Risk Analysis and the Security Survey

Security and risk management are principally concerned with the protection and conservation of corporate assets and resources. The task of protection continues to be an increasingly complex one in a time when technology is creating new products (and thus risk) at an explosive rate. Add this to the crime rate -- now aggravated by domestic and international terrorism -- and the importance of risk analysis and evaluation to design proper protection becomes self-evident.

With an awareness of the growing threat of global terrorism, the third edition of RISK ANALYSIS AND THE SECURITY SURVEY has been completely updated. It includes two new chapters covering disaster recover planning, mitigation, and the evolving methodologies that are a result of the Homeland Security Act.

The following topics will also be added and covered among the various chapters: contingency planning, testing of disaster response plan, managing during a crisis, maintaining and testing a response plan (team drills, etc.), bomb threats and suicide bombings, and prevention techniques to better prepare business for new post 9/11 security risks.

- Covers Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Project Planning, Data Collection, Data Analysis and Report of Findings, and Prediction of Criminal Behavior
- Presents updated statistical information and practical case examples
- Helps professionals and students produce more effective results-oriented security surveys

Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks

Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks explores self-organization mechanisms and methodologies concerning the efficient coordination between intercommunicating autonomous systems.Self-organization is often referred to as the multitude of algorithms and methods that organise the global behaviour of a system based on inter-system communication. Studies of self-organization in natural systems first took off in the 1960s. In technology, such approaches have become a hot research topic over the last 4-5 year.

Biological Psychiatry

Biological psychiatry has dominated psychiatric thinking for the past 40 years, but the knowledge base of the discipline has increased substantially more recently, particularly with advances in genetics and neuroimaging.test advances in neurochemistry, neuroanatomy, genetics and brain imaging— descriptions not only of methodologies but also of the application of these in clinical settings. It is within this context that there is a considerable emphasis in the book on brain–behaviour relationships both within and without the clinical setting.

Econometrics 4th edition

This book teaches some of the basic econometric methods and the underlying assumptions behind them. Estimation, hypotheses testing and prediction are three recurrent themes in this book. Some uses of econometric methods include 

(i) empirical testing of economic theory, whether it is the permanent income consumption theory or purchasing power parity, 

(ii) forecasting, whether it is GNP or unemployment in the U.S. economy or future sales in the computer industry. 

(iii) Estimation of price elasticities of demand, or returns to scale in production. More importantly, econometric methods can be used to simulate the effect of policy changes like a tax increase on gasoline consumption, or a ban on advertising on cigarette consumption.

Towards Hardware-Intrinsic Security

Hardware-intrinsic security is a young field dealing with secure secret key storage. By generating the secret keys from the intrinsic properties of the silicon, e.g., from intrinsic Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs), no permanent secret key storage is required anymore, and the key is only present in the device for a minimal amount of time. The field is extending to hardware-based security primitives and protocols such as block ciphers and stream ciphers entangled with the hardware, thus improving IC security. While at the application level there is a growing interest in hardware security for RFID systems and the necessary accompanying system architectures. This book brings together contributions from researchers and practitioners in academia and industry, an interdisciplinary group with backgrounds in physics, mathematics, cryptography, coding theory and processor theory. It will serve as important background material for students and practitioners, and will stimulate much further research and development.

Econometric Theory and Methods

Econometric Theory and Methods provides a unified treatment of modern econometric theory and practical econometric methods. The geometrical approach to least squares is emphasized, as is the method of moments, which is used to motivate a wide variety of estimators and tests. Simulation methods, including the bootstrap, are introduced early and used extensively.

The book deals with a large number of modern topics. In addition to bootstrap and Monte Carlo tests, these include sandwich covariance matrix estimators, artificial regressions, estimating functions and the generalized method of moments, indirect inference, and kernel estimation. Every chapter incorporates numerous exercises, some theoretical, some empirical, and many involving simulation.

Econometric Theory and Methods is designed for beginning graduate courses. The book is suitable for both one- and two-term courses at the Masters or Ph.D. level. It can also be used in a final-year undergraduate course for students with sufficient backgrounds in mathematics and statistics.

