Books, Games, Movies, Music, Softwares: January 2011

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Field Measurements for Forest Carbon Monitoring: A Landscape-Scale Approach

Field Measurements for Forest Carbon Monitoring: A Landscape-Scale Approach
242 pages | Dec 12, 2007 |ISBN: 1402085052 | PDF | 8 Mb

This volume is a comprehensive guide to the methods and techniques employed in forest carbon inventory and monitoring. Since forest carbon research is interdisciplinary, it is unlikely that any one investigator will possess expertise in all of the types of measurements needed to conduct forest carbon research at scales larger than a forest stand

Earth Environments: Past, Present and Future

Earth Environments: Past, Present and Future
912 pages | Dec 12, 2010 |ISBN:0471485330 | PDF | 54.8 Mb

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the major topics within undergraduate study programmes in geosciences, environmental science, physical geography, natural hazards and ecology.

Downsizing Your Home with Style

Downsizing Your Home with Style
Harper Paperbacks | 2009 | ISBN-10: 0061170984 | PDF | 210 Pages | PDF | 5 Mb

When you re moving a lifetime s accumulation of belongings from a larger home into a jewel box, the task can seem overwhelming-and so can your emotions. How do you decide what to pack and what to part with? How can you use the things you have so that they function well and look right?
Downsizing Your Home with Style answers these questions and more. Learn how to:

Kelby Training Collection for Adobe Photoshop CS4

Digital Television: Satellite, Cable, Terrestrial, IPTV, Mobile TV in the DVB Framework by Herve Ben

Digital Television: Satellite, Cable, Terrestrial, IPTV, Mobile TV in the DVB Framework by Herve Benoit
Focal Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0240520815 | Pages: 304 | PDF | 15 MB

Digital Television is as an authoritative and complete overview that describes the technology of digital television broadcasting. It gives you a thorough technical description of the underlying principles of the DVB standard and the various steps of signal processing. Also included is a complete technical glossary of terms, abbreviations, and expressions that gives you quick reference.

Streetsmart Guide to Valuing a Stock

Traders and investors spend fortunes in time and money trying to gauge the real value of individual stocks. The Streetsmart Guide to Valuing a Stock introduces proven techniques for analyzing a stock's value, spotting undervalued and overvalued stocks, and understanding the impact of interest rate changes and earnings reports on stock prices. New topics include:

Deep-Water Coral Reefs: Unique Biodiversity Hot-Spots

Deep-Water Coral Reefs: Unique Biodiversity Hot-Spots
300 pages | Dec 12, 2007 |ISBN:1402084617 | PDF | 8 Mb

Deep-water coral reefs are found along large sections of the outer continental shelves and slopes of Europe, from North Cape to the Gulf of Cadiz, and because they also occur along the Atlantic seaboard of USA, the Gulf of Mexico, off Brazil, in the Mediterranean, and off New Zealand, they are currently being targeted by international groups of marine scientists.

Crochet Magazine - Fall 2010 - Celebrate the Season with Great Gifts for All

Crochet Magazine - Fall 2010 - Celebrate the Season with Great Gifts for All
English | PDF | 112 pages | 30 MB

Control Systems Engineering, 6 Edition

Control Systems Engineering, 6 Edition
English | W.ey | 2010 | ISBN: 0470547561 | 944 pages | PDF | 105 MB

Highly regarded for its case studies and accessible writing, Control Systems Engineering is a valuable resource for engineers. It takes a practical approach while presenting clear and complete explanations. Real world examples demonstrate the analysis and design process. In addition, helpful skill assessment exercises, numerous in-chapter examples, review questions, and problems reinforce key concepts. Tutorials are also included on the latest versions of MATLAB, the Control System Toolbox, Simulink, the Symbolic Math Toolbox, and MATLAB s graphical user interface (GUI) tools. What if experiments help expand an engineer s knowledge and skills.

