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20781. |  Beginning iOS 3D Unreal Games Development By: Robert Chin Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 05-APR-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Beginning iOS 3D Unreal Games Development
The Unreal UDK features Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine 3, used to create bestselling games such as Infinity Blade for iOS, and popular console games like Borderlands and Bioshock. Now, you can build your own Unreal game for the iOS platform.
Beginning iOS 3D Unreal Games Development covers using the Unreal UDK game creation system to create 3D games for the iOS platform, which includes the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Specifically, this book covers:
UnrealScript programming language, going beyond the limitations of the visual Kismet scripting language
The Unreal UDK code...
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20782. |  Metro Revealed: Building Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript By: Adam Freeman Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 29-APR-2012 Insert Date: 08-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Metro Revealed: Building Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript
The key features for developing on Microsoft's eagerly anticipated Windows 8 operating system are unveiled in this fast-paced 80-page primer. Windows 8 contains the revolutionary Metro application framework for building dynamic and responsive touch-enabled applications that target both desktops and mobile devices.
With the official release of Windows 8 looming ever closer, experienced author Adam Freeman invites you to take a crash course in Metro development. Using HTML5 and JavaScript, he ensures you understand the changes that are being made to Windows development practices and puts...
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20783. |  By: Eric Sammer Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 10-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Hadoop Operations If you’ve been tasked with the job of maintaining large and complex Hadoop clusters, or are about to be, this book is a must. You’ll learn the particulars of Hadoop operations, from planning, installing, and configuring the system to providing ongoing maintenance....
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20784. |  By: Jonathan Gray; Lucy Chambers; Liliana Bounegru Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 26-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Data Journalism Handbook When you combine the sheer scale and range of digital information now available with a journalist’s "nose for news" and her ability to tell a compelling story, a new world of possibility opens up. With The Data Journalism Handbook, you’ll explore the potential, limits, and applied uses of this new and fascinating field....
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20785. |  Learning JavaScript Design Patterns By: Addy Osmani Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 20-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Learning JavaScript Design Patterns With Learning JavaScript Design Patterns, you’ll learn how to write beautiful, structured, and maintainable JavaScript by applying classical and modern design patterns to the language. If you want to keep your code efficient, more manageable, and up-to-date with the latest best practices, this book is for you....
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20786. |  Adobe Edge Preview 5: The Missing Manual By: Chris Grover Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 09-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Adobe Edge Preview 5: The Missing Manual Want to create animated graphics for iPhone, iPad and the Web, using familiar Adobe features? You’ve come to the right guide. Adobe Edge Preview 5: The Missing Manual shows you how to build HTML5 and JavaScript graphics with Adobe multimedia tools. No programming experience? No problem. Adobe Edge writes all the code for you. With this book, you’ll be designing great-looking web apps in no time....
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20787. |  By: Darrell Young Publisher: Rocky Nook Publication Date: 08-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Beyond Point-and-Shoot There are two types of new photographers: those satisfied with their low-cost point-and-shoot cameras, and those more enthusiastic photographers who recognize the limitations of low-cost equipment and want to improve their pictures. No longer satisfied with simple snapshots, the enthusiast moves up to a more complex digital camera-one with interchangeable lenses and manual controls-to satisfy their artistic urge.
Assuming little to no knowledge of photographic terms, techniques, or technology, Beyond Point-And-Shoot is intended to help smooth the transition from photographic newbie to...
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20788. |  Take Control of Getting Started with DEVONthink 2, 2nd Edition By: Joe Kissell Publisher: TidBITS Publishing, Inc. Publication Date: 20-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Take Control of Getting Started with DEVONthink 2, 2nd Edition With the information-management program DEVONthink 2, you no longer have to swim in a sea of Web bookmarks, email receipts, RSS feeds, scanned memorabilia, Post-it notes, and phone bills. DEVONthink stores your digital documents and clippings, helps you scan and store paper documents, and serves as home base for organizing and viewing all your information. But mastering all that power can take effort, and this ebook - created in partnership with DEVONtechnologies - has the real-world advice you need to understand how DEVONthink can bring order to your information.