Beginning Oracle Database 11g Administration: From Novice to Professional

Open the door to a career as an Oracle database administrator as you learn to plan for and install the Oracle Database software. Then learn the rudiments of database administration from longtime Oracle expert Iggy Fernandez. Take advantage of the high demand for Oracle expertise and use Beginning Oracle Database 11g Administration to launch you on the right track to Oracle DBA career success.

* Gets you started in all key areas of database administration
* Provides a sound foundation on which to build your career
* Written in a clear, to-the-point style by Oracle expert and popular speaker Iggy Fernandez

Solaris Application Programming

Solaris Application Programming /by Darryl Gove . Solaris™ Application Programming is a comprehensive guide to optimizing the performance of applications running in your Solaris environment. From the fundamentals of system performance to using analysis and optimization tools to their fullest, this wide-ranging resource shows developers and software architects how to get the most from Solaris systems and applications.

Whether you’re new to performance analysis and optimization or an experienced developer searching for the most efficient ways to solve performance issues, this practical guide gives you the background information, tips, and techniques for developing, optimizing, and debugging applications on Solaris.

The text begins with a detailed overview of the components that affect system performance. This is followed by explanations of the many developer tools included with Solaris OS and the Sun Studio compiler, and then it takes you beyond the basics with practical, real-world examples. In addition, you will learn how to use the rich set of developer tools to identify performance problems, accurately interpret output from the tools, and choose the smartest, most efficient approach to correcting specific problems and achieving maximum system performance.

Wireless A To Z

Network Essentials guides consist of 100 3-5 page articles, heavily illustrated, covering the basic concepts, technologies, standards and protocols – everything you need to master the field. Wireless A to Z covers the key concepts and technologies of wireless and mobile communications. From traditional topics like CDMA and signal hand-offs to cutting edge mobile applications like WiFi and Bluetooth, this is a precise – and concise – quick look up reference to the industry.

SIP Communications for Dummies

SIP is transforming instant messaging, voice, and video communications, by adding intelligence and reducing cost. The new world standard for facilitating communications, SIP makes it easier to communicate with the right people, at the right time, on the right device. This book shows you how SIP can be easily integrated into any large or small enterprise to lower cost, improve productivity, and simplify communications.

Siebel VB Language Reference V7.7

Siebel VB is an enhanced configuration environment which includes:

■ A fully functional procedural programming language
■ A bidirectional application interface to provide bidirectional access to Siebel Business Objects
■ An editing environment to create and maintain custom Siebel VB routines
■ A debugger to assist in detecting errors in Siebel VB routines
■ A compiler to compile the custom Siebel VB routines
■ A run-time engine (similar to a Basic interpreter) to process the custom Siebel VB routines

You can use Siebel VB to create scripts that automate a variety of daily tasks.

Developers looking for scripting functionality on their UNIX-hosted Siebel Object Managers should read Siebel eScript Language Reference.

The Art of Intrusion

The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders & Deceivers is a book by Kevin Mitnick that is a collection of stories about social engineering as performed by other hackers. Each story ends by summarizing insight into the attack as well as measures to defend against it. The book was published after Mitnick's first book, The Art of Deception, and explores the same themes introduced in the first book. 

Top 10 Secrets of the “World’s Greatest Cover Letter”

It will take you just 15 minutes to finish reading this book. If you are searching for employment, I predict this will be the most profitable 15 minutes of your job-seeking life. Read every word right now (no cheating!☺) and I promise you’ll never look at your job search the same way again.
 

Whether you’re a college graduate starting out, a seasoned career professional or perhaps changing careers for the first time in your life, whatever your current employment situation, the secrets revealed in this book are unlike anything you’ve read before.

The handbook of field marketing

The Handbook of Field Marketing, published by Kogan Page, is one of the very few books which look at face-to-face direct marketing.

Windows Vista Just the Steps For Dummies

Just the steps you need to get going with Vista today!

Simple steps...

...for great results

Move a File or Folder

Right-click Start menu button and choose Explore.
In the resulting Windows Explorer window (see Figure 3-8), double-click a folder or series of folders to locate the file that you want to move.
Take the following action:
Click and drag the file to another folder in the Folders pane on the left side of the window. If you right-click and drag, you are offered the options of moving or copying the item when you place it via the shortcut menu that appears.
Get Ready To

Use built-in Windows applications
Manage files and folders
Get online safely
Set up a network
Use anti-virus and anti-spyware tools
Play games, music, and slide shows


About the Author
Nancy Muir has written over 50 books on topics ranging from desktop applications to online safety and distance learning. She has also contributed articles to several national magazines on topics such as distance learning and home design. Prior to her freelance career, Nancy worked in the software and book publishing industries and has taught technical writing at the university level. She holds a certificate in distance learning design.

