Hard Drive or Microsoft Office Excel 2007

Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire

Author: James Wallac

The true story behind the rise of a tyrannical genius, how he
transformed an industry, and why everyone is out to get him.

In this fascinating exposé, two investigative reporters trace the hugely successful career of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Part entrepreneur, part enfant terrible, Gates has become the most powerful -- and feared -- player in the computer industry, and arguably the richest man in America. In Hard Drive, investigative reporters Wallace and Erickson follow Gates from his days as an unkempt thirteen-year-old computer hacker to his present-day status as a ruthless billionaire CEO. More than simply a "revenge of the nerds" story though, this is a balanced analysis of a business triumph, and a stunningly driven personality. The authors have spoken to everyone who knows anything about Bill Gates and Microsoft -- from childhood friends to employees and business rivals who reveal the heights, and limits, of his wizardry. From Gates's singular accomplishments to his equally extraordinary brattiness, arrogance, and hostility (the atmosphere is so intense at Microsoft that stressed-out programmers have been known to ease the tension of their eighty-hour workweeks by exploding homemade bombs), this is a uniquely revealing glimpse of the person who has emerged as the undisputed king of a notoriously brutal industry.

San Francisco Chronicle

"A fascinating yarn of the extremes of admiration and hatred that such singlemindedness can inspire."

San Francisco Chronicle

A fascinating yarn of the extremes of admiration and hatred that such singlemindedness can inspire.

Publishers Weekly

In a biting biography and computer-industry expose, two Seattle Post-Intelligencer journalists here relate in dramatic detail how a moody, computer-dazzled prep-school whiz kid, a Harvard dropout at age 19, formed his own company, now Microsoft Inc., with a few friends. They developed and marketed in aggressive style a series of personal-computer software applications and operating systems, the phenomenal sales of which by some accounts have made 37-year-old William H. Gates Jr. the richest person in America. Alternately cooperating and competing with industry giants Apple, Xerox and IBM, ``Chairman Bill'' worked 20-hour days in Levis and loafers and relaxed by driving his Mercedes at speeds up to 150 mph, as Microsoft set industry standards in desktop-computer languages and programs. Driven and hard-driving, Gates has engendered admiration, envy, imitation, complaints of unfairness and an FTC investigation. $60,000 ad/promo; author tour. (June)

Library Journal

Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporters Wallace and Erickson present an in-depth portrait of Gates, the 35-year-old chairman and co-founder of Microsoft, from his early years as a young computer genius to his current status of billionaire. Throughout the work, the authors include recollections of Gates's business associates, friends, and former employees. They tell Microsoft's story from its founding in 1975 through developments in early 1992. Wallace and Erickson also chronicle the Federal Trade Commission's recent investigation of Microsoft for possible antitrust violations. The authors present a history of developments in the computer and software industry and the relationships among notable companies, including IBM, Microsoft, and Apple. Daniel Ichbiah and Susan L. Knepper's The Making of Microsoft ( LJ 11/1/91) covers the same material, but Hard Drive provides a more detailed portrait of the complex Gates as well as a closer look at the organization of Microsoft. Highly recommended.-- Lucy Heckman, St. John's Univ. Lib., Jamaica, N.Y.

Booknews

The authors are journalists who have expanded their stories for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer into a full-length profile of Gates and his company. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Microsoft Office Excel 2007: Complete Concepts and Techniques

Author: Gary B Shelly

In Microsoft Excel 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques you'll find features that are specifically designed to improve retention, and prepare readers for future success. Our trademark step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach now encourages readers to expand their understanding of the Access 2007 software through experimentation, exploration, and planning ahead.

Table of Contents:

1. Creating a Worksheet and an Embedded Chart
2. Formulas, Functions, Formatting, and Web Queries
3. What-If Analysis, Charting, and Working with Large Worksheets Web Feature: Creating Web Pages Using Excel
4. Financial Functions, Data Tables, and Amortization Schedules
5. Creating, Sorting, and Querying a Table
6. Creating Templates and Working with Multiple Worksheets and Workbooks Graphics Feature: SmartArt and Images
Appendices A: Project Planning Guidelines B: Introduction to Microsoft Office 2007 C: Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Help D: Publishing Office 2007 Web Pages to a Web Server E: Customizing Microsoft Office Excel 2007 F: Steps for the Windows XP User G: Microsoft Business Certification Program

Security Guide to Networking Security Fundamentals Second Edition or HSDPA HSUPA for UMTS

Security+ Guide to Networking Security Fundamentals, Second Edition

Author: Mark Ciampa

Completely rewritten to include Microsoft Windows Server 2003 coverage and other cutting-edge technologies, this best selling text will ensure your students' success on CompTIA's latest Server+ Exam.

Table of Contents:

1. Information Security Fundamentals 2. Attackers and their Attacks 3. Security Basics 4. Security Baselines 5. Securing the Network Infrastructure 6. Web Security 7. Protecting Advanced Communications 8. Scrambling Through Cryptography 9. Using and Managing Keys 10. Operational Security 11. Policies and Procedures 12. Security Management 13. Advanced Security and Beyond Appendices A: CompTIA Security+ Examination Objectives B: Linux and Windows Security C: Common TCP/IP Ports and Their Threats D: Sample Acceptable Use Policy

Book about: Introduction to the Theory of Computation Second Edition or Smartbomb

HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS: High Speed Radio Access for Mobile Communications

Author: Antti Toskala

From the editors of the highly successful WCDMA for UMTS, this new book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date reference to High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technologies for WCDMA. The editors cover both HSDPA and HSUPA, including an in-depth description and explanation of 3GPP standards, and expected performance based on simulations and first measurements. The text also discusses the impact of HSDPA and HSUPA on network dimensioning, covers applications and end-to-end performance in detail, and includes a section on radio frequency requirements and terminal design considerations.

The most comprehensive and advanced guide to the HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) technologies and standardisation, HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS:

• Analyses the impact of HSDPA/HSUPA on network dimensioning, discussing co-existence with R99 (Release 99) and GPRS/EDGE (General Packet Radio Services/ Enhanced Data GSM Environment)

• Contains a section on applications and end-to-end (e2e) performance

• Includes a chapter on radio frequency (RF) requirements and terminal design considerations, covering different RF bands, multi-band HSDPA and multi-mode HSDPA+EDGE challenges, power consumption

• Provides numerous illustrations of 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) standards and performance

This title provides excellent coverage of the area for system, element and chip designers, network planners, technical mangers with vendors, operators and application developers. It is also ideal for postgraduates and researchers in related areas.

