English | 2013 | 384 Pages | ISBN: 1118356551 | EPUB, MOBI, PDF | 5 MB + 15 MB + 12 MB

Master innovative and eye–catching website design with the exciting new Treehouse Series of books Turn plain words and images into stunning websites using HTML5 and this beautiful, full–colour guide. Taking you beyond the constraints of prebuilt themes and simple site building tools, this new Treehouse book combines practicality with inspiration to show you how to create fully customized, modern, and dazzling websites that make viewers want to stop and stay. The exciting new Treehouse Series of books is authored by Treehouse experts and packed with innovative design ideas and practical skill–building. If you′re a web developer, web designer, hobbyist, or career–changer, every book in this practical new series should be on your bookshelf. Part of the new Treehouse Series of books, teaching you effective and compelling website development and design, helping you build practical skills Provides career–worthy information from Treehouse industry pros and trainers Explains HTML5 basics, such as how to format text, add scripts to pages, and use HTML5 for audio and video Also covers hypermedia, CSS and javascript, embedding video, geolocation, and much more Leverage pages of dazzling website design ideas and expert instruction with a new Treehouse Series book.

English | 2012 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 1118356543 | EPUB, MOBI, PDF | 26 MB + 46 MB + 28 MB

Master innovative and eye–catching website design with the exciting new Treehouse Series of books Turn plain words and images into stunning websites with CSS3 and this beautiful, full–color guide. Taking web designers beyond the constraints of prebuilt themes and simple site–building tools, this new Treehouse book combines practicality with inspiration to show you how to create fully customized, modern websites that make viewers stop and stay. The exciting new Treehouse Series of books is authored by Treehouse experts and packed with innovative design ideas and practical skill–building. If you′re a web developer, web designer, hobbyist, or career–changer, every book in this practical new series should be on your bookshelf. Part of the new Treehouse Series of books, teaching you effective and compelling website development and design, helping you build practical skills Provides career–worthy information from Treehouse industry pros and trainers Explains the basics of cascading style sheets (CSS), such as how to structure with CSS, use CSS syntax, how to manipulate text, and visual formatting Also covers the box model, how to animate page elements, cross–browser compatibility, and more Leverage pages of dazzling website design ideas and expert instruction with a new Treehouse Series book.

English | 2013 | ISBN: 0804843716 | 144 pages | PDF | 13 MB

"A new cookbook by writer, chef, and sometimes television host Katie Chin reveals how easy it is to bring Thai flavors into American home kitchens."—Seriouseats.com

"Katie Chin, sometimes referred to as the "Asian Rachael Ray," puts forth a winning collection of accessible Thai dishes. A fine introduction to one of the world's most popular cuisines."—Publishers Weekly

In Everyday Thai Cooking, Katie Chin—a chef hailed as the 'Asian Rachel Ray' by her many fans—shares her recipe secrets along with tips, tools, and techniques that enable you to easily bring delectable homemade Thai dishes to your table!

English | 2013 | ISBN: 0143184105 | 272 pages | EPUB | 12,3 MB

Michael Smith goes back to basics with a twist!

Michael Smith has been passionate about cooking simple, great-tasting food since his mom first introduced him to cooking at an early age. Since then, Michael has become one of Canada's most successful cookbook writers and a hugely popular celebrity chef on Food Network Canada. But, never far from his own home kitchen, it's the time-tested basic recipes that he regularly cooks for his family. In Back to Basics, Michael shares 100 sure-fire classic recipes, tips, and cooking techniques. And, in every recipe he shows how easy it is to add a twist or two to your cooking.

Chock full of mouth-watering photography to inspire, Back to Basics is Michael's simple approach to cooking basics that he wants to share with every home cook. Once you understand the basics behind a recipe, you can then stir your personality into your cooking. You'll see how easy it is to impress family and friends in your own kitchen. And, once you know the basic rules, you can break them. You'll never get stuck making a dish just one way!

English | ISBN: 0711234604 | 2014 | EPUB | 304 pages | 32 MB

Carina Contini's Kitchen Garden Cookbook is a collection of over 120 Scottish recipes with an Italian twist which celebrate the best seasonal ingredients. It is also the story of how Victor and Carina Contini have restored a large Victorian garden on the outskirts of Edinburgh, with the help of Erica Randall, formerly of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. The garden at Casa San Lorenzo (the patron saint of cooks) will supply the restaurants with fresh seasonal produce. This warm and generous book includes growing tips, a personal account of the restoration project, and recollections of Italian Scottish family life.

