Smoke by Lisa Unger

Smoke by Lisa Unger

Date: 2012-05-15 Format: pdf,epub,mobi,lit,rtf,lrf,html,txt Language: English ISBN10: 0307953157 

Pages: 384

In the final installment of her Lydia Strong series, bestselling author Lisa Unger, writing as Lisa Miscione, brings us her most shocking and emotionally wrenching case yet. An NYPD detective visits Lydia and her husband, P.I. Jeffrey Mark, to inform them that Lily, one of Lydia’s former writing students, has been missing for more than two weeks. Before she disappeared, Lily had tried to get in touch with Lydia, seeking her help. Could this have had something to do with the death of Lily’s brother, which Lily refused to accept as a suicide? If they want to discover the truth, Lydia and Jeffrey will have to follow the trail that Lily left behind, a trail of evidence that—like Lily herself—seems to disappear like smoke.

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Grinder: A Mystery by Mike Knowles

Grinder: A Mystery by Mike Knowles

Date: 2009-10-01 Format: pdf,rtf,epub,lit,lrf,mobi,fb2,pdb Language: English ISBN10: 1550228951 

Pages: 220

Mike Knowles is a fresh new talent in crime fiction. His character, Wilson, is to Lee Child's "Reacher," or Lawrence Block's "Keller," like Superboy is to Superman. He will develop into a superhero character that all will admire. The writing, pacing and character development are all superb and have a somewhat "hardboiled" tone reminiscent of Max Allen Collin's "Quarry" series. The book left me wanting more of Mike Knowles. I am sure others will feel the same. He is going to become a well-known, successful author. Can't wait to read more.

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Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz

Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz

Date: 2010-06-01 Format: PDF Language: English ISBN10: 0061176044 

Pages: 416

To err is human. Yet most of us go through life assuming (and sometimes insisting) that we are right about nearly everything, from the origins of the universe to how to load the dishwasher. If being wrong is so natural, why are we all so bad at imagining that our beliefs could be mistaken, and why do we react to our errors with surprise, denial, defensiveness, and shame? 

In Being Wrong, journalist Kathryn Schulz explores why we find it so gratifying to be right and so maddening to be mistaken, and how this attitude toward error corrodes relationships—whether between family members, colleagues, neighbors, or nations. Along the way, she takes us on a fascinating tour of human fallibility, from wrongful convictions to no-fault divorce; medical mistakes to misadventures at sea; failed prophecies to false memories; "I told you so!" to "Mistakes were made." Drawing on thinkers as varied as Augustine, Darwin, Freud, Gertrude Stein, Alan Greenspan, and Groucho Marx, she proposes a new way of looking at wrongness. In this view, error is both a given and a gift—one that can transform our worldviews, our relationships, and, most profoundly, ourselves. 

In the end, Being Wrong is not just an account of human error but a tribute to human creativity—the way we generate and revise our beliefs about ourselves and the world. At a moment when economic, political, and religious dogmatism increasingly divide us, Schulz explores with uncommon humor and eloquence the seduction of certainty and the crises occasioned by error. A brilliant debut from a new voice in nonfiction, this book calls on us to ask one of life's most challenging questions: what if I'm wrong? 

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Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry

Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry

Date: 2007-04-10 Format: pdf,rtf,epub,lit,lrf,mobi,fb2,pdb Language: English ISBN10: 0061120154 

Pages: 448

A lot has been written about the deeper meanings of the book, of course, but the most obvious seems to be the allegory to Europe on the edge of war. In this view, the Consul represents the old Europe heading to its destruction despite the efforts of idealists to save it. Or perhaps more accurately, the senseless decline of the Consul to his death parallels the senseless descent of Europe into the destruction of World War II. Likewise as the day proceeds the bright hope of the morning darkens as the sun declines into the hopeless dark and storms that come with the night. And the very first chapter - the one set exactly one year later - is darkened by a tremendous storm a storm which seems to represent the European war then already in full career.

A powerful book, thoroughly enjoyable, and meriting repeated reading.