Introduction to the Theory of Computation Second Edition or Smartbomb

Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Second Edition

Author: Michael Sipser

This highly anticipated revision builds upon the strengths of the previous edition. Sipser's candid, crystal-clear style allows students at every level to understand and enjoy this field. His innovative "proof idea" sections explain profound concepts in plain English. The new edition incorporates many improvements students and professors have suggested over the years, and offers updated, classroom-tested problem sets at the end of each chapter.

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Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution

Author: Heather Chaplin

What started as a game of Pong, with little blips dancing across a computer screen, has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry that is changing the future, making inroads into virtually all aspects of our culture.Who are the minds behind this revolution? How did it happen? Where is it headed?

In Smartbomb, journalists Heather Chaplin and Aaron Ruby take the reader behind the scenes at gaming conventions, into powerhouse think tanks where new games are created, into the thick of the competition at cyberathlete tournaments, and into the homes of gamers for whom playing a role in a virtual world has assumed more relevance and reality than life in the real world.

Publishers Weekly

Freelance journalists (and married couple) Chaplin and Ruby team up for a wide-ranging look at the video-game industry. They dwell extensively on the corporations behind the games, from Nintendo's humble origins as a playing card manufacturer, to the extravagances of today's most popular game designers, who have earned millions by applying their world-class computer programming skills to increasingly complex imaginary worlds for players to explore, both peaceful (The Sims) and violent (Grand Theft Auto). The game players are the other major part of the story, and Ruby's experiences in the gaming community prove especially helpful as his role-playing character becomes intertwined with that of one of his interview subjects in online multiplayer games like Star Wars Galaxies (Ruby writes this portion in the third person and mentions his wife's frustrations with the time he spends online without naming her, underscoring the duo's efforts to make themselves invisible in the story). Much of the reporting takes place at gaming tournaments and industry expos, reinforcing the circuslike atmosphere. A chapter on the U.S. military's interest in using video games as both recruiting and training tools adds some gravity, but overall it's easiest to appreciate this work as a whirlwind subcultural tour. Agent, Daniel Greenberg. (Nov. 4) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Adult/High School-This thorough history in eight essay-style chapters begins at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2001 with CliffyB, a 26-year-old who already had nine years of experience in the industry. The story goes back in time to MIT in the late '50s and the development of the first video game. Moving onward to the present, readers meet developers at Nintendo, the creators of Doom, the developers of the Sims series, and players of Massively Multiplayer Online games. By the book's finish, the arrival of video games as the dominant form of contemporary entertainment could not be made clearer than by the embrace of gaming by two behemoths of industry-the U.S. Military and Microsoft. The essays consist of both first-person interviews and well-noted research and give a holistic picture of how the industry developed the way it did. Lots of numbers and facts back up the popularity of video games-for example, it only took a year for PlayStation2 to appear in 10 million homes, a feat that took the telephone 35 years to accomplish. This immensely readable book will have great appeal with gaming teens, but should also be required reading for librarians interested in learning more about gaming and its role in our culture and our teen-focused libraries.-Jamie Watson, Harford County Public Library, Belcamp, MD Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A survey of video games, with a look at what happened between Pong and Halo. Journalists Chaplin and Ruby try to go beyond the wicked graphics and big numbers (annual sales of $10 billion in the U.S. alone) to get at the personalities who have created a new entertainment industry that is celebrated and reviled with almost equal amounts of passion. They have a good crop to choose from, since videogame development is fueled by uniquely brainy misfits just like those who spawned the personal computer revolution-only odder. The driving forces behind id Software, the company that created the ultimate first-person shooter game, Doom, John Romero and John Carmack serve as prototypes for the rest of the field's personality types. Romero is the swollen-headed egomaniac, Carmack the nearly inhuman programmer, referred to in hushed and worshipful tones by almost everyone as being "like a machine." Serving as a barometer of the industry's ups and downs while the authors hit one industry gathering after another is the designer of the smash hit Unreal, CliffyB (Clifford Bleszinski): celebratory, paranoid and uneasy in temperament. Standing out as singularly unique is Shigeru Miyamoto, the Japanese master who created Donkey Kong, Mario Bros., Zelda and the rest of the fairytale pantheon that drove the Nintendo revolution. More hopeful, innocent and human than most of the antisocial crew collected here (has any other successful business ever collected so many people who operated with so little connection to the rest of society?), Miyamoto seems to be one of the few who can look beyond the framework of move-shoot-kill. The authors' approach is haphazard-their text seems to have been written ininstallments at various conventions and then bandaged together-but the raw material is strong enough to compensate. An informative thumbnail guide to this flickering phenomenon.

iLife 08 or Dreamweaver CS4 For Dummies

iLife '08: iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, iDVD [Apple Training Series]

Author: Michael E Cohen

In the only Apple-certified guide to iLife '08, readers will learn how to master their digital media within the first few pages. Using real-life material and practical lessons that readers can apply immediately to their own projects, this book/DVD combo offers a complete, self-paced course in creating and sharing digital music, photos, movies, podcasts, and blogs with iLife ’08. Focused lessons take readers step-by-step through everything from making custom music CDs to adding motion and sound to a slideshow of photos, then posting them on the Web. Fully updated to cover all the new features of iLife '08, readers will learn how to take full advantage of iMovie’s radically new interface to create movies in a snap, take advantage of the brand-new organizational tools in iPhoto, and jam with Magic GarageBand’s virtual instruments.

The book is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Training and Certification Program, used by schools and training centers worldwide. An easy, accessible style paired with ample illustrations and keyboard shortcuts guarantee that readers become proficient with iLife in no time.

10162007

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Dreamweaver CS4 For Dummies

Author: Janine C Warner

It’s easier than ever to turn your Web design dreams into reality — discover how!
Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a Web design newbie, here’s the quickest, easiest way to get up to speed on Dreamweaver CS4. Soon you’ll be taking advantage of the new, more customizable interface, the improved integration with Flash and Photoshop, a handy new AJAX coding feature, Live View to let you see your work as it will actually appear, and a whole lot more.

