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The Definitive Guide to C#

From using LINQ to covariance and from string formatting to optional arguments, Herbs update covers all you need to know about using real-world C# 4.0.Michael Howard, Microsoft Corporation <p>Bestselling author Herb Schildt has updated and expanded his classic programming reference to cover C# 4.0--the latest release of this powerful, feature-rich language. Using carefully crafted explanations, insider tips, and hundreds of examples, C# 4.0: The Complete Reference offers in-depth details on all aspects of C#, including keywords, syntax, and core libraries. New C# 4.0 features, such as named and optional arguments, the dynamic type, expanded covariance and contravariance capabilities, and support for parallel programming with the Task Parallel Library (TPL) and PLINQ are also discussed.</p>

<p>Perfect for beginners and professional C# programmers alike, this expert resource is written in the clear, crisp, uncompromising style that has made Herb the choice of millions worldwide. Begin mastering C# 4.0 today with help from this authoritative volume!</p>

<p>Coverage includes:</p>

 Data types and operators

Control statements

Classes and objects

Constructors, destructors, and methods

Interfaces, arrays, enumerations, and structures

Method and operator overloading

Inheritance and virtual methods

Reflection and runtime type ID

Exception handling

Delegates, properties, events, and indexers

Attributes

Multithreading and the Task Parallel Library

Generics

LINQ and PLINQ

Lambda expressions

Anonymous types

Extension methods

Named and optional arguments

Implicitly typed variables

I/O, networking, and collections

The preprocessor and much, much more

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Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics!<p>Take advantage of your computer's features and tools right away--the QuickSteps way. Color photos and screenshots with clear instructions make it easy to accomplish everything you want to do. Follow along and quickly learn how to navigate the Windows operating system; get online; use core programs such as Word, Excel, and Quicken; and secure your computer. Fun activities, such as genealogy, photo editing and management, social networking, and online dating are covered, plus you'll get tips for enjoying music, ebooks, and videos. Written by seniors for seniors, this practical, fast-paced guide helps you get the most out of your computer.</p>

<p>The unique, oblong layout of the QuickSteps series mimics your computer screen, displays graphics and explanations side by side, and lays flat so you can easily refer to the book while working on your computer.</p>

<p>Use these handy guideposts:</p>

Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks

Personal insights from other seniors

Need-to-know facts in concise narrative

Helpful reminders or alternative ways of doing things

Bonus information related to the topic being covered

Errors and pitfalls to avoid

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Marty Matthews, Carole Matthews, Gary David Bouton, Bobbi Sandberg

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The operator's manual that should come with every boater's GPS receiver or chart plotter.

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Microwave Transmission Networks, Second Edition

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Up-to-Date Coverage of Microwave Transmission Networks

<p>Fully revised for the latest North American and ITU standards, Microwave Transmission Networks, Second Edition covers all stages of terrestrial point-to-point microwave network build-out, from planning and feasibility studies to system deployment and testing. This definitive volume is thoroughly updated with new information, including details on the impact of Ethernet and IP communications on microwave links. Useful formulas for solving microwave design-related problems are contained in this practical resource.</p>

<p>Find out how to:</p>

 Plan, design, and build microwave point-to-point networks

Determine network capacity, dimensions, architecture, budget, schedules, and work force requirements

Understand microwave link engineering

Calculate loss/attention, fading and fade margins, and link quality and availability

Perform interference analysis

Determine, procure, and install required hardware and power systems

Manage the microwave project and its regulatory issues, ethical dilemmas, logistical concerns, and organizational challenges

Test the microwave system throughout every stage of development and deployment

Handle maintenance, troubleshooting, and upgrades

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Objective-C for iPhone Developers, A Beginner's Guide

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Essential Skills--Made Easy!

<p>Create your own iPhone and Mac OS X applications with ease. Objective-C for iPhone Developers: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to use the Objective-C programming language, Apple's Foundation framework, the iPhone SDK, and the Xcode development environment. The first stop for aspiring iPhone developers, this hands-on guide teaches you how to create versatile, innovative, and marketable apps in no time. Real-world examples throughout the book correspond with downloadable Xcode projects and video tutorials so you can get started with your first app right away.</p>

<p>Designed for Easy Learning</p>

 Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter

Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips

Try This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills

Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered

Tips--Helpful reminders or alternative ways of doing things

Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated



<p>Ready-to-use code at www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownload and www.jamesabrannan.com</p>

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Where the Jobs Are Now: The Fastest-Growing Industries and How to Break Into Them

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The 7 Best-Kept Secrets of Todays Job Market

The current employment outlook might seem grim at first glance, but only if you dont know where to look. Government and individual investors are pouring billions of dollars into a handful of industries, sparking long-term growth and a wealth of great new career opportunities.