This book got me around...
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20789. |  Take Control of CrashPlan Backups By: Joe Kissell Publisher: TidBITS Publishing, Inc. Publication Date: 11-APR-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Take Control of CrashPlan Backups You know not to put all your eggs in one basket, but are you backing up to only a single location? Our favorite backup service, CrashPlan, backs up your data silently in the background, storing it locally on a hard disk or another computer you own, offsite on a friend's computer (for the consumer version), or in the cloud. But thanks to CrashPlan's power, flexibility, and cross-platform interface, you may need additional explanation to get the most out of CrashPlan's best features. This ebook - created in collaboration with CrashPlan maker Code 42 Software - has all the behind-the-scenes...
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20790. |  JavaScript: Das umfassende Referenzwerk, Sixth Edition By: David Flanagan Publisher: O'Reilly Verlag Publication Date: 31-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: JavaScript: Das umfassende Referenzwerk, Sixth Edition JavaScript ist eine mächtige, objektorientierte Skriptsprache, die im Zusammenhang mit vielen Web 2.0-Features starken Auftrieb bekommen hat. Sie eignet sich für die Programmierung komplexer Anwendungen und kommt im Zusammenhang mit HTML5 verstärkt zum Einsatz. David Flanagans JavaScript – Das umfassende Referenzwerk gilt gemeinhin als Standardwerk. Es behandelt alle Aspekte, die in der modernen JavaScript-Programmierung zum Tragen kommen. Diese neue Auflage wurde komplett überarbeitet und um viele Kapitel ergänzt, die sich mit den HTML5-APIs, jQuery, clientseitigem Speicher, dem Skripten von...
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20791. |  Introduction to Database Management Systems By: Atul Kahate Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 20-MAY-2006 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Introduction to Database Management Systems
Designed specifically for a single semester, first course on Database Systems, there are 4 aspects that differentiate our book from the rest - simplicity as this book explains each of the concept with very simple examples, lucid language and a lot of illustrations; coverage as the book covers all the essential aspects of database systems, and also covers the areas of RDBMS; illustrative approach as the book contains over 400 diagrams - about one per page and lastly, modern topics as the book covers all the contemporary topics, such as OODBMS, database systems and the Internet, Data...
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20792. |  Express Learning: Data Communications and Computer Networks By: ITL Education Solutions Limited Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 16-JAN-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Express Learning: Data Communications and Computer Networks
Express Learning is a series of books designed as quick reference guides to important undergraduate computer courses. The organized and accessible format of these books allows students to learn important concepts in an easy-to-understand, question-and-answer format. These portable learning tools have been designed as one-stop references for students to understand and master the subjects by themselves.
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20793. |  Express Learning: Introduction to Information Technology By: ITL Education Solutions Limited Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 16-JAN-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Express Learning: Introduction to Information Technology
Express Learning is a series of books designed as quick reference guides to important undergraduate computer courses. The organized and accessible format of these books allows students to learn important concepts in an easy-to-understand, question-and-answer format. These portable learning tools have been designed as one-stop references for students to understand and master the subjects by themselves.
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20794. |  Exposed: Inside the Life and Images of a Pro Photographer By: Michael Clark Publisher: New Riders Publication Date: 27-APR-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Exposed: Inside the Life and Images of a Pro Photographer Photographer Michael Clark provides an inside look at the
reality of working in extreme conditions to capture and process his
breath-taking images. He offers start-to-finish details of some of
his most demanding assignments – rock climbing, big wave
surfing, sky diving, and mountain biking – sharing his
personal shooting expertise, on-the-fly problem solving skills, and
photography post-processing techniques in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
and Adobe Photoshop (including Lightroom 4 and Photoshop
CS6).
This gorgeous guide for intermediate to advanced DSLR shooters is
packed with practical...
