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1381. |  The Art of Business Seduction: A 30-Day Plan to Get Noticed, Get Promoted and Get Ahead By: Mark Jeffries Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 13-JUL-2010 Insert Date: 08-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Art of Business Seduction: A 30-Day Plan to Get Noticed, Get Promoted and Get Ahead
These days, more than ever, you need an edge to win the job, the sale, or the contract that you want. And once you have it, keeping it is part of the job. You're always selling yourself, getting re-hired everyday with everything you do and say.
The Art of Business Seduction elevates your game by allowing you to recognize what's essential in getting noticed for the right reasons and by the right people. You'll get powerful tools you can use immediately, including
A Strategic Communication plan
The no-fail, four-step L-WAR process (Listen, Watch, Anticipate, React)
Real-life...
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1382. |  The Evergreen Portfolio: Timeless Strategies to Survive and Prosper from Investing Pros Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 07-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 08-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Evergreen Portfolio: Timeless Strategies to Survive and Prosper from Investing Pros
A practical system for growing and protecting wealth in today's volatile markets
Martin Truax and Ron Miller are financial professionals, who unlike others in this field, have made money in today's volatile market. While stock markets have been down fifty percent, they've managed to be up seventy percent. This book clearly explains the highly successful portfolio management system used by the authors to protect their clients' wealth as well as garner substantial gains-by participating in profitable market opportunities when they occur.
Divided into several informative and engaging...
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1383. |  By: David Meerman Scott; Brian Halligan; Bill Halligan Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 02-AUG-2010 Insert Date: 07-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 |
The Grateful Dead broke almost every rule in the music industry book. They encouraged their fans to record shows and trade tapes; they built a mailing list and sold concert tickets directly to fans; and they built their business model on live concerts, not album sales. By cultivating a dedicated, active community, collaborating with their audience to co-create the Deadhead lifestyle, and giving away "freemium" content, the Dead pioneered many social media and inbound marketing concepts successfully used by businesses across all industries today.
Written by marketing gurus and lifelong...
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1384. |  Investing Online For Dummies, 7th Edition By: Matt Krantz Publisher: For Dummies Publication Date: 16-AUG-2010 Insert Date: 07-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Investing Online For Dummies, 7th Edition
Straightforward advice on investing online wisely with the most updated information available
If you're eager to take control of your investments but don't want to make it your full-time job, Investing Online For Dummies, 7th Edition will put you on your way. Completely updated to cover all the newest online tools and resources, this easy-to-understand guide gets you started with investing online and growing your online portfolio using the latest tools, information, and resources available. You'll learn to pick winning stocks, find an online broker, construct a profitable portfolio,...
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1385. |  How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation: A Speaking Survival Guide for the Rest of Us By: T. J. Walker Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 02-AUG-2010 Insert Date: 07-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation: A Speaking Survival Guide for the Rest of Us
Reduce the time and stress associated with your presentations
Bookshelves are crowded with books on how to be an exceptional presenter and promise to produce a brilliant, standing-ovation speaker. But what about a presentation resource for the rest of us? There are so many of us regular folk who who want to spend just a little time and effort to get over the big hurdle of giving a presentation, but don't know where to turn for advice.
How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation is the easy answer to this common need. Straightforward, entertaining, and well-organized, this user-friendly...
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1386. |  By: Edward C. Baig; Bob LeVitus Publisher: For Dummies Publication Date: 08-JUN-2010 Insert Date: 07-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: iPad™ For Dummies®
What the book covers: the nuts and bolts of the iPad, mastering the multi-touch interface, setting up iTunes, synchronizing your data, working with the calendar, finding and watching videos, establishing a Wi-Fi connection, browsing the Internet, sending and receiving E-mail, finding a place or getting directions with maps, organizing and sharing your photos, jotting down and reviewing notes, enjoying an amazing gaming experience, buying music, videos, and books from iTunes, browsing and downloading applications from the App Store, protecting your information, troubleshooting, and...
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1387. |  Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies® Publisher: For Dummies Publication Date: 12-OCT-2009 Insert Date: 07-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies®
The perfect companion for taking the Microsoft Office suite to the Mac!
So you finally got a Mac, but you’re not looking forward to figuring out how Office works in a different environment? No worries! All you need is Microsoft Office 2008 For Mac All-in-One For Dummies to learn the fundamentals of Office 2008. With six books in one, it shows you how to use every Office 2008 for Mac application, so you can start getting things done right away.
