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Allen Firstenberg, Jason Salas, “Designing and Developing for Google Glass: Thinking Differently for a New Platform”
2015 | ISBN-10: 1491946458 | 404 pages | EPUB | 9 MB

Creating apps for Google Glass is more involved than simply learning how to navigate its hardware, APIs, and SDK. You also need the right mindset. While this practical book delivers the information and techniques you need to build and deploy Glass applications, it also helps you to think for Glass by showing you how the platform works in, and affects, its environment.

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Preston Gralla, “Amazon Fire Phone: The Missing Manual”
2015 | ISBN-10: 1491911239 | 368 pages | EPUB | 52 MB

Unleash the powers of the Amazon Fire phone with help from technology guru Preston Gralla. Through clear instructions and savvy advice, this fast-paced, engaging guide shows you how to make the most of Fire phone’s innovative features-including Firefly, Dynamic Perspective, one-handed gestures, and integration with Amazon Prime.

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Melanie Swan, “Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy”
2015 | ISBN-10: 1491920491 | 152 pages | EPUB | 20 MB

Bitcoin is starting to come into its own as a digital currency, but the blockchain technology behind it could prove to be much more significant. This book takes you beyond the currency (“Blockchain 1.0”) and smart contracts (“Blockchain 2.0”) to demonstrate how the blockchain is in position to become the fifth disruptive computing paradigm after mainframes, PCs, the Internet, and mobile/social networking.

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Shelley Powers, “JavaScript Cookbook (2nd edition)”
2015 | ISBN-10: 1491901888 | 634 pages | PDF | 13 MB

Problem solving with JavaScript is a lot trickier now that its use has expanded considerably in size, scope, and complexity. This cookbook has your back, with recipes for common tasks across the JavaScript world, whether you’re working in the browser, the server, or a mobile environment. Each recipe includes reusable code and practical advice for tackling JavaScript objects, Node, Ajax, JSON, data persistence, graphical and media applications, complex frameworks, modular JavaScript, APIs, and many related technologies.

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Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, “The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win”
2015 | ISBN-10: 0988262509 | 382 pages | PDF, EPUB | 8 + 1 MB

Bill is an IT manager at Parts Unlimited. It’s Tuesday morning and on his drive into the office, Bill gets a call from the CEO.

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Sarah van Gelder, “Sustainable Happiness: Live Simply, Live Well, Make a Difference”
2015 | ISBN-10: 1626563292 | 168 pages | PDF, EPUB | 19 MB

We’re bombarded by messages telling us that more, bigger, and better things are the keys to happiness. But after we pile up the stuff and pile on the hours, we end up exhausted and broke on a planet full of trash.

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John Baichtal, Joe Meno, “Maker Pro”
2015 | ISBN-10: 1457186187 | 162 pages | PDF | 100 MB

Maker Pro is a book of essays by more than a dozen prominent and up-and-coming professional makers (Maker Pros). Each essay includes advice and stories on topics such as starting a kit-making business, taking a hardware project open-source, and plenty of encouragement to “quit your day job.” This book is a reference for anyone who dreams of turning a hobby into a small business, and features stories from well-known professional makers; it will turn aspiration into inspiration.

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Murray Grodner, “A Double Bassist’s Guide to Refining Performance Practices”
English | ISBN: 0253010160 | 2013 | EPUB | 168 pages | 5 MB

Murray Grodner draws on his distinguished career as a double bass musician and teacher in this compendium of performance philosophy, bowing and phrasing recommendations, tutorials on fingerings and scales, and exercises for bowing and string crossing. Grodner addresses technical obstacles in musical performance, offers advice on instrument and bow purchase, and provides a detailed approach to the fundamentals of bass playing. This guide is an invaluable resource for any bassist seeking to improve performance practices.

