Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

Ning Lu and William J. Likos "Unsaturated Soil Mechanics"
Published by Wiley Publishing | Publication date : May 2004 | ISBN : 0471447315 | PDF | 570 pages | English | 7.2 MB

A thorough and unique introduction to the fundamental principles of unsaturated soil mechanics. Through a principles-based approach, Unsaturated Soil Mechanics provides a thorough grounding in unsaturated soil mechanics principles and phenomena from three fundamental perspectives: thermodynamics, mechanics, and hydrology.

In a progressive and interrelated format with logic, physical reasoning, and mathematical rigor, Unsaturated Soil Mechanics examines the fundamental principles of unsaturated soil mechanics, illustrates the application of these principles to stress and flow phenomena in unsaturated soil, and demonstrates and evaluates the measurement and modeling techniques commonly used to quantify the state and material variables required to describe these stress and flow phenomena.

Unsaturated Soil Mechanics offers one focused volume uniting the microscopic physical basis and the macroscopic thermodynamic framework for pore water retention and the state of stress in unsaturated soil. Complete with extensive sample problems, this accessible text brings together the rapid advances in research in unsaturated soil mechanics, including advances in the applicability of effective stress, liquid and gas flows, and suction and hydraulic conductivity measurement.

Unsaturated Soil Mechanics is the first book to provide a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental principles of unsaturated soil mechanics.
* Offers extensive sample problems with an accompanying solutions manual.
* Brings together the rapid advances in research in unsaturated soil mechanics in one focused volume.
* Covers advances in effective stress and suction and hydraulic conductivity measurement.


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Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism

Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism
University of Hawaii Press | ISBN: 0824832043 | 2008-10 | PDF | 382 pages | 7 Mb

For more than a thousand years, Buddhism has dominated Japanese death rituals and concepts of the afterlife. The nine essays in this volume, ranging chronologically from the tenth century to the present, bring to light both continuity and change in death practices over time. They also explore the interrelated issues of how Buddhist death rites have addressed individual concerns about the afterlife while also filling social and institutional needs and how Buddhist death-related practices have assimilated and refigured elements from other traditions, bringing together disparate, even conflicting, ideas about the dead, their postmortem fate, and what constitutes normative Buddhist practice.

The idea that death, ritually managed, can mediate an escape from deluded rebirth is treated in the first two essays. Sarah Horton traces the development in Heian Japan (794-1185) of images depicting the Buddha Amida descending to welcome devotees at the moment of death, while Jacqueline Stone analyzes the crucial role of monks who attended the dying as religious guides. Even while stressing themes of impermanence and non-attachment, Buddhist death rites worked to encourage the maintenance of emotional bonds with the deceased and, in so doing, helped structure the social world of the living. This theme is explored in the next four essays. Brian Ruppert examines the roles of relic worship in strengthening family lineage and political power; Mark Blum investigates the controversial issue of religious suicide to rejoin one's teacher in the Pure Land; and Hank Glassman analyzes how late medieval rites for women who died in pregnancy and childbirth both reflected and helped shape changing gender norms.

The rise of standardized funerals in Japan's early modern period forms the subject of the chapter by Duncan Williams, who shows how the Soto Zen sect took the lead in establishing itself in rural communities by incorporating local religious culture into its death rites. The final three chapters deal with contemporary funerary and mortuary practices and the controversies surrounding them. Mariko Walter uncovers a "deep structure" informing Japanese Buddhist funerals across sectarian lines--a structure whose meaning, she argues, persists despite competition from a thriving secular funeral industry. Stephen Covell examines debates over the practice of conferring posthumous Buddhist names on the deceased and the threat posed to traditional Buddhist temples by changing ideas about funerals and the afterlife. Finally, George Tanabe shows how contemporary Buddhist sectarian intellectuals attempt to resolve conflicts between normative doctrine and on-the-ground funerary practice, and concludes that human affection for the deceased will always win out over the demands of orthodoxy.