• Discover Web design basics — understand browser differences, make the most of CSS, and use Dynamic Web templates
• Shades of gray — see how the new gray interface makes it easier to work with the colors in your designs
• Go graphic — create and optimize Web graphics using Dreamweaver’s close integration with Photoshop
• Cascading Style Sheets — learn to create beautiful layouts that are easily updated using Dreamweaver’s enhanced CSS features and templates
• Give it Flash — insert Flash files or link to audio and video files
• Explore the Spry Framework — include interactive features like drop-down menus and collapsible panels without writing code
• Just add data — connect your site to a data source and create basic interactivity for sites such as online catalogs

Open the book and find:

• How to customize the workspace
• Tips for setting up links
• The best formats for Web images
• Which new tools help you work with code
• How to create rollover images
• Key concepts of a dynamic Web site
• Page layout tips
• How to manage, test, and publishyour site

Table of Contents:

Introduction 1

Pt. I Creating Great Web Sites 9

Ch. 1 The Many Ways to Design a Web Page 11

Ch. 2 Opening and Creating Sites 29

Ch. 3 Adding Graphics 61

Ch. 4 Managing, Testing, and Publishing a Site 87

Pt. II Appreciating Web Design Options 119

Ch. 5 Cascading Style Sheets 121

Ch. 6 Creating CSS Layouts 167

Ch. 7 Coming to the HTML Table 207

Ch. 8 Framing Your Pages 225

Ch. 9 Coordinating Your Design Work 245

Pt. III Making It Coot With Multimedia and JavaScript 269

Ch. 10 Adding Interactivity with Behaviors 271

Ch. 11 Showing Off with Multimedia 289

Ch. 12 Forms Follow Function 317

Ch. 13 Creating AJAX Features with Spry 337

Pt. IV Working with Dynamic Content 353

Ch. 14 Building a Dynamic Web Site: Getting Started 355

Ch. 15 Bringing Data into the Mix 377

Pt. V The Part of Tens 397

Ch. 16 Ten Resources You May Need 399

Ch. 17 Ten Timesaving Tips 405

Index 413

CCIE Professional Development Routing TCP IP or The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4 with CSS Ajax and PHP

CCIE Professional Development Routing TCP/IP: Volume 1

Author: Jeff Doyl

A detailed examination of interior routing protocols -- completely updated in a new edition

A complete revision of the best-selling first edition--widely considered a premier text on TCP/IP routing protocols

A core textbook for CCIE preparation and a practical reference for network designers, administrators, and engineers

Includes configuration and troubleshooting lessons that would cost thousands to learn in a classroom and numerous real-world examples and case studies

Praised in its first edition for its approachable style and wealth of information, this new edition provides readers a deep understanding of IP routing protocols, teaches how to implement these protocols using Cisco routers, and brings readers up to date protocol and implementation enhancements. Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1, Second Edition, includes protocol changes and Cisco features that enhance routing integrity, secure routers from attacks initiated through routing protocols, and provide greater control over the propagation of routing information for all the IP interior routing protocols. Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1, Second Edition, provides a detailed analysis of each of the IP interior gateway protocols (IGPs). Its structure remains the same as the best-selling first edition, though information within each section is enhanced and modified to include the new developments in routing protocols and Cisco implementations. What's New In This Edition? The first edition covers routing protocols as they existed in 1998. The new book updates all covered routing protocols and discusses new features integrated in the latest version of Cisco IOS Software. IPv6, its use with interiorrouting protocols, and its interoperability and integration with IPv4 are also integrated into this book. Approximately 200 pages of new information are added to the main text, with some old text removed. Additional exercise and solutions are also included.

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The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP

Author: David Powers

With over 3 million users worldwide, Adobe's Dreamweaver is the most popular web development software in the world, and it just took another step forward with CS3, the new version released in 2007. Having come a long way from its humble beginnings as a simple web design tool, CS3 allows you to rapidly put together standards compliant web sites and dynamic web sites with server-side languages and Ajax, and much more.
To complement this great new application, David Powers has written the ultimate guide to itThe Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 teaches you everything you need to know about the application, from setting up your development environment environment to publishing your sites and applications on the web, and everything in between.

• Takes you through your development environment set up
• Covers everything you need to create both standards compliant web sutes, and dynamic web applications
• Teaches several real world techniques using a series of step by step tutorials

What youll learn

• How to set up your ideal development environment, using Mac OSX/Windows, Apache (and IIS on Windows,) Apache, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin
• Creating standards compliant web sites using CS3's XHTML and CSS features
• Creating dynamic web applications using CS3's PHP and Spry Ajax server behaviors
• Building several real world web site functions, such as form validation, random quote generator, search function, user management/login pages, dynamic Ajax gallery, and much more.
• Creating an interface design in Fireworks CS3 and importing it into Dreamweaver CS3.
• How use Dreamweaver CS3's XML functionality, toconsume RSS feeds, and create Spry data sets
• Using includes, templates and master detail pages.
• How to publish your site after you've created it

Summary of Contents

• Chapter 1: Dreamweaver CS3Your Creative Partner
• Chapter 2: Building Dynamic Sites with Ajax and PHP
• Chapter 3: Getting the Work Environment Ready
• Chapter 4: Setting Up a PHP Site
• Chapter 5: Adding a Touch of Style
• Chapter 6: Creating a CSS Site Straight Out of the Box
• Chapter 7: Building Site Navigation with the Spry Menu Bar
• Chapter 8: Sprucing Up Content with Spry Widgets
• Chapter 9: Building Online Forms and Validating Input
• Chapter 10: Introducing the Basics of PHP
• Chapter 11: Using PHP to Process a Form
• Chapter 12: Working with PHP Includes and Templates
• Chapter 13: Setting Up MySQL and phpMyAdmin
• Chapter 14: Storing Records in a Database
• Chapter 15: Controlling Access to Your Site
• Chapter 16: Working with Multiple Tables
• Chapter 17: Searching Records and Handling Dates
• Chapter 18: Using XSLT to Display Live News Feeds and XML
• Chapter 19: Using Spry to Display XML
• Chapter 20: Getting the Best of Both Worlds with PHP and Spry

Intermediate Perl or Rune Factory 2 Official Strategy Guide

Intermediate Perl

Author: Randal L Schwartz

Perl is a versatile, powerful programming language used in a variety of disciplines, ranging from system administration to web programming to database manipulation. One slogan of Perl is that it makes easy things easy and hard things possible. "Intermediate Perl" is about making the leap from the easy things to the hard ones.

Originally released in 2003 as "Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules" and revised and updated for Perl 5.8, this book offers a gentle but thorough introduction to intermediate programming in Perl. Written by the authors of the best-selling "Learning Perl," it picks up where that book left off. Topics include:

Packages and namespaces

References and scoping

Manipulating complex data structures

Object-oriented programming

Writing and using modules

Testing Perl code

Contributing to CPAN

Following the successful format of "Learning Perl," we designed each chapter in the book to be small enough to be read in just an hour or two, ending with a series of exercises to help you practice what you've learned. To use the book, you just need to be familiar with the material in "Learning Perl" and have ambition to go further.

Perl is a different language to different people. It is a quick scripting tool for some, and a fully-featured object-oriented language for others. It is used for everything from performing quick global replacements on text files, to crunching huge, complex sets of scientific data that take weeks to process. Perl is what you make of it. But regardless of what you use Perl for, this book helps you do it more effectively, efficiently, and elegantly.

