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50 Steps to Business Success: Entrepreneurial Leadership in Manageable Bites - Peter M. Cleveland

2012-09-30T07:58:00.000-07:00

Here is a master plan for leaders who want to know the dynamic, proven techniques any business leader—from the fruit stand owner to the Fortune 500 chairman—must use to build a successful entrepreneurial enterprise. At the heart of this program is a fundamental belief in the continuous work necessary to improve all activities—a constant quest to improve the conduct of business, from mission statements to the simplest of action plans. Each principle, or “bite,” is a business fundamental that every business leader needs to understand and is a proven leadership principle of successful people. Each bite moves the reader one step ahead and combines with other principles that work together to create a building block toward total leadership. Each bite represents a stepping stone toward a sound business practice that, if applied with patience, discipline, consistency, and ethics, will result in success.

Linux Complete Command Reference by John Purcell - LINKS UPDATED

2011-12-12T09:10:00.000-08:00

Linux Complete Command Reference

by John Purcell

Compiled by Red Hat Software, Inc., the company that has assembled the most popular x86 installation of Linux, this command reference is massive, authoritative, and as complete as any reference can be.

In 1,500 pages of tiny print, this heavy-duty tome documents every command, utility, file system, library function, and administration tool in the operating system. Linux also features a detailed kernel reference guide and a good index. And if the print size bothers you, the entire contents of the book are included on the companion CD-ROM, along with the Unix version of the Adobe Acrobat reader. In Acrobat, you can adjust the font size to something more readable. If you're running a Linux system and acting as your own system administrator, Linux: Complete Command Reference is an indispensable reference.

Guide to Linux Certification - John Schitka, Jason W. Eckert

2011-12-12T09:08:00.000-08:00

Guide to Linux Certification

- John Schitka, Jason W. Eckert

This particular study guide is very strong on Linux installation, administration, X-Windows, networking, and most of the major areas where you really need to know what you are doing in order to pass the exam or work with a real world Linux system. On the other hand it is a little weak on the hardware side. While most people, including myself, feel that the book covers hardware sufficiently for learning Linux and using Linux in the real world, it is a Linux+ certification guide and so should cover hardware in the same detail required for the exam. The exam may include questions like showing four different interfaces and asking the test-taker to identify which one is a SCSI3 interface. This is not covered in that level of detail in the book. In my opinion that sort of question belongs on a hardware exam and not in a Linux+ exam, but the fact of the matter is that sort of question is on the exam and so should be covered in any exam preparation book. If this were a guide to learning and using Linux I would not treat this as a problem at all.
When comparing the book to other Linux+ study guides I consider it to be one of the top choices. The other recommended guide (from Sybex) doesn't do any better of a job in dealing with the hardware problem. This is a problem consistent throughout all the study guide books. It does use RedHat and include a copy, which is a positive point. And finally, it has one of the best indexes of all the Linux+ study guides. This can be very important if you don't pass the exam the first time and need to study some specific areas. If you are looking for a keyword that you were unsure about on the exam then you need to be able to look it up. For example, when I took the exam there were some basic questions on Squid and iptables. All you really needed to know was that Squid is a proxy server and iptables is related to firewall services. This is the only book I've reviewed that actually had entries in the index for Squid and iptables. The others had the information but no index entry and so no knowledge of where to look for the information. There is really no excuse for a poor index in any book that seeks to help the reader become certified and this is the one with the best index. If you want to pass the exam on the first try you should add a hardware book like one of the certification guides for the CompTIA A+ hardware exam. "Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification" is a recommended purchase for people new to Linux seeking to learn the system and pass the exam.