Concurrent Programming on Windows

Concurrent Programming on Windows
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional | 2008 | PDF | 1008 pages | ISBN: 032143482X | 7.9 Mb

Author Joe Duffy has risen to the challenge of explaining how to write software that takes full advantage of concurrency and hardware parallelism. In Concurrent Programming on Windows, he explains how to design, implement, and maintain large-scale concurrent programs, primarily using C# and C++ for Windows.

Computer Active - Ultimate Guide to Windows 7

Computer Active - Ultimate Guide to Windows 7
English | PDF | 99 pages | 32.2 Mb

Computeractive, making the most of your PC is easy. The UKs best-selling home PC magazine, Computeractive is also the only computing publication endorsed by the Plain English Campaign and is dedicated to delivering PC help and advice everyone can use and understand.

Cloud Connectivity and Embedded Sensory Systems

Cloud Connectivity and Embedded Sensory Systems
Publisher: Springer | 2010 | PDF | 285 pages | ISBN: 1441975446 | 6.25 Mb

Sensor networks are meant to create awareness in space and time. They may be measuring the presence of an object or a condition, characterizing an object stream or a situational pattern, or even detect abnormalities that are to occur. This book provides new theory on the design of wireless sensor networks, based on concepts developed for large-scale, distributed computing environments known as “cloud computing.” It provides a single-source entry into the world of intelligent sensory networks, with a step-by-step discussion of building case studies that capture the requirements, taking into account practical limitations of creating ambient intelligence. The reader will not only achieve a better understanding of sensory clouds, swarms and flocks but is also guided by examples of how to design such networks taking the typical characteristics of diverse application areas into account.

Choosing an Open Source CMS: Beginners Guide

Choosing an Open Source CMS: Beginner s Guide
Publisher: Packt Publishing | 2009 | PDF | 340 pages | ISBN: 1847196225 | 9.2Mb

Find the best CMS and start working with it to create web sites, blogs, communities, e-commerce sites, and intranets
- Understand different types of CMSs and select the one that best fits your needs
- Install and customize a CMS with themes and plug-ins
- Learn key concepts of Content Management Systems and how to systematically assess your requirements
- Introduction to the major CMSs including Joomla!, Drupal, WordPress, Plone, Magento, Alfresco, and more
- A hands-on, easy-to-read guide that gives you practical tips on hosting, project management, working with specialists and communities, and finding experts

Chess For Dummies 2nd Edition

Chess For Dummies 2nd Edition
Chess For Dummies | 2009 | ISBN: 0764584049 | 387 Pages | PDF | 12 Mb

It was inevitable, thank goodness, that the Dummies series would give us an introductory chess book. The light touch is perfect to offset the sober aura of mystery that surrounds the game in many people s minds. And the extras that reach beyond the well-written move explanations, strategies, and pattern-recognition make the book a real winner. It won t take much playing for readers to appreciate the section on chess etiquette, for example, or the one on uncommon moves, subtitled, The Ones That Start the Fights. Informative tips and amusing bits of trivia add to the fun.

Carbonate Reservoirs

Carbonate Reservoirs
452 pages | Dec 12, 2007 |ISBN: 0444508503| PDF | 30.8 Mb

This comprehensive text and accompanying CD-ROM will provide the reader with an integrated overview of diagenesis and porosity evolution in carbonate petroleum reservoirs and ancient carbonate rock sequences.

Groove3 Structure Explained TUTORIAL ESD

Groove3 Structure Explained TUTORIAL ESD
TEAM AudioP2P | 01-05-2011 | 203MB
Genre: eLearning

Presented by AIR Users Blog founder and Pro Tools maven Russ Hughes, "Structure Explained" is your solution to the sometimes puzzling virtual sampler, Structure. This in-depth series is for beginner to intermediate users of the full version of Structure and will reveal many of its powerful features and functions. Learn how to easily navigate its windows and menus, load and create patches and parts, apply filters, modulation, effects, utilize "Smart Knobs", key switching, build custom drum kits and much more.