"Intermediate Perl" is about learning to use Perl asaprogramming language, and not just a scripting language. This is the book that turns the Perl dabbler into the Perl programmer.

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Rune Factory 2 Official Strategy Guide

Author: BradyGames

A Fantasy World of Survival and Exploration!

You awake to find yourself in a new land with no memory or who you are. With the aid of friends you must try to discover your purpose and begin a new life. In order to make your way in Alvarna, you will need to befriend your neighbors, build and develop a farm, grow crops, train monsters, and enhance your skills in order to explore the land and discover its secrets.

 

Comprehensive Walkthrough!

Learn how to live off of the land - farm, ranch, and fight effectively to earn money and resources that will help you in your quest.

 

Dungeon Maps!

Detailed maps that show dungeon fields, enemy spawn points, places to fish, and boss locations.

 

Items, Equipment, and Recipes!

Discover all of the best food, crops, weapons, and tools for your adventuring needs.

 

Special Events!

A complete guide for festival days, events, character likes and dislikes, locations, and requests.

 

  

Platform: Nintendo DS

Genre: Role-Playing Game

Learning WCF or Beyond HR

Learning WCF

Author: Michele LeRoux Bustamant

This easy-to-use introduction to Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is ideal for developers who want to learn to build services on a company network or as part of an enterprise system. Built into Windows Vista and Longhorn, and available for Windows XP and Windows 2003, WCF provides a platform for service-oriented architecture (SOA) that enables secure and reliable communication among systems within an organization or across the Internet. With WCF, software developers can focus on their business applications and not the plumbing required to connect them. Furthermore, with WCF developers can learn a single programming API to achieve results previously provided by ASMX, Enterprise Services and .NET Remoting. Learning WCF removes the complexity of using this platform by providing detailed answers, explanations and code samples for the most common questions asked by software developers. Windows Communication Foundation (or WCF, formerly code name "Indigo") provides a set of programming APIs that make it easy to build and consume secure, reliable, and transacted services. This platform removes the need for developers to learn different technologies such as ASMX, Enterprise Services and .NET Remoting, to distribute system functionality on a corporate network or over the Internet. The first truly service-oriented platform, WCF provides innovations that decouple service design and development from deployment and distribution - creating a more flexible and agile environment. WCF also encapsulates all of the latest web service standards for addressing, security, reliability and more.

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Beyond HR: The New Science of Human Capital

Author: John W Boudreau

Is your talent strategy a unique competitive advantage? As competition for top talent increases, companies must recognize that decisions about talent and its organization can have a significant strategic impact.

Beyond HR shows how organizations can uncover distinctive talent contributions, strategically differentiate their HR practices and metrics, and more optimally allocate talent to create value. Illustrations from companies such as Disney, Boeing, and Corning describe a new decision science called Talentship, that reveals opportunities by identifying strategy pivot points and the optimal talent and organization decisions that address them.

A unique framework helps readers identify their own distinctive strategic pivot points and connect them to talent decisions, showing how today's "HR" can evolve to fulfill its potential as a source of strategic advantage.

Table of Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgments     ix
The Essential Evolution: Personnel, Human Resources, Talentship     1
A Decision Science Applied to Talent: Understanding the Necessary Components     25
The HC BRidge Framework: Pivot-Points in Impact, Effectiveness, and Efficiency     47
Impact in Strategy Analysis: Finding the Strategy Pivot-Points     71
Impact in Organization and Talent: Linking Strategic Pivot-Points to Structures and Roles     97
Effectiveness in Performance and Potential: Aligning Pivotal Interactions and Actions Through Culture and Capacity     119
Effectiveness in Policies and Practices: Creating the Strategic Portfolio of Talent Programs     141
Efficiency in Organization and Talent Investments: Acquiring and Deploying Resources to Optimize the Talent Portfolio     169
Talent Measurement and Analytics: Beyond Measures to the LAMP     187
Making Talentship Work: How the HR Evolution Becomes a Practical Reality     215
Notes     235
Bibliography     245
Index     249
About the Authors     257

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques or Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi 450D

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques

Author: Ben Willmor

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques has been completely updated to cover the new features in CS3. In a friendly, easy-going style that's long on information and short on techno-babble, Photoshop Hall-of-Famer Ben Willmore guides you through the concepts, features that will truly make a difference in how you use Photoshop every day. He takes you from blindly following step-by-step instructions to an in-depth understanding of how Photoshop works, cutting through the fat to focus on what he considers to be Photoshop's essential features. This full-color book delivers the content in three easily digestible sections: Working Foundations, Production Essentials, and Creative Explorations, and includes a companion CD with bonus chapters and practice images so you can quickly and easily apply the techniques covered throughout. Beginning with the working foundations of Photoshop--the basic tools, palettes, layers, and masks, you'll quickly move on to real-world production techniques, such as how to sharpen scans, correct and optimize images, and use the powerful Curves and Channels features to your advantage. Finally, you'll get to fully explore Photoshop's creative potential by blending and enhancing images, creating collages, retouching photographs, colorizing, and working with filters and layer masks. By the time you finish this book, your creativity and efficiency levels should soar and you'll start to feel like you finally "get" Photoshop.

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D

Author: Christopher Grey

Focal Digital Camera Guides: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D

Just bought a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D and looking to combine practical know-how with inspiration? This one-stop, easy-to-read guide covers all the basic functions of the camera, and everything beyond.

For the basics, turn to the quick start guide, which will get you up and running in five minutes.

For an understanding of your camera's many controls and features, check out the section called "The Camera." If all you need is a quick explanation, you'll find it. If you're looking for the Whole Story, you'll find that, too. Settings that affect how your pictures look are accompanied by full-color examples that show you exactly what you can expect. This section also covers the camera's menus, playback features, memory, and power sources.

The section called "Software" shows you how to get the most out of your camera's software. It covers tethered shooting, color management, RAW conversion, storing your images, managing your library, and backup strategies - to name just a few topics.

Ultimately, this book's greatest strength isn't its focus on the camera or the software; it's the detailed, easy-to-follow instruction it offers on using your camera to take truly superior photographs. Sections devoted to lenses, subject matter, and light cover these variables in depth, always presenting the most effective techniques in the context of the strengths and limitations of the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D.

Written by a widely acclaimed photographer and photography teacher, Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D shows you how to get the shots you can see in your head but have neverbeen able to capture with a camera.

* The quick start guide will have you taking great photos in five minutes.

* In-depth coverage of every feature and control ensures that you have access to the tools you need for every shot.

* Full-color examples demonstrate how different settings affect your photos.

* Expert coverage of lenses, lighting, and subject matter gives you the practical knowledge you need to go after any shot.

* Step-by-step instructions on photo editing and image management help you get the most out of your camera's software.

