50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio,

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience.
  • Uses common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular psychology
  • Explores topics that readers will relate to, but often misunderstand, such as “opposites attract,” “people use only 10% of their brains,” and handwriting reveals your personality
  • Provides a “mythbusting kit” for evaluating folk psychology claims in everyday life
  • Teaches essential critical thinking skills through detailed discussions of each myth
  • Includes over 200 additional psychological myths for readers to explore
    Contains an Appendix of useful Web Sites for examining psychological myths
  • Features a postscript of remarkable psychological findings that sound like myths but that are true
  • Engaging and accessible writing style that appeals to students and lay readers alike

Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples by John Robbins

Review

“Read this book! Healthy at 100 is a masterpiece.”
–Dean Ornish, M.D.

“Healthy at 100 is a marvelous blend of wisdom, hope, courage, and common sense. John Robbins gives us caring, science, and inspiration–a beautiful diet for the heart.”
–Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

“Commonsensical and scientifically sound . . . readers seeking that elusive fountain of youth would be wise to listen up.”
–Publishers Weekly

“Robbins marshals a great deal of excellent data from reputable scientific sources to support his arguments.”
–The Roanoke Times

“Thought-provoking . . . highly recommended.”
–Library Journal

Product Description

Why do some people age in failing health and sadness, while others grow old with vitality and joy?

In this revolutionary book, bestselling author John Robbins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, showing us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span. Through the example of four very different cultures that have the distinction of producing some of the world’s healthiest, oldest people, Robbins reveals the secrets for living an extended and fulfilling life in which our later years become a period of wisdom, vitality, and happiness. From Abkhasia in the Caucasus south of Russia, where age is beauty, and Vilcabamba in the Andes of South America, where laughter is the greatest medicine, to Hunza in Central Asia, where dance is ageless, and finally the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa, the modern Shangri-la, where people regularly live beyond a century, Robbins examines how the unique lifestyles of these peoples can influence and improve our own.

Bringing the traditions of these ancient and vibrantly healthy cultures together with the latest breakthroughs in medical science, Robbins reveals that, remarkably, they both point in the same direction. The result is an inspirational synthesis of years of research into healthy aging in which Robbins has isolated the characteristics that will enable us to live long and–most important–joyous lives. With an emphasis on simple, wholesome, but satisfying fare, and the addition of a manageable daily exercise routine, many people can experience great improvement in the quality of their lives now and for many years to come. But perhaps more surprising is Robbins’ discovery that it is not diet and exercise alone that helps people to live well past one hundred. The quality of personal relationships is enormously important. With startling medical evidence about the effects of our interactions with others, Robbins asserts that loneliness has more impact on lifespan than such known vices as smoking. There is clearly a strong beneficial power to love and connection.

“We all have the tools to live longer lives, and to remain active, productive, and resourceful until the very end,” Robbins writes. Healthy at 100 strives to improve both the quality and the quantity of our remaining years–no matter how old or how healthy we might currently be–and to reverse the social stigma on aging. After reading this book, we will never think about age–or life–in the same way again.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, and Elaine Bruner

* Is your child halfway through first grade and still unable to read?
* Is your preschooler bored with coloring and ready for reading?
* Are you worried that your child will become lost in overcrowded classrooms?
* Did you know that early readers hold an advantage over their peers throughout school?
* Do you want to help your child read, but are afraid you'll do something wrong?

SRAs DISTAR® is the most successful beginning reading program available to schools across the country. Research has proven that children taught by the DISTAR® method outperform their peers who receive instruction from other programs. Now for the first time, this program has been adapted for parent and child to use at home. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons is a complete, step-by-step program that shows patents simply and clearly how to teach their children to read.

Twenty minutes a day is all you need, and within 100 teaching days your child will be reading on a solid second-grade reading level. It's a sensible, easy-to-follow, and enjoyable way to help your child gain the essential skills of reading. Everything you need is here -- no paste, no scissors, no flash cards, no complicated directions -- just you and your child learning together. One hundred lessons, fully illustrated and color-coded for clarity, give your child the basic and more advanced skills needed to become a good reader.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons will bring you and your child closer together, while giving your child the reading skills needed now, for a better chance at tomorrow

The Google Way: How One Company Is Revolutionizing Management as We Know It

Review

"The Google Way is a well thought-out, well-executed book that combines knowledge of the business world with extensive research to describe the rise of a corporate giant...I highly recommend this book." --Blogcritics.org

Review

"Should you land an interview soon, here's a question you might hear that's not out of left field: 'What's the last book you read?' Take the time to make it The Google Way."

Description

Shortly after World War I, Ford and GM created the large modern corporation, with its financial and statistical controls, mass production, and assembly lines. In the 1980s, Toyota stood out for combining quality with continuous refinement. Today, Google is reinventing business yet again-the way we work, how organizations are controlled, and how employees are managed.

Management consultant Bernard Girard has been analyzing Google since its founding in 1998, and now in The Google Way, he explores Google's innovations in depth-many of which are far removed from the best practices taught at the top business schools.

As you read, you'll see how much of Google's success is due to its focus on users and automation. You'll also learn how eCommerce has profoundly changed the relationship between businesses and their customers, for the first time giving customers an important role to play in a major corporation's growth. Finally, Girard speculates about the limits of Google's business model and discusses the challenges it will face as it continues to grow.

Google's culture is one of innovation. Why not make that spirit of innovation your own?

100 Days Of School by Trudy Harris and Beth Griffis Johnson

From Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 3-A clever way to teach children the many ways they can get to 100. Teachers will appreciate the questioning rhymes that illustrate how to count in groups of 1, 5, 10, or 20. "If 20 children each drop 5 papers on the floor, what do you get? 100 papers. And...(I would guess) an awful mess." The pictures feature a multiethnic classroom filled with smiling faces, lots of action, and vibrant color. Some of the illustrations allow children to actually count out the corresponding objects on the page, such as 100 toes or 100 legs on a centipede. The numbers 1 to 100 are printed on the endpapers in colorful blocks, with the objects from the rhymes interspersed throughout. A solid title to read aloud on the 100th day of school-or any other day.
Lisa Gangemi Krapp, Rockville Centre Public Library, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

From Kirkus Reviews

100 Days Of School (32 pp.; $21.90; Sept.; 0-7613-1271-4): Readers will want to try the more interesting variations on math Harris has devised, e.g., addition and subtraction using clowns, trains, blackberry pie, and centipedes. Harris demonstrates that numbers can be broken down into recognizable units that can be manipulated and remembered: If ``10 tired children all take off their shoes, what do you get? Lots of bare feet . . . and 100 toes!'' Johnson's brilliant artwork will make children forget they're learning, complementing the whimsical text as it slyly works in the basics. A math-class must, but also at home in story hours. (Picture book. 5-8) -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. - edition.