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SAP MM-Functionality and Technical Configuration

SAP MM-Functionality and Technical Configuration
479 pages | SAP Press; 1 edition (June 1, 2006) | 1592290728 | PDF | 60 Mb

This detailed reference book explains the basic aspects of each area within MM before exploring their specific functionality. Readers stand to benefit quickly by developing a comprehensive understanding of MM and by learning how it works and interacts with other SAP modules. All aspects are covered in detail, as are the key "touchpoints" with other modules, such as PP, SD, QM and FI. The author explores important cross-application issues like document management, batch management, and classification. This one-stop resource for MM can also be used by SAP practitioners wanting to discover how MM can benefit their specific areas of expertise. In addition, anyone making a software/application decision can benefit greatly, as this book provides all important functionality and technical configuration details. By reading this book you will be able to fully appreciate the entire breadth of SAP MM, thus significantly boosting your skills and abilities to directly leverage MM functionalities in your daily work. Highlights Include: - MM Organizational Structure - Master Data - Material Master Data - Vendor Master Data - Purchasing Information Data - Material Master Record - Consumption-Based Planning - External Services Management - Financial Integration - Cross-Application Functionality

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Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse: Leveraging the Business Intelligence C of SAP NetWeaver

Kevin McDonald, Andreas Wilmsmeier, David C. Dixon, W. H. Inmon, "Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse: Leveraging the Business Intelligence C of SAP NetWeaver"
Wiley | 2006-08-28 | ISBN: 0764596373 | 720 pages | PDF | 5,8 MB

"This book is the definitive guide for SAP NetWeaver BI professionals. Based on their extraordinary expertise with the product, the authors provide deep insights about key innovations in the areas of user experience, query performance, integrated planning, and enterprise-wide data warehousing."
-”Stefan Sigg, Vice President, SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence
The long-anticipated publication of this second edition reflects the growing success of SAP NetWeaver as well as the various Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities that are embedded with SAP BW version 7.0. Written by SAP insiders, this comprehensive guide takes into account the ever-changing features, functionality, and toolsets of SAP NetWeaver to bring you the most updated information on how to use SAP BW to design, build, deploy, populate, access, analyze, present, and administer data. You'll discover the options that are available in SAP NetWeaver and uncover a new means to improve business performance.
This book reflects the process an organization goes through during an implementation of the software. The authors begin with an introduction to BI and SAP NetWeaver and quickly progress to information modeling and enterprise data warehouse concepts. You'll learn how to access and deliver meaningful analytic information to the organization, as well as perform integrated planning functions. Finally, the authors share invaluable insight on warehouse administration, performance, and security.
With more than 50 percent new or revised material, this second edition of Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse shows you how to:
Extract data from online transaction processing systems
Store transformed data in a way that best supports reporting and analysis
Use the various Business Explorer tools such as BEx Report Designer, BEx Analyzer, BEx Broadcaster, and BEx Web Application Designer
Schedule, monitor, troubleshoot, and archive data loads
The companion Web site contains sample chapters in Wiki format and the authors' blog where readers may enter discussions about the book and SAP.

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SAP SRM Advanced CCM Cookbook: Requisite Catalog and SAP CCM Configuration and Management

Jim Stewart, Shaz Khan, "SAP SRM Advanced CCM Cookbook: Requisite Catalog and SAP CCM Configuration and Management"
Equity Press | 2005-10-25 | ISBN: 0975305220 | 276 pages | PDF | 1,7 MB

The Consultant's Guide to SAP SRM CCM and Requisite Catalog. Key topics include SAP CCM, CSE, and CAT, Requisite Catalog, BugsEye, eMerge, Punch Out and External Catalogs. The heavy integration and amount of knowledge required to master the major SAP SRM catalog content management systems is staggering, and makes implementation a challenge. now, for the first time, two world class SAP consultants reveal their "secret handshake" solutions to real-world configuration and integration tasks in SAP SRM Catalog Content Management. This guide includes comprehensive configuration and management information for both of the major SAP SRM catalog content management systems -- Requisite Catalog's eMerge and BugsEye, and SAP CCM CAT and CSE. The authors explore topics and techniques that are simply not covered, or not covered as clearly elsewhere. From implementing the basic system to debugging the most complicated scenarios, this book shows you how to do it, or how to do it better.

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New Perspectives on HTML, XHTML, and XML

New Perspectives on HTML, XHTML, and XML (New Perspectives, 3 edition)

C..rse T--logy | 2009 | ISBN: 0495806404 | 1000 pages | PDF | 50,7 MB

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON CREATING WEB PAGES WITH HTML, XHTML, AND XML teaches students how to create simple to complex Web sites from scratch using HTML, XHTML, and XML.

