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How to Make Anyone Fall in Love With You

2009-11-14T14:28:00.000-08:00

How to Make Anyone Fall in Love With You By Leil Lowndes
Publisher: Contemporary Books 1996-10 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 0809232111 | PDF | 1 MB

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Stress management

2009-11-14T14:24:00.000-08:00

Stress management by Henry Parker
Publisher: Global Media 2007 | 108 Pages | ISBN-13 9788189940119 ISBN-10 n/a | PDF | 1 MB

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The Lazy Way to Success: How to Do Nothing and Accomplish Everything

2009-11-14T14:22:00.000-08:00

The Lazy Way to Success: How to Do Nothing and Accomplish Everything by Fred Gratzon
Publisher: Soma Press; First Edition edition (January 2003) | 215 pages | ISBN: 0972046402 | PDF | 6.5 MB

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Better Love Next Time: How the Relationship that Didn't Last Can Lead You to the One that Will

2009-11-14T14:19:00.000-08:00

Better Love Next Time: How the Relationship that Didn't Last Can Lead You to the One that Will By J. M. Kearns
Publisher: Wiley 2009-01-09 | 280 Pages | ISBN: 0470154721 | PDF | 1.3 MB

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Routines Manual Vol 2

2009-11-14T14:17:00.000-08:00

Routines Manual Vol 1

2009-11-14T14:12:00.000-08:00

Ancient Greek Love Magic

2009-11-14T14:10:00.001-08:00

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

2009-11-14T14:07:00.000-08:00

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert By Gottman John
Publisher: Сrown 1999 | 288 Pages | ASIN: B001IN4YI2 | PDF | 1.4 MB

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The Tao of Dating

2009-11-14T14:05:00.001-08:00

The Tao of Dating by Alex Benzer
Published by Elite Communications 2009 | 279 pages | ISBN: 9780977984 |PDF | 1 MB

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Homosexuality and Civilization

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Homosexuality and Civilization By Louis Crompton
Publisher: Belknap Press 2003-11-15 | 623 Pages | ISBN: 067401197X | PDF | 1.7 MB

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Bringing Down the House : The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions

2009-11-14T13:23:00.001-08:00

Proven Gambling Secrets

2009-11-14T13:21:00.001-08:00

The Encyclopedia of Gambling

2009-11-14T13:19:00.001-08:00

Pokerstars Cracked by Robert Eagle

2009-11-14T13:17:00.001-08:00

Card Tricks Anyone Can Do: A Mathematical Approach to Card Magic

2009-11-14T13:14:00.001-08:00

Rip Card Magic Trick

2009-11-14T13:11:00.000-08:00

A to Z of Sudoku

2009-11-14T13:09:00.000-08:00

Evolutionary Games and Population Dynamics

2009-11-14T13:06:00.000-08:00

Killer: The Game of Assassination

2009-11-14T13:04:00.001-08:00

5 PROVEN WINNING ROULETTE SYSTEMS

2009-11-14T13:01:00.000-08:00

Blackbelt in Blackjack: Playing 21 As a Martial Art

2009-11-14T12:59:00.001-08:00

Progression Blackjack: Exposing the Card Counting Myth

2009-11-14T12:54:00.000-08:00

Progression Blackjack: Exposing the Card Counting Myth
155 pages | Citadel (October 1, 2000) | ISBN-10: 0806513969 | PDF | 12 Mb

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Picture Yourself as a Magician by Wayne N Kawamoto

2009-11-14T12:50:00.000-08:00

Douglas W. Frye & Curtis D. Frye - Winning Secrets Of Online Poker

2009-11-14T12:48:00.001-08:00

PHP Fast & Easy Web Development, 2nd Edition

2009-11-13T15:04:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Excel VBA Programming for the Absolute Beginner, 3E by Duane Birnbaum

2009-11-13T15:01:00.000-08:00

Increase Your Web Traffic in a Weekend, Fifth Edition

2009-11-13T14:57:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 Unleashed

2009-11-13T14:54:00.001-08:00

The Art and Science of Web Design

2009-11-13T14:51:00.001-08:00

Mathematics for Game Developers (Game Development)

2009-11-13T14:48:00.000-08:00

Game Programming All in One, Third Edition

2009-11-13T14:46:00.000-08:00

Ruby on Rails Power!: The Comprehensive Guide

2009-11-13T14:43:00.000-08:00

Helclac, "Game Creation For Teens"

