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Ruby on Rails® for Microsoft Developers
Author Antonio Cangiano
This definitive guide examines how to take advantage of the new Agile methodologies offered when using Ruby on Rails (RoR). You'll quickly grasp the RoR methodology by focusing on the RoR development from the point of view of the beginner- to intermediate-level Mic....
Release Date 2009/04 -
Games At Work: How to Recognize and Reduce Office Politics
Author Kevin Cashman , Phil Read , Mauricio Goldstein
A terrific read not only for senior leaders and executives but also for employees seeking growth in complex organizations. Goldstein and Read dissect the interpersonal dynamics that affect a company's performance, provide a framework to understand the games that ar....
Release Date 2009/04 -
Op Amps for Everyone, 3rd Edition
Author Bruce Carter
The op amp IC has become the universal analog IC because it can perform all analog tasks. OP AMPS FOR EVERYONE provides the theoretical tools and practical know-how to get the most from these versatile devices. This new edition substantially updates coverage....
Release Date 2009/03 -
Conducting Market Research for International Business
Author S. Tamer Cavusgil , John Riesenberger
This practical guide leads you through all the issues you will face in developing new marketing opportunities in foreign markets. From initiating a project, to sampling and analyzing data, to taking advantage of your knowledge by approaching the market; this book is....
Release Date 2009/03 -
Author Dinesh Kulkarni , Charlie Calvert
“Charlie and Dinesh bring important skills to this project that enable them to show how LINQ works and the practical ways you can use it in your daily development process.”From the Foreword by Anders HejlsbergLINQ is one of Microsoft’s most exciting, powerful new de....
Release Date 2009/03 -
Author Gerry Gaffney , Caroline Jarrett
Forms are everywhere on the web – for registration and communicating, for commerce and government. Good forms make for happier customers, better data, and reduced support costs. Bad forms fill your organization’s databases with inaccuracies and duplicates and can c....
Release Date 2009/03 -
TCP/IP Sockets in C, 2nd Edition
Author Kenneth L. Calvert , Michael J. Donahoo
TCP/IP Sockets in C: Practical Guide for Programmers, Second Edition is a quick and affordable way to gain the knowledge and skills needed to develop sophisticated and powerful web-based applications. The book's focused, tutorial-based approach enables the reader t....
Release Date 2009/03 -
Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it From Happening to You
Author Andrew Campbell , Jo Whitehead , Sydney Finkelstein
Why do smart and experienced leaders make flawed, even catastrophic, decisions? Why do people keep believing they have made the right choice, even with the disastrous result staring them in the face? And how can you be sure you're making the right decision--without....
Release Date 2009/02 -
Microsoft® XNA™ Game Studio 3.0 Unleashed
Author Chad Carter
Using XNA Game Studio 3.0, any programmer can master the art of game development and begin selling games to millions of Xbox 360 users worldwide. Now, there’s a practical, comprehensive guide to game development with Microsoft’s powerful new XNA Game Studio 3.0 and ....
Release Date 2009/02 -
Visual Studio Tools for Office 2007: VSTO for Excel, Word, and Outlook
Author Eric Lippert , Eric Carter
Visual Studio Tools for Office 2007: VSTO for Excel, Word, and Outlook is the definitive book on VSTO 2008 programming, written by the inventors of the technology. VSTO is a set of tools that allows professional developers to use the full power of Microsoft Visual S....
Release Date 2009/02 -
Author Robert R. Carkhuff
This is the ninth edition of The Art of Helping. More than 500,000 copies have been sold over three decades. Literally, millions of people have been trained in helping skills. Many more have been recipients of these skills. The effects upon hundreds of thousand of t....
Release Date 2009/01 -
Author Dan Moughamian , Simon Abrams , Stacy Cates
The ultimate comprehensive reference to Adobe now updated and revised to cover the CS4 release!As the industry-standard image-editing software for print and digital media, Photoshop has a phenomenally broad reach and, if you’re a user, then you’re anxious to get sta....
Release Date 2009/01 -
Author Rita Kogler Carver
Stagecraft Fundamentals Second Edition tackles every aspect of theatre production with Emmy Award-winning author Rita Kogler Carver's signature witty and engaging voice. The history of stagecraft, safety precautions, lighting, costumes, scenery, career planning tip....
Release Date 2009/01 -
Automating Linux and Unix System Administration, Second Edition
Author Kirk Bauer , Nate Campi
Whether you need a network of ten Linux PCs and a server or a data center with a few thousand UNIX nodes, you need to know how to automate much of the installation, configuration, and standard system administration.Build your network once using cfengine, and the net....
Release Date 2008/12 -
The Best Political Cartoons of the Year, 2009 Edition
Author Brian Fairrington , Daryl Cagle
The Best Political Cartoons of the Year, 2009 EditionThe Best of the Year in Editorial CartoonsAll of the top political cartoonists in the world contributed to this collection of the best cartoons of 2008, from Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index website, ....
