, covers all the preparation needed to begin building, such as "how to solder," "how to recognize components and diagrams, "how to read a schematic," etc.
Mechanical Engineering Design
Mechanical Engineering Design
PDF | Pages: 1060 | 18,4 MB
The eighth edition of Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design maintains the basic approaches that have made this book the standard in machine design for over 40 years. At the same time it combines the straightforward focus on fundamentals instructors have come to expect with a modern emphasis on design and new applications. Overall coverage of basic concepts are clear and concise so that readers can easily navigate key topics.
This edition includes a new case study to help illuminate the complexities of shafts and axles and a new finite elements chapter. Problem sets have been improved, with new problems added to help students progressively work through them.
The book website includes ARIS, which is a homework management system that will have 90 algorithmic problems. This package includes solutions to problems.
Electronic Amplifier Circuits - Theory & Design
Electronic Amplifier Circuits - Theory & Design
PDF | 340 Pages | 11.9 MB
The amplification of week signals into stronger signals is of fundamental importance in almost any electronic system. Because of the importance of amplifiers in the electronic art the authors have tried to produce a work which will be of use to both students and engineers who have a need for a second look at amplifier theory from a more advanced point of view.
The subject matter of the book can be studies for the useful, practical design data, or instead the book may be regarded as a collection of examples of the engineering method whereby mathematics and physics have been applied to the solution of new and difficult problem.
The Electrical Engineering Handbook
The Electrical Engineering Handbook
1018 pages | PDF | 38.3 MB
The Electrical Engineer's Handbook is an invaluable reference source for all practicing electrical engineers and students. This book includes 79 chapters, written by leading experts in their respective fields. The book is intended to enlighten and refresh knowledge of the practicing engineer and to help educate engineering students.
This text will most likely be the engineer’s first choice in looking for a solution; extensive, complete references to other sources are provided throughout. No other book has the breadth and depth of coverage available here. This is a must-have for all practitioners and students! This book provides the most up-to-date information in: Circuits and Networks, Electric Power Systems, Electronics, Computer-Aided Design and Optimization, VLSI Systems, Signal Processing, Digital Systems and Computer Engineering, Digital Communication and Communication Networks, Electromagnetics and Control and Systems.
Construction Cost Management
Construction Cost Management
PDF | 321 Pages 1.70 MB
Aimed at students of Surveying and Construction Management programmes, this book uniquely embraces cost management in both the building and civil engineering sectors in the
UK and overseas and should thus prove useful to practitioners. Seminar questions are included at the end of each chapter with additional links to over 100 project case studies in order to
reinforce the learning experience.
Keith Potts examines the key issues and best practice in the cost management of construction projects under traditional contracts and new methodologies. All stages within the life cycle of a project are considered from pre-contract to tendering and post-contract.
Worked examples, legal cases and over 65 project case studies are used to illustrate the practical application of the theory, where appropriate.
Extensive references are captured, including the UK government’s Constructing Excellence programme and the National Audit Reports, in order to further develop an understanding of the subject. Reference is made to major projects such as the Scottish Parliament Building, Wembley Stadium and BAA’s Heathrow Terminal 5.
Planning, Estimating & Control of Chemical Construction Project
Planning, Estimating & Control of Chemical Construction Project
PDF | 480 ages | 39.02 MB
Experienced project managers had their collections of data, and one could always find books on the theory of project management; however, the data available were often inconsistent, and there was rarely an explanation of what it actually represented. Understanding the theory is great, but it does not give one the data and detail required to actually manage, estimate, schedule,o r contract.
In our contacts with plant project managers, we at FMC recognized that this informational void still existed and commissioned Pablo Navarrete to fill it. This book represents the result of that effort. In addition to committing his knowledge to writing, Pablo has conducted many courses for our plant project managers and found that this material is just what they needed.
Although real data are a unique strength of this book, the text also provides theory and valuable guidance through checklists, do's and don't s, and typical problems and corrective actions. As novice project managers plan, estimate, schedule, contract, and actually execute their projects, they will understand what isimportant, the whys as well as the whats.
Architect's Portable Handbook, 3rd Edition
Architect's Portable Handbook, 3rd Edition
PDF | 705 Pages | 12.3 MB
When it comes to providing architects with quick, accurate guidance for a complete range of on-the-job issues, no book matches The Architect's Portable Handbook from McGraw-Hill.