* A detailed review of accessories for your camera explains which of these add-ons offer the most value for your needs.

* Dozens of tips and tricks prepare you for every situation you're likely to encounter - in the field, at the studio, or at your next wedding or family reunion.

*Get up and running fast with a visual tour of the camera and quick start guide by a professional photographer who writes in a clear, no-nonsense style
*See how camera settings change your images with good and bad shots side by side and understand how to shoot, process and color manage and archive your images
*Focal Camera Guides is a brand new series of colorful, modern guides to top DSLRs

Table of Contents:

Introduction; Visual Tour; Quick Start: Up and Running in Five Minutes; Basic Principles of Good Photography; Part I: The Camera: Making Pictures; Viewing the Images; Menus; Cards, Readers, and Batteries; Part II: The Software: EOS Utility; Downloading Images; Using Your Computer to Set the Camera; Remote Shooting; Digital Photo Professional; The Edit Window; RAW Image Adjustment; Picture Styles; Adjusting Dynamic Range; RGB Image Adjustment; Picture Style Editor; ImageBrowser; Downloading Images; PhotoStitch; Part III: Light: Natural and Ambient; The Color of Light; Reflectors; Part IV: Lenses: EF14 mm f2.8 L USM Aspherical; 85 mm f1.2; 50 mm f2.5 Compact Macro; 100 mm f2.8 Macro; TS-E 90 mm f2.8 Tilt/Shift; EF70—200 mm f2.8 L USM; EF24—70 mm f 2.8 USM; EF24—105 f4 L; EF400 mm f2.8 L IS USM; EF-S Lenses; EF-S 17—55 mm f2.8 IS USM; EF-S 10—22 mm f3.5—4.5 USM; EF-S 17—85 f4—5.6 IS USM; EF-S 18—55 mm f3.5—5.6 IS USM; EF-S 60 mm f2.8 Macro USM; Part V: The Subjects: Pro Tips and Tricks for Great Images!; People; Travel; Pets and Wildlife; Humor; Part VI: Accessories: Accessory Flash; Multi Stroboscopic Flash; Speedlites in Studio or Location; Macro Twin Lite; Ring Lite; Camera Accessories; Printers; Other Accessories; Rebel Links; Index

Lighting Photo Workshop or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Inside Out

Lighting Photo Workshop

Author: Chris Bucher

A rigorous practical guide to photographic lighting techniques, complete with hands-on assignments

Offering digital photographers a complete course in photographic lighting, this book covers everything from using flash systems and studio lights to working outdoors in bright or low-light conditions. Full-color examples show how the right lighting can enhance color, improve contrast, and open the door to new creative possibilities.

Interesting book: CIA Inc or ArcView GIS Means Business

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Inside Out

Author: Jim Boyc

Conquer Microsoft Office Outlook 2007—from the inside out!

You're beyond the basics, so dive right in and really take control of your communications and workday! This supremely organized reference is packed with hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds. It's all muscle and no fluff. Discover how the experts tackle Outlook 2007—and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery!

•Configure and customize Outlook 2007 with advanced set up options
•Learn advanced techniques for managing e-mail and new RSS features
•Optimize efficiency—organize and share your calendar, tasks, and notes
•Use Business Contact Manager to keep track of clients' information and other critical data
•Implement virus protection, encryption, spam filters, and other security features
•Set up a VPN, remote LAN, HTTP over RPC, and Outlook Web Access
•Support expanded client and server collaboration capabilities
•Configure Outlook 2007 as a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 client
•Create macros and custom forms with Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications

CD includes:
•Fully searchable eBook—plus bonus chapters
•Sample macros and templates for running custom print jobs
•Tools and add-ins for extending and customizing Outlook 2007
•Articles from the experts: programming, customizing, supporting Outlook
•Links to demos, webcasts, and user communities
•References for finding Outlook 2003 commands in Outlook 2007
•Windows Vista Product Guide eReference and other eBooks

Information Technology for Management or Mastering Digital SLR Photography

Information Technology for Management: Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy

Author: Efraim Turban

Information technology has changed how businesses operate and succeed in today’s global economy. Organizations can now use IT to transform themselves and achieve a tremendous competitive advantage. Information Technology for Management: Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy, Seventh Edition highlights how this new technology is changing the current business environment and what effect it has on today’s students.  The text addresses the major principles of MIS in order to prepare managers to understand the role of information technology in the digital economy. Revised and updated for a junior or senior level MIS or MBA course, this title will give students what they need to succeed in the emerging digital economy.

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Mastering Digital SLR Photography

Author: David D Busch

Are you ready to use the new breed of digital SLR to go beyond point-and-click snapshooting and explore what it has to offer the world of photography? If you have already conquered most of a digital camera's basic capabilities and now wonder what to do with the enhanced features found in digital SLR cameras, this is a dream guide to pixel proficiency. Mastering Digital SLR Photography, Second Edition includes extensive updates that cover the vast improvements in technology in the last 2-3 years, including new camera models, raised bar on resolution, vibration reduction, new kinds of lenses, and more. It goes beyond the standard coverage offered in most general camera books, covering features and techniques specific to digital SLR photography. From initial discussions on hardware selection to professional-level tips and techniques for sports and action shots, this is the comprehensive guide that any photographer needs for refining their digital SLR skills.

Daniel Lombardo - Library Journal

Unlike other digital cameras, the digital single-lens reflex (SLR) offers interchangeable lenses, upgrades and add-ons, increased battery capacity, and no annoying shutter lag-advantages offset by their additional bulk and price. Longtime photojournalist Busch, who has authored dozens of photo books, intends this work for serious digital photographers and those needing to make quality photos for business purposes. In it, he explores the best lenses for any situation, inventive exposure techniques, and methods of infrared, time-lapse, and night photography. This is the best book available for digital SLR. For one on general digital-camera work, see the revised edition of Tom Ang's Advanced Digital Photography: Techniques & Tips for Creating Professional Quality Images.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Digital SLR Photography Now and in the Future
Chapter 2: Inside a Digital SLR Camera
Chapter 3: Mastering Your DLSR's Controls
Chapter 4: DSLR Quirks and Strengths
Chapter 5: Working with RAW, TIFF, NEF, EXIF and Other Formats
Chapter 6: Working with Lenses
Chapter 7: Creative Exposure Techniques
Chapter 8: Freezing Action
Chapter 9: Composition and DSLRs
Chapter 10: Mastering DSLR Special Features
Appendix A: Illustrated Glossary of Photographic and Digital Terms

Photoshop Elements 7 for Windows or Microsoft Windows Vista Simplified

Photoshop Elements 7 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide (Visual QuickStart Series)

Author: Jeff Carlson

Photoshop Elements is geared for business users, students, educators, and home users who want professional-looking images for their print and Web projects, but don't want or need the advanced power of Adobe Photoshop. With Photoshop Elements 7 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers can start with a tour of the interface and image-editing basics, or they can look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. This task-based, visual reference guide uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to show readers how to capture and import photos, reduce red eye, enhance color, work with layers, and much more. New features coverage includes: applying direct effects with the Adobe Smart Brush, softening surfaces and keeping edges crisp with a new filter, and finding photos easily with keywords. Both beginning and intermediate users will find everything they need here--in straightforward language and with readily accessible examples.