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Gerhard Gschwandtner - Be In It to Win Strategies to Develop the Positive Attitude You Need for Sales Success

Gerhard Gschwandtner - Be In It to Win: Strategies to Develop the Positive Attitude You Need for Sales Success
Publisher: McGraw-Hill | 2006-05-26 | ISBN: 0071474005 | PDF | 240 pages | 1.24 MB


“Motivation is like bathing or eating. You need to do it regularly to survive.”
Says Zig Ziglar, America's number one motivator. Motivation is the key leadership skill that can vastly improve your quality of life and, in turn, positively impact sales. Developing it-and keeping it alive-is what winning is all about.
Be In It to Win is filled with inspiring insights, exclusive interviews, and winning advice from the country's most successful sales professionals, entrepreneurs, and CEOs. Norman Vincent Peale weighs in on the power of positive thinking; Tom Hopkins, one of America's leading sales trainers, talks at length about dedication; Zig Ziglar shares insights on the topic of mentors and lessons for positive living; and Mary Kay Ash discusses enthusiasm and attitude. Also included are specific strategies for jumpstarting your drive to succeed, including:
Four ways to pursue happiness
Four ways to deal with indecision
Ten rules for success
Five motivational principles for handling life's rough spots
PLUS a sales manager's training guide
You'll also learn to set goals, overcome rejection, recover from failure, trust your instincts, and be clear about your purpose. Do all that, and you'll develop the positive attitude and leadership skills that make winning a sure thing.

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Gerhard Gschwandtner - 201 Super Sales Tips

Gerhard Gschwandtner - 201 Super Sales Tips: Field-Tested Strategies for Painless Prospecting, Perfect Presentations, and a Quick Close Every Time
Publisher: McGraw-Hill | 2006-05-25 | ISBN: 0071473904 | PDF | 220 pages | 1.20 MB


The keys to success delivered by reps in the field
If you want to improve your sales, listen to 201 lessons from your peers and use their proven strategies to get your foot in the door and close the deal. 201 Super Sales Tips offers you an unparalleled opportunity to benefit from the experiences of 201 of your colleagues from around the globe.
From the “upside-down sales letter” to the “art of the parking-lot presentation,” this book delivers hundreds of tested-in-the-trenches strategies guaranteed to dramatically boost your productivity and profits. Through in-their-own-words stories contributed by the readers of Selling Power magazine-the world's foremost magazine for sales professionals-you'll learn surefire tips for:
Jazzing up presentations
Tracking down elusive prospects
Getting prospects to return calls
Mining million-dollar leads in overlooked places
Becoming a power listener
Getting past the gatekeepers
Partnering with customers
Staying motivated and focused
Ready to step up to a bold new level of professional excellence? Get 201 Super Sales Tips and let the experts show you how.

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Gerhard Gschwandtner - Everything I Know About Sales Success

Gerhard Gschwandtner - Everything I Know About Sales Success: The World's Greatest Business Minds Reveal Their Formulas for Winning the Hearts and Mind
Publisher: McGraw-Hill | 2006-05-26 | ISBN: 0071473874 | PDF | 256 pages | 1.17 MB


Stay on top of the sales game with strategies from the world's biggest leaders
The art and science of selling has never been more complex, demanding, or potentially lucrative. As a sales professional, you know that staying ahead of the game means continually educating yourself-both in the successful techniques that have stood the test of time and about the freshest new ideas on everything-from generating leads to creating trust, from branding your business to closing the deal.
That's why Everything I Know About Sales Success is so helpful. It's full of powerful insights and strategies from the nation's top-selling individuals and companies on everything from providing customer service to branding. You'll discover:
How top CEOs like Citigroup's Sandy Weill and Merrill Lynch's David Komansky rose to the top-and how they sell from behind the big desk
Eight ways to become more Trump-like in your sales career
Sales and marketing concepts that led Michael Dell and his company to the undisputed leadership position in the PC industry
Arnold Schwarzenegger's lessons for flexing your selling muscles
Nine management tips from Intel's Andy Grove
Whether you're starting at the bottom or have the top office in view, the collective experiences and strategies that propelled these driven people up the corporate ladder can serve as an invaluable guide, helping you to win the hearts and minds of your own customers, break new ground, and eventually set the path for others to follow.