Written by Microsoft MVPs, Microsoft Office 2008 For Mac All-in-One For Dummies provides a user-friendly guide on how to master all the...
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1388. |  Photoshop® CS4 All-in-One For Dummies® Publisher: For Dummies Publication Date: 03-DEC-2008 Insert Date: 07-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Photoshop® CS4 All-in-One For Dummies®
Your one-stop Photoshop reference, filled with the latest tips and techniques
There’s a reason why Photoshop is the industry standard for image-editing software. But it’s also that big, Photoshop has so many facets and features that a handy one-stop guide is exactly what you need. And you’ll love the “Putting It Together” exercises that give you hands-on experience – in rich, full color!
Learn the parts — the desktop, menus, panels, and key tools, and how to use Adobe Bridge
Make your selection — learn about each of the selection tools plus the powerful Pen tool and Paths...
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1389. |  Lean Architecture for Agile Software Development By: James Coplien; Gertrud Bjørnvig Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 16-AUG-2010 Insert Date: 06-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Lean Architecture for Agile Software Development
More and more Agile projects are seeking architectural roots as they struggle with complexity and scale - and they're seeking lightweight ways to do it
Still seeking? In this book the authors help you to find your own path
Taking cues from Lean development, they can help steer your project toward practices with longstanding track records
Up-front architecture? Sure. You can deliver an architecture as code that compiles and that concretely guides development without bogging it down in a mass of documents and guesses about the implementation
Documentation? Even a whiteboard...
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1390. |  Facebook® & Twitter® For Seniors For Dummies® By: Marsha Collier Publisher: For Dummies Publication Date: 07-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 06-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Facebook® & Twitter® For Seniors For Dummies®
A fun and easy social media guide for the over-55 set
People over 55 were the fastest-growing user group on Facebook in the first half of 2009, and they're flocking to Twitter at a faster rate than their under-20 grandchildren. From basic information about establishing an Internet connection to rediscovering old friends, sharing messages and photos, and keeping in touch instantly with Twitter, this book by online expert Marsha Collier helps seniors jump right into social media.
Seniors are recognizing the communication possibilities of Facebook and Twitter and are signing up in...
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1391. |  Publisher: For Dummies Publication Date: 22-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 06-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Prezi™ For Dummies®
A one-stop resource for an exciting new Web-based, slide-free presentation tool!
People who have been seeking a flashier version of PowerPoint have found it—and it's Prezi. A Web-based, slide-free presentation tool, Prezi allows users to create and give rich, Web-based presentations complete with dynamic content, contextual layouts, and eye-catching visuals. Prezi For Dummies gets you rapidly up to speed, including how to think outside the traditional slide, create your project, insert Flash and other graphic files, and publish your presentation to a public domain. You'll also learn...
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1392. |  Privacy Means Profit: Prevent Identity Theft and Secure You and Your Bottom Line By: John Sileo Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 09-AUG-2010 Insert Date: 06-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Privacy Means Profit: Prevent Identity Theft and Secure You and Your Bottom Line
Bulletproof your organization against data breach, identity theft, and corporate espionage
In this updated and revised edition of Privacy Means Profit, John Sileo demonstrates how to keep data theft from destroying your bottom line, both personally and professionally. In addition to sharing his gripping tale of losing $300,000 and his business to data breach, John writes about the risks posed by social media, travel theft, workplace identity theft, and how to keep it from happening to you and your business.
By interlacing his personal experience with cutting-edge research and...
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1393. |  MarketPsych: How to Manage Fear and Build Your Investor Identity By: Richard L. Peterson; Frank F. Murtha Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 07-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 06-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: MarketPsych: How to Manage Fear and Build Your Investor Identity
An investor's guide to understanding the most elusive (yet most important) aspect of successful investing - yourself.
Why is it that the investing performance of so many smart people reliably and predictably falls short? The answer is not that they know too little about the markets. In fact, they know too little about themselves.
Combining the latest findings from the academic fields of behavioral finance and experimental psychology with the down-and-dirty real-world wisdom of successful investors, Drs. Richard Peterson and Frank Murtha guide both new and experienced investors through...
