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30 December 2010

Download: Fundamentals of Financial Management

Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 10 edition (March 14, 2003)

ISBN-10: 0324178298
ISBN-13: 978-0324178296
928 Pages
PDF
15.5 MB
 

The market leader, Brigham/Houston continues to grow in reputation as the most effective approach for learning basic finance principles, tools, and applications. It is also updated to reflect the latest in theory, research, real-world examples, and use of technology. The seamless, integrated ancillary package - done by the authors - is a hallmark of this package that makes the subject more accessible for learners.


About the Author

Eugene F. Brigham is a Graduate Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 1971. Dr. Brigham received his MBA and PhD from the University of California-Berkeley and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina.

Prior to coming to the University of Florida, Dr. Brigham held teaching positions at the University of Connecticut, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of California-Los Angeles. Dr. Brigham has served as president of the Financial Management Association, and he has written more than the 40 journal articles on the cost of capital, capital structure, and other aspects of financial management. The ten textbooks on managerial finance and managerial economics of which he is the author or co-author are used at more than 1,000 universities in the United States, and they have been translated into 11 languages for worldwide use. He has testified in numerous electric, gas, and telephone rate cases at both the federal and state levels. He has served as a consultant to many corporations and government agencies, including the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the U.S. Office of Telecommunications Policy, and the RAND Corporation. Dr. Brigham continues to teach, consult, and do research, plus his continuing work on textbooks. He spends his spare time on the golf course and with his family and two dogs, Geoff (after Geoffrey Chaucer) and Chocolate Chip. He also enjoys outdoor adventure activities and recently returned from a biking trip in Alaska, where he and his daughter biked nearly 300 miles in a week and took a 15-mile, seven-hour hike up a 14,240-foot peak. He was glad to get back to textbooks!

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25 December 2010

Top US Schools and colleges

So many things depend on yout graduate degree. But where can we find a precise ranking of Schools and colleges in America ? After searching in different sites, i found Top US Colleges a useful and informative place for my needs.

You can find enough information about medial schools,business schools, engineering and etc. on this site.

24 December 2010

download: Strategic Marketing Planning

Colin Gilligan, Richard M.S. Wilson - Strategic Marketing Planning, Second Edition


'Strategic Marketing Planning' builds on the success and reputation of Wilson and Gilligan's 'Strategic Marketing Management' by focusing firmly on the planning process. 'Strategic Marketing Planning' concentrates on the critical 'planning' aspects that are of vital importance to practitioners and students alike. It has a clear structure that offers a digest of the five principal dimensions of the strategic marketing planning process.

Leading authors in this sector, Wilson and Gilligan offer current thinking in marketing and consider the changes it has undergone over the past few years. Updated information in this new edition includes:

- Changing corporate perspectives on the role of strategic marketing activity
- Changing social structures and the rise of social tribes
- The significance of the 'new' consumer and how the new consumer needs to be managed
- New thinking on market segmentation
- Changing routes to market
- Developments in e-marketing
- Changing environmental structures and pressures
- Proven content: builds on the success and reputation of Wilson and Gilligan's 'Strategic Marketing Management' bestselling textbook
- Wide audience appeal: focuses on the critical 'planning' aspects of vital importance to students and practitioners
- Best practice: draws out lessons to be learned from best practice, enabling marketers to improve core skills

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download:Guide to Electrical Power Distribution Systems

Fairm.nt Press | 2004 | ISBN: 0881735051 | 264 pages | PDF | 5 MB


Written by a highly regarded power industry expert, this comprehensive manual covers in full detail all aspects of electric power distribution systems, both as they exist today and as they are evolving toward the future. A new chapter examines the impact of the emergence of cogeneration and distributed generation on the power distribution network. Topics include an overview of the process of electricity transmission and distribution, a thorough discussion of each component of the system - conductor supports, insulators and conductors, line equipment, substations, distribution circuits and more - as well as both overhead and underground construction considerations. Improvements in both materials and methods of power distribution are also explored, including the trend toward gradual replacement of heavier porcelain insulators with lighter polymer ones. The complex aspects of electric power distribution are explained in easy-to-understand, non-technical language.

21 December 2010

download: Handbook of Polymer Reaction Engineering

Publisher: Wiley-VCH; 1 edition (May 9, 2005)

ISBN: 3527310142
Pages: 1137
PDF
19.37 MB


This first book dedicated to all aspects of the field presents our current knowledge in its entirety, covering the necessary disciplines and processes involved - from the monomer to the final product. With an international editor and author team from academia and such leading chemical companies as Bayer, BASF and DuPont, the text adopts a multidisciplinary approach and a practical point of view. Starting with polymer chemistry and thermodynamics, the book goes on to deal with measurement, control, and characterization, before tackling process development, safety issues, scale-up, and modeling. It concludes with emerging processes.
 

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17 December 2010

getting started with covered call writing

I don't know if you have ever read " Rich Dad , Poor Dad " -This fascinating Book- or not ! But if you are into business, if money has affect on your life quality (obviously it has!) Financial markets should be important for you, and you must know many things about these markets.

Covered Call writing is a conservative strategy in these financial markets which will give you monthly income ! This is a great strategy for most of people, in these high risk market. I think knowing more about these strategy can really help you.

