Effective C# : 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your C# (2nd Edition) free download




Author(s): Bill Wagner

Publisher:Addison-Wesley Professional

Date     :2010-03-15    

Format   :PDF    

Language :English    

ISBN10   :0321658701    

Pages    :352    

ISBN13   :9780321658708









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C # has matured over the past decade: it is now rich with generics, language, functional programming concepts, and support for both static and dynamic typing. Technology, the palette provides great tools for many different phrases, but there are ways to make too many mistakes. Effective C #, Second Edition, is respected. NET expert Bill Wagner identifies fifty ways you take advantage of C # 4.0 to make your designs concisely and clearly the full power of language can express.



 



Clear, practical explanations, expert tips and plenty of realistic code examples: Effective C #, Second Edition, is a clear pattern that makes it indispensable to hundreds of thousands of developers is as follows. Drawing on his unsurpassed C # experience, Wagner ways to dynamic resource management for the C # language and to know everything. NET framework support multicore typing. Along the way, he shows that the language C # and. NET environment to avoid common pitfalls. You'll learn how to



  

 * C # constants for efficiency and maintainability of both use (see item 2)

 * Immutable data types of jobs to boost multicore processing (see item 20)

 * Minimum garbage collection, boxing, and unboxing (see 16 and 45 items)

 Take full advantage of interfaces and delegates * (see items 25 though 22)

 * Make the most of parallel structures (see items 35 through 37)

 * Use duck typing in C # (see item 38)

 * Reflection gain more dynamic and expression types (see 42 items and 43) Spot

 * Assess why the query expressions are better than loops (see item 8)

 * Understand how the general covariance and contravariance affect their designs (see item 29)

 * See how the parameters of alternative methods at reducing the number of overloads (see item 10)



 You are already successful C # programmer, this book will help you become an excellent one.



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Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law

Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law

Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law By Sarah Joseph, Adam Mcbeth
Publisher: Ed..wa..rd Elg..ar Pub 2010 | 596 Pages | ISBN: 184720368X | PDF | 6 MB


This innovative and timely Handbook brings together the work of 25 leading human rights scholars from all over the world to consider a broad range of human rights topics. The book discusses a wide range of contemporary themes, for example jurisdictional issues, such as human rights in the private sphere and extra-territorial obligations. It also deals with global and regional human rights systems, intersections with other areas of international law and practice, such as international criminal law and globalisation, and specific human rights topics including terrorism and indigenous peoples. Providing an excellent grounding for scholars seeking to understand the major topics within the discipline, this book is accessible to the novice human rights scholar, yet of great interest to the most seasoned human rights researcher. It will strongly appeal to law academics as well as students and practitioners of human rights. 

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AP Chemistry For Dummies | Math & Science

By Michelle Rose Gilman
Publisher: For Dummies
Pages: 408, Date: 2008-12-10
ISBN-10 : 0470389761, rared pdf 3.49 MB

Description:
Gearing up for the AP Chemistry examAP Chemistry For Dummies is packed with all the resources and help you need to do your very best. This AP Chemistry study guide gives you winning test-taking tips, multiple-choice strategies, and topic guidelines, as well as great advice on optimizing your study time and hitting the top of your game on test day.


This user-friendly guide helps you prepare without perspiration by developing a pre-test plan, organizing your study time, and getting the most out or your AP course. You’ll get help understanding atomic structure and bonding, grasping atomic geometry, understanding how colliding particles produce states, and much more. Two full-length practice exams help you build your confidence, get comfortable with test formats, identify your strengths and weaknesses, and focus your studies. Discover how to

* Create and follow a pretest plan
* Understand everything you must know about the exam
* Develop a multiple-choice strategy
* Figure out displacement, combustion, and acid-base reactions
* Get familiar with stoichiometry
* Describe patterns and predict properties
* Get a handle on organic chemistry nomenclature
* Know your way around laboratory concepts, tasks, equipment, and safety
* Analyze laboratory data
* Use practice exams to maximize your score