Some of the highlighted features :
• Compiles all the rules of thumb and referenced facts to provide a convenient, one-stop resource for builders and architects • Updated to include new cost information and coverage of the latest International Building and NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) Codes • Hundreds of diagrams, charts, tables, checklists, details, and other design data for building materials, components, and assemblies • Structured to follow typical job progression, this resource covers initial planning and estimating through design and construction
The Civil Engineering Handbook, Second Edition,
The Civil Engineering Handbook, Second Edition,
PDF | 2904 Pages | 30.20 MB
First published in 1995, the award-winning Civil Engineering Handbook soon became known as the field's definitive reference. To retain its standing as a complete, authoritative resource, the editors have incorporated into this edition the many changes in techniques, tools, and materials that over the last seven years have found their way into civil engineering research and practice.
The Civil Engineering Handbook, Second Edition is more comprehensive than ever. You'll find new, updated, and expanded coverage in every section. In fact, more than 1/3 of the handbook is new or substantially revised. In particular you'll find increased focus on computing reflecting the rapid advances in computer technology that has revolutionized many aspects of civil engineering.
You'll use it as a survey of the field, you'll use it to explore a particular subject, but most of all you'll use The Civil Engineering Handbook to answer the problems, questions, and conundrums you encounter in practice.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Asterix & the Normans
Asterix and The Normans
PDF | 14.53 MB | English
Asterix and the Normans is the ninth book in the Asterix comic book series, written by René Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo. It was first published in serial form in Pilote magazine, issues 340-361, in 1966. It depicts a meeting between Asterix's Gaulish village and a shipload of Normans (Vikings).
Asterix and the Normans is the ninth book in the Asterix comic book series, written by René Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo. It was first published in serial form in Pilote magazine, issues 340-361, in 1966. It depicts a meeting between Asterix's Gaulish village and a shipload of Normans (Vikings).
101 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Applications
101 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Applications
PDF | 561 Pages | 9.20 MB
The 101 sample applications that make up this book contain code that answers many common questions a beginner-to-intermediate-level Microsoft Visual Basic .NET developer is faced with when building Microsoft .NET applications.
Each sample application was developed using a set of coding conventions (which you’ll find in this book), and each sample shares a common look and feel, as much as possible. Each sample also includes a readme.htm file that explains some basics of the application in case you’re reviewing a sample without having the book close at hand.
Explore 101 of the most useful Visual Basic .NET applications in action—and jumpstart your own Microsoft .NET Framework-based development projects. This guide provides expert, behind-the-code commentary on 101 fully executable code samples—distilling more than 700 hours of programming time into best practices for Microsoft Windows Forms development. Each code sample demonstrates core features and functions of Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Framework, explains the underlying programming concepts, and provides a complete code walkthrough. From creating basic data entry forms to drilling deep into the .NET Framework, you’ll learn the techniques that Microsoft’s own developers use to write real-world applications with Visual Basic .NET.
Visual Basic 2008 Recipes
Visual Basic 2008 Recipes
A problem Solution approach
PDF | 704 Pages | 26.24 MB
Sometimes you just need to solve a problem and get on with your work. To that end, Visual Basic 2008 Recipes is a compendium of practical solutions for busy VB .NET programmers.
Create time for the more interesting aspects of your VB .NET project by solving common problems with the practical solutions and dozens of code examples in this book. Important new .NET 3.5 technologies, such as Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) and Language Integrated Query (LINQ), are covered, and each chapter addresses a specific problem domain, including database access, multimedia, XML manipulation, networking, and security. The code is free to download so you can use the recipes immediately.
Who is this book for?
Visual Basic 2008 Recipes is written for Visual Basic developers who have at least some experience in developing Visual Basic solutions. The book contains recipes appealing to intermediate through advanced developers.
Beginning Database Design
Beginning Database Design
PDF | 496 Pages | 10.65 MB
This book focuses on the relational database model from a beginning perspective. The title is, therefore, Beginning Database Design. A database is a repository for data. In other words, you can store lots of information in a database. A relational database is a special type of database using structures called tables. Tables are linked together using what are called relationships. You can build tables with relationships between those tables, not only to organize your data, but also to allow later retrieval of information from the database.