Guitar Building Luthier Cast

Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 2

Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 2
Publisher: Packt | 2010 | 328 Pages | ISBN: 1849690502 | PDF | 11 MB

A step-by-step guide to ExpressionEngine: the web-publishing system used by top designers and web professionals everywhere
Learn all the key concepts and terminology of ExpressionEngine: channels, templates, snippets, and more
Use RSS to make your content available in news readers including Google Reader, Outlook, and Thunderbird
Manage your ExpressionEngine website, including backups, restores, and version updates
Written in an easy-to-follow step-by-step style, with plenty of examples and exercises

Basics Photography - Working in Black & White

Basics Photography - Working in Black & White
AVA Publishing | 2008-12-09 | ISBN-10: 294037385X | English | PDF | 178 Pages | 31.29 MB

This book covers all aspects of black-and-white photography with both film and digital cameras. Dedicated chapters explain the basic theory of how colours become greyscale tones in a black-and-white image and how you can to learn to ‘see’ in black and white.

Automatic Wealth: The Six Steps to Financial Independence

I have known Michael for over twenty years. He has one of the smartest business minds I know. When he gives me advice, I pay attention, and you should, too. Automatic Wealth is full of wisdom and insight filtered by a master and brought to you in a well-written and delightful style.
-John Mauldin, Editor of the bestselling book, Just One Thing: Twelve of the World s Best Investors Reveal the One Strategy You Can t Overlook

Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry

Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry
600 pages | Dec 12, 2000 |ISBN:0023674121 | PDF | 20.8 Mb

Langmuir provides a thorough presentation of natural chemical concentrations, systems and processes to help readers (1) understand controls on the chemical quality of surface and subsurface waters, and (2) distinguish between the natural and the anthropogenic. Unlike most authors, whose civil/sanitary engineering backgrounds promote a more aquatic chemistry perspective

Acid Rain - Deposition to Recovery

Acid Rain - Deposition to Recovery
420 pages | Dec 12, 2007 |ISBN: 1402058845 | PDF | 8 Mb

Acid rain is still with us. Although it is a problem that people have worked diligently to solve, there are still many problem areas throughout the world. In reality the focus of acid rain research has shifted, and this book adds new vision to the topic. It contains papers, selected from Acid Rain 2005, the 7th International Conference on Acid Deposition

A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core

A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core
Syngr.ss | 2010 | ISBN: 1597494860 | 442 pages | PDF | 5,3 MB

The number of security countermeasures against user-land exploitation is on the rise. Because of this, kernel exploitation is becoming much more popular among exploit writers and attackers. Playing with the heart of the operating system can be a dangerous game: This book covers the theoretical techniques and approaches needed to develop reliable and effective kernel-level exploits and applies them to different operating systems (Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and Windows). Kernel exploits require both art and science to achieve. Every OS has its quirks and so every exploit must be molded to fully exploit its target

3D in Photoshop: The Ultimate Guide for Creative Professionals by Zorana Gee, Pete Falco

3D in Photoshop: The Ultimate Guide for Creative Professionals by Zorana Gee, Pete Falco
F..cal Press | 2010 | ISBN: 0240813774 | 224 pages | PDF | 11 MB

This is the first book of its kind that shows you everything you need to know to create or integrate 3D into your designs using Photoshop CS5 Extended. If you are completely new to 3D, you ll find the great tips and tricks in 3D in Photoshop invaluable as you get started. There is also a wealth of detailed technical insight for those who want more. Written by the true experts - Adobe s own 3D team - and with contributions from some of the best and brightest digital artists working today, this reference guide will help you to create a comprehensive workflow that suits your specific needs. Along the way, you ll pick up troubleshooting tips and advice from the industry experts and you ll be inspired by many examples of full color, original works of 3D art.

Sonic Academy How To Make Elektro House With Cubase 5

Sonic Academy How To Make Elektro House With Cubase 5
English | H264 910x570 | AAC 96 kbps | 999 MB
Genre: eLearning

Taking your musical inspiration from the likes of Fedde Le Grand and your expertise from Sonic Academy professionals, learn how to create an Electro House tune using Steinberg’s Ceubase 5.