2009-11-13T14:40:00.001-08:00

Inside COM+ Base Services

2009-11-13T14:38:00.001-08:00

Head First Iphone Development: A Learner's Guide to Creating Objective-C Applications for the Iphone

2009-11-13T14:26:00.001-08:00

Head First Iphone Development: A Learner's Guide to Creating Objective-C Applications for the Iphone
550 pages | O'Reilly Media (November 3, 2009) | ISBN: 0596803540 | PDF | 16.3 MB

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Physics Modeling for Game Programmers by David Conger

2009-11-13T13:56:00.001-08:00

Programming Role Playing Games with DirectX, Second Edition

2009-11-13T13:54:00.001-08:00

Character Development and Storytelling for Games by Lee Sheldon

2009-11-13T13:51:00.000-08:00

Torque for Teens by Mike Duggan

2009-11-13T13:48:00.000-08:00

Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform

2009-11-13T13:46:00.000-08:00

Grails: A Quick-Start Guide

2009-11-13T13:44:00.000-08:00

Core Data: Apple's API for Persisting Data on Mac OS X

2009-11-13T13:34:00.000-08:00

Applications Interface Programming Using Multiple Languages: A Windows Programmer's Guide

2009-11-13T13:23:00.000-08:00

Beginning Direct3D Game Programming, Second Edition

2009-11-13T13:22:00.000-08:00

Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009

2009-11-13T13:18:00.001-08:00

SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedure Programming

2009-11-13T13:13:00.000-08:00

Windows® Internals: Including Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, Fifth Edition (PRO-Developer)

2009-11-13T13:10:00.000-08:00

Beginning Pre-Calculus for Game Developers

2009-11-13T13:07:00.000-08:00

Beginning DirectX 10 Game Programming by Wendy Jones

2009-11-13T13:05:00.000-08:00

AppleScript Studio Programming for the Absolute Beginner

2009-11-13T13:02:00.000-08:00

Visual C++ 6: The Complete Reference

2009-11-13T13:00:00.000-08:00

Schaum's Outline of Programming With C++

2009-11-13T12:57:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner

2009-11-13T12:54:00.000-08:00

Aaron Miller and Jerry Lee Ford Jr., «Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner»
Course Technology PTR | ISBN 159200816X | CHM | 24 Mb | 408 Pages

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Fundamentals of Circuits and Filters (The Circuits and Filters Handbook, Thrid Edition)

2009-11-12T14:36:00.000-08:00

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D (Focal Digital Camera Guides)

2009-11-12T14:29:00.000-08:00

Hardware-Tipps - Chip

2009-11-12T14:26:00.000-08:00

Internet-Enabled Handheld Devices, Computing, and Programming: Mobile Commerce and Personal Data Applications

2009-11-12T14:23:00.000-08:00

The Essential Guide to Computer Data Storage: From Floppy to DVD

2009-11-12T14:19:00.001-08:00

Maran Illustrated Computers Guided Tour

2009-11-12T14:10:00.000-08:00

Krav Maga: How to Defend Yourself Against Armed Assault

2009-11-12T14:03:00.000-08:00

The Forensic Mission: Investigate Forensic Science Through a Killer Mystery!

2009-11-12T14:00:00.000-08:00

Real Punching

2009-11-12T13:57:00.000-08:00

Karate (Randall, Pamela. Martial Arts)

2009-11-12T13:55:00.000-08:00

The Russian Kettlebell Challenge + Gong Fu Magazine

2009-11-12T13:52:00.000-08:00

U.S. Marines Close-Quarter Combat Manual

2009-11-12T13:49:00.000-08:00

Comprehensive Applications of Shaolin Chin Na

2009-11-12T13:45:00.000-08:00

Picture Yourself Ghost Hunting by Christopher Balzano14

2009-11-12T13:33:00.000-08:00

Secrets of Yantra, Mantra and Tantra

2009-11-12T13:31:00.000-08:00

Secrets of Yantra, Mantra and Tantra By Dr. L. R. Chawdhri (not full version, missed near 20 pages)
Publisher: New Dawn Press 1992-12-05 | 196 Pages | ISBN: 1845570227 | PDF | 10 MB

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Quick and Easy Holiday Treats with Style