The 100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History by Michael H. Hart

Product Description

A list of the one hundred most influential people in history features descriptions of the careers, contributions, and accomplishments of the political and religious leaders, inventors, writers, artists, and others who changed the course of history. Simultaneous.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 556 pages
  • Publisher: Citadel; Revised edition (June 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0806513500
  • ISBN-13: 978-0806513508
  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.8 x 1.8 inches

Windows 7 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))

Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself the essentials of working with Windows 7. With STEP BY STEP, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Learn to manage windows and folders, sort and filter files, create an efficient Windows working environment, and safely access the Internet. You’ll learn how to install and manage software and hardware, create and manage homegroups, share content with other computers and computer users, and instantly locate content stored on your PC or network. You’ll also learn how to fine-tune your PC’s performance and resolve common problems. Plus, the supplied practice files give you a chance to hone your skills and put the book’s lessons to work.

YOU: On A Diet Revised Edition: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management

For the first time in our history, scientists are uncovering astounding medical evidence about dieting -- and why so many of us struggle with our weight and the size of our waists. Now researchers are unraveling biological secrets about such things as why you crave chocolate or gorge at buffets or store so much fat.

Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, America's most trusted doctor team and authors of the bestselling YOU series, are now translating this cutting-edge information to help you shave inches off your waist. They're going to do it by giving you the best weapon against fat: knowledge. By understanding how your body's fat-storing and fat-burning systems work, you're going to learn how to crack the code on true and lifelong waist management.

Roizen and Oz will invigorate you with equal parts information, motivation, and change-your-life action to show you how your brain, stomach, hormones, muscles, heart, genetics, and stress levels all interact biologically to determine if your body is the size of a baseball bat or of a baseball stadium. In YOU: On a Diet, Roizen and Oz will redefine what a healthy figure is, then take you through an under-theskin tour of the organs that influence your body's size and its health. You'll even be convinced that the key number to fixate on is not your weight, but your waist size, which best indicates the medical risks of storing too much fat.

Because the world has almost as many diet plans as it has e-mail spammers, you'd think that just about all of us would know everything there is to know about dieting, about fat, and about the reasons why our bellies have grown so large. YOU: On a Diet is much more than a diet plan or a series of instructions and guidelines or a faddish berries-only eating plan. It's a complete manual for waist management. It will show you how to achieve and maintain an ideal and healthy body size by providing a lexicon according to which any weight-loss system can be explained. YOU: On a Diet will serve as the operating system that facilitates future evolution in our dieting software. After you learn about the biology of your body and the biology and psychology of fat, you'll be given the YOU Diet and YOU Workout. Both are easy to learn, follow, and maintain. Following a two-week rebooting program will help you lose up to two inches from your waist right from the start.

Eating Well Serves Two: 150 Healthy in a Hurry Suppers by Jim Romanoff

An introduction covering the most basic of basics and dishes such as Tex-Mex Taco Salad might send serious home chefs in search of another book, but this straightforward, convenience- and health-driven volume has more gourmet gusto than readers might expect. And Romanoff, recipe developer for EatingWell magazine, provides recipes that make enough dinner for two people and can be prepared "in 45 minutes or less (under 30 minutes, in some cases)." Each recipe includes information on active time and total time to complete the dish and nutrition data; many have make-ahead instructions. Especially tempting options include Lamb, Fig & Olive Stew; a dressed-up grilled cheese (Grilled Manchego with Spinach and Spicy Plum Chutney); Pomegranate Duck; Coffee Bean & Peppercorn Steak; and quick desserts like Balsamic Vinegar-Spiked Strawberries, and Roasted Grapes. A section on sides such as Quick Cheese Grits and Avocado-Corn Salsa and suggested menus for a variety of occasions—make planning a healthy meal easy, even when time is limited. (Oct.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person

Can thinking and eating like a thin person be learned, similar to learning to drive or use a computer? Beck (Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems) contends so, based on decades of work with patients who have lost pounds and maintained weight through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Beck's six-week program adapts CBT, a therapeutic system developed by Beck's father, Aaron, in the 1960s, to specific challenges faced by yo-yo dieters, including negative thinking, bargaining, emotional eating, bingeing, and eating out. Beck counsels readers day-by-day, introducing new elements (creating advantage response cards, choosing a diet, enlisting a diet coach, making a weight-loss graph) progressively and offering tools to help readers stay focused (writing exercises, to-do lists, ways to counter negative thoughts). There are no eating plans, calorie counts, recipes or exercises; according to Beck, any healthy diet will work if readers learn to think differently about eating and food. Beck's book is like an extended therapy session with a diet coach. (Apr.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Description

The Beck Diet Solution is the Missing Ingredient in Weight Loss


  • Lose weight with confidence and keep it off for a lifetime!


  • Battle your sabotaging habits!

  • Resist tempting food - even if it's right in front of you!

  • Confidently say, "No, thank you" to food pushers!


  • Put an end to emotional eating!


  • Confidently say, "No, thank you" to food pushers!


  • Conquer every excuse you've ever used to overeat, binge, or backslide!

    Any sensible diet will help you lose weight, but the challenge for 90% of Americans is actually staying on the diet they choose. Enter Dr. Judith Beck and The Beck Diet Solution. Dr. Beck, one of the foremost authorities in the field of Cognitive Therapy, has created a six-week plan that will help people stick with their diet, lose weight with confidence, and keep weight off for a lifetime. This program is not only based on the author's personal success and on her success with her many clients, but also on published research. It all starts with how you think. With other programs, you think about nothing but food: counting, weighing, and worst of all, food you can't have. This way of thinking inevitably contributes to diet failure. The Beck Diet Solution is the only program that helps dieters use Cognitive Therapy methods--scientifically proven over 20 years--to forever change those treacherous thought patterns that lead to overeating, cheating, excuses, and other dieting downfalls.

    CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, Fifth Edition by Shon Harris


    A comprehensive, up-to-date revision of the market-leading CISSP training resource

    Written by Shon Harris, the number-one name in IT security certification and training, this exam guide offers complete coverage of all the material on the latest release of the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam. With full treatment of all the 10 exam domains, as developed by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2), this definitive tool contains learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, sidebars with in-depth technical explanations, practice questions, and real-world scenarios.

    CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, Fifth Edition serves as both a comprehensive certification study guide and an essential on-the-job reference. The CD-ROM includes more than 250 simulated practice questions in a Windows-based test engine, an electronic book, and video training from the author.

    CompTIA A+ Complete Study Guide: Exams 220-701 (Essentials) and 220-702 (Practical Application) by Quentin Docter, Emmett Dulaney, and Toby Skandier


    The Essential Study Tool for the 2009 Edition of the CompTIA A+ Exams

    The CompTIA A+ certification is the industry standard in terms of measuring a technician's hardware and software knowledge. As the most popular entry-level certification, it is particularly popular among individuals switching from another career to computers.

    Organized by objectives this unparalleled study guide offers you a systematic approach to preparing for the CompTIA A+ certification, and includes real-world scenarios, chapter review questions, plus a CD with Sybex's propriety test engine to reinforce all of the concepts you learn.

    Two Exams in One Book - Covers both the A+ Essentials (Exam 220-701) and Practical Application (Exam 220-702)

    Featured on the CD

    • Over 600 Practice questions
    • Six practice tests (3 for the 220-701, and 3 for 220-702)
    • Electronic flashcards
    • Entire book as a searchable PDF

    PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita's Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam by Rita Mulcahy and PMP


    Can you imagine valuing a book so much that you send the author a Thank You letter?

    Hundreds of thousands of project managers understand why PMP Exam Prep by Rita Mulcahy, PMP, is a worldwide best-seller. Is it Rita's years of PMP exam preparation experience? The endless hours of ongoing research? The interviews with project managers who failed the exam, to identify gaps in their knowledge? Or is it the razor-sharp focus on making sure project managers don't waste a single minute of their time studying any more than they absolutely have to? Actually, it's all of the above.

    PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition by Rita Mulcahy contains hundreds of updates and improvements from previous editions--including new exercises and sample questions never before in print. Offering hundreds of sample questions, critical time-saving tips plus games and activities available nowhere else, this book will help you pass the PMP exam on your FIRST try.

    Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform (Pragmatic Programmers) by Ed Burnette


    Android is a software toolkit for mobile phones, created by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. It's inside millions of cell phones and other mobile devices, making Android a major platform for application developers. That could be your own program running on all those devices.

    Getting started developing with Android is easy. You don't even need access to an Android phone, just a computer where you can install the Android SDK and the phone emulator that comes with it. Within minutes, "Hello, Android" will get you creating your first working application: Android's version of "Hello, World."

    From there, you'll build up a more substantial example: an Android Sudoku game. By gradually adding features to the game throughout the course of the book, you'll learn about many aspects of Android programming including user interfaces, multimedia, and the Android life cycle.

    This second edition has been completely revised for Android 1.5 (Cupcake) and Android 1.6 (Donut). Every page and example was reviewed and updated for compatibility with the new version. In addition, two new appendixes show you how to create Widgets for the Home screen and publish your application to the Android Market.

    If you're a busy developer who'd rather be coding than reading about coding, this book is for you. To help you find what you need to know fast, each chapter ends with a "Fast-Forward" section. These sections provide guidance for where you should go next when you need to read the book out of order.

    Professional Android Application Development (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) by Reto Meier


    A hands-on guide to building mobile applications, Professional Android Application Development features concise and compelling examples that show you how to quickly construct real-world mobile applications for Android phones. Fully up-to-date for version 1.0 of the Android software development kit, it covers all the essential features, and explores the advanced capabilities of Android (including GPS, accelerometers, and background Services) to help you construct increasingly complex, useful, and innovative mobile applications for Android phones.

    What this book includes

    • An introduction to mobile development, Android, and how to get started.
    • An in-depth look at Android applications and their life cycle, the application manifest, Intents, and using external resources.
    • Details for creating complex and compelling user interfaces by using, extending, and creating your own layouts and Views and using Menus.
    • A detailed look at data storage, retrieval, and sharing using preferences, files, databases, and Content Providers.
    • Instructions for making the most of mobile portability by creating rich map-based applications as well as using location-based services and the geocoder.
    • A look at the power of background Services, using threads, and a detailed look at Notifications.
    • Coverage of Android's communication abilities including SMS, the telephony APIs, network management, and a guide to using Internet resources
    • Details for using Android hardware, including media recording and playback, using the camera, accelerometers, and compass sensors.
    • Advanced development topics including security, IPC, advanced 2D / 3D graphics techniques, and user–hardware interaction.

    The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience Carmine Gallo


    “The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs reveals the operating system behind any great presentation and provides you with a quick-start guide to design your own passionate interfaces with your audiences.” —Cliff Atkinson, author of Beyond Bullet Points and The Activist Audience

    Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s wildly popular presentations have set a new global gold standard—and now this step-by-step guide shows you exactly how to use his crowd-pleasing techniques in your own presentations. The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs is as close as you’ll ever get to having the master presenter himself speak directly in your ear. Communications expert Carmine Gallo has studied and analyzed the very best of Jobs’s performances, offering point-by-point examples, tried-and-true techniques, and proven presentation secrets that work every time. With this revolutionary approach, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to sell your ideas, share your enthusiasm, and wow your audience the Steve Jobs way.

    “No other leader captures an audience like Steve Jobs does and, like no other book, The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs captures the formula Steve uses to enthrall audiences.”
    --Rob Enderle, The Enderle Group

    “Now you can learn from the best there is--both Jobs and Gallo. No matter whether you are a novice presenter or a professional speaker like me, you will read and reread this book with the same enthusiasm that people bring to their iPods."
    --David Meerman Scott, bestselling author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR and World Wide Rave

    Presentation Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations by Garr Reynolds


    In his internationally acclaimed, best-selling book Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, presentation master Garr Reynolds gave readers the framework for planning, putting together, and delivering successful presentations. Now, he takes us further into the design realm and shows how we can apply time-honored design principles to presentation layouts.

    Throughout Presentation Zen Design, Garr shares his lessons on designing effective presentations that contain text, graphs, color, images, and video. After establishing guidelines for each of the various elements, he explains how to achieve an overall harmony and balance using the tenets of Zen simplicity. Not only will you discover how to design your slides for more professional-looking presentations, you’ll learn to communicate more clearly and will accomplish the goal of making a stronger, more lasting connection with your audience.

    Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Server 1.5 by Drew Tucker


    Designed for video-production professionals, Final Cut Server sets the standard for intuitive media asset management, making it easy to manage large collections of media files efficiently. In this Apple-authorized reference guide, system integrator Drew Tucker takes you on a comprehensive tour of the software, covering everything from tools for tracking, reviewing, and approving jobs to automating complex sequences of tasks in a busy post environment. Along the way, Tucker shares essential workflows that will shave hours from your post-production jobs. You’ll learn techniques for searching, cataloging, and finding the right asset quickly, as well as how to handle large quantities of real-time HD video, audio, and still image assets in a fast-paced production environment. Administrators will find a comprehensive overview of how to set up and configure this powerful collaboration tool, how to customize it to serve individual sites, and how to automate workflows and manage storage locations, users, and groups. The guide provides comprehensive coverage of the new features in Final Cut Server 1.5 including a robust edit proxy workflow, support for still sequences and production hierarchies.

    • DVD-ROM includes lesson and media files
    • Focused lessons take you step by step through real-world projects
    • Accessible writing style puts expert instructors at your side
    • Ample illustrations help you master techniques fast
    • Lesson goals and time estimates help you plan your time
    • Chapter review questions summarize what you’ve learned and help you prepare for the Apple Pro certification exam

    OSx86: Creating a Hackintosh by Peter Baldwin


    Unique guide to installing Apple's Mac OS X software on non-Apple hardware

    If you've always wished you could install Apple's rock solid Mac OS X on your non-Apple notebook, budget PC, or power-tower PC, wish no more. Yes, you can, and this intriguing book shows you exactly how. Walk through these step-by-step instructions, and you'll end up knowing more about Apple's celebrated OS than many of the most devoted Mac fans. You'll learn to build OS X-ready machines, as well as how to install, use, and program OS X.

    • Now that Apple computers are based on the Intel platform, the same as most PCs, rogue developers in droves are installing Mac OS X on PCs, including those based on the AMD and Atom processors; this is the first book to show how to create an OSx86 machine running OS X
    • Provides step-by-step instruction on the installation, use, and programming of OS X on your existing computer, as well as how to build OS X-ready machines
    • Helps you avoid pitfalls and common problems associated with running Apple software on PC hardware
    • Offers numerous practical hints, tips, and illustrations

    Create your own Hackintosh with this essential guide.

    Incredible iPhone Apps For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Bob LeVitus


    A full-color directory of must-have iPhone and iPod touch apps!

    The App Store allows you to browse and download thousands of applications that were developed with the iPhone SDK and published through Apple. The popularity of iPhone and iPod touch apps is exploding and this handy guide helps you sort through the tens of thousands of available apps so you can find the ones that are ideal for you.

    Packed with tips and tricks on how to make the most of each app, this book escorts you through a vast selection of apps and then helps you narrow down the most essential and most entertaining apps for your needs and interests. You'll encounter amazing apps in business, education, entertainment, finance, cooking, nutrition, games, healthcare, news, music, social networking, news, weather, and more.

    • Helps you sort through the tens of thousands of available apps for the iPhone and iPod touch so you can find what’s right for you
    • Shares unique tips and tricks for making the most of the apps that appeal to you
    • Shows you a variety of apps in the fields of weather, news, photography, cooking, entertainment, business, education, healthcare, social networking, sports, and more
    • Presents information in the straightforward but fun language that defines the For Dummies series

    With Incredible iPhone Apps For Dummies, you'll discover how to have fun, get more done, and make the most of your iPhone or iPod touch.

    iPod and iTunes For Dummies, Book + DVD Bundle by Tony Bove

    This beginner's guide in the usual "Dummies" format shows how to set up, acquire, and manage media content; how to play with the iPod, hook it up to other components, and take it on the road; how to use advanced techniques; and how to troubleshoot common problems. Online bonus chapters (available at http://www.dummies.com/go/ipod4e/) cover MusicMatch Jukebox and online resources. Clear, with just enough background information; recommended for all libraries. (Library Journal, January 15, 2007) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

    Product Description

    A fun and friendly book-and-DVD package gets the music started!

    As Apple's bestselling gadget, the iPod is much more than just a digital music player. It allows you to surf the web, rent movies or buy songs, send and receive e-mail, get directions, store photos, watch videos, keep a calendar, play games, and more. iTunes imports music, videos, and podcasts; creates playlists; burns CDs; syncs with iPod; plays music through your home stereo; and much more. Needless to say, a lot of exciting possibilities exist with iTunes and the iPod—and this book-and-DVD package helps you figure it all out!

    As the newest edition of a perennial bestseller, this guide is written by a veteran For Dummies author who makes every topic easy to understand. The DVD features 90 minutes of step-by-step video instructions that show you how to set up your iPod, import music into iTunes, set up an account at the iTunes Store, create playlists, sync your iPod, and much more.

    • Get more bang for your buck with this book-and-DVD package and get the most up to date information on iTunes and the iPod
    • Features a 90-minute instructional DVD that walks you through the most important menus, screens, and tasks you'll encounter when getting started with your iPod and iTunes
    • Introduces the different iPod models and shows you how to shop at the iTunes store, add music tracks from a CD to your iTunes library, play content in iTunes, and set up playlists
    • Explains how to share content from your iTunes library, manage photos and videos, synchronize devices with iTunes, update and troubleshoot, and more

    Get in tune with all that iPod & iTunes has to offer with this book!

    More iPhone 3 Development: Tackling iPhone SDK 3 (Beginning) by Dave Mark

    Interested in iPhone development? Want to learn more? Whether you’re a self-taught iPhone development genius or have just made your way through the pages of Beginning iPhone 3 Development, we have the perfect book for you.

    More iPhone 3 Development: Tackling iPhone SDK 3 digs deeper into Apple’s latest SDK. Best-selling authors Dave Mark and Jeff LaMarche explain concepts as only they can, covering topics like Core Data, peer-to-peer networking using GameKit and network streams, working with data from the web, MapKit, in-application e-mail, and more. All the concepts and APIs are clearly presented with code snippets you can customize and use, as you like, in your own apps.

    If you are going to write a professional iPhone app, you’ll want to get your arms around Core Data, and there’s no better place to do so than in the pages of this book. The book continues right where Beginning iPhone 3 Development left off with a series of chapters devoted to Core Data, the standard for persistence that Apple introduced to iPhone with SDK 3. Jeff and Dave carefully step through each of the Core Data concepts and show you techniques and tips specifically for writing larger applications—offering a breadth of coverage you won't find anywhere else.

    The Core Data coverage alone is worth the price of admission. But there's so much more. This book covers a variety of networking mechanisms, from GameKit’s relatively simple BlueTooth peer-to-peer model, to the addition of Bonjour discovery and network streams, through the complexity of accessing files via the web. Dave and Jeff will also take you through coverage of concurrent programming and some advanced techniques for debugging your applications.