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Jerald Jellison - Managing the Dynamics of Change: The Fastest Path to Creating an Engaged and Productive Workplace

Jerald Jellison - Managing the Dynamics of Change: The Fastest Path to Creating an Engaged and Productive Workplace
Publisher: McGraw-Hill | 2006-06-06 | ISBN: 0071470441 | PDF | 240 pages | 1.09 MB


This action-oriented book presents the revolutionary J Curve model, which tracks people's performance, thoughts, and emotions at each of the five stages of the change process, from resistance through positive acceptance-key knowledge you need to lead your team and speed implementation. Used by leading companies such as IBM, Chevron, Toyota-Lexus, and 3M, the J Curve gives you proven tactics and tools for quickly getting employees to a positive stage on the curve.
In this groundbreaking book, Jellison introduces a new approach to change-Activation. Communication and persuasion aren't enough to help people overcome their doubts and anxieties. You'll put these Activation techniques to work immediately as you learn how to
Communicate at ground level-breaking change down into doable steps so people can achieve the goal
Front-load rewards-motivating people to persist through the most difficult phases of change
Create accountability-linking performance to larger organizational goals
Personalize praise-tailoring approval to individuals to motivate higher levels of performance
Managing the Dynamics of Change presents an innovative method for getting employees to quickly commit to change efforts and simultaneously ramp up their performance.
Drawing upon his extensive field research and consulting experience with Fortune 500 companies, Jerald Jellison, Ph.D. reveals how effective change occurs and shows you how to manage your employees' reaction to change, engage your team's emotions and actions, and move employees up the curve as fast as possible.

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Franz Hofer - The Improvemet of Technology Transfer

Franz Hofer - The Improvemet of Technology Transfer
Publisher: duv | 2007-11-01 | ISBN: 3835009044 | PDF | 207 pages | 1.99 MB


Technology trasfer between universities and companies can have positive impacts on both parties. For universities, it can result in additional finacial means, feedback regarding their competencies and reasearch performance. For companies, technology transfer can amount to an access to external knowledge for the developement of new products and processes. However, the desired effects of technology transfer do not always occur.

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Introduction to Architectural Science, Second Edition The Basis of Sustainable Design

Steven V Szokolay dip. arch. m.arch. PhD, "Introduction to Architectural Science, Second Edition: The Basis of Sustainable Design"
Architectural Press; 2 edition (August 29, 2008) | English | 0750687045 | 358 pages | PDF | 3.09 MB

Introducing the basics of architectural science, this book is an ideal reference, providing an understanding of the physical basis of architectural design. The knowledge gained from this book equips the reader with the tools to realize the full potential of the good intentions of sustainable, bioclimatic design.
All sections have been revised and updated for this second edition including more information on small scale energy generation methods and techniques. The book has also been reformatted to be even more accessible, with a larger page size and colour printing.
* Fully updated popular reference on the essentials of Architectural Science
* Reformatted and reorganised for greater ease of use
* Covers principles of heat, light, sound and energy control in just one volume
Dr Steven Szokolay runs his own practice as an energy and environmental consultant, and is also both honarary associate professor at the University of Queensland, and a supervisor of postgraduate research students. He has experience in architectural practice in Sydney, Australia, and has taught extensively, including positions at the University of Queensland (Australia), the University of East Africa (Nairobi) and in London (UK).


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Architecture Design Notebook, Second Edition

"Architecture Design Notebook", Second Edition
Publisher: Architectural Press( 2003-04-25) | ISBN: 0750656697¦128 pages ¦ PDF |4 MB

Architecture Design Notebook focuses on the process of design as pragmatic and non-theoretical. Dealing systematically with the core design curriculum, it clearly demonstrates the skills required for designing at undergraduate level. Providing students with fundamental maxims of design, and a framework within which they can approach their work, this book supports undergraduates as they learn to produce solutions to design challenges.

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The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction (Green Source) Sustainable Construction for Engineers

Liv Haselbach, "The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction (Green Source): Sustainable Construction for Engineers"
MgH | 2008 | ISBN: 0071489932 | 392 pages | PDF | 3 MB

Acquire the skills needed to apply the LEED-New Construction rating system to any green construction project

The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction provides a solid understanding of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED-NC rating system, explaining step-by-step how to apply it to real-world construction projects.