Ok, In next posts of this blog, i will give you download link for " Rich Dad , Poor Dad " from Robert Kiyosaki and some ebooks about financial markets and Covered Call writing.

10 December 2010

Download: Managing Performance: Learning Made Simple

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann | ISBN: 0750684070 | edition 2007 | PDF | 128 pages | 1,1 Mb


Learning Made Simple books give you skills without frills. They are matched to the main qualifications and written by experienced teachers and authors to make often tricky subjects simple to learn. Every book is designed carefully to provide bite-sized lessons matched to readers' needs. Using full colour thoughout and written by leading teachers and writers, Learning Made Simple books build on a rich legacy of over 50 years as leading publishers helping to learn new skills and develop their talents.

05 December 2010

Download: Encyclopedia of Small Business

Designed to provide entrepreneurs with how-to information they can apply to their businesses, the Thomson Gale Encyclopedia of Small Business contains 600 articles and overviews on key information needs, including financing, financial planning, business plan creation, market analysis, sales strategy, tax planning, human resource issues, and more.


03 December 2010

download: Measuring Business Excellence

R..dge

2002
ISBN: 0415258227
256 pages
PDF
1,2 MB
 
 
Business Excellence and Total Quality Management (TQM) models provide a means of measuring the satisfaction ofg customers, employers and shareholders simultaneously. A number of such models currently exist, but, the author argues, none of these address all dimensions of TQM.This book introduces the principles of TQM, and establishes their use in measuring Business Excellence in an organizational environment. It comparatively evaluates various TQM and Business Excellence models, and discusses the complexities of measuring success.Presenting important, innovative work by one of the most eminent scholars in the field, this book will be essential reading for both academics and professionals working in quality management.
 

25 November 2010

Handbook of Computability Theory (Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics)

Publisher: North Holland

ISBN: 0444898824
edition 1999
PDF
710 pages
24,2 mb
 


The chapters of this volume all have their own level of presentation. The topics have been chosen based on the active research interest associated with them. Since the interest in some topics is older than that in others, some presentations contain fundamental definitions and basic results while others relate very little of the elementary theory behind them and aim directly toward an exposition of advanced results. Presentations of the latter sort are in some cases restricted to a short survey of recent results (due to the complexity of the methods and proofs themselves). Hence the variation in level of presentation from chapter to chapter only reflects the conceptual situation itself.
 

12 November 2010

Download: Numerical Modeling in Materials Science and Engineering

540 pages

PDF
18,6 MB
 


This book introduces the concepts and methodologies related to the modelling of the complex phenomena occurring in materials processing. After a short reminder of conservation laws and constitutive relationships, the authors introduce the main numerical methods: finite differences, finite volumes and finite elements. These techniques are developed in three main chapters of the book that tackle more specific problems: phase transformation, solid mechanics and fluid flow. The two last chapters treat inverse methods to obtain the boundary conditions or the material properties and stochastic methods for microstructural simulation. This book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students in materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering and physics and for engineering professionals or researchers who want to get acquainted with numerical simulation to model and compute materials processing.


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10 November 2010

download: Tensile Fracturing in Rocks

Springer

2004-11-23
ISBN: 3540214569
570 pages
PDF
20,3 MB
 

Understanding tensile fracture in rocks provides an important key for the interpretation of many problems in structural geology. This book presents a multidisciplinary approach to tensile fracture in rocks (faulting is briefly addressed), starting with an introduction to fracture physics and progressing through tectonofractographic features, characterized both in experimental settings and in geological outcrops. Four examples of sedimentary rocks and two of granites have been chosen to demonstrate the principles and problems in fracture geology. Principles of fracture mechanics and rock mechanics are applied throughout the book, which also explores current understanding about electromagnetic radiation induced by fractures and how such radiation can be used to monitor and predict earthquakes and hazardous collapses in mines. The monograph serves not only as a manual on how to handle specific problems and their solutions in fractual geology but also as a starting point for researchers and graduate students interested in the field of rock fracturing.
 

04 November 2010

download: Executive Strategy: Strategic Management and Information Technology

Publisher: Wiley

2001
ISBN 047138402X
PDF
544 pages
1.9 MB
 

 
 
A modern theory of executive strategy for the information ageThe information revolution has radically transformed virtually every aspect of business today. Yet, no book has fully addressed its impact on strategic management-until now. In Executive Strategy: Strategic Management and Information Technology, Frederick Betz builds on his pioneering work concerning the management of technical innovation to explore the powerful relationship between traditional strategic management and today's computer and communications technologies.By adapting established strategy-related concepts and processes to the strategic management challenges faced by companies in the information age, this book offers readers the background they need to guide processes ranging from the creation of strategic business models and the development of comprehensive planning scenarios to the strategic management of business diversi?cation and the formulation of information strategy.Concepts are developed with a survey of the older business literature on strategy and the newer information strategy literature, and illustrated by a wealth of new technology and e-commerce-related case studies. From the Internet and e-commerce to the role of computer-aided tools such as inventory control and project management software, the world of information technology is ?lled with innovations that have crucial rami?cations for the strategic management of every business. This book equips present and future engineering and business professionals with the road map they need to help steer the modern organization skillfully through the twists and turns of this new and exciting business landscape.
 