    Whether you are a relative newcomer to iPhone development or an old hand looking to expand your horizons, there’s something for everyone in More iPhone 3 Development.

    Note: A few of the apps in this book demonstrate technologies not yet supported by the simulator. To run them on your iPhone or iPod touch, you'll need to join one of Apple's paid iPhone developer programs.

    What you’ll learn

    • All about Core Data: key concepts and techniques for writing larger application
    • How to utilize a variety of networking mechanisms, including peer-to-peer connections over Bluetooth using GameKit
    • Details on the addition of Bonjour discovery and network streams
    • How to embed maps with Map Kit and use in-application email
    • How to access a user's iPod library and integrate music into applications
    • Essentials of concurrent programming and advanced debugging techniques
    • Tips on working with data from the web

    The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electronic Age by Sylvia Wolf


    Photographers who use digital
    technologies as tools for creative
    expression are driving the most
    exciting and transformative
    developments in today s
    photography. Digital photographic and imaging technologies are the most
    recent development in an art and science whose history is one
    of constant technological innovation. Using sophisticated
    software and scanners, artists are able to enhance or alter
    photographs, and create mesmerizing effects. Focusing
    exclusively on digital photography, Sylvia Wolf explores a
    medium that challenges our notions of the role of the artist
    and of an image s relationship to the real.
    Taking readers from the earliest experiments in digital
    photography to the latest innovations, Wolf offers a historical
    perspective and points to future trends. The work of a global
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    From Still to Motion: A photographer's guide to creating video with your DSLR (Voices That Matter) by James Ball


    Professional photographers are evolving and adding video to their list of offerings to clients. Driving the evolution is the need for competitive advantage and creative exploration. With the addition of high definition video capabilities to the latest batch of DSLR cameras, photographers have a convenient and familiar tool to fully embrace the new world of video. But video is very different than photography, with new challenges and technology to master.

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    Canon Speedlite System Digital Field Guide by Brian McLernon


    Detailed coverage of Canon's four speedlite-580EX II, 430 EX II, 220 EX and the new 270 EX-built exclusively for Canon DSLRs

    If you use a digital SLR camera, then you understand just how critical it is to have a capable flash. Canon Speedlite shines a whole new light on taking photos with a Canon DSLR. This full-color, in-depth guide takes you beyond the standard manual that accompanies the Speedlite and shows you the types of settings you can use on your camera when working with the Speedlite.

    You'll explore the possibilities of wireless lighting with multiple speedlites as well as the creative effects you can achieve. Author and professional photographer Brian McLernon demystifies setting up the speedlite, synchronizing the speedlite equipment, and determining lighting ratios.

    • Canon DSLRs are only growing in popularity and the Speedlite system is a must-have accessory for exploring a new world of digital photo possibilities
    • Shows you how to create an inexpensive and portable wireless studio lighting system that can go where you go
    • Demystifies setting up the speedlite, synchronizing the equipment, and figuring out lighting ratios
    • Covers other Canon lighting system components, such as the ST-E2 Speedlite Transmitter, Macro Ring Lite, and Macro Twin Lite
    Real-world information on using these speedlites illustrated by full-color examples and untangles the complexities of using the Canon Speedlite system

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    CCNP Routing and Switching Official Certification Library (Exams 642-902, 642-813, 642-832)

    • Master CCNP® exam topics with the official study guides
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    CCNP Routing and Switching Official Certification Library is a comprehensive review and practice package for the three CCNP Routing and Switching exams: ROUTE, SWITCH, and TSHOOT. The three books contained in this package, CCNP ROUTE 642-902 Official Certification Guide, CCNP SWITCH 642-813 Official Certification Guide, and CCNP TSHOOT 642-832 Official Certification Guide, present complete reviews and ample opportunity to test your knowledge of CCNP Routing and Switching exam topics. These authorized CCNP Routing and Switching study guides are written by CCIE® certified experts, bringing years of teaching and consulting experience together in an ideal test preparation format.

    CCNP ROUTE 642-902 Official Certification Guide teaches you how to use advanced IP addressing and routing to implement enterprise-level router networks connected to LANs and WANs. CCNP SWITCH 642-813 Official Certification Guide ensures that you have the skills necessary to implement scalable, multilayer switched networks. CCNP TSHOOT 642-832 Official Certification Guide helps you master the troubleshooting methodologies, tools, and tasks needed to effectively monitor and maintain large enterprise networks.

    Each of these official study guides provides you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks sections help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly. The companion CD-ROMs contains a powerful testing engine that enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete study plan for review.

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    CCNP Routing and Switching Certification Library is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

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    ROUTE:

    • EIGRP and OSPF
    • IGP Redistribution and BGP
    • Policy-based routing and IP service level agreement (IP SLA)
    • IPv6 and IPv4/IPv6 coexistence
    • Routing over branch Internet connections

    SWITCH:

    • VLANs, trunks, VTP, and STP
    • Aggregating switch links
    • Multilayer switching
    • Router and supervisor redundancy
    • IP telephony, wireless LANs, and security

    TSHOOT:

    • Troubleshooting models, tools, and tasks
    • Cisco IOS® troubleshooting commands and features
    • Troubleshooting Cisco Catalyst® Switches and STP
    • Troubleshooting OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, and route redistribution
    • Security, IP Services, IP communications, and IPv6 troubleshooting
    • Large enterprise network troubleshooting

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    Covers: ROUTE exam 642-902, SWITCH exam 642-813, TSHOOT exam 642-832

    CISA Video Mentor by Shon Harris


    CISA Video Mentor provides a comprehensive learning experience from a leading topical expert, to help you prepare for the Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA) certification offered by the Information Security Auditor Control Association (ICASA). CISA is one of the few certifications formally approved by the US Department of Defense in their Information Assurance Technical category. The dozens of hours of classroom instruction are enhanced with flash animations, screencasts, scenario-based case studies and labs designed to work together to provide both foundational learning on the topic as well as exam preparation skills. The DVD video tackles each CISA topical area with in depth learning that teaches you what you need to understand, not only to pass the exam, but to apply it in the workplace. The classroom instruction is enhanced with the multimedia learning tools to help the expert instructor teach you these topics so that you grasp them for real world application and exam success.

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    MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-685): Windows(R) 7 Enterprise Desktop Support Technician: Windows 7 Enterprise Desktop Support Technician


    The ultimate guide to the new CCNA voice network administrator certification exam

    The new CCNA Voice exam tests candidates on their ability to implement a Cisco VoIP solution. Network administrators of voice systems will appreciate that the CCNA Voice Study Guide focuses completely on the information required by the exam.