* The perfect reference for programmers, administrators, or Web designers who are new to database development and are uncertain as to how to design and structure a database efficiently
* Shows how to design and implement robust, scalable databases on any of the major relational database management systems, including Access, SQL Server, IBM DB2, MySQL, and Oracle
* Covers all the key database design steps including modeling, normalization, SQL, denormalization, object-modeling, data warehousing, and performance
* Provides plenty of real-world examples and a complete beginning-to-end case study of creating a database that includes the analysis and planning, tables and data structures, business rules, and hardware requirements
Beginning Visual C++ 2008
Beginning Visual C++ 2008
PDF | 1394 Pages | 16.5 MB
Proudly presenting the latest edition of one of the all-time bestselling books on the C++ language, successful author Ivor Horton repeats the formula that has made each previous edition so popular by teaching you both the standard C++ language and C++/CLI as well as Visual C++ 2008. Thoroughly updated for the 2008 release, this book shows you how to build real-world applications using Visual C++ and guides you through the ins and outs of C++ development.
Microsoft Data Mining:
Microsoft Data Mining:
Integrated Business Intelligence for e-Commerce and Knowledge Management
PDF | 336 Pages | 5.45 MB
Microsoft Data Mining approaches data mining from the particular perspective of IT professionals using Microsoft data management technologies. The author explains the new data mining capabilities in Microsoft’s SQL Server 2000 database, Commerce Server, and other products, details the Microsoft OLE DB for Data Mining standard, and gives readers best practices for using all of them. The book bridges the previously specialized field of data mining with the new technologies and methods that are quickly making it an important mainstream tool for companies of all sizes.
Data mining refers to a set of technologies and techniques by which IT professionals search large databases of information (such as those contained by SQL Server) for patterns and trends. Traditionally important in finance, telecommunication, and other information-intensive fields, data mining increasingly helps companies better understand and serve their customers by revealing buying patterns and related interests. It is becoming a foundation for e-commerce and knowledge management.
Unique book on a hot data management topic
Part of Digital Press’s SQL Server and data mining clusters
Author is an expert on both traditional and Microsoft data mining technologies
Oracle Data warehousing
Oracle Data warehousing
and Business Intelligence Solutions
PDF | 409 Pages | 12.01 MB
PDF | 409 Pages | 12.01 MB
Written by a team of Oracle insiders, this authoritative book provides you with the most current coverage of the Oracle data warehousing platform as well as the full suite of business intelligence tools. You'll learn how to leverage Oracle features and how those features can be used to provide solutions to a variety of needs and demands. Plus, you'll get valuable tips and insight based on the authors' real-world experiences and their own implementations. Avoid many common pitfalls while learning best practices for:
Leveraging Oracle technologies to design, build, and manage data warehouses Integrating specific database and business intelligence solutions from other vendors Using the new suite of Oracle business intelligence tools to analyze data for marketing, sales, and more.
Handling typical data warehouse performance challenges
Uncovering initiatives by your business community, security business sponsorship, project staffing, and managing risk.
Accelerated C# 2008
Accelerated C# 2008
PDF | 546 Pages | 6.29 MB
In this book, Trey Nash provides a refreshingly clear explanation of the C# language. He not only understands C#, but he is also able to guide the reader through the process of learning to excelin the language. He makes the journey to understanding enjoyable through thought-provoking examples while taking the time to motivate each feature and demonstrate common and best practices.
In this book, Trey Nash provides a refreshingly clear explanation of the C# language. He not only understands C#, but he is also able to guide the reader through the process of learning to excelin the language. He makes the journey to understanding enjoyable through thought-provoking examples while taking the time to motivate each feature and demonstrate common and best practices.
I am confident that the reader will write better code by reading this book.
The third version of C# really breaks new ground. It blurs the line between code and data. It introduces declarative query syntax. It empowers programmers through functional features. All of
these additions enable programmers to deal with the difficulties of data whether in-memory, in a database, or from a web server. Programmers will find that these features put the fun back in programming.
Essential C# 3.0
Essential C# 3.0 for .Net Framework
PDF | 875 Pages | 4.87 MB
If you are new to C#, Mark’s book is an excellent way to start. His
approach takes you step by step through the structure and syntax of the language, making it easy to understand how things work. I found the code samples extremely helpful and supportive of the concepts being discussed.