Where the Jobs Are Now explains how you can find a long and lucrative career, at any level, in one of these robust, cutting-edge industries:
Health Care Biotechnology Energy Education Government Security Information Technology
This book helps you match your existing skills to the market and get the training you needwithout overturning your life. Take control of your future with an exciting new career that is guaranteed to weather any economic climate.

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Get the most out of your netbook!

<p>Now that you've got a netbook, it's time to find out how to maximize all of its capabilities. This hands-on guide explains how you can keep your netbook running at peak performance by limiting how many programs you run concurrently and what you download. Learn the best ways to connect to the Internet, secure your system, install software, use web-based programs from Microsoft, Google, and others, add memory, and troubleshoot your netbook. You'll also get helpful tips for working with Windows and Linux operating systems.</p>

 Secure your netbook, set up a firewall, and protect it from viruses, malware, and other threats

Connect to public wireless networks, Wi-Fi hotspots, and wired networks

Configure your web browser to run quickly and cleanly

Connect to printers, USB drives, backup devices, and other hardware

Install software stored on a CD or DVD

Configure and use the built-in web cam

Expand your netbook with accessories

Take advantage of Office Live Workspace, Google Apps, and other free web-based applications

Use Open Office on a Linux-based netbook

Learn how to use Windows 7



<p>About the author:<br/>
Joli Ballew, MCSE, MCTS, MCDST, is a technical writer, technology trainer, and website manager. She is the author of How to Do Everything with Windows Vista Media Center, Hardcore Windows XP, and other books.</p>

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Evolve to a virtual network infrastructure using VMware vSphere 4

<p>Design and deploy a high-performance cloud-based enterprise IT platform with guidance from a VMware expert. Featuring tips, techniques, and best practices, VMware vSphere 4 Implementation explains how to dramatically cut hardware costs, maximize computing power, and centralize system administration. Configure hardware and storage devices, build virtual machines and networks, install guest operating systems, and import physical machines. Security, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and system updates are also covered in this comprehensive resource.</p>

Perform a clean VMware vSphere 4 install or migrate existing systems

Build Distributed Virtual Networks using DvSwitches and VMotion

Manage SAN, NAS, iSCSI, and fiber channel storage devices

Construct VM and provision new copies of Windows/Linux from vCenter

Automate server maintenance with the Distributed Resource Scheduler

Set up multiple security zones, users, permissions, roles, and privileges

Maximize uptime using VMware High Availability and Fault Tolerance

Work with VMware Consolidated Backup, vDR, and Update Manager



<p>Mike Laverick is a VMware Forum moderator and member of the London VMware User Group steering committee. He is the sole author of the virtualization website/blog, RTFM Education. Mike recently received the vExperts Award from VMware.</p>

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Maximize the power of your Palm Pre!

<p>This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to get the most out of the innovative smartphone built on the Palm webOS platform. How to Do Everything: Palm Pre helps you navigate the interface, load data from various sources, and use all the communication features--phone, email, and messaging. You'll surf the Web, snap photos, enjoy multimedia, download cool apps, and keep your Pre running at peak performance. This one-stop resource covers it all!</p>

 Configure and customize your Pre

Connect to data from multiple sources

Make calls and send emails, texts, and instant messages

Connect to wireless networks and access the Internet

Load contacts, calendar items, memos, and tasks

Navigate with GPS

Listen to music, watch videos, and take photos

Install and use third-party apps

Secure, troubleshoot, and maintain your Pre



<p>About the Authors:<br/>
Rick Broida is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen books, including How to Do Everything with Your Zune. He writes for PC World, Popular Science, Wired, CNET's Cheapskate Blog, and BNET's Business Hacks.</p>

<p>Dave Johnson is the author or coauthor of more than three dozen books, including How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera. He writes regularly for PC World and blogs daily for BNET's Business Hacks.</p>

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Essential Skills--Made Easy!