This much-needed reference offers practical discussions of the main concepts of sustainability, and also presents detailed equations and exercises that can be used to perform the calculations outlined in LEED-NC. You will find authoritative information on sustainable sites…water efficiency… energy and atmosphere…materials and resources…indoor environmental quality…innovations in design…a systematic view of green…and many other topics related to sustainability in construction. A valuable tool for the office or job site, The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction features: A practical focus on the LEED-NC rating system and how to apply it Numerous exercises and equations that can be used to perform the calculations outlined in LEED-NC Expert guidance on the main concepts of sustainability A wealth of information on innovation in design

Inside this Cutting-Edge Guide to Sustainable Construction
• Introduction to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED-NC Rating System • Sustainable Sites • Water Efficiency • Energy and Atmosphere • Materials and Resources • Indoor Environmental Quality • Innovation in Design • A Systematic View of Green • Department of Defense Sustainable Construction _ Low Impact Development

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Siraj Sait, Hilary Lim - Land, Law and Islam Property and Human Rights in the Muslim World

Siraj Sait, Hilary Lim - Land, Law and Islam: Property and Human Rights in the Muslim World
Publisher: Zed Books | 2006-12-26 | ISBN: 1842778102 | PDF | 288 pages | 1.91 MB


In this pioneering work, Siraj Sait and Hilary Lim address Islamic property and land rights drawing on a range of socio-historical, classical and contemporary debates and their practice. They address the significance of Islamic theories of property and Islamic land tenure regimes on the "webs of tenure" prevalent in the Muslim societies. They consider the possibilities with Islamic legal and human rights systems for the development of inclusive, pro-poor and innovative approaches to land rights. They also focus on Muslim women's rights to property and inheritance systems. Engaging with institutions such as the Islamic endowment (waqf) and principles of Islamic microfinance, they test the workability of "authentic" Islamic proposals. Located in human rights as well as Islamic debates, this study offers a well researched and constructive appraisal of property and land rights in the Muslim world.

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Spirituality, Healing and Medicine Return to the Silence

Spirituality, Healing and Medicine Return to the Silence




David Aldridge, "Spirituality, Healing and Medicine: Return to the Silence"
Jessica Kingsley Publishers | 2000 | ISBN: 1853025542 | 224 pages | PDF | 1 MB

In Spirituality, Healing and Medicine he evaluates the existing literature from across the disciplines to ascertain just how effective and influential spiritual healing may be on the patient's physical and psychological well-being. He encourages us to redefine treatment strategies and the ways in which we understand health, and argues that the spiritual elements of experience help the patient to find purpose, meaning and hope in the face of sickness.

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Donna Yarri - The Ethics of Animal Experimentation A Critical Analysis and Constructive Christian Proposal

Donna Yarri - The Ethics of Animal Experimentation A Critical Analysis and Constructive Christian Proposal



Donna Yarri - The Ethics of Animal Experimentation: A Critical Analysis and Constructive Christian Proposal
Publisher: An American Academy of Religion Book | 2005-08-18 | ISBN: 0195181794 | PDF | 240 pages | 1.75 MB


The ethical treatment of animals has become an issue of serious moral concern. Many people are challenging long-held assumptions about animals and raising questions about their status and their treatment. What is the relationship between humans and animals? Do animals have moral standing? Do we have direct or indirect duties to animals? Does human benefit always outweigh animal suffering? The use of animals for experimentation raises all of these questions in a particularly insistent way. Donna Yarri offers an overview of the current state of the discussion, and presents an argument for significantly restricted animal experimentation. She points to the important similarities between humans and animals, arguing that the actual differences are differences of degree rather than kind. For that reason, she says, we must rethink our use of animals in experimentation. Animal cognition and animal sentiency together are the basis for the argument that experimental animals do have rights, which Yarri here enumerates. Christian theology, she shows, supports the existence of animal rights and contains additional resources within which a more humane animal experimentation can be worked out. Animal experimentation is not completely ruled out, and Yarri provides a model for what benign experimentation would look like. She concludes with a concrete burden-benefit analysis that can serve as the foundation for informed decision-making.

