Project Management: A Complete Guide

Project Management: A Complete Guide

2009 | ISBN: 8776757285, 8776757281 | 401 pages | PDF | 102.5 MB

Project management is aimed at everyone who works with project management, program management, or portfolio management. Project management can be used for training and educational purposes, and as a handbook when executing projects or during a certification process. The disposition of the book follows a project's flow. Sections on project methodology are mixed with chapters on leadership and personal development. Content and terminology are adapted to match PMI's and IPMA's view on project management. Project management covers all areas a project manager should command to professionally execute projects and manage programs. Thanks to the clear and pedagogic disposition of the book, no previous knowledge in project management is needed to take advantage of the content. Project management also deals with change management, project maturity and the project office, which should appeal to any business executive and decision maker who holds responsibility for the development of the organization and the utilization of resources.

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Value and Risk Management: A Guide to Best Practice

Value and Risk Management: A Guide to Best Practice

Publisher: W[ile]y-Bl[ac]kwell 2006 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 140512069X | PDF | 9 MB

Published on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Building and endorsed by a range of construction industry institutes, this book explains the underlying concepts of value and risk, and how they relate to one another. It describes the different issues to be addressed in a variety of circumstances and at all stages of a project's life and reviews a number of commonly used and effective techniques, showing how these may be adapted to suit individuals' styles and circumstances.

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Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) - Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) - Suzanne Collins

Scholastic Press | 1 edition | Septemb

er 1 2009 | English | ISBN-10: 0439023491 | File type: PDF | 89 pages | 819.78 Kb

There are talks of a rebellion against the Capitol, one that Katniss and Peeta may have helped happen. Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled a rebellion and what scares her more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

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Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games Trilogy

Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games Trilogy

Publisher: S...la.tic | ISBN: 0545387200 | 2011 | EPUB/MOBI | 821 pages | 1 MB/1 MB

The extraordinary, ground breaking New York Times bestsellers The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, along with the third book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay, are available for the first time ever in a beautiful e-book trilogy edition. Stunning, gripping, and powerful. The trilogy is now complete!

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The Abduction	Mark Gimenez
Airman	Eoin Colfer
American Sniper	Chris Kyle, Scott Mcewen
An Amish Love	Beth Wiseman
The Anatomist's Apprentice	Tessa Harris
Arcadia Falls	Carol Goodman
Back To School Murder	Leslie Meier
Bad Company	Virginia Swift
Before I Go To Sleep	S. J. Watson
Black Order	James Rollins
A Chance in the World	Steve Pemberton
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder	Joanne Fluke
Claim of Innocence	Laura Caldwell
The Countess	Lynsay Sands
Crucible of Gold	Naomi Novik
Cruising Attitude	Heather Poole
Curse of the Bane	Joseph Delaney
Delirium	Lauren Oliver
Destined For an Early Grave	Jeaniene Frost
Divergent	Veronica Roth
Dreaming of Mr. Darcy	Victoria Connelly
Dust to Dust	Benjamin Busch
Ecstasy Unveiled	Larissa Ione
Exodus	Julie Bertagna
The Expats	Chris Pavone
Fifty Shades of Grey	E L James
The Girl Who Was on Fire	Leah Wilson
The Good Father	Noah Hawley
Gossip	Beth Gutcheon
The Heiress	Lynsay Sands
The House at Sea's End	Elly Griffiths
How the Marquess Was Won	Julie Anne Long
The Husband Hunt	Lynsay Sands
If Looks Could Kill	Kate White
Jack & Jill	James Patterson
Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow	James Rollins
Judgment and Wrath	Matt Hilton
Kill the Dead	Richard Kadrey
Kiss Me, I'm Irish	Roxanne St. Claire, Jill Shalvis, Maureen Child
Kiss the Girls	James Patterson
Lost Light	Michael Connelly
Map of Bones	James Rollins
Midnight Sons Volume 3	Debbie Macomber
The Miseducation of Cameron Post	Emily M. Danforth
Missing	Shelley Shepard Gray
The Missing Mummy	Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney
Mr. and Miss Anonymous	Fern Michaels
Mudwoman	Joyce Carol Oates
Murder in the Sentier	Cara Black
The Necromancer	Michael Scott
Need You Now	James Grippando
Nemesis	Jo Nesbo
A Night to Surrender	Tessa Dare
Pandemonium	Lauren Oliver
Partials	Dan Wells
The Perils of Pleasure	Julie Anne Long
Phantom	Ted Bell
Quiet	Susan Cain
Red Hot Lies	Laura Caldwell
The Red Trailer Mystery	Julie Campbell
Red, White & Dead	Laura Caldwell
Redwood Bend	Robyn Carr
Revenge of the Witch	Joseph Delaney
Rocket Boys	Homer Hickam
A Rogue By Any Other Name	Sarah Maclean
Sandstorm	James Rollins
The Song of Achilles	Madeline Miller
That's How I Roll	Andrew Vachss
The Thief	Fuminori Nakamura
Titanic	National Geographic
Trick or Treat Murder	Leslie Meier
Under the Never Sky	Veronica Rossi
Victims	Jonathan Kellerman
Voyagers of the Titanic	Richard Davenport-Hines
Warlord	Ted Bell
The Wild	Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, Greg Ruth

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Title	Author(s)
Another Piece of My Heart	Jane Green
Apocalypse	Troy Denning, Marc Thompson
Bad Dog	Martin Kihn, David Drummond
Birth of an Empire	Conn Iggulden, Stefan Rudnicki
Catching Fire	Suzanne Collins, Carolyn McCormick
The Dead of Night	Peter Lerangis, David Pittu
The Good Father	Noah Hawley, Bruce Turk, Arthur Morey, Ryan Gesell
Heft	Liz Moore, Kirby Heyborne, Keith Szarabajka
The Hunger Games	Suzanne Collins, Carolyn McCormick
The Last Good Man	A. J. Kazinski, Simon Vance
The Last Nude	Ellis Avery, Thérèse Plummer, Barbara Caruso
Long Gone	Alafair Burke, Tamara Marston
The Longest Day	Cornelius Ryan, Clive Chafer
Mastered by Love	Stephanie Laurens, Steven Crossley
NPR Driveway Moments All About Animals	NPR, Steve Inskeep
Oath of Office	Michael Palmer, Robert Petkoff
Once Upon a Secret	Mimi Alford, Susan Denaker
A Perfect Blood	Kim Harrison, Marguerite Gavin
A Princess of Mars	Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack Sondericker
Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea	Morgan Callan Rogers, Luci Christian
The Technologists	Matthew Pearl, Stephen Hoye
The Thirteen Hallows	Michael Scott, Colette Freedman, Kate Reading
Three to Get Deadly	Janet Evanovich, Lori Petty
Vacations Can Be Murder	Connie Shelton, Lynda Evans
Victims	Jonathan Kellerman, John Rubinstein
We Bought a Zoo	Benjamin Mee, Gildart Jackson
The World of Downton Abbey	Jesssica Fellows, Julian Fellows, Elizabeth McGovern

101 Most Powerful Prayers in the Bible

101 Most Powerful Prayers in the Bible

F.ithWords | ISBN: 0446532134 | 2003 | EPUB | 256 pages | 0,4 MB

Throughout the Bible are many powerful and moving examples of prayers from men and women who sought a priceless and indispensable