First, thanks to every reader who participated in our beta program! Several people gave great feedback that helped us improve the quality of this book’s first release, including Logan Cartwright, Lec Cel, Bryan Buttigieg, Stuart Patterson, Bonnie Bradley, and Charles Clark. If you find a mistake, email me at [email protected], and I’ll fix it and […]
Since Lightroom 1.0 first launched, Scott’s Kelby’s The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers has been the world’s #1 best-selling Lightroom book (it has been translated into a dozen different languages), and in this latest version for Lightroom 5, Scott uses his same award-winning, step-by-step, plain-English style and layout to make learning Lightroom easy […]
Her tactical instructor at the police academy had liked taunting them during early morning drills. “Sleep is overrated,†he’d say. “You will learn to do without.†He’d lied. Sleep was like sex. The less you had, the more you craved it, and Tracy Crosswhite hadn’t had much of either lately. She stretched her shoulders and […]
For Evangeline Hollis, a way back fling with a nasty boy from the fallacious aspect of the tracks simply turned a catastrophe of biblical proportions. One night time with a leather-based-clad man of thriller has led to a divine punishment: the Mark of Cain. Thrust into a world the place sinners are drafted into service to […]
This couldn’t be happening; things like this happened to other people. The skinny guy in the black baseball cap leveled the gun at the clerk behind the counter and without a word, pulled the trigger. Elena dropped to the floor between the candy shelves and car care products, ears ringing. She studied the man’s reflection […]
Women who love to knit are determined to find time to practice their craft, despite the many roles they fulfill throughout the day. They knit while traveling or commuting, while waiting for their kids, while socializing. Times like these call for projects that are easily transportable and have stitch patterns that are simple to memorize. […]
Take out the knitting needles today; wear a new shirt, shawl, or sweater tomorrow. These fashion-conscious projects will appeal to beginners eager to see results, complete with easy-to-follow instructions. Advanced knitters will find they simply can’t resist the beautiful projects such as a cute little crop top with fringe around the neckline and a tie […]
Ideal for clinic use, both for diagnosis and for explaining to the patient, this guide provides: Aquick reference atlas guide to the diagnosis skin lesions, especially, but not limited to, those that are cancerous Icons for each condition linked to high definition dermoscopy and clinical photographs Real dermatoscopic images and the associated clinical photographs on […]
Biometrics technology continues to stride forward with its wider acceptance and its real need in various new security facets of modern society. From simply logging on to a laptop to crossing the border of a country, biometrics is being called upon to meet the growing challenges of identity management. With contributions from academia and industry […]
A very attractive feature of the theory of general relativity is that it is a perfect example of a “falsifiable†theory: no tunable parameter is present in the theory and therefore even a single experiment incompatible with a prediction of the theory would immediately lead to its inevitable rejection, at least in the physical regime […]
People use databases to organize and to manage their data. Oracle Database is the leader in the relational database management systems market, with a broad adoption in many industries. Using the best tool is not enough to be sure that the results of our efforts will be satisfactory—driving the fastest car in a Formula 1 […]
MYSTERY FICTION has been the most successful literary genre in the English-speaking world for a century and a half, and when examining its significant elements, there should be no surprise in understanding why that is true. Virtually all mystery fiction dramatizes one of the simplest and purest components of human existence and behavior: the battle […]