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After the Evil Christianity and Judaism in the Shadow of the Holocaust



After the Evil: Christianity and Judaism in the Shadow of the Holocaust By Richard Harries
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 2003-08-14 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0199263132 | PDF | 1.3 MB

The evil of the holocaust demands a radical rethink of the traditional Christian understanding of Judaism. This does not mean jettisoning Christianity's deepest convictions in order to make it conform to Judaism. Rather, Richard Harries develops the work of recent Jewish scholarship to discern resonances between central Christian and Jewish beliefs. This thought-provoking book offers fresh approaches to contentious and sensitive issues. A key chapter on the nature of forgiveness is sympathetic to the Jewish charge that Christians talk much too easily about forgiveness. Another chapter on suffering in Judaism and Christianity rejects the usual stereotypes and argues for important common ground, for example in the idea that God suffers in the suffering of his people. There are also chapters on the state of Israel and the place of Jerusalem in Christian and Jewish thought. Richard Harries argues that the basic covenant is not with either Judaism or Christianity but with humanity. These, like other religions, are different, distinctive voices in response to God's primal affirmation of human life, which for Christians is achieved and given in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the light of this the author maintains--controversially --that Christians should not be trying to convert Jews to Christianity. Rather Jews and Christians should stand together and build on the great amount they have in common to work together for a better world.


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Values-Driven Business How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun

Values-Driven Business How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun



Ben Cohen, Mal Warwick, "Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun"
Berrett-Koehler Publishers | 2006 | ISBN: 1576753581 | 156 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB

Read This Book...if you own or run a business or if you're thinking of starting one....if you think there has to be more to doing business than just making money....if you feel ''there's got to be a way'' to run a successful business without driving yourself and your employees to early graves....if you want to know how to build a business that will reflect your personal values, not force you to hide them....if you're studying business and you want to know what business can do at its best....if you've been hearing about ''corporate social responsibility'' or ''the triple bottom line'' and you wonder what all the fuss is about - or if you think those ideas apply only to major corporations....if you've read books or articles about corporate social responsibility and discovered they don't help you meet the real-world challenges you confront in a small or medium-sized business....if you've been thinking of investing in ways to treat your customers or your employees better or to reduce the damage you're doing to the environment but you think your company's just not big enough to afford it - or if you think your profits will go down if you do....or if you want to understand one of the most powerful new ideas that's affecting business all over the world today.


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Bats in Traditional Buildings

Bats in Traditional Buildings



J. Howard, P. Richardson & others in English Heritage Foundation, "Bats in Traditional Buildings"
National Trust Publications | 2009 | ISBN: 0707804086 | 80 pages | PDF | 5,4 MB

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The Ethical Hack A Framework for Business Value Penetration

The Ethical Hack A Framework for Business Value Penetration



Review
[I]n this comprehensive work author James Tiller explains not only why ethical hacks are viable, but also why they are critical. [This] is one of the most complete books on penetration testing available.
- Security Management, August 2005

Book Description

There are many books that detail tools and techniques of penetration testing, but none of these effectively communicate how the information gathered from tests should be analyzed and implemented. Until recently, there was very little strategic information available to explain the value of ethical hacking and how tests should be performed in order to provide a company with insight beyond a mere listing of security vulnerabilities. Now there is a resource that illustrates how an organization can gain as much value from an ethical hack as possible. The Ethical Hack: A Framework for Business Value Penetration Testing explains the methodologies, framework, and "unwritten conventions" that ethical hacks should employ to provide the maximum value to organizations that want to harden their security. This book is unique in that it goes beyond the technical aspects of penetration testing to address the processes and rules of engagement required for successful tests. It examines testing from a strategic perspective, shedding light on how testing ramifications affect an entire organization. Security practitioners can use this resource to reduce their exposure and deliver a focused, valuable service to customers. Organizations will learn how to align the information about tools, techniques, and vulnerabilities that they gathered from testing with their overall business objectives.

# 352 pages
# Publisher: AUERBACH; 1 edition (September 29, 2004)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 084931609X
# ISBN-13: 978-0849316098

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Hack Attacks Revealed! Second Edition!

Hack Attacks Revealed! Second Edition!