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Microsoft Windows Vista Simplified

Author: Paul McFedries

Are you new to computers? Does new technology make you nervous? Relax! You're holding in your hands the easiest guide ever to Windows Vista - a book that skips the long-winded explanations and shows you how things work. All you have to do is open the book, follow Chip, your friendly guide - and discover just how easy it is to get up to speed.

"I just want to tell you how much I, a true beginner, really enjoy your books. I'm 51 and a long time out of the classroom, but these books make it easier for me to learn. Hats off to you for a great product."
- William K. Rodgers (Spencer, NC)
* "Simplify It" sidebars offer real-world advice
* A friendly character called Chip introduces each task
* Full-color screen shots walk you through step by step
* Self-contained, two-page lessons make learning a snap

Software Engineering or Web Sites Do It Yourself For Dummies

Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach

Author: Roger S Pressman

For over 20 years, Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach has been the best selling guide to software engineering for students and industry professionals alike.

The sixth edition continues to lead the way in software engineering. A new Part 4 on Web Engineering presents a complete engineering approach for the analysis, design, and testing of Web Applications, increasingly important for today's students. Additionally, the UML coverage has been enhanced and signficantly increased in this new edition.

The pedagogy has also been improved in the new edition to include sidebars. They provide information on relevant softare tools, specific work flow for specific kinds of projects, and additional information on various topics. Additionally, Pressman provides a running case study called "Safe Home" throughout the book, which provides the application of software engineering to an industry project.

New additions to the book also include chapters on the Agile Process Models, Requirements Engineering, and Design Engineering. The book has been completely updated and contains hundreds of new references to software tools that address all important topics in the book.

The ancillary material for the book includes an expansion of the case study, which illustrates it with UML diagrams. The On-Line Learning Center includes resources for both instructors and students such as checklists, 700 categorized web references, Powerpoints, a test bank, and a software engineering library-containing over 500 software engineering papers.TAKEAWY HERE IS THE FOLLOWING:1. AGILE PROCESS METHODS ARE COVERED EARLY IN CH. 42. NEW PART ON WEB APPLICATIONS --5 CHAPTERS

Booknews

A textbook for a one-term upper-level undergraduate or first-year introductory course. First published in 1982 and here revised from the 1992 edition with 12 new chapters, a division into five parts to help instructors tailor classes, new examples and problems, and expanded lists for further reading in each chapter. Also places greater emphasis on metrics and measurement. An instructor's guide and video curriculum are available. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

This textbook for an advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate course introduces project management, classical analysis, design and testing methods, object-oriented methods, and more advanced topics such as cleanroom software engineering. The 32 chapters of the fifth edition have been updated and organized into five parts, allowing instructors to select relevant topics for emphasis in a course. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Pt. 1	The Product and the Process	1
Ch. 1	The Product	3
Ch. 2	The Process	22
Pt. 2	Managing Software Projects	55
Ch. 3	Project Management Concepts	57
Ch. 4	Software Process and Project Metrics	76
Ch. 5	Software Project Planning	102
Ch. 6	Risk Management	132
Ch. 7	Project Scheduling and Tracking	153
Ch. 8	Software Quality Assurance	179
Ch. 9	Software Configuration Management	209
Pt. 3	Conventional Methods for Software Engineering	229
Ch. 10	System Engineering	231
Ch. 11	Analysis Concepts and Principles	270
Ch. 12	Analysis Modeling	298
Ch. 13	Design Concepts and Principles	341
Ch. 14	Design Methods	371
Ch. 15	Design for Real-Time Systems	423
Ch. 16	Software Testing Techniques	448
Ch. 17	Software Testing Strategies	487
Ch. 18	Technical Metrics for Software	517
Pt. 4	Object-Oriented Software Engineering	549
Ch. 19	Object-Oriented Concepts and Principles	551
Ch. 20	Object-Oriented Analysis	581
Ch. 21	Object-Oriented Design	614
Ch. 22	Object-Oriented Testing	644
Ch. 23	Technical Metrics for Object-Oriented Systems	664
Pt. 5	Advanced Topics in Software Engineering	679
Ch. 24	Formal Methods	681
Ch. 25	Cleanroom Software Engineering	707
Ch. 26	Software Reuse	728
Ch. 27	Reengineering	756
Ch. 28	Client/Server Software Engineering	784
Ch. 29	Computer-Aided Software Engineering	805
Ch. 30	The Road Ahead	826
	Index	840

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Web Sites Do-It-Yourself For Dummies

Author: Janine C Warner

Have you ever looked at a Web site and wondered, "How did they do that?" It seems everyone has a Web site these days. Families use them to swap information and share photos; churches and clubs use them to keep their members informed. And if you have a business or are in charge of communication for an organization, a Web site is a must.

Web Sites Do-It-Yourself For Dummies shows you how easy it can be to create a professional-looking Web site for your business, club, or family. The illustrated, step-by-step instructions, along with the templates you can download from the book’s companion Web site, will help you create an effective Web presence fast, whether you're creating a site for the first time or redesigning an old one.

In the easy-to-follow style you expect from For Dummies books, Web Sites Do-It-Yourself For Dummies helps you:

• Gather all your content

• Plan your site, register a domain name, and create Web graphics

• Design pages easily with Dreamweaver templates

• Add a photo gallery, blog, podcasts, videos, or money-making advertising

• Find a hosting service

• Optimize graphics for faster downloads

• Test and publish your site

• Promote your site to attract visitors

All you need are the most basic computer skills, a few easy-to-find software programs, and Web Sites Do-It-Yourself For Dummies. You'll be up and running in no time!