The Little Black - Book of Computer Virus

This is the first in a series of three books about computer viruses. In these volumes I want to challenge you to think in new ways about viruses, and break down false concepts and wrong ways of thinking, and go on from there to discuss the relevance of computer viruses in today world. These books are not a call to a witch hunt, or manuals for protecting yourself from viruses. On the contrary, they will teach you how to design viruses, deploy them, and make them better. All three volumes are full of source code for viruses, including both new and well known varieties.

VB NET Language in a Nutshell

The extensive changes to Visual Basic and the newness of the .NET platform call for a VB .NET reference guide oriented toward professional developers--those deeply experienced in Visual Basic and those adding VB .NET to their list of mastered languages. VB .NET Language in a Nutshell answers the call. As a reference book, it doesn't waste space on simple concepts, but documents, using practical examples, how language elements work, alternative approaches, optimal usage, and potential pitfalls.

As a quick introduction, the first section of VB .NET Language in a Nutshell leads you through the important areas of programming VB .NET, including:
* Variables and Data Types
* Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
* The .NET Framework: General Concepts
* The .NET Framework Class Library
* Delegates and Events
* Error Handling

The meat of the book is the alphabetical reference to the functions, statements, directives, objects, and object members that make up the VB .NET language. As an experienced developer, you can quickly get the whole story on a language element that interests you or seems to be behaving unexpectedly in your code. To ease your transition to .NET, there's a "VB .NET/VB 6 Differences" section for each language element.

A hefty appendix section includes:
* What's New and Different in VB .NET
* Language Elements by category
* Operators
* Constants and Enumerations
* The VB .NET Command Line Compiler
* VB 6 Language Elements Not Supported by VB .NET

No matter how much experience you have programming with VB, this is the kind of book you'll want to have close by, both as your standard reference guide and as a tool for troubleshooting and identifying programming problems.

The Ultimate Guide to Oral Sex

Women want to know if they are good at giving a man oral sex, and how to give more pleasure through this intimate act. Men want to know how to ask for this most favored activity. Oral sex is intricate, playful and can give any couple more satisfaction in their lovemaking and in their relationship.

Includes everything couples need to know about what turns a man on and how to give him mind-blowing pleasure; techniques to make oral sex outrageously fun for the woman, too; how doing it to him can be the sexiest experience she's ever had; everything women need to know about rhythm, the 69 position, using tongue, lips and cheeks, and 50 tips, tricks and techniques that will add pleasure and love to this sexiest gift a woman can give her man.

OOP with Microsoft Visual Basic.NET and Microsoft Visual C

This intuitive, self-paced learning title is designed to help any developer master the basics of object-oriented programming (OOP) with Microsoft Visual Basic.NET or Microsoft Visual C#. Unlike other books on OOP, this step-by-step guide provides readers with clear, peer-level language while it illustrates concepts with concrete, engaging examples, and coding practice exercises. Readers learn how to create and implement objects, master fully object-oriented design, migrate to Microsoft .NET programming and even create their own objects.

Porn Star Secrets of Sex

You don't have to have aspirations to stardom or want any more audience than your own special guy. This guide will show women how to get rid of inhibitions and find new ways to be beautiful and sexy with over 100 mind-blowing tips, tricks and games.
Tips and advice cover every aspect of sexual behavior to build a woman's confidence and make her feel like a true sex goddess, including how to:
* Strip with confidence - there's a reason guys are turned on by just the right amount of teasing.
* Get comfortable with oral sex - find out how to do it and receive it in ways that will totally enhance your and your partner's libidos.
* Have multiple orgasms if you want to - why deny yourself this mind-blowing treat?
* Talk dirty like a pro - a top turn-on and a great way to get what you want in bed. 

Sex For Dummies

Dr. Ruth’s breakthrough bestseller–over 300,000 copies sold–now updated!