Sams Teach Yourself Facebook for Business in 10 Minutes: Covers Facebook Places, Facebook Deals and Facebook Ads (Sams Teach Yourself -- Minutes) - Bud E. Smith

2011-12-12T09:04:00.000-08:00

Sams Teach Yourself Facebook for Business in 10 Minutes: Covers Facebook Places, Facebook Deals and Facebook Ads (Sams Teach Yourself -- Minutes)

- Bud E. Smith

Sams Teach Yourself Facebook® for Business in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through its 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn how to profit from Facebook’s powerful new business tools: Facebook Pages, Places, Deals, Ads, and more! Tips point out shortcuts and solutions; Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls; Notes provide additional information.

10 minutes is all you need to learn how to…

Define your Facebook-centric online business strategy
Plan and create your “business-friendly” personal Facebook page
Create a Facebook Page, also known as a “fan page,” for your business
Build your Wall with customer-focused status updates
Create more effective Info, Photos, and Discussions tabs
Find and install Apps that can help your business
Claim and edit your Facebook Places page, and get customers to “check in”

2011-12-08T05:53:00.000-08:00

Smashing CSS: Professional Techniques for Modern Layout by Eric Meyer - LINKS UPDATED

Smashing CSS: Professional Techniques for Modern Layout

by Eric Meyer

PROFESSIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR MODERN LAYOUT

Smashing CSS takes you well beyond the basics, covering not only the finer points of layout and effects, but introduces you to the future with HTML5 and CSS3. Very few in the industry can show you the ins and outs of CSS like Eric Meyer and inside Smashing CSS Eric provides techniques that are thorough, utterly useful, and universally applicable in the real world. From choosing the right tools, to CSS effects and CSS3 techniques with jQuery, Smashing CSS is the practical guide to building modern web layouts.
With Smashing CSS you will learn how to:

Throw elements offscreen/hide them
Create body/HTML backgrounds in XHTML
Usemore than 15 layout techniques including clearfix, two/three simple columns, faux columns, One True Layout, Holy Grail, em-based layout, fluid grids, sticky footers, and more
Use a variety of CSS effects including CSS popups, boxpunching, rounded corners, CSS sprites, Sliding Doors, Liquid Bleach, ragged floats, and more
Apply CSS table styling including using thead, tfoot, and tbody, row headers, column-oriented styling (classes); styling data tables with jQuery, tables to graphs, tables to maps; and more
Use CSS3 elements including rounded corners, multiple backgrounds, RGBA, using jQuery to do CSS3 selections and so much more.

Eric Meyer is an internationally recognized expert on the subjects of HTML, CSS, and Web standards, and has been working on the Web since 1993. Smashing CSS is for developers who already have some experience with CSS and JavaScript and are ready for more advanced techniques.

Smashing Magazine (smashingmagazine.com) is one of the world's most popular web design sites. True to the Smashing mission, the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers.

Twilight (Twilight, Book 1) - Stephenie Meyer

2011-12-08T05:51:00.000-08:00

Twilight (Twilight, Book 1)

- Stephenie Meyer

"Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. 'Be very still,' he whispered, as if I wasn't already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat."

As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he's a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.
Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward's sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer's writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction.

HTML5 & CSS3 For The Real World - Estelle Weyl, Louis Lazaris, Alexis Goldstein

2011-12-02T09:44:00.000-08:00

HTML5 & CSS3 For The Real World

- Estelle Weyl, Louis Lazaris, Alexis Goldstein

HTML5 and CSS3 for the Real World is ideal for any web designer or developer who wants to start using the latest generation of web technologies in their everyday work.
This book will teach you how to:

understand the new semantic markup available in HTML5
use CSS3 to make sites beautiful without sacrificing clean markup or resorting to complex workarounds
employ native HTML5 video and audio in your pages
use web fonts to enrich a site's typography
make web applications accessible using WAI-ARIA
make the most of the new HTML form elements.

This easy-to-follow guide is illustrated with lots of examples, and leads readers through the process of creating great websites from start to finish using HTML5 and CSS3. It also features:

details on all the new HTML5 and CSS3 elements and features
information on the current level of browser support

You Say More Than You Think: Use the New Body Language to Get What You Want!, the 7-day Plan - Janine Driver, Mariska van Aalst

2011-11-29T09:31:00.000-08:00

You Say More Than You Think: Use the New Body Language to Get What You Want!, the 7-day Plan

- Janine Driver, Mariska van Aalst

Now You’re Talking!