SQL Queries for Mere Mortals or Outlook 2007 For Dummies

SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-on Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL [For Mere Mortals Series]

Author: John L Viescas

Unless you are working at a very advanced level, this is the only SQL book you will ever need. The authors have taken the mystery out of complex queries and explained principles and techniques with such clarity that a "Mere Mortal" will indeed be empowered to perform the superhuman. Do not walk past this book!
--Graham Mandeno, Database Consultant

SQL Queries for Mere Mortals provides a step-by-step, easy-to-read introduction to writing SQL queries. It includes hundreds of examples with detailed explanations. This book provides the tools you need to understand, modify, and create SQL queries
--Keith W. Hare, Convenor, ISO/IEC JTC1 SC32 WG3--the International SQL Standards Committee

I learned SQL primarily from the first edition of this book, and I am pleased to see a second edition of this book so that others can continue to benefit from its organized presentation of the language. Starting from how to design your tables so that SQL can be effective (a common problem for database beginners), and then continuing through the various aspects of SQL construction and capabilities, the reader can become a moderate expert upon completing the book and its samples. Learning how to convert a question in English into a meaningful SQL statement will greatly facilitate your mastery of the language. Numerous examples from real life will help you visualize how to use SQL to answer the questions about the data in your database. Just one of the "watch out for this trap" items will save you more than the cost of the book when you avoid that problem when writing your queries. I highly recommend this book if you want to tap the full potential of yourdatabase.
--Kenneth D. Snell, Ph.D., Database Designer/Programmer

I don't think they do this in public schools any more, and it is a shame, but do you remember in the seventh and eighth grades when you learned to diagram a sentence? Those of you who do may no longer remember how you did it, but all of you do write better sentences because of it. John Viescas and Mike Hernandez must have remembered because they take everyday English queries and literally translate them into SQL. This is an important book for all database designers. It takes the complexity of mathematical Set Theory and of First Order Predicate Logic, as outlined in E. F. Codd's original treatise on relational database design, and makes it easy for anyone to understand. If you want an elementary- through intermediate-level course on SQL, this is the one book that is a requirement, no matter how many others you buy.
--Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP

Even in this day of wizards and code generators, successful database developers still require a sound knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL, the standard language for communicating with most database systems). In this book, John and Mike do a marvelous job of making what's usually a dry and difficult subject come alive, presenting the material with humor in a logical manner, with plenty of relevant examples. I would say that this book should feature prominently in the collection on the bookshelf of all serious developers, except that I'm sure it'll get so much use that it won't spend much time on the shelf!
-- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access Developer and author

Over the last several decades, SQL has evolved from a language known only to computer specialists to a widely used international standard of the computer industry. The number of new applications deployed each year using SQL now totals in the millions. If you are accessing corporate information from the Internet or from an internal network, you are probably using SQL. This new edition of SQL Queries for Mere Mortals helps new users learn the foundations of SQL queries, and is an essential reference guide for intermediate and advanced users.

The accompanying CD contains five sample databases used for the example queries throughout the book in four different formats: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and later, Microsoft Access 2000 and later, MySQL version 5.0 and later, and SQL scripts that can be used with most other implementations of the language.

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Outlook 2007 For Dummies

Author: Bill Dyszel

• Most users take advantage of only two percent of Outlook's power; this book shows them how to harness frequently overlooked tricks and techniques that can significantly boost productivity

• Shows how to manage time and information in the new interface, covering instant searches, the To-Do bar, color categories, and task integration with OneNote, Project, Access, and Windows SharePoint Services

• Explains how to connect across boundaries with access to WSS data, two-way sync and offline access, calendar sharing, smart scheduling, RSS support, electronic business cards, and the improved out-of-office assistant

• Demonstrates how to stay safe and in control with the improved spam filter, anti-phishing capabilities, e-mail postmark features, e-mail folder organization, and information rights management

Table of Contents:

Introduction.

Part I: Getting the Competitive Edge with Outlook.

Chapter 1: Fundamental Features: How Did You Ever Do without Outlook?

Chapter 2: Inside Outlook: Mixing, Matching, and Managing Information.

Chapter 3: On the Fast Track: Drag ’til You Drop.

Part II: Taming the E-Mail Beast.

Chapter 4: The Essential Secrets of E-Mail.

Chapter 5: E-Mail Tools You Can’t Do Without.

Chapter 6: Conquering Your Mountain of Messages.

Part III: Managing Contacts, Dates, Tasks, and More.

Chapter 7: Your Little Black Book: Creating Contact Lists.

Chapter 8: The Calendar: How to Unleash Its Power.

Chapter 9: Task Mastery: Discovering All the Bells and Whistles.

Chapter 10: For the Record: Outlook Notes and Journal Entries.

Part IV: Beyond the Basics: Tips and Tricks You Won’t Want to Miss.

Chapter 11: Feeding on Blogs, Podcasts, and News with Outlook RSS.

Chapter 12: What You Need to Know to Use Outlook at Home.

Chapter 13: Supercharging Your Sales with Business Contact Manager.

Part V: Outlook at the Office.

Chapter 14: Big-Time Collaboration with Outlook.

Chapter 15: Keeping Secrets Safe with Outlook Security.

Chapter 16: See It Your Way: Organizing and Customizing Outlook.

Chapter 17: Work from Anywhere with Outlook Web Access.

Part VI: The Part ofTens.

Chapter 18: Top Ten Accessories for Outlook.

Chapter 19: Ten (Or So) Things You Can’t Do with Outlook.

Chapter 20: Ten Things You Can Do After You’re Comfy.

Chapter 21: Ten Shortcuts Worth Taking.

Index.

Windows XP for Dummies Second Edition or PowerPoint

Windows XP for Dummies, Second Edition

Author: Andy Rathbon

The top-selling technology book of all time with over 9.5 million copies in print, Windows For Dummies, is now updated to help users figure out Windows XP-the fun and easy way.
* The Windows operating system controls software and user tasks on a PC. Windows XP is the latest release of the OS that dominates the worldwide PC user market. Covers the essentials new and experienced Windows users need to become familiar with the latest release of the Windows operating system and use its basic and brand new features.
* Covers the enhanced features of the new release, including making your way around the new interface and the enhanced media and connectivity features.
* Series features: Includes the simple instructions and friendly advice that have made the Dummies books the choice of over 100 million readers.

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PowerPoint (SparkCharts)

Author: SparkNotes Editors

SparkChartsTM—created by Harvard students for students everywhere—serve as study companions and reference tools that cover a wide range of college and graduate school subjects, including Business, Computer Programming, Medicine, Law, Foreign Language, Humanities, and Science. Titles like How to Study, Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Powerpoint for Windows, and HTML give you what it takes to find success in school and beyond. Outlines and summaries cover key points, while diagrams and tables make difficult concepts easier to digest. 
 