The much-anticipated second edition of the bestselling book that details network security through the hacker's eye
Since the first edition of Hack Attacks Revealed was published, many new attacks have been made on all operating systems, including UNIX, Windows XP, Mac OS, and Linux, and on firewalls, proxies, and gateways. Security expert John Chirillo is ready to tackle these attacks with you again. He has packed the Second Edition of his all-in-one reference with forty percent new material.
In this fascinating new edition, you'll discover:
* The hacker's perspective on security holes in UNIX, Linux, and Windows networks
* Over 170 new vulnerabilities and exploits
* Advanced discovery techniques
* A crash course in C for compiling hacker tools and vulnerability scanners
* The top seventy-five hack attacks for UNIX and Windows
* Malicious code coverage of Myparty, Goner, Sircam, BadTrans, Nimda, Code Red I/II, and many more
* TigerSuite Professional 3.5 (full suite single license)


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AutoCAD 2009 & AutoCAD LT 2009 For Dummies

AutoCAD 2009 & AutoCAD LT 2009 For Dummies




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Product Details

* Paperback: 792 pages
* Publisher: For Dummies; 2nd edition (May 12, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0470243783
* ISBN-13: 978-0470243787

Product Description
Nobody ever said AutoCAD was easy, which is why you need AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT 2009 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies! These nine minibooks cover all the stuff you need to know to set up AutoCAD for 2D or 3D, create drawings, modify and share them, publish your work, and more. There’s even a minibook devoted to increasing your options with AutoCAD LT!

This one-stop guide to creating great technical drawings using AutoCAD 2009 shows you how to navigate the AutoCAD interface, set up drawings, use basic and precision tools, and use drawing objects. You’ll learn how to annotate your drawings, use dimensioning and hatching, and work with AutoCAD’s new Annotation Scaling feature. You’ll also find out how to work with solids, texture surfaces, add lighting, and much more. Discover how to

* Navigate the AutoCAD interface
* Work with lines, shapes, and curves
* Add explanatory text
* Understand AutoCAD LT’s limitations
* Render your drawings
* Create and manage blocks
* Use AutoCAD advanced drafting techniques
* Comply with CAD management and standards
* Share your work with others
* Customize the AutoCAD interface, tools, and more

Complete with Web links to advanced information on navigating the AutoCAD programming interfaces, using custom programs, getting started with AutoLISP, and working with Visual Basic for AutoCAD, AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT 2009 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies is the only comprehensive AutoCAD guide you’ll ever need.

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9 books in 1 — your key to success with AutoCAD!

Your one-stop guide to creating great technical drawings using AutoCAD 2009

Nobody ever said AutoCAD was easy, which is why you need a book that is! These nine minibooks cover all the stuff you need to know to set up AutoCAD for 2D or 3D, create drawings, modify and share them, publish your work, and more. There's even a minibook devoted to AutoCAD LT, to increase your options!

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Blogger Beyond The Basics

Blogger Beyond The Basics




Customize and promote your blog with original templates, analytics, advertising, and SEO


* Customize your Blogger templates
* Grow your blog into a professional, feature-rich site
* Add social bookmarks to your blog
* Optimize your blog with SEO
* Integrate analytics and advertising with your Blogger blog
* Concise, clear, and easy to follow; rich with examples

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The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal

The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal




Can a human being really spontaneously burst into flames? Just how deadly is the Bermuda Triangle? And what's the real story behind all those alien abductions?
The answers to these and many other questions lie within the covers of The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal.

Guaranteed to liven up any dinner party, this delightful, highly readable book offers color photographs and scientific case-by-case explanations for twenty-seven phenomena that appear to defy known science, including ghosts and poltergeists, the predictions of Nostradamus, and yogic levitation, among many others.

Speaking directly to the reader, and always with respect for those who believe, Kelly gives us a bite-size, nonacademic approach to debunking hugely popular superstitions and mysteries. Did you know that you, too, can bend spoons and read minds? This book will show you how.


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PARANORMAL SOURCEBOOK

PARANORMAL SOURCEBOOK




Have you ever wanted to convince someone that the paranormal, while not being normal, is however quite real? If so, give them this book. It's written by a guy who sounds so down to earth and normal as your Aunt Jane that he's simply, well, believable. Written in the same sort of English you'd imagine a football sportscaster might use, TV producer Sellier entertains with stories about dozens of well-documented experiences that science can't figure out. He explains the history of things like the tarot and palmistry in palatable terms and presents paranormal events in ways that make it seem as though, while they may be unexplainable at the present, they will be understood soon. From psychic crime detectives to ghosts, spoon bending to spontaneous healing, ESP to divination, he takes the reader on a fascinating tour of the world of things otherworldly.