English | 2008 | ISBN: 0811860930 | 240 pages | PDF | 24 MB

The Christmas Table serves up comfort and joy with helpful hints and recipes to plan an unforgettable holiday feast. Award-winning author Diane Morgan fills the book with festive recipes and decorating ideas that are sure to become favorites. On Christmas morning, opening presents will be even sweeter with a breakfast of Cinnamon-Scented Bread Custard, and delightful recipes like Juniper Brined Roast Turkey and Whipped Yams topped with a Crunchy Praline Crust will be instant yuletide classics. This comprehensive holiday guide also includes recipes for Christmas cookies, candied nuts, and other giftable goodies. With simple, beautiful crafts and delicious, easy-to-follow recipes, The Christmas Table ensures a very merry Christmas for everyone.

English | 2010 | ISBN: 1439159548 | ISBN-13: 9781439159545 | ASIN: B003VPWXTC | 240 pages | EPUB | 17,3 MB

The Christmas Cookie Cookbook is the perfect holiday present or year-round companion for new and seasoned bakers alike. Packed with tips, anecdotes, and tons of recipes, this cookbook is a must-have for anyone looking for a new holiday tradition or simply a fresh way to spread holiday cheer throughout the year.

For almost twenty years, Ann Pearlman and a dozen of her friends have been in a Christmas Cookie Club founded by Marybeth Bayer. Every year at the same time, they gather at her house to exchange cookies, wine, and laughs. Now, with The Christmas Cookie Cookbook, Ann shows readers how to start a club of their own.

The recipes and the inspiration are all here in one complete guide for cookie club hopefuls. With a diverse selection of not only Christmas cookies, but Chanukah and Ramadan cookies too, there’s a treat in here for everyone!

English | ISBN: 0321839609 | 2013 | 264 pages | EPUB | 58 MB

For web developers building rich web and mobile applications, standards-based CSS3 offers powerful advantages over traditional Flash-based approaches - and since Apple's immensely popular iPad and iPhone don't support Flash, moving to CSS3 has become even more urgent. However, most CSS3 guides focus primarily on the basics, frustrating web developers who want to do sophisticated work. Learning CSS3 Animations and Transitions is the first book focused entirely on creating production-quality rich animations and transitions with CSS3. Leading web development trainer Alexis Goldstein covers everything web developers need to know, teaching through solid examples that help web professionals build their skills one step at a time. Readers will learn how to: * Create 2D transforms that serve as the foundation for CSS3 animations * Use transitions to make changes come alive * Master essential keyframing techniques * Combine transitions, transforms, and parallax scrolling in immersive web experiences * Transform in 3D, and animate 3D transforms * Creating increasingly complex and Flash-style animations * Build powerfully effective interactive infographics with CSS3 and HTML5 * And much more...

English | ISBN: 0321886925 | 2014 | 240 pages | PDF, EPUB, MOBI | 28 MB

Master the Principles and Vocabulary of Game Design

Why aren’t videogames getting better? Why does it feel like we’re playing the same games, over and over again? Why aren’t games helping us transform our lives, like great music, books, and movies do?

The problem is language. We still don’t know how to talk about game design. We can’t share our visions. We forget what works (and doesn’t). We don’t learn from history. It’s too hard to improve.

English | ISBN: 0321961579 | 2014 | 304 pages | PDF, EPUB, MOBI | 36 MB

Design User-Friendly, Intuitive Smartphone and Tablet Apps for Any Platform 

Mobile apps should feel natural and intuitive, and users should understand them quickly and easily. This means that effective interaction and interface design is crucial. However, few mobile app developers (or even designers) have had adequate training in these areas. Essential Mobile Interaction Design fills this gap, bringing together proven principles and techniques you can use in your next app–for any platform, target device, or user.

English | 2014 | ISBN: 0321934504 | 400 pages | PDF, EPUB | 23 MB

“This book is a critically needed resource for the newly released Apache Hadoop 2.0, highlighting YARN as the significant breakthrough that broadens Hadoop beyond the MapReduce paradigm.” 

