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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethicby Stephen R. CoveyISBN 1417656646 (1-4176-5664-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic'Book summary:Amazon.co.uk Review According to Steven R. Covey, to live with security and wisdom, and to have the power to take advantages of the opportunities that change creates, we need fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity. Quite a tall order when you consider that most of us live our lives in a permanent state of flux, questioning our ideals and values and fighting a daily battle with the lack of self-confidence that stops us from taking risks of any kind. But, in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey manages to make it sound as if changing the way we look at ourselves and the world around us so that we can become more successful both personally and professionally an absolute doddle. He defines the "habits" as "the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire" and states that the "Seven Habits" of the title are not mutually exclusive, but rather when developed together help to form a well-rounded, sensitive, confident and effective human being. As with many self-help books, much of what you read here is based on basic common sense and can at times be irritatingly obvious. However, what Covey manages to do so successfully is to break down the barriers which prevent all of us from taking a long hard look at ourselves, and then gradually introduces new rules which allow us to move first from dependence to independence and then towards the ultimate goal of interdependence. But of course, the only real way to test the value of The Habits--be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think "win/win", seek first to understand and then to be understood, synergise, sharpen the saw-- is to work on them. This book is as good as any place to start on the road to self-awareness and self-improvement in the workplace and in the home without becoming too irritatingly smug and self-satisfied. --Susan Harrison [via]
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All the President's Menby Bob Woodward, Carl BernsteinISBN 1416522913 (1-4165-2291-3)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All the President's Men'Book summary:THIS IS THE BOOK THAT
CHANGED AMERICA
Beginning with the story of a simple burglary at Democratic headquarters and then continuing with headline after headline, Bernstein and Woodward kept the tale of conspiracy and the trail of dirty tricks coming -- delivering the stunning revelations and pieces in the Watergate puzzle that brought about Nixon's scandalous downfall. Their explosive reports won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Washington Post" and toppled the President.
THESE ARE THE AUTHORS WHO INTRODUCED US TO THE WORDS "DEEP THROAT." [via]
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The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Masteryby Jeremy SilmanISBN 1890085022 (1-890085-02-2)
Softcover, Silman-James Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery'Book summary:This book takes the student on a journey through his own mind and returns him to the chess board with a wealth of new-found knowledge and the promise of a significant gain in strength. Most amateurs possess erroneous thinking processes that remain with them throughout their chess lives. These flaws in their mental armour result in stinging defeats and painful reversals. Books can be bought and studied, lessons can be taken -- but in the end, these elusive problems always prove to be extremely difficult to eradicate. Seeking a solution to this dilemma, the author wrote down the thoughts of his students while they played actual games, analysed them, and catalogued the most common misconceptions that arose. This second edition greatly expands on the information contained in the popular first edition. [via]
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Angels & Demonsby Dan BrownISBN 1416524797 (1-4165-2479-7)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels & Demons'Book summary:It takes guts to write a novel that combines an ancient secret brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, a papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the Vatican, a mad scientist in a wheelchair, particles of antimatter, jets that can travel 15,000 miles per hour, crafty assassins, a beautiful Italian physicist, and a Harvard professor of religious iconology. It takes talent to make that novel anything but ridiculous. Kudos to Dan Brown (Digital Fortress) for achieving the nearly impossible. Angels & Demons is a no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of a thriller--think Katherine Neville's The Eight (but cleverer) or Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum (but more accessible).
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the legendary secret society, the Illuminati--dedicated since the time of Galileo to promoting the interests of science and condemning the blind faith of Catholicism--is alive, well, and murderously active. Brilliant physicist Leonardo Vetra has been murdered, his eyes plucked out, and the society's ancient symbol branded upon his chest. His final discovery, antimatter, the most powerful and dangerous energy source known to man, has disappeared--only to be hidden somewhere beneath Vatican City on the eve of the election of a new pope. Langdon and Vittoria, Vetra's daughter and colleague, embark on a frantic hunt through the streets, churches, and catacombs of Rome, following a 400-year-old trail to the lair of the Illuminati, to prevent the incineration of civilization.
Brown seems as much juggler as author--there are lots and lots of balls in the air in this novel, yet Brown manages to hurl the reader headlong into an almost surreal suspension of disbelief. While the reader might wish for a little more sardonic humor from Langdon, and a little less bombastic philosophizing on the eternal conflict between religion and science, these are less fatal flaws than niggling annoyances--readers should have no trouble skimming past them and immersing themselves in a heck of a good read. "Brain candy" it may be, but my! It's tasty. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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Associated Press Stylebook: And Libel Manualby Norm GoldsteinISBN 0917360176 (0-917360-17-6)
Softcover, Associated Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Associated Press Stylebook: And Libel Manual'Book summary:The world is divided into two types of people: those who wince when they see the words Canadian geese in print, and those who don't. If you are the former, or if you are the latter working for the former, the The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual provides invaluable assistance when you need to get your Canada geese all in a row. Countless newspapers and other publications base their style guides on this manual. The entries are arranged alphabetically and include issues of spelling, punctuation (there is no period in Dr Pepper), grammar, abbreviation, capitalization (Popsicle and Dumpster are, tollhouse cookies aren't), hyphenation (none, surprisingly, in ball point pen), and frequently misused words. There are also longer discussions of things such as Arabic names, chess notation, weather terms, and religious movements. Plus you'll find separate sections on sports writing, business writing, libel, and copyright. [via]
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Associated Press Stylebook: And Libel Manual 1998by Associated PressISBN 0917360168 (0-917360-16-8)
Softcover, Associated Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Associated Press Stylebook: And Libel Manual 1998'Book summary:The world is divided into two types of people: those who wince when they see the words Canadian geese in print, and those who don't. If you are the former, or if you are the latter working for the former, the The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual provides invaluable assistance when you need to get your Canada geese all in a row. Countless newspapers and other publications base their style guides on this manual. The entries are arranged alphabetically and include issues of spelling, punctuation (there is no period in Dr Pepper), grammar, abbreviation, capitalization (Popsicle and Dumpster are, tollhouse cookies aren't), hyphenation (none, surprisingly, in ball point pen), and frequently misused words. There are also longer discussions of things such as Arabic names, chess notation, weather terms, and religious movements. Plus you'll find separate sections on sports writing, business writing, libel, and copyright. [via]
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Baseball Vacations: A Guide to Big League Teams, Towns and Ticketsby Daniel P. GeorgeISBN 1878446029 (1-878446-02-9)
Softcover, Bon a Tirer Pub
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Birth of the Chaordic Ageby Dee HockISBN 1576750744 (1-57675-074-4)
Hardcover, Berrett-Koehler Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Birth of the Chaordic Age'Book summary:Birth of the Chaordic Age is a compelling manifesto for the future, embedded within the intriguing story of a personal odyssey. An engaging narrator, Dee Hock is the man who first conceived of a global system for the electronic exchange of value, becoming the founder and CEO of VISA International. He looks critically at today's environment of command-and-control institutions and sees organizations that are falling apart, failing to achieve their own purposes let alone addressing the diversity and complexity of society as a whole. The solution, Hock claims, lies in transforming our notion of organization; in embracing the belief that the chaos of competition and the order of cooperation can and do coexist, succeed, even thrive; and in welcoming in the chaordic age.