03 November 2010

download: Clustering Windows Server: A Road Map for Enterprise Solutions

Publisher: Digital Press 2001

352 Pages
ISBN: 1555582532
PDF
3 MB
 

An IT decision-maker's road map to creating scalable and reliable Windows 2000 clustered systems.Clustering Windows 2000 explains what a cluster is and what it is not. It explains the concepts and technology from the perspective of Microsoft's Windows family of operating systems.

Mauler and Beebe thoroughly explore the critical interaction and integration of state-of-the-art computer hardware with these operating systems and also with third-party layered solutions. However, more than teaching technology, the book provides a unique framework by which readers can evaluate their organizations' own clustering needs. The new Cluster Configuration MatrixC presented here allows them to determine the utility of the many clustering products and solutions given their companies' specific requirements for high availability. Clustering Windows 2000 enables IT professionals to create a highly effective clustering strategy that can grow with their organizations' needs and accommodate ongoing developments in clustering technology.

This unique book is for everyone from system designers to IT managers who want a solid understanding of the optimal products and technologies they can use in creating "clusters" of computers to support truly enterprise-caliber programs.Demystifies Windows clustering from both a hardware and software viewpointDefines clustering terminology and concepts from a vendor-neutral perspectiveProvides a matrix for evaluating the multitude of cluster technology offerings.


02 November 2010

Download: DotNetNuke For Dummies

For Dummies; 1 edition

English
April 30, 2007
ISBN-10: 0471798436
408 pages
PDF
9.04MB


# Paperback: 408 pages

# Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (April 30, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0471798436
# ISBN-13: 978-0471798439

Get up to speed on DotNetNuke 4.4


Get down to business and create a site your customers can use

Power to the people who aren't programmers! That's what DotNetNuke is all about, and this book gets you plugged in. You'll find out how you can create and manage a flexible, versatile Web site with all the advantages an open-source application offers, use the convenient modules, build a community, and save some cash in the process.


* Install DotNetNuke
* Control access by using roles
* Use modules and skins
* Enable users to add content
* Take advantage of open-source support
* Monitor your site's statistics

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download: Indirect Sampling (Springer Series in Statistics)

Springer

English
2007-04-20
ISBN: 0387707786
256 pages
PDF
10,3 MB
 

 
"The author of the book wrote a doctoral thesis on indirect sampling, and this book evolved around his doctoral work. He adopts the classical design-based point of view: inferences are principally made with respect to the sampling plan. In general, the book is written with care and it represents a welcome contribution to the survey literature. … It is likely that the audience of the book will be mainly composed of survey statisticians, researchers in sampling theory and graduate students."



01 November 2010

download: Tips for IELTS - Sam McCarter

Read This post before taking IELTS Exam ...

Tips for IELTS is packed with all the information you need for the IELTS exam. It contains a test-by-test analysis of how to:


- tackle specific types of questions
- increase speed and accuracy
- avoid common mistakes
- use appropriate language to maximize your score
- monitor your own progress
- prepare for the exam

Carry it with you. Learn how to revise. Test yourself and your classmates. Consolidate your knowledge. Increase your IELTS score.

A must-have for all exam candidates and teachers.

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27 October 2010

downlaod : Care of the Newborn: A Handbook for Primary Care

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

ISBN: 0781755859
edition 2005
PDF
272 pages
11,84 mb
 
This handbook is a comprehensive, concise, and accessible guide to the care of newborn infants, both healthy and ill. It provides the essential core of practical knowledge that pediatricians, family practitioners, residents, neonatal nurse practitioners, and medical students need to deliver optimal care to all neonates. The book can be easily read during a one-month neonatal rotation and used for quick reference. Normal newborn care, neonatal disease processes, and neonatal procedures are discussed and illustrated in a straightforward manner. The appendix provides a newborn formulary. The book also includes a chapter on caring for the family mourning a perinatal loss.
 
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21 October 2010

download :Terms of Trade: Glossary of International Economics

World Scientific Publishing Company

2006
ISBN: 9812566287
Pages: 396
PDF
Size: 14,8 MB
 

Have you ever wondered what a term in international economics means? This useful reference book offers a glossary of terms in both international trade and international finance, with emphasis on economic issues. It is intended for students getting their first exposure to international economics, although advanced students will also find it useful for some of the more obscure terms that they have forgotten or never encountered. Besides an extensive glossary of terms, there is a picture gallery of diagrams used to explain key concepts such as the Edgeworth Production Box and the Offer Curve Diagram in international economics. This section is followed by several lists of terms that occur a lot in international economics, grouped by subject to help users find terms that they cannot recall. Prior to the bibliography is a section on the origins of terms in international economics which records what the author has been able to learn about the origins of some of the terms used in international economics. This is a must-have portable glossary in international trade and international economics!
 
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16 October 2010

download: Guide to Electric Power Generation

Publisher: Fairmont Press

ISBN: 0881735248
edition 2005
PDF
286 pages
11,6 mb
 

Fully illustrated reference brings you detailed coverage of the full spectrum of equipment and processes used in the production of electricity, from the basics of energy conversion to prime movers, generators, and boilers. DLC: Electric power production.