In this friendly, authoritative guide, America’s favorite sex therapist delivers the basic, practical information and techniques people need for happier, safer, more pleasurable sex lives and deeper relationships. For this new edition, Dr. Ruth has revised the book throughout to answer the questions about sex that people are asking today, with more information about popular sexual practices and positions that enhance pleasure but create challenges as well. She covers new therapies to manage low libido, overcome sexual dysfunction, and maintain healthy sexuality throughout life and despite health problems. And she discusses the latest guidelines and techniques for keeping sex safe, practicing effective birth control, and avoiding sexually transmitted diseases.

Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer (New York, NY) is the author of 18 books. A well-known lecturer and a radio and television personality, she is an adjunct professor at New York University.
 

Pierre Lehu (New York, NY) has worked for Dr. Ruth for decades as a publicist and writer. 

Public Relations For Dummies 2nd Edition

Proven techniques that maximize media exposure for your business
A seasoned PR pro shows you how to get people talking

When it comes to public relations, nothing beats good word of mouth. Want to get customers talking? This friendly guide combines the best practical tools with insight and flair to provide guidance on every aspect of PR, so you can launch a full-throttle campaign that'll generate buzz -- and build your bottom line.

Discover how to
* Map a winning PR strategy
* Grab attention with press releases, interviews, and events
* Cultivate good media relations
* Get print, TV, radio, and Internet coverage
* Manage a PR crisis

Money for life budgeting success and financial fitness in just 12 weeks

Ryan cringed and turned to Christine. "What happened to our peaceful lifestyle? Financial things were so simple and easy in the past." "I don't know, Ryan, but we can't continue to live like this much longer." The memory of her credit card rejection at the checkout line was still fresh. "All I know is, our relationship has changed, and I don't like where it's going." Understanding the perilous direction they were headed by spending more money than they made, Ryan and Christine Richardson decided to change their financial course. Join them as they implement a 12 week back to the basics budgeting approach based on the timeless "envelopes" method of budgeting. After reading "Money for Life", you will be equipped and empowered to: stop spending more than you make; plan for unexpected expenses, including emergencies; set money aside in advance of spending requirements; implement a household budgeting system that makes communicating easy and fun; put in place a plan for debt elimination; use credit cards without increasing debt; successfully manage your money in today's "cashless" electronic society.

Programming Visual Basic NET

The purpose of this book is to provide experienced software developers with the means to quickly become productive in Microsoft's Visual Basic .NET development environment. The only assumption I make about you as a programmer is that you're comfortable with the concepts and processes of software development. This book will not teach you how to program. However, if you're currently a working Visual Basic, C++, or Java developer, this book will help you transfer your existing skills to this new environment. 

Mathematics and Sex

Jump into bed with Dr Clio Cresswell and discover just how mathematics can unlock the secrets of love, lust and life's search for the ideal partner. Answering such questions as - just how many lovers should you have before settling down, why are you attracted to some people and not others, and just what is it that makes your biological clock tick?

Quick Snap Guide to Digital SLR Photography

Any who have a new digital SLR camera will appreciate this quick start-up manual covering all the basics common to these cameras. Plenty of illustration and color photos pack pages that survey DSLR-specific techniques, setting up lighting, using lenses, and more. The color photo examples include all technical specs for reproducing effects, while quick sections on texture, histograms, and more offer plenty of depth. A top pick for any DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) new owner, no matter what model they've chosen.

Photoshop CS2 for Dummies (Edited)

If you’re a photography hobbyist, would you like to brighten up that gloomy island vacation photo? Slim down without going on a diet? See whether white or green shutters look best on the house? Expunge the ex-boyfriend from family photos? If you’re a pro or semi-pro photographer, would you like to make it snow in that ski resort photo?  Replace the old logo in the glamour shot of the corporate headquarters with the new one?  Grow hair in the CEO’s glaring bald spot?  Freshen up the lettuce in that food shot?
You’ve come to the right place. With Photoshop CS2, you have the tools. With Photoshop CS2 For Dummies, you’ll have the know-how.  In full color, with all kinds of examples, screen shots, step-by-step explanations, tips, and techniques, this guide takes you from the fundamentals to special power-user tricks! Cross-platform Mac-PC coverage includes:

• The basics of getting around in Photoshop, getting images into and out of Photoshop, choosing the right file formats, and setting your preferences
• Working with Adobe Bridge to organize and manage your images
• Working with tonality, including making easy Auto Repairs, making adjustments with Levels and Curves (and the eyedroppers), and using Shadow/Highlight and the toning tools, Burn and Dodge
• Making color look natural using the color adjustment commands
• Taking advantage of the RAW format for maximum flexibility, including using the Adjust, Detail, Lens, Curve, and Calibrate tabs and the Camera Raw buttons
• Fine-tuning your fixes, including making your selections with tools (four marquee tools, three lasso tools, and the Magic Wand tool) 
• Masking for both layer visibility and for protecting parts of your images
• The most common problems in digital photos—red-eye, wrinkles, unwanted objects and people, and noise—and what to do about them

Photoshop CS Javascript Reference Guide

This reference guide describes the objects and commands in the Adobe® Photoshop® CS
JavaScript type library. In addition to this Introduction, it includes the following sections:
• Chapter 2 -- Describes how to create user interface elements using JavaScript
• Chapter 3 -- Describes how to use File and Folder objects to abstract platform interfaces
• Chapter 4 -- Describes Debugging tools and techniques
• Chapter 5 -- Describes how to use Action Manager within JavaScripts
• Chapter 6 -- Describes the classes, properties and methods of the JavaScript interface
• Chapter 7 -- Describes the fundamental syntax of JavaScript

Human Resource Management Ethics and Employment

The book examines ethics and employment issues in contemporary Human Resource Management (HRM). Written by an international team of academics from universities in the UK, the US, Australia and New Zealand, it examines the problems and opportunities facing employers and employees. The book subdivides into three sections:

Part I assesses the context of HRM;
Part II analyses contemporary debates, continuity and change in HRM, and
Part III proposes likely developments for the future seeking to identify a more proactive HRM approach towards ethical issues arising in employment.

Distinctive features include: -Comprehensive analysis of continuity and change in employment and HRM -In-depth assessment of the ethical contribution and potential of HRM -Timely evaluation of the ethical achievements to-date of HRM in: individualized employment relations, HRM partnerships, HRM and employee performance, and strategic HRM -Detailed recommendations for HR managers and general managers encouraging more ethically aware practice -Guidance on ethical approaches to leadership, knowledge management and collective employment relations -Analysis of alternative futures for HRM as a profession and advice on how to create more rigorous and independent professional practice -A vision of a more innovative, cooperative and ethically sensitive set of HRM practices -Clear proposals for HRM on how to attain more ethical conduct .

How To Turn Woman on

How To Turn A Woman On, Satisfy Her In A Big Way, And Get Her To Do The Things You've Always Wanted.

Managing the Windows 2000 Registry

The Windows 2000 Registry is the repository for all hardware, software, and application configuration settings. Managing the Windows 2000 Registry is the system administrator's guide to maintaining, monitoring, and updating the Registry database. A "must-have" for every 2000 system manager or administrator, it covers what the Registry is and where it lives on disk, available tools, Registry access from programs, and Registry content.

How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed

“One of the most admired men in the world of seduction” (The New York Times) teaches average guys how to approach, attract and begin intimate relationships  with beautiful women.

For every man who always wondered why some guys have all the luck, Mystery, considered by many to be the world’s greatest pickup artist, finally reveals his secrets for finding and forming relationships with some of the world’s most beautiful women. Mystery gained mainstream attention for his role in Neil Strauss’s New York Times bestselling exposé, The Game. Now he has written the definitive handbook on the art of the pickup.

He developed his unique method over years of observing social dynamics and interacting with women in clubs to learn how to overcome the guard shield that many women use to deflect come-ons from "average frustrated chumps."

Love Making Guide

Because one's sexuality is dependent greatly on the syner- gism of relationships, attitude, environment, spiritual beliefs, and preconceptions, I have addressed these subjects for your benefit. It is my strong belief that just knowing how to have better sex is not enough to enable one to have better sex. Sex is much more than great methods. It is first having a healthy relationship with yourself, your lover and life. The "methods" in this book will be "the icing on the cake". I hope you find the material applicable and enjoyable as you read the book from front to back or use the table of contents as a reference. 