Do you want to be bulletproof at work, secure in your relationship, and content in your own skin? If so, it’s more important than ever to be aware of what your body is saying to the outside world. Unfortunately, most of what you’ve heard from other body language experts is wrong, and, as a result, your actions may be hurting, not helping, you.

With sass and a keen eye, media favorite Janine Driver teaches you the skills she used every day to stay alive during her fifteen years as a body-language expert at the ATF. Janine’s 7-day plan and her 7-second solutions teach you dozens of body language fixes to turn any interpersonal situation to your advantage. She reveals methods here that other experts refuse to share with the public, and she debunks major myths other experts swear are fact:

Giving more eye contact is key when you’re trying to impress someone. Not necessarily true. It’s actually more important where you point your belly button. This small body shift communicates true interest more powerfully than constant eye contact.

The “steeple” hand gesture will give you the upper hand during negotiations and business meetings. Wrong. Driver has seen this overbearing gesture backfire more often than not. Instead, she suggests two new steeples that give you power without making you seem overly aggressive: the Basketball Steeple and the A-OK Two-Fingered Steeple.

Happy people command power and attention by smiling just before they meet new people. Studies have shown that people who do this are viewed as Beta Leaders. Alpha leaders smile once they shake your hand and hear your name.

At a time when every advantage counts—and first impressions matter more than ever—this is the book to help you really get your message across.

Beginning Java 7 - Jeff Friesen

2011-11-29T09:22:00.000-08:00

Beginning Java 7

- Jeff Friesen

Beginning Java 7 guides you through this language and a huge assortment of platform APIs according to the following table of contents:

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Java
Chapter 2: Discovering Classes and Objects
Chapter 3: Exploring Advanced Language Features
Chapter 4: Touring Language APIs
Chapter 5: Collecting Objects
Chapter 6: Touring Additional Utility APIs
Chapter 7: Creating and Enriching Graphical User Interfaces
Chapter 8: Interacting with Filesystems
Chapter 9: Interacting with Networks and Databases
Chapter 10: Parsing, Creating, and Transforming XML Documents
Chapter 11: Working with Web Services
Chapter 12: Java 7 Meets Android
Appendix A: Solutions to Exercises
Appendix B: Scripting API and Dynamically Typed Language Support
Appendix C: Odds and Ends
Appendix D: Applications Gallery

Chapter 1 introduces you to Java and begins to cover the Java language by focusing on fundamental concepts such as comments, identifiers, variables, expressions, and statements.

Chapter 2 continues to explore this language by presenting all of its features for working with classes and objects. You learn about features related to class declaration and object creation, encapsulation, information hiding, inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces, and garbage collection.

Chapter 3 focuses on the more advanced language features related to nested classes, packages, static imports, exceptions, assertions, annotations, generics, and enums. Additional chapters will introduce you to the few features not covered in Chapters 1 through 3.

Chapter 4 largely moves away from covering language features (although it does introduce class literals and strictfp) while focusing on language-oriented APIs. You learn about Math, StrictMath, Package, Primitive Type Wrapper Classes, Reference, Reflection, String, StringBuffer and StringBuilder, Threading, BigDecimal, and BigInteger in this chapter.

Chapter 5 begins to explore Java's utility APIs by focusing largely on the Collections Framework. However, it also discusses legacy collection-oriented APIs and how to create your own collections.

Chapter 6 continues to focus on utility APIs by presenting the concurrency utilities along with the Objects and Random classes.

Chapter 7 moves you away from the command-line user interfaces that appear in previous chapters and toward graphical user interfaces. You first learn about the Abstract Window Toolkit foundation, and then explore the Java Foundation Classes in terms of Swing and Java 2D. Appendix C explores Accessibility and Drag and Drop.