—From the Foreword by Raymie Stata, CEO of Altiscale

The Insider’s Guide to Building Distributed, Big Data Applications with Apache Hadoop™ YARN 

English | ISBN: 0321948106 | 2014 | 672 pages | PDF, EPUB, MOBI | 17 + 40 + 73 MB

Completely updated for iOS 7 and Xcode 5

This book brings together reliable, proven solutions for the heart of day-to-day iOS 7 development. Renowned iOS programming expert Erica Sadun and top iOS developer Rich Wardwell cover all you need to create successful iOS 7 mobile apps with standard APIs and interface elements and take full advantage of iOS 7 graphics, touches, and views.

As in all of Sadun’s iOS bestsellers, The Core iOS Developer’s Cookbook translates modern best practices into working code, distilling key concepts into concise recipes you can easily understand and apply in your own projects. This isn’t just cut-and-paste; using examples, Sadun and Wardwell fully explain both the “how” and “why” of effective iOS 7 development.

English | 2014 | ISBN: 0321933885 | 560 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 41 + 81 MB

OpenGL® ES™ is the industry’s leading software interface and graphics library for rendering sophisticated 3D graphics on handheld and embedded devices. The newest version, OpenGL ES 3.0, makes it possible to create stunning visuals for new games and apps, without compromising device performance or battery life.

In the OpenGL ® ES ™ 3.0 Programming Guide, Second Edition, the authors cover the entire API and Shading Language. They carefully introduce OpenGL ES 3.0 features such as shadow mapping, instancing, multiple render targets, uniform buffer objects, texture compression, program binaries, and transform feedback.

Through detailed, downloadable C-based code examples, you’ll learn how to set up and program every aspect of the graphics pipeline. Step by step, you’ll move from introductory techniques all the way to advanced per-pixel lighting and particle systems. Throughout, you’ll find cutting-edge tips for optimizing performance, maximizing efficiency with both the API and hardware, and fully leveraging OpenGL ES 3.0 in a wide spectrum of applications.

All code has been built and tested on iOS 7, Android 4.3, Windows (OpenGL ES 3.0 Emulation), and Ubuntu Linux, and the authors demonstrate how to build OpenGL ES code for each platform.

116 pages | 55MB | PDF | English

Macworld is the world's best-selling Apple magazine, featuring Macs, iPhones and the iPad plus everything in between. Each issue of Macworld is packed with expert advice and practical guides to Apple and Mac related products. 

English | 132 Pages | True PDF | 35.56 Mb

English | 128 Pages | True PDF | 33 Mb

English | 68 pages | True PDF | 26,8 MB

English | 76 pages | True PDF | 12.50 Mb

Personal finance source - savings & investments, taxes & money management.

Written to help you do a better job of managing your personal and family financial affairs and to help you get more for your money. You get ideas on saving, investing, cutting taxes, making major purchases, advancing your career, buying a home, paying for education, health care and travel, plus much, much more. Special issues cover the latest information about car buying (December) and Mutual Funds (March and September).

English | Pages 50 | PDF | 31.9 Mb

The best apps for iPhone, iPad and Android plus group tests and features

The first magazine of its kind, Apps Magazine will be dedicated to matching the incredible demand for the latest and greatest App Store products with expert buying advice for a broad range of readers. With reviews of apps from all categories, as well as group tests, features and tutorials, Apps Magazine is the ultimate resource for anyone looking to download any of the 250,000 apps currently available.

English | Pages 100 | PDF | 58.6 Mb

The UKs only Weekly IT magazine, Micro Mart is full of news, reviews, features and bargains. Written in an accessible style, the magazine informs, entertains and involves enthusiasts of all ages and shares our passion for computing with them in a humanized and opinionated manner.

English | Pages 124 | PDF | 65.9 Mb

The Essential Read for Performance Hardware & Customisation

To provide the ultimate magazine for PC enthusiasts with a passion for performance hardware and customisation, delivered with wit, style and authority.

English | Pages 148 | PDF | 85.2 Mb

The latest computing news, reviews and opinion

The UK’s biggest selling PC monthly magazine, and your source of professional IT news, reviews and tests. Combining in–depth industry comment and analysis with rigorous product testing.