Sleep Apnea and Snoring: Surgical and Non-Surgical Therapy

Sleep Apnea and Snoring: Surgical and Non-Surgical Therapy by Michael Friedman MD Saunders | ISBN: 141603112X | 2008-10-30 | PDF | 472 pages | 14 Mb

Finally, a multi-disciplinary approach that covers both the surgical and non-surgical interventions for sleep apnea and snoring. From the editor of Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology, this new reference will quickly become the standard in surgery for this key area within otolaryngology. Full-color line drawings illustrate key concepts and create a comprehensive way of learning surgical techniques.

Lynda.com - Drupal Gardens Essential Training

Lynda.com - Drupal Gardens Essential Training - QUASAR
English | H264 960x540 | AAC 96 Kbps | 568 MB
Genre: eLearning

Drupal Gardens Essential Training with Tom Geller demonstrates how to create and publish a complete web site with the powerful tools in Acquia's hosted service, Drupal Gardens. The course covers how to leverage its pre-built page layouts and add custom styling, without having to learn CSS, using the Theme Builder tool, how to integrate rich site features, such as forms, surveys, and media galleries, and how to push content to Twitter and Facebook. The course also shows how to transition a Drupal Gardens site to a self-hosted Drupal site. Exercise files are included with the course.

Adolescents and Adults with Learning Disabilities and ADHD: Assessment and Accommodation

Adolescents and Adults with Learning Disabilities and ADHD: Assessment and Accommodation by Noel Gregg The Guilford Press | ISBN: 1606230344 | 2009-01-16 | PDF | 316 pages | 14 Mb

Most of the literature on learning disabilities and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) focuses on the needs of elementary-age children, but older students with these conditions also require significant support. Comprehensive and authoritative, this book helps educators and clinicians navigate the maze of laws, policies, and scientific research relating to diagnostic and intervention decision making for adolescents and adults.

Total Training - Acrobat X Pro Essentials Training

Total Training - Adobe Acrobat X Pro Essentials Training | 869 MB
Genre: eLearning

Total Training for Adobe Acrobat X Pro: Essentials online training will teach you the skills you need to master this new version of Adobe's powerful document management software. The interface for Acrobat 10 has been completely redesigned. This training series will introduce both new and experienced users to the most effective ways to create, edit and distribute PDF documents using the new interface. New users will get a comprehensive view of the entire process of creating and working with PDF documents. Experienced users will get a road map from an expert user to locate where all the vital features have been moved.

Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice

Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice by David A. Clark Phd, Aaron T. Beck The Guilford Press | ISBN: 160623434X | 2009-10-08 | PDF | 641 pages | 15 Mb

Updating and reformulating Aaron T. Beck’s pioneering cognitive model of anxiety disorders, this groundbreaking work is both authoritative and highly practical. The authors synthesize the latest thinking and empirical data on anxiety treatment and offer step-by-step instruction in cognitive assessment, case formulation, cognitive restructuring, and behavioral intervention. They provide evidence-based mini-manuals for treating the five most common anxiety disorders: panic disorder, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive–compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. User-friendly features include vivid case examples, concise “Clinician Guidelines” that reinforce key points, and over three dozen reproducible handouts and forms.

Gastrointestinal System

Gastrointestinal System A Hodder Arnold Publication; 1 edition (June 10, 2004) | ISBN: 0340813431 | 128 pages | PDF | 12 MB

A revision book in the One Stop Doc revision series which covers the key facts for the gut and renal physiology module in the form of Short Answer Questions, (clinical cases) Multiple Choice Questions and Extended Matching Questions. Illustrated with simple, easily reproduced line diagr

Blake McCully - Wolf-Pro Airbrush & Paintbrush Techniques

Blake McCully - Wolf-Pro Airbrush & Paintbrush Techniques
English | DX50 576x420 | MP3 32 Kbps | 0.98 GB
Genre: eLearning

In this first video of its kind, kustom airbrush sensation Cross-Eyed reveals his methods for producing an amazing photo-realistic image of a wolf on metal incorporating professional airbrush, paintbrush, and ink pen techniques.