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How to Pass Numerical Reasoning Tests

How to Pass Numerical Reasoning Tests: A Step-by-Step Guide to Learning Key Numeracy Skills by Heidi Smith


Publisher: Kogan Page | ISBN 10: 0749461721 | 2011 | PDF | 240 pages | 1,3 MB

Numerical reasoning and data interpretation tests are routinely used in recruitment procedures. These tests represent a considerable challenge for many candidates, and the prospect of facing them can be daunting.
How to Pass Numerical Reasoning Tests is a valuable resource for anyone who needs to brush up on their math skills. An overview of the basics is followed by a step-by-step guide to numerical tests, including fractions and decimals, rates, percentages and ratios, and proportions. This revised edition is full of useful tips to help the reader understand and answer questions without using a calculator.

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Fedora Bible 2011 Edition

Fedora Bible 2011 Edition: Featuring Fedora Linux 14 By Christopher Negus, Eric Foster-Johnson
Publisher: Wil...ey 2011 | 888 Pages | ISBN: 047094496X | EPUB | 6 MB

Get all the essentials of the major changes in Fedora 14

Veteran authors Christopher Negus and Eric Foster-Johnson provide you with a thorough look at the skills needed to master the latest version of Fedora and Red Hat Linux. Their step-by-step instructions walk you through a painless and simple installation of Linux; then you'll explore the major changes to the release of Fedora 14 while also revisiting the previous version so you can see what features have been updated and revised.Focuses on the essentials of the updated and new elements of Fedora Linux 14Addresses using packagekit, running Windows apps, scanning images, and installing over the Internet

• Touches on how to work in a Linux office with MSFT office compatible office apps
• Covers new material on zarafa, xenner, deja dup, and more
• Features a DVD that includes the latest distribution of Fedora Linux as well as a bootable Fedora LiveCD
• Fedora 14 includes many important updates and additions -- this book gets you up to date on the most essential changes.

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Practical SQL Queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

Practical SQL Queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | 2010 | ISBN: 0071746870 | Pages: 336 | PDF | 5,8 MB

400 ready-to-use, powerful SQL queries

Learn powerful techniques for surfacing and delivering actionable business intelligence using SQL. Practical SQL Queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 contains more than 400 downloadable SQL queries you can use to extract meaningful insights from large amounts of data. The application, syntax, and results of each query are described in detail. The book emphasizes SQL for use in SSMS, but the queries also apply to SSRS, WinForms, WebForms, and many other applications.

1. Enter, maintain, and retrieve database data
2. Search records using the Where clause
3. Sort SQL query results with the Order By clause
4. Create tables and perform joins on tables
5. Perform set operations using Union, Intersect, and Except
6. Group data and produce totals with the Group By clause
7. Manipulate and transform data using built-in functions
8. Create reusable views and user-defined functions
9. Use stored procedures to change SQL dynamically based on conditional factors
10. Create, maintain, and secure database objects with DDL and DCL
11. Deliver SQL query results to end users

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Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt

Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs
Bear & Company | 2010 | ISBN: 1591431026 | PDF | 400 pages | 68MB

From the pyramids in the north to the temples in the south, ancient artisans left their marks all over Egypt, unique marks that reveal craftsmanship we would be hard pressed to duplicate today. Drawing together the results of more than 30 years of research and nine field study journeys to Egypt, Christopher Dunn presents a stunning stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statue of Ramses II at Luxor and the fallen crowns that lay at its feet. His modern-day engineering expertise provides a unique view into the sophisticated technology used to create these famous monuments in prehistoric times.

Using modern digital photography, computer-aided design software, and metrology instruments, Dunn exposes the extreme precision of these monuments and the type of advanced manufacturing expertise necessary to produce them. His computer analysis of the statues of Ramses II reveals that the left and right sides of the faces are precise mirror images of each other, and his examination of the mysterious underground tunnels of the Serapeum illuminates the finest examples of precision engineering on the planet. Providing never-before-seen evidence in the form of more than 280 photographs, Dunn’s research shows that while absent from the archaeological record, highly refined tools, techniques, and even mega-machines must have been used in ancient Egypt.

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A History of Roman Art (Enhanced Edition)

A History of Roman Art (Enhanced Edition)
Wadsworth Publishing | ISBN : 0495909874 | February 4, 2010 | 385 pages | PDF | 74MB

A History of Roman Art (Enhanced Edition) is a lavishly-illustrated survey of the art of Rome and the Roman Empire from the time of Romulus to the death of Constantine, presented in its historical, political, and social context. This Enhanced Edition has added coverage on Etruscan art in the beginning of the text. All aspects of Roman art and architecture are treated, including private art and domestic architecture, the art of the Eastern and Western provinces, the art of freedmen, and the so-called minor arts, including cameos, silverware, and coins.

