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The Art Direction Handbook for FilmAuthor:
Michael RizzoPages:
352Format:
PDFLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
0240806808"This book is the ultimate guide for anyone who wants to work in the design aspect of the film and television industry." - Black Filmmaker"Mike Rizzo is a first rate talent; an artist and a craftsman. His writing is insightful, and provocative. He is uniquely suited to write a book like this, which fuses the wisdom of traditional filmmaking to the power and hope of the digital possibilities of 21st century filmmkaing." --John Gray, Helter Skelter, Martin and LewisFull-color how-to book from a Hollywood insider 
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The Green PharmacyAuthor:
James A. Duke PhDPages:
527Format:
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EnglishISBN10:
1579541240Theres still a lot to learn about the healing power of plants, James Duke points out, but what we do know is already prodigious. Much of that knowledge is gathered in The Green Pharmacy, an A-to-Z guide to that relies on plant-based medicines to cure what ails us. Between the listings, Duke crams personal anecdotes from a lifetime of studying herbs, berries, and bark. For example, he relates how he worried about telling a pregnant niece that ginger could help alleviate her morning sickness because hed learned from a pharmacologist that ginger could also induce miscarriage. Then he solved the mystery: hed recommended ginger tea, which contains about 250 milligrams of ginger. The Chinese, he learned, use about 80 times that much to end pregnancies--another testimony to the amazing versatility of these natural medicines.
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Enterprise AJAX: Strategies for Building High Performance Web ApplicationsAuthor:
David C. Johnson, Alexei White, Andre CharlandPages:
496Format:
PDFLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
0132242060Writing for enterprise developers, architects, and user interface specialists, the authors explain why AJAX offers such great promise in large-scale development. Next, they systematically introduce today’s key AJAX techniques and components.You'll walk through developing frameworks for building AJAX applications that combine data tables, Web forms, charts, search, and filtering: the very systems businesses depend on in CRM, ERP, BI, and beyond. Then, building on this strong foundation, the authors identify proven AJAX architectural patterns, and present case studies drawn from actual .NET and Java AJAX applications.[b]Coverge includes[/b]
[list][*]Using AJAX to implement Model-View-Controller (MVC) in the browser
[*]Encapsulating user interface functionality to facilitate code reuse and reduce cross-browser development problems
[*]Overcoming the unique security challenges associated with AJAX Web applications
[*]Optimizing AJAX usability: the "back" button, caching, bookmarking, offline usage, and beyond
[/list]From security to scalability to project risk, this is the only book to cover all the issues facing AJAX developers in the enterprise. Whether you’re migrating legacy HTML interfaces or building new applications from scratch, you’ll find it absolutely indispensable.
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About Last Night...Author:
Samantha HunterPages:
256Format:
pdfLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
0373791771The old 'amnesia' line is one I usually find hard to believe, but Samantha Hunter pulls it off exceptionally well in this entertaining story. I found myself immediately drawn in by her wonderful characters. Hunter's writng flows easily, and heavier moments are balanced with touches of humor, making this a feel-good, readable story.The developing relationship between Colin and Miranda is complemented with a lovely sub-plot in the friends-and-lovers theme between two of their friends. Like all the Blaze line, there is a strong sensual element, but for me was in the emotional journey from friend to lover that kept me turning pages till the early hours.
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Demography in ArchaeologyAuthor:
Andrew T. ChamberlainPages:
256Format:
PDFLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
0521596513Demography in Archaeology is a review of current theory and method in the reconstruction of populations from archaeological data. Starting with a summary of demographic concepts and methods, the book examines historical and ethnographic sources of demographic evidence before addressing the methods by which reliable demographic estimates can be made from skeletal remains, settlement evidence and modern and ancient biomolecules. Recent debates in palaeodemography are evaluated, new statistical methods for palaeodemographic reconstruction are explained, and the notion that past demographic structures and processes were substantially different from those pertaining today is critiqued. The book covers a wide span of evidence, from the evolutionary background of human demography to the influence of natural and human-induced catastrophes on population growth and survival. This is essential reading for any archaeologist or anthropologist with an interest in relating the results of field and laboratory studies to broader questions of population structure and dynamics.
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Electrical Properties of Polymers by Evaristo RiandeAuthor:
Evaristo Riande and Ricardo Diaz-CallejaPages:
600Format:
pdfLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
0824753461Electrical Properties of Polymers describes the electric phenomena responsible for determining the chemical and supramolecular structure of polymers and polymeric materials. The authors explore the properties of quasi-static dipoles, reviewing Brownian motion, Debye theory, Langevin and Smoluchowski equations, and the Onsager model. This reference displays Maxwell and entropy equations, along with several others, that depict the thermodynamics of dielectric relaxation. Featuring end-of-chapter problems and useful appendices, the book reviews molecular dynamics simulations of dynamic dielectric properties and inspects mean-square dipole moments of gases, liquids, polymers, and fixed conformations.
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Alpha Force: Survival: Book 01Author:
Chris RyanPages:
304Format:
pdf,html,rtf,epub,lit,lrf,mobiLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
0099439247The book was very excting, and pacy. From making homemae soap to fighting of visious komodo dragons, this book is also very informative. You learn a lot about survival on an Indonesian island as well asenjoying the book. The characters were all very different, and all seemed to bring the book to life. I can't wait to read the rest of the 'ALPHA force series', because if they're as good as 'Survival', then lemme at 'em! The book was quite funny at times too, but all the same, made my heart pump fast at times. I learnt quite a lot from the book, and now I now exactly what to do if I ever get stranded on an island somewhere in the middle of the ocean, killer sharks after my can of chicken drumsticks, brutal modern pirates trying to steal a millionaires boat and komodo dragons thinking that I would be nice for lunch. I thouroughly enjoyed the book, and you will too.