The underlying tenets of Hock's ideas are well illustrated by the incredible story of the birth of VISA International, an organization formed on chaordic principles that now links in excess of 20,000 financial institutions, 14 million merchants, and 600 million consumers in 220 countries. Hock deplores an age where ingenuity and effort are wasted on circumventing the rules and regulations of insular, hierarchical bureaucracies. In a bold-type subtext interspersed throughout the book, he examines how this situation is stunting our potential as individuals and communities and contemplates what can be changed. This rumination is propelled onward by "Old Monkey Mind" (Hock's own thoughts). Though the technique allows the reader to engage in stimulating mental discovery along with the author, its New Age spiritual tone is sometimes a bit saccharine. His insights, however, are clear and provocative. In the Chaordic Age, he contends, "success will depend less on rote and more on reason; less on the authority of the few and more on the judgment of many; less on compulsion and more on motivation; less on external control of people and more on internal discipline." Hear, hear. --S. Ketchum [via]
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Bridget Jonesby Helen FieldingISBN 8497936027 (84-9793-602-7)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridget Jones'Book summary:Los anos locos han terminado, pero no por mucho tiempo. Al final de El diario de Bridget Jones, Bridget consigue su principal proposito: encontrar al hombre perfecto. Ahora, en Bridget Jones: Sobrevivire, descubre que ocurre cuando realmente se convive con el hombre de tus suenos y este no lava nunca los platos. Sumergida en un mar de manuales de autoayuda y espoleada por los disparatados consejos de sus estrafalarias amigas Jude y Shazzer, Bridget vuelve a las andadas, se pelea continuamente con una ex amiga robanovios, soporta a una madre fascinada por los avances de la tecnologia domestica, vive en una casa en obras, y, por lo tanto, se ve obligada a padecer a un albanil obsesionado por la pesca. Bridget se embarcara, poco a poco, en una epifania espiritual que la llevara desde las colas de los bares del barrio londinense de Notting Hill hasta una isla de Bangkok, a la que viajara en compania de su amiga Shazzer. Alli encontrara playas llenas de palmeras y hongos alucinogenos... [via]
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Bridget Jones Sobrevivre/ Bridget Jones The Edge of Reasonby Helen FieldingISBN 8484505294 (84-8450-529-4)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridget Jones Sobrevivre/ Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason'Book summary:Predecesor: El diario de Bridget Jones Sinopsis: Los años locos han terminado, pero no por mucho tiempo. Al final de El diario de Bridget Jones, Bridget consigue su principal propósito: encontrar al hombre perfecto. Ahora, en Bridget Jones: Sobreviviré, descubre qué ocurre cuando realmente se convive con el hombre de tus sueños y éste no lava nunca los platos. Sumergida en un mar de manuales de autoayuda y espoleada por los disparatados consejos de sus estrafalarias amigas Jude y Shazzer, Bridget vuelve a las andadas, se pelea continuamente con una ex amiga robanovios, soporta a una madre fascinada por los avances de la tecnología doméstica, vive en una casa en obras, y, por lo tanto, se ve obligada a padecer a un albañil obsesionado por la pesca. Bridget se embarcará, poco a poco, en una epifanía espiritual que la llevará desde las colas de los bares del barrio londinense de Notting Hill hasta una isla de Bangkok, a la que viajará en compañía de su amiga Shazzer. Allí encontrará playas llenas de palmeras y hongos alucinógenos... [via]
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The C++ Programming Languageby Bjarne StroustrupISBN 0201889544 (0-201-88954-4)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The C++ Programming Language'Book summary:More than three-quarters of a million programmers have benefited from this book in all of its editions Written by Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++, this is the world's most trusted and widely read book on C++. For this special hardcover edition, two new appendixes on locales and standard library exception safety (also available at www.research.att.com/~bs/) have been added. The result is complete, authoritative coverage of the C++ language, its standard library, and key design techniques. Based on the ANSI/ISO C++ standard, The C++ Programming Language provides current and comprehensive coverage of all C++ language features and standard library components. For example: abstract classes as interfaces class hierarchies for object-oriented programming templates as the basis for type-safe generic software exceptions for regular error handling namespaces for modularity in large-scale software run-time type identification for loosely coupled systems the C subset of C++ for C compatibility and system-level work standard containers and algorithms standard strings, I/O streams, and numerics C compatibility, internationalization, and exception safety Bjarne Stroustrup makes C++ even more accessible to those new to the language, while adding advanced information and techniques that even expert C++ programmers will find invaluable. [via]
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- The C++ Programming Language: ISBN 0201700735 (0-201-70073-5)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley - The C++ Programming Language: ISBN 020112078X (0-201-12078-X)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley - The C++ Programming Language: ISBN 0201539926 (0-201-53992-6)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley - The C++ Programming Language: ISBN 0201889544 (0-201-88954-4)
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The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Referenceby Nicolai M. JosuttisISBN 0201379260 (0-201-37926-0)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference'Book summary:Programming with the C++ Standard Library can certainly be difficult, but Nicolai Josuttis's The C++ Standard Library provides one of the best available guides to using the built-in features of C++ effectively.
The C++ Standard Library provides plenty of default functionality in the form of the Standard Template Library (STL) for containers (like vectors and linked lists), as well as generic algorithms (which allow you to sort, search, and manipulate elements inside containers). The best thing about The C++ Standard Library is that it gives the reader a concise guide to working with these basic containers (from lists to sets and maps, with everything in between). Each container type is explained along with short code excerpts. Moreover, in a reference section, the author explores the connections between each container type, showing how they share similar methods. (Learn just a few methods and you can pretty much work with them all.)
In addition to STL, this book excels at providing a readable introduction to the generic algorithms (which can be used to sort, search, and otherwise manipulate STL containers). Other books either fold this material in with the explanation of containers or make it seem like an esoteric topic. The fact is, generic algorithms work with all the STL types, and by separating these algorithms out like this the reader can learn the rich array of algorithms available in today's standard C++. While this book concentrates on STL and algorithms, readers will still find great coverage on Standard Library string classes and streams (including a fine section on internationalization and locales).
