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1. |  The Manga Guide to CalculusThe Manga Guide to Calculus By: Hiroyuki Kojima; Shin Togami; Becom Co. Ltd. Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 12-AUG-2009 Insert Date: 11-NOV-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Manga Guide to CalculusThe Manga Guide to Calculus
Noriko is just getting started as a junior reporter for the
Asagake Times
. She wants to cover the hard-hitting issues,
like world affairs and politics, but does she have the smarts for
it? Thankfully, her overbearing and math-minded boss, Mr. Seki, is
here to teach her how to analyze her stories with a mathematical
eye.
In
The Manga Guide to Calculus
, you'll follow along with
Noriko as she learns that calculus is more than just a class
designed to weed out would-be science majors. You'll see that
calculus is a useful way to understand the patterns in physics,
economics, and the...
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2. |  By: Wallace Wang Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 25-JUN-2009 Insert Date: 03-JUL-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: My New iPhone, 1st Edition
You finally did it-you bought the gizmo that everyone's talking
about. Maybe you've already figured out how to play music or make
phone calls, but then what?How does the voicemail work? And that keyboard? What about all
of those cool apps-which ones do you need, and how do you get them?
You need a book like My New iPhone to make everything
easy.This simple, project-oriented book will have you using the best
features of your iPhone or iPod Touch in no time. Rather than drag
you through some boring manual, My New iPhone focuses on
individual, fun projects, like configuring multiple email...
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3. |  By: Hideo Nitta; Keita Takatsu; Trend-pro Co, Ltd. Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 18-MAY-2009 Insert Date: 24-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Manga Guide to Physics
Megumi is an all-star athlete, but she's a failure when it comes
to physics class. And she can't concentrate on her tennis matches
when she's worried about the questions she missed on the big test!
Luckily for her, she befriends Ryota, a patient physics geek who
uses real-world examples to help her understand classical
mechanics-and improve her tennis game in the process!You'll also learn how to:Apply Newton's three laws of motion to real-life problemsDetermine how objects will move after a collisionDraw vector diagrams and simplify complex problems using
trigonometryCalculate how an...
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4. |  By: Justin Seitz Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 20-APR-2009 Insert Date: 24-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Gray Hat Python, 1st Edition
Python is fast becoming the programming language of choice for
hackers, reverse engineers, and software testers because it's easy
to write quickly, and it has the low-level support and libraries
that make hackers happy. But until now, there has been no real
manual on how to use Python for a variety of hacking tasks. You had
to dig through forum posts and man pages, endlessly tweaking your
own code to get everything working. Not anymore.Gray Hat Python explains the concepts behind hacking
tools and techniques like debuggers, trojans, fuzzers, and
emulators. But author Justin Seitz goes...
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5. |  The Manga Guide to Electricity By: Kazuhiro Fujitaki; Matsuda; Trend-pro Co, Ltd. Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 10-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Manga Guide to Electricity
Rereko is just your average high-school girl from Electopia, the
land of electricity, but she's totally failed her final electricity
exam! Now she has to go to summer school on Earth. And this time,
she has to passLuckily, her ever-patient tutor Hikaru is there to help. Join
them in the pages of The Manga Guide to Electricity as
Rereko examines everyday electrical devices like flashlights,
heaters, and circuit breakers, and learns the meaning of abstract
concepts like voltage, potential, current, resistance,
conductivity, and electrostatic force.The real-world examples that you'll find in...
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6. |  By: Bernard Girard Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 01-APR-2009 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Google Way, 1st Edition
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...
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7. |  Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 04-OCT-2005 Insert Date: 16-APR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: TCP/IP Guide, 1st Edition The TCP/IP Guide is both an encyclopedic and comprehensible
guide to the TCP/IP protocol suite that will appeal to newcomers
and the seasoned professional. It details the core protocols that
make TCP/IP internetworks function, and the most important
classical TCP/IP applications. Its personal, easy-going writing
style lets anyone understand the dozens of protocols and
technologies that run the Internet, with full coverage of PPP, ARP,
IP, IPv6, IP NAT, IPSec, Mobile IP, ICMP, RIP, BGP, TCP, UDP, DNS,
DHCP, SNMP, FTP, SMTP, NNTP, HTTP, Telnet and much more. The author
offers not only a...
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8. |  Art of Assembly Language, 1st Edition By: Randall Hyde Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 01-SEP-2003 Insert Date: 01-APR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Art of Assembly Language, 1st Edition
Presents assembly language from the high-level programmer's point of view, so you can
start writing meaningful programs within days. The High Level Assembler (HLA) that accompanies
the book is the first assembler that allows you to write portable assembly language programs
that run under either Linux or Windows with nothing more than a recompile. The CD-ROM includes
the HLA and the HLA Standard Library, all the source code from the book, and over 50,000 lines
of additional sample code, all well-documented and tested. The code compiles and runs as-is
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9. |  By: John Ross Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 05-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 25-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Network Know-How, 1st Edition Are the machines in your office living isolated lives? Do you
have a few computers at home that you want to connect to each other
and the Internet? The best way to share files on a group of
computers is to create a network. But how do you do that?Network Know-How is your guide to connecting your
machines, filled with practical advice that will show you how to
get things done. You'll learn the nitty-gritty of network setup,
design, and maintenance, from running cables and placing wireless
access points to configuring file sharing and printing. This
practical and comprehensive guide will teach...
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10. |  By: Mana Takahashi Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 19-DEC-2008 Insert Date: 25-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: THE MANGA GUIDE TO DATABASES
Want to learn about databases without the tedium? With its
unique combination of Japanese-style comics and serious educational
content, The Manga Guide to Databases is just the book for
you.Princess Ruruna is stressed out. With the king and queen away,
she has to manage the Kingdom of Kod's humongous fruit-selling
empire. Overseas departments, scads of inventory, conflicting
prices, and so many customers! It's all such a confusing mess. But
a mysterious book and a helpful fairy promise to solve her
organizational problems-with the practical magic of databases.In The Manga Guide to...
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