When Miles Manning, a successful high school football player, discovers his teammates are using steroids--and one of them is his best friend--he's faced with a tough decision: Is he willing to do what
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If you're a SQL programmer or an experienced Excel user, here at last is the ultimate resource on developing reporting solutions with Excel. Focused on report development using OLTP databases, this b
Richard Roberts shows us how to read tarot cards using his interactive technique of free association and feedback flowing between the reader and the client and allowing the cards to be accessed direct
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A guide to programming Symbian OS smartphones using OPL (The Open Programming Language): a simple to learn, open-source scripting language, ideal for fast-track development of enterprise applications.
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Help little learners build science vocabulary and more using these original poems on key science topics. The author shares creative ideas from her own classroom: inviting ways to present each poem dur
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This update to a Wrox bestseller dives in and guides the reader through the entire process of creating dynamic, data-driven sites using the open source "AMP" model: Apache Web server, the MySQL databa
Originally published in 1962, this was the first book to explore teh identification of organic compounds using spectroscopy. It provides a thorough introduction to the three areas of spectrometry mos
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Step-by-step guide that introduces novices to using all major features of Eclipse 3Eclipse is an open source extensible integrated development environment (IDE) that helps Java programmers build best-
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Qualitative Methods in Public Health is a comprehensive resource that presents practical strategies and methods for using qualitative research and includes the basic logic and rationale for making qua
A new edition of the classic work on the miracle of human reproduction contains nearly four hundred historic photographs--using new ultrasound techniques and fiber optic images--of life before birth,
Presents strategies, techniques, and professional secrets for comic book coloring and lettering, using DC's world- famous characters to demonstrate the step-by-step instructions.
This groundbreaking collection of original essays provides new perspectives in Asian media studies. The volume covers a diverse range of topics from media policy to globalization, using lively example
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Using summaries of 14 actual marketing plans created to launch new products or a brand extension, this book recounts the story behind each marketing plan, explains how the strategies were developed, a
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