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Deus Ex: Icarus Effect
by James SwallowIT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. BUT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HERE. In the near future, with physical augmentation gaining ground and nano-cybernetics only years away, the dawn of limitless human evolution is just beyond the horizon, and a secret corporate cabal of ruthless men intends to make sure that humankind stays under its control. But two people on opposite sides of the world are starting to ask questions that could get them killed. Secret Service agent Anna Kelso has been suspended for investigating the shooting that claimed her partner's life. Anna suspects that the head of a bio-augmentation firm was the real target, and against orders she's turned up a few leads concerning a covert paramilitary force and a cadre of underground hackers. But the cover-up runs deep, and now there's a target on her back. Meanwhile, Ben Saxon, former SAS officer turned mercenary, joins a shadowy special ops outfit. They say they're a force for good, but Saxon quickly learns that the truth is not so clear-cut. So begins a dangerous quest to uncover a deadly secret that will take him from Moscow to London, D. C. to Geneva, and to the dark truth--if he lives that long. The year is 2027; in a world consumed by chaos and conspiracy, two people are set on a collision course with the most powerful and dangerous organization in history--and the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.
South Western L and H VoiceXpress for the Office Professional
by Karl Barksdale Michael RutterVoice typing is transforming the way people work, write, and enter data. With Voice X Press for the Office Professional, your students can learn the most effective way to use this new software and be able to apply it to the various office applications. This book takes students step-by-step through the speech learning process, providing tips and advice along the way.
Video Game Designer (Cool Cutting Edge Careers)
by Chris JozefowiczVideo games are one of today's most popular forms of entertainment. Every day, video game developers draw more and more people into their virtual worlds. If you've got a creative mind and a knack for computers, video game developer might be the job for you. Hear from the pros themselves about what it takes to succeed in this exciting, high-tech career.
A First Course in Electrical and Computer Engineering
by Louis ScharfElectrical and computer engineering textbook
Introduction to Linden Scripting Language for Second Life
by Jeff HeatonThe Linden Scripting Language allows residents of the Second Life World to program the three dimensional objects around them. Without this programming objects built in Second Life are motionless and non-interactive. Adding a script enables an object to interact with the world around it. Second Life scripts allow objects such as cars, planes, amusement park rides, weapons and other entertainment devices to be created. This book teaches the beginning Second Life programmer to make use of the basics of the Linden Scripting Language. Language fundamentals, such as variables, loops, lists, events, functions and state machines are covered. The book then moves to more advanced topics such as user interaction and non-physical movement. Later chapters show how to use the Second Life physics engine to create vehicles.
South-Western L and H VoiceXpress QuickTorial
by Karl Barksdale Michael Rutter J. Alan BaumgartenThis book contains step-by-step activities that help users master the techniques and extra reinforcement activities that provide enrichment opportunities. Appendices on using the software with Word and WordPerfect are included. Natural language commands are emphasized throughout the text.
High Anxieties: Cultural Studies in Addiction
by Janet Farrell Brodie Marc RedfieldThe essays collected in this volume describes connections between our notions of "addiction" and "culture" that go far beyond the commonplace that addiction, like any representable entity or event, is a phenomenon with a cultural side to it.
Learning Microsoft Office Excel 2007
by Jennifer FultonKey Benefit:DDC Learning Microsoft Office Excel 2007simplifies the new Office 2007 user interface and powerful new features of Excel. Hands-on exercises and applications provide a practical, effective approach to learning software skills. Key Topics: Covers the features of the application, step-by-step, including expanded coverage of graphics and integration with other Office applications, as well as all Microsoft Certified Application Specialist objectives. Market: For anyone looking to learn MS Office Excel.
Artificial Intelligence (2nd edition)
by Patrick H. WinstonThis is an eagerly awaited revision of the single bestselling introduction to Artificial Intelligence ever published. It retains the best features of the earlier works including superior readability, currency, and excellence in the selection of the examples.
Rocket Surgery Made Easy: Finding And Fixing Usability Problems
by Steve KrugIn this how-to companion to "Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability," Krug spells out an approach to usability testing that anyone can easily apply to their own Web site, application, or other product. This work makes it realistic for teams to test early and often, catching problems while it's still easy to fix them.
The Silicon Eye: How A Silicon Valley Company Aims to Make All Current Computers, Cameras and Cell Phones Obsolete
by George GilderThe Silicon Eye is a narrative of some of the smartest - and most colorful - people on earth and their race to transform an entire industry.
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (2nd edition)
by Steve KrugWeb-usability expert Steve Krug updates his classic guide to designing intuitive navigation for the ideal user experience.
Ipod and Philosophy: Icon of an Epoch
by Dylan E. WittkowerNineteen readings examine the social impact of this popular mobile digital device. Approaching hearing as a social act and technology from a Marxist perspective, Wittkower (philosophy, Coastal Carolina U.) asks questions about the relationship between the music we hear via the iPod, the artist, the "i" (self), and iPublic. Other contributors approach the iPod as creating a familiarity in a Wittgensteinian sense, as a new venue for philosophy audiobooks, and as a tool of white dominance, community, or isolation.