This six-page chart covers:

• PowerPoint® fundamentals, including the help function, toolbars, menus, shortcuts, and views
  
• Presentation basics, text and object formatting, backgrounds, multimedia, speaker notes, handouts, comments, spelling, saving, publishing, and printing
  
• Creating and adding tables, graphics, and drawings
  
• Using animation and hyperlinks
  
• Showing PowerPoint® presentations
  

Internet Riches or Microsoft Office Access 2003 Step by Step

Internet Riches: The Simple Money-Making Secrets of Online Millionaires

Author: Scott Fox

In Internet Riches, top e-business consultant Scott Fox reveals the powerful but simple strategies that he and other entrepreneurs have used to start and build their million-dollar enterprises. Packed with interviews, action plans, and a nuts-and-bolts overview of everything you need to know to design and market your e-business, this audiobook gives you insight into the most promising e-business opportunities out there (including instant e-businesses that require almost NO start-up capital); powerful action plans for brainstorming new business ideas, plus guidelines on pre-testing them before investing a single penny; and inspiring examples of innovative companies that grew out of a single great idea. This is the most powerful guide ever to finding financial freedom online!

"Want to do more than surf the net? Scott Fox helped set up BillOReilly.com and make it into a profit center. His book, Internet Riches, is a must-read for entrepreneurs." — Bill O'Reilly, Anchor, Fox News Channel

Microsoft Office Access 2003 Step by Step

Author: Online Training Solutions Inc

This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly builds your skills with Microsoft Office Access 2003--one step at a time! With Step By Step, you work at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and practice exercises to learn exactly the tools and techniques you need. Topics include: building a database; linking to data from other Microsoft applications, databases, and HTML and XML files; using forms, filters, queries, and reports to capture and analyze data; helping to prevent data corruption; sharing data over the Web; and more. The book also helps you prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist exam for Access and makes a great on-the-job desk reference. The companion CD includes practice files you can use as you learn, as well as the Microsoft Office System Reference pack, which contains templates and clip art, an eBook of Step by Step, and four other eBooks: the Microsoft Office System Quick Reference; the Insider's Guide to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003; the Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition; and Introducing the Tablet PC. Designed for beginning and intermediate level users, Step By Step puts you in charge of developing the skills you need, exactly when you need them!

Table of Contents:

	What's New in Microsoft Office Access 2003
	Getting Help
	Using the Book's CD-ROM
	Conventions and Features
	Taking a Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Exam
	Microsoft Office Specialist Skill Standards
	About the Authors
	Quick Reference
1	Getting to Know Microsoft Access 2003	1
2	Creating a New Database	31
3	Getting Information Into and Out of a Database	57
4	Simplifying Data Entry with Forms	83
5	Locating Specific Information	117
6	Keeping Your Information Accurate	145
7	Working with Reports	175
8	Making It Easy for Others to Use Your Database	201
9	Keeping Your Information Secure	225
10	Working with Pages and Modules	259
	Glossary	293
	Index	303

Economics or The iPhone Book

Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies

Author: Campbell R McConnell

McConnell and Brue's Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies is the leading Principles of Economics textbook because it is innovative and teaches students in a clear, unbiased way. The 17th Edition builds upon the tradition of leadership by sticking to 3 main goals: help the beginning student master the principles essential for understanding the economizing problem, specific economic issues, and the policy alternatives; help the student understand and apply the economic perspective and reason accurately and objectively about economic matters; and promote a lasting student interest in economics and the economy.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Suggested One-Semester and One-Quarter Course
	Outlines
Pt. 1	An Introduction to Economics and the Economy
1	The Nature and Method of Economics	1
2	The Economizing Problem	19
3	Pure Capitalism and the Circular Flow	35
4	Understanding Individual Markets: Supply and Demand	47
5	The Private Sectors and the Market System	67
6	The Public Sector	88
Pt. 2	National Income, Employment, and Fiscal Policy
7	Measuring Domestic Output, National Income, and the Price Level	105
8	Macroeconomic Instability: Unemployment and Inflation	129
9	Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply	151
10	Classical and Keynesian Theories of Employment	171
11	Equilibrium Domestic Output in the Keynesian Model	196
12	Fiscal Policy	221
Pt. 3	Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy
13	Money and Banking	243
14	How Banks Create Money	264
15	The Federal Reserve Banks and Monetary Policy	281
Pt. 4	Problems and Controversies in Macroeconomics
16	Alternative Views: Monetarism and Rational Expectations	305
17	The Inflation-Unemployment Relationship	324
18	Budget Deficits and the Public Debt	349
19	Economic Growth	365
Pt. 5	Microeconomics of Product and Resource Markets
20	Demand and Supply: Elasticities and Applications	383
21	Consumer Behavior and Utility Maximization	402
22	The Costs of Production	418
23	Price and Output Determination: Pure Competition	438
24	Price and Output Determination: Pure Monopoly	465
25	Price and Output Determination: Monopolistic Competition	485
26	Price and Output Determination: Oligopoly	498
27	Production and the Demand for Resources	518
28	The Pricing and Employment of Resources: Wage Determination	533
29	The Pricing and Employment of Resources: Rent, Interest, and Profits	553
30	General Equilibrium: The Market System and Its Operation	567
Pt. 6	Government and Current Economic Problems
31	Government and Market Failure: Public Goods, the Environment, and Information Problems	579
32	Public Choice Theory and Taxation	599
33	Antitrust and Regulation	619
34	Agriculture: Economics and Policy	638
35	Income Inequality and Poverty	654
36	Labor Market Issues: Unionism, Discrimination, and Immigration	672
Pt. 7	International Economics and the World Economy
37	International Trade: Comparative Advantage and Protectionism	697
38	Exchange Rates, the Balance of Payments, and Trade Deficits	720
39	Growth and the Less Developed Countries	745
40	The Soviet Economy in Transition	765
	Glossary	G1
	Index	I1

The iPhone Book: How to Do the Most Important, Useful & Fun Stuff with Your iPhone

Author: Scott Kelby

There are basically two types of iPhone books out there: (1) The "Tell-me-all-about-it" kind, which includes in-depth discussions on everything from wireless network protocols to advanced compression codes. (2) Then there's this book, which instead is a "show-me-how-to-do-it" book, that skips all the confusing techno-jargon and just tells you, in plain simple English, exactly how to use the iPhone features you want to use most.

The iPhone Book is from Scott Kelby, the award-winning author of the smash bestseller, The iPod Book, who takes that same highly-acclaimed, casual, straight-to-the-point concept and layout and brings it to learning Apple's amazing iPhone. Scott teams up once again with gadget guru, and leading iPhone authority, Terry White to put together a book that is an awful lot like the iPhone itself - simple to use and fun to learn. The book's layout is brilliant, with each page covering just one single topic, so finding the information you need is quick and easy, with a large full-color photo on each page so you can see exactly how it works.

You'll quickly learn how to use the most useful and most requested iPhone features so you can start having fun, and start really using your iPhone today - right now! If you're ready to learn "just the funk and not the junk," it's all here - in the only book of its kind - and you're going to love it.