Chapter 8 explores filesystem-oriented I/O in terms of the File, RandomAccessFile, stream, and writer/reader classes. New I/O is covered in Appendix C.

Chapter 9 introduces you to Java's network APIs, such as sockets. It also introduces you to the JDBC API for interacting with databases.

Chapter 10 dives into Java's XML support by first presenting an introduction to XML (including DTDs and schemas). It next explores the SAX, DOM, StAX, XPath, and XSLT APIs. It even briefly touches on the Validation API. While exploring XPath, you encounter namespace contexts, extension functions and function resolvers, and variables and variable resolvers.

Chapter 11 introduces you to Java's support for SOAP-based and RESTful web services. In addition to providing you with the basics of these web service categories, Chapter 11 presents some advanced topics, such as working with the SAAJ API to communicate with a SOAP-based web service without having to rely on JAX-WS. You will appreciate having learned about XML in Chapter 10 before diving into this chapter.

Chapter 12 helps you put to use some of the knowledge you've gathered in previous chapters by showing you how to use Java to write an Android app's source code. This chapter introduces you to Android, discusses its architecture, shows you how to install necessary tools, and develops a simple app.

Appendix A presents the solutions to the programming exercises that appear near the end of Chapters 1 through 12.

Appendix B introduces you to Java's Scripting API along with Java 7's support for dynamically typed languages.

Appendix C introduces you to additional APIs and architecture topics: Accessibility, ByteArrayOutputStream and ByteArrayInputStream, classloaders, Console, Desktop, Drag and Drop, Dynamic Layout, Extension Mechanism and ServiceLoader, File Partition-Space, File Permissions, Formatter, Image I/O, Internationalization, Java Native Interface, NetworkInterface and InterfaceAddress, New I/O (including NIO.2), PipedOutputStream and PipedInputStream, Preferences, Scanner, Security, Smart Card, Splash Screen, Stream Tokenizer, StringTokenizer, SwingWorker, System Tray, Timer and TimerTask, Tools and the Compiler API, Translucent and Shaped Window, and XML Digital Signature.

Appendix D presents a gallery of significant applications that demonstrate various aspects of Java.

Unfortunately, there are limits to how much knowledge can be crammed into a print book. For this reason, Appendixes A, B, C, and D are not included in this book's pages. Instead, these appendixes are freely distributed as PDF files. Appendixes A and B are bundled with the book's associated code file at the Apress website (http://www.apress.com).

Appendixes C and D are bundled with their respective code files on my TutorTutor.ca website at http://tutortutor.ca/cgi-bin/makepage.cgi?/books/bj7. Appendixes C and D are "living documents" in that I'll occasionally add new material to them. For example, I plan to expand Appendix C by also covering Java Naming and Directory Interface, Java Sound, Remote Method Invocation and Corba, Robot, Runtime and Process, Swing Timer, and many other APIs/architecture topics (including a complete tour of Swing components). Of course, it will take time to write about these topics so don't expect all of them to appear at once -- they will slowly emerge in coming months (although smaller topics such as Robot will emerge much faster).

What you’ll learn

The entire Java language, including Java 7-specific features such as switch on string, try-with-resources, final rethrow, multicatch, and SafeVarargs
A huge assortment of Java 7 APIs, beginning with those APIs oriented toward the language itself, and including Java 7-specific APIs such as the Fork/Join Framework, Objects, JLayer, and NIO.2
Various Java 7 tools, starting with the javac compiler and java application launcher
How to create user interfaces, working with web services, and a whole lot more
The basics of getting started with Android app development

Who this book is for

This book targets the following groups of developers:

Newcomers, skilled (to some degree) in other programming languages but with no previous exposure to Java
Intermediate Java developers, skilled in the fundamentals of Java prior to Java 7 and looking to increase their understanding of Java 7 language/API changes
All developers looking beyond standard Java, who want to leverage Java 7 to create mobile apps via Android
Even advanced Java developers may find a few items of interest