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Secrets of Yantra, Mantra & Tantra

Secrets of Yantra, Mantra & Tantra

Secrets of Yantra, Mantra and Tantra By L. R. Chawdhri
Unveiled in this book are the secrets of the occult sciences of Yantra, Mantra and Tantra to help the reader achieve worldly success and spiritual enlightenment. Detailed instructions are given for the preparation and application of Yantras for specific purposes: to win favours, defeat for selecting and using Mantras to attain miraculous powers, and fulfilment of one's desires, are explained in detail. In the Tantra section of the book, methods of treatment of diseases by herbs are given. Information is provided about Tantric articles and where to obtain them.

File size: 11MB

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Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature

Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature

Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature is a two-volume work that contains some 540 entries on erotic literature on an international scale. The Encyclopedia has an unprecedented scope, the first scholarly reference resource to bring the field together in all its fascinating variety. The entries examine the history of the literature in different countries and languages from classical antiquity to the present day, individual writers from around the world (not all of them necessarily known as specialist writers of erotic literature), significant works, genres and critical approaches, and general themes pertinent to erotic literature (nudity, prostitution, etc.).

The definition of erotic literature is broad, encompassing all the material recognized in the study of the field: not just fiction in all genres (novels, poetry, short stories, drama) but also essays, autobiographies, treatises, and sex manuals from different cultures. This Encyclopedia deals with sexually explicit texts characterized by sexual representations and suggestions. All types of sexuality are included.
Product Details

* Hardcover: 1616 pages
* Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (September 11, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1579584411
* ISBN-13: 978-1579584412

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Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night

Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night




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The Pagan Book of Words - Prayers, Chants, and Rhymes

The Pagan Book of Words - Prayers, Chants, and Rhymes
The Pagan Book of Words - Prayers, Chants, and Rhymes

In the pages of this book are over 75 rhymes, incantations and chants. Check it out if you dare!

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Buddhism - Plain And Simple

Buddhism - Plain And Simple

This is a book about awareness - it's about being 'awake' and in touch with what is going on here and now. Practical and down-to-earth, it deals exclusively with the present, not with speculation, theory or belief in some far-off time and place. The teachings of the Buddha are plain and straightforward, and because they remain focused on the moment they are just as relevant now as they have ever been. BUDDHISM PLAIN AND SIMPLE is the book for anyone wanting to discover, or rediscover, the essence of Buddhism.

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Da Vinci Code

Da Vinci Code

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Lord of the Ring Complete Collection

Lord of the Ring Complete Collection


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Real World Java EE Patterns, Rethinking Best Practices

Real World Java EE Patterns, Rethinking Best Practices

This pragmatic book offers the real world knowledge you need to develop lean and maintainable Java EE 5 / 6 applications. Real World Java EE Patterns - Rethinking Best Practices guides you to efficient patterns and best practices in a structured way, with code from real world projects.

This book includes coverage of: An introduction into the core principles and APIs of Java EE 6 (EJB, JPA, JMS, JCA, JTA, DI, Convention Over Configuration, REST), Principles of transactions, Isolation Levels, remoting in Java EE 6 context, Discussion of superfluous patterns and outdated best practices like DAOs, Business Delegates, DTOs, extensive layering, indirections, Patterns for integration of asynchronous, legacy, or incompatible resources, Infrastructural patterns for eager-starting of services, thread tracking, pre-condition checks, Java EE 6 lookups or integration of third-party Dependency Injection frameworks like Guice, Fully functional JCA implementation with source code, EJB 2 - EJB 3 migration strategies

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Harry Potter 1-7 (All Books) - [PDF Format]

Harry Potter 1-7 (All Books) - [PDF Format]

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Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More

Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More
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Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What You Don't
By Michael J. Losier


* Publisher: Wellness Central
* Number Of Pages: 142
* Publication Date: 2007-06-11
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0446199745
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780446199742
* Binding: Hardcover

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This self-help book offers an easy-to-follow, step-by-step inspirational program that leads readers through the process of figuring out what they want, why they don't have it yet, and what they need to do to get it and the life they've always desired.