For the beginning or intermediate C++ programmer, The C++ Standard Library can be a real timesaver. It arranges and explains the complexities of the C++ Standard Library and STL in a manageable format that's great as a reference and as an approach to programming. --Richard Dragan
Topics covered: history of C++ and the Standard Library, template basics, Big-O Notation, the std namespace, standard exceptions, allocators, standard library utilities, pairs and auto_ptr, numeric limits, the Standard Template Library (STL) basics, containers, iterators, algorithms, vectors, lists, deques, strings, sets, multisets, bitsets, maps, multimaps, stacks, queues, iterator adapters, function objects, element requirements, value and reference semantics, complex numbers, valarrays, stream classes, stream manipulators and formatting, file I/O, internationalization, and locales. [via]
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Cien Anos De Soledadby Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jacques JosetISBN 843760494X (84-376-0494-X)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cien Anos De Soledad'Book summary:Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo .
Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias más fascinantes del siglo xx. Millones de ejemplares de Cien años de soledad leídos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobel de Literatura coronando una obra que se había abierto paso a boca a boca como gusta decir el escritor son la más palpable demostración de que la aventura fabulosa de la familia Buendía-Iguarán, con sus milagros, fantasías, obsesiones, tragedias, incestos, adulterios, rebeldías, descubrimientos y condenas, representaba al mismo tiempo el mito y la historia, la tragedia y el amor del mundo entero. [via]More editions of Cien Anos De Soledad:
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Softcover, Distribooks Inc - Cien Anos De Soledad: ISBN 8439703872 (84-397-0387-2)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori - Cien Anos De Soledad: ISBN 8439711085 (84-397-1108-5)
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Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 0899667031 (0-89966-703-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '100 Years of Solitude'Book summary:Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo .
Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias más fascinantes del siglo xx. Millones de ejemplares de Cien años de soledad leídos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobel de Literatura coronando una obra que se había abierto paso a boca a boca como gusta decir el escritor son la más palpable demostración de que la aventura fabulosa de la familia Buendía-Iguarán, con sus milagros, fantasías, obsesiones, tragedias, incestos, adulterios, rebeldías, descubrimientos y condenas, representaba al mismo tiempo el mito y la historia, la tragedia y el amor del mundo entero. [via]More editions of Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude:
- Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude: ISBN 9580470324 (958-04-7032-4)
Softcover, Norma S A Editorial - Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude: ISBN 9871138148 (987-1138-14-8)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori - Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude: ISBN 9500700298 (950-07-0029-8)
Hardcover, Editorial Sudamericana - 100 Years of Solitude: ISBN 0899667031 (0-89966-703-1)
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Clear and Present Dangerby Tom ClancyISBN 0896219429 (0-89621-942-9)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Clear and Present Danger'Book summary:CIA man Jack Ryan, hero of Patriot Games, finds that he will probably never have a boring summer: The sudden and surprising assassination of three American officials in Colombia. Many people in many places, moving off on missions they all mistakenly thought they understood. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected finish lines were things that, once decided, were better left unseen. Tom Clancy's new thriller is based on America's war on drugs... and the covert--and shocking--U.S. response. [via]
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The Control Revolution: How the Internet Is Putting Individuals in Charge and Changing the World We Knowby Andrew L. ShapiroISBN 189162086X (1-891620-86-X)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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The Da Vinci Codeby Dan BrownISBN 1400079179 (1-4000-7917-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Da Vinci Code'Book summary:Brand New [via]
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Effective Stl: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template Libraryby Scott MeyersISBN 0201749629 (0-201-74962-9)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Effective Stl: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template Library'Book summary:Written for the intermediate or advanced C++ programmer, renowned C++ expert Scott Meyers provides essential techniques for getting more out of the Standard Template Library in Effective STL, a tutorial for doing more with this powerful library.
STL is a hugely powerful feature of today's C++, but one with a well-earned reputation for complexity. The book is organised into 50 tips that explore different areas of the STL. Besides providing a list of dos and don'ts, Meyers presents a lot of background on what works and what doesn't with STL. Each tip is demonstrated with in-depth coding samples, many of which make use of two-colour printing to highlight the most important lines of code. (Advanced developers will enjoy Meyers' in-depth explanations, while those who are in a hurry can skip ahead to the recommended tip itself.)
A good part of this book involves using containers, like vectors and maps, which are built into STL. (Besides the standard built-in containers, the author also highlights recent additions to STL like b-trees, which are available as extensions from other vendors.) You'll learn the best ways to allocate, add, change and delete items inside containers, including associative containers like maps. You'll also learn to avoid common pitfalls for writing code that is slow or just plain wrong.
Other areas covered in Effective STL include getting the most out of the 100-plus STL algorithms that are bundled with this library. Meyers shows you how to choose the correct algorithm for sorting, and other functions. (Even advanced developers will learn something here.) Sections on using function objects (called functors) round out the text. Meyers shows you when these classes make sense and the best ways to implement them. Besides specific tips, you'll get plenty of general programming advice. A useful appendix shows the limitations of STL as implemented in Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 and how to overcome them.