<p>Learn to program in AppleScript, the versatile scripting language built right into Mac OS X and supported by most major applications. AppleScript: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to write powerful scripts with the AppleScript Editor to automate tasks, save time and effort, and automatically generate documents, spreadsheets, and e-mail messages. Debugging and error handling are also covered in this fast-paced tutorial.</p>

<p>Designed for Easy Learning</p>

 Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter

Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips

Try This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills

Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered

Tips--Helpful reminders or alternative ways of doing things

Cautions--Errors and pitfalls to avoid

Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated



<p>Ready-to-use code at www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownload</p>

<p>Guy Hart-Davis is the author of Mac OS X Leopard QuickSteps, How to Do Everything iPod, iPhone, & iTunes, Fifth Edition, HTML, XHTML & CSS QuickSteps, and several other computer books.</p>

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Super Staying Power: What You Need to Become Valuable and Resilient at Work

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Make yourself layoff-proof in a tough business environment
It may seem like no job is secure during these difficult economic times, but you can learn the innovative strategies needed to protect your job now. Super Staying Power brings you the edge you need to stand out and shine at workand become indispensable to your company.

Super Staying Power is for anyone who needs to know how to:
Handle the intense pressure and uncertainty of todays competitive business environment Keep moving forward when much of the world seems to be backsliding. Get around obstacles that are outside my control Survive a political work environment without sacrificing my ethics Position myself as a future leader even while getting the job done today Read my bosss mind so I can figure out whats really going on around here.
Super Staying Power will prepare you to survive the stress and pressure of todays business climate. The information you learn from this book will make you resilient and invaluable to your organization, and it will help you shift your thinking to a new, success-oriented perspective that will make it easier for you to leverage skills you already have to achieve more, with less worry.

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Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity...Quickly

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Help your team survive the damaging effects of a layoff
Learn how to keep the company running and profitable--and your team motivated and happy

Being laid off from a job can be devastating. The experience can be just as brutal for the manager of a surviving team. You need to lead your team to higher productivity just as low morale, survivor guilt, and confusion are at their peak.

You need a twelve-week program that brings your team back to life and makes them less vulnerable to layoffs!

With Ray Salemi's twelve-week recovery plan, you'll learn the secrets of bringing employees back from the organizational-and emotional-turmoil of downsizing.
Rebuild Trust: Create a bond of loyalty with your team members that can't be affected by layoffs. Survey the Damage: Assess the needs of the department and company. Lead So Others Will Follow: Help your team take ownership of its recovery and place in the organization. Foster Emotional Recovery: Help your team members heal themselves with simple techniques.
Let Salemi mentor and guide you through the step-by-step development plan that takes groups in complete disarray and rebuilds them into highly functioning teams.

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Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics!<p>Get started using Windows 7 right away--the QuickSteps way. Color screenshots with streamlined explanations show you how to use all the new and improved features of this sleek operating system. You'll find tips for customizing your desktop, managing files, connecting to the Internet, using email, adding hardware and software, and enjoying photos, music, and video. Learn how to set up a wired or wireless network and secure your entire system too. Get the book that gets you up-and-running on Windows 7 in no time.</p>

<p>Use these handy guideposts:</p>

Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks

Need-to-know facts in concise narrative

Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things 

Bonus information related to the topic being covered

Errors and pitfalls to avoid

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Internet Core and Computing IC3 Certification Global Standard 3 Study Guide

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The best fully integrated study system available

COVERS GLOBAL STANDARD 3 <p>With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, IC3 Certification Study Guide covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for the Internet and Computing Core Certification exams.</p>

 100% complete coverage of every official objective for all three IC3 exams

Exam Readiness checklist at the beginning of each exam--you're ready for the exam when all objectives on the list are checked off

Exam Watch notes call attention to important exam information and potential pitfalls

Two-Minute Drills for quick review at the end of every chapter

Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam



<p>Covers all the exam topics, including:</p>

 Computer Hardware and Peripherals

Internal Hardware Systems

Power and Environmental Protection

Maintaining and Troubleshooting Computer Systems

Computer Software Operations

Application Software

Special Purpose Software

Operating System Fundamentals

User Interfaces

Working with Common Application Workspace Features

Common Application Program Features and Functions

Word Processing Workspace Features

Formatting and Reviewing Documents

Basic Spreadsheet Functions

Manipulating Data in a Spreadsheet

Creating a Slide Show with Presentation Software



<p>CD-ROM includes:</p>

 Complete MasterExam practice testing engine, featuring: One full practice exam covering each of the 3 IC3 modules