AP Chemistry For Dummies gives you the support, confidence, and test-taking know-how you need to demonstrate your ability when it matters most.
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Organic Chemistry II For Dummies

By John T. Moore, Richard H. Langley
Publisher: For Dummies
Pages: 384, Date: 2010-07-13
ISBN-10 : 0470178159, 7.3 MB's | Vector PDF

Description:
A plain-English guide to one of the toughest courses around So, you survived the first semester of Organic Chemistry (maybe even by the skin of your teeth) and now it's time to get back to the classroom and lab! Organic Chemistry II For Dummies is an easy-to-understand reference to this often challenging subject.


Thanks to this book, you'll get friendly and comprehensible guidance on everything you can expect to encounter in your Organic Chemistry II course.
* An extension of the successful Organic Chemistry I For Dummies
* Covers topics in a straightforward and effective manner
* Explains concepts and terms in a fast and easy-to-understand way

Whether you're confused by composites, baffled by biomolecules, or anything in between, Organic Chemistry II For Dummies gives you the help you need — in plain English!
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Visual Basic.Net Black Book By Steven Holzner


* * * Publisher:* Paraglyph Press
* * * Number Of Pages:* 1184
* * * Publication Date:* 2002-07-01
* * * ISBN-10 / ASIN:* 1932111042
* * * ISBN-13 / EAN:* 9781932111040
* * * Binding:* Paperback

Product Description:
-- Presents the complete Visual Basic language and tool set for .Net
-- Includes shortcuts for single-stepping through code, building a Web browser, using the database Wizard, multithreading and inheritance, and more
-- Examines the management and construction of Visual Basic .NET technology, along with the Visual Basic .NET programming language
-- Contains in-depth material on the new object-oriented features of Visual Basic. NET
-- Using the popular Black Book format, this book provides in-depth analyses of Visual Basic .NET technologies and hundreds of immediate programming solutions

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Physiotherapy for Respiratory and Cardiac Problems by Jennifer A. Pryor

Physiotherapy for Respiratory and Cardiac Problems by Jennifer A. Pryor
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 2nd edition (December 1998) | ISBN: 0443058415 | Pages: 524 | PDF | 11.64 MB

During the last five years the term 'evidence based medicine' has had an increasing profile in medicine and 'purchasers' of physiotherapy services are asking for outcomes and evidence that physiotherapy is of benefit in specific patients with specific problems. We cannot answer all these questions but the database of clinical trials is growing. In assessing the evidence it is important to remember the definition of Sackett et al (1996): 'Evidence based medicine involves integrating individual clinical expertise and the best external evidence available from systematic research'. In this book we have referenced statements where possible, but there are still many areas of practice which are anecdotal. We must not lose the skills and techniques in these areas if there are indications of patient benefit.




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The Magical Approach


The Magical Approach: Seth Speaks About the Art of Creative Living (A Seth Book) by Jane Robert
Publisher: Amber-Allen Publ., New World Library (January 17, 1995) | ISBN-10: 1559270411 ; 1878424092 | Language English | Ebook + Audio CD in MP3/128Kbps | 659 MB

The Seth books are world-renowned for comprising one of the most profound bodies of work ever written on the true nature of reality. In this brand new volume of original material, Seth invites us to look at the world through another lens –– a magical one. Seth reveals the true, magical nature of our deepest levels of being, and explains how we have allowed it to become inhibited by our own beliefs and conventional thinking.

The Magical Approach teaches us how to live our lives spontaneously, creatively, and according to our own natural rhythms. It helps us to discover and tune into our natural, instinctive behavior. By applying the principles in this book, readers will learn to trust their impulses and discover the highest expression of their creativity.

“We are indeed dealing with two entirely different approaches to reality and to solving problems –– methods we will here call the rational method and the magical one. The rational approach works quite well in certain situations, such as mass production of goods, or in certain kinds of scientific measurements –– but all in all the rational method, as it is understood and used, does not work as an overall approach to life, or in the solving of problems that involve subjective rather than objective measurements or calculations. The magical approach has far greater weight, if you use it and allow yourselves to operate in that fashion, for it has the weight of your basic natural orientation.”


