“…With photos, music, movies, e-mail, and more than 150,000 apps, the iPad will help you organize, explore, and maximize your digital world. …”

“…You need not be an expert in distributed systems or technologies in order to deliver solutions capable of great scale. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Basics -- Understanding the Work Area -- Opening and Closing Files -- Saving Files -- Selecting Tools -- Using the Options Bar -- Working with Panels -- Using the Zoom Tool -- Moving Around in an Image -- Using Multitouch Gestures -- Accessing Photoshop.com -- Chapter 2 The Organizer -- Importing Images -- Understanding the Organizer Work Area -- Working in the Photo Browser -- Displaying and Changing Information for Your Photos -- Creating Keyword Tags -- Using Keyword Tags to Sort and Identify Photos -- Auto-Analyzing Photos -- Using Face Recognition -- Using Categories to Organize Tagged Photos -- Using Albums to Arrange and Group Photos -- Using Smart Albums -- Reviewing Photos Full Screen -- Finding Photos -- Using Stacks to Organize Similar Photos -- Using the Map -- Using Catalogs to Store Your Photos -- Backing Up Photos Online -- Synchronizing Photos with Photoshop.com -- Chapter 3 Creating and Managing Images -- Understanding Resolution and Image Size -- Creating a New Image -- Changing Image Size and Resolution -- Getting Information about Your Image -- Arranging Windows -- Arranging Multiple Views -- Using Rulers -- Setting Up the Grid -- Chapter 4 Quick Fix Edits -- Making Quick Fix Edits -- Making Touch Up Edits -- Chapter 5 Making Selections -- About the Selection Tools -- Using the Marquee Tools -- Selecting Areas Using the Lasso Tools -- Making Selections by Color -- Using the Selection Brush Tool -- Adjusting Selections -- Softening the Edges of a Selection -- Modifying Selection Borders -- Chapter 6 Fixing and Retouching Photos -- Cropping an Image -- Straightening a Crooked Photo -- Repairing Flaws and Imperfections -- Applying Patterns -- Sharpening Image Detail -- Enhancing Image Detail -- Blending with the Smudge Tool -- Using the Tonal Adjustment Tools…”

“…." -- Marcus Buckingham, New York Times bestselling author, researcher, motivational speaker, and business consultant "SOAR Selling is essential for any professional organization committed to sales excellence that delivers a superior customer experience." -- Mel Parker, Vice President and General Manager North America, Dell Consumer "SOAR's integrity and efficacy not only help overcome cold-call-phobia; SOAR turns anyone who's motivated to sell into a cold-call-master. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction to Java -- Object-oriented concepts -- Additional features of programming ad Java -- Analysis of algorithms -- The Java collections framework -- Recursion -- Array-based lists -- Linked lists -- Stacks and queues -- Binary trees -- Binary search trees -- Sorting -- Tree maps and tree sets -- Priority queues -- Hashing -- Graphs, trees and networks -- Additional features of the Java collections framework -- Mathematical background -- Choosing a data structure…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Learning to Live and See in a Black-and-White World -- Approaching the Shot -- Once I'm Committed: My Thought Process -- My Standard Camera Settings -- Postprocessing for Black and White -- My Kit -- Break the Rules and Have Fun -- Chapter 7 Assignments -- CHAPTER 8: SPORTS AND COMPOSITION -- A Totally Different Animal -- Poring Over the Picture -- Poring Over the Picture -- Learning to Handle the Complexities of Sports Photography -- Dealing with Speed -- The Two Most Important Questions -- Learning Lessons from Your Mistakes -- Chapter 8 Assignments -- CHAPTER 9: BEYOND THE RULE OF THIRDS -- A Brief History, Some Psychology, and Positive and Negative Space -- Poring Over the Picture -- Poring Over the Picture -- Where Did Composition Originate? -- Good Composition Is in Our DNA! -- Deconstruction and Psychology of a Composition -- Positive and Negative Space -- Thoughts on Cropping and Printing -- Chapter 9 Assignments -- CHAPTER 10: THE COMPOSITIONAL DANCE -- Poring Over the Picture -- Poring Over the Picture -- The Dance -- Work the Scene -- Change Your Vantage Point -- Be in the Moment -- Choices and Limitations -- Have Patience -- Review Your Work -- Follow the Magic -- Experience Leads to Intuition -- Chapter 10 Assignments -- INDEX…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Basics -- Understanding the Work Area -- Opening and Closing Files -- Saving Files -- Selecting Tools -- Using the Options Bar -- Working with Panels -- Using the Zoom Tool -- Moving Around in an Image -- Using Multitouch Gestures -- Accessing Photoshop.com -- Chapter 2 The Organizer -- Importing Images -- Understanding the Organizer Work Area -- Working in the Photo Browser -- Displaying and Changing Information for Your Photos -- Creating Keyword Tags -- Using Keyword Tags to Sort and Identify Photos -- Auto-Analyzing Photos -- Using Face Recognition -- Using Categories to Organize Tagged Photos -- Using Albums to Arrange and Group Photos -- Using Smart Albums -- Reviewing Photos Full Screen -- Finding Photos -- Using Stacks to Organize Similar Photos -- Using Catalogs to Store Your Photos -- Backing Up Photos Online -- Synchronizing Photos with Photoshop.com -- Chapter 3 Creating and Managing Images -- Understanding Resolution and Image Size -- Creating a New Image -- Changing Image Size and Resolution -- Getting Information about Your Image -- Arranging Windows -- Arranging Multiple Views -- Using Rulers -- Setting Up the Grid -- Chapter 4 Quick Fix Edits -- Making Quick Fix Edits -- Making Touch Up Edits -- Chapter 5 Making Selections -- About the Selection Tools -- Using the Marquee Tools -- Selecting Areas Using the Lasso Tools -- Making Selections by Color -- Using the Selection Brush Tool -- Adjusting Selections -- Softening the Edges of a Selection -- Modifying Selection Borders -- Chapter 6 Fixing and Retouching Photos -- Cropping an Image -- Straightening a Crooked Photo -- Repairing Flaws and Imperfections -- Applying Patterns -- Sharpening Image Detail -- Enhancing Image Detail -- Blending with the Smudge Tool -- Using the Tonal Adjustment Tools…”