How To Dominate

"The resistance of a woman is not always proof
of her virtue, but more often of her experience."
Minon de Lenclos (1620-1705)
French society lady and wit

"Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman
yet think him an angel."
Emile Gaboriau (1835-1873)
French author

"Men make Gods, and women worship them."
James G. Frazer (1854-1941)
Scottish classicist, anthropologist

How to Make Love All Night

From the author of Sexual Pleasure and Sexual Healing comes this remarkable book that will help men achieve a new kind of pleasure in bed--and please their partners in the process. Barbara Keesling, a professor, sex therapist, and former sex surrogate, provides the instruction to enable you "keep going all night long." Whether you're a man who wishes to enhance his sex life or a woman who'd like to work with her partner in order to gain a little more lovemaking satisfaction, How to Make Love All Night may provide the answers. By learning the methods for achieving multiple orgasms, Keesling says, men will be able to prolong lovemaking, keep their erection after orgasm, have stronger, more intense orgasms, and more. She notes, "I have never met a motivated man who couldn't master the techniques that lead to male multiple orgasm. Never." This book is full of exercises, each broken into two sets: one that can be practiced with a partner, and one for a man to use alone, so that he can learn to be multiorgasmic whether he's single or part of a couple. As Dr. Keesling herself says, "What do you have to lose, except sleep?"

Lasting Leadership - What You Can Learn from the Top 25 Business People of our Times

In this book, two of the world's most respected sources of business insight come together to select and profile the 25 most influential businesspeople of the past quarter century. These incisive profiles teach specific lessons you can use to discover, refine, and nurture your own leadership style... achieve breakthrough results... and accelerate your career progress.

Insiders Guide to AdWords

Have you ever read one of those books that let you pick different ways to get to the ending? Well, think of  this “Insider’s Guide to AdWords” the same way. You can take the traditional route and read it straight through. Or you can skip between sections, using the section headings, the table of contents, and the glossary as your guide.

Introducing Silverlight 1.1

In this Short Cut, we'll take a close look at Silverlight 1.1 and bring clarity to this bleeding-edge technology.

First we'll take a broad look at the new concept of Rich Internet Applications and how Silverlight fits into that picture. Then we'll examine how you work with Silverlight 1.1, highlighting tools, concepts, and code that you will need to build these interactive applications. Finally, we'll take a practical look at using Silverlight 1.1 to build a custom control, pulling all of the concepts and tools together.

Join ASP.NET Master and Telerik Chief Technical Evangelist Todd Anglin and the Telerik Team as they guide you to understanding Silverlight 1.1.

How To Cheat At Windows System Administration Using Command Line Scripts

This book is designed to help you learn the power of Windows command shell.There was a time in the history of computers when there was no graphical user interface (GUI), and every small and big task was performed using the commands and batch files.With every new version of Windows, Microsoft is trying to ease administrators’ jobs by adding more and more layers of GUI or configuration wizards (dialog boxes).

Although these “wizards” are interactive and make the administrator’s job easier, they are not always the most convenient and efficient way to accomplish the everyday administration tasks.These wizards are time-consuming and, at times, may seem a bit confusing.There is certainly a way to avoid these wizards and still accomplish a given task using the command-line utilities included with the operating system.

Handbook of Electric Power Calculations

The Handbook of Electric Power Calculations provides detailed step-by-step calculation procedures commonly encountered in electrical engineering. The Handbook contains a wide array of topics and each topic is written by an authority on the subject. The treatment throughout the Handbook is practical with very little emphasis on theory.

Encyclopedia of Networking 2nd Edition

This book contains comprehensive, straightforward summaries of the major concepts, issues, and approaches related to networking. Networking is defined broadly to encompass configurations ranging from a couple of connected computers just a few feet apart to a network of several thousand machines (of all types and sizes) scattered around the world. You’ll find discussions of networking as it’s done by servers and clients, managers and agents, peers, and even over the telephone.

Embedded Systems Specification and Design Languages Selected Contributions

 

System description languages like SystemC and synchronous languages like Esterel are becoming more and more popular for the efficient development of modern hardware-software systems. The common goal of these languages is to establish a model-based design flow, where different design tasks like simulation, verification and code generation (for both hardware and software) can be performed on the basis of a single system description.