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Sea of Shadows


Sea of Shadows
by Jeff Edwards (Author)
A minor accident at a German nuclear power plant, a Biological Warfare attack on the British Embassy in Washington, DC, and a secret arms deal combine to drive a trusted NATO Ally into an illegal alliance with a rogue Middle Eastern state. With the world hovering on the brink of war, a handful of U.S. Navy warships must track down and destroy a wolfpack of state-of-the-art submarines.
Their enemy is skilled in deception, and incredibly lethal. Out-gunned, out-maneuvered, and out-thought, the U.S. Navy crews must throw the rulebook out the window, and become every bit as devious and deadly as their enemy. If they fail, the consequences are unthinkableThe only way to survive is to change the rules. (Originally published as TORPEDO).
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Change of Heart


Change of Heart
by Fran Shaff
1850s Nebraska: Marietta Randolf travels from Chicago to Nebraska to collect her orphaned nephew Zack. When a snow storm delays her return trip, she finds herself stranded in an unappealing land with a very appealing rancher, Jase Kent. 5 Stars from Simegen, 5 Hearts from the Romance Studio, 5 Stars from CataRomance, 5 Cups from Coffee Time Romance
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Arrive At Success


Arrive At Success
by Sandeep Nath
Arrive At Success: Conversations Between Networkers That Could Tell Lots About Your Future is a novel that takes the reader into the psyche of a successful networker. It goes behind the scenes into the world of network marketing… and in a gripping narrative style reveals orbits of influence that even insiders of this industry often never reach. This book is a must-read for anyone looking at the network marketing industry even with the least amount of seriousness. Some of the author’s experiences could impact your mind once and forever. Written to be read and re-read, Arrive At Success is a treat with inspiring stories, quotable quotes, quips and usable one-liners. But more than that, it is a treatise about how mental programming and consciousness development pave the way for eventual success.
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Darkside



Darkside
by S.K.S. Perry
James Decker just wont stay dead. Slain while rescuing a young woman from a would-be rapist, he finds himself in a pseudo-life, caught between two realities, belonging to neither. Haunted by the ghosts of his father and grandfather, he learns that the woman he rescued is in fact an Innocent, the physical embodiment of hope. As it turns out seeing dead people is the least of James’ worries.
It’s the trolls, goblins, vampires, and other assorted creepy-crawlies that make being dead a living nightmare. When a Madness Demon kidnaps the Innocent to sacrifice at the Blood Moon ritual it’s up to James and an odd assortment of Otherworld companions to rescue her. If they fail humanity will be without hope for the next thousand years. To succeed, James must first battle his own inner demons and come to grips with who and what he has become. After all, when you’re dead, wishing you were is kind of counter-productive.
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Nick PT Barnum – Cross-Over Murders


Nick PT Barnum – Cross-Over Murders
by Frank Atanacio
Nick PT Barnum is back, and this is the best Barnum book yet! When illegal aliens are taking over our union jobs..someone is out for revenge. Something sinister is about to happen and the City of Bridgeport is in for a killing spree it would never forget. In comes Nick Barnum who has to act like a decoy with the non-citizens hoping he’d be picked..not murdered. Barnum is back and better than ever!
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22 Short Stories by Robert Burton Robinson


22 Short Stories
by Robert Burton Robinson
Buckle up for a fast ride, as the author carries you through a range of emotions by way of characters and situations that are variously creepy, funny, twisted, romantic, suspenseful, and playful. Also included, four-chapter excerpts from two of Mr. Robinson’s mysteries: NAKED FRAME and SWEET GINGER POISON.
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Sangre Falls