28 September 2010

download :Search Engine Optimization Programming

Publisher: Visual 2010

336 Pages
ISBN: 0470620757
PDF
16 MB
 
 
Search Engine Optimization can play a key role in your internet marketing !
 
A visual approach to the power of SEO marketing from a world-renowned Internet marketing expert

Search engine optimization (SEO) is an ever-growing and powerful form of online marketing that allows business to grow in a faster, more cost-effective way by increasing traffic and visibility to a Web site. This updated resource remains the only book of its kind to take a visual approach to the essential component of maximizing the effective marketing strategies that SEO provides.
Packed with more than 600 screen shots, top Internet marketing expert Kristopher Jones explores search-engine marketing principles such as keyword generation, on-site optimization specifically regarding Web site structure, internal linking, URL structure, and content creation, and much more.
Presenting the only known book on the market that takes a visual approach to the powerful and growing form of SEO marketing

Covers the increasing role of social media Web sites as well as the convergence that is occurring between paid and organic search-engine marketing

Offers you a strong foundation for developing successful SEO strategies.Search Engine Optimization: Your visual blueprint for effective Internet marketing, Second Edition captures the immense potential of SEO and delivers it to you in a visually understandable way.


27 September 2010

download: Hot Topics Flashcards for Passing the PMP and CAPM Exam

Hot Topics Flashcards for Passing the PMP and CAPM Exam: Hot Topics Flashcards
RMC Publications

634 pages
English
2005, 5th edition
ISBN: 1932735011
PDF
1,2 MB
 


If you are looking for a way to prepare for the latest PMP exam that fits into your busy schedule, these flashcards are it.
 

23 September 2010

download : Mastering phpMyAdmin 3.1 for Effective MySQL Management

Publisher: Packt Publishing 2009

352 Pages
ISBN: 1847197868
PDF
10 MB

Increase your MySQL productivity and control by discovering the real power of phpMyAdmin 3.1


Covers version 3.1, the latest version of phpMyAdmin

Administer your MySQL databases with phpMyAdmin

Manage users and privileges with MySQL Server Administration tools

Get to grips with the hidden features and capabilities of phpMyAdmin

In Detail

MySQL has gained wide popularity because of its open-source nature, performance, reliability, robustness, and support for various platforms.

phpMyAdmin is a web-based front-end to manage MySQL databases and has been adopted by a number of open-source distributors. It is one of the most widely used open-source applications written in PHP. phpMyAdmin supports a wide range of operations with MySQL. Currently, it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields, manage privileges, export data into various formats and is available in 52 languages. The powerful graphical interface of version 3.1 has made phpMyAdmin an indispensable tool for MySQL and web developers.

This is the first book that covers version 3.1, the latest version of phpMyAdmin. It has been fully updated from the previous version that covered phpMyAdmin Version 2.11. It is a comprehensive guide to unlocking the full potential of phpMyAdmin. It builds a solid understanding of the core capabilities of phpMyAdmin before walking you through every facet right from showing you how to set up and manage the database with clear, step-by-step instructions and screenshots to exploring the less well known and generally under-used features and capabilities of phpMyAdmin in depth. Along the way you'll build a more detailed understanding of SQL and how it works in MySQL.

Whether you are an experienced developer, system administrator, web designer or new to MySQL and phpMyAdmin, this book will show you how to increase your productivity and control when working with your MySQL.

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Selling Online with Drupal e-Commerce: Walk through the creation of an online store with Drupal's e-Commerce module

Publisher: Packt Publishing 2008

264 Pages
ISBN: 1847194060
PDF
8 MB


Drupal is a free and open-source modular web application framework and content management system (CMS) written in PHP that can run in many environments, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD. Drupal e-Commerce is a free, open-source, feature-rich, flexible package of modules that seamlessly adds full e-Store capabilities to Drupal.


Drupal e-Commerce is the combination of Drupal, the award-winning Drupal 5 content management system, and the e-Commerce package of modules that can be plugged into it, bringing a wealth of e-commerce functionality to the software.

In this book you will learn how to use the Drupal content management system along with its e-Commerce modules to set up and manage an online shop. We will install the software, have a look at its features, plan our shop, create our shop, look at customer management, create a design for our shop, and cover security, taxes, shipping, and even marketing our business!

If you're new to Drupal and want to set up a powerful e-commerce system, this book is for you. If you've some experience of working with Drupal and want to understand how its e-commerce options can be used to power an online shop, this book will also prove invaluable.

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22 September 2010

Download : Managing Information Security

Publisher: Syngress 2010

320 Pages
ISBN: 1597495336
PDF
4 MB

Managing Information Security offers focused coverage of how to protect mission critical systems, how to deploy security management systems, IT security, ID Management, intrusion detection and prevention systems, computer forensics, network forensics, firewalls, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and more. It offers in-depth coverage of the current technology and practice as it relates to information security management solutions. Individual chapters are authored by leading experts in the field and address the immediate and long term challenges in the authors' respective areas of expertise.

Chapters contributed by leaders in the field covering foundational and practical aspects of information security management, allowing the reader to develop a new level of technical expertise found nowhere else.
Comprehensive coverage by leading experts allows the reader to put current technologies to work.