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Fedora Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Fedora, CentOS

Fedora Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Fedora, CentOS &
Fedora Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat Power Users
307 pages | November 28, 2007 | PDF | 1 Mb

Aimed squarely at aspiring Linux power users and professional administrators, the Fedora Linux Toolbox offers more than 1000 examples of useful Linux command lines.
This compact, handy reference is made to carry with you, whether you are maintaining hundreds of Linux systems or just want to dig beneath the surface of your Fedora desktop system.

This is the Linux reference book you need to step up to the next level.

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McGraw-Hill - Gray Hat Hacking 2nd Edition

McGraw-Hill - Gray Hat Hacking 2nd Edition
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Uncover, plug, and ethically disclose security flaws. Prevent catastrophic network attacks by exposing security flaws, fixing them, and ethically reporting them to the software author. Fully expanded to cover the hacker's latest devious methods, Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook, Second Edition lays out each exploit alongside line-by-line code samples, detailed countermeasures, and moral disclosure procedures. Find out how to execute effective penetration tests, use fuzzers and sniffers, perform reverse engineering, and find security holes in Windows and Linux applications. You'll also learn how to trap and autopsy stealth worms, viruses, rootkits, adware, and malware. Implement vulnerability testing, discovery, and reporting procedures that comply with applicable laws. Learn the basics of programming, stack operations, buffer overflow and heap vulnerabilities, and exploit development. Test and exploit systems using Metasploit and other tools. Break in to Windows and Linux systems with perl scripts, Python scripts, and customized C programs. Analyze source code using ITS4, RATS, FlawFinder, PREfast, Splint, and decompilers. Understand the role of IDA Pro scripts, FLAIR tools, and third-party plug-ins in discovering software vulnerabilities. Reverse-engineer software using decompiling, profiling, memory monitoring, and data flow analysis tools. Reveal client-side web browser vulnerabilities with MangleMe, AxEnum, and AxMan. Probe Windows Access Controls to discover insecure access tokens, security descriptors, DACLs, and ACEs. Find and examine malware and rootkits using honeypots, honeynets, and Norman SandBox technology.

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The Truth About Six Pack Abs

The Truth About Six Pack Abs

Most books are nothing but a rehashing of outdated material. The self proclaimed experts claim special insights due to their years of so called research and most of the book is written like a third grade reader. Fortunately, The Truth About Six Pack Abs is not like most books. It is 117 no fluff pages of rock solid material that if followed will definitely provide a means to your Six-Pack dreams.

The Truth About Six Pack Abs clearly explains what most people do wrong when trying to get rock-hard abs. It will prevent you from wasting long hours of cardio, jogging, crunches and other exercises that will do nothing in reaching your goal of a flat washboard stomach.

The Truth About Six Pack Abs provides pictures and explanations of full body workout exercises that will burn fat, increase your metabolism and build up your core and stomach muscle.

Finally, The Truth About Six Pack Abs covers diet and nutrition information which really is the last piece to the puzzle that leads you on the straight and narrow path to sexy flat abs The Truth About Six Pack Abs an exceptional value it is packaged with six additional e-books that help you to obtain greater success in your fitness goals.

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5 Things You MUST Understand if You Are Ever Going to Lose Your Belly Fat & Get Six Pack Abs
by Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)

1. Many so-called "health foods" are actually cleverly disguised junk foods that can actually stimulate you to gain more belly fat... yet the diet food marketing industry continues to lie to you so they can maximize their profits.

2. Ab exercises such as crunches, sit-ups, and ab machines are actually the LEAST effective method of getting flat six pack abs. We'll explore what types of exercises REALLY work in a minute.

3. Boring repetitive cardio exercise routines are NOT the best way to lose body fat and uncover those six pack abs. I'll tell you the exact types of unique workouts that produce 10x better results below.

4. You DON'T need to waste your money on expensive "extreme fat burner" pills or other bogus supplements. I'll show you how to use the power of natural foods in more detail below.

5. Ab belts, ab-rockers, ab-loungers, and other infomercial ab-gimmicks... they're all a complete waste of your time and money. Despite the misleading infomercials, the perfectly chiseled fitness models in the commercials did NOT get their perfect body by using that "ab contraption"... they got their perfect body through REAL workouts and REAL nutrition strategies. Again, you'll learn some of their secrets and what really works below.

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