The Oxford Handbook of Environmental History by Andrew C. Isenberg
2014 | ISBN: 0195324900 | English | 800 pages | PDF | 7 MB
The field of environmental history emerged just decades ago but has established itself as one of the most innovative and important new approaches to history, one that bridges the human and natural world, the humanities and the sciences. With the current trend towards internationalizing history, environmental history is perhaps the quintessential approach to studying subjects outside the nation-state model, with pollution, global warming, and other issues affecting the earth not stopping at national borders. With 25 essays, this Handbook is global in scope and innovative in organization, looking at the field thematically through such categories as climate, disease, oceans, the body, energy, consumerism, and international relations.
Encyclopedia of Language Development by Patricia J. Brooks, Vera Kempe
2014 | ISBN: 1452258767 | English | 784 pages | PDF | 10 MB
The progression from newborn to sophisticated language user in just a few short years is often described as wonderful and miraculous. What are the biological, cognitive, and social underpinnings of this miracle? What major language development milestones occur in infancy? What methodologies do researchers employ in studying this progression? Why do some become adept at multiple languages while others face a lifelong struggle with just one? What accounts for declines in language proficiency, and how might such declines be moderated?
Despite an abundance of textbooks, specialized monographs, and a couple of academic handbooks, there has been no encyclopedic reference work in this area--until now. The Encyclopedia of Language Development covers the breadth of theory and research on language development from birth through adulthood, as well as their practical application.
Making IT Lean: Applying Lean Practices to the Work of IT by Howard Williams, Rebecca Duray
2012 | ISBN: 1439876029 | English | 232 pages | PDF | 2 MB
aking IT Lean: Applying Lean Practices to the Work of IT presents Lean concepts and techniques for improving processes and eliminating waste in IT operations and IT Service Management, in a manner that is easy to understand. The authors provide a context for discussing several areas of application within this domain, allowing you to quickly gain insight into IT processes and Lean principles.
Addressing Techniques of Liquid Crystal Displays (Wiley Series in Display Technology) by Temkar N. Ruckmongathan
2014 | ISBN: 1119940451 | English | 352 pages | PDF | 20 MB
Unique reference source that can be used from the beginning to end of a design project to aid choosing an appropriate LCD addressing technique for a given application
This book will be aimed at design engineers who are likely to embed LCD drivers and controllers in many systems including systems on chip. Such designers face the challenge of making the right choice of an addressing technique that will serve them with best performance at minimal cost and complexity. Readers will be able to learn about various methods available for driving matrix LCDs and the comparisons at the end of each chapter will aid readers to make an informed design choice.
Developing the Core (Sport Performance Series) by NSCA -National Strength & Conditioning Association and Jeffrey Willardson
2013 | ISBN: 0736095497 | English | 224 pages | EPUB | 18 MB
Elite-level athletes take great pride in their fitness and physical strength. You can’t help but notice the muscular legs or well-defined arms. However, whether they are known for a powerful golf swing or a hard hockey slap shot , the best athletes all have one thing in common—a strong and well-conditioned core.
The world’s leading organization in the field of sport conditioning, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), brings you the authoritative resource on strengthening the core to maximize sport performance. With contributions by 17 of the top names in sport training, conditioning, and science, Developing the Core features over 50 of the most effective exercises, science-based assessment tools, sport-specific programs, and expert advice for developing a personalized core program.
Basketball, football, soccer, golf, baseball, tennis—no matter what your sort, Developing the Core will place you on the path to success and your strongest midsection ever.
A Concise Public Speaking Handbook (4th Edition) by Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe
2014 | ISBN: 0205897215 | English | 288 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Offers an audience-centered approach to public speaking
A Concise Public Speaking Handbook integrates the steps of preparing and delivering a speech with the ongoing process of considering the audience. The comprehensive coverage of key public speaking topics and skills makes this title an ideal core text for public speaking courses and its low cost makes it affordable as a supplement for any course or setting that requires public speaking.