Presents methods of analysis and problem solving techniques, enhancing the reader's grasp of the material and ability to implement practical solutions.


02 September 2010

download : Practice Makes Perfect Statistics

•Publisher: McGraw-Hill

•Number Of Pages: 160
•Publication Date: 2010-06-21
•ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071638180
•ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071638180

With more than 1,000,000 copies sold, Practice Makes Perfect has established itself as a reliable practical workbook series in the language-learning category. Now, with Practice Makes Perfect: Statistics, students will enjoy the same clear, concise approach and extensive exercises to key fields they've come to expect from the series--but now within mathematics.

Practice Makes Perfect: Statistics is not focused on any particular test or exam, but complementary to most statistics curricula. Because of this approach, the book can be used by struggling students needing extra help, readers who need to firm up skills for an exam, or those who are returning to the subject years after they first studied statistics. Its all-encompassing approach will appeal to both U.S. and international students.

Sandra Luna Mc Cune has contributed to Practice Makes Perfect Statistics as an author. Sandra Luna McCune, Ph.D., is a Regents professor and test preparation specialist in the Department of Elementary Education at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. She resides in Nacogdoches, Texas. Vi Cain Alexander, Ph.D., is a professor and Reading Coordinator in the Department of Elementary Education at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. She resides in Nacogdoches, Texas
 
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31 August 2010

download: Canadian Living - October 2010 (Magazine)

Lifestyle of Canadian people ! is it interesting for you?


Canadian Living magazine contains helpful articles on food, cooking, health, relationships, family and lifestyles in Canada.

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download: the history of china

An Introduction To the book :

On October 1, 2009, the People’s Republic of China celebrated its 60th anniversary with a stunning display of weapons, rumbling tanks, and smartly dressed soldiers under a blue sky in the capital city of Beijing. It was an impressive show of military might that displayed China’s rising power in the modern world.



From a nation devastated by civil war and the ravages of World War II, China has become the world’s third-largest economy and a major player on the world stage. But the ability to renew itself is far from new for China. Despite upheavals that have shattered the country, China is unique among nations: its many cultural and economic accomplishments stretch across a continuous period, from its earliest recorded history, more than 4,000 years ago, to today. This book will reveal much about this exceptional nation and its long, varied history, which reaches back to one of the earliest periods in world civilzation. China was ruled for centuries by dynasties, each contributing to the country’s cultural development. The first Chinese dynasty for which there is archaeological evidence is the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC). They left behind beautiful bronze objects, including massive ritual vessels and bronze chariots, which showed that Shang society was sophisticated and organized enough for its people to create large-scale foundries. Eventually, the Shang were conquered by their western neighbours, the Zhou (1046- 256 BC). The great philosopher Confucius was born during Zhou times. The Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) was so influential that the name “China” is derived from Qin. Shihuangdi was its founder and most notable emperor. On the one hand, he was a cruel tyrant. On the other hand, changes he made during his reign helped to define China even today. The boundaries he set during his reign became the traditional territory of China. In later eras China sometimes held other territories, but the Qin boundaries were always considered to embrace the indivisible area of China proper.


26 August 2010

download: Wine Science: Principles and Applications

Publisher: Academic Press 2008

776 Pages
ISBN: 0123736463
PDF
18 MB
 


Understand the three pillars of wine science---- grape culture, wine production, and sensory evaluation-- in the third edition of this bestselling title.

Author Ronald Jackson takes readers on a scientific tour into the world of wine by detailing the latest discoveries in this exciting industry. From grape anatomy to wine and health, this book includes coverage of material not found in other enology or viticulture texts including details on cork and oak, specialized wine making procedures, and historical origins of procedures. Jackson uniquely breaks down sophisticated techniques, allowing the reader to easily understand wine science processes.
NEW on this edition:

* Extensive revision and additions on: chemistry of red wine color, origin of grape varietyies, wine language, significance of color and other biasing factors to wine perception, various meanings and significance of wine oxidation

* Significant additional coverage on brandy and ice wine production

* New illustrations and color photos
 
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25 August 2010

download: The Millionaire Next Door

The bestselling The Millionaire Next Door identifies seven common traits that show up again and again among those who have accumulated wealth. Most of the truly wealthy in this country don’t live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue-they live next door. This new edition, the first since 1998, includes a new foreword for the twenty-first century by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley.



How can you join the ranks of America’s wealthy (defined as people whose net worth is over one million dollars)? It’s easy, say doctors Stanley and Danko, who have spent the last 20 years interviewing members of this elite club: you just have to follow seven simple rules. The first rule is, always live well below your means. The last rule is, choose your occupation wisely. You’ll have to buy the book to find out the other five. It’s only fair. The authors’ conclusions are commonsensical. But, as they point out, their prescription often flies in the face of what we think wealthy people should do. There are no pop stars or athletes in this book, but plenty of wall-board manufacturers–particularly ones who take cheap, infrequent vacations! Stanley and Danko mercilessly show how wealth takes sacrifice, discipline, and hard work, qualities that are positively discouraged by our high-consumption society. “You aren’t what you drive,” admonish the authors. Somewhere, Benjamin Franklin is smiling.
 

