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Twelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum Novels)by Janet Evanovich List Price: $26.95 Available from Amazon $16.17 On 7-22-2006 
See Item's Page From Publishers Weekly The mixture of slapstick and gunplay that has put Evanovich's series about a sassy, less than competent New Jersey bounty hunter at the top of bestseller lists once again works its magic in Stephanie Plum's latest caper (after 2005's Eleven on Top). Stephanie, who freely admits her failings as a hunter of fugitives, faces a growing work backlog that threatens the continued existence of her job. Her clumsy efforts to clear some cases, along with the help of her outrageous colleague, Lula, result only in their adding another sad sack to the office payroll—a forlorn shoe salesman who's talked off a ledge by Stephanie's offer of a position as file clerk. Stephanie's ambivalence toward the two men in her life becomes harder to maintain when one of them, the mysterious Ranger, is accused of kidnapping his own daughter. Countless over-the-top scenes, including one at a funeral parlor, will delight longtime fans. Copyright © Reed business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist *Starred Review* In a manner almost elegant in its offhandedness, Stephanie Plum gets us up to speed on her life as a bounty hunter in Trenton, NJ; her ever-eccentric family; and her fellows in her cousin's bail-bond office. It doesn't take more than a few pages. Then someone who is mistaken for Ranger--one of the two men in and out of Stephanie's life (the other is Morelli the cop)--is accused of kidnapping his daughter. Evanovich uses all of her considerable arsenal here: wisecracking humor and set pieces about cars, neighborhoods, family matters, and the funeral parlor (now with new directors straight out of Queer Eye for the Burg Guy). Then, at one point, both Morelli and Ranger are living out of Stephanie's apartment (she flees to her childhood bedroom). Evanovich also deftly uses celebrity stalking and identity theft to sketch a quite scary bad guy, and she creates in Ranger's daughter, Julie, a spirited 10-year-old version of her mesmerizing father. The ending is downright terrifying, but the coda is soothing and features a cake with icing roses. Kids? Cupcakes? What could possibly be next? GraceAnne DeCandido Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved |
Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))by Michael Halvorson List Price: $39.99 Available from Amazon $25.19 On 7-22-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Visual Basic 2005 focuses on enabling developers to rapidly build applications, with enhancements across its visual designers, code editor, language, and debugger that help accelerate the development and deployment of robust, elegant applications across the Web, a business group, or an enterprise. Now you can teach yourself the essentials of working with microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 and the new features of the Visual Basic language—one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you’re a beginning programmer or new to this specific language, you’ll understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for Visual Basic 2005. Each chapter puts you to work, showing you how, when, and why to use specific features of Visual Basic and guiding as you create actual components and working applications for microsoft Windows®. You’ll also explore data management and Web-based development topics. Publisher Description The popular STEP BY STEP approach provides hands-on guidance to beginning-level programmers and those new to Visual Basic, covering key features and fundamental techniques to accelerate their productivity. The companion CD includes data sets and sample code for all exercises. Key Book Benefits: • This immensely popular tutorial for Visual Basic has been fully revised for the newest version of the technology. • Provides step-by-step guidance on how to use Visual Basic 2005 with Visual Studio 2005 to create smart-client and Web applications. • Features easy-to-follow, logically planned lessons, with necessary data sets and additional code samples on the CD. • STEP BY STEP is ideal for anyone with a fundamental understanding of computer programming.
