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This fourth outing for Eoin Colfer's teenage criminal mastermind, Artemis Fowl, is--as ever--full of dramatic action, explosions, treachery, high speed chases, windy escapes from Trolls and a generous helping of fairy magic. There are plenty of laughs amidst the action and more new technical gizmos than you could fit into James Bond's latest car. At the end of Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code, Artemis was left with his memory erased of all previous dealings with the fairy folk, any underground... less info

This fourth outing for Eoin Colfer's teenage criminal mastermind, Artemis Fowl, is--as ever--full of dramatic action, explosions, treachery, high speed chases, windy escapes from Trolls and a gener... more info

Perl's cross-platform compatibility is less of an advantage to sysadmins than you might think. Most useful Perl programs need to access files and file access conventions are quite different across Unix/Windows/Mac platforms. The author deals with such issues early along with the oddities of installing Perl on different platforms and the need for sysadmins to write clean, robust and secure programs. Recent Net exploits underline the last point. The content is, though, far from theoretical. One... less info

Perl's cross-platform compatibility is less of an advantage to sysadmins than you might think. Most useful Perl programs need to access files and file access conventions are quite different across ... more info

Though the stated goal of this book is to help you choose the best DSL service, DSL for Dummies does a nifty job of going beyond the basics and explaining all the technological issues you need to consider before venturing out into the world of high-speed Internet access.DSL (digital subscriber line) is a high-speed Internet service that runs over existing phone lines. Unfortunately, getting it installed in your home is often a trying experience. David Angell addresses the problems typically a... less info

Though the stated goal of this book is to help you choose the best DSL service, DSL for Dummies does a nifty job of going beyond the basics and explaining all the technological issues you need to c... more info

Redemption Ark is Alastair Reynolds's third hefty SF novel, a direct sequel to his debut book Revelation Space, and also linked with Chasm City, which won the British SF Association Award. Gripping high-tech action features various groups struggling for control of a cache of "hell-class weapons", while the alien Inhibitors--who stamp out space-going intelligence wherever they find it--are busy dismantling planets to build a doomsday engine of awesome size. Building on the previous ... less info

Redemption Ark is Alastair Reynolds's third hefty SF novel, a direct sequel to his debut book Revelation Space, and also linked with Chasm City, which won the British SF Association Award. Gripping... more info

The newest and probably greatest Microsoft operating system for home computers and those that run in small offices is documented in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Windows Me. This book assumes you have very little prior knowledge, so it explains everything, including how to use a mouse and print a file from a standard Windows application. Once the fundamentals are covered adequately, with numbered steps and quite a few screen shots, it digs into the new features of Windows Me. The pa... less info

The newest and probably greatest Microsoft operating system for home computers and those that run in small offices is documented in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Windows Me. This book ass... more info

The OpenGL Programming Guide, now in its third edition, is the definitive volume for programmers using this evolving graphics interface standard. Written by members of the OpenGL Architecture Review Board, this book offers understandable tutorials and lessons on getting up to speed and getting the most out of the latest version of OpenGL, version 1.2. The guide uses code examples in C, and is targeted at programmers with experience in coding, yet new to coding for OpenGL applications. The ope... less info

The OpenGL Programming Guide, now in its third edition, is the definitive volume for programmers using this evolving graphics interface standard. Written by members of the OpenGL Architecture Revie... more info

Living Strategy is Lynda Gratton's attempt to place employees in the context of a business with all its competing attractions. And while it is commonplace among corporations to pay lip service to the need to "put people first", Gratton attempts to demonstrate the benefit to corporations of actually doing so. Even more importantly, she brings it down to the particular level of what a company must do to understand staff and therefore to empower them. Her three key tenets are that peop... less info

Living Strategy is Lynda Gratton's attempt to place employees in the context of a business with all its competing attractions. And while it is commonplace among corporations to pay lip service to t... more info

A lot of people buy computers these days specifically to use the Internet, and Easy Internet does a commendable job of explaining what you will first need to find out to do that successfully: how to send and receive e-mail, view Web pages, search for information and participate in chat groups. There is a little bit on basic Web publishing too.The book focuses on the Microsoft suite of Internet tools, including Outlook Express, Internet Explorer and FrontPage Express (though it covers CuteFTP ... less info

A lot of people buy computers these days specifically to use the Internet, and Easy Internet does a commendable job of explaining what you will first need to find out to do that successfully: how t... more info

The OpenGL Programming Guide, now in its third edition, is the definitive volume for programmers using this evolving graphics interface standard. Written by members of the OpenGL Architecture Review Board, this book offers understandable tutorials and lessons on getting up to speed and getting the most out of the latest version of OpenGL, version 1.2. The guide uses code examples in C, and is targeted at programmers with experience in coding, yet new to coding for OpenGL applications. The ope... less info

The OpenGL Programming Guide, now in its third edition, is the definitive volume for programmers using this evolving graphics interface standard. Written by members of the OpenGL Architecture Revie... more info

For more than a decade, young Danina Petroskova has known no life but that of the ballet and her mentor Madame Markova. When a deathly illness steals her from the stage, the young dancer is inconsolable, and, desperate to speed her recovery, Madame Markova agrees to hand Danina over to the talented Dr. Nikolai Obrajensky for treatment. Convalescing with the Romanovs at the Tsarskoe Selo palace, Danina learns to live in and love the world beyond the ballet. And while grateful for Nikolai's com... less info