Overall, Effective STL is a really invaluable source of programming expertise on an essential aspect of today's C++ for anyone who is using--or planning to use--STL in real production code. It is quite simply a must-have. --Richard Dragan
Topics covered:
- introduction to advanced Standard Template Library (STL) programming techniques
- 50 tips and best practices for STL illustrated with sample tutorial code
- choosing containers
- efficient copying of elements inside containers
- removing, erasing and cleaning up items from containers
- using custom allocators with STL containers
- thread safety with STL
- tips for programming with the STL "vector" and "string" classes (including reserving memory and calling legacy C/C++ code)
- tips for associative containers (including comparing items, sorted vectors and non-standard enhancements to STL)
- tips for selecting and using STL iterator classes
- STL algorithms (including sorting, removing and comparing items)
- using functors with STL
- general tips for STL programming (including advice for choosing algorithms and understanding compiler diagnostic messages)
- string locales
- overcoming STL imitations in Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
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El Testamentoby John GrishamISBN 8496581055 (84-96581-05-5)
Softcover, Zeta Bolsillo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Testamento'Book summary:Troy Phelan, a 78-year-old, eccentric and the 10th-richest man in America, is about to read his last will and testament, divvying up an estate worth $11 billion. Phelan's three ex-wives and their grasping spawn all have their eyes glued to digital monitors as they watch the old man read his verdict. But Phelan shocks everyone by naming a mysterious woman as beneficiarya missionary living deep in the wilds of Brazil. Nate O'Rileya washed-up, alcoholic litigatoris dispatched to the Brazilian wetlands in search of the mysterious heir, setting in motion the legal morality tale of a contested will, sin, and redemption.[via]More editions of El Testamento:
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The Elements of Styleby William Strunk, E. B. White, Maira KalmanISBN 1594200696 (1-59420-069-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Style'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The only style manual ever to appear on bestseller lists offers practical, fundamental advice on improving writing skills, promoting a style marked by simplicity, orderliness, and sincerity. [via]
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The Elements of Style: A Style Guide for Writersby William StrunkISBN 097522980X (0-9752298-0-X)
Softcover, Kt Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Style: A Style Guide for Writers'Book summary:Asserting that one must first know the rules to break them, this classic reference is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer. Intended for use in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature, it gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. [via]
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F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great GatsbyISBN 1874166676 (1-874166-67-6)
Softcover, Totem Books
Find This BookBook summary:F. Scott Fitzgerald has become something of a defining figure of the twenties - the decade he so famously described as 'The Jazz Age'. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald's writing is at its finest, exposing a society's tendency towards decadence and moral collapse through a decade of hedonism. Regarded as the most searching and tightly written of his novels, The Great Gatsby was the work that assured Fitzgerald's place amongst the major writers of the twentieth century. In this Readers' Guide, Nicolas Tredell introduces and sets in context the key critical debates surrounding a novel about which more critical material exists than any other work of American fiction. The extracts and essays included here reflect on The Great Gatsby's place as one of the first American novels to make significant use of modernist techniques, and explore the influence of the work on later American writings. Considering secondary sources from the Twenties to the present, the Guide offers readers an invaluable resource for the study of this complex rendering of a moment in American history. [via]
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From the Palaces to the Pike: Visions of the 1904 World's Fairby Tim Fox, Duane R. SneddekerISBN 1883982189 (1-883982-18-9)
Hardcover, Univ of New Mexico Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From the Palaces to the Pike: Visions of the 1904 World's Fair'Book summary:Part amusement park, part museum, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, generally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was the turn-of-the-century forerunner of today's theme parks and megamalls. This handsome book takes readers on a tour of the fair. Images from the Missouri Historical Society's collections, many reproduced from rare glass-plate negatives, show the buildings, the "human exhibits," and even aerial views. A special chapter of snapshots taken by fairgoers provides personal views of attractions on the Fair's entertainment district, known as the Pike, and other popular destinations. [via]
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Generic Programming and the Stl: Using and Extending the C++ Standard Template Libraryby Matthew H. AusternISBN 0201309564 (0-201-30956-4)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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God of Small Thingsby Arundhati RoyISBN 8186939008 (81-86939-00-8)
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witchby Terry Pratchett, Neil GaimanISBN 0894808532 (0-89480-853-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch'Book summary:Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in. The only person who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read the first time, and the second time, and the third time... [via]
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The Great Gatsbyby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 1551113945 (1-55111-394-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the Worldby Haruki Murakami, Alfred T. BirnbaumISBN 4770015445 (4-7700-1544-5)
Hardcover, Kodansha International
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Into Thin Airby Jon KrakauerISBN 1402809654 (1-4028-0965-4)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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JavaScript Pocket Referenceby David Flanagan, Gigi EstabrookISBN 1565925211 (1-56592-521-1)
Softcover, O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'JavaScript Pocket Reference'Book summary:At 4.5 by 7 inches in size and only 89 pages long, the aptly named JavaScript Pocket Reference will really almost fit in your pocket. Use this guide as a companion to turn to when in doubt about that function syntax or on drawing a blank on the JavaScript object model.
The book concisely packs together the syntax of the scripting language, including summaries of expression and statement style. The real meat of the tiny title is an alphabetical listing of JavaScript objects, along with their associated methods, properties and events. One nice feature of this section is the attention to the varying support between Microsoft and Netscape browser versions. However, this listing is useful only if you know what object you want to work with. Missing from the reference is a solutions-based reference to let you refresh your memory about how to do a particular task, such as validate a form field or roll over a graphic when the user moves the mouse.
One drawback is the book's illustration of the object model--done only in a small diagram. This is a bit of a shame since this is one of the key topics most developers need help with. If you are rather familiar with JavaScript, this pocket reference will be helpful. New coders, however, will likely find it insufficient. --Stephen W. Plain [via]
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La Citacion / the Summonsby John Grisham, Maria Antonia MeniniISBN 8466616403 (84-666-1640-3)
Softcover, Ediciones B
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Citacion / the Summons'Book summary:At one time Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippia pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the judge is a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is near, Judge Atlee issues a summons for his two sons, Ray and Forrest, to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. When Ray arrives he finds his father lying dead beside his will, and three million dollars hidden in an armoiremoney that threatens to tarnish the judge's shining reputation. Furthermore, Ray begins to suspect that he is not the only keeper of his father's secret.[via]Ray Atlee, profesor de Derecho, tiene una relación muy distante con su padre, el Juez Atlee, una figura emblemática en Clanton, Misisipí, por liderar durante cuarenta años la vida legal y política del condado. Viejo y enfermo, recluido en su decadente mansión, el Juez presiente que su final se acerca y convoca a sus hijos. Ray acude a la llamada, pero al llegar se encuentra a su padre muerto junto a un conciso testamento y tres millones de dólares en metálico escondidos en un armario, dinero que cuestiona la intachable trayectoria profesional del ex magistrado. Y Ray sospecha que alguien más conoce su secreto.More editions of La Citacion / the Summons:
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Le Testament / the Testamentby John GrishamISBN 2266110594 (2-266-11059-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Testament / the Testament'Book summary:Troy Phelan n'aura réussi qu'une chose : bâtir une fortune de onze milliards de dollars. Quand pour lui sonne le glas, ses trois ex-femmes et ses six enfants se frottent les mains... Mais le vieillard a déshérité tout ce beau monde au profit d'une septième enfant adultérine, Rachel. Problème : celle qui devient potentiellement une des femmes les plus riches du monde est en mission humanitaire au Pantanal, Brésil, une des régions les plus reculées du globe. Nate O'Riley, un avocat alcoolique et suicidaire est envoyé à sa recherche.