Marcus de Maria - The Wealth Workout

Discover a simple, proven way that UK professionals are achiveing real financal wealth. "There are two basic requirements for every financially wealth person. I believe you may already have one of them. The first requirement is the right attitude. If you’ve got it, you’re halfway there… The second requirement is knowledge. This is something I can give you. Actually, it’s something a group of millionaires give you because I’ve brought all of their knowledge together in an exceptional event that I’d like to tell you about."- Marcus de Maria

Lick Library - Jam With U2

Jeff Cooper & Dave Reif - Unlocking the Profits budding fluctuating blueprint Method

"This is the course your traders have been looking for." Unlocking the Profits of the New Swing Chart Method. The power of this revolutionary method unfolds in over 300 full-color charts. The methods are the result of years of trading, untold lessons from the market and countless hours of studying by Cooper and Reif. What's equally as extraordinary as the systems is the very rare talent that these men possess to convey concepts that are this complex and incredibly effective in a way that is understandable and immediately applicable. Follow along as the strategy is applied to the entire history of the Dow from the 20s till today. Dave's direct enthusiasm and Jeff's wit and confidence are only strengthened by the definitions and explanations provided in the complete preface and appendix. You get every piece needed to implement The New Swing Chart Method. 8-DVD bound set.

Lick Library - Learn to play Rory Gallagher

This superb DVD will teach you five tracks from this legendary b

How to Make Money with SEO and Internet Marketing

An fantastic and inspiring 90 minute DVD of Internet Marketing Expert Mark Attwood teaching SEO & Internet Marketing at an exclusive lecture in front of invited academics, students and business leaders at Manchester Metropolitan University at the invitation of the Dean of the Business School, Professor Huw Morris.

Brian Horn - Be on Page 1 of Google

This course is designed for serious entrepreneurs that have pride in their business, and want a website to rank for the long term. The main course follows 10 modules but this torrent also includes 3 Bonus modules and 6 Coaching videos where Brian examines a number of websites.

3DTotal – ZBrush Character Creation Full

3DTotal – ZBrush Character Creation Full | 9.4 GB

ZBrush Character Creation is a 91-page comprehensive look at the techniques and tools used to sculpt a variety of physical characteristics specific to several character types. The lessons on offer by professional artist Rafael Ghencev, Rafael Grassetti and Joseph Harford, show how to transform a general base mesh into a definitive character class and not only explain the tools used to not only create the details and unique facial features, but also cover how to manipulate the overall proportions and head shapes.The series utilises the skills of three different authors whose combined talents cover a multitude of methods that encompass sculpting approaches key to character modelling in ZBrush. Texturing techniques are also covered, alongside the brushes and tools used throughout the process and some general principals to consider before starting a design. Through exploring numerous states of the human condition we are given a comprehensive insight into the methodology behind creating believable characters in ZBrush and the associated tips and tricks used by the professionals.

CG Academy 3Ds Max Megapack 34 DVDs

CG Academy 3Ds Max Megapack 34 DVDs 34 DVDs | ISO | English | ~ 70 Gb Genre: eLearning

Dosch Desing 3D Clothing

Dosch Desing 3D Clothing Dosch Desing 3D Clothing | High Compresses rar 710MB Format: 3ds | A collection of more than 100 items of clothing and footwear

CreativeTechs: Photoshop 10 Weeks Videos Tutorial

CreativeTechs: Photoshop 10 Weeks Videos Tutorial _http://creativetechs.com/

Here are a collection of video tutorials that where aired for free on the net by Creativetechs. There are eleven classes in all, including the bonus lesson on colour correction. I have also provided links for the smaller i-pod versions of the classes too. (Please note the main & i-pod classes are identical, just made at different resolutions). Each class runs for about an hour, and afterwards you can view the Q&A sessions that took place after each weeks class.