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The Complete Leader: Everything You Need to Become a High-Performing Leader by Ron Price, Randy Lisk
2014 | ISBN: 1612060838 | English | 320 pages | EPUB | 1 MB
You have the formal education, the experience and maybe even the title. Yet, you crave additional development of your leadership skills--not just another business book or workshop, but something practical, actionable and real-world. The Complete Leader is for you.
Executive coaches Randy Lisk and Ron Price combine experiences and tools gleaned from decades working with leaders from Fortune 100 companies to small businesses to present twenty-five modules in The Complete Leader. Each skill is organized around the four qualities necessary to leadership excellence.
Presented in a way that is both customizable and scalable, each leadership competency utilizes practical tools for defining, practicing and becoming the greatest version of yourself. The companion site, TheCompleteLeader.org, includes individual assessments and furthers the ideas presented in each section, offering additional methods to deepen practice and learning. This combination of book, assessments and website round out a robust program designed for today s established executives and tomorrow's emerging leaders.
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Forensic Science: From the Crime Scene to the Crime Lab (2nd Edition) by Richard Saferstein
2013 | ISBN: 0131391879 | English | 576 pages | PDF | 36 MB
Forensic Science: From the Crime Scene to the Crime Lab, Second Edition, is designed to present forensic science in a straightforward and student-friendly format. Ideal for students with limited background in the sciences, topics are arranged to integrate scientific methodology with actual forensic applications. Discussions are focused on explaining state-of-the-art technology without delving into extraneous theories that may bore or overwhelm non-science students. Only the most relevant scientific and technological concepts are presented, keeping students focused on the practical knowledge they’ll need in the field.
Smart Cookie: Transform Store-Bought Cookies Into Amazing Treats by Christi Johnstone
2014 | ISBN: 0762452528 | English | 292 pages | PDF | 3 MB
It’s fun to bake, but it’s really fun to decorate!
Leave the baking to the experts and enjoy the really fun part of cookies—decorating! Using common store-bought ingredients like cookies, candy, graham crackers, icing, sprinkles, nuts, and more, this clever cookie book shows you how to create fifty visually appealing treats in less time than it takes to make a batch of cupcakes.
Smart Cookie shows you how to enjoy all the creativity of decorating by taking store-bought ingredients and assembling them into cute creations like ice cream cones, donuts, babies’ rattles, birthday hats, gumball machines, and more. Also included is information on ingredients, techniques and equipment, packaging and display, and one hundred full-color photos throughout.
Made With Love: The Meals On Wheels Family Cookbook by Enid Borden
2012 | ISBN: 1936661985 | English | 288 pages | EPUB | 10 MB
Celebrating the importance of family, Made With Love: The Meals On Wheels Family Cookbook includes recipes from the tables of well-known actors, chefs, writers, and other celebrities along with personal stories about their favorite family meals. Learn to cook:
• Patti LaBelle’s Baja Fish Tacos
• Cokie Roberts’ Artichoke Gratin
• Al Roker’s New Orleans–Style Barbecued Shrimp
• Judi Dench’s Bread and Butter Pudding
Other contributors include Helen Mirren, Martha Stewart, former First Lady Barbara Bush, Mario Batali, Paula Deen, Joan Lunden, Kurt Warner, Dr. Maya Angelou, Joan Rivers, and many more.
Providing more than a million meals a day for seniors across America, Meals On Wheels Association of America is the oldest and largest national organization of its kind. Each sale of Made With Love: The Meals On Wheels Family Cookbook helps to end senior hunger in America.