Sur le thème "l'argent rend fou, l'alcool aussi", John Grisham livre un nouveau best-seller. A mi-chemin entre le roman d'aventures et ses habituels thrillers inspirés de son expérience d'avocat, l'auteur de L'affaire Pélican tisse la toile d'un récit passionnant, marqué par les délires des familles légitimes et surtout par les personnalités de l'avocat alcoolique et de l'héritière, la seule justement à être désintéressée ! La description du Pantanal est hallucinante. --Bruno Ménard [via]
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Los 7 Habitos De La Gente Altamente Efectivaby Stephen CoveyISBN 8475098355 (84-7509-835-5)
Softcover, Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A
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The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publicationsby MicrosoftISBN 1556159390 (1-55615-939-0)
Softcover, Microsoft Pr
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While this manual of style can't possibly list everything that is created by Microsoft, it does advise how to use and spell both general and computer-related terms and takes a stand on sticky style, technical writing, and design and interface issues. This second edition has been updated to include significant changes in Internet terminology and usage. Alphabetically tabbed pages make it easy to locate topics of interest. A useful appendix defines acronyms and abbreviations and shares any special style rules associated with them. Another appendix lists keyboard characters and the correct names that should be used to describe each one. The enclosed CD-ROM contains an electronic version of the book along with a copy of the Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary. --Cristina Vaamonde [via]
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Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Appliedby Andrei AlexandrescuISBN 0201704315 (0-201-70431-5)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied'Book summary:In Modern C++ Design, Andrei Alexandrescu opens new vistas for C++ programmers. Displaying extraordinary creativity and virtuosity, Alexandrescu offers a cutting-edge approach to software design that unites design patterns, generic programming, and C++, enabling programmers to achieve expressive, flexible, and highly reusable code. The book introduces the concept of generic components, reusable design templates that enable an easier and more seamless transition from design to application code, generate code that better expresses the original design intention, and support the reuse of design structures with minimal recoding. The author then shows how to apply this approach to recurring, real-world issues that C++ programmers face in their day-to-day activity. All code is available on the Web, along with Alexandrescu's downloadable Loki C++ library, which provides powerful out-of-the-box functionality for virtually any C++ project. For experienced C++ programmers who have at least some familiarity with the Standard Template Library (STL). [via]
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Never Be Boring Again: Make Your Business Presentations Capture Attention, Inspire Action, and Produce Resultsby Doug StevensonISBN 0971344094 (0-9713440-9-4)
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Nylon Angelby Marianne De PierresISBN 1841492531 (1-84149-253-1)
Softcover, Orbit Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nylon Angel'Book summary:In a world where the rich live behind the safety of a giant fortress wall and everyone else can go to hell, Parrish Plessis has learnt some useful survival tactics. Like don't cross Jamon Hondo - unless you want to be dead by the morning. But heck, what's a girl supposed to do when the one chance she may have of escaping from his grubby, stinking paws presents itself? Anyway, it's hard to be a saint in a city, and Parrish Plessis is sick of doing what she's told. Tonight, she's going to take her chance. Because she can't face tomorrow. NYLON ANGEL is the first Parrish Plessis novel. She will be back. When you've met her, you'll understand why. [via]
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Presa / Preyby Michael CrichtonISBN 9875660280 (987-566-028-0)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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The Sound and the Fury: A Rock's Backpages Reader, 40 Years of Classic Rock Journalismby Barney HoskinsISBN 1582342822 (1-58234-282-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sound and the Fury: A Rock's Backpages Reader, 40 Years of Classic Rock Journalism'Book summary:Longtime music writer and editor Barney Hoskyns decided to build an archive of articles by his favorite rock writers - like Al Aronowitz, Jon Savage, Greil Marcus, Will Self, Lenny Kaye, Mary Harron, and Nick Hornby. Thus was born the website Rock's Backpages (www.rocksbackpages.com), home to thousands of brilliant reviews and rants, interviews and overviews, that helped define music journalism over the last four decades. The Sound and the Fury is the best of this remarkable collection. With contemporary and retrospective articles on the Beatles, Otis Redding, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Joni Mitchell, ABBA, Madonna, Ice Cube, Nirvana, Morrissey, and many, many more.[via]More editions of The Sound and the Fury: A Rock's Backpages Reader, 40 Years of Classic Rock Journalism:
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St. Louis Then & Nowby Elizabeth McNultyISBN 1571452435 (1-57145-243-5)
Hardcover, Thunder Bay Pr
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Stl for C++ Programmersby Leen AmmeraalISBN 0471971812 (0-471-97181-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Son Ltd
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Stl Pocket Referenceby Ray LischnerISBN 0596005563 (0-596-00556-3)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stl Pocket Reference'Book summary:[via]The STL Pocket Reference describes the functions, classes, and templates in that part of the C++ standard library often referred to as the Standard Template Library (STL). The STL encompasses containers, iterators, algorithms, and function objects, which collectively represent one of the most important and widely used subsets of standard library functionality.
The C++ standard library, even the subset known as the STL, is vast. It's next to impossible to work with the STL without some sort of reference at your side to remind you of template parameters, function invocations, return types--indeed, the entire myriad of details you need to know in order to use the STL effectively and get work done. You need a memory-aid.
Books that cover the standard library and the STL tend to be quite heavy and large, describing each aspect of the STL in detail. Such books are great when you're not familiar with the library, but get in the way when you simply need to remind yourself of a function name, or the order in which you pass arguments to a function. Programmers familiar with the STL need a small, lightweight memory-aid. That's what the STL Pocket Reference is. It's small, lightweight, and chock-full of information that you can take in at a glance, so you can get on with your work.
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Stl Tutorial and Reference Guide: C++ Programming With the Standard Template Libraryby David R. Musser, Atul Saini, Gillmer J. DergeISBN 0201379236 (0-201-37923-6)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stl Tutorial and Reference Guide: C++ Programming With the Standard Template Library'Book summary:"The second edition is clearer and adds more examples on how to use STL in a practical environment. Moreover, it is more concerned with performance and tools for its measurement. Both changes are very welcome." --Lawrence Rauchwerger, Texas A&M University "So many algorithms, so little time! The generic algorithms chapter with so many more examples than in the previous edition is delightful! The examples work cumulatively to give a sense of comfortable competence with the algorithms, containers, and iterators used." --Max A. Lebow, Software Engineer, Unisys Corporation The STL Tutorial and Reference Guide is highly acclaimed as the most accessible, comprehensive, and practical introduction to the Standard Template Library (STL). Encompassing a set of C++ generic data structures and algorithms, STL provides reusable, interchangeable components adaptable to many different uses without sacrificing efficiency. Written by authors who have been instrumental in the creation and practical application of STL, STL Tutorial and Reference Guide, Second Edition includes a tutorial, a thorough description of each element of the library, numerous sample applications, and a comprehensive reference. You will find in-depth explanations of iterators, generic algorithms, containers, function objects, and much more. Several larger, non-trivial applications demonstrate how to put STL's power and flexibility to work. This book will also show you how to integrate STL with object-oriented programming techniques. In addition, the comprehensive and detailed STL reference guide will be a constant and convenient companion as you learn to work with the library. This second edition is fully updated to reflect all of the changes made to STL for the final ANSI/ISO C++ language standard. It has been expanded with new chapters and appendices. Many new code examples throughout the book illustrate individual concepts and techniques, while larger sample programs demonstrate the use of the STL in r [via]
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Stylebook 2005by Norm GoldsteinISBN 0917360249 (0-917360-24-9)
Softcover, Associated Pr
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The Teeth of the Tigerby Tom ClancyISBN 159413054X (1-59413-054-X)
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In the New World of terrorism old rules no longer apply. In suburban Maryland, Hendley Associates does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies. But its true mission is to identify and locate and deal with terrorist threats in whatever manner necessary. When President John Patrick Ryan's son goes to work for Hendley Associates he finds that nothing has prepared him for what he is about to encounter. [via]
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William Faulkner's the Sound and the Furyby William FaulknerISBN 1555460429 (1-55546-042-9)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'William Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury'Book summary:The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner's fourth novel, is his first attempt at a wholly self-conscious style. Faulkner's willingness to experiment affords his readers no stable perspective from which to comprehend the decline of the Compson family.