Sangre Falls
by Sandra Madera
Alexis Adeluna has a secret… She is a vampire. While exploring one of her favorite haunts, she finds a body and discovered a gift she never knew she had. She can see the dead. Now, she can’t rest until she finds the killer. Short Story for Young Adults. Click here to see Sangre Falls teaser trailer.
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Shonim 1


Shonim 1
by Giulietta Spudich
Sarah laments her long summer holiday in the country with nothing to do but play in the garden and read. However, everything changes when she meets Shonim, a small fairy. Suddenly Sarah has a best friend to walk in the woods with. But their carefree days come to an end when Sarah is called upon the fairy tribe to perform a dangerous task. Will she agree to the task, to win the trust of the fairy tribe? Will she disagree, disappointing her eager friend who considers her a hero? And in the midst of it all, Sarah’s mother considers moving away from this enchanting land back to the city.
This is the story of the friendship between Sarah and Shonim, and the choices Sarah makes that brings her out of childhood into a young, heroic adult.
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The Five Greatest Warriors

By Matthew Reilly
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 400, Date: 2010-01-05
ISBN-10 : 1416577572, LIT 6.8 Mb

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IT BEGAN WITH SIX STONES...
From the deserts of Israel to the tsunami-lashed coasts of Japan, from the steppes ofMongolia to the most mysterious island on Earth -- this is what we have come to expect from Matthew Reilly: stupendous action, white-knuckle suspense, heroes to cheer for, and an adventure beyond imagination.


Strap yourself in and hold on tight as he unleashes his biggest and fastest adventure yet, The 5 Greatest Warriors. When we last left Jack West Jr., he was plummeting into a fathomless abyss and his quest to save the world from impending Armageddonappeared doomed.

But all hope is not lost.
After an astonishing escape, Jack regroups with his trusty team. Racing to rebuild the final pieces of the fabled "Machine," they discover an ancient inscription containing a rhyme about five mysterious unnamed warriors -- great historical figures whose knowledge will be vital to unlocking the secrets of the Machine and its long-lost "pillars." But the ancients have hidden their secrets well, and with each pillar bestowing an incredible power upon its holder, their pursuit has attracted the attention of other forces from around the world -- some who want to rule it and others who want to see it destroyed.

With enemies coming at him from every side and the countdown to doomsday rapidly approaching, Jack and his team had better move fast. Because they are about to find out what the end of the world looks like...
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Hush By Kate White

By Kate White
Publisher: Harper
Pages: 352, Date: 2010-03-01
ISBN-10 : 0061576611, epub, zip 497 KB

Description:New York Times bestselling author and Cosmopolitan's editor-in-chief returns with a sizzling, page-turning thriller in which an ordinary woman flees the scene of a murder—and realizes it's not just the law that's hunting her. When Lake Warren learns that her husband, Jack, is suing for full custody of their two kids four months after their separation, she's pretty certain that things can't get any worse.


 The upside is that she's working with the Advanced Fertility Center as a marketing consultant, alongside the attractive, flirtatious Dr. Keaton. But the morning after their one-night stand, Lake finds Keaton with his throat slashed and discovers that things can indeed become worse—they can become deadly.

So as not to jeopardize her case for custody, Lake is forced to lie to the police. Having just been intimate with a man who has been murdered, and wanting to protect herself from being charged with the crime, she begins her own search for the truth. Meanwhile, the police start looking at her closely, people at the clinic start treating her with hostility, and strange clues begin dropping—quite literally—on her doorstep, and Lake realizes that she is dangerously close to dark secrets, both about Keaton and the clinic. But can Lake stop what she's started before it's too late?
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Tucci and Usmani's The Business of Photography


Damon Tucci, Rosena Usmani, "Tucci and Usmani's The Business of Photography" 
Am herst Me dia | 2010 | ISBN: 158428997X | 128 pages | PDF | 13,5 MB

The fundamentals of running a professional photography business and studio are explained in this guide to the commercial side of photography. A road map to navigating the perils and embracing the triumphs, this reference covers all the critical skills required to establish a business, design a product line, market services and products, and manage the bottom line. Topics include selecting the right insurance package, obtaining the various licenses and tax IDs, and hiring the best employees. An invaluable resource for photographers, this is a must-have manual to the mechanics of successful professional photography.