Scanning Negatives and Slides: Digitizing Your Photographic Archive, 2nd Edition
by Sascha Steinhoff<p>Many photographers have either moved into digital photography exclusively or use both analog and digital media in their work. In either case, there is sure to be an archive of slides and negatives that cannot be directly integrated into the new digital workflow, nor can it be archived in a digital format. Increasingly, photographers are trying to bridge this gap with the use of high-performance film scanners. <br/><br/>\nIn this 2nd edition, you will learn how to achieve the best possible digital image from a negative or a slide, and how to build a workflow to make this process efficient, repeatable, and reliable. The author uses Nikon's film scanners, but all steps can easily be accomplished while using a different scanner. The most common software tools for scanning (SilverFast, VueScan, NikonScan) are not only covered extensively in the book, but trial versions are also provided on a DVD, which also contains other useful tools for image editing, as well as numerous sample scans.</p>
Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3: A Photographer's Handbook
by Stephen Laskevitch<p>Adobe Photoshop is central to almost all photography workflows today. Each new version fo the software is a milestone in the development of this imaging behemoth, and 2010's release of CS5 is no exception. <br/><br/>\nPhotographers often feel overwhelmed when starting with Photoshop; the sheer number of tools and options make it difficult for the novice. There is no shortage of instructional books, yet very few direct the user to the most significant aspects of the program in a way that reflects a real workflow for the photographer. <br/><br/>\nAdobe Certified Instructor Steve Laskevitch has leveraged his experience as a teacher and practitioner to create a step-by-step guide that provides a clear and effective workflow for editing photographs in the latest version of Photoshop and its companions Bridge, Camera Raw, and Lightroom. Focusing on the critical elements of the workflow rather than covering every arcane feature, the Handbook is designed to get you working quickly in these applications.</p>
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
by Garr Reynolds Guy KawasakiA highly visual methodology to help professionals free themselves from the pain of creating and delivering presentations.
Fine Art Printing for Photographers: Exhibition Quality Prints with Inkjet Printers, 2nd Edition
by Uwe Steinmueller Juergen Gulbins<p>This comprehensive book provides the necessary foundation for fine art printing with inkjet printers; the understanding of color management, profiling, paper, and inks. Using today ™s digital cameras and inkjet printers, it demonstrates the printing workflow as it guides the reader step-by-step through the process of creating outstanding fine art prints from an image file.</p>
The Digital Photography Workflow Handbook: From Import to Output
by Juergen Gulbins Uwe Steinmueller<p>The work that follows the capture of a photographic image - the workflow in the digital darkroom - has a significant effect on the quality of the final image. The Digital Photography Workflow Handbook will help you avoid crucial mistakes as you master the craft of photographic post-processing.<br/><br/>\nThis book provides a step-by-step guide through the photographic workflow, from image capture, editing, and asset management, all the way to the perfect photographic print. The workflow presented in this book focuses on RAW images and is based on two of the most popular and powerful software tools: Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.<br/><br/>\nThe Digital Photography Workflow Handbook can be used as a reference or textbook by both aspiring amateur and professional photographers, as well as by students.</p>
Facebook and Philosophy: What's on Your Mind?
by D. E. WittkowerFacebook and Philosophy is an entertaining, multi-faceted exploration of what Facebook means for us and for our relationships. With discussions ranging from the nature of friendship and its relationship to "friending," to the (debatable) efficacy of "online activism," this book is the most extensive and systematic attempt to understand Facebook.
Adobe® Photoshop® CS4: Illustrated
by Chris BotelloThis edition does not include Review Pack: Adobe Photoshop CS4, Illustrated but it can be purchased separately, using ISBN 1111530947.
Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4: Illustrated
by Sherry BishopDesigned to meet the needs of users from a broad range of experience levels, ADOBE Dreamweaver CS4 - ILLUSTRATED equips your students with Dreamweaver basics?and well beyond?using the insightful, user-friendly format for which the Illustrated Series is known. Covering the nuts and bolts, new cutting-edge features, and everything in between, the text presents each skill on a succinct, easy-to-understand, two-page spread?making for focused and thorough instruction. Detailed coverage and innovative learning tools maximize user success! From novice to experienced, ADOBE Dreamweaver CS4 - ILLUSTRATED offers invaluable knowledge and insight to take users' skills to the next level.
Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques
by Gary B. Shelly Thomas J. Cashman Susan L. SebokIn Microsoft PowerPoint 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques you?ll find features that are specifically improve retention, and prepare readers for future success. Our trademark step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach now encourages users to expand their understanding of the PowerPoint 2007 software through experimentation, exploration, and planning ahead.
The Big Red Fez: How to Make Any Web Site Better
by Seth GodinYOUR WEB SITE IS COSTING YOU MONEY. IT'S ALSO FILLED WITH SIMPLE MISTAKES THAT TURN OFF VISITORS BEFORE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO BECOME CUSTOMERS. According to marketing guru Seth Godin, a web site visitor is a lot like a monkey looking for one thing: a banana. If that banana isn't easy to see and easy to get, your visitor is gone with a quick click on the "Back" button. In this supremely practical, cut-to-the-chase book, Godin identifies what it takes to create web sites that satisfy visitors and keep them coming back for more. And he's at his prickly stickler best using real-life examples to illustrate the essential truths and ridiculous fictions about how a web site should work. Packed with his inimitable wisdom and compelling hands-on applications, The Big Red Fez is a must-have tool for anyone working on the web.
2020 Vision: Turbocharge Your Business Today to Thrive in Tomorrow's Economy
by Stan Davis Bill DavidsonInformation management and biotechnology are reshaping the basic structure of American enterprise. In this bold and innovative analysis, Davis and Davidson explain what these changes mean and how entrepreneurs and executives can prepare challenges of tomorrow.
Destination Recommendation Systems: Behavioral Foundations and Applications
by Daniel R. Fesenmaier Karl W. Wöber Hannes WerthnerAn emerging area of study within technology and tourism focuses on the development of technologies which enable Internet users to quickly and effectively find relevant information about selected topics including travel destination, transportation, etc.