The Facts on File Chemistry Handbook

My Xbox: Xbox 360, Kinect, and Xbox LIVE

Que, 2012

This is the quick, visual, one-stop tutorial for everyone who wants to get maximum fun and entertainment out of their Xbox 360, Xbox Live, and Kinect controller. Gaming experts Christina and Bill Loguidice cover everything Xbox has to offer, uncovering cool features and tools most users won't ever discover on their own. You learn how to...

Great Feuds in Mathematics: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Mathematical disputes offer indisputable proof that great mathematical minds are calculating in more ways than one. Fueled by greed, jealousy, ambition, and ego, they have plots worthy of a soap opera, pitting brother against brother, father against son, and student against mentor.

In the sixteenth century, Cardano and Tartaglia battled...

Hotel Front Office Management

John Wiley & Sons, 2002

The third edition of Hotel Front Office Management continues to address the demands
of the hotel industry in the new millennium. Educators who are preparing professionals
for roles as front office managers and general managers in hotels are required to meet
the challenges of operations, technology, training, empowerment, and...

Java™ Performance and Scalability Volume 1: Server-Side Programming Techniques

Addison Wesley, 2000

This book was written with one goal in mind: to provide Java programmers with the expertise needed to build efficient, scalable Java code. The author shares his experience in server-side performance tuning through measured performance assessments, called optimizations. Each optimization discusses techniques to improve the...

J2ME: The Complete Reference

McGraw-Hill, 2003

The Most Comprehensive J2ME Resource Available!

Java developers, here's your chance to survey the scope of J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition) knowledge in one solidly written reference. Discover the basic architecture and functionality of J2ME and how it differs from J2SE and J2EE. Build a J2ME database with coverage of essentials such as...

Inside C#, Second Edition

Microsoft Press, 2002

After almost 20 years of developing software on everything from System/38s to AS/400s to OS/2 and now Microsoft Windows, I can say without reservation that I was becoming a victim of burnout. The days of looking forward to the evenings and weekends-not because it meant going home but because it meant being able to work all day and...