For more than a decade, young Danina Petroskova has known no life but that of the ballet and her mentor Madame Markova. When a deathly illness steals her from the stage, the young dancer is inconso... more info

Textbooks tell us that the Earth is 4.6 billion years old and that the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. Just as our understanding of human history is helped by dates, so the history of the Earth and life of the geological past has also been dated by scientists. Most people have heard of radiocarbon dating, which can be used to date archaeological materials up to 50,000 or so years old but how is it possible to put a date to a rock? It was only a couple of hundred years ago that many s... less info

Textbooks tell us that the Earth is 4.6 billion years old and that the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. Just as our understanding of human history is helped by dates, so the history of the ... more info

The Internet and brands are probably the two hottest business topics of the moment. So Phil Carpenter's timely book eBrands, which looks at how to build brands on the Internet, scores a double whammy on the business groovometer. Carpenter, director of corporate marketing for Silicon Valley start-up Remarq, forgoes the business school theoretical approach, in favour of the far more easily absorbed case-study method, with detailed analysis, interviews and behind-the-scenes peeks at six business... less info

The Internet and brands are probably the two hottest business topics of the moment. So Phil Carpenter's timely book eBrands, which looks at how to build brands on the Internet, scores a double wham... more info

Pages: 272, Paperback, Ten Speed Press less info

Pages: 272, Paperback, Ten Speed Press

As in her previous Arlene Alda's ABC, this keen-eyed photographer has managed to put a new and refreshing twist on the hoariest of children's-book content...number identification! This intriguing picture book takes you from 1 to 10 and back again, and each number is illustrated by often whimsical colour photographs. Alda's sharp eye finds "2", for example, in an old-fashioned coat-hanger; "3" in the neck of a swan reflected in water; and "8" in the two halves of ... less info

As in her previous Arlene Alda's ABC, this keen-eyed photographer has managed to put a new and refreshing twist on the hoariest of children's-book content...number identification! This intriguing p... more info

In How to Build a Time Machine, Paul Davies, Professor of Theoretical Physics and a veteran of the popular science writing genre, has produced a delightful little book about time and time-travel. The format of the book is reader-friendly, written in his usual clear, lucid and engaging style with text linked to relevant sketches, photographs and diagrams of machinery. At the heart of the book is an explanation of Einstein's theory of relativity and what that theory tells us about the possibili... less info

In How to Build a Time Machine, Paul Davies, Professor of Theoretical Physics and a veteran of the popular science writing genre, has produced a delightful little book about time and time-travel. T... more info

The developer of the acclaimed Eiffel programming language comes through with one of the clearest and most informative books about computers ever committed to paper. Object-Oriented Software Construction is the gospel of object-oriented technology and it deserves to be spread everywhere. Meyer opens with coverage of the need for an object-oriented approach to software development, citing improved quality and development speed as key advantages of the approach. He then explains all the key cri... less info

The developer of the acclaimed Eiffel programming language comes through with one of the clearest and most informative books about computers ever committed to paper. Object-Oriented Software Constr... more info

The Visual QuickStart Guide series from Peachpit Press is known for boiling topics down to the essentials and presenting them in an engaging, efficient way to get the reader up to speed quickly. In applying this model to XML, author Elizabeth Castro had her work cut out for her.Fortunately for her readers, Castro has successfully identified the core components of XML and presented them in a streamlined way. XML for the World Wide Web doesn't tackle any of the advanced elements of XML technolo... less info

The Visual QuickStart Guide series from Peachpit Press is known for boiling topics down to the essentials and presenting them in an engaging, efficient way to get the reader up to speed quickly. In... more info

The .com world has brought untold benefits to business, but for workers, stresses and pressures have increased exponentially. As business races headlong into the new economy, staff must develop a new set of skills that will enable speed to market, improved communication and first-class customer service. While there are a thousand books that tell new economy workers how to create the technical infrastructure of e-commerce, Culture.com is the first blueprint for creating a .com culture--and it ... less info

The .com world has brought untold benefits to business, but for workers, stresses and pressures have increased exponentially. As business races headlong into the new economy, staff must develop a n... more info

God and the Universe is like a philosophical heavyweight title fight. Arthur Gibson--a philosopher from the University of Surrey, with an impressive CV from Cambridge--wades into the ring and slogs it out with the big questions which surround theology, cosmology and philosophy. He understands the philosophical and theological implications of modern theories about the beginning of the universe, and challenges the established antipathy between science and religion with an erudition that has mas... less info

God and the Universe is like a philosophical heavyweight title fight. Arthur Gibson--a philosopher from the University of Surrey, with an impressive CV from Cambridge--wades into the ring and slogs... more info

Aimed at the more experienced developer or Windows administrator responsible for deployment, COM and.NET Component Services provides an expert guide to getting the most out of COM+services on the Windows 2000/XP platform, including material on the new.NET platform. This guide will help you create state-of-the-art, scalable Windows components that take full advantage of transactions, object pooling, and powerful administrative features available in COM7#43;. While Microsoft is about to replace... less info

Aimed at the more experienced developer or Windows administrator responsible for deployment, COM and.NET Component Services provides an expert guide to getting the most out of COM+services on the W... more info