Discovering Islam - Making Sense Of Muslim History And Society

Now reissued with a new introduction, Discovering Islam is a classic account of how the history of Islam and its relations with the west have shaped Islamic society today. Islam is often caricatured as aggressive and fanatic. Written in the tradition of Ibn Khaldun, this readable and wide ranging book balances that image, uncovers the roots of Islamic discontent and celebrates the sources of its strength. From the four "ideal Caliphs" who succeeded the Prophet to the refugee camps of Peshawar, an objective picture emerges of the main features of Muslim history and the compulsions of Muslim society.

Asian Affairs
"An intriguing mixture of the history of primitive Islam... very readable."

History Today
"[Ahmed is] one of the more gifted and sensitive Muslim minds of today... With Discovering Islam, he moves beyond anthropology... to set before us the kindlier face of Islam and the dynamics of its history."

Religious Studies Review
"[Ahmed's] bold treatment of such issues as poverty, the status of women, and the plight of refugees contributes to the study's timeliness."

Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly
"Using anthropology and history, Ahmed presents a very readable and valuable study of Islam which provides Westerners with a clear and accurate understanding of this important religion and its influence on numerous cultures."

Crystal Reports XI Technical Reference Guide - Business Objects

This guide includes technical information on the development tools included with Crystal Reports that allow you to integrate reporting into your application. The guide covers the Report Designer Component. It also contains tutorials and samples that will further aid you with adding the power of Crystal Reports to your application.

Crystal Reports is designed to work with your database to help you analyze and interpret important information. Crystal Reports makes it easy to create simple reports; it also has the comprehensive tools you need to produce complex or specialized reports.

Codes and Ciphers Julius Caesar the Enigma and the Internet

The design of code and cipher systems has undergone major changes in modern times. Powerful personal computers have resulted in an explosion of e-banking, e-commerce and e-mail, and as a consequence the encryption of communications to ensure security has become a matter of public interest and importance. This book describes and analyses many cipher systems ranging from the earliest and elementary to the most recent and sophisticated, such as RSA and DES, as well as wartime machines such as the Enigma and Hagelin, and ciphers used by spies.

Chinese Sexual Astrology Eastern Secrets to Mind-Blowing Sex

Whether a mind-blowing quickie or an orgasmic marathon, few things can equal the intense pleasure of love and sex. The heart-pounding thrill of romantic love is a universal human pursuit; we have all loved and lost and loved and won, but mostly we have just loved. Indeed, love is the universal language and the very essence of our being. Therefore, there comes a time when most of us are faced with the pivotal decision of choosing a partner. This is a decision that will affect our chance for relationship happiness and future sexual satisfaction.

A Short Course Canon S3

 

Short Courses is the leading publisher of digital photography books, textbooks, and guides to specific cameras from Canon, Sony, Nikon, Olympus and others.

Advanced Sexual Practices (Volume 2)

Advanced Sexual Practices level I (ASP I) deals with the more practical, mechanical aspects of lovemaking: thrusting techniques positions and their uses, mutual genital orgasms and so on.

Advanced Sexual Practices (Volume 1)

 

This book is primarily about pleasure. Its purpose is to explain, in a precise step-by-step way, how to attain intense, powerful pleasure which can reach the very depths of your soul and transform both you and your lover. But it remains “only” pleasure nevertheless. The focus is not placed on the conservation of energy nor on the attainment of enlightenment through the tantric path. These are often pleasing side-effects of any deep sexual practice, but to place the emphasis here is to somewhat miss the whole point of sex altogether.

A-Z of Digital Photography

Most people buy cameras to take pictures of family and friends. Today, thanks to the affordability of lightweight digital cameras and home computers, it’s easier than ever to upgrade from simple snapshot taking to professional-quality portraiture. This thorough guide to portraits is the first in the large-format A-to-Z series to focus on a specific genre. With easy-to-follow tutorials to test and improve any photographer’s technical and creative skills, it covers everything from photographing children and making holiday portraits to fashion shots, glamour, and nudes. The format also enables the reader to use the book as a handy reference on every technique, from lighting for atmosphere to enhancing images in Photoshop and sharing them on the Web.