This book expands on the concepts introduced in Essential C# 2.0 to include C# 3.0 enhancements. One great aspect of this book is that it not only covers the new 3.0 enhancements in great detail, but it also shows where it makes sense to utilize these new features over the existing 2.0 features.
Crystal Reports 2008 for Dummies
Crystal Reports 2008 for Dummies
PDF | 411 Pages | 14.3 MB
A report is only useful if those who receive it understand what it
means. Knowing how to use Crystal Reports gives you the edge in
producing reports from your database that really are crystal clear.
Crystal Reports 2008 For Dummies is a quick and easy guide to get you going with the latest version of this bestselling report-writing
software. In fact, it?s so popular that previous editions have made it a bestseller too. Crystal Reports 2008 For Dummies gives you just what you should know to produce the reports you?ll need most often, including how to:
- Pull specific information from your database, sort and group it, and
find the details you need
- Use dynamic or cascading prompts
- Troubleshoot and print reports and save time with templates
- View reports on your LAN
- Write formulas to retrieve specific information
- Create and update OLAP reports
- Format reports, control page breaks, and even add graphics or Flash files
- Enhance your reports with charts and maps
- Use Crystal Reports in the enterprise There?s also a companion Web site with sample reports from the book and links to sites with more related information. With Crystal Reports 2008 For Dummies by your side, you?ll soon be able to create reports from simple to spectacular, whenever the need arises.
Regular expressions - Pocket Reference
Regular expressions - Pocket Reference
PDF | 128 Pages | 0.97 MB
This book starts with a general introduction to regular
expressions. The first section describes and defines the
constructs used in regular expressions, and establishes the
common principles of pattern matching. The remaining sections
of the book are devoted to the syntax, features, and
usage of regular expressions in various implementations.
The implementations covered in this book are Perl, Java™,
.NET and C#, Ruby, Python, PCRE, PHP, Apache web
server, vi editor, JavaScript, and shell tools.
Regular expressions are a language used for parsing and
manipulating text. They are often used to perform complex
search-and-replace operations, and to validate that text data
is well-formed.
Today, regular expressions are included in most programming
languages, as well as in many scripting languages,
editors, applications, databases, and command-line tools.
This book aims to give quick access to the syntax and
pattern-matching operations of the most popular of these
languages so that you can apply your regular-expression
knowledge in any environment.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Teach Yourself Visually Microsoft Office Access 2007
Teach Yourself Visually Microsoft Office Access 2007
PDF | 321 Pages | 74.2 MB
Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something - and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up, and you will find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 170 Access 2007 tasks. Each task-based spread includes easy, visual directions for performing necessary operations,
including:
* Navigating the new interface
* Using templates to create databases
* Entering and editing data
* Working with tables and fields
* Creating simple or summary queries
* Linking to Excel® worksheets
* Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
* Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
* Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
* Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules
Excel 2007 for Scientists and Engineers
Excel 2007 for Scientists and Engineers
PDF | 275 Pages | 16.3 MB
With examples from the world of science and engineering, this reference teaches scientists how to create graphs, analyze statistics and regressions, and plot and organize scientific data. Physicists and engineers can learn the tips and techniques of Excel—and tailor them specifically to their experiments, designs, and research.
They will learn when to use NORMDIST vs NORMSDist and CONFIDENCE vs Z, how to keep data-validation lists on a hidden worksheet, use pivot tables to chart frequency distribution, generate random samples with various characteristics, and much more. Ideal for students and professionals alike, this handbook will enable greater productivity and efficiency.
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Outlook 2007
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Outlook 2007
PDF | 322 Pages | 76.7 MB
Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something - and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you’ll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 140 Outlook 2007 tasks. Each task-based spread includes easy, visual directions for performing necessary operations, including:
Entering and using contacts
Setting up and sorting e-mail
Forwarding to your mobile device
Subscribing to an RSS feed
Publishing calendars to the Web
Tracking your tasks and to-dos
Helful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
PDF |322 Pages | 77.3 MB
Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something — and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you’ll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 160 PowerPoint 2007 tasks. Each task-based spread includes easy, visual directions for performing necessary operations,
including:
* Working with Ribbon groups
* Managing outlines and format
* Applying designs and themes
* Adding animation and hyperlinks
* Using slide masters and graphics
* Recording narration
* Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
* Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
* Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
* Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules
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