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Encyclopedia of Coastal Science (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series)


Encyclopedia of Coastal Science (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series) 
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 1402019033 | edition 2005 | PDF | 1243 pages | 74,7 mb

Maurice Schwartz, Editor of the much acclaimed Encyclopedia of Beaches and Coastal Environments (Hutchinson Ross, 1982) has now brought forth a new volume with a fresh interdisciplinary approach that includes geomorphology, ecology, engineering, technology, oceanography, and human activities as they relate to coasts. Within its covers the Encyclopedia of Coastal Science includes many aspects of the coastal sciences that are only to be found scattered among scientific literature.

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Introduction to Mathematics


Alfred North Whitehead, "Introduction to Mathematics" 
Ba rnes & No ble | 2005 | ISBN: 1411431421 | 176 pages | epub | 1,1 MB

All science as it grows to perfection becomes mathematical in its ideas--Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead's Introduction to Mathematics is one of the most charming books ever written about the queen of the sciences. It gives a delightful and intellectually stimulating exposition of mathematical concepts, the history of their development, and the application thereof. Written with razor-sharp clarity, this little gem of a book is filled with precious insights and lively prose. Everyone from high-school students and undergraduates to laymen wishing to re-familiarize themselves with the fundamental ideas of mathematics will find this tutorial rewarding.


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Musings: The Musical Worlds of Gunther Schuller


Musings: The Musical Worlds of Gunther Schuller (Oxford Paperbacks)
Oxford University Press, USA | August 3, 1989 | ISBN-10: 0195059212 | 336 pages | PDF | 15 mb

Composer, conductor, French horn player, publisher, broadcaster and former president of the New England Conservatory of Music, Schuller is a learned authority on jazz and one of the world's best writers on music. Introduced by a formidable pundit, this collection of Schuller's writings brings together pieces on Duke Ellington, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Lee Konitz, Sarah Vaughan and the third stream, reflections on the performance of new music (including his own opera The Visitation), esthetic and educational ideals, and objectivity and subjectivity in the arts. In "The State of American Orchestras," he typically castigates artists, musicians and conductors who "want instant fame, instant careers, instant success, without putting in the time and effort that such results require." Criticism for discerning readers. January 30


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The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou - Susan Higginbotham


The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou - Susan Higginbotham
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark | January 1, 2011 | Language: English | ISBN-10: 1402242816 | 368 pages | EPUB | 2.2 MB

A man other than my husband sits on England's throne today.

What would happen if this king suddenly went mad? What would his queen do? Would she make the same mistakes I did, or would she learn from mine?

Margaret of Anjou, queen of England, cannot give up on her husband-even when he slips into insanity. And as mother to the House of Lancaster's last hope, she cannot give up on her son-even when England turns against them. This gripping tale of a queen forced to stand strong in the face of overwhelming odds is at its heart a tender tale of love.

Award-winning author Susan Higginbotham will once again ask readers to question everything they know about right and wrong, compassion and hope, duty to one's country and the desire of one's own heart.

Praise for Susan Higginbotham

"A beautiful blending of turbulent history and deeply felt fiction, Susan Higginbotham's The Queen of Last Hopes brings alive an amazing woman often overlooked or slandered by historians. Higginbotham has given readers of historical fiction a gift to treasure."
-Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author of The Irish Princess

"A compelling, fast paced, and well-written saga that is destined to both entertain and educate anyone interested in the spirited and fascinating Margaret of Anjou for generations to come!"
D. L. Bogdan, author of Secrets of the Tudor Court

"The Queen of Last Hopes is an inspiring novel of a woman who, in the face of betrayal and loss, would not surrender. Susan Higginbotham brings Margaret of Anjou to life and tells the story of the Frenchwoman who was one of the strongest queens England has ever known."
-Christy English, author of The Queen's Pawn and To Be Queen

About the Author
Susan Higginbotham writes her own historical fiction blog, Medieval Woman, and is active on Twitter. She is also a member of the Historical Novel Society and is a regular contributor to its publications. Susan co-founded the bulletin board Historical Fiction Online, a popular website for lovers of historical fiction. She lives in North Carolina with her family.