“…The author analyzes narrative via an original categorization of story forms in games. He also discusses video games as works of science fiction, including their characteristic themes and the links between them and other forms of science fiction. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- 1 Create &amp -- Save Files Launching Illustrator -- Creating a new document -- Using templates -- Adding artboards to a document -- Deleting artboards -- Modifying artboards -- Aligning and rearranging artboards -- Choosing artboard options -- Saving a document in the Adobe Illustrator (ai) format -- Ending a work session -- 2 Manage Color Introduction to color management -- Choosing color settings for Illustrator -- Synchronizing the color settings -- Changing the document profile -- Proofing a document onscreen -- 3 Workspaces Features of the Illustrator workspace -- Using tabbed document windows -- Arranging document windows -- Changing the zoom level -- Fitting an artboard in the document window -- Moving an area of a document into view -- Changing the screen mode -- Switching document views -- Creating custom views -- Configuring the panel groups and docks -- Choosing and saving workspaces -- 4 Panels The Illustrator panel icons -- The Tools panel -- The Control panel -- The other essential panels illustrated -- 5 Bridge Opening files from Illustrator -- Launching Adobe Bridge -- Features of the Bridge window -- Choosing a workspace for Bridge -- Previewing graphics in Bridge -- Openingfiles from Bridge -- Customizing the Bridge workspace -- Saving custom workspaces -- Resetting the Bridge workspace -- Using thumbnail stacks -- Searching for files -- Creating and using collections -- Rating and labeling thumbnails -- Choose a sorting order -- Filtering the display of thumbnails -- Assigning keywords to files -- Exporting the Bridge cache -- Managing files using Bridge -- 6 Geometric Objects Selecting and deleting objects -- Creating rectangles and ellipses -- Creating polygons -- Creating stars -- Creating line segments -- Creating spirals -- Creating pixel-perfect artwork for the Web…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Financial Return and Risk Concepts -- Part 3: Financial Management -- Chapter 13. Business Organization and Financial Data -- Chapter 14. Financial Analysis and Long-term Financial Planning -- Chapter 15. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…III: Android User Interface Design Essentials -- 7 Exploring User Interface Screen Elements -- Introducing Android Views and Layouts -- Displaying Text to Users with TextView -- Retrieving Data from Users -- Using Buttons, Check Boxes, and Radio Groups -- Getting Dates and Times from Users -- Using Indicators to Display Data to Users -- Adjusting Progress with SeekBar -- Providing Users with Options and Context Menus -- Handling User Events -- Working with Dialogs -- Working with Styles -- Working with Themes -- Summary -- 8 Designing User Interfaces with Layouts -- Creating User Interfaces in Android -- Organizing Your User Interface -- Using Built-In Layout Classes -- Using Built-In View Container Classes -- Summary -- 9 Drawing and Working with Animation -- Drawing on the Screen -- Working with Text -- Working with Bitmaps -- Working with Shapes -- Working with Animation -- Summary -- IV: Using Common Android APIs -- 10 Using Android Data and Storage APIs -- Working with Application Preferences -- Working with Files and Directories -- Storing Structured Data Using SQLite Databases -- Summary -- References and More Information -- 11 Sharing Data Between Applications with Content Providers -- Exploring Android's Content Providers -- Modifying Content Providers Data -- Enhancing Applications Using Content Providers -- Acting as a Content Provider -- Working with Live Folders -- Summary -- References and More Information -- 12 Using Android Networking APIs -- Understanding Mobile Networking Fundamentals -- Accessing the Internet (HTTP) -- Summary -- References and More Information -- 13 Using Android Web APIs -- Browsing the Web with WebView -- Building Web Extensions Using WebKit -- Working with Flash -- Summary -- References and More Information -- 14 Using Location-Based Services (LBS) APIs -- Using Global Positioning Services (GPS)…”

“…Project Management in Practice, 4th Edition focuses on the technical aspects of project management that are directly related to practice. This textbook is organised around the project management life cycle and it provides students with essential project management concepts, with a focus on PMBOK, the Project Management Body of Knowledge. …”

“…Lander has written the perfect tutorial for anyone new to statistical programming and modeling. Organized to make learning easy and intuitive, this guide focuses on the 20 percent of R functionality you’ll need to accomplish 80 percent of modern data tasks. …”

“…And while anyone can learn the UX remedies usability testing, personas, prototyping and so on unless your organization 'gets it', putting them into practice is trickier. …”

“…Which parts of my organization will UbiComp change most? What UbiComp solutions should we consider for our internal business processes? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Chapter 4 In All Honesty, This Is Really Just a Starting Point -- Chapter 5 And That's How You Do It -- Chapter 6 It's Just That Essential to Success -- Chapter 7 They Set the Stage -- Chapter 8 It's Not Over by Any Stretch of the Imagination -- Appendix 1 My Camera Bag & Gear -- Appendix 2 My Cleaning Kit -- Appendix 3 My D3 Settings -- Appendix 4 My Original Teddy Bear Exercise -- Index…”