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The Big Book of Watercolor Painting
Watson-Guptill Publications Inc. | 1990 | ISBN: 0823004961 | English | 194 pages | PDF | 37.8 MB

In this introduction to the basics of watercolor painting, beginners will learn all they need to know. Lessons and practical exercises highlight the instruction. This is a wonderful reference book for the watercolor painter. It contains all kinds of useful information to help you understand the medium and improve your knowledge and skills. The first 40 pages provide a great history of watercolor painting, so often overlooked in the overall scheme of art history. Then all the aspects of setting up a work area and studio are covered followed by a very thorough materials and tools section. There are example pictures and descriptions of everything from easels to paper and brushes to paint. There is also a paper stretching demo and a watercolor color chart.

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Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Andrea Dezsö (Illustrator), Jack Zipes (Translator), “The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition”
ISBN: 0691160597 | 2014 | EPUB/PDF | 568 pages | 5 MB/4 MB

When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children’s and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as “Rapunzel,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and “Cinderella” would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in content and style. For the very first time, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm makes available in English all 156 stories from the 1812 and 1815 editions. These narrative gems, newly translated and brought together in one beautiful book, are accompanied by sumptuous new illustrations from award-winning artist Andrea Dezsö.

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Creative Eclairs: Choux Creations by Ruth Clemens
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1446367568 | ISBN-13: 9781446367568 | 60 pages | PDF | 4 MB

“Creative Eclairs: Choux Creations” contains all the choux recipes you need to get started, along with 6 impressive choux creations, ranging from proiteroles and choc-ice hearts through to a choc honeycomb cheesecake and a caramel croquembouche.

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Zoe Clark, “Simply Perfect Party Cakes for Kids: Easy step-by-step novelty cakes for children’s parties”
English | ISBN: 1446304264 | 2014 | 128 pages | PDF | 51 MB

Internationally renowned cake decorator Zoe Clark takes her first ever foray into kids cakes in her most accessible, beginner-friendly book to date!

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Susanne Roth, “The Healthy Raw Food Diet: Advice and Recipes to Energize, Dehydrate, Lose Weight, and Feel Great”
ISBN: 1629143960 | 2014 | EPUB | 176 pages | 16 MB

The raw food movement has swept the nation with its emphasis on eating tasty vegetables that greatly improve your health. The secret to this diet is in not only what you eat, but also how it is prepared, with raw ingredients retaining their healthy nutrients and enzymes a lot better than their cooked counterparts. The Healthy Raw Food Diet provides instructions on how to safely cook your meals at 104 degrees and lower without sacrificing money, time, or flavor.

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Allen B. Downey, “Think Stats, 2 edition”
English | ISBN: 1491907339 | 2014 | 226 pages | PDF | 11 MB

If you know how to program, you have the skills to turn data into knowledge, using tools of probability and statistics. This concise introduction shows you how to perform statistical analysis computationally, rather than mathematically, with programs written in Python.

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Joe Arnold, “OpenStack Swift: Using, Administering, and Developing for Swift Object Storage”
English | ISBN: 1491900822 | 2014 | 338 pages | PDF | 9 MB

Get up and running with OpenStack Swift, the free, open source solution for deploying high-performance object storage clusters at scale. In this practical guide, Joe Arnold, co-founder and CEO of SwiftStack, brings you up-to-speed on the basic concepts of object storage and walks you through what you need to know to plan, build, operate, and measure the performance of your own Swift storage system.

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Mary Burzlaff Bostic, “2015 Photographer’s Market, 38 edition”
English | ISBN: 1440335672 | 2014 | 688 pages | EPUB | 5 MB

The Successful Photographer’s Secret!

Thousands of successful photographers have trusted Photographer’s Market as a resource for growing their businesses. This edition contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date market contacts for working photographers today: magazines, book publishers, greeting card companies, stock agencies, advertising firms, contests and more.

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Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, revised edition
2013 | English | ISBN: 1565237384 | PDF | 330 pages | 123.8 MB

This big book provides complete working shop drawings for 57 classic furniture pieces. The author, a master cabinetmaker, measured original Craftsman antiques to create these detailed plans. With full perspective views, elevations, sections, details, and cutting lists for each project, this revised collection gives today’s woodworkers the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic, along with all the information needed for workshop success.