    Along with hands-on labs and an objective map showing where each objective is covered, this guide includes a CD with the Sybex Test Engine, flashcards, and entire book in PDF format.

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    Windows 7 Secrets by Paul Thurrott

    Tips, tricks, treats, and secrets revealed on the latest operating system from Microsoft: Windows 7

    You already know the ups and downs of Windows Vista-now it's time to learn the ins and outs of Windows 7! Internationally recognized Windows experts, Microsoft insiders, and authors Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera cut through the hype to pull away the curtain and reveal useful information not found anywhere else. Regardless of your level of knowledge, you'll discover little-known facts on how things work, what's new and different, and how you can modify Windows 7 to meet your own specific needs.

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    • Windows 7 is the exciting update to Microsoft's operating system
    • Authors are internationally known Windows experts and Microsoft insiders
    • Exposes tips, tricks, and secrets on the new features and functionality of Windows 7
    • Reveals best practices for customizing the system to work for you
    • Investigates the differences between Windows 7 and previous versions of Windows

    No need to whisper! Window 7 Secrets is the ultimate insider's guide to Microsoft's most exciting Windows version in years.

    From the Back Cover

    Go beyond the obvious and explore the secrets behind Windows 7 with this comprehensive guide. Leading authorities in the field expose the hidden functionality within the Windows 7 operating system, revealing everything from its new features and functionality to how to modify the system to work for you. These expert tips and tricks will help you gain the skills you need to quickly go from a Windows 7 user to a Windows 7 expert.

    The Insider's Guide to

    • Installing or upgrading to Windows 7 (see Chapter 2)

    • Hardware and software compatibility (see Chapter 3)

    • Personalizing and configuring Windows 7 (see Chapter 6)

    • Windows 7 security (see Chapter 7)

    • Organizing, fixing, and sharing digital photos (see Chapter 12)

    • Zune® as a digital media alternative (see Chapter 14)

    • Using tablet PCs and ultra-mobile PCs (see Chapter 18)

    • Managing e-mail and your schedule (see Chapters 21 & 22)

    • Keeping your data safe (see Chapter 24)

    Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for Java EE Study Guide (2nd Edition) by Mark Cade

    Definitive, Comprehensive SCEA Exam Prep–Straight from Sun’s Exam Developers!

    This book delivers complete, focused review for Sun’s new Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA) for Java EE certification exam–straight from two of the exam’s creators! SCEA lead developer/assessor Mark Cade and SCEA lead developer/assessor Humphrey Sheil offer powerful insights, real-world architectural case studies, and challenging sample questions that systematically prepare you for the actual exam. For every question, the authors show why the right answers are right–and why the other answers are wrong. Cade and Sheil cover every SCEA exam topic, skill, and technique, including:

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    The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite by David Kessler

    Most of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food when one slice of pizza turns into half a pie, or a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it s harder to understand why we can't seem to stop eating even when we know better. When we want so badly to say "no," why do we continue to reach for food?

    Dr. David Kessler, the dynamic former FDA commissioner who reinvented the food label and tackled the tobacco industry, now reveals how the food industry has hijacked the brains of millions of Americans. The result? America s number-one public health issue. Dr. Kessler cracks the code of overeating by explaining how our bodies and minds are changed when we consume foods that contain sugar, fat, and salt. Food manufacturers create products by manipulating these ingredients to stimulate our appetites, setting in motion a cycle of desire and consumption that ends with a nation of overeaters. The End of Overeating explains for the first time why it is exceptionally difficult to resist certain foods and why it s so easy to overindulge.
    Dr. Kessler met with top scientists, physicians, and food industry insiders. The End of Overeating uncovers the shocking facts about how we lost control over our eating habits and how we can get it back. Dr. Kessler presents groundbreaking research, along with what is sure to be a controversial view inside the industry that continues to feed a nation of overeaters from popular brand manufacturers to advertisers, chain restaurants, and fast food franchises.
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    Review

    “One of the best books about baseball ever written.”—New York Daily News

    "An insightful and non-hagiographic look at a legendary manager and team during one of baseball's most transformational eras."--Boston Globe

    "The consummate insider's view of what may be the last great dynasty in baseball history."--Los Angeles Times

    "An appealing portrait of a likable, hard-working man. One closes the book with a high regard for Mr. Torre, not least as a manager."--Wall Street Journal

    "A lively chronicle. . . . What this book does . . . very persuasively is chart the rise and fall of one of baseball's great dynasties, while showing the care and feeding it took to bring the city of New York four championships in five years." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

    "A capacious fresh account of [Torre’s] great run in the Bronx.... Verducci has range and ease; he's a shortstop on the page." —The New Yorker

    "Compelling. . . . A hybrid of insider reporting [and] autobiography." —The Christian Science Monitor
    There has never been a more thorough, compelling, or in-depth analysis of why we eat the way we do.


    The Yankee Years by Joe Torre

    Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee years

    When Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most storied franchise in sports had not won a World Series title in eighteen years. The famously tough and mercurial owner, George Steinbrenner, had fired seventeen managers during that span. Torre’s appointment was greeted with Bronx cheers from the notoriously brutal New York media, who cited his record as the player and manager who had been in the most Major League games without appearing in a World Series

    Twelve tumultuous and triumphant years later, Torre left the team as the most beloved and successful manager in the game. In an era of multimillionaire free agents, fractured clubhouses, revenue-sharing, and off-the-field scandals, Torre forged a team ethos that united his players and made the Yankees, once again, the greatest team in sports. He won over the media with his honesty and class, and was beloved by the fans.

    But it wasn’t easy.

    Here, for the first time, Joe Torre and Tom Verducci take us inside the dugout, the
    clubhouse, and the front office in a revelatory narrative that shows what it really took to keep the Yankees on top of the baseball world. The high-priced ace who broke down in tears and refused to go back to the mound in the middle of a game. Constant meddling from Yankee executives, many of whom were jealous of Torre’s popularity. The tension that developed between the old guard and the free agents brought in by management. The impact of revenue-sharing and new scouting techniques, which allowed other teams to challenge the Yankees’ dominance. The players who couldn’t resist the after-hours temptations of the Big Apple. The joys of managing Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, and the challenges of managing Alex Rodriguez and Jason Giambi. Torre’s last year, when constant ultimatums from the front office, devastating injuries, and a freak cloud of bugs on a warm September night in Cleveland forced him from a job he loved.

    Through it all, Torre kept his calm, kept his players’ respect, and kept winning.