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Paul Bowles on Music: Includes the last interview with Paul Bowles


Paul Bowles on Music: Includes the last interview with Paul Bowles
University of California Press | September 2, 2003 | ISBN-13: 978-0520236554 | 310 pages | PDF | 1.89 mb

"In this wonderfully engaging and informative collection we hear the voice of a different Paul Bowles. Writing on a wide range of subjects--jazz, film music, classical music, popular music, ethnic music--he is direct, opinionated, incisive, analytical, humorous, and passionate."--Millicent Dillon, author of You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles


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Principles of Constraint Programming



Principles of Constraint Programming 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press | pages: 420 | 2003 | ISBN: 0521825830 | PDF | 1,6 mb

Scheduling, vehicle routing and timetabling are all examples of constraint problems, and methods to solve them rely on the idea of constraint propagation and search. This book meets the need for a modern, multidisciplinary introduction to the field that covers foundations and applications. Written by Krzysztof Apt, an authority on the subject, it will be welcomed by graduate students and professionals. With the insertion of constraint techniques into programming environments, new developments have accelerated the solution process. Constraint programming combines ideas from artificial intelligence, programming languages, databases, and operational research.

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Gene Wolfe - The Shadow of the Torturer (Book of the New Sun, Vol. 1)


Gene Wolfe - The Shadow of the Torturer (Book of the New Sun, Vol. 1)
Publisher: Pocket (June 3, 1984) | Language: English | ISBN-10: 0671540661 | EPUB + MOBI | 262 pages | 200 kb + 300 kb

With The New Sun series, Gene Wolfe did to Fantasy what William Gibson, Bruce Sterling and Neal Stephenson did to Sci-fi; raised the bar for the genre and told a story that adults could read without feeling embarrassed. This is an epic up there with Lord of the Rings and Dune. It's that good. Be aware that the negative reviews here (and most of the luke-warm ones as well), miss the point entirely. The "made-up words" and "anachronisms" they mention, for example, make complete sense if you actually pay attention, and the people who call Gene Wolfe's writing "rambling and incoherent" simply aren't doing that; he's one of the smartest fiction writers alive today, just don't expect to be spoon-fed everything.

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Phillip Baggus, David Howden, "Deep Freeze: Iceland's Economic Collapse"


Phillip Baggus, David Howden, "Deep Freeze: Iceland's Economic Collapse" 
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute | ISBN: 1933550341 | edition 2011 | PDF | 144 pages | 18.7 mb

The two young Professors Bagus and Howden document the sad story of the Icelandic government’s policy mistakes — the artificial creation of a boom, and the savage bust that was the inevitable outcome of this boom.

Lttle have we learned since the wisdom of Mises and Hayek showed us the way concerning business cycle theory. The former are intellectual heirs of the latter two giants of 20th century economics and they present the case of the small nation of Iceland, within the context of the global economy, analyzed via the lens of what has become know as the Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle, extremely well here.

This is a short book and I hope it will encourage others to write about other bigger nations: after all, we are all very much interdependent. I hope they will write via the insights of the great teachers of the Austrian School. For the majority of economists who assume that the marginal revolution has all been absorbed into mainstream economics and that the Austrian School has nothing to add on the matter, I would urge them to pause and reflect on the Austrian theory of the business cycle — the case-proven status of it as outlined in this book — with reference to Iceland and think about what they are doing when they advise governments to artificially “stimulate demand.”

