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San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2006. "TRUE TO YOURSELF shows how successful businesspeople have put these practices into action, and it provides hands-on exercises to help you integrate them into your own business. This trusted guide will help you avoid mistakes while making your job easier, your company more successful, and your life more fulfilling." This book has 171 pages. The text contains NO internal marks whatsoever.. ISBN: 1-57675-378-6. First Edition {First Printing}. Pictorial Softcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SMALL BUSINESS_MANAGEMENT SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF. Catalogs: Management, Business., Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2006, Sony Pictures. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 2012. One sided widescreen dvd. Our dvd's are checked and polished to remove scratches before they are put up for sale. This does not mean they are 100% scratch free but that they do play. Art sleeve is damaged where sticker was removed. Further condition details and JPG image available on request. ; Veteran mercenary Samson Gaul (Jean-Claude Van Damne) is the last hope for a desperate father. Mixed Martial Artist Andrew Fayden (Joe Flanigan) knows how to fight, but he's unprepared to navigate the corrupt streets of a foreign city to find his kidnapped daughter. Together, these warriors will stop at nothing to tear apart a vile network of criminals that prey upon the innocent. ; DVD; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; ASIN: B0089ATBM6 ., Sony Pictures, 2012, Berkley Books. Paperback. New. Mass Market Paperback. 496 pages. Dimensions: 6.7in. x 4.2in. x 1.1in.A man named Mohammed sits in a caf in Vienna, about to propose a deal to a Colombian. Mohammed has a strong network of agents and sympathizers throughout Europe and the Middle East, and the Colombian has an equally strong drug network throughout America. What if they were to form an alliance, to combine all their assets and connections The potential for profits would be enormousand the potential for destruction unimaginable. In the Brave New World of terrorismwhere anybody with a spare AK-47, a knowledge of kitchen chemistry, or simply the will to die can become a playerthe old rules no longer apply. No matter what new governmental organizations come into being, the only truly effective ones are those that are quick and agile, free of oversight and restrictions. . . and outside the system. Way outside the system. In a nondescript office building in suburban Maryland, the firm Hendley Associates does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies, but its true mission is quite different: to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them, in whatever manner necessary. Established with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan, the Campus is always on the lookout for promising new talent, its recruiters scattered throughout the armed forces and government agenciesand three men are about to cross its radar. The first is Dominic Caruso, a rookie FBI agent, barely a year out of Quantico, whose decisive actions resolve a particularly brutal kidnapmurder case. The second is Carusos brother, Brian, a Marine captain just back from his first combat action in Afghanistan, and already a man to watch. And the third is their cousin. . . a young man named Jack Ryan, Jr. Jack was raised on intrigue. As his father moved through the ranks of the CIA and then into the White House, Jack received a life course in the world and the way it operates from agents, statesmen, analysts, Secret Service men, and black ops specialists such as John Clark and Ding Chavez. He wants to put it all to work nowbut when he knocks on the front door of the Campus, he finds that nothing has prepared him for what he is about to encounter. For it is indeed a different world out there, and in here. . . and it is about to become far more dangerous. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN., Berkley Books, PHI Learning. First edition. Softcover. New. There has been a movement over the years to make machines intelligent. With the advent of modern technology, AI has become the core part of day-to-day life. But it is accentuated to have a book that keeps abreast of all the state-of-the-art concepts (pertaining to AI) in simplified, explicit and elegant way, expounding on ample examples so that the beginners are able to comprehend the subject with ease. The book on Artificial Intelligence, dexterously divided into 21 chapters, fully satisfies all these pressing needs. It is intended to put each and every concept related to intelligent system in front of the readers in the most simplified way so that while understanding the basic concepts, they will develop thought process that can contribute to the building of advanced intelligent systems. Various cardinal landmarks pertaining to the subject such as problem solving, search techniques, intelligent agents, constraint satisfaction problems, knowledge representation, planning, machine learning, natural language processing, pattern recognition, game playing, hybrid and fuzzy systems, neural network-based learning and future work and trends in AI are now under the single umbrella of this book, thereby showing a nice blend of theoretical and practical aspects. With all the latest information incorporated and several pedagogical attributes included, this textbook is an invaluable learning tool for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of computer science and engineering, and information technology. Key Features • Highlights a clear and concise presentation through adequate study material • Follows a systematic approach to explicate fundamentals as well as recent advances in the area • Presents ample relevant problems in the form of multiple choice questions, concept review questions, critical thinking exercise and project work • Incorporates various case studies for major topics as well as numerous industrial examples Contents: Preface • Acknowledgements 1. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 2. Problem Solving 3. Uninformed Search 4. Informed Search 5. Intelligent Agent 6. Constraint Satisfaction Problems 7. Knowledge and Reasoning 8. Uncertain Knowledge and Reasoning 9. Planning 10. Learning 11. Expert Systems 12. Natural Language Processing 13. Decision Theory 14. Pattern Recognition 15. Game Playing 16. Perception and Action 17. Neural Network-based Learning 18. Fuzzy and Hybrid Intelligent Systems 19. Applications of Artificial Intelligence 20. Advance Topics in Artificial Intelligence 21. Concluding Remarks: AI–Pres Printed Pages: 528., PHI Learning, PHI Learning. First edition. Softcover. New. There has been a movement over the years to make machines intelligent. With the advent of modern technology, AI has become the core part of day-to-day life. But it is accentuated to have a book that keeps abreast of all the state-of-the-art concepts (pertaining to AI) in simplified, explicit and elegant way, expounding on ample examples so that the beginners are able to comprehend the subject with ease. The book on Artificial Intelligence, dexterously divided into 21 chapters, fully satisfies all these pressing needs. It is intended to put each and every concept related to intelligent system in front of the readers in the most simplified way so that while understanding the basic concepts, they will develop thought process that can contribute to the building of advanced intelligent systems. Various cardinal landmarks pertaining to the subject such as problem solving, search techniques, intelligent agents, constraint satisfaction problems, knowledge representation, planning, machine learning, natural language processing, pattern recognition, game playing, hybrid and fuzzy systems, neural network-based learning and future work and trends in AI are now under the single umbrella of this book, thereby showing a nice blend of theoretical and practical aspects. With all the latest information incorporated and several pedagogical attributes included, this textbook is an invaluable learning tool for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of computer science and engineering, and information technology. Key Features • Highlights a clear and concise presentation through adequate study material • Follows a systematic approach to explicate fundamentals as well as recent advances in the area • Presents ample relevant problems in the form of multiple choice questions, concept review questions, critical thinking exercise and project work • Incorporates various case studies for major topics as well as numerous industrial examples Contents: Preface • Acknowledgements 1. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 2. Problem Solving 3. Uninformed Search 4. Informed Search 5. Intelligent Agent 6. Constraint Satisfaction Problems 7. Knowledge and Reasoning 8. Uncertain Knowledge and Reasoning 9. Planning 10. Learning 11. Expert Systems 12. Natural Language Processing 13. Decision Theory 14. Pattern Recognition 15. Game Playing 16. Perception and Action 17. Neural Network-based Learning 18. Fuzzy and Hybrid Intelligent Systems 19. Applications of Artificial Intelligence 20. Advance Topics in Artificial Intelligence 21. Concluding Remarks: AI–Pres Printed Pages: 528., PHI Learning, Ballantine Books. Paperback. New. Paperback. 496 pages. Dimensions: 7.5in. x 4.2in. x 1.1in.When it comes to gripping novels of unrelenting suspense, Julie Garwood is in a class by herself. In the course of her career, she has mastered the art of creating characters who live and breathe in compelling, page-burning stories that never fail to surprise. As her legion of fans can attest, she strikes the perfect balance between excitement and insight, action and heart. Now, in this breathless new novel, Garwood has written her most electrifying thriller to date. KILLJOYAvery Delaney has always tried to put the past far behind her. Abandoned by her rapacious, conniving mother when she was only three days old, Avery was raised by her grandmother and beloved aunt Carolyn. Then, when she was eleven, she witnessed her grandmothers violent death, before Avery herself was shot and left for dead. Miraculously she survived. The man responsible is serving time in a Florida prison. This traumatic experience propels Avery into a life of law and order. Her razor-sharp mind and ability to gather data and decipher evidence has made Avery an expert crime analyst for the FBI. But soon she will have to use every one of her adroit skills on a case that hits painfully close to home. Averys workaholic aunt, Carolyn Salvetti, is certain her (hopefully soon-to-be ex) husband sent her the gold embossed reservation to the posh Utopia Spa in the mountains of Colorado. At first she is resistant, but then figures it will be a welcome respite from the cutthroat advertising business, not to mention a networking extravaganza. Plus she persuades her niece to join her for the two weeks of luxury and decadence. But Carolyn never makes it to Utopia. Under false pretenses, she is taken to an isolated retreat by a handsome stranger with a dazzling smile, suave demeanor, and the darkest of motives. His name is Monk, a hired assassin. Now, with scant clues and fewer resources, Avery must track down and save Carolynand outmaneuver a brilliant killer who is part of an elaborate plot of madness and lethal vengeance. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN., Ballantine Books, Viva Books Private Limited, 2015. Softcover. New. Description: How to use this book: Finding and managing your career can be a bit of a mystery! This book can be used in two ways: 1. If you are completely unsure of what you want out of your career work through all of the exercises in Chapters 1-7, complete the Career Blueprint at the end of the book and use the goal setting tools in Chapter 10 to plan your next moves. If you do not wish to write on the text there is a PDF workbook available for free on-line. Chapters 8 and 9 are additional resources to help you deal with common problems 2. If you are clear about most of your career issues consult the book plan that is evident within the Table of Contents to check what you need. It is suggested that you use the Career Blueprint to double-check that you have everything! Contents: Chapter 1 WHY do I need a career plan? What is my career?: What am I looking for? • What will the rewards be for me? • 12 Challenges to your career in the 21st Century • 10 questions you should ask yourself about your career • What are you looking for? A career or a job? • What is success? • Values, goals and legacy • What anchors your career choices? • Elements of the Career Process • Your own personal success statement Chapter 2 Are my Work and Life in Balance? Getting Work and Life in Balance: Balancing sustainability and vision • The four components of Career and Life Balance: Working, Learning, Playing and Giving • Getting life into proportion • Stress and burnout • Knowing yourself – personality tests and profiles • Examining your role models Chapter 3 WHAT Can I do? (Identifying your SKILLS and ROLE) Identifying your transferable skills:What are skills? • Why are skills so important? • What do I use my skills on? • What are traits? • Three ways to find your skills set • The six families of skills • Skills levels • Producing your top skills list • Identifying your ROLE from your skills Chapter 4 WHAT do I know? (Identifying your FIELD) Finding your expertise and where it can be used: What do you know? What interests you? • How you learn – the value of experience • Benchmarking your level of expertise • The choices: to specialise or to be a generalist? • Brainstorming your level of expertise • Combining expertise and skills Chapter 5 WHERE can I go? What are the working conditions that best suit you?:Hell at work- what stops you performing • Heaven at work – what gets you going • Resources for finding organisations • Approaching organisations • Promoting yourself: Creative alternatives to the CV Chapter 6 HOW committed are you? Success in career management = Attitude + Behaviour + Commitment • Getting your attitude on track • What is your behaviour? • How committed are you? • Managing your weaknesses • Using your two brains in tandem: The Logical (left) brain and the Creative (right) brain Chapter 7 WHO can help? Working with others: Networking and ‘Buddying’ • Identifying your supports • The five types of contacts • The three types of interviews • Making an impression Chapter 8 The tool kit Resources to help you decide: Listing and sifting • Journalling • Using the Internet • Managing your information • Prioritising • How do you make the future happen? • Meditation and Relaxation • Brainstorming • Incubating ideas Chapter 9 When things don’t go to plan Some frequent challenges and problems:Family Issues • Peer groups • Career change as a form of bereavement - dealing with rejection • Special needs and so-called “handicaps” • The need for tough thinking and straight talking • Ten common problems • The need for celebration and reward Chapter 10 WHEN and HOW will it come together? Putting it together and making it happen:Your Career = Your Chosen Role in Your Chosen Field • Phases of Career Development • Creating your future • Balancing Vision and Sustainability • Goal setting and you • Action plans Career Blue Printed Pages: 136., Viva Books Private Limited, 2015, HarperCollins Publishers India, 2012. Softcover. New. Terrifying serial killer thriller set in the gritty Glasgow of the near future, from the bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. There are worse things than the death penalty… They call them halfheads: convicted criminals, surgically mutilated and lobotomized by the State, then sent out to do menial jobs in the community so everyone will know what happens when you break the law. There are no appeals, no reprieves, and no one ever comes back. Until now. Dr Fiona Westfield, one of the most prolific serial killers Glasgow has ever seen, is waking up. Surrounded by blood and death and darkness. William Hunter has risen through the ranks since putting Westfield away; now he’s Assistant Network Director, in charge of police actions. But a routine murder investigation is about to embroil him in an appalling onspiracy. The vast connurb blocks on Glasgow’s deprived south side are ready to