2009-11-12T13:26:00.000-08:00

Quick and Easy Holiday Treats with Style (Food, Family & Friends Cookbook series) By Edie Hand, Darlene Real, Debra Lustrea
Publisher: Nomad Press 2003-10-01 | 122 Pages | ISBN: 0972202633 | PDF | 3 MB

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Quick and Easy Salads and Breads with Style

2009-11-12T13:23:00.000-08:00

Quick and Easy Salads and Breads with Style (Food, Family & Friends Cookbook series) By Edie Hand, Darlene Real, Debra Lustrea
Publisher: Nomad Press (VT) 2003-09-01 | 122 Pages | ISBN: 0972202625 | PDF | 3.7 MB

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The Complete Slow Cooker Cookbook: Essential Recipes for Hearty and Delicious Crockery Meals

2009-11-12T13:19:00.000-08:00

Beverage Quality and Safety

2009-11-12T13:17:00.001-08:00

Tammy Foster, Purnendu C. Vasavada "Beverage Quality and Safety"
Publisher: CRC 2003 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 1587160110 | PDF | 3 MB

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Food Flavours

2009-11-12T13:11:00.000-08:00

The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition, Two Volume Set

2009-11-12T12:58:00.000-08:00

Jacqueline L. Longe "The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition, Two Volume Set"
Publisher: Gale Cengage (November 16, 2007) | 1115 Pages | ISBN: 1414429916 | PDF | 21.4 MB

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Microprocessors From Assembly Language to C Using the PICI8FXX2

2009-11-07T05:24:00.000-08:00

Robert B. Reese, «Microprocessors: From Assembly Language to C Using the PICI8FXX2»
Charles River | ISBN: 1584503785 | 2005 | PDF | 652 pages | 9.59 MB

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This book is designed for a first course in microprocessors or it may be used as a reference for practicing engineers. The book is unique in presenting a balanced, integrated topic coverage of assembly language programming, microcontroller programming via the C language, and hardware interfacing. Programming topics are discussed using both assembly language and C, while hardware interfacing examples use C to keep code complexity low and improve clarity. A goal of this book is to prepare students for advanced courses in embedded systems or computer architecture. As such, the topic coverage is wide, with a mixture of software and hardware topics. The assembly language programming topics emphasize the linkage between C language constructs and their assembly language equivalents, so that students clearly understand the impact of C coding choices in terms of execution time and memory requirements. Hardware interface topics included in the textbook cover the fundamentals (parallel, serial, interrupts, A/D, D/A) using devices that do not require an extensive circuits background. Laboratory Projects These provide an extensive off-the-shelf lab experience (13 experiments) for using the PIC18: one experiment on introductory computer architecture topics, four experiments on PIC18 assembly language, and eight hardware experiments. The hardware experiments require the read to breadboard a PIC18F242 system that includes a serial EEPROM, external 8-bit Digital-to-Analog converter, and RS232 interface, and an infrared receiver module.

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Embedded Systems Handbook, Second Edition: Networked Embedded Systems (Industrial Information Technology)

2009-11-07T05:21:00.000-08:00

Richard Zurawski, "Embedded Systems Handbook, Second Edition: Networked Embedded Systems (Industrial Information Technology)"
CRC | 2009 | ISBN: 1439807612 | 804 pages | PDF | 13,5 MB

Considered a standard industry resource, the Embedded Systems Handbook provided researchers and technicians with the authoritative information needed to launch a wealth of diverse applications, including those in automotive electronics, industrial automated systems, and building automation and control. Now a new resource is required to report on current developments and provide a technical reference for those looking to move the field forward yet again. Divided into two volumes to accommodate this growth, the Embedded Systems Handbook, Second Edition presents a comprehensive view on this area of computer engineering with a currently appropriate emphasis on developments in networking and applications. Those experts directly involved in the creation and evolution of the ideas and technologies presented offer tutorials, research surveys, and technology overviews that explore cutting-edge developments and deployments and identify potential trends.

This second self-contained volume of the handbook, Network Embedded Systems, focuses on select application areas. It covers automotive field, industrial automation, building automation, and wireless sensor networks. This volume highlights implementations in fast-evolving areas which have not received proper coverage in other publications. Reflecting the unique functional requirements of different application areas, the contributors discuss inter-node communication aspects in the context of specific applications of networked embedded systems.

Those looking for guidance on preliminary design of embedded systems should consult the first volume: Embedded Systems Design and Verification.