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Steven J. Janke, “Mathematical Structures for Computer Graphics”
English | ISBN: 1118712196 | 2014 | 408 pages | PDF | 3 MB

A comprehensive exploration of the mathematics behind the modeling and rendering of computer graphics scenes Mathematical Structures for Computer Graphics presents an accessible and intuitive approach to the mathematical ideas and techniques necessary for two- and three-dimensional computer graphics. Focusing on the significant mathematical results, the book establishes key algorithms used to build complex graphics scenes. Written for readers with various levels of mathematical background, the book develops a solid foundation for graphics techniques and fills in relevant graphics details often overlooked in the literature. Rather than use a rigid theorem/proof approach, the book provides a flexible discussion that moves from vector geometry through transformations, curve modeling, visibility, and lighting models.

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BurdaStyle Magazine, “BurdaStyle Modern Sewing – Dresses for Every Occasion”
2015 | ISBN-10: 1620337037 | 128 pages | EPUB | 22 MB

Build your wardrobe with the latest fashion styles found only from Burda patterns. BurdaStyle Modern Sewing: Dresses for Every Occasion includes 25 projects from the archives of BurdaStyle magazine. All of the must-have essentials of a woman’s dress wardrobe are covered in this collection: everything from elegant and sophisticated dresses to casual and comfortable shifts. The fashion styles are versatile and wearable, including flirty halter tops, easygoing pullover styles, retro-remakes, and formfitting classics. The Burda patterns also include skirt and jacket separates for formal occasions that further expand the possibilities for the modern woman’s wardrobe. Several of the projects include illustrated step-by-step tutorials. With a few exceptions, all of the projects are easy to intermediate, and sizes range from 2 to 14. Although this book is not meant to be a primer on sewing, it includes a Burda 101 section that covers everything the reader needs to know to follow the patterns.

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Sylvia Tan, “Home Cooked: Modern Asian Recipes”
ISBN: 981261785X | 2009 | PDF | 190 pages | 4 MB

Home Cooked: Modern Asian Recipes is the culmination of Sylvia Tan’s many years of writing and delighting readers with her musings and anecdotes in her popular Mad About Food column. Written in her familiar infectious style, Home Cooked: Modern Asian Recipes takes the gastronomical journey a giant step further, with full-colour photographs of 60 specially chosen recipes.

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Introduction to Machine Learning, 3 edition (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) by Ethem Alpaydin
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0262028182 | 640 pages | PDF | 7,4 MB

The goal of machine learning is to program computers to use example data or past experience to solve a given problem. Many successful applications of machine learning exist already, including systems that analyze past sales data to predict customer behavior, optimize robot behavior so that a task can be completed using minimum resources, and extract knowledge from bioinformatics data.

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Adam Franklin and Toby Jenkins, “Web Marketing That Works: Confessions from the Marketing Trenches”
English | ISBN: 0730309274 | 2014 | 264 pages | PDF | 3 MB

Practical tips on using the web to boost your business, no matter what business you′re in Everyone in business knows they need to embrace the web, but not everyone knows how to do it or where to start. No matter what industry you′re in, the web offers efficiencies and solutions for sales, marketing and customer service, and many other business functions. For businesspeople, small business owners, and marketers, Web Marketing That Works offers proven tactics, road-tested by the authors, and easy-to-use templates for boosting your Google search rankings, using social media to build relationships, developing an effective online marketing strategy, mastering the art of inbound marketing, and much more. Features insider advice and proven tactics for small business owners and marketers who want to tap into the power of the web Covers web strategy, execution, content marketing, and social media Includes 33 free, downloadable templates Written by the founders of Bluewire Media, one of Australia′s top web marketing firms Every business, large or small, can benefit from the web. If you′re not already using the web to boost your business, you′re falling behind the competition. Web Marketing That Works shows you how to get ahead-starting right now.

