The Sociology Book takes on some of humankind’s biggest questions: What is society? What makes it tick? Why do we interact in the way that we do with our friends, coworkers, and rivals?
A comprehensive deck design tool that is packed with useful information and stunning, full-color photos. From choosing deck materials to complementing the architecture of your house, this book covers every aspect of the design process to help you create a custom deck that’s perfect for your home and yard. Written and researched by noted DIY author and designer Chris Peterson, this is an all-new expansion of backlist favorite Portfolio of Deck Ideas. More than 250 all-new photos, plus all-new text and all-new attitude make this the most satisfying and useful deck ideas book you can find today, and at an attractive price point.
Discover how your wardrobe (and your wallet) can reap what you sew
The Pregnancy Encyclopedia is an engaging and accessible question-and-answer guide to some of the most commonly asked questions about pregnancy, packed with full-color photographs and illustrations.
Nothing’s better for bringing friends and family together than a good meal cooked over an open flame. This collection of luscious recipes celebrates the magic of fusion cuisine, techniques old and new, and tricks gathered not just from the world’s best chefs but from the moms and dads who tend to the grill in their own backyards. And while you’ll get the much-loved burgers, steaks, and corn on the cob, you’ll also discover new favorites, from the plains of South America to the rice patties of the Far East.
No matter how it’s prepared-in a Chocolate Lava Cake or a bite-sized Orange Liqueur Praline -nothing says decadence like chocolate. For anyone who can’t get enough of this most delicious of all ingredients-and that’s EVERYONE, of course-this cookbook is absolute heaven! With more than eighty recipes for chocolate truffles and ganache, candies and cookies, sheets and other treats, you can open up a whole new world of deliciousness.
It’s simple: if you want to interact deeply with Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unix-like systems, you need to know how to work with the Bash shell. This concise little book puts all of the essential information about Bash right at your fingertips.
This is an exciting time to learn JavaScript. Now that the latest JavaScript specification-ECMAScript 6.0 (ES6)-has been finalized, learning how to develop high-quality applications with this language is easier and more satisfying than ever. This practical book takes programmers (amateurs and pros alike) on a no-nonsense tour of ES6, along with some related tools and techniques.
Ready to learn the art and science of creating stunning photographs? This book will get you started.
This is an intuitive, step-by-step guide to becoming a DSLR expert from scratch. Presented in a simplistic, understandable way, it will guide the DSLR newbie from the very first steps of holding the camera right through to having a portfolio of compelling, professional looking photographs without needing to stretch the budget for more expensive equipment.
This core C# book has been a favorite of developers ever since the 1st edition came out in 2004. So you can be sure that this 6th edition will deliver the professional skills you’re looking for.
If you’re developing applications that access Oracle databases, you can save time and work by having SQL do more of the data handling for you: This new book shows you how. It teaches you how to create effective SQL queries to extract and update the data in an Oracle database. It teaches you how to design and implement a database, giving you insight into performance and security issues. It teaches you how to use PL/SQL to take advantage of powerful features like stored procedures, functions, and triggers. In short, it teaches you to create the kind of efficient database applications that make you a more effective and valuable developer.
Today, jQuery is used in over 60% of the million most-visited websites, and that makes it one of the technologies that every web developer should master. The problem is that jQuery is difficult to learn, especially for those with limited programming experience. But now, this new edition of our jQuery book makes it easier than ever to learn how to use jQuery to create the dynamic user interfaces, fast response times, and special effects that today’s users expect.
Kids and adults love to draw, especially animals and pets. Idiot’s Guides: Drawing Pets takes readers through baby steps of how to draw the basic shapes and then to develop the drawings into accurate likenesses of their favorite animals. The book features two-color, detailed instructions for creating 50 of the most popular pets, including plenty of varieties of dogs, cats, fish, birds, reptiles, horses, and more.
In the world of physical mail, there is a struggle to address letters and envelopes individually. In the world of email, it gets easier because you can send one letter to multiple address. But what do you do in the software world, when you need one application to communicate with multiple external processes, systems and other applications?
Currently, we live in a period in which the majority of users use different types of devices to connect to the internet. The most popular devices are smartphones, tablets and notebooks. Developing systems for different types of devices requires the work of building web services, also known by the name of API (Application Program Interface).
This is officially-authorized Apple Pro Training Series work is a top-notch primer for anyone who needs to implement, administer, or maintain a network that uses OS X Server on El Capitan.
Object oriented programming came late to PHP. It has been around in other languages like C++, Ruby, Python and JavaScript for much longer, but its demand in PHP is becoming stronger. With that demand for the programming style there is an increasing demand for developers who can program in object oriented PHP. And those programmers typically earn considerably more than their fellow web developers whose background is only limited to procedural PHP.
Over 20 years of videogame history told through the machines that made it all possible.
In this revised edition of The Python Book, you’ll find plenty of creative projects to help you get to grips with one of the fastest-growing programming languages around.