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Investing in Frontier Markets: Opportunity, Risk and Role in an Investment Portfolio by Gavin Graham, Al Emid, David Feather
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1118556321 | 256 pages | EPUB | 3,5 MB
The only comprehensive guide to reaping big returns investing in the hottest new growth markets
This book makes a compelling case that, just as today's well-rounded portfolio includes emerging market funds, tomorrow's well-rounded portfolio will include frontier market funds. More importantly, it alerts you to the vast opportunities and potential pitfalls of investing in frontier markets while providing expert advice and guidance on how to research and invest in the most promising frontier growth markets. Widely considered to be the next emerging markets, frontier markets, such as those of certain sub-Saharan African, Eastern European, Asian, and Central and South American countries, are showing strong signs of reaching economic critical mass. If you are an investor on the lookout for authoritative, actionable information on the next big investment opportunity, this book is for you.
Provides sector-by-sector analyses that let you assess opportunities and risks in each frontier market
Provides strategies and tools for determining the most efficient methods for executing, monitoring, and exiting investments
Guides you through the wide diversity within frontier markets, showing how to differentiate countries on the basis of economic development and wealth distribution and other factors
NAC OSCE: A Comprehensive Review By Canadaprep
English | 2011 | 182 Pages | ISBN: 146646416X | PDF | 27 MB
NAC OSCE - A Comprehensive Review is a detailed study guide for the Canadian NAC OSCE. This book contains therapeutic guidelines with drug dosages, clinical case scenarios and clinical examinations. The book can be used as a framework, complementing your clinical and therapeutic knowledge as you prepare for the NAC OSCE.
Book highlights :
- Contains management and therapeutic guidelines of over 200 common medical conditions.
- More than 80 Clinical Cases and Examinations most likely to be on the NAC OSCE.
- Easy to remember text boxes containing mnemonics, drug dosages and side effects.
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Music Therapy Methods in Neurorehabilitation: A Clinician's Manual By Felicity Baker, Barbara L. Wheeler, Jeanette Tamplin, Jeanette Kennelly
English | 2006 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 1843104121 | PDF | 66 MB
The value of music therapy in neurological rehabilitation is increasingly recognised and this practical manual provides comprehensive guidance for clinicians on the application of music therapy methods in neurorehabilitation. Felicity Baker and Jeanette Tamplin combine research findings with their own clinical experience and present step-by-step instructions and guidelines on how to implement music therapy techniques for a range of therapeutic needs. Photographs clearly illustrate interventions for physical rehabilitation, for example through the use of musical instruments to encourage targeted movement. The chapter on cognitive rehabilitation includes resources and lists suitable songs for use in immediate memory or abstract thinking tasks, among others. In her chapter on paediatric patients, Jeanette Kennelly demonstrates how procedures can be adapted for working clinically with children. A comprehensive list of terminology commonly used in neurological rehabilitation is also included. "Music Therapy Methods in Neurorehabilitation" will prove an invaluable reference book for music therapy clinicians and students. It is also suitable for work with other populations, in particular for work in special education.
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Michael Sheetz, "Computer Forensics: An Essential Guide for Accountants, Lawyers, and Managers"
English | ISBN: 0471789321 | 2007 | 176 pages | PDF | 1 MB
Would your company be prepared in the event of: ∗ Computer–driven espionage ∗ A devastating virus attack ∗ A hacker′s unauthorized access ∗ A breach of data security? As the sophistication of computer technology has grown, so has the rate of computer–related criminal activity. Subsequently, American corporations now lose billions of dollars a year to hacking, identity theft, and other computer attacks. More than ever, businesses and professionals responsible for the critical data of countless customers and employees need to anticipate and safeguard against computer intruders and attacks. The first book to successfully speak to the nontechnical professional in the fields of business and law on the topic of computer crime, Computer Forensics: An Essential Guide for Accountants, Lawyers, and Managers provides valuable advice on the hidden difficulties that can blindside companies and result in damaging costs. Written by industry expert Michael Sheetz, this important book provides readers with an honest look at the computer crimes that can annoy, interrupt––and devastate––a business. Readers are equipped not only with a solid understanding of how computers facilitate fraud and financial crime, but also how computers can be used to investigate, prosecute, and prevent these crimes. If you want to know how to protect your company from computer crimes but have a limited technical background, this book is for you. Get Computer Forensics: An Essential Guide for Accountants, Lawyers, and Managers and get prepared.