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Succeed on Your Own Termsby Herb Greenberg and Patrick Sweeney List Price: $21.95 Available from Amazon $14.93 On 7-22-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Real-life success stories to live by and learn from Renowned for its phenomenal success in analyzing a person's strengths and weaknesses, Herb Greenberg's Caliper profile has been used by 25,000 corporate clients to assess more than 2 million employees. Now Greenberg brings the power of that profile to help you maximize your own strengths for success. Through analyses of and interviews with a wide range of successful people, as well as an in-depth profile readers can take, Succeeding on Your Own Terms helps you harness personal "defining qualities" to create outstanding career and life success. Back Cover Copy THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE DEFINITION OF SUCCESS: YOURS “Whether you are an executive looking to surround yourself with employees who can grow with your company or an individual looking to succeed on your own terms, this book is perfect for you.”-Roger Staubach, the legendary quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys and Founder of The Staubach Company “Full of profound wisdom, engaging stories and practical advice, this book is ideal for anyone who wants to succeed at the highest level.”-James D. Power III, Founder, J.D. Power and Associates “Success is about understanding what drives you and tapping into your inner strengths. This impressive book shows you how to do that.”-U.S. Congressman Rush Holt “By combining in-depth interviews with keen psychological insights, this one-of-a-kind book will help you succeed on your own terms.”-Jeffrey Lurie, Owner, Chairman & CEO, Philadelphia Eagles “I have known and respected the work of Dr. Greenberg and his company for more than 25 years. Reading this book will show you the genius and insights he brings to finding the best in people.”-Gaston Caperton, President of the College Board and former Governor of West Virginia “The authors will help you understand your defining qualities and take advantage of your defining moments. This powerful book will ignite your success.”-Gerhard Gschwandtner, Publisher, Selling Power In this inspiring book, you will read compelling stories, learn to create your own definition of success, and receive a free, in-depth personality assessment (worth more than $200) that will help you discover your defining qualities and develop your key strengths. |
Data Analysis and Graphics Using Rby John Maindonald, John Braun, R. Gill, and B. D. Ripley List Price: $73.00 Available from Amazon $57.99 On 7-22-2006
See Item's Page Product Review 'The strength of the book is in the extensive examples of practical data analysis with complete examples of the R code necessary to carry out the analyses I would strongly recommend the book to scientists who have already had a regression or a linear models course and who wish to learn to use R I give it a strong recommendation to the scientist or data analyst who wishes to an easy-to-read and an understandable reference on the use of R for practical data analysis.' R News 'This book does an excellent job of describing the basics of a variety of statistical tools, both classical and modern, through examples from a wide variety of disciplines the book's writing style is very readable, with clear explanations and precise introductions of all topics and terminology the book also provides a wealth of examples from various physical and social sciences, engineering, and medicine that have been effectively chosen to illustrate not only the basics of the statistical methods, but also some of the interesting subtleties of the analyses that may require careful interpretation and discussion I believe that they have created a readable book that is rich with clear explanations and illustrative examples of the capability of a diverse set of tools. the packaging of the material with the R language is natural, and the extensive web page of resources complement the book's usefulness for a road audience of statisticians and practitioners.' Biometrics 'This book does an excellent job of describing the basics of a variety of statistical tools, both classical and modern, through examples from a wide variety of disciplines With its focus on ideas and concepts, rather than an extensive formula-based presentation, the book finds a nice balance between discussing statistical concepts and teaching the basics of the freely-available statistical package R a readable book that is rich with clear explanations and illustrative examples of the capability of a diverse set of tools. the packaging of the material with the R language is natural, and the extensive web page of resources complement the book's usefulness for a broad audience of statisticians and practitioners.' journal of the American Statistical Association Book Description Using modern statistical software systems requires training both in the software itself and in the underlying statistical methods. Concentrating on the freely available R system, this volume demonstrates recently implemented approaches and methods in statistical analysis. The authors introduce elementary concepts in statistics through examples of real-world data analysis drawn from their experience as teachers and as consultants. R code and data sets for all examples are available on the Internet. This emphasis on practical methodology combined with a tutorial approach makes the book accessible to anyone with a knowledge of undergraduate-level statistics. The methods demonstrated are suitable for use in a wide variety of disciplines, from social sciences to medicine, engineering and science. |
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasionby Robert B. Cialdini List Price: $15.95 Available from Amazon $10.37 On 7-22-2006
See Item's Page Product Review Arguably the best book ever on what is increasingly becoming the science of persuasion. Whether you're a mere consumer or someone weaving the web of persuasion to urge others to buy or vote for your product, this is an essential book for understanding the psychological foundations of marketing. Recommended. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology The materials in Cialdini's Influence is a proverbial gold mine. |
Microsoft Access Data Analysis: Unleashing the Analytical Power of Accessby Michael Alexander List Price: $39.99 Available from Amazon $26.39 On 7-22-2006
See Item's Page Book Description * Go beyond Excel(r) with Access's more powerful analysis capabilities * Get better visibility into your data with custom views * Scale up your data pool without limitation * Master the four fundamentals of data analysis * Discover shortcuts with the helpful Input Mask Wizard * Integrate your data with the web and enterprise data sources * Avoid the common pitfalls of data crunching * Harness VBA to improve data analysis * Leverage information from the field with real-world scenarios Companion web site See examples from this book firsthand, in our companion web site at www.wiley.com/go/accessdataanalysis. The site also includes templates and tools to get you started. Back Cover Copy
Companion web site See examples from this book firsthand, in our companion web site at www.wiley.com/go/accessdataanalysis. The site also includes templates and tools to get you started.