    And, of course, The Yankee Years chronicles the amazing stories on the diamond. The stirring comeback in the 1996 World Series against the heavily favored Braves. The wonder of 1998, when Torre led the Yanks to the most wins in Major League history. The draining and emotional drama of the 2001 World Series. The incredible twists and turns of the epic Game 7 of the 2003 American League Championship Series against the Red Sox, in which two teams who truly despised each other battled pitch by pitch until the stunning extra-inning home run.

    Editorial Reviews

    Review

    “One of the best books about baseball ever written.”—New York Daily News

    "An insightful and non-hagiographic look at a legendary manager and team during one of baseball's most transformational eras."--Boston Globe

    "The consummate insider's view of what may be the last great dynasty in baseball history."--Los Angeles Times

    "An appealing portrait of a likable, hard-working man. One closes the book with a high regard for Mr. Torre, not least as a manager."--Wall Street Journal

    "A lively chronicle. . . . What this book does . . . very persuasively is chart the rise and fall of one of baseball's great dynasties, while showing the care and feeding it took to bring the city of New York four championships in five years." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

    "A capacious fresh account of [Torre’s] great run in the Bronx.... Verducci has range and ease; he's a shortstop on the page." —The New Yorker

    "Compelling. . . . A hybrid of insider reporting [and] autobiography." —The Christian Science Monitor

    “Fascinating reading.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “[Filled with] many insights, some about human nature, many about the great American game.” —Bloomberg News --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

    Review

    “One of the best books about baseball ever written.”—New York Daily News

    "An insightful and non-hagiographic look at a legendary manager and team during one of baseball's most transformational eras."--Boston Globe

    "The consummate insider's view of what may be the last great dynasty in baseball history."--Los Angeles Times

    "An appealing portrait of a likable, hard-working man. One closes the book with a high regard for Mr. Torre, not least as a manager."--Wall Street Journal

    "A lively chronicle. . . . What this book does . . . very persuasively is chart the rise and fall of one of baseball's great dynasties, while showing the care and feeding it took to bring the city of New York four championships in five years." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

    "A capacious fresh account of [Torre’s] great run in the Bronx.... Verducci has range and ease; he's a shortstop on the page." —The New Yorker

    "Compelling. . . . A hybrid of insider reporting [and] autobiography." —The Christian Science Monitor

    “Fascinating reading.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “[Filled with] many insights, some about human nature, many about the great American game.” —Bloomberg News


    From the Trade Paperback edition.

    iPhone 3D Game Programming All In One by Jeremy Alessi


    This is a complete guide to iPhone and iPod Touch game development. Beginning with the basics and ending with a finished game published in the App store this book covers all the fundamentals. The combined strength of Unity and the iPhone development platform are used to full effect allowing even complete novices to create and publish an iPhone game.

    Engineering and the Mind's Eye by Eugene S. Ferguson


    Review

    "A sophisticated, thoughtful, and provocative analysis of the nature of engineering."
    Steven Lubar, Science

    Product Description

    "A sophisticated, thoughtful, and provocative analysis of the nature of engineering." -- Steven Lubar, Science

    In this insightful and incisive essay, Eugene Ferguson demonstrates that good engineering is as much a matter of intuition and nonverbal thinking as of equations and computation. He argues that a system of engineering education that ignores nonverbal thinking will produce engineers who are dangerously ignorant of the many ways in which the real world differs from the mathematical models constructed in academic minds.

    CCNP Routing and Switching Quick Reference (642-902, 642-813, 642-832) (2nd Edition) by Denise Donohue


    As a final preparation tool providing a review of CCNP exam topics, the CCNP Quick Reference 2/e complements official Cisco curriculum, other books, or other exam preparatory material in a candidates preparation for the four CCNP exams. This concise guide provides you with detailed, graphical-based information, highlighting only the key topics on the latest CCNP exams in a review-style format. This fact-filled Quick Reference allows you to get all-important information at a glance, helping you to focus your study on areas of weakness and to enhance memory retention of important concepts. This book provides a comprehensive final review for candidates taking any of the CCNP exams. It steps through exam objectives one-by-one, providing concise and accurate review for all topics. Using this book, you will be able to easily and effectively review test objectives without having to wade through numerous books and documents for relevant content for final review.

    An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering by Jonathan A. Wickert


    Review

    "The introductory chapter does a handsome job of explaining what Mechanical Engineering is and what Mechanical Engineers do...it draws the potential student a very accurate picture of the profession while also drawing the student more deeply into the excitement of Mechanical Engineering."

    "I believe the author does an excellent job of taking his audience along at a comfortable and appropriate pace. Additionally, he does a good job of building his reader’s knowledge base as he proceeds through the text. The author’s communication skills are excellent." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

    Product Description

    This richly illustrated text reflects the experiences and philosophy of the author as is presented in his introductory course, Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, currently being taught at Iowa State University. Dr. Wickert introduces students to the vocabulary, skills, applications, and excitement of the mechanical engineering profession. The text balances problem solving skills, communications skills, design engineering analysis, real world applications and practical technology.

    Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World by Carl Selinger

    Product Description

    "Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School" gives young engineers an easy-to-read "cribsheet" so they can comfortably face a complex world of dealing with people, processes, and yes, even meetings!

    Carl Selinger, an engineer with over 25 years of college teaching experience, has expanded from his popular seminar, providing an inspiring guidebook the young engineer needs for a successful career, and a satisfying life.

    From the Back Cover

    An engineer's road map to professional and personal success

    Congratulations! You're an engineer, and now you're ready to take the corporate world by storm. But in order to succeed in your career, you'll need more than just great technical skills. You'll need to be able to promote your ideas, share them with others, and work with a wide variety of people. Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World is designed to give engineers entering the corporate world the "soft" skills they'll need to succeed—in business, and in life. Based on the author's popular leadership seminars, this easy-to-digest guide to success will help even the most inhibited engineer to comfortably deal with the difficult people, processes, and meetings of today's competitive business world.

    Step by step, you'll learn important skills like

    • Setting priorities
    • Working in a team
    • Being more effective at meetings
    • Speaking in front of a group
    • Negotiating personal or business issues
    • Dealing with stress
    • And just having more fun in the process!

    Filled with insightful, practical advice addressing dozens of vital skill areas and helpful tips you can apply immediately to any situation, Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School will help you take charge of your career and achieve the success for which you've worked so hard.

    CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2009 (LANGE CURRENT Series) by Stephen J. McPhee and Maxine Papadakis


    The #1 annually updated text in internal medicine -- trusted, authoritative, and essential to daily practice

    A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE!