Andrey Taranov, "Danish Vocabulary for English Speakers - 3000 Words"
English | ISBN: 1780713231 | 2013 | 108 pages | PDF | 1 MB
T&P BOOKS VOCABULARIES are intended to help you learn, memorize, and review foreign words. The dictionary contains over 3000 commonly used words. Recommended as additional support material to any language course. Meets the needs of beginners and advanced learners of foreign languages. Convenient for daily use, reviewing sessions and self-testing activities. Allows you to assess your current vocabulary. This book can also be used by foreigners to learn English. THIS REVISED EDITION (American English, July 2013) contains 101 topics including: Basic concepts, Numbers, Units of measurement, The most important verbs, Time, Calendar, Day and night, Months, Seasons, Travel, Sightseeing, City, Shopping, Clothing & Accessories, Cosmetics, Telephone, Phone conversation, Foreign languages, Meals, Restaurant, Family members, Human body, Medicine, Furniture, Household appliances, The Earth, Weather, Natural disasters, Fauna, Wild animals, Countries of the world and more ... SPECIAL FEATURES of T&P Books bilingual vocabularies: Words are arranged according to their meaning, not alphabetically. Content is presented in three columns to facilitate the reviewing and self-testing processes. Each theme is composed of small blocks of similar lexical units. The vocabulary offers a convenient and simple transcription for each foreign word.
Essential Health and Safety Study Skills by Jonathan Backhouse
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0415629098 | 216 pages | PDF | 1 MB
Studying for exams, working in teams, writing detailed yet succinct reports and importantly time management aren’t second nature to most, so this book provides clear guidance and will be an essential tool for anyone taking a health and safety course.
For many students the learning experience will be a return to studying after some considerable time so this book combines practical advice with helpful exam-related information.
• Case studies and activities based on key health and safety topics that are covered by most Awarding Bodies
• Guidance on how to take both multiple-choice and written exams; with details on how to answer the action verbs, used in exams questions; including identify and outline
• Key principles teach how to Receive the information; Remember the information; and Recall the information for your exam
Faithe Wempen, "Excel 2013 eLearning Kit For Dummies"
English | ISBN: 1118493044 | 2013 | PDF | pag pages | 33 MB
A complete package for learning Excel 2013!
Excel is essential to business today, but it can be tricky to navigate. If you're eager to excel at Excel, then this dynamic multimedia learning solution is for you. This complete Excel 2013 package includes a full-color printed book and a For Dummies interactive eLearning course on CD. You'll discover the basics of the Excel interface, how to navigate it, and how to make the most of key features including charts, formulas, functions, macros, and more.
Follow the material sequentially or jump in and out as you wish - it's set up so you can learn at your own pace. Throughout, you will benefit from illustrations, animations, voiceover explanations, and the option of closed captioning if you find you learn better when you can read the instructions.
Helps self-motivated learners master Excel 2013, the leading spreadsheet application used today
Walks you through creating worksheets, working with formulas and functions, formatting data, using financial functions, displaying data in PivotTables, and much more
Includes an easy-to-follow, full-color book and an interactive Dummies eLearning Course that corresponds with the book on CD
Allows you to follow material sequentially or choose separate sections at your own time and pace
Excel 2013 eLearning Kit For Dummies shows you the ins and outs of all things Excel so you can enhance your productivity and become a spreadsheet star!
NOTE: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.
Joshua Waldman, "Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies, 2nd Edition"
English | ISBN: 1118678567 | 2013 | PDF | 384 pages | 15 MB
Harness social media to land your dream job
For anyone looking for a first job, exploring a career change, or just setting up for future success, social media sites are proven platforms for facilitating connections, demonstrating passions and interests, and ultimately landing the job. Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies enables you to harness the power of the Internet to research and identify job opportunities, and then create a strategy for securing a position.
Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies features in-depth coverage of topics such as: creating effective online profiles and resumes to sell your strengths; maintaining your online reputation and understanding electronic etiquette; using the power of personal branding and building your brand online; avoiding common pitfalls, such as jumping into filling out a social media profile without a strategy; getting to know Twitter, the only real-time job board with literally thousands of jobs posted daily; using social media sites to uncover opportunities in the "hidden job market" ahead of the competition; and much more.
Achim Schmidt, "Mountain Bike Training: For All Levels of Performance, 2nd Edition"
English | ISBN: 1782550143 | 2014 | PDF | 250 pages | 28 MB
Mountain Bike Training provides well founded instructions for mountain bike training while always taking discipline-specific criteria into account. All fundamental fields of training methodology are presented in a differentiated and well-arranged way including aspects of heart frequency-oriented training and periodization of training in different seasons.
Jim Meuninck, "Basic Illustrated Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs"
English | ISBN: 0762784695 | 2014 | PDF | 144 pages | 14 MB
An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge into an affordable and portable book. With this updated guide, you'll discover how to identify and gather more than 100 of the most nutritious wild plans and useful herbs in the contiguous United States, prepare delicious recipes using your wild harvest, determine the identity of poisonous plants and poisonous look-alikes, and take charge of your personal health by making wild plants and herbs a part of your diet.
Jim Meuninck, "Basic Illustrated Poisonous and Psychoactive Plants"
English | ISBN: 076279190X | 2014 | PDF | 104 pages | 9 MB
A richly photographed and information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran, Basic Illustrated Poisonous and Harmful Plants distills years of knowledge into an affordable visual guide. Whether planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, with this updated guide you'll discover how to identify and avoid poisonous, harmful, and psychoactive plants in the contiguous United States. BASIC ILLUSTRATED Poisonous and Psychoactive Plants identifies wild and cultivated plants that are:
Toxic and dangerous
Psychoactive
Allergenic
Inflammatory
Per Kristiansen, Robert Rasmussen, "Building a Better Business Using the Lego Serious Play Method"
English | ISBN: 1118832450 | 2014 | PDF | 240 pages | 3 MB
Unleash innovation potential with creative, serious play
Building a Better Business Using the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY Method delivers a creative approach to enhancing innovation and improving business performance, with the focus on unleashing play. Written by the two original Master Trainers for LEGO SERIOUS PLAY (LSP), the book outlines how LSP can develop teams, people, relationships and business . Based on the merging of play with organizational development, systems thinking and strategy development, LSP can foster improved meetings, faster innovation processes, team growth, and better communication.
Kristina Cutura, "Advertising on Google: The High Performance Cookbook"
English | ISBN: 1849685843 | 2013 | 372 pages | PDF, EPUB | 46 MB
Google Adwords is one of the most effective ways to advertise today with unprecedented reach and potential to show your ads to millions of Internet users instantly. It helps in bringing highly relevant ads to customers who are searching for you in real-time, resulting in highly accountable and cost-effective campaigns that even the smallest advertisers can take advantage of.
Advertising on Google: The High Performance Cookbook is a step-by-step guide with practical tips and everyday examples that will arm you with the tools necessary to run effective Adwords campaigns.
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Advanced Administration Cookbook by Dalton Iwazaki
English | ISBN: 184968684X | 2013 | 267 pages | PDF + EPUB | 3 + 8 MB
Oracle WebLogic Server is the core application server product of the Oracle Fusion Middleware platform.
It is the premier application server for enterprise applications and has now been updated to 12C.
If your company or client uses Oracle technology then you must know how to administer the Oracle WebLogic Server
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Advanced Administration Cookbook guides you through 70 recipes covering from the basics of WebLogic 12c installation, and passing through JDBC, JMS, cluster configuration and tuning. The book covers the day-by-day tasks of a WebLogic Administrator, enhanced with a lot of tips to build a WebLogic production environment focused on stability, high availability and performance.