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Evaluating Project Decisions: Case Studies in Software Engineering

Evaluating Project Decisions: Case Studies in Software Engineering
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional | 2009 | ISBN: 0321544560 | Pages: 400 | PDF | 15,02 MB

Effective decisions are crucial to the success of any software project, but to make better decisions you need a better decision-making process. In Evaluating Project Decisions, leading project management experts introduce an innovative decision model that helps you tailor your decision-making process to systematically evaluate all of your decisions and avoid the bad choices that lead to project failure.

Using a real-world, case study approach, the authors show how to evaluate software project problems and situations more effectively, thoughtfully assess your alternatives, and improve the decisions you make. Drawing on their own extensive research and experience, the authors bridge software engineering theory and practice, offering guidance that is both well-grounded and actionable. They present dozens of detailed examples from both successful and unsuccessful projects, illustrating what to do and what not to do.

Evaluating Project Decisions will help you to analyze your options and ultimately make better decisions at every stage in your project, including:

• Requirements-Elicitation, description, verification, validation, negotiation, contracting, and management over the software life cycle
• Estimates-Conceptual solution design, decomposition, resource and overhead allocation, estimate construction, and change management
• Planning-Defining objectives, policies, and scope; planning tasks, milestones, schedules, budgets, staff and other resources; and managing projects against plans
• Product-Proper product definition, development process management, QA, configuration management, delivery, installation, training, and field service
• Process-Defining, selecting, understanding, teaching, and measuring processes; evaluating process performance; and process improvement or optimization

In addition, you will see how to evaluate decisions related to risk, people, stakeholder expectations, and global development. Simply put, you'll use what you learn here on every project, in any industry, whatever your goals, and for projects of any duration, size, or type.

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Refactoring in Ruby

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional | 2009 | ISBN: 0321545044 | Pages: 288 | PDF | 13 MB
The First Hands-On, Practical, All-Ruby Refactoring Workbook!

Refactoring-the art of improving the design of existing code-has taken the world by storm. So has Ruby. Now, for the first time, there's a refactoring workbook designed from the ground up for the dynamic Ruby language.

Refactoring in Ruby gives you all the realistic, hands-on practice you need to refactor Ruby code quickly and effectively. You'll discover how to recognize "code smells," which signal opportunities for improvement, and then perfect your program's design one small, safe step at a time.

The book shows you when and how to refactor with both legacy code and during new test-driven development, and walks you through real-world refactoring in detail. The workbook concludes with several applications designed to help practice refactoring in realistic domains, plus a handy code review checklist you'll refer to again and again. Along the way, you'll learn powerful lessons about designing higher quality Ruby software-lessons that will enable you to experience the joy of writing consistently great code.

Refactoring in Ruby will help you :

• Recognize why poor code design occurs, so you can prevent it from occurring in your own code
• Master better design techniques that lead to more efficient, reliable, and maintainable software
• Fix code that's too long, large, or difficult to follow
• Ferret out duplication, and express each idea "once and only once"
• Recognize missing or inadequately formed classes
• Simplify overly complex relationships between classes and their subclasses
• Achieve the right balance of responsibilities among objects
• Make your code easier to test and change
• Cope with incomplete library modules, and fix runaway dependencies
• Learn the next steps to take after you refactor

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Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual

Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual: Completely Revised and Updated
Publisher: Readers Digest | 2005 | 528 Pages | ISBN: 0762105798 | PDF | 20 MB

This super-handy manual, first published in 1973, has received a major upgrade. Seventeen chapters' worth of fixer-upper opportunities are enhanced with more than 3,000 photos and illustrations that would look equally at home in an upscale home decorating catalogue. The first few chapters cover hand and power tools, fasteners and adhesives, and are enough to incite hardware envy among even dwellers of tiny apartments. There is strange beauty in the cutaway views of five different hollow-wall fasteners and the machinations of nine types of pliers. But homeowners are, of course, the real target audience, and an all-new section on Landscaping reflects this with entries on fences, water gardens and retaining walls.


The plumbing section offers a mega-view of wastewater-treatment systems as well as a micro-exploration of unclogging a toilet. Another new section, Storage Projects, is full of cabinets and shelves that either "Swing-out" or "Fold-away." New technologies are generally overlooked in favor of meat-and-potatoes projects. For instance, a home satellite dish is pictured but not indexed or dwelled upon, while carpeting is charted, graphed and deconstructed in the extreme. Intriguing sidebars on wood refinishers (the fastest drying versus the safest), the financial benefits of renting specialty tools for a large drywall project and other subjects round out this must-have guide.