    5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW
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    CMDT delivers the most current insights into signs, symptoms, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment for over 1,000 diseases and disorders. Turn to any topic, and you'll find on-the-spot, evidence-based answers that reflect the most recent developments in diagnosis and treatment. This concise, authoritative reference gets you up to speed--fast--on the latest medical advances, prevention strategies, cost-effective treatments, and more.

    Putting you and the experts on the same page:

    • Comprehensive coverage of inpatient and outpatient care, focusing on the diagnostic tools relevant to your day-to-day practice
    • Full review of all primary care topics, including gynecology, obstetrics, dermatology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, psychiatry, neurology, toxicology, and urology
    • Only text with an annual review of advances in HIV treatment
    • “Essentials of Diagnosis” for most diseases/disorders
    • Hundreds of quick-access drug treatment tables, with indexed trade names and updated drug prices
    • ICD codes featured on inside covers
    • Diagnostic and treatment algorithms present important information in an at-a-glance style
    • Up-to-date references provide peer-reviewed, evidence-based information

    New to this edition:

    • Color insert expanded to 16 pages
    • Latest developments in HIV infection, including new drugs, recommended treatment regimens, and antiretroviral drug resistance
    • All new chapter on hemostasis and antithrombotic therapy
    • Completely revamped End of Life Chapter, now called Palliative Care & Pain Management to reflect its new emphasis
    • Sections on asthma (includes 2007 NAEPP guidelines) and palpitations
    • More algorithms throughout and increased coverage of Canadian and International Guidelines

    Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide


    Much like the waistlines of America, the aisles of your grocery store are straining under the weight of too much food. There are more than 40,000 products lining the shelves of your local supermarket, and with every product comes a whole new host of inflated label claims: “zero trans fat!” “Cholesterol free!” “Good source of 9 vitamins and minerals!” The problem is these claims are just as bogus as the hyped-up foods they’re trying to sell.

    That’s where Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide comes in. It’s your best weapon against the food industry’s effort to obfuscate the truth about the food it’s selling. Building on the popular approach of the Eat This, Not That! book series, co-authors Dave Zinczenko and Matt Goudling have scoured the aisles of the supermarkets of America, and in so doing they’ve discovered that two seemingly similar packages can house foods with vastly different nutritional profiles. They’ve also folded in all-new material that will help you pick the most nutrient-packed produce; the leanest, tastiest cuts of meat; and the least contaminated seafood at the fish counter. In this book you’ll also find:

    • 11 Secrets the Food Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
    • 20 Worst Packaged Foods in America
    • Answers to The 5 Most Important Questions About Organic Food
    • The Ultimate Sandwich Selector
    • The Snack Matrix
    • The Food Additive Glossary
    • And the extended chapter, Drink This, Not That!

    The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

    In THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, the second volume in the late Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, publisher Mikael Blomkvist and the police are conducting parallel investigations into three horrifying murders -- and their initial evidence points straight at young computer genius and social misfit Lisbeth Salander. Kalle Bastard Blomkvist (as Salander has begun referring to him) hasn't seen Salander in nearly two years, except for one night when he happened to witness a huge man attempting to kidnap her and both she and the attacker eluded him. He's bewildered about why she cut him off cold, but had accepted her decision -- until now. He doesn't believe Salander killed these victims. Well, at least not two of them. He has to contact her, find out how she's become embroiled in this, and help her. Salander, as usual, has her own ideas about who she'll see and when....

    In THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Larsson partnered Blomkvist and Salander as they unraveled a twisted tale of corporate greed, Fascist connections, and perverse sex and violence. FIRE highlights another subject on which Larsson wanted to shine light, namely the underbelly of the sex trade, a swill of human misery being forcibly imposed for money and simple loathing of women. Blomkvist's magazine, Millennium, plans an issue devoted to the subject based on the interviews and reporting of a criminologist and a journalist, and there follows much in-house discussion of the lurid material and how it should be presented to the public. But the three murders turn the magazine and its people on their heads.

    Meanwhile, Salander travels, changes her appearance, and matures in the early chapters of the 569-page book that covers four months in total and is told in four parts. Among her pursuits: attempting to proof Fermat's Last Theorem in a way Fermat himself might have done, furnishing her new abode, and keeping tabs on Bjurman (whom, recall, she memorably tattooed in DRAGON). Then, she disappears for quite a spell as the murder investigation gets cranking, and finally, she regains the spotlight as the book rushes headlong into a heart-stopping denouement.

    The last book in this series -- tentatively entitled THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS' NEST in its English translation -- is not scheduled for release until 2010. However, the entire trilogy has already been published in Swedish (naturally), French, and German. Larsson reportedly had planned a ten-volume series. He had written part of the fourth book and had outlined volumes five, six, and seven. Sadly, due to his early death, only the trilogy is complete and will, according to his father, be published. After reading FIRE, the thought creeps in that perhaps the trilogy will not provide closure, and that the reader could be left dangling, unsatisfied. That would be a crying shame because Salander and Blomkvist -- along with other continuing characters -- do burrow themselves deeply into the reader's (at least this reader's) affections. Fortunately, reviewers who have read, in the other aforementioned languages, the entire story arc, including the final novel, seem generally very satisfied. Some claim that the last book, also the longest, is a grand finale that answers all outstanding questions. A few are less effusive, stating that the last book can't meet the anticipatory heights set by the stunning, unusual first one.

    This last criticism can be applied to the second book as well. FIRE does not pack quite the punch of uniqueness that DRAGON did. One can perhaps think of the movie trilogy THE MATRIX, MATRIX RELOADED, and THE MATRIX REVOLUTION as an analogy. The smash introductory film awed with its mind-bending perspective. The second and third passes were very solid, even amazing, partners, but they only reiterated the cutting-edge magic so novel in The MATRIX, building on it, not inventing something mind-blowingly fresh. Familiarity takes a bit of the bloom off the rose, but it certainly doesn't breed contempt in these instances. Larsson's FIRE lags a little during the mid-section in which criminal investigation procedure grinds along and the author belabors certain points, seeming to believe his readers novices at crime mysteries. But overall, FIRE accelerates the enthralling story of Lisbeth and Mikael with panache. One can't help thinking the world they inhabit is too slimy, too vicious, but Larsson was a man with many crusades and causes, and his trilogy vividly paints the harsh pictures of society that he hoped to reform. The Millennium Trilogy encompasses uncompromising social critique; prickling thrills; and curious, bittersweet romance. FIRE drew me like a moth, and I can't wait to get my hands on HORNET. 4.4 stars.