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Robyn Chachula, “Blueprint Crochet Sweaters: Techniques for Custom Construction”
English | ISBN: 1596688289 | 2013 | EPUB | 168 pages | 7,1 MB

Learn the must-have basics of sweater construction and ways to achieve better-fitting garments!
Best-selling author of Blueprint Crochet, Robyn Chachula presents an approachable resource on the basics of crochet design. This friendly introduction to sweater and garment construction will give you a deeper understanding of working with crochet and help you make better-fitting garments in the process.

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Fire Tablets For Dummies by Nancy C. Muir
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1119008255 | 288 pages | PDF | 7,3 MB

Leverage the power of the bestselling Amazon tablet-the Fire
The Fire Tablet is hot-as Amazon’s premiere tablet, it has access to a large music and video store, a growing app store, a massive library of e-books, and fast, easy one-click shopping. If you’re the proud new owner of the latest version of this popular tablet, this fun and friendly guide fuels the fire by helping you make the most of its myriad features and capabilities.

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Customer Analytics For Dummies by Jeff Sauro
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1118937597 | 336 pages | PDF | 4 MB

The easy way to grasp customer analytics

Ensuring your customers are having positive experiences with your company at all levels, including initial brand awareness and loyalty, is crucial to the success of your business. Customer Analytics For Dummies shows you how to measure each stage of the customer journey and use the right analytics to understand customer behavior and make key business decisions.

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iPad All-in-One For Dummies, 7 edition by Nancy C. Muir
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1118944410 | 544 pages | PDF | 14 MB

This title includes 5 Books in 1. Getting Started with iPad; Just for Fun; iPad on the Go; Getting Productive with iWork[registered]; and; Using iPad to Get Organized. This is your one-stop guide to all things iPad. The iPad may be small, but it packs a big punch. This all – encompassing guide provides step-by-step guidance for iPad and iPad mini users looking to make the most of this small wonder at home, at work, or on the go. Whether you’re an iPad newbie or have been puttering around with it for a while, there’s something inside for everyone!

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Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, “Head First Design Patterns”
English | ISBN: 0596007124 | 2004 | EPUB | 694 pages | 29 MB

What’s so special about design patterns?

At any given moment, someone struggles with the same software design problems you have. And, chances are, someone else has already solved your problem. This edition of Head First Design Patterns-now updated for Java 8-shows you the tried-and-true, road-tested patterns used by developers to create functional, elegant, reusable, and flexible software. By the time you finish this book, you’ll be able to take advantage of the best design practices and experiences of those who have fought the beast of software design and triumphed.

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Xcode 5 Start to Finish: iOS and OS X Development (Developer’s Library) by Fritz Anderson
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0321967208 | 624 pages | EPUB | 13,5 MB

Use Xcode 5 to Write Great iOS and OS X Apps!

Xcode 5 Start to Finish will help you use the tools in Apple’s Xcode 5 to improve productivity, write great code, and leverage the newest iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks features.

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How to Design Websites by Alan Pipes
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1856697398 | 168 pages | PDF | 11,8 MB

There are books on the nuts and bolts of web design and there are books about website aesthetics, showcasing examples of good design. How to Design Websites contains the essentials of both, addressing the skillsets required to produce websites that are functional and elegant but from a graphic designer’s perspective. It demonstrates that you can design a working website in minutes without the need for expensive programs. Chapters include Code, Layout, Text and Typography, and Images and Colour Schemes. Useful tips and tricks panels are included, as well as step-by-step projects such as how to produce a portfolio site that will be of interest to design students and to graduates of all disciplines. Inspirational Trailblazer case studies showcase the best of contemporary designers and their work. Blogs, Facebook, Flickr and HTML5, and new ways of using the web, such as mobile phones and netbooks, are also discussed.

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Woodworking Wisdom & Know-How by Taunton Press
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1579129811 | 480 pages | EPUB | 84 MB

The latest addition to Black Dog’s best-selling Wisdom and Know-How series, this complete, all-in-one, easy-to-follow resource, from the reliable experts at Taunton Press, covers everything you need to know about woodworking, from carving to building to finishes.

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