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1394. |  By: Josh Anon; Ellen Anon Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 28-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 06-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Aperture® 3 Portable Genius
Compact, fluff-free, full-color guide to getting the most out of Apple's Aperture digital photography software
This handy Portable Genius guide is designed to help you avoid hassle, save time, and quickly learn what you need to know to use Apple's Aperture digital photography software effectively—and have fun while you're doing it! In a trim size that fits in your laptop bag, this practical guide gives you tips, tricks, and savvy advice on everything from navigating Aperture's user interface to advanced RAW image processing, publishing albums on the Web, and how to create your own photo...
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1395. |  Level Up!: The Guide to Great Video Game Design By: Scott Rogers Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 07-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 05-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Level Up!: The Guide to Great Video Game Design
Want to design and build cutting edge video games? Not sure where to start? Or just want to tweak the projects you're already working on?
Then this is the book for you!
Written by leading video game expert Scott Rogers, who has designed the hits; Pac Man World, God of War, Maximo vs. Army of Zen and SpongeBob Squarepants. This book is full of Rogers' whit and funky style which demonstrates everything you need to know about designing great video games.
Level Up! has been written with all levels of game designers in mind. The first chapter is aimed at readers new to game...
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1396. |  Corporate Blogging For Dummies® By: Douglas Karr; Chantelle Flannery Publisher: For Dummies Publication Date: 09-AUG-2010 Insert Date: 05-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Corporate Blogging For Dummies®
Establish a successful corporate blog to reach your customers
Corporate blogs require careful planning and attention to legal and corporate policies in order for them to be productive and effective. This fun, friendly, and practical guide walks you through using blogging as a first line of communication to customers and explains how to protect your company and employees through privacy, disclosure, and moderation policies.
Blogging guru Douglas Karr demonstrates how blogs are an ideal way to offer a conversational and approachable relationship with customers. You'll discover how to...
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1397. |  By: Brian R. Brown Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 15-MAR-2010 Insert Date: 04-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 |
The worst stock market crash since Black Monday during October of 1987 occurred during the first week of August of 2007. But nobody noticed.
On the morning of August 6th 2007, investment professionals were baffled with unprecedented stock patterns. Mining sector stocks were up +18% but manufacturing stocks were down -14%. It was an extreme sector skew yet the S&P index was unchanged at +0.5% on the day. The next few days would continue with excessive volatility. MBI Insurance, a stock that had rarely attracted speculation would finish up +15% on Aug 6th, followed by another +7% on Aug...
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1398. |  Dealing with Dilemmas: Where Business Analytics Fall Short By: Frank Buytendijk Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 23-AUG-2010 Insert Date: 04-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Dealing with Dilemmas: Where Business Analytics Fall Short
Observing how business management is obsessed with analysis and numbers, Dealing with Dilemmas shows there is an entire class of problems that cannot be solved by analysis: business dilemmas. Dilemmas, representing a large part of strategic decision-making, require the opposite approach of analysis; synthesis. Dealing with Dilemmas shows how popular performance management methodologies can be used in new and previously unexplored ways. It authoritatively shows you how your business can move forward strategically in ways previously impossible.
Shows dangers in current thinking around...
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1399. |  By: Frank H. P. Fitzek; Tommi Mikkonen; Tony Torp Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 01-JUN-2010 Insert Date: 04-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Qt for Symbian
Qt for Symbian takes a unique look at this cutting-edge programming environment. Step-by-step it explains Qt in an easy to access fashion, using simple examples throughout. A bible for all beginners it covers topics such as:
Installing the developer platform / SDK
Explaining the basic Qt environment
The extension of Qt for Symbian modules
Communication
Sensors
Etc
Simple examples for Qt for Symbian
This Nokia-endorsed primer written by developers involved in the new release of Qt will ultimately save you costs, development resources, and will help you get to...
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1400. |  Inside Symbian SQL: A Mobile Developer's Guide to SQLite By: Ivan Litovski; Richard Maynard Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 19-APR-2010 Insert Date: 04-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Inside Symbian SQL: A Mobile Developer's Guide to SQLite
This is the definitive guide for Symbian C++ developers looking to use Symbian SQL in applications or system software.
Since Symbian SQL and SQLite are relatively new additions to the Symbian platform, Inside Symbian SQL begins with an introduction to database theory and concepts, including a Structured Query Language (SQL) tutorial.
Inside Symbian SQL also provides a detailed overview of the Symbian SQL APIs. From the outset, you will “get your hands dirty” writing Symbian SQL code. The book includes snippets and examples that application developers can immediately put to use to get...
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