explode. Eleven years ago the VR riots killed millions – now someone wants to start them all over again. And Will is being dragged back into a past he desperately wants to forget… Printed Pages: 384., HarperCollins Publishers India, 2012, Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2009. Softcover. New. 17 x 23 cm. If you`re involved in planning IT infrastructure as a network or system architect, system administrator, or developer, this book will help you adapt your skills to work with these highly scalable, highly redundant infrastructure services. While analysts hotly debate the advantages and risks of cloud computing, IT staff and programmers are left to determine whether and how to put their applications into these virtualized services. Cloud Application Architectures provides answers -- and critical guidance -- on issues of cost, availability, performance, scaling, privacy, and security. With Cloud Application Architectures, you will: Understand the differences between traditional deployment and cloud computing Determine whether moving existing applications to the cloud makes technical and business sense Analyze and compare the long-term costs of cloud services, traditional hosting, and owning dedicated servers Learn how to build a transactional web application for the cloud or migrate one to it Understand how the cloud helps you better prepare for disaster recovery Change your perspective on application scaling To provide realistic examples of the book`s principles in action, the author delves into some of the choices and operations available on Amazon Web Services, and includes high-level summaries of several of the other services available on the market today. Cloud Application Architectures provides best practices that apply to every available cloud service. Learn how to make the transition to the cloud and prepare your web applications to succeed. Printed Pages: 220., Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2009, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., 2007. Paperback. New. The book puts the power of Ajax into the hands of web developers. With this technology, ASP NET developers can easily build more interactive and highly-personalized web applications that work across all most popular browsers. ASP NET AJAX in Action offers a rich set of examples and meticulous explanations. The extensive code samples are accompanied by accurate and rigorous explanations of the concepts behind development with ASP NET AJAX. Contents:- Part I ASP NET AJAX Basics ? Introducing ASP NET AJAX ? First steps with the Microsoft Ajax Library ? JavaScript for Ajax developers ? Exploring the Ajax server extensions ? Making asynchronous network calls ? Partial-page rendering with UpdatePanels Part II Advanced Techniques ? Under the hood of the UpdatePanel ? ASP NET AJAX client components ? Building Ajax-enabled controls ? Developing with the Ajax Control Toolkit Part III ASP NET AJAX Futures ? XML Script ? Dragging and dropping Part IV Mastering ASP NET AJAX ? Implementing common Ajax patterns Printed Pages: 0., Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., 2007, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., 2007. Paperback. New. The book puts the power of Ajax into the hands of web developers. With this technology, ASP NET developers can easily build more interactive and highly-personalized web applications that work across all most popular browsers. ASP NET AJAX in Action offers a rich set of examples and meticulous explanations. The extensive code samples are accompanied by accurate and rigorous explanations of the concepts behind development with ASP NET AJAX. Contents:- Part I ASP NET AJAX Basics ? Introducing ASP NET AJAX ? First steps with the Microsoft Ajax Library ? JavaScript for Ajax developers ? Exploring the Ajax server extensions ? Making asynchronous network calls ? Partial-page rendering with UpdatePanels Part II Advanced Techniques ? Under the hood of the UpdatePanel ? ASP NET AJAX client components ? Building Ajax-enabled controls ? Developing with the Ajax Control Toolkit Part III ASP NET AJAX Futures ? XML Script ? Dragging and dropping Part IV Mastering ASP NET AJAX ? Implementing common Ajax patterns Printed Pages: 0., Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., 2007, Dreamtech Press/Wiley India, 2011. 2nd edition. Softcover. New. Android in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive tutorial for Android developers. Taking you far beyond "Hello Android," this fast-paced book puts you in the driver`s seat as you learn important architectural concepts and implementation strategies. You`ll master the SDK, build WebKit apps using HTML 5, and even learn to extend or replace Android`s built-in features by building useful and intriguing examples. This book is written for hobbyists and developers. A background in Java is helpful-no prior experience with Android is assumed. Part 1 What is Android?-The Big Picture · Introducing Android · Android’s development environment Part 2 Exercising the Android SDK · User interfaces · Intents and Services · Storing and retrieving data · Networking and web services · Telephony · Notifications and alarms · Graphics and animation · Multimedia · Location, location, location Part 3 Android applications · Putting Android to work in a field service application · Building Android applications in C Part 4 The maturing platform · Bluetooth and sensors · Integration · Android web development · AppWidgets · Localization · Android Native Development Kit Appendix A Installing the Android SDK Appendix B Publishing applications Index Printed Pages: 592., Dreamtech Press/Wiley India, 2011, Dreamtech Press/Wiley India, 2011. 