Detailed answers with explanations

Score Report Performance assessment tool





Electronic book for studying on the go



with free online registration Bonus downloadable MasterExam practice test



<p>Ron Gilster, CompTIA A+ Network+. CCNA, is the author of many bestselling books on networking, PC hardware, and IT career certifications, including CEA-CompTIA DHTI+ Digital Home Technology Integrator All-in-One Exam Guide, Second Edition.</p>

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Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 QuickSteps

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Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics

<p>Start using PowerPoint 2010 right away--the QuickSteps way. Color screenshots and clear instructions make it easy to ramp up on the latest release of Microsoft's powerful presentation application. Follow along and quickly learn how to create great-looking slides, add text, tables, charts, graphics, sound, and video, and deliver a polished presentation guaranteed to impress. Get up to speed on PowerPoint 2010 in no time with help from this practical, fast-paced guide.</p>

<p>Use these handy guideposts:</p>

 Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks

Need-to-need facts in concise narrative

Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things

Bonus information related to the topic being covered

Errors and pitfalls to avoid



<p>Carole Matthews, co-creator of the QuickSteps series, is the author or coauthor of more than 50 books, including Photoshop QuickSteps and QuickSteps to Winning Business Presentations.</p>

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The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats

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Reviews and Comparisons of 360 Boats Under 26 Feet

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For the first time ever, a comparative survey of 95 percent of the fiberglass pocketcruising sailboats ever built

Author Steve Henkel has researched hundreds of cruising sailboats less than 26 feet long--pocket cruisers--to create this definitive gallery and handbook of the small cruising sailboats built in the last 45 years.

With detailed plans, specifications, performance indexes, and commentary for every model the author could find (360 in all!), The Sailors Book of Small Cruising Sailboats is your ideal core reference for the used and new boats you see on the water.

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Inner Excellence: Achieve Extraordinary Business Success through Mental Toughness

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TRAIN YOUR BRAIN FOR EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS

Now more than ever, you need a competitive edge to succeed-no matter what your field or profession. This step-by-step training manual from one of North America's top performance coaches taps into the winning mindsets of Olympic stars, professional sports teams, and Navy Seals among others to help you achieve higher levels of performance than you ever thought possible. Jim Murphy's complete program of proven mental techniques is based on life principles that easily apply to your company, your career, and everything you do.

Inner Excellence shows you how to:
CONNECT WITH YOUR PASSION-and run with it FOCUS YOUR ENERGY-and reach your goals BUILD ON YOUR STRENGTHS-and live your dreams GET IN THE ZONE-and achieve the extraordinary
Filled with mental performance-enhancing exercises, creative goal-driven game plans, and 50 inspiring interviews, Inner Excellence raises the bar for success in business and in life.

Jim is an expert in his field. Inner Excellence transcends athletics and will have a profound effect on everyone who applies these methods in their life.
-John Kehoe, author of Mind Power into the 21st Century

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Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics!

<p>Start using Word 2010 right away--the QuickSteps way. Color screenshots and clear instructions make it easy to ramp up on the latest release of Microsoft's powerful word processing application. Follow along and quickly learn how to create and format documents, add tables, charts, and graphics, use mail merge, collaborate with others, save Word documents as web pages, and much more. Get up to speed on Word 2010 in no time with help from this practical, fast-paced guide.</p>

<p>Use these handy guideposts:</p>

 Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks

Need-to-know facts in concise narrative

Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things

Bonus information related to the topic being covered

Errors and pitfalls to avoid

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Schaum's 3,000 Solved Problems in Calculus

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Facing Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?

Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's.

More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Solved Problem book helps you cut study time, hone problem-solving skills, and achieve your personal best on exams! You get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills.

This Schaum's Solved Problems gives you
3,000 solved problems covering every area of calculus Step-by-step approach to problems Hundreds of clear diagrams and illustrations
Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the problem-solving skills you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time, increase your test scores, and get your best possible final grade.

Schaum's Outlines--Problem Solved

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Dynamic Web Programming: A Beginner's Guide

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.

Move beyond basic Web design by learning to create dynamic Web content

To create a dynamic page on which content changes in response to events requires programming and the potential use of databases. Dynamic Web Programming: A Beginner's Guide starts by covering HTML, XHTML, and CSS. You will then learn to use JavaScript to implement elements such as rollover events, popups, and calculations. The book explains how to use PHP to create guest books, blogs, and page transitions, as well as how to implement a database-driven Web site with MySQL.