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20795. |  The Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 4 Book for Digital Photographers By: Scott Kelby Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 01-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 4 Book for Digital Photographers Since Lightroom first launched, Scott Kelby’s The Adobe
Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers has been the
world’s #1 best-selling Lightroom book (it has been
translated into a dozen different languages), and in this latest
version for Lightroom 4, Scott uses his same award-winning,
step-by-step, plain-English style and layout to make learning
Lightroom easy and fun.
Scott doesn’t just show you which sliders do what (every
Lightroom book will do that). Instead, by using the following three
simple, yet brilliant, techniques that make it just an incredible
learning tool, this...
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20796. |  By: Craig James Johnston Publisher: Que Publication Date: 13-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 21-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: My Samsung Galaxy™ Nexus™ Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and
keeping your Samsung Galaxy Nexus or other smartphone running
Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) working just the way you
want.
Step-by-step instructions with callouts to Samsung Galaxy
Nexus photos that show you exactly what to do
Help when you run into problems or limitations with your
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Learn how to
• Quickly set up Google services, voicemail, Gmail, Wi-Fi,
and high-speed data connections
• Use hidden time-saving shortcuts you...
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20797. |  The Power of Infographics: Using Pictures to Communicate and Connect With Your Audiences By: Mark Smiciklas Publisher: Que Publication Date: 15-JUN-2012 Insert Date: 29-JUN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Power of Infographics: Using Pictures to Communicate and Connect With Your Audiences Need to overcome information
overload and get your message across? Infographics are your secret
weapon. Using them, you can deliver knowledge and ideas visually,
so your audiences can understand them quickly - and take action. In
The Power of Infographics, Mark Smiciklas helps you
understand how to leverage the use of powerful infographics:
visual representations capable of transforming complex data or
concepts into intuitive, instant knowledge. Writing from a business
perspective, Smiciklas reveals how to use infographics both inside
and outside the organization: to build brands, make...
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20798. | 
Powerful PR Strategies for Success (Collection) By: Deirdre K. Breakenridge, Brian Solis Publisher: FT Press Publication Date: 01-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Powerful PR Strategies for Success (Collection) A brand new collection of state-of-the-art insights into
public relations, from practitioner Deirdre
Breakenridge.
Master Supercharged PR Techniques Based on the Latest Social and
Online Platforms!
Three great books help you leverage the latest social media and
online platforms to transform the way you do PR--and the results
you achieve! In Social Media and Public Relations: Eight New
Practices for the PR Professional, social marketing pioneer
Deirdre Breakenridge teaches and demonstrates the eight new skills
and mindsets you need to build brands and engage customers in a
social...
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20799. | 
The Financial Crisis in Perspective (Collection) By: Mark Zandi, Satyajit Das, John Authers Publisher: FT Press Publication Date: 01-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Financial Crisis in Perspective (Collection) How the financial crisis really happened, and what it really
meant: 3 books packed with lessons for investors and
policymakers!
These three books offer unsurpassed insight into the causes and
implications of the global financial crisis: information every
investor and policy-maker needs to prepare for an extraordinarily
uncertain future. In Financial Shock, Updated Edition,
renowned economist Mark Zandi provides the most concise, lucid
account of the economic, political, and regulatory causes of the
collapse, plus new insights into the continuing impact of the Obama
administration’s...
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20800. |  Financial Times Guide to the Financial Markets By: Glen Arnold Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall Publication Date: 19-SEP-2011 Insert Date: 09-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Financial Times Guide to the Financial Markets
From bestselling author Glen Arnold, this is a jargon-busting book that describes how financial markets work, where they are located and how they impact on everyday life. It assumes no specialised prior knowledge of finance theory and provides an authoritative and comprehensive run-down of the workings of the modern financial system. Using real world examples from media such as the Financial Times , Arnold gives an international perspective on the financial markets with frequent comparisons in the workings of major financial centres such as the Bank of England and the City, the...
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