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101. |  MongoDB: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 23-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 15-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: MongoDB: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition Manage the huMONGOus amount of data collected through your web application with MongoDB. This authoritative introduction—written by a core contributor to the project—shows you the many advantages of using document-oriented databases, and demonstrates how this reliable, high-performance system allows for almost infinite horizontal scalability....
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102. |  Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Plain & Simple By: Johnathan Lightfoot; Michelle Lopez; Scott Metker Publisher: Microsoft Press Publication Date: 24-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 15-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Plain & Simple Get the full-color, visual guide that makes learning Microsoft SharePoint 2013 plain and simple! Follow the book’s easy steps and screenshots and clear, concise language to learn the simplest ways to get things done....
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103. |  The Little Book of the Shrinking Dollar: What You Can Do to Protect Your Money Now By: Addison Wiggin; Samantha Buker Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 08-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Little Book of the Shrinking Dollar: What You Can Do to Protect Your Money Now
With the weakening dollar a hot topic for retirees, savers, and investors, this Little Book delves into the economic turmoil in the U.S. and shows how to survive it
The United States dollar is losing value at an alarming rate. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) index, the U.S. currency is 37 percent below fair value against the Australian dollar and 20 percent versus the Canadian dollar. The decline of the U.S. dollar is one of the biggest threats facing American investors today, but with the Little Book of the Shrinking Dollar: What You Can do...
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104. |  Securing the Virtual Environment: How to Defend the Enterprise Against Attack, Included DVD By: Davi Ottenheimer; Matthew Wallace Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 08-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Securing the Virtual Environment: How to Defend the Enterprise Against Attack, Included DVD
A step-by-step guide to identifying and defending against attacks on the virtual environment
As more and more data is moved into virtual environments the need to secure them becomes increasingly important. Useful for service providers as well as enterprise and small business IT professionals the book offers a broad look across virtualization used in various industries as well as a narrow view of vulnerabilities unique to virtual environments. A companion DVD is included with recipes and testing scripts.
Examines the difference in a virtual model versus traditional computing models...
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105. |  The Coaching for Leadership Case Study Workbook Publisher: Pfeiffer Publication Date: 01-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Coaching for Leadership Case Study Workbook
Based on the best-selling Coaching for Leadership (which contains an invaluable and timeless collection of thoughts and theory from some of the world's best thinkers) this workbook is filled with illustrative case studies, examples, exercises, and activities. It addresses matrix effects (what role the organization's structure influenced the outcome), personal dynamics (the psychology and logic about how the story evolved) and additional questions for coaching practice and questions for leaders. The workbook contains its own unique material related to Organizational Behavior, Organizational...
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106. |  Managerial Accounting For Dummies By: Mark P. Holtzman Publisher: For Dummies Publication Date: 11-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Managerial Accounting For Dummies
The easy way to master a managerial accounting course
Are you enrolled in a managerial accounting class and finding yourself struggling? Fear not! Managerial Accounting For Dummies is the go-to study guide to help you easily master the concepts of this challenging course. You'll discover the basic concepts, terminology, and methods to identify, measure, analyze, interpret, and communicate information in the pursuit of an organization's goals.
Tracking to a typical managerial accounting course and packed with easy-to-understand explanations and real-life examples, Managerial Accounting...
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107. |  Scenario Planning: A Field Guide to the Future By: Woody Wade Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 27-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Scenario Planning: A Field Guide to the Future
Is your business ready for the future?
Scenario planning is a fascinating, yet still underutilized, business tool that can be of immense value to a company's strategic planning process. It allows companies to visualize the impact that a portfolio of possible futures could have on their competitiveness. It helps decision-makers see opportunities and threats that could emerge beyond their normal planning horizon. Scenario Planning serves as a guide to taking a long-term look at your business, your industry, and the world, posing thoughtful questions about the possible consequences of some...
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108. |  ZBrush Creature Design: Creating Dynamic Concept Imagery for Film and Games By: Scott Spencer Publisher: Sybex Publication Date: 08-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: ZBrush Creature Design: Creating Dynamic Concept Imagery for Film and Games
Zero in on the most cutting-edge trend in creature design for film and games: ZBrush!
ZBrush allows you to develop a creature for film and games in realistic, 3D format. With this book, you will learn how to create a unique creature from start to finish and search for and repair any foreseeable problems. Clear instructions guide you through using Photoshop in combination with ZBrush to finely render a creature so you can see how it will appear on screen. Experienced ZBrush author and designer Scott Spencer shows you how to start with your concept in ZBrush as a preliminary digital model...
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109. |  Trading Systems and Methods, + Website, 5th Edition By: Perry J. Kaufman Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 29-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Trading Systems and Methods, + Website, 5th Edition
The ultimate guide to trading systems, fully revised and updated
For nearly thirty years, professional and individual traders have turned to Trading Systems and Methods for detailed information on indicators, programs, algorithms, and systems, and now this fully revised Fifth Edition updates coverage for today's markets. The definitive reference on trading systems, the book explains the tools and techniques of successful trading to help traders develop a program that meets their own unique needs.
Presenting an analytical framework for comparing systematic methods and techniques, this...
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110. |  Coaching for Leadership: Writings on Leadership from the World's Greatest Coaches, 3rd Edition By: Marshall Goldsmith; Laurence Lyons; Sarah McArthur Publisher: Pfeiffer Publication Date: 01-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Coaching for Leadership: Writings on Leadership from the World's Greatest Coaches, 3rd Edition
Today's coaches are challenged with the recurring task of weaving threads from several disciplines into a tapestry that is fit for purpose in helping their clients learn and succeed. In this sense, the coach has to become a discriminating eclectic, developing a keen sense of judgment to select which threads are best woven into the fabric and those that it would be better to simply throw away. Coaching for Leadership is intended to be a cherished companion in that learning journey presented by the world's greatest coaches, including: Marshall Goldsmith, Paul Hersey, Beverly Kay, Daivd...