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Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modelingby Wayne L. Winston List Price: $39.99 Available from Amazon $25.19 On 7-22-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Apply the techniques that business analysts at leading companies use to analyze and transform data into bottom line results. Well known consultant, statistician, and business professor Wayne Winston teaches by example the best ways to use microsoft Excel for data analysis, and modeling About The Author Wayne L. Winston teaches decision sciences at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. For more than 10 years he has taught business analysts how to use Excel to make better decisions. His clients include Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Ford Motor Company; General motors Corporation; Intel Corporation; microsoft Corporation; NCR Corporation; Owens Corning; Pfizer, Inc.; Proctor & Gamble; the U.S. Army; and the U.S. Department of Defense. Wayne and business partner Jeff Sagarin developed a player rating system that the Dallas Mavericks use to identify statistical trends and evaluate players. Wayne is also a two-time Jeopardy! Champion. |
Pivot Table Data Crunching (Business Solutions)by Bill Jelen and Michael Alexander List Price: $29.99 Available from Amazon $18.89 On 7-22-2006
See Item's Page Book Description Become a savvy microsoft Excel user. Pivot tables are a great feature in Excel that help you organize and analyze data, but not many Excel users know how to use pivot tables. Pivot Table Data Crunching offers a comprehensive Review of all the functionalities of Pivot Tables from author Bill Jelen, otherwise known as Mr. Excel from www.mrexcel.com, and Michael Alexander, a microsoft Certified Application Developer. The authors' practical scenarios and real-world advice demonstrate the benefits of Pivot Tables and how to avoid the common pitfalls of every day data crunching. Each solution presented in the book can be accomplished with resources available in the Excel interface, making Pivot Table Data Crunching a beneficial resource for all levels of Excel users. About The Author Bill Jelen is the principal behind the leading Excel website, MrExcel.com. As an Excel consultant, he has written Excel VBA solutions for hundreds of clients around the English-speaking world. His website hosts more than 12 million page views annually. Prior to founding MrExcel.com, Bill spent 12 years "in the trenches," working as a financial analyst for the finance, marketing, accounting, and operations departments of a $500 million public company. His duties included turning large amounts of mainframe data into meaningful reports. Working initially with Lotus 1-2-3 and then Excel, Bill honed techniques to take massive amounts of data and produce meaningful reports in record time. Bill is the author of seven books on microsoft Excel. Michael Alexander is a microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) with more than 13 years' experience consulting and developing office solutions. Michael started his career in consulting and development at the White House Communications Agency in Washington D.C., later parleying his experience with VBA and VB into a successful career in the private sector, developing middleware and reporting solutions for a wide variety of industries. He currently lives in Plano, Texas, where he heads an analytical services group for a $700 million company. In his spare time he runs a free tutorial site, http://www.datapigtechnologies.com, where he shares basic Access and Excel tips with intermediate users. © Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved. |
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