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The Business of Systems Integration

The Business of Systems Integration by Andrea Prencipe, Andrew Davies, Mike Hobday


Ox-rd University Press | 2005 | ISBN: 019926323X, 0199263221 | 392 pages | PDF | 12 MB

Over the past decade of so, systems integration has become a key factor in the operations, strategy and competitive advantage of major corporations in a wide variety of sectors (i.e. computing, automotive, telecommunications, military systems and aerospace). Systems integration is a strategic task that pervades business management not only at the technical level but also at the management and strategic levels.

This book shows bow and why this new kind of systems integration has evolved into an emerging model of industrial organization whereby firms, and groups of firms join together different types of knowledge, skill and activity, as well as hardware, software and human resources to produce new products for the marketplace. This book is the first to systematically explore systems integration from a business and innovation perspective. Contributors delve deeply into the nature, dimensions and dynamics of the new systems integration, deploying research and analytical techniques from a wide variety of disciplines including the theory of the firm, the history of technology, industrial organization, regional studies, strategic management, and innovation studies. This wealth of research capability provides deep insights into the new model of systems integration and supports this with an abundance of empirical evidence. The book is organized in three main parts.

The first part focuses on the history of systems integration. Contributors trace the early history of systems integration using different industrial examples. The second part presents theoretical and analytical aspects of systems integration. Contributions concentrate on the regulatory and cognitive features of systems integration, the relationships between systems integration and regional competitive advantage, and the way in which systems integration supports the competitive advantage of firms. The third part takes industry and firm-level approaches. Contributions focus on different sectors and highlight the specificity of systems integration in various industrial domains, stressing its importance for systems integration in the case of complex capital goods, such as aircraft and telecommunications equipment as well as consumer goods, such as personal computers and automobiles.

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Security Analysis

Security Analysis: Sixth Edition, Foreword by Warren Buffett By Benjamin Graham, David Dodd, Warren Buffett
MG-H | 818 Pages | ISBN: 0071592539 | PDF | 11 MB

First published in 1934, Security Analysis is one of the most influential financial books ever written. Selling more than one million copies through five editions, it has provided generations of investors with the timeless value investing philosophy and techniques of Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd.
As relevant today as when they first appeared nearly 75 years ago, the teachings of Benjamin Graham, ?the father of value investing,? have withstood the test of time across a wide diversity of market conditions, countries, and asset classes.

This new sixth edition, based on the classic 1940 version, is enhanced with 200 additional pages of commentary from some of today?s leading Wall Street money managers. These masters of value investing explain why the principles and techniques of Graham and Dodd are still highly relevant even in today?s vastly different markets.

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English as a Lingua Franca in Higher Education

English as a Lingua Franca in Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study of Classroom Discourse (Trends in Applied Linguistics) by Ute Smit


Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton | 2010 | ISBN: 311020519X | PDF | 468 pages | 12 MB

With English-medium higher education burgeoning in Europe and elsewhere outside the English-speaking world, this book is the first to offer an ethnographically-embedded analysis of such classroom discourse by taking cognizance of English functioning as a lingua franca (ELF) in international student groups. By virtue of investigating one such educational programme in its entirety, the study also enlarges the present knowledge on ELF discourse as it offers novel insights into the interactional dynamics that shape and develop an educational community of practice. This title features comprehensive discussion of English as a lingua franca in the European education system.

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EBook - Eye Wonder Space

Eye Wonder: Space by Carole Stott
DK CHILDREN | 48 pages | English | ISBN: 0789478544 | PDF | 16 MB

Open your eyes to a world of discovery. Travel from Earth to the ends of the known universe. Space is a colorful first guide to astronomy packed with facts about space exploration, the solar system, planets, stars, galaxies, and much more. Dramatic, atmospheric photography provides a wealth of visual information. Packed with facts and written in an accessible style, Eye Wonders are the perfect educational start for young children. A groundbreaking reference series specially developed for younger children aged five plus. In a stunning style departure for DK, wonderful photography shows subjects within their natural setting, offering a whole new level of information through powerful images.

Vocabulary is accessible to children aged five plus, with the meanings of new, subject-related words clearly explained. The series provides an excellent knowledge base on the natural world for children starting to learn. The combination of breathtaking visuals and informative, accurate text will hook even those children who usually avoid books.

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