The title, William Faulkners The Sound and the Fury, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on William Faulkners The Sound and the Fury through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on William Faulkner, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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Xslt: Programmer's Referenceby Michael KayISBN 1861003129 (1-86100-312-9)
Softcover, Springer-Verlag New York Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Xslt: Programmer's Reference'Book summary:As XML begins to take hold, the eXtensible Stylesheet Language: Transformation (XSLT) standard will be playing a major role in making all those XML predictions a reality. Author Michael Kay exudes enthusiasm in this guide, XSLT Programmer's Reference, by taking every opportunity to illustrate the power and flexibility of XSLT.
Kay calls XSLT the "SQL of the Web"--a phrase that is sure to perk up the ears of many readers expecting a simple documentation of just another Web-language standard. Like other Wrox Programmer's Reference series titles, this book starts off with chapters that rapidly introduce the concepts and set the context for the core of the book, which is a complete documentation of the XSLT standard. The book uses this space well to explore the transformation process and the tree structure that is used for both input and output of style sheet documents. By the time the reader gets to the reference section of the book, he or she will be convinced of the power of XSLT.
Each element of XSLT is covered with concise examples that include both the source XML code and style sheet code. XSLT style sheets can be used in a variety of ways and across a wide spectrum of complexity. The book helps the reader grasp this concept by presenting four style-sheet design patterns that comprise the vast majority of implementations. The text looks at each, demonstrating how to identify the design pattern by its content and apply it to appropriate circumstances.
XSLT is the true muscle behind XML and is integral to putting XML to work in the real world. This title is simply a must-have for any developer utilizing XML. --Stephen W. Plain
Topics covered:
- XSLT transformation processing model
- Style sheet structure
- XSLT element reference
- Expressions patterns
- Functions
- Style-sheet design patterns
- Case studies
- Saxon
- Xalan
- xt
- Microsoft MSXML3
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Xslt Programmer's Reference: Programmer's Referenceby Michael Kay, Michael H. Kay, Michael R. KayISBN 1861005067 (1-86100-506-7)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Kay calls XSLT the "SQL of the Web"--a phrase that is sure to perk up the ears of many readers expecting a simple documentation of just another Web-language standard. Like other Wrox Programmer's Reference series titles, this book starts off with chapters that rapidly introduce the concepts and set the context for the core of the book, which is a complete documentation of the XSLT standard. The book uses this space well to explore the transformation process and the tree structure that is used for both input and output of style sheet documents. By the time the reader gets to the reference section of the book, he or she will be convinced of the power of XSLT.
Each element of XSLT is covered with concise examples that include both the source XML code and style sheet code. XSLT style sheets can be used in a variety of ways and across a wide spectrum of complexity. The book helps the reader grasp this concept by presenting four style sheet design patterns that comprise the vast majority of implementations. The text looks at each, demonstrating how to identify the design pattern by its content and apply it to appropriate circumstances.
XSLT is the true muscle behind XML and is integral to putting XML to work in the real world. This title is simply a must-have for any developer utilising XML. --Stephen W Plain [via]
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Los 7 Habitos De La Gente Altamente Efectivaby Stephen CoveyISBN 8449304326 (84-493-0432-6)
Softcover, Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A
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Angeles Y Demonios / Angels and Demonsby Dan Brown, Eduardo G. MurilloISBN 8495618710 (84-95618-71-0)
Softcover, Umbriel Editores
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angeles Y Demonios / Angels and Demons'Book summary:El arma más poderosa creada por el hombre, una organización secreta sedienta de venganza... y apenas unas horas para evitar el desastre.
La eterna pugna entre ciencia y religión se ha convertido en una guerra muy real.
En un laboratorio de máxima seguridad, aparece asesinado un científico con un extraño símbolo grabado a fuego en su pecho. Para el profesor Robert Langdon no hay duda: los Illuminati, los hombres enfrentados a la Iglesia desde los tiempos de Galileo, han regresado. Y esta vez disponen de la más mortífera arma que ha creado la humanidad, un artefacto con el que pueden ganar la batalla final contra su eterno enemigo. Acompañado de una joven científica y un audaz capitán de la Guardia Suiza, Langdon comienza una carrera contra reloj, en una búsqueda desesperada por los rincones más secretos de El Vaticano. Necesitará todo su conocimiento para descifrar las claves ocultas que los Illuminati han dejado a través de los siglos en manuscritos y templos, y todo su coraje para vencer al despiadado asesino que siempre parece llevarle la delantera.
El autor de El Código Da Vinci nos arrastra a una espiral de acción sin pausa, un impactante thriller donde se suceden las sorpresas y se revelan algunos de los más oscuros enigmas de la historia. Fuerzas que han permanecido ocultas durante siglos y que ahora planean destruir la Iglesia... literalmente. [via]More editions of Angeles Y Demonios / Angels and Demons:
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Angeles y Demonios / Angels and Demons: El Ilustrado / Illustratedby Dan Brown, Eduardo G. MurilloISBN 849561877X (84-95618-77-X)
Hardcover, Ediciones Urano
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angeles y Demonios / Angels and Demons: El Ilustrado / Illustrated'Book summary:Del mismo autor del Bestseller numero uno de El New York Times El Código Da Vinci FonoLibro les trae el audiolibro en español de la primer episodio de la trilogía del famoso escritor Dan Brown, Ángeles & Demonios en una magnifica producción que no podrá dejar de escuchar hasta que llegue al final. Robert Lagndom, el renombrado profesor de simbología de la universidad de Harvard es convocado a un laboratorio de alta seguridad en Suiza para analizar un símbolo grabado con fuego en el pecho de un científico asesinado. Langdom descubre lo inimaginable, una venganza sangrienta contra la iglesia por una organización secreta, que existe desde los tiempos de Galileo, Los Illuminati. Robert Langdom, en compañía de una atractiva científica, Victoria Vetra, entran en una carrera contra el tiempo para salvar al Vaticano de la más mortal arma creada por el hombre en manos de esta peligrosa organización. Juntos se embarcan en una casería para descifrar los códigos que los illuminatis han dejado a lo largo de los siglos en pergaminos, templos, catedrales, el vaticano, y el la catacumba más secreta de la tierra, la olvidada guarida de los illuminatis. Dan Brown nos adentra a una trama llena de acción y misterio que revela la verdad de la guerra entre la religión y la ciencia. Fuerzas que han permanecido ocultas durante siglos y que ahora planean destruir la Iglesia... literalmente. El Código Da Vinci esta disponible también audiolibro en versiones completa y resumida en una magnifica producción. [via]
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Bridget Jones : Sobrevivireby Helen FieldingISBN 1400001218 (1-4000-0121-8)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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Buenos Presagios: Las Buenas Y Ajustadas Profecfas De Agnes La Chalada/Good Omens The Nice & Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witchby Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Maria FerrerISBN 159497098X (1-59497-098-X)
Softcover, Public Square Books
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English: According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter--the world's only totally reliable guide to the future--the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just after tea... From two delightful imaginations comes an unforgettable story in which the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles, the hound of the devil chases sticks, and the end of the world is subject to Murphy's Law... From Amazon.com. . . Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in. The only person who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read the first time, and the second time, and the third time... [via]
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Carbono Alteradoby Richard MorganISBN 8445075047 (84-450-7504-7)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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Cien Anos De Soledadby G. Garcia MarquezISBN 9500726092 (950-07-2609-2)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cien Anos De Soledad'Book summary:Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo .
Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias más fascinantes del siglo xx. Millones de ejemplares de Cien años de soledad leídos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobel de Literatura coronando una obra que se había abierto paso a boca a boca como gusta decir el escritor son la más palpable demostración de que la aventura fabulosa de la familia Buendía-Iguarán, con sus milagros, fantasías, obsesiones, tragedias, incestos, adulterios, rebeldías, descubrimientos y condenas, representaba al mismo tiempo el mito y la historia, la tragedia y el amor del mundo entero. [via]More editions of Cien Anos De Soledad:
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Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 968131574X (968-13-1574-X)
Softcover, Editorial Diana S.A. De C.V.
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Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias más fascinantes del siglo xx. Millones de ejemplares de Cien años de soledad leídos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobel de Literatura coronando una obra que se había abierto paso a boca a boca como gusta decir el escritor son la más palpable demostración de que la aventura fabulosa de la familia Buendía-Iguarán, con sus milagros, fantasías, obsesiones, tragedias, incestos, adulterios, rebeldías, descubrimientos y condenas, representaba al mismo tiempo el mito y la historia, la tragedia y el amor del mundo entero. [via]More editions of Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude:
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Cien Anos De Soledad: Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 8434602601 (84-346-0260-1)
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Cien Anos De Soledad/One Hundred Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 8420421367 (84-204-2136-7)
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El Codigo Da Vinci / The Da Vinci Codeby Dan Brown, Juanjo EstrellaISBN 8495618605 (84-95618-60-5)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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¿ Qué misterio se oculta tras la sonrisa de Mona Lisa? Durante siglos, la Iglesia ha conseguido mantener oculta la verdad& hasta ahora.
Antes de morir asesinado, Jacques Saunière, el último Gran Maestre de una sociedad secreta que se remonta a la fundación de los Templarios, transmite a su nieta Sofía una misteriosa clave. Saunière y sus predecesores, entre los que se encontraban hombres como Isaac Newton o Leonardo Da Vinci, han conservado durante siglos un conocimiento que puede cambiar completamente la historia de la humanidad. Ahora Sofía, con la ayuda del experto en simbología Robert Langdon, comienza la búsqueda de ese secreto, en una trepidante carrera que les lleva de una clave a otra, descifrando mensajes ocultos en los más famosos cuadros del genial pintor y en las paredes de antiguas catedrales. Un rompecabezas que deberán resolver pronto, ya que no están solos en el juego: una poderosa e influyente organización católica está dispuesta a emplear todos los medios para evitar que el secreto salga a la luz.
Un apasionante juego de claves escondidas, sorprendentes revelaciones, acertijos ingeniosos, verdades, mentiras, realidades históricas, mitos, símbolos, ritos, misterios y suposiciones en una trama llena de giros inesperados narrada con un ritmo imparable que conduce al lector hasta el secreto más celosamente guardado del inicio de nuestra era.
" Intriga y amenaza se mezclan en una de las mejores novelas de suspense que he leído jamás. Un sorprendente relato donde los enigmas se suceden a los secretos y éstos a las adivinanzas."
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" Un inteligente thriller lleno de enigmas y códigos que, sin duda, puede recomendarse con rotundo entusiasmo."
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El Codigo Da Vinci / The Da Vinci Code: El Illustrado / Illustradedby Dan Brown, Juanjo EstrellaISBN 8495618818 (84-95618-81-8)
Hardcover, Ediciones Urano
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Codigo Da Vinci / The Da Vinci Code: El Illustrado / Illustraded'Book summary:¿Qué misterio se oculta tras la sonrisa de la celebre Mona Lisa? Durante siglos, la Iglesia ha conseguido mantener oculta la verdad& hasta ahora.
Uno de los libros con mas tiempo en el tope de la lista de los Best Sellers del New York Times!.... El Código Da Vinci, ahora en un audiolibro narrado en español del bestseller internacional de Dan Brown, producido exclusivamente por FONOLIBRO, el cual no podrá dejar de escuchar hasta que llegue al inesperado final.
Mientras se encontraba en un viaje de negocios en Paris, Robert Langdon, experto en simbologia de la universidad de Harvard, recibe una llamada urgente a media noche. Jacques Saunière, el último Gran Maestre de una sociedad secreta que se remonta a la fundación de los Templarios, ha sido asesinado en el museo del Louvre. Saunière antes de morir transmite a su nieta Sofía una misteriosa clave. Saunière y sus predecesores, entre los que se encontraban hombres como Isaac Newton o Leonardo Da Vinci, han conservado durante siglos un conocimiento que puede cambiar completamente la historia de la humanidad. Ahora Sofía, con la ayuda Robert Langdon, comienza la búsqueda de ese secreto, en una trepidante carrera que les lleva de una clave a otra, descifrando mensajes ocultos en los más famosos cuadros del genial pintor y en las paredes de antiguas catedrales. Un rompecabezas que deberán resolver pronto, ya que no están solos en el juego: una poderosa e influyente organización católica está dispuesta a emplear todos los medios para evitar que el secreto salga a la luz.
FonoLibro, lider en audiolibros en espanol, les trae una afamada historia sobre un apasionante juego de claves escondidas, sorprendentes revelaciones, acertijos ingeniosos, verdades, mentiras, realidades históricas, mitos, símbolos, ritos, misterios y suposiciones en una trama llena de giros inesperados narrada con un ritmo imparable que conduce al oyente hasta el secreto más celosamente guardado del inicio de nuestra era.