21 Income Streams- Multiple Ways to Make Money Online - Joanne Mason

2011-11-28T01:14:00.001-08:00

Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing: A Practical Approach with Examples in Matlab - Chris Solomon, Toby Breckon

2011-11-28T01:13:00.000-08:00

Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing: A Practical Approach with Examples in Matlab

- Chris Solomon, Toby Breckon

This is an introductory to intermediate level text on the science of image processing, which employs the Matlab programming language to illustrate some of the elementary, key concepts in modern image processing and pattern recognition. The approach taken is essentially practical and the book offers a framework within which the concepts can be understood by a series of well chosen examples, exercises and computer experiments, drawing on specific examples from within science, medicine and engineering.
Clearly divided into eleven distinct chapters, the book begins with a fast-start introduction to image processing to enhance the accessibility of later topics. Subsequent chapters offer increasingly advanced discussion of topics involving more challenging concepts, with the final chapter looking at the application of automated image classification (with Matlab examples) .
Matlab is frequently used in the book as a tool for demonstrations, conducting experiments and for solving problems, as it is both ideally suited to this role and is widely available. Prior experience of Matlab is not required and those without access to Matlab can still benefit from the independent presentation of topics and numerous examples.

Data Communications and Networking (McGraw-Hill Forouzan Networking) by Behorouz A. Forouzan - 4th Edition-LINKS UPDATED

2011-11-28T01:12:00.000-08:00

Data Communications and Networking (McGraw-Hill Forouzan Networking) - 4th Edition

As one of the fastest growing technologies in our culture today, data communications and networking presents a unique challenge for instructors. As both the number and types of students are increasing, it is essential to have a textbook that provides coverage of the latest advances, while presenting the material in a way that is accessible to students with little or no background in the field. Using a bottom-up approach, Data Communications and Networking presents this highly technical subject matter without relying on complex formulas by using a strong pedagogical approach supported by more than 700 figures.

Now in its Fourth Edition, this textbook brings the beginning student right to the forefront of the latest advances in the field, while presenting the fundamentals in a clear, straightforward manner. Students will find better coverage, improved figures and better explanations on cutting-edge material. The "bottom-up" approach allows instructors to cover the material in one course, rather than having separate courses on data communications and networking.

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Flash Mobile: Developing Android and iOS Applications (Visualizing the Web) - Matthew David

2011-11-24T06:11:00.001-08:00

Flash Mobile: Developing Android and iOS Applications (Visualizing the Web)

- Matthew David

Build rich media applications for the iOS and Android platforms with this primer to Flash mobile development. You get all of the essentials-from setting up your development environment to publishing your apps to the Google Market Place/Apple iTunes App Store.
Develop elementary applications without coding; then realize the power of ActionScript 3 to add rich complexity to your applications. Step-by-step instruction is combined with practical tutorial lessons to deliver a working understanding of the development stages including:
*Rapid prototyping *Adding interactivity, audio, and video *Employing iOS and Android Interface Calls *Hardware optimization with AIR *Game development; game engines, controlling physics, and 3D *Designing for iPad, Android tablets, and Google TV *Code optimization, testing, and debugging
User interfaces are presented in full color to illustrate their nuances. The companion website, www.visualizetheweb/flashmobile, includes all of the AS3 code, project files, and a blog to keep you up to date with related news and developments.

Mechanical Engineering-Tribology In Machine Design - T. A. Stolarski

2011-11-23T01:27:00.000-08:00

Mechanical Engineering-Tribology In Machine Design
- T. A. Stolarski

"Tribology in Machine Design is strongly recommended for machine designers, and engineers and scientists interested in tribology. It should be in the engineering library of companies producing mechanical equipment."

Applied Mechanics Review

Tribology in Machine Design explains the role of tribology in the design of machine elements. It shows how algorithms developed from the basic principles of tribology can be used in a range of practical applications within mechanical devices and systems.