2nd edition. Softcover. New. Android in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive tutorial for Android developers. Taking you far beyond "Hello Android," this fast-paced book puts you in the driver`s seat as you learn important architectural concepts and implementation strategies. You`ll master the SDK, build WebKit apps using HTML 5, and even learn to extend or replace Android`s built-in features by building useful and intriguing examples. This book is written for hobbyists and developers. A background in Java is helpful-no prior experience with Android is assumed. Part 1 What is Android?-The Big Picture · Introducing Android · Android’s development environment Part 2 Exercising the Android SDK · User interfaces · Intents and Services · Storing and retrieving data · Networking and web services · Telephony · Notifications and alarms · Graphics and animation · Multimedia · Location, location, location Part 3 Android applications · Putting Android to work in a field service application · Building Android applications in C Part 4 The maturing platform · Bluetooth and sensors · Integration · Android web development · AppWidgets · Localization · Android Native Development Kit Appendix A Installing the Android SDK Appendix B Publishing applications Index Printed Pages: 592., Dreamtech Press/Wiley India, 2011, PM Press. PAPERBACK. 1629630969 Brand New; satisfaction guaranteed. Trade paperback binding. Solidarity Unionism is critical reading for all who care about the future of labor. Drawing deeply on Staughton Lynd's experiences as a labor lawyer and activist in Youngstown, OH, and on his profound understanding of the history of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), Solidarity Unionism helps us begin to put not only movement but also vision back into the labor movement. While many lament the decline of traditional unions, Lynd takes succor in the blossoming of rank-and-file worker organizations throughout the world that are countering rapacious capitalists and those comfortable labor leaders that think they know more about work and struggle than their own members. If we apply a new measure of workers? power that is deeply rooted in gatherings of workers and communities, the bleak and static perspective about the sorry state of labor today becomes bright and dynamic. To secure the gains of solidarity unions, Staughton has proposed parallel bodies of workers who share the principles of rank-and-file solidarity and can coordinate the activities of local workers? assemblies. Detailed and inspiring examples include experiments in workers' self-organization across industries in steel-producing Youngstown, as well as horizontal networks of solidarity formed in a variety of U.S. cities and successful direct actions overseas. This is a tradition that workers understand but labor leaders reject. After so many failures, it is time to frankly recognize that the century-old system of recognition of a single union as exclusive collective bargaining agent was fatally flawed from the beginning, and doesn?t work for most workers. If we are to live with dignity, we must collectively resist. This book is not a prescription but reveals the lived experience of working people continuously taking risks for the common good. . New., PM Press<

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PM Press. PAPERBACK. 1629630969 Brand New; satisfaction guaranteed. Trade paperback binding. Solidarity Unionism is critical reading for all who care about the future of labor. Drawing deeply on Staughton Lynd's experiences as a labor lawyer and activist in Youngstown, OH, and on his profound understanding of the history of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), Solidarity Unionism helps us begin to put not only movement but also vision back into the labor movement. While many lament the decline of traditional unions, Lynd takes succor in the blossoming of rank-and-file worker organizations throughout the world that are countering rapacious capitalists and those comfortable labor leaders that think they know more about work and struggle than their own members. If we apply a new measure of workers? power that is deeply rooted in gatherings of workers and communities, the bleak and static perspective about the sorry state of labor today becomes bright and dynamic. To secure the gains of solidarity unions, Staughton has proposed parallel bodies of workers who share the principles of rank-and-file solidarity and can coordinate the activities of local workers? assemblies. Detailed and inspiring examples include experiments in workers' self-organization across industries in steel-producing Youngstown, as well as horizontal networks of solidarity formed in a variety of U.S. cities and successful direct actions overseas. This is a tradition that workers understand but labor leaders reject. After so many failures, it is time to frankly recognize that the century-old system of recognition of a single union as exclusive collective bargaining agent was fatally flawed from the beginning, and doesn?t work for most workers. If we are to live with dignity, we must collectively resist. This book is not a prescription but reveals the lived experience of working people continuously taking risks for the common good. . New., PM Press<