Captured by the Light: The Essential Guide to Creating Extraordinary Wedding Photography

Captured by the Light: The Essential Guide to Creating Extraordinary Wedding Photography English | 640x480 | FMP4 | 23.976fps 127 Kbps | Mp3 128kbps | 329MB

In this book, David will outline chapter-by-chapter and step-by-step exactly how to get great photographs. He covers lighting and posing, off-camera and on-camera flash, using natural light, determining the best exposure, gear, and more. He tells readers where to place the bride and groom, how to light them, where to place the light, what lens to use, and what f-stop, shutter speed, and ISO to use. It doesn t get any easier than this! This comprehensive how-to-guide is a must have for beginners and seasoned professionals alike.

Lynda.com 3ds Max 2011 Particle Effects (Exercise files included)

Lynda.com 3ds Max 2011 Particle Effects (Exercise files included) | 1.22 GB
Video: avc1 MPEG4 (H264) .MOV | 5h 53m | Resolution: 960x540 | Audio: mp4a AAC 44100Hz
eLearning

In 3ds Max 2011: Particle Effects, Steve Nelle shows how to create a wide variety of particle special effects including smoke, water, and explosions. The course provides a detailed explanation of both event and non-event particle systems in 3ds Max, in addition to addressing the importance of a particle's material, the use of Space Warps and Deflectors, and creating fluid effects using MetaParticles. Six start-to-finish projects are also included in the course, which show practical techniques for creating ocean water for underwater scenes, mudslides, and more.

Bowler Cisco CBT Labs Volume 1 And 2 DVD DISC 3

Bowler Cisco CBT Labs Volume 1 And 2 DVD DISC 3 | 3.44 GB
Video: msmpeg4 (yuv420p) .avi | Resolution: 1152x720 | Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
eLearning

60 total videos covering the following topics: Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Frame Relay, IPv6, Routing Information Protocol (RIPv2), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Switching Labs, IP Multicast, Access Control Lists, Quality of Service (QoS), Point to Point Protocol (PPP), Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), MPLS VPN's, On-Demand Routing (ODR), Floating Static Route, IP Services, Policy Based Routing (PBR), Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE), Hot Standy Router Protocol (HSRP), Connecting Real Switches to GNS3/Dynamips, Redistribution, GNS3, Security Device Manager (SDM).

Bowler Cisco CBT Labs Volume 1 And 2 DVD DISC 4

Bowler Cisco CBT Labs Volume 1 And 2 DVD DISC 4 | 3.48 GB
Video: msmpeg4 (yuv420p) .avi | Resolution: 1152x720 | Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
eLearning

Lick Library - Learn to play Dave Gilmour - The Solos

This excellent DVD will show you how to nail five solos by this guitar legend! The accompanying CD includes guitar jam tracks for each solo section at slow, medium and full tempo so you can learn each solo at your own pace and steadily build up to full speed.

The Riches - The 7 Secrets of Wealth You Were Never Told

RICHES - The 7 Secrets of Wealth YOU Were Never Told! Is self-made Multi-Millionaire Gill Fielding’s journey of self discovery from her poor beginnings her life of RICHES! Along the way, Gill uncovers common threads, wealth secrets which have run through the lives of the people throughout history who have achieved great wealth and - more importantly, kept it!

PickUp 101 - 60 Minute Seductions

Most men don’t realize that THEY are the ones who hold themselves back from experiencing the relationship fantasies they’ve always dreamed about…
For example, in the last seminar I asked the audience to raise their hand if they could think of a relationship or fantasy with a woman that they knew was absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to have.

Stanford University "Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics" (2008)

Stanford University "Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics" (2008)
eLearning - CamRip | English | Run time: 18 hours | 2.43 GB
video: Flash, Flash Video 1 320x240 231 Kbps | audio: MP3, MPEG Audio Layer 3 22050Hz mono 64kbps
Lecture, Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Mathematics

This course examines the major theoretical foundations of modern physics - quantum mechanics. The course was read by Leonard Suskind at Stanford University in 2008. Contains 10 lectures in English.

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