The computer offers today's designer the possibility of greater stringency of design analysis. Dr Stolarski explains the procedures and techniques that allow this to be exploited to the full. This is a particularly practical and comprehensive reference source book for the practising design engineer and researcher. It will also find an essential place in libraries catering for engineering students on degree courses in universities and polytechnics. The material is grouped according to applications for ease of use and reference.

Subject covered from fundamentals to applied methods
Valuable to both student and professional readers
Cheaper than competing texts

DOWNLOAD LINK: Mechanical Engineering-Tribology In Machine Design - T. A. Stolarski

Computer Organization and Architecture Designing for Performance (8th Edition) - William Stallings

2011-11-23T01:25:00.000-08:00

Computer Organization and Architecture Designing for Performance (8th Edition) - William Stallings

KEY BENEFIT: Learn the fundamentals of processor and computer design from the newest edition of this award winning text.
KEY TOPICS: Introduction; Computer Evolution and Performance; A Top-Level View of Computer Function and Interconnection; Cache Memory; Internal Memory Technology; External Memory; I/O; Operating System Support; Computer Arithmetic; Instruction Sets: Characteristics and Functions; Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes and Formats; CPU Structure and Function; RISCs; Instruction-Level Parallelism and Superscalar Processors; Control Unit Operation; Microprogrammed Control; Parallel Processing; Multicore Architecture. Online Chapters: Number Systems; Digital Logic; Assembly Language, Assemblers, and Compilers; The IA-64 Architecture.
MARKET: Ideal for professionals in computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering.

DOWNLOAD LINK: Computer Organization and Architecture Designing for Performance (8th Edition) - William Stallings

$100 A Day - The eBay Way

2011-11-22T05:59:00.000-08:00

Now You Can Learn How To Make Money Working Part Time, Just A Few Hours A Week!

If you know where to get something reasonably cheaply that you could sell, then you can sell it on eBay - and since you can always get discounts for bulk at wholesale, that's not exactly difficult. Buy a job lot of something in-demand cheaply, sell it on eBay, and you're making money already, with no set-up costs.

Learn how to become an eBay PowerSeller NOW!

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21 Income Streams- Multiple Ways to Make Money Online - Joanne Mason

2011-11-22T05:54:00.000-08:00

21 Income Streams- Multiple Ways to Make Money Online

- Joanne Mason

Joanne Mason has written an ebook tittled 21 Income Streams: Multiple Ways To Make Money Online. This ebook shows 21 profit pulling techniques that are a surefire methods seen first hand and can attest to the money making potential in every single one and its yours for free. Here’s a teaser of whats inside:

- How to Make Money Online with Affiliate Programs
- How to Make Money Online with Blogs
- How to Make Money Online with eBooks
- How to Make Money Online with ebay Referrals
- How to Make Money Online with Your Own Niche Directory
- How to Make Money Online with an Internet Radio Show
- How to Make Money Online Selling Stock Photos
- How to Make Money Online Interviewing Experts
- How to Make Money Online with a Classified Advertising Site
- How to Make Money Online with a Local Real Estate Portal
- How to Make Money Online Creating Your Own Software
- How to Make Money Online with Teleseminars & Webinars
- How to Make Money Online with Residual Income Programs
- How to Make Money Online with Audio eCourses
- How to Make Money Online as a Coach/Consultant
- How to Make Money Online with a Content Site
- How to Make Money Online as a Virtual Assistant
- How to Make Money Online a Local Online Mall
- How to Make Money Online with a Social Networking Site
- How to Make Money Online Providing Helpdesk Support
- How to Make Money Online with Your Own Membership Site
Very informative information for newbies and advanced internet marketers.

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry (EPUB FORMAT) - Jon Ronson

2011-11-21T06:44:00.000-08:00

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry (EPUB FORMAT)

- Jon Ronson

In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them.