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Panic!: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity


Panic!: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity [Unabridged] by Michael Lewis
Read by David Chandler, Kevin Orton, Ruth Ann Phimister, Johnny Heller and James Jenner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio December 30, 2008 | ISBN: 0743583663 ; 1442344393 | Language English | Audio CD in MP3/Variable ~ 12 Discs | 460 MB

Lewis (Liars Poker) takes readers on a spin through notable recent financial catastrophes including the stock markets 1987 crash, the Russian default and related failure of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management, the Asian currency crisis, the Internet bust and the recent subprime debacle. While the collection is comprehensive and contains varied and learned commentary, the presented crises beg for more thorough treatment. Lewis is content to rehash the past with (undeniably compelling) previously published analysis by the likes of economists Joseph Stieglitz and Paul Krugman and Wall Street Journal reporters Gregory Zuckerman and Roger Lowenstein. The author wisely includes excerpts from his books and articles, including an account of his time as a trader at Salomon Brothers in the midst of the junk bond crash of 1987 and his observations on the Internet boom and bust. The narrative is certainly elegant and the arguments are on-target; the author lambastes shoddy risk management at financial firms, the foolish principles that have guided the behavior of sophisticated Wall Street traders and the common man in this current crisis, and the problems caused by the new complexities of the financial markets, but readers seeking serious solutions to our current woes will be disappointed. (Jan.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Lewis, author and journalist, presents an anthology of financial writing done immediately before, during, and after the panics that have occurred since 1987, to show how financial markets now operate. These articles explain the mood and market factors leading up to each crisis and then with hindsight report on what actually happened. The financial panics include Black Monday, the 1987 stock market crash; the 2000 bursting of the Internet bubble; the 1999 Asian currency crisis; the Russian default that prompted the failure of the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management in 1998; and the current subprime mortgage crisis. In addition to his own work, the editor offers articles by notable writers including Paul Krugman, Roger Lowenstein, Tim Metz, Robert Shiller, Joseph Stiglitz, Eric Weiner, and Laurence Zuckerman. This is a portrait of today’s money culture—its players, victims, and the widespread consequences of these historic catastrophes. Informative and timely, it is an excellent book for a wide range of library patrons. --Mary Whaley --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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The Bacteria: Their Origin, Structure, Function and Antibiosis


The Bacteria: Their Origin, Structure, Function and Antibiosis 
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 1402032056 | edition 2006 | PDF | 215 pages | 1,8 mb

The book’s purpose is to explain from the development of life on earth to the evolution of diversity. It is this diversity that led, almost automatically to the development of pathogens and predators. The relationship of pathogens and host lead to the development of antibiotics and resistance mechanism. Man has extended this process and we now have a situation in which new antibiotics only are effective for a short time. If we are to create long term antibiotics we must design them with this history in mind.



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Carl Sagan - Cosmos


Carl Sagan - Cosmos
Publisher: Ballantine Books (October 12, 1985) | Language: English | ISBN-10: 0345331354 | EPUB + MOBI | 324 pages | 300 km + 500 kb

Sagan's own interest and enthusiasm for the universe were so vivid and infectious, his screen presence so engaging, that viewers and readers couldn't help but be caught up in his vision. From stars in their "billions and billions" to the amino acids in the primordial ocean, Sagan communicated a feeling for science as a process of discovery. Inevitably, some of the science in Cosmos has been outdated in the years since 1980--but Sagan's sense of wonder is ageless.

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Real World Adobe InDesign CS5


Real World Adobe InDesign CS5
Publisher: Peachpit Press | ISBN: 0321713052 | edition 2010 | PDF | 816 pages | 38,3 MB

Sharpen your InDesign skills with this definitive resource created specifically for design professionals who need to lay out, proof, export, and print/publish pages in InDesign CS5. Best-selling authors Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner, and Bob Bringhurst share their hands-on techniques to help you master InDesign’s advanced layout tools. This book is brimming with insightful advice, illustrations, and shortcuts that will have you producing high-quality work in no time. This is the book that experts open to find real answers to their questions about InDesign.

