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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Focusing for the first time on the current needs and teaching methods for both students and lecturers, this represents acomplete package for teaching statistics to psychology undergraduates. As well as a core textbook introducing topics in an accessible, jargon-free way, a separate book, A Guide to Computing Statistics with SPSS for Windows, shows how to apply the concepts in practice. An additional Instructor's Manual provides the lecturer with multiple choice and other assessment material. Concepts that are often difficult to grasp, such as multivariate analyses, are explained step-by-step using many examples from published research. The package covers everything necessary for an undergraduate psychology student and is therefore useful at various levels within a course. Instructor's Manual is available. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The second edition of this successful text continues to present the 'how' and 'why' of engineering mathematics, providing an excellent balance between techniques and conceptual understanding. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The second edition of this successful text continues to present the 'how' and 'why' of engineering mathematics, providing an excellent balance between techniques and conceptual understanding. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. To achieve sustained competitive advantage, you must create and deliver something that's valuable, rare, and hard to imitate-and you can't do that with a run-of-the-mill workforce. Your workforce needs to be strikingly different, obsessively focused on delivering on your unique value proposition. Compared with everyone else's workforce, your people need to be downright strange! This book is about everything it takes to build a workforce that's strange and extraordinary enough to execute your most powerful strategies and your unique value proposition. It's about understanding exactly how your workforce needs to be different.creating an end-to-end Strange Workforce Value Chain.implementing workforce systems that support your unique goals.establishing detailed metrics based on what makes you unique.using those metrics to drive clarity throughout your entire organization, and steer it toward success. If you're tasked with executing strategy through people, and "balanced scorecards" and "strategy maps" just haven't been enough, take your next and greatest leap forward: make the Change to Strange. * Why "normal" workforces just won't cut it anymore Everyone says their people make the difference. Most everyone's wrong. * Create your strange workforce in four steps Imagine, pinpoint your gaps, prioritize, and act. * What your customers must notice for you to win Link your real performance drivers to specific workforce deliverables. * Rearchitect your workforce to break from the pack Organize to get strategic results from the right people. * Leverage the magic of measurement Implement metrics that work-and keep them working. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Third Edition now available! C++ Primer was widely regarded as the most effective introduction to the C++ programming language. The new edition covers C++ as reflected in its latest release, Release 3.0, and the ANSI base document, The Annotated C++ Reference Manual, by Ellis and Stroustrup. As a leading member of the team working on the implementation of Realease 3.0, Lippman provides invaluable insights into the new language features. The most important new addition to the C++ language is the template facility, a feature that facilitates the development of extensive class and algorithmic libraries. Lippman provides comprehensive coverage of this new feature, including a rich variety of examples showing how templates can be used effectively. Features *Includes a new chapter on object-oriented design, using as an example the implementation of a template facility in a C++ compiler. *Covers exception handling, now a formal part of the C++ language. *Discusses the differences betweeen the Realease 2.0 and Release 3.0 language definition. C++ PRIMER, SECOND EDITION is useful both as a learning tool and as a reference to C++. It assumes only an understanding of the basic constructs of a programming language. Experienced programmers will appreciate the comprehensive coverage of language features recently introduced into C++. Visit the ftp site for the book 0201548488B04062001. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Component Software Engineering is an emerging technology about to take the software industry by storm. Building on existing object-oriented approaches, component technology can be used to deliver reusable, 'off-the-shelf ' software components for incorporation into large applications. Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming explains the technical foundations of this evolving technology and its importance in the software market place. It provides in-depth discussion of both the technical and the business issues to be considered, then moves on to suggest approaches for implementing component-oriented software production and the organizational requirements for success. The author draws on his own experience to offer tried-and-tested solutions to common problems and novel approaches to potential pitfalls. Anyone responsible for developing software strategy, evaluating new technologies, buying or building software will find Clemens Szyperski's objective and market-aware perspective of this new area invaluable. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Providing options for senior executives who are thinking about significant, strategic improvements in performance and market position, this text looks at purchasing "best practice". It should be of interest to small/medium companies where purchasing can be the key to becoming best in the business. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Assuming very little previous knowledge, this text is ideal for students on business, economics and accountancy courses who may not have studied maths in detail before. The material is wide-ranging, covering elementary topics, such as linear and quadratic equations, to more sophisticated topics such as constrained optimisation and multivariate functions. Covering the subject in an informal way, this book demonstrates the relevance of mathematics as quickly and as painlessly as possible. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Agile and iterative methods have emerged as the most popular approaches to software development, and with good reason. Research (examined and cited in detail within this book) shows that iterative methods reduce the risk of failure, compared to traditional models of development. This book is an efficient introduction for both managers and practitioners that need a distilled and carefully organized learning aid for the hands-on practices from planning to requirements to testing and the values that define these methods. The author also provides evidence of the value of switching to agile and iterative methods. By studying this book, the reader will learn to apply the key ideas in agile and iterative development, the details and comparison of four influential iterative methods (Scrum, Extreme Programming, Evo, and the Unified Process), answers to frequently asked questions, and important related management skills. The book's goal is quality information that can be quickly understood and applied. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A completely revised edition of this accessible guide to LATEX document preparation, bringing it up to date with the latest releases and Web ad PC based developments. A Guide to LATEX covers the basics as well as advanced LATEX topics and contains numerous practical examples and handy tips for avoiding problems. It covers the latest LATEX extensions and has been completely updated to cover latest releases and upgrades. The book explains the LATEX macro package for the TEX text formatting program, presenting a complete description for beginners, going on to more advanced and specialized features. Files for LATEX processing contain the actual text plus markup and programming command, al as ASCII text, something tat makes them portable to every computer system. The LATEX/TEX program processes these files to produce high-quality typeset results, especially for complicated mathematics. LATEX offers the user all the features of any text processing system: automatic section formatting, numbering of sections, figures, tables and equations, table of contents, lists of figures and tables, cross-referencing to the numbers, bibliography, keyword index, colour, inclusion of illustrations.All of these are demonstrated to the reader via examples and exercises through a structure that takes him or her from the simplest beginnings to the more complicated refinements. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Written by the inventor of the language, the book is the defining, classic text on the language that has become central to software development over the past five years. This third edition incorporates additions and changes on a major scale. In particular, the new edition is based on the ANSI/ISO C++ final draft with its many new language features - templates, exceptions, namespaces, and run-time type identification, to name a few - in addition to the C++ Standard Template Library that has revolutionized C++ development. Throughout, the book does far more than merely describe every element of the language. The focus is on showing how the language is used as a tool for design and programming, and teaching the basic concepts programmers need to master C++. With this third edition, Stroustrup has made the book even more accessible to those new to the language while adding information and techniques that even expert C++ programmers will find invaluable. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Since Tcl and the Tk Toolkit is written by the creator of the Tcl scripting language and the Tk toolkit, this book is the single authoritative resource for anyone who wants to produce far more powerful X Window System applications in a fraction of the time that would otherwise be required. Tcl and the Tk Toolkit offers an introduction and overview of this impressive programming environment, including detailed instructions for script writing in Tcl and working with the Tk toolkit. The book also describes the C interfaces for Tcl and Tk for those readers who wish to extend their built-in features by writing new C commands. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Good. More than 150,000 copies in print! Praise for Scott Meyers first book, Effective C++: I heartily recommend Effective C++ to anyone who aspires to mastery of C++ at the intermediate level or above. The C/C++ Users Journal From the author of the indispensable Effective C++, here are 35 new ways to improve your programs and designs. Drawing on years of experience, Meyers explains how to write software that is more effective: more efficient, more robust, more consistent, more portable, and more reusable. In short, how to write C++ software thats just plain better. More Effective C++ includes: Proven methods for improving program efficiency, including incisive examinations of the time/space costs of C++ language features Comprehensive descriptions of advanced techniques used by C++ experts, including placement new, virtual constructors, smart pointers, reference counting, proxy classes, and double-dispatching Examples of the profound impact of exception handling on the structure and behavior of C++ classes and functions Practical treatments of new language features, including bool, mutable, explicit, namespaces, member templates, the Standard Template Library, and more. If your compilers dont yet support these features, Meyers shows you how to get the job done without them. More Effective C++ is filled with pragmatic, down-to-earth advice youll use every day. Like Effective C++ before it, More Effective C++ is essential reading for anyone working with C++. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. C++ Primer, Third Edition, combines the practical experience and writing of Stanley Lippman, and the inside knowledge of the ANSI/ISO Standards Draft from Josee Lajoie. Completely rewritten, this tutorial is driven by examples which help the novice C++ programmer solve problems in terms of choice of language features, implementation, and efficiency. Programming aspects of the language are presented in the context of solving a particular problem or programming task. Language rules are given both to clearly introduce the rule and provide a reference to it. The book covers the new C++ Standard Library, including extensive treatment of what was formerly known as the Standard Template Library (STL), as well as the string and complex class types. It also examines the new language features introduced into the International Standard, such as Exception Handling, Run-Time Type Identification, Namespaces, the built-in bool type, and new-style cast-notation. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Who knew how simple using JavaScript could be? Make the most of JavaScript--even if you've never programmed anything before. JavaScript Absolute Beginner's Guideis the fastest way to learn JavaScript and use it together with CSS3 and HTML5 to create powerful web and mobile experiences. Learn how to do what you want, the way you want, one incredibly easy step at a time. JavaScript has never been this simple! Here's a small sample of what youll learn: Organize your code with variables Understand how functions make your code reusable Use the popular if/else statement to help make a decision in code Learn about switch statements and when to use them Work with for, while, and do.while loops Learn how to use global and local scope Understand what closures are Learn about the various places your code can live Understand how to write comments and use good commenting practices Learn about the basic types of objects youll run into in JavaScript Find out that pizza has an educational value beyond just being deliciously awesome Learn how to perform common string operations Use arrays to handle lists of data Learn to create custom objects Get up to speed on some of the big ES6 changes. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An analysis of the life and work of the key thinkers on welfare in the past 50 years, set in the context of current debates on the role of the state in welfare provision and changing economic circumstances. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book provides students with a knowledge of complex and emerging topics in the field of Computer Graphics, including advances in rendering and new material on animation. It will enable the reader to master the fundamentals of 3D computer graphics as well as acting as a complete resource for anyone interested in 3D modelling. It provides detailed coverage of both realistic and non-realistic images. This is the third edition of a book which deals with the processes involved in converting a mathematical or geometric description of an object into a visualisation that simulates the appearance of a real object. Traditionally computer graphics has created pictures by starting with a very detailed geometric description, subjecting this to a series of transformations that orient a viewer and objects in 3D space, then imitating reality by making the objects look solid and real - a process known as rendering. Nowadays this is proving insufficient for the new demands of moving computer imagery and virtual reality. Much research is being carried out into how to model complex objects, where the nature and shape of the objects changes dynamically and into capturing the richness of the world without having to model every detail explicitly. This text explores and relates thee resulting in diverse synthesis and modelling methods. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Covers All iPads Running iPadOS 13 Easy, clear, readable, and focused on what you want to do. Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your iPad working just the way you want. Learn how to Discover all the new features of iPadOS 13 Wirelessly connect to and browse the Internet, at home or away Personalize the way your iPad looks and worksincluding the new Dark Mode Make your iPad easier to use if you have trouble seeing or tapping the screen Use Siris voice commands to control your iPad and find useful information Communicate with friends and family via email, text messaging, and FaceTime video chats Shoot, share, and view photos and videos Listen to streaming music and watch streaming movies and TV shows online Connect and use the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard Use iCloud to store and share your photos and other important data online Troubleshoot common iPad problems. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book provides definitive information on OpenGL, a powerful software interface for graphics hardware that enables graphics programmers to produce high-quality color images of 3D objects. The authors' coverage ranges from basic functions of the latest OpenGL release to the sophisticated capabilities of the OpenGL Utility Library. The third edition has been extensively updated to include the newest features of OpenGL, Version 1.2, and includes many code examples and sample color images. The Architecture Review Board (ARB) is an industry consortium responsible for guiding the evolution of OpenGL and related technologies, and is comprised of industry leaders such as Evans & Sutherland, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Intergraph, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, and Silicon Graphics. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book provides an invaluable guide to the practical application of programmable logic controllers in machine and equipment control Only a minimal prior knowledge of machine control, electronics or computers is assumed; the reader is lead by means of simple explanations, worked examples and practical exercises from the rudiments of control system components to a reasonable level of PLC competency. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This is the first comprehensive guide to authentication: making sure your users are who they say they are. Leading security consultant Richard Smith reviews every option for authentication, from passwords to biometrics, and virtually every application scenario -- offering practical guidance on choosing the best option, implementing it, and managing it. Smith begins by introducing the authentication landscape, explaining how today's authentication options have evolved from yesterday's timesharing systems, and showing how to estimate the prevalence of successful attacks. He presents detailed coverage of passwords, password selection, and the human issues associated with password-based authentication. Other key topics include: authentication for laptops and workstations, encryption, cryptographic keys, PIN numbers, biometrics, tokens, Windows 2000's Kerberos implementation, public and private keys, SSL, certificates, and more. For all network and security professionals. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Third Edition of the Study Guide accompanies the Third Edition of Parkin, Powell and Matthews: Economics. It aims to promote the ability of students to reason on economic issues, help them master their course material and do well in their exams. The guide follows the same structure as previous editions. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This version of Sedgewick's bestselling book provides a comprehensive collection of algorithms implemented in C++. The algorithms included cover a broad range of fundamental and more advanced methods: sorting, searching, string processing, geometric, graph, and mathematical algorithms. Readers will discover-in an object-oriented programming environment-how key algorithms can be implemented, run, debugged, and used in real applications. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Written by best-selling authors Al Kelley and Ira Pohl, A Book on C is a comprehensive tutorial and reference to C based on the ANSI C standard. The C language is demonstrated with numerous examples and extensive exercises that guide readers through each concept. Step-by-step "dissections" of program code reveal the underlying logic of the programs and include in-depth implementation details. Features in this edition include: a chapter on moving from C to Java; more programming examples; new and improved dissections; more thorough coverage of multifile programming, pointers, and recursion; and an expanded appendix of standard library functions. In addition, there is more emphasis on Abstract Data Types, which provides the reader with a foundation for working with objects and facilitates programming in the problem domain. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Every year, the design patterns movement grows, as more developers discover how patterns can help them build much better software, and do so much more quickly. Now, there's an exceptionally comprehensive, easy-to-use, and portable reference for every developer who uses patterns. The Pattern Almanac brings together key information about hundreds of the world's most widely used patterns. This is the first book that catalogs all the stages, resources, and templates of pattern development -- all thoroughly annotated, cross-referenced and sourced, so any developer can use them effectively. It covers both standalone patterns and sub-patterns included in collections. Coverage includes analysis, architecture, business planning, class libraries, client/server development, concurrency, databases, design, distributed systems, memory management, networking, performance, refactoring, transaction processing, and many other categories. Developers will even find patterns designed for specific domains, such as finance, healthcare, and telecommunications. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Software organizations face extraordinary challenges in attracting, motivating, organizing, developing, and retaining quality technical professionals. This book introduces the SEI's People Capability Maturity Model (P-CMM), a comprehensive, five-level framework for improving workforce practices which draws upon today's best human resources and organizational development processes. The P-CMM's creators show how to characterize the maturity of any organization's workforce practices, guide a program of continuous workforce development, set priorities for immediate action, integrate workforce development with process improvement, and establish a culture of software engineering excellence. Coverage includes: communication, staffing, performance management, training, compensation, knowledge and skills analysis, workforce planning, competency development, career development, mentoring and coaching, team building, organizational competency management, organizational performance alignment, and continuous workforce innovation. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The leading book in its field, this guide focuses on the design, development and coding of network software under the UNIX operating system. Provides over 15,000 lines of C code with descriptions of how and why a given solution is achieved. For programmers seeking an indepth tutorial on sockets, transport level interface (TLI), interprocess communications (IPC) facilities under System V and BSD UNIX. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Ask the Right Questions in the Right Ways.And Get the Answers You Need to Succeed! Discover the core questions that every manager needs to master.how to avoid the mistakes business questioners make most often.ten simple rules for asking every question more effectively. Learn how to ask tough questions and take control of tough situations.use questions to promote innovation, drive change, identify hidden problems, and get failing projects back on track. Ask better questions, get better answers, achieve better results! Required reading for every leader who wishes to see his or herorganization flourish and career progress. Garry A. Neil, MD, Corporate Vice President, Johnson & Johnson Asking, listening, understanding the real meaning of the answers, and taking actions based on facts are really the essence of managing. This book has helped me in connecting the dots in my understanding (and lack thereof) of why things really did not work the way I expected them to. Pradip Banerjee, PhD, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Xybion; retired partner, Accenture The framework and techniques provide outstanding ideas for executives to both gain better information and develop the analytical skills of their teams. Terry Hisey, Vice Chairman and US Life Sciences Leader, Deloitte Weve all met the corporate inquisitor: the individual whose questions seem primarily intended to terrify the victim. The right goal is to solve the problem--and to build a more effective, collaborative organization where everyone learns from experience, and nobodys too intimidated to tell the truth. That means asking the right questions in the right ways. This book will teach you how to do precisely that. Terry J. Fadem shows how to choose the right questions and avoid questions that guarantee obvious, useless answers.how to help people give you the information you need.how to use body language to ask questions more effectively.how to ask the innovative or neglected questions that uncover real issues and solutions. Youll learn how to adopt the attributes of a good questioner.set a goal for every question.use your personal style more effectively.ask tough questions, elicit dissent, react to surprises, overcome evasions, and more. Becoming a better questioner may be the most powerful thing you can do right now to improve your managerial effectiveness--and this book gives you all the insights, tools, and techniques youll need to get there. Evaluate your current questioning skills. .then systematically improve them Choose better questions. .and ask them the right way Ask tough questions more effectively Get at the truth, uncover the real problem, and solve it Master the crucial nonverbal aspects of asking questions Finding your best style and the right body language. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A user friendly approach to marketing for readers with little or no prior knowledge of the subject. The text provides a clear introduction to marketing. The personal feedback approach allows students to reinforce their learning and to build their confidence and ability in the subject. Instructor's Manual (0-13-490475-3). The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Each item in Slatkins Effective Python teaches a self-contained lesson with its own source code. This makes the book random-access: Items are easy to browse and study in whatever order the reader needs. I will be recommending Effective Python to students as an admirably compact source of mainstream advice on a very broad range of topics for the intermediate Python programmer. Brandon Rhodes, software engineer at Dropbox and chair of PyCon 2016-2017 Its easy to start coding with Python, which is why the language is so popular. However, Pythons unique strengths, charms, and expressiveness can be hard to grasp, and there are hidden pitfalls that can easily trip you up. Effective Python will help you master a truly Pythonic approach to programming, harnessing Pythons full power to write exceptionally robust and well-performing code. Using the concise, scenario-driven style pioneered in Scott Meyers best-selling Effective C++, Brett Slatkin brings together 59 Python best practices, tips, and shortcuts, and explains them with realistic code examples. Drawing on years of experience building Python infrastructure at Google, Slatkin uncovers little-known quirks and idioms that powerfully impact code behavior and performance. Youll learn the best way to accomplish key tasks, so you can write code thats easier to understand, maintain, and improve. Key features include Actionable guidelines for all major areas of Python 3.x and 2.x development, with detailed explanations and examples Best practices for writing functions that clarify intention, promote reuse, and avoid bugs Coverage of how to accurately express behaviors with classes and objects Guidance on how to avoid pitfalls with metaclasses and dynamic attributes More efficient approaches to concurrency and parallelism Better techniques and idioms for using Pythons built-in modules Tools and best practices for collaborative development Solutions for debugging, testing, and optimization in order to improve quality and performance. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.