24 August 2010

Process Management: Why Project Management Fails in Complex Decision Making Processes

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 364213940X
edition 2010
PDF
200 pages
1,1 mb
 
 
 
What is it that makes a manager or a politician a successful decision maker? Our first inclination would be to say decisiveness and substance. Many managers who met those criteria, however, had to abandon the field in the past several years. The authors of Process Management regard a manager as successful if he pays much attention to the process aspects of change.
 
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20 August 2010

download : Exponential Diophantine Equations

Cambridge University Press

2008
ISBN: 0521091705, 0521268265
252 pages
PDF
3,9 MB
 
In mathematics, a Diophantine equation is an indeterminate polynomial equation that allows the variables to be integers only. Diophantine problems have fewer equations than unknown variables and involve finding integers that work correctly for all equations.
 
 
This is a integrated presentation of the theory of exponential diophantine equations. The authors present, in a clear and unified fashion, applications to exponential diophantine equations and linear recurrence sequences of the Gelfond-Baker theory of linear forms in logarithms of algebraic numbers. Topics covered include the Thue equations, the generalised hyperelliptic equation, and the Fermat and Catalan equations. The necessary preliminaries are given in the first three chapters. Each chapter ends with a section giving details of related results.
 
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14 August 2010

download : Start new online business

Does the idea of working an online website business and earning money from the comfort of your own home sound appealing to you? If so, you need to start online business now...More people are taking advantage of the wonderful opportunities online to earn their own money and be their own boss while not having to leave their home. Working from home can be fun and very rewarding.

Is it interesting for you to have an online business for yourself ? then you need to download this ebook.

Imagine getting up in the morning whenever you please, making a cup of coffee and heading to the office which is located in your home - still wearing your pajamas! More people are doing this each year. Imagine being your own boss and not having to answer to anyone but yourself and your customers. Imagine having no limit on what type of income you can make!!
 

12 August 2010

Chaotics: The Business of Managing and Marketing in the Age of Turbulence

We have entered into an entirely new era, an age of increasingly frequent and intense periods of turbulence in the global economy. Unlike past recessions, today's crises have precipitated a need for businesses to develop a new mindset, one that takes into account intermittent periods of disturbance, allowing them to thrive while under the constant threat of chaos. Complete with metrics and measurements, "Chaotics" outlines a powerful new system for managing waves of uncertainty affecting customers, employees, and other stakeholders. In this climate of increased turbulence, no organization can survive with less.


11 August 2010

download : The Obama Diaries

Publisher: Threshold Editions; 1 edition

ISBN : 1439197512
July 13, 2010
400 pages
EPUB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, PDF, RTF
6.8MB
 
 
 
The Diary of President Barack Obama The White House May 19, 2010 I was going to write about tonight’s state dinner for Mexico and the amnesty plan, but we’ve got a national crisis here! I think somebody’s been snooping in this diary! The pages are all wrinkled! And the most personal entries are dog-eared! WHAT THE HELL’S GOING ON HERE? (WASHINGTON, D.C.) On May 20, 2010, Laura Ingraham received a package from an anonymous source that will change the history of the United States and the legacy of President Barack Obama.
 
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05 August 2010

download: The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes

YA Fadiman may do for the anecdote what Bartlett did for the quotation. There are over 4000 biographical anecdotes about more than 2000 famous people. The book is international in scope and an entertaining walk through history. People representing all types of occupations are covered, from U.S. presidents to Greek philosophers to entertainers and sports figures. Brief biographical information is given about each person, and sources are given wherever possible. The anecdotes range in spirit from the very moving to the amusing and ridiculous, with the emphasis on the latter two. Typical is the entry under Hank Aaron: "During the 1957 World Series, Yankee catcher Yogi Berra noticed that Aaron grasped the bat the wrong way. 'Turn it around,' he said, 'so you can see the trademark.' But Hank kept his eye on the pitcher's mound: 'Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.' " The arrangement is alphabetical by person, with name and subject indexes. The introduction includes an excellent essay on the definition, history and purpose of anecdotes. A thoroughly entertaining and useful reference source. Pat Royal, Prince George's County Public School System, Md.


Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Anecdotes are brief stories we like to tell about people, more succinct than gossip and more respectable. Most in this dictionary have been "pilfered" (vii) from other collections, but on the other hand there are an informative introduction, an index of themes, and a bibliography of sources. The anecdotes themselves are arranged under the name of the person they're about. That this is a reference book, however, is doubtful: many of the anecdotes are followed by a cautionary note that they have been told of others as well or are apocryphal, and it's unlikely that much seriously useful biographical information is revealed in them, no matter how entertaining or true. More suitable for the bedside table than for the reference shelf. BOMC alternate.. William Wortman, Miami Univ. Lib., Oxford, Ohio


Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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20 July 2010

Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing your Money

Publisher: Alpha

1999
329 Pages
ISBN: 0028627229
PDF
23.57 MB
 

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Money shows that any numbskull can master personal finance. In this second edition, a father-and-daughter writing team, Robert K. Heady and Christy Heady, give readers the best advice culled from their many years of experience in consumer rights and money management. The Headys believe that money must be managed for the long haul and that there are no quick ways to build wealth. The guide is easy to read, witty, and scornful of the hype dished out by banks and other peddlers of personal finance. It provides a plethora of personal-finance tips for consumers, including how to get the best deal on a mortgage, pay off debt, and bank online. The authors expose financial pitfalls such as bank-sold mutual funds, dealer financing for motor vehicles, extended warranties, and those dreaded bank fees. A full chapter is devoted to the evils of credit cards, which they feel is the biggest ripoff in the financial world. The writers contend that the toughest thing about saving is making the decision to do it. You should get going by putting aside a little amount of money each month through a mutual fund or dividend reinvestment plan. "The whole idea of managing money is to save a dollar here and there and then take that dollar and build it into two," they write. It shouldn't take a rocket scientist to understand that.
The issues of spending, saving, investing, and borrowing money are framed by these perky financial writers as a series of simple decisions we can make every day, instead of abdicating these choices to habit and impulse. Their approach reveals an uncommon grasp of the way most people handle their money. The ideas throughout the audio are superb; the language is practical, challenging, and empowering without overselling or offering enthusiasm in place of practical tools. Grover Gardner is excellent with this text--serious and accessible, confident and curious, he paces his performance to match the way most people hear this type of material.


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download : Real Options in Engineering Design, Operations, and Management

CRC

2009
ISBN: 1420071696
253 pages
PDF
5,1 MB



Given that engineering flexibility can potentially provide a competitive advantage, the question then becomes: Precisely how valuable is this flexibility? However, traditional methods often fail to accurately capture the economic value of investments in an environment of widespread uncertainty and rapid change. The real options method represents the new state-of-the-art technique for valuation and management of strategic investments, enabling corporate decision-makers to leverage uncertainty and limit downside risk.

Real Options in Engineering Design, Operations, and Management presents and synthesizes the body of knowledge in the area of real options for engineering systems. Providing case studies and step-by-step computations of real options valuation, it covers engineering applications

across different disciplines such as industrial and civil engineering, and computer science. The authors review financial-option research results, consider how to quantify engineering activities, and analyze optimal business strategies based on a variety of real option models. They integrate academic work on real options in engineering, current practice, and discussion of future needs and opportunities.

Flexibility in decision making allows firms to compete more effectively in a world of substantial price and demand uncertainty, product variety, short product life cycles, and rapid product development. And with more frequent demands being placed on engineering systems to change, managers and manufacturing systems must react to events as they unfold. This book explores a real options modeling framework for engineering transitions that allows decision makers to capture and investigate several alternatives for improving an engineering system.

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18 July 2010

download : Managing Risk in Agriculture. A Holistic Approach

OECD

Sep. 2009
ISBN: 9264075305
172 pages
PDF
5 Mb
 


This book examines the current magnitude and characteristics of risk-related policies in agriculture and what is known about the quantitative size of agricultural risks. It looks at the on-farm, off-farm, and market instruments available to manage risk, and it explains how the holistic approach helps clarify the role of governments.

The sources of risk in agriculture are numerous and diverse, ranging from events related to climate and weather conditions to animal diseases; from changes in agriculture commodities prices to changes in fertilizer and other input prices; and from financial uncertainties to policy and regulatory risks. Agricultural risks are not independent, but rather are linked both to each other and as part of a system that includes all available instruments, strategies and policies designed to manage risk. A holistic approach is thus necessary.



Table of Content

Executive Summary

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Risk Management in Agriculture: a Holistic Conceptual Framework

-A holistic framework for the analysis of agricultural risk management systems-Sources of risk

-Risk management instruments and strategies

-The potential role of government

-A template to apply the holistic approach

Annex 2A. Framing the economic analysis of risk

-Annex 2B. Price volatility and price stabilization

Chapter 3. An Overview of Risk-Related Policy Measures

-Which policy measures have a direct risk dimension?

-Risk-related policies in the PSE

-Risk-related policies in WTO notifications on domestic support commitments

-Other risk-related policies

Chapter 4. An Assessment of Risk Exposure in Agriculture Based on a Review of the Literature-What is risk?

-Estimation of variability in price, yield and off-farm income

-Cause of variability in agriculture-Producer risk perceptions and preferences

-Lessons learned on the magnitude and causal factors of agricultural risks.

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13 July 2010

download : The Accidental Entrepreneur



Like many business owners, Susan-Urquhart Brown never expected to end up as an entrepreneur. Launching her own business spoke to her passions, but she soon realized there was much more to being a successful owner than she ever expected. In The Accidental Entrepreneur, she takes all the mystery out of going solo. For those who are just beginning to consider starting a venture as well as those who want to take their organization to the next level, she offers ad­vice on what works and what doesn"t. With hard-won wisdom and empathy, she shows readers: the 8 questions everyone should ask up front * the top 10 traits of the successful entrepreneur * how to obtain a license and sellers permit * the best way to create a business plan * 10 simple ways to get referrals * the 6 secrets of marketing a business * smart tips for investing and finance * ways to avoid burnout * how to avoid the 7 biggest pitfalls in business Starting one"s own business should be exciting, not scary. This is the one book that will show readers how to create a successful and fulfilling venture they can be proud of.