Release Date 2008/12 -
Signal Integrity and Radiated Emission of High-Speed Digital Systems
Author Francescaromana Maradei , Spartaco Caniggia
Before putting digital systems for information technology or telecommunication applications on the market, an essential requirement is to perform tests in order to comply with the limits of radiated emission imposed by the standards.This book provides an investigati....
Release Date 2008/12 -
Author Koen De Weggheleire , Koen DeWeggheleire , Marco Casario , David Tucker , Rich Treto
Thoroughly vetted by Adobe's AIR development team, Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook addresses fundamentals, best practices, and topics that web developers and application designers inquire about most. The hands-on recipes in this cookbook help you solve a variety of tasks an....
Release Date 2008/11 -
Silverlight 2 in Action, illustrated edition
Author Chad Campbell , John Stockton
***When you purchase the Print book, you can download a PDF copy from Manning Publications at no additional charge*** Microsoft describes Silverlight as a "cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and r....
Release Date 2008/10 -
ISO27001 / ISO27002 A Pocket Guide
Author Alan Calder
Use ISO27001 to protect your organisation's information assets This helpful, handy ISO27001/ISO27002 pocket guide gives a useful overview of these two important information security standards. Read this pocket guide to learn about: The ISO/IEC 27000Family of Info....
Release Date 2008/10 -
Rails: Up and Running, 2nd Edition
Author Curt Hibbs , Lance Carlson , Bruce Tate
In just a matter of days, you can develop powerful web applications with Rails that once took weeks or months to produce with other web frameworks. If that sounds too good to be true, it isn't. Find out for yourself with Rails: Up and Running, the concise and popul....
Release Date 2008/10 -
Winning Grants: Step by Step, Third Edition
Author Alliance for Nonprofit Management , Tori O'Neal-McElrath , Mim Carlson
In the highly competitive arena of grantseeking, fundraisers need resources in order to win grants and fulfill their organization's mission. This new, thoroughly updated edition of the bestseller offers a guide that any organization can use to secure funding from p....
Release Date 2008/10 -
Photoshop Elements 7 for Windows: Visual Quickstart Guide
Author Jeff Carlson
Photoshop Elements is geared for business users, students, educators, and home users who want professional-looking images for their print and Web projects, but don't want or need the advanced power of Adobe Photoshop. With Photoshop Elements 7 for Windows: Visual Q....
Release Date 2008/10 -
The New Language of Marketing 2.0: How to Use ANGELS to Energize Your Market
Author Sandy Carter
"Marketing has entered a new era of rapid advance. Those unwilling to experiment with new combinations of traditional and internet marketing will be left behind." —Chris Trimble, Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business at Dart....
Release Date 2008/10 -
Leadership from the Inside Out
Author Kevin Cashman
In this 10th anniversary edition, Cashman encourages individuals to strive not for the fiction of "balance," but instead for "resilience mastery." The author expands his coaching model to provide equal emphasis on building awareness, building commitment, and buildin....
Release Date 2008/09 -
Solaris 10 System Administration Exam Prep: (Exam CX-310-200), Part I, Second Edition
Author Bill Calkins
In This Book You’ll Learn How To:Install and configure the Solaris 10 operating environment on SPARC and x86/x64-based platformsSet up, manage, back up, and recover file systemsExecute System Boot and Shutdown Procedures for SPARC and x86/x64-based systemsManage ser....
Release Date 2008/09 -
Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours, Fourth Edition
Author Joe Casad
In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will uncover the inner workings of TCP/IP. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials of TCP/IP from the ground up.Practical discussions pr....
Release Date 2008/09 -
Professional Multicore Programming: Design and Implementation for C++ Developers
Author Tracey Hughes , Cameron Hughes
Professional Multicore Programming: Design and Implementation for C++ Developers presents the basics of multicore programming in a simple, easy-to-understand manner so that you can easily apply the concepts to your everyday projects. Learn the fundamentals of progra....
Release Date 2008/09 -
Professional Microsoft® SharePoint® 2007 Design
Author Coskun Cavusoglu , David Drinkwine , Randy Drisgill , Jacob Sanford
From the planning details to the steps to the considerations, understand how to design the perfect SharePoint implementation by applying the information in Professional SharePoint 2007 Design. Begin with an overview of a installation and move through the technical a....
Release Date 2008/09 -
Author Lawrence Carrel
Praise forETFs For The Long Run"As the title of the book suggests, ETFs are going to be an increasingly important reality for a broad class of investors in coming years. This book offers the reader real understanding of this growing force in our economic lives."—Rob....
Release Date 2008/09 -
Reshaping Your Business with Web 2.0: Using New Social Technologies to Lead Business Transformation
Author Philipp Weckerle , Jean Sini , Billy Cripe , Vince Casarez
Integrate Web 2.0 trends and technologies into the enterprise Written by a team of experts from the Web 2.0 community and Oracle Corporation, this innovative guide provides a blueprint for leveraging the new culture of participation in an enterprise environment.Resh....
Release Date 2008/09