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Photoshop CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide


Photoshop CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide {Repost}
Publisher: Peachpit Press | ISBN: 0321701534 | edition 2010 | PDF | 446 pages | 56 MB

This best-selling guide from authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas has been the go-to tutorial and reference book for photography/design professionals and the textbook of choice in college classrooms for decades. This fully updated edition includes: concise, step-by-step instructions; hundreds of carefully edited full color photographs; screen captures of program features; supplemental tips and sidebars; a thorough table of contents and index; and extensive cross references. New and updated Photoshop CS5 features are clearly marked with bright red stars in both the table of contents and main text. Among the new CS5 features covered in this volume are enhancements to brushes, workspaces, copying layers, Refine Mask, Lens Correction, the Spot Healing Brush, Camera Raw, and Bridge (including the new Mini Bridge).

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Foundations of Systems Biology: Using Cell Illustrator and Pathway Databases



Foundations of Systems Biology: Using Cell Illustrator and Pathway Databases (Computational Biology)
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 1848820224 | edition 2009 | PDF | 156 pages | 10,2 mb

“Navigating safely through a wealth of genome, protein and metabolite information, as well as a host of information processing tools, without getting lost is crucial for successful research in – and teaching of - molecular biology.
This concise, easy-to-follow textbook/guide serves as a valuable introduction to contemporary cell biology for readers and offers insight into the key research directions in the field. It begins with an overview of existing tools for finding, designing and investigating metabolic, genetic, signalling and other network databases. This practical guide then introduces Cell Illustrator, a software tool for biological pathway modelling and simulation, developed by the authors. In-depth discussion reveals how this tool can be used for creating, analysing and simulating biological models, thereby explicating and testing current understanding of basic biological processes. Readers do not require prior knowledge of differential equations or programming.”

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Computational Systems Biology (Methods in Molecular Biology)



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The recent confluence of high throughput methodology for biological data gathering, genome-scale sequencing, and computational processing power has driven a reinvention and expansion of the way we identify, infer, model, and store relationships between molecules, pathways, and cells in living organisms. In Computational Systems Biology, expert investigators contribute chapters which bring together biological data and computational and/or mathematical models of the data to aid researchers striving to create a system that provides both predictive and mechanistic information for a model organism. The volume is organized into five major sections involving network components, network inference, network dynamics, function and evolutionary system biology, and computational infrastructure for systems biology. As a volume of the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series, this work provides the kind of detailed description and implementation advice that is crucial for getting optimal results.

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Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs): Generation and Analysis (Methods in Molecular Biology)


John Parkinson, "Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs): Generation and Analysis (Methods in Molecular Biology)"
Humana Press | 2009-03-27 | ISBN: 1588297594 | 276 pages | PDF | 2,7 MB

Over the past two decades, expressed sequence tags (ESTs - single pass reads from randomly selected cDNAs), have proven to be a remarkably cost-effective route for the purposes of gene discovery. Gaining in popularity, millions of ESTs have now been generated for over a thousand different species. In Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs): Generation and Analysis, leading experts in the field introduce the reader to many of the fundamental concepts underlying the generation and analysis of ESTs through readily accessible and affordable sequencing technologies. The volume focuses on various methods used to generate, process and analyze EST datasets, while also exploring the use of EST technology for other purposes such as expression profiling, analysis of alternative transcripts, and phylogenomics. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, chapters include brief introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and programs, step-by-step, readily reproducible protocols, and Notes sections, which highlight tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.



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Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists: A Practical Approach



Robert C. Elston, William Johnson, "Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists: A Practical Approach" 
Wiley | 2008 | ISBN: 0470024909, 0470024895 | 384 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB

Anyone who attempts to read genetics or epidemiology research literature needs to understand the essentials of biostatistics. This book, a revised new edition of the successful Essentials of Biostatistics has been written to provide such an understanding to those who have little or no statistical background and who need to keep abreast of new findings in this fast moving field. Unlike many other elementary books on biostatistics, the main focus of this book is to explain basic concepts needed to understand statistical procedures.

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