The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential psychologist who is convinced that many important CEOs and politicians are, in fact, psychopaths teaches Ronson how to spot these high-flying individuals by looking out for little telltale verbal and nonverbal clues. And so Ronson, armed with his new psychopath-spotting abilities, enters the corridors of power. He spends time with a death-squad leader institutionalized for mortgage fraud in Coxsackie, New York; a legendary CEO whose psychopathy has been speculated about in the press; and a patient in an asylum for the criminally insane who insists he's sane and certainly not a psychopath.

Ronson not only solves the mystery of the hoax but also discovers, disturbingly, that sometimes the personalities at the helm of the madness industry are, with their drives and obsessions, as mad in their own way as those they study. And that relatively ordinary people are, more and more, defined by their maddest edges.

Ubuntu Unleashed 2011 Edition: Covering 10.10 and 11.04 (6th Edition) - LINKS UPDATED

2011-11-20T00:20:00.000-08:00

Ubuntu Unleashed 2011 Edition: Covering 10.10 and 11.04 (6th Edition)

Ubuntu Unleashed 2011 Edition presents advanced coverage of the popular Ubuntu distribution of Linux. Windows users, Mac users, and Linux enthusiasts have been increasingly turning to Ubuntu for a user-friendly and easy-to-use Linux distribution that remains useful to power users.

This book provides detailed information on installing, using, and administering Ubuntu. You will learn how to set up a workstation or a server, details on Ubuntu’s easy-to-use desktop and productivity software, and you will find topics of interest to both casual and serious developers.

Ubuntu Unleashed 2011 Edition includes a range of coverage: From the software you need everyday for productivity and enjoyment, to how to configure your Linux desktop to run smoothly, to advanced topics like systems administration and software development, and much more.

Some books excel at helping beginners take baby steps. There is some beginning material in Ubuntu Unleashed 2011 Edition. However, this book is intended for anyone who wants to move beyond the basics of using Ubuntu into the realm of an intermediate or advanced user.

Install and configure Ubuntu
Get all your system’s devices and peripherals up and running
Configure and customize your graphic user interface
Manage Linux services and users
Secure your machine and your network from intruders
Configure a firewall
Share files with Windows users using Samba
Get productive with office tools
Use multimedia programs
Play games
Set up and run various types of servers
Learn the basics of several programming languages
Learn how to write a software application quickly
Participate in Ubuntu QA testing
Tune your system for maximum performance
Learn to manage and compile the kernel and modules

Ubuntu 10.10 on DVD

DVD includes the full Ubuntu 10.10 distribution for Intel x86 computers as well as the complete OpenOffice.org office suite and hundreds of additional programs and utilities.

Free Upgrade!

Purchase this book anytime in 2011 and receive a free Ubuntu 11.04 Upgrade Kit by mail (U.S. or Canada only) after Ubuntu 11.04 is released.

See inside back cover for details.

Category: Operating Systems/Linux

Covers: Ubuntu 10.10

User Level: Intermediate—Advanced

Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Lion in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself -- Minutes) - Brad Miser

2011-11-20T00:18:00.000-08:00

Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Lion in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself -- Minutes)

- Brad Miser

Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Lion in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical information designed to get you up and running quickly and easily. By working through its 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to know to effectively use Mac OS X Lion. Each compact lesson zeros in on a specific aspect of the Mac operating system explained through concise and informative descriptions along with accurate and easy to follow step-by-step instructions. You’ll quickly become comfortable performing the most important Mac tasks you need–and want–to do everyday!

Tips point out shortcuts and solutions

Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls

Notes provide additional information

10 minutes is all you need to learn how to…

Use Lion’s great desktop tools including Finder windows, Dock, Launchpad, Dashboard, Mission Control, and Spotlight.
Install and manage applications through the Mac App Store and from the desktop.
Personalize Mac OS Lion to suit your preferences, including desktop pictures, sounds, Mission Control’s spaces, Launchpad’s applications, and the Dashboard’s widgets.
Connect your Mac OS X Lion computer to the Internet through a local wired and wireless network.
Install, configure, and use mice, trackpads, and keyboards.
Create and manage your Mac’s user accounts.
Protect your Mac from Internet attacks, data loss, and other potential problems.
Troubleshoot and solve problems through a logical, easy-to-perform approach.
Run Windows applications on your Mac.