09 July 2010

download : the girl with a secret


About Author:

Charlotte Armstrong Lewi (1905-05-02 Vulcan, Michigan – 1969-07-18 Glendale, California) was an American author. Under the names Charlotte Armstrong and Jo Valentine she wrote over 28 novels, as well as working for the New York Times advertising department, as a fashion reporter for Breath of the Avenue (a buyer's guide), and in an accounting firm.

About Novel:

" The Girl with a secret " is one of her novels.

Alice knew her new husband had a checkered past - he was in undercover police work before their marriage. He was supposed to be out of that now. But just as they arrive for a visit to meet his family, he gets called away to infiltrate a narcotics gang.
Alice finds out, totally by accident. Tony is ready to call the whole thing off. But he goes to Mexico, and Alice is set to cover for him. But it's harder to keep the secret than she expects, and the danger is all around.
 
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07 July 2010

download : brands and branding (the economist series)


Brands today are key engines of economic strength. Far from being a superficial or cosmetic communications exercise, brands have become a central organizing principle behind many ambitious companies. This authoritative book contains contributions from some of the field's leading practitioners, academics, and consultants, analysing the nature and benefits of brands - particularly in terms of their sustainable business value and their wider social advantages. This is the definitive business book on brands and branding. It not only explains the economic strength and importance of brands, but also will frame thinking on the best practice of branding now and for the future.


02 July 2010

download : Amazon: Get Big Fast


The tale of Amazon.com is well known to anyone who follows the stock market, the book business, the Internet explosion--heck, it's hard to imagine not knowing at least a piece of this extraordinary story. But few, it would seem, know the entire story, and it's these gaps that Robert Spector's Amazon.com: Get Big Fast attempts to fill (or at least the information available in early 2000, when the book was published). For example, those who know about Amazon.com's paradigm-shifting influence on the book business may not know it wasn't even the first online book retailer, or the second or the third. (It was preceded by clbooks.com, books.com, and wordsworth.com, the last of which beat Amazon.com to the Internet by almost two years.) Those who've heard quirky stories about Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos--for example, that he built his own desk out of a door, and that his mother bought the desk at an online charity auction in 1999 for $30,100--may not know that he was a studious overachiever from an early age. As a 12-year-old in Houston, he was even profiled in a book on gifted education in Texas. And those who marvel at the company's multibillion-dollar stock valuation may not know that it was broke and nearly out of business in the summer of '95.

Put it all together and you have a book that should be interesting to many different readers. As a pure business read, it certainly provides a blow-by-blow account of an important company's critical decisions. And anyone looking for a brief history of e-commerce will see how one idea--Bezos's realization in 1994 that Web usage was growing 2,300 percent a year--set the entire online retailing phenomenon in motion. If nothing else, that last fact should propel parents to pay very careful attention to their kids' math scores. Had Bezos, a summa cum laude Princeton grad in computer science, not realized the implications of exponential growth ... well, let's just say you wouldn't be reading this review right now. --Lou Schuler --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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63 Tactics for Teaching Diverse Learners, Grades 6-12

Robert (Bob) F. Algozzine, Pamela (Pam) Campbell, Jianjun Adam Wang, "63 Tactics for Teaching Diverse Learners, Grades 6-12"



'What a wonderful and essential resource! In the age of differentiated instruction, this resource provides a wide array of authentic approaches that I can use in my classroom today! This book offers the reader real-life solutions to a challenge that teachers face every day: truly educating all students by giving them the tools they need to have a successful future'

-Kendra Sarabia, English Teacher

Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, Harwich, MA

'Grounded in research and theory, this book provides important foundational knowledge and outlines a comprehensive approach to the planning, management, delivery, and evaluation of instruction for diverse populations'

-Evelyn B. Barese, Assistant Professor of Education , Mount Saint Mary’s College

This collection of evidence-based instructional strategies enables general and special education teachers, novice or experienced, to address the learning needs of all students in diverse, inclusive classrooms. The authors provide a practical, research-based teaching model that focuses on planning, managing, delivering, and evaluating instruction for middle and secondary students with or without disabilities. Readers will find:

- Descriptions of how to teach students with different learning styles and needs

- Specific instructions for using each tactic, with helpful comments from practicing teachers and literature resources

- A wealth of reproducible worksheets

- Help for choosing appropriate strategies for specific subject areas, grade ranges, or learning difficulties

- Information to help teachers comply with federal mandates such as NCLB and the reauthorization of IDEA 2004

63 Tactics for Teaching Diverse Learners, Grades 6–12 allows teachers to match specific needs with an easily accessible set of solutions and enable all learners to achieve success in the classroom.

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22 June 2010

download : System Engineering for IMS Networks


The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is the foundation architecture for the next generation of mobile phones, wireless-enabled PDAs, PCs, and so on, delivering multimedia content (audio, video, text, etc.) over all types of networks. It is essential for network engineers/administrators and telecommunications engineers to not only understand IMS architecture but to also be able to apply it at every stage of the network design process. This book will contain pragmatic information on how to engineer IMS networks as well as an applications oriented approach, for engineering and networking professionals who are responsible for making IMS "play" in the real world.



* Describes the convergence of wireless IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) with other networks, including wireline and cable

* Discusses building interfaces for end users and IMS applications servers

* Explores network management issues with IMS
 
Newnes 2008

ISBN-10: 0750683880
360 Pages
PDF
12,3 MB
 
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