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111. |  The Facebook Guide to Small Business Marketing By: Ramon Ray Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 04-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Facebook Guide to Small Business Marketing
The guide for marketing a small business on Facebook
The number one social networking site offers the opportunity to reach more than 350 million registered users with your advertising message. Owners of small and local businesses will benefit from these tips and best practices provided by Facebook insiders. Learn new ways to attract customers, create a business profile, and take advantage of Facebook's many marketing features.
With more than 350 million registered users, Facebook opens a worldwide forum for small businesses that were once dependent on local traffic alone
This...
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112. |  By: Suleman Baig; Moorad Choudhry Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 29-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
A step-by-step guide to implementing and closing securitization transactions
Securitization is still in wide use despite the reduction in transactions. The reality is that investors and institutions continue to use this vehicle for raising funds and the demand for their use will continue to rise as the world's capital needs increase.
The Mechanics of Securitization specifically analyzes and describes the process by which a bank successfully implements and closes a securitization transaction in the post subprime era. This book begins with an introduction to asset-backed securities and...
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113. |  By: Abbas A. Mirza; Nandakumar Ankarath Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 23-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
Wiley International Financial Reporting Trends provides copious examples of footnote disclosures and financial statement formats, carefully culled from the world's leading international companies ("Global 500") that are already compliant with IFRS and report under IFRS standards promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board, the IASB. Arranged topically, this book is a quick source of reference to find answers to issues of interest to financial statement preparers. It provides hundreds of illustrations taken from financial statements prepared under IFRS by global...
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114. |  Mindful Leadership: The 9 Ways to Self-Awareness, Transforming Yourself, and Inspiring Others By: Maria Gonzalez Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 02-APR-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mindful Leadership: The 9 Ways to Self-Awareness, Transforming Yourself, and Inspiring Others
Become a true leader through Mindfulness
If you thought leading a team or organization meant simply creating and implementing a financial plan, delegating responsibility, and watching the bottom line, well, you're only partly right. True leadership comes from within, a place of deep calm and focus, that allows you to respond to any situation as it arises. In Mindful Leadership, you'll learn how to draw on those inner reserves through Mindfulness Meditation, a tool you can use to achieve focus and clarity, reduce stress, and develop the presence of mind to meet any number of...
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115. |  Go Do!: For People Who Have Always Wanted to Start a Business By: Jeremy Harbour Publisher: Capstone Publication Date: 15-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Go Do!: For People Who Have Always Wanted to Start a Business
A refreshingly simple, easy-to-read guide to getting started in business
If you've ever dreamed of starting your own business, this book will give you the information, inspiration, and reassurance you need to get started. It encourages budding entrepreneurs to take the leap into the dark, while shining a bright light on the first six months of a successful start-up. It breaks down what appears to be an Everest-size challenge into a series of small hills for you to conquer. Written by successful entrepreneur Jeremy Harbour, Go Do! argues that the skills and tactics of successful...
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116. |  By: Moorad Choudhry Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 29-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Principles of Banking
The ultimate guide for bank management: how to survive and thrive throughout the business cycle
An essential guide for bankers and students of finance everywhere, The Principles of Banking reiterates that the primary requirement of banking—sound capital and liquidity risk management—had been forgotten in the years prior to the financial crash. Serving as a policy guide for market practitioners and regulators at all levels, the book explains the keys to success that bankers need to follow during good times in order to be prepared for the bad, providing in-depth guidance and technical...
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117. |  Health Care in the United States: Organization, Management, and Policy Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 12-APR-2010 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Health Care in the United States: Organization, Management, and Policy
Health Care in the United States combines an explanation of population health with a comprehensive introduction to health services delivery. The author, an expert on health care policy and management, shows how the U.S. health services system is organized, managed, financed, and evaluated. Filled with numerous examples and tables, this important resource illustrates key concepts, trends, and features of the system. It places special emphasis on recent health care reform legislation and its implications for the future.
Health Care in the United States reviews the historical origins of...
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118. |  Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management: Techniques and Applications, 2nd Edition By: Yasar A. Ozcan, PhD Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 18-MAY-2009 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management: Techniques and Applications, 2nd Edition
Thoroughly revised and updated for Excel®, this second edition of Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management offers a comprehensive introduction to quantitative methods and techniques for the student or new administrator. Its broad range of practical methods and analysis spans operational, tactical, and strategic decisions. Users will find techniques for forecasting, decision-making, facility location, facility layout, reengineering, staffing, scheduling, productivity, resource allocation, supply chain and inventory management, quality control, project management, queuing models for...
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119. |  By: Glenn J. Myatt; Wayne P. Johnson Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 03-FEB-2009 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
A hands-on guide to making valuable decisions from data using advanced data mining methods and techniques
This second installment in the Making Sense of Data series continues to explore a diverse range of commonly used approaches to making and communicating decisions from data. Delving into more technical topics, this book equips readers with advanced data mining methods that are needed to successfully translate raw data into smart decisions across various fields of research including business, engineering, finance, and the social sciences.
Following a comprehensive introduction that...
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120. |  Mechanics of Solids, 2nd Edition By: Abdul Mubeen Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 18-APR-2011 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mechanics of Solids, 2nd Edition
Mechanics of Solids is designed to fulfill the needs of the mechanics of solids or strength of materials courses that are offered to undergraduate students of mechanical, civil, aeronautics and chemical engineering during the second and third semesters. The book has been thoroughly revised with multiple-choice questions, examples and exercises to match the syllabi requirement of various universities across the country.
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