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A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python, 4th edition By Hans Petter Langtangen
2014 | 898 Pages | ISBN: 3642549586 | PDF | 7 MB

The book serves as a first introduction to computer programming of scientific applications, using the high-level Python language. The exposition is example and problem-oriented, where the applications are taken from mathematics, numerical calculus, statistics, physics, biology and finance. The book teaches “Matlab-style” and procedural programming as well as object-oriented programming. High school mathematics is a required background and it is advantageous to study classical and numerical one-variable calculus in parallel with reading this book. Besides learning how to program computers, the reader will also learn how to solve mathematical problems, arising in various branches of science and engineering, with the aid of numerical methods and programming. By blending programming, mathematics and scientific applications, the book lays a solid foundation for practicing computational science.

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Principles of Microeconomics, 7th Edition by N. Gregory Mankiw
2014 | ISBN: 128516590X, 1305081676 | English | 520 pages | PDF | 26 MB

With its clear and engaging writing style, PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS, Seventh Edition, continues to be one of the most popular books on economics available today. Mankiw emphasizes material that you are likely to find interesting about the economy (particularly if you are studying economics for the first time), including real-life scenarios, useful facts, and the many ways economic concepts play a role in the decisions you make every day.

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Mediterranean Vegetarian Feasts by Aglaia Kremezi, Penny De Los Santos
2014 | ISBN: 1617690732 | English | 256 pages | EPUB | 8 MB

In Mediterranean Vegetarian Feasts, Aglaia Kremezi, who introduced Greek cooking to an American audience, has gone back to her roots, rediscovering the delicious, fresh, healthy, easy-to-make recipes she grew up with, like Flat Bread with Dried Figs, Spicy Cheese, and Rosemary; Santorini Favas with Braised Capers and Onions; and more.

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Vegan Planet, Revised Edition: 425 Irresistible Recipes With Fantastic Flavors from Home and Around the World by Robin Robertson
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1558328319 | 592 pages | EPUB | 6,6 MB

When it first appeared in 2003, Vegan Planet revolutionized animal-free cooking. Robin Robertson’s pioneering book played a leading role in the passage of veganism from subculture to mainstream culinary lifestyle. Its breadth and variety of fantastically flavorful food not only gave vegans what they craved, it gave them food they could serve up happily to their non-vegan family members and friends.

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Hayden Quinn, “Dish It Up: Fresh, healthy food you’ll love to cook and share”
ISBN: 1743360770 | 2013 | EPUB | 192 pages | 55 MB

MasterChef Australia contender Hayden Quinn’s beach-living-inspired kitchen repertoire is packed with punchy flavours from around the globe. Think energy-packed breakfasts and post-surfing power foods, travel-inspired street food, backyard feasts and special occasion meals to share with family and friends. His recipes are easy to navigate, complete with helpful hints on cooking techniques and the best places to source key ingredients. Hayden’s enthusiasm for good food and his easy-going cooking style make this the perfect recipe book for cooks who aspire to fresh, healthy, mouth -watering food that’s easy to prepare and share – and guaranteed to make you smile

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David Frenkiel, “Green Kitchen Travels: Healthy Vegetarian Food Inspired by Our Adventures”
ISBN: 1742707688 | 2014 | EPUB | 256 pages | 61 MB

A collection of recipes perfect for those who love to cook delicious, nutritious vegetarian and vegan food, inspired by flavors from around the world. David, Luise, and Elsa are a family who love to travel. Hungry to see and taste more of the world, they had embarked on an around-the-world trip by the time Elsa was just 7 months old. They slept on a friend’s couch in Brooklyn, hunted for a vegetarian restaurant in Beijing, and were mesmerized by the street food in Vietnam. By the time David and Luise returned home, their daughter had learned to walk and their minds and bellies were full with food inspiration. Take inspiration from their travels and start the day with indulgent almond pumpkin waffles from San Francisco, tuck into a raw bean sprout pad thai from Thailand for lunch, and a Sri Lankan vegetable curry for supper. David and Luise have you spoiled for choice with desserts, featuring cheesecake, raw tiramisu, and a sweet roti pancake. With easy-to-find ingredients and simple instructions, these recipes are sure to be a success. With stunning photography and food styling, as well as personal anecdotes and images from the authors’ travels, The Green Kitchen: Food From Our Travels shares modern and inspiring vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free recipes.

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