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Advanced Data Structures

2009-11-07T05:08:00.000-08:00

Peter Brass, «Advanced Data Structures»
Cambridge University Press | ISBN: 0521880378 | 2008 | PDF | 472 pages | 2.03 MB

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Advanced Data Structures presents a comprehensive look at the ideas, analysis, and implementation details of data structures as a specialized topic in applied algorithms. Data structures are how data is stored within a computer, and how one can go about searching for data within. This text examines efficient ways to search and update sets of numbers, intervals, or strings by various data structures, such as search trees, structures for sets of intervals or piece-wise constant functions, orthogonal range search structures, heaps, union-find structures, dynamization and persistence of structures, structures for strings, and hash tables. This is the first volume to show data structures as a crucial algorithmic topic, rather than relegating them as trivial material used to illustrate object-oriented programming methodology, filling a void in the ever-increasing computer science market. Numerous code examples in C and more than 500 references make Advanced Data Structures an indispensable text. topic. Numerous code examples in C and more than 500 references make Advanced Data Structures an indispensable text.

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Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle

2009-11-01T21:06:00.001-08:00

Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle
384 pages | McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics; 1 edition (June 22, 2009) | 0071622934 | PDF | 1 Mb

A step-by-step guide to building an electric motorcycle from the ground up

Written by alternative fuel expert Carl Vogel, this hands-on guide gives you the latest technical information and easy-to-follow instructions for building a two-wheeled electric vehicle--from a streamlined scooter to a full-sized motorcycle.

Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle puts you in hog heaven when it comes to hitting the road on a reliable, economical, and environmentally friendly bike. Inside, you'll find complete details on every component, including motor, batteries, and frame. The book covers electric motorcycles currently on themarket and explains how to convert an existing vehicle. Pictures, diagrams, charts, and graphs illustrate each step along the way. Whether you want to get around town on a sleek ride or cruise the super slab on a tricked-out chopper, this is the book for you.

Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle covers:
Energy savings and environmental benefits
Rake, trail, and fork angle
Frame and design
Batteries and chargers
DC and AC motor types
Motor controllers
Accessories and converters
Electrical system and wiring
Conversion process
Safety, maintenance, and troubleshooting

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Software Security -- Theories and Systems

2009-11-01T21:05:00.000-08:00

Mitsuhiro Okada, Benjamin Pierce, Andre Scedrov, Hideyuki Tokuda, Akinori Yonezawa, "Software Security -- Theories and Systems: Mext-NSF-JSPS International Symposium, ISSS 2002, Tokyo, Japan, November 8-10, 2002, Revised Papers"
Springer | 2003 | ISBN: 3540007083 | 471 pages | PDF | 5 MB

For more than the last three decades, the security of software systems has been an important area of computer science, yet it is a rather recent general recognition that technologies for software security are highly needed.

This book assesses the state of the art in software and systems security by presenting a carefully arranged selection of revised invited and reviewed papers. It covers basic aspects and recently developed topics such as security of pervasive computing, peer-to-peer systems and autonomous distributed agents, secure software circulation, compilers for fail-safe C language, construction of secure mail systems, type systems and multiset rewriting systems for security protocols, and privacy issues as well.

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Designing Security Architecture Solutions

2009-11-01T21:04:00.000-08:00

Jay Ramachandran, «Designing Security Architecture Solutions»
Wiley | ISBN: 0471206024 | 2002 | PDF | 480 pages | 1.76 MB

The first guide to tackle security architecture at the software engineering level
Computer security has become a critical business concern, and, as such, the responsibility of all IT professionals. In this groundbreaking book, a security expert with AT&T Business's renowned Network Services organization explores system security architecture from a software engineering perspective. He explains why strong security must be a guiding principle of the development process and identifies a common set of features found in most security products, explaining how they can and should impact the development cycle. The book also offers in-depth discussions of security technologies, cryptography, database security, application and operating system security, and more.

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The Psychology of Religion, Fourth Edition An Empirical Approach

2009-11-01T21:03:00.001-08:00

Ralph W. Hood Jr., Peter C. Hill PhD, Bernard Spilka, "The Psychology of Religion, Fourth Edition: An Empirical Approach"
The Guilford Press | 2009 | ISBN: 1606233033 | 636 pages | PDF | 4,9 MB

Scholarly and comprehensive yet accessible, this state-of-the-science work is widely regarded as the definitive psychology of religion text. The authors synthesize classic and contemporary empirical research on numerous different religious groups. Coverage includes religious thought, belief, and behavior across the lifespan; links between religion and biology; the forms and meaning of religious experience; the social psychology of religious organizations; and connections to morality, coping, mental health, and psychopathology. Designed for optimal use in advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses, every chapter features thought-provoking quotations and examples that bring key concepts to life.