Management: A Focus on Leaders - Annie McKee

2011-11-18T22:34:00.000-08:00

Management: A Focus on Leaders

- Annie McKee

Directly addressing the challenges and opportunities in our changing world, Management: A Focus on Leaders shows future managers how to lead in today’s complex, yet exciting, global environment.

50 Steps to Business Success: Entrepreneurial Leadership in Manageable Bites - Peter M. Cleveland

2011-11-18T08:19:00.000-08:00

50 Steps to Business Success: Entrepreneurial Leadership in Manageable Bites

- Peter M. Cleveland

Something Blue - Emily Giffin (EPUB Format)

2011-11-18T01:33:00.001-08:00

Something Blue

- Emily Giffin

From the New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed comes a novel that shows how someone with a ‘perfect life’ can lose it all—and then find everything.

Darcy Rhone thought she had it all figured out: the more beautiful the girl, the more charmed her life. Never mind substance. Never mind playing by the rules. Never mind karma.

But Darcy’s neat, perfect world turns upside down when her best friend, Rachel, the plain-Jane “good girl,” steals her fiancé, while Darcy finds herself completely alone for the first time in her life…with a baby on the way.

Darcy tries to recover, fleeing to her childhood friend living in London and resorting to her tried-and-true methods for getting what she wants. But as she attempts to recreate her glamorous life on a new continent, Darcy finds that her rules no longer apply. It is only then that Darcy can begin her journey toward self-awareness, forgiveness, and motherhood.

Something Blue is a novel about one woman’s surprising discoveries about the true meaning of friendship, love, and happily-ever-after. It’s a novel for anyone who has ever, even secretly, wondered if the last thing you want is really the one thing you need.

Professional C++, 2nd Edition - Marc Gregoire, Nicholas A. Solter, Scott J. Kleper (EPUB FORMAT)

2011-11-16T06:30:00.001-08:00

Professional C++, 2nd Edition (EPUB FORMAT)

- Marc Gregoire, Nicholas A. Solter, Scott J. Kleper

Although C++ is often the language of choice from game programming to major commercial software applications, it is also one of the most difficult to master. With this no-nonsense book, you will learn to conquer the latest release of C++. The author deciphers little-known features of C++, shares detailed code examples that you can then plug into your own code, and reveals the significant changes to C++ that accompany the latest release. You'll discover how to design and build applications that solve real-world problems and then implement the solution using the full capabilities of the language.
Appeals to experienced developers who are looking for a higher level of learning

Drills down the extensive changes to the latest C++ standard, C++11, including enhancements made to run-time performance, standard library, language usability, and core language
Zeroes in on explaining the more poorly understood elements of the C++ feature set and addresses common pitfalls to avoid
Includes case studies that feature extensive, working code that has been tested on Windows and Linux platforms
Intertwines text with useful tips, tricks, and workarounds

Packed with best practices for programming, testing, and debugging applications, this book is vital for taking your C++ skills to the next level.

Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts: Himmler's Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS - Bill Yenne

2011-11-16T06:29:00.000-08:00

Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts: Himmler's Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS

- Bill Yenne

At the heart of the evil of Nazism was Hitler’s “witch doctor,” Heinrich Himmler, and his peculiar and deadly organization with the mundane name Schutzstaffel, literally “protective squadron.” Undoubtedly you know them better as the feared SS, the very essence of Nazism. Their threatening double lightning bolt is perhaps the most dreaded symbol of the Third Reich.

The facts of the SS’s origins are truly stranger than fiction. If you thought Raiders of the Lost Ark was an inspired Hollywood fiction, think again. Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts reveals the hidden “truths” of the SS in full and morbidly fascinating detail.