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Dune: La Casa Atreides / House Atreidesby Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Herbert, Random House MondadoriISBN 8497593162 (84-9759-316-2)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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Las Fauces Del Tigre/The teeth of the tigerby Tom ClancyISBN 8408059602 (84-08-05960-2)
Hardcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Las Fauces Del Tigre/The teeth of the tiger'Book summary:En Maryland, una empresa llamada Hendley Associates efectua un rentable negocios de acciones, obligaciones y divisas internacionales, pero su verdadera mision es otra: identificar y localizar amenazas terroristas. Nada ha preparado a Jack Ryan para lo que se encuentra. El mundo es muy diferente ahi afuera, y esta a punto de convertirse en algo mucho mas peligros. [via]
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Ilion: El Asedio / Iliumby Dan Simmons, Rafael MarinISBN 8466623299 (84-666-2329-9)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ilion: El Asedio / Ilium'Book summary:A team of sentient robots from Jupiter's lunar system embark on a mission to Mars, where they find a race of metahumans living out existence as the Greek gods of Olympus. These "gods" have recreated the Trojan War with reconstituted Greeks and Trojans, staffing it with scholars from Earth's history who observe the events and ensure their accuracy to Homer's Iliad. One of these scholars, Thomas Hockenberry, finds himself tangled in the midst of the interplay between the gods and their playthings, and sends the war reeling in a direction Homer could have never imagined.[via]More editions of Ilion: El Asedio / Ilium:
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Ordenes Ejecutivas IIby Tom ClancyISBN 8408024493 (84-08-02449-3)
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Peligro Imminenteby Tom ClancyISBN 8401495253 (84-01-49525-3)
Hardcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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Los Pilares de la Tierra / The Pillars of the Earthby Ken FollettISBN 8497592905 (84-9759-290-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Los Pilares de la Tierra / The Pillars of the Earth'Book summary:Situado en la Inglaterra del siglo XII, el clásico medieval de Ken Follett nos transporta a la ciudad de Kingsbridge, donde contra un trasfondo de luchas religiosas, se alza una gloriosa catedral gótica y se entrecruzan las vidas y ambiciones de cinco hombres y mujeres, creando una hechizante historia de poder, amor y muerte.Los pilares de la Tierra es el hechizante bestseller de Ken Follett y constituye una excepcional evocación de una época de reyes, damas, caballeros, castillos, pugnas feudales, y sobre todo, violentas pasiones. [via]
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La rebelion del atlas/ The Rebellion of the Atlasby Ayn RandISBN 9872095116 (987-20951-1-6)
Softcover, Grito Sagrado Editorial
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El Ruido Y La Furia/ The Noise and the Furyby William Faulkner, Maria Eugenia Diaz SanchezISBN 8437613744 (84-376-1374-4)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones
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Bridget Jones: L'Age de Raisonby Helen FieldingISBN 2290316210 (2-290-31621-0)
Softcover, Librio
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridget Jones: L'Age de Raison'Book summary:410pages. poche. broché. Hourra! Finies, les années de solitude. Depuis quatre semaines et cinq jours, entretiens relation fonctionnelle avec adulte mâle, prouvant par conséquent que je ne suis pas paria de l'amour comme craint précédemment. Voici la suite tant attendue de l'irrésistible journal de Bridget Jones, la célibataire la plus drôle de la planète. Où elle découvre à quel point l'important n'est pas de trouver un prince charmant, mais surtout de le garder! Nous retrouvons les tribus de copines, les Célibattantes et les Mariées-Fières-de-l'Être, les parents à côté de la plaque. et ses éternelles bonnes résolutions (perdre au moins cinq kilos, arrêter de fumer et de boire du chardonnay), qui font de cette aventurière des temps désespérément modernes notre névrosée préférée. [via]
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Prisonniers Du Tempsby Micheal CrichtonISBN 2266115227 (2-266-11522-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prisonniers Du Temps'Book summary:601pages. poche. Broché. Au beau milieu du désert d'Arizona, un couple trouve sur la route un vieil homme en robe de bure. Il n'a plus sa tête, parle sans cesse d'écume quantique et ses doigts semblent gelés. Il meurt quelques heures plus tard à l'hôpital de Gallup. On ne retrouve sur lui que le plan d'un monastère français du XIVème siècle et un objet fabriqué par la société ITC -entreprise de haute technologie spécialisée dans la recherche en physique quantique -pour laquelle il travaillait. ITC est dirigée par Robert Doniger, un brillant -et non moins arrogant -physicien qui, depuis quinze ans, est à la pointe des recherches, et dont la plus récente et secrète entreprise est de recréer, grâce à une équipe de chercheurs, une communauté médiévale du XIVème siècle en Dordogne. Quelle n'est pas l'extrême surprise de ces historiens de l'université de Yale lorsqu'ils vont comparer le plan des fondations du monastère trouvé sur le vieillard et les résultats de leurs propres investigations: celui-là est plus riche d'informations que toutes leurs recherches! Mais ce n'est que la première de leurs surprises: quelques jours plus tard sont mis au jour des parchemins remontant à six cent cinquante ans: l'un d'entre eux, daté très précisément du 4 juillet 1357, dit "A l'aide". Il est signé par le professeur Johnson, leur propre directeur de recherches, parti deux jours plus tôt rencontrer Robert Doniger. [via]
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The Da Vinci Codeby Dan BrownISBN 2266144340 (2-266-14434-0)
Softcover, Presses Pocket
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Der Gross Gatsbyby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 3257201834 (3-257-20183-4)
Softcover, Diogenes Verlag AG
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Il Dio Delle Piccole Coseby Arundhati RoyISBN 8850200005 (88-502-0000-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Il Dio Delle Piccole Cose'Book summary:Ammu, figlia di un alto funzionario, lascia un marito violento e torna a casa con i suoi bambini, i gemelli Estha e Rahel, maschio e femmina. Ma nellIndia meridionale dei tardi anni Sessanta, una donna divorziata come lei si ritrova priva di una posizione sociale riconosciuta, soprattutto se commette lerrore di innamorarsi di un paria. I gemelli vogliono bene a Velutha, lintoccabile che la madre può amare solo in segreto, e attraverso il loro sguardo, capace di cogliere le piccole cose e i piccoli eventi, prende forma la storia di un grande amore, in cui si riflette il tema universale dei sentimenti in conflitto con le convenzioni. Nei loro pensieri e nelle loro parole risuona la critica più radicale a ogni legge che stabilisce chi si deve amare, e come, e quanto. [via]
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