New to This Edition
*Revised and updated with the latest theories, methods, and empirical findings.
*Many new research examples.
*Restructured with fewer chapters for better “fit” with a typical semester.
*More attention to the differences between religion and spirituality
*Covers emerging topics: genetics and neurobiology, positive psychology, atheism, and more.

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Lucy Moore - Liberty The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France

2009-11-01T15:35:00.000-08:00

Lucy Moore - Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France
Publisher: Harper Perennial | 2008-06-01 | ISBN: 0060825278 | PDF | 512 pages | 1.76 MB

The ideals of the French Revolution inflamed a longing for liberty and equality within courageous, freethinking women of the era—women who played vital roles in the momentous events that reshaped their nation and the world. In Liberty, Lucy Moore paints a vivid portrait of six extraordinary Frenchwomen from vastly different social and economic backgrounds who helped stoke the fervor and idealism of those years, and who risked everything to make their mark on history.
Germaine de Staël was a wealthy, passionate Parisian intellectual—as consumed by love affairs as she was by politics—who helped write the 1791 Constitution. Théroigne de Méricourt was an unhappy courtesan who fell in love with revolutionary ideals. Exuberant, decadent Thérésia Tallien was a ruthless manipulator instrumental in engineering Robespierre's downfall. Their stories and others provide a fascinating new perspective on one of history's most turbulent epochs

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Joomla! 1.5x Customization Make Your Site Adapt to Your Needs

2009-11-01T15:21:00.000-08:00

Daniel Chapman, "Joomla! 1.5x Customization: Make Your Site Adapt to Your Needs"
Packt Publishing (August 24, 2009) | English | 1847195164 | 288 pages | PDF | 3.27 MB

Setting up a basic Joomla! Web site is easy; what comes next is hard and expensive - making the site do exactly what and look exactly how you want. With this book in hand, it is easy to adapt your site to bring your vision fully to life.
This book will help you to separate your site from the crowd of other Joomla! sites without having to invest in developers. It will guide you through how to customize different parts and aspects of your site and will also show you how to turn your site into a profitable business via these customizations. You will be able to build a successful, professional web site that will adapt to all your business needs.
You will be taken beyond the basics of Joomla!, and given an insight into the techniques and tools used by the professionals to rapidly develop unique, custom sites. This will enable you to develop your own professional-quality Joomla! site without assistance, saving you time and money. You will learn how modules, plugins, components, and templates are constructed, and how to make changes in them, giving you the confidence to make more elaborate changes to your site. On top of this will be a look at common problems Joomla! site developers face and how best to deal with them.
You will also learn techniques for building a business with Joomla!, as you step through building a subscription-based web business. Towards the end, you will look at marketing and monetizing this business fully to maximize your return.
What you will learn from this book?

* Identify and use the right tools to speed up site development
* Set goals and a mission for your site to guide development
* Pick the right extensions for your site
* Plan and implement advanced configurations for extensions
* Modify extension functionality to suit your needs
* Modify extension and template appearance to suit your needs
* Diagnose and fix common problems on Joomla! sites
* Market your site, via SEO, Social Marketing, and Traditional Marketing
* Monetize your site to make the maximum return
* Build a subscription site step by step

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Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

2009-10-31T19:16:00.001-07:00

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

2009-10-30T14:16:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-27T16:42:00.001-07:00

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

2009-10-27T16:41:00.001-07:00

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

2009-10-27T16:39:00.002-07:00

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

2009-10-27T16:39:00.001-07:00

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

2009-10-27T16:38:00.001-07:00

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

2009-10-27T16:36:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-27T16:35:00.001-07:00

"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

2009-10-27T16:33:00.001-07:00

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

2009-10-22T15:18:00.001-07:00

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

2009-10-22T15:14:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-22T15:11:00.000-07:00

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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2009-10-22T15:10:00.001-07:00

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

2009-10-22T15:06:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-22T15:01:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-21T16:29:00.000-07:00

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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