Real World Web Services

The core idea behind Real World Web Services is simple: after years of hype, what are the major players really doing with web services? Standard bodies may wrangle and platform vendors may preach, but at the end of the day what are the technologies that a...

 Real World Adobe Illustrator 10

Entertaining, up-to-date, and comprehensive, Real World Adobe Illustrator 10 is the definitive, everything-you-need-to-know guide to the world's leading vector-based illustration program. Go under the hood of Illustrator 10 with veteran author Deke McClel...

 Real World Adobe Illustrator CS2 Industrial-Strength Porduction Techiques

How do you define a serious Illustrator user? How about one who uses Illustrator to produce robust and professional-looking vector graphics but also needs the program to be flexible and efficient in workflow and production cycles. If this describes you o...

 Biodiversity of Malaria in the World Biodiversité du paludisme dans le monde - English version, completely updated

One million dead a year, 500 million with the disease, 2.5 billion people at risk: this is the malaria balance sheet in 2007. The distribution and seriousness of the disease depend on the pathogens and vectors involved, as well as environmental conditions...

 The Endless City An authoritative and visually rich survey of the contemporary city

At the turn of the twenty-first century, the world is faced with an unprecedented challenge. It must address a fundamental shift in the world's population towards the cities, and away from mankind's rural roots. Today, for the first time in history, more ...

 Cool restaurants - Top of the world

Cool restaurants - Top of the world est un ouvrage unique, richement illustré, répertoriant 102 restaurants, bars et lounges contemporains répartis à travers toute la planète. Des concepts exclusifs, un art maîtrisé de la haute cuisine, un design ...

 Home Studio Ignite!

Get ready to explore the world of desktop music sequencing with Home Studio™ Ignite! This easy-to-follow guide provides beginners with step-by-step, illustrated instructions for common tasks, and serves as a unique reference for new tools in Hom...

  Mapping Our World GIS Lessons for Educators - ArcGIS Desktop Edition

Deepen your students' understanding of the world with qeoqraphic information system software. Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators, ArcGIS Desktop Edition is the complete resource for any teacher seeking to bring geographic information system...

 Between Human and Machine Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics

Today, we associate the relationship between feedback, control, and computing with Norbert Wiener's 1948 formulation of cybernetics. But the theoretical and practical foundations for cybernetics, control engineering, and digital computing were laid earlie...

 The World's Banker A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

REVIEWS: 'surprisingly engaging...It manages to be a book about economic development and a page-turner - no mean feat'. Stephanie Flanders - The Sunday Telegraph Looking at the role of the World Bank in its relief work as well as the controversies ...

 Shuffle up and deal - Que la partie commence ! The Ultimate No-Limit Texas Hold'Em Guide

Pénétrez dans les arcanes du World Poker Tour grâce à Mike Sexton ! Où que vous soyez, Shuffle up and Deal (Que la partie commence !) de la collection World Poker Tour vous plonge dans les secrets du poker. Ce livre drôle et passionnant vous ...

 Behind deep blue Building the computer that defeated the world chess champion

On May 11,1997, as millions worldwide watched a stunning victory unfold on television, a machine shocked the chess world by defeating the defending world champion, Garry Kasparov. Written by the man who started the adventure, Behind Deep Blue reveals wha...

 Global Project Management Handbook

Case histories from around the world provide lessons on the international application of project management Also includes, 16 completely new chapters including ones on the rebuilding of Iraq, project management in outsourcing initiatives, and developin...

 Designing World Class Corporate Strategies Values Creating Roles for Corporate Centres

Multi-business groups are under attack. In the major developed markets of the world, not only is the truly diversified conglomerate seen as a dinosaur from a bygone corporate era, but also the corporate centres of very many other large corporations ar...

 Java

The world's leading programming author offers comprehensive coverage of the new Java release The definitive guide to Java has been fully expanded to cover every aspect of Java SE 6, the latest version of the world's most popular Web programming languag...

 L'univers secret de World of Warcraft Créez vos propres add-ons - Ecrivez des macros

Préparez-vous à la victoire ! Vous allez enfin conquérir l'univers de World of Warcraft ! Grâce aux nombreux add-ons et aux fonctions de personnalisation, la victoire est à votre portée. Deux auteurs d'add-ons parmi les meilleurs vous livrent...

 World Trade Center

Le 11 septembre 2001, les tours jumelles se sont écroulées devant les regards incrédules et terrifiés des téléspectateurs du monde entier, ensevelissant sous des tonnes de décombres des milliers de vies innocentes et, par là même, le concept de vie civile...

 World Class Reliability Using Multiple Environment Overstress Tests to Make it Happen

Making sure your product's straight-from-the-line quality lasts in the field. Six Sigma has been a giant in the quality movement but has been a pygmy in improving field reliability, i.e., reducing failure rates for customers. Traditional reliability ...

 Wolves Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation

Wolves are some of the world's most charismatic and controversial animals, capturing the imaginations of their friends and foes alike. Highly intelligent and adaptable, they hunt and play together in close-knit packs, sometimes roaming over hundreds of sq...

 Back World - Niveau 1

Les joueurs connectés online en sont convaincus : on vit dans Back World plus intensément que dans notre réalité étriquée ! Et Terry Hackman le sait mieux que quiconque, lui qui peut, sans laisser de traces, s'introduire illégalement dans n'impo...

 The Box How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic stor...

 Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid Eradicating Poverty through Profits

The world's most exciting, fastest-growing new market? It's where you least expect it: at the bottom of the pyramid. Collectively, the world's billions of poor people have immense entrepreneurial capabilities and buying power. You can learn how to serve t...

 The Mind of the Customer How the World's Leading Sales Force Accelerate Their Customers' Success

Let the world's best sales forces show you a new way of selling that redefines success. Today's competitive edge today belongs to the salespeople who deeply understand their customers' businesses and who accelerate the rate at which their customers realiz...

 Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

Every business professional faces challenges in managing their time to be as efficient and productive as possible. Information management has become an important everyday task in helping manage these challenges successfully, and Microsoft Outlook is the g...

 Just for fun The story of an accidental revolutionary

In this witty and engrossing narrative, Linus Torvalds, the brilliant mastermind behind the latest Internet revolution, chronicles his transformation from pale, skinny Helsinki college kid to international folk hero. What began as a childhood hobby soon b...

 Economics

he Seventh Edition of Economics maintains the hallmarks of the Boyes/Melvin series--accessible writing, strong pedagogy, and integration of global economic issues--with the revision focused on faithfully representing the latest thinking of economists on i...

 Encyclopedia of Networking

Get the most complete, accurate, and up-to-date networking information available. Get the single resource that defines—and illustrates—the rapidly evolving world of networking. The second edition of the award-winning MICROSOFT® ENCYCLOPEDIA OF...

 Crossing the Chasm Marketing and Selling Technology Products to Mainstream Customers

In Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey Moore, the world's leading high-tech and communications guru, throws out old marketing ideas to clear space for the special realities of the high-tech market. Based on a revolutionary new model and filled with practical ins...

  The Real-World Network Troubleshooting Manual Tools, Techniques, and Scenarios

Troubleshooting can account for up to 90 percent of a network administrator's job, so effective troubleshooting skills will help administrators respond quickly in a crisis situation, and keep their networks running smoothly. It can be a quantum leap from ...

 Linux in a Windows World

Linux's unparalleled functionality and adaptability have made it the main alternative to Unix and Microsoft Windows operating systems. And with good reason. System administrators realize that this robust alternative can greatly improve their operating sys...

  Second Life The Official Guide

Second Life: The Official Guide is the perfect book for anyone interested in Linden Lab s fascinating Second Life metaverse. This book explores in detail every aspect of Second Life s rich and multilayered virtual world, explains how it works, and offers ...

 User Friendly The comic strip

User Friendly tells the story of Columbia Internet, "the friendliest, hardest-working, and most neurotic little Internet Service Provider in the world." Take three techs, two salespeople, a designer, two executives, a couple of administrative staff, mix i...

 Information Architecture for the World Wide Web Designing Large-Scale Web Sites - Includes Tagging and Advanced Findability Concepts

The post-Ajaxian Web 2.0 world of wikis, folksonomies, and mashups makes well-planned information architecture even more essential. How do you present large volumes of information to people who need to find what they're looking for quickly? This classic p...

 A Guide to MySQL

The MySQL database has become the world's most popular open source database because of its consistent fast performance, high reliability, and ease of use. That's why best-selling authors Phil Pratt and Mary Last are pleased to introduce their latest datab...

 World of Warcraft Guide stratégique officiel

Le guide stratégique officiel de World of Warcraft ! Un livre remis à jour, avec un décryptage de toutes les nouvelles quêtes, armes, personnages et tactiques utiles pour survivre dans le monde de Warcraft. World of Warcraft est le jeu en lig...

 The Art of World of Warcraft

The World of Warcraft is more than just a game, it's a work of art -- and you can enjoy these unique creations outside of the game with The Art of World of Warcraft. This beautiful hardbound book contains sketches, concepts, and final colored art for the ...

 High Performance SQL Server DBA Tuning & Optimization Secrets - Includes SQL Server 2005

If you're a SQL Server DBA who wants to get proactive and organized with performance monitoring and tuning, then you've come to the right place. Written by one of the world's top DBAs and SQL Server internals experts, Robin Schumacher offers real-world...

 Modern Industrial Automation Software Design Principles and Real-World Examples

The main subjects in this book relate to software development using cutting-edge technologies for real-world industrial automation applications A hands-on approach to applying a wide variety of emerging technologies to modern industrial practice proble...

 Blog Design Solutions

Blogging has moved rapidly from being a craze to become a core feature of the Internet-from individuals sharing their thoughts with the world via online diaries, through fans talking about their favorite sports teams or music, right up to serious business...

 The Apple Way 12 Management Lessons from the World's Most Innovative Compagny

Most hardware and software companies experience cycles of success and failure, that pattern is certainly not a compelling publishing topic. When you add in the name of Apple Computer, the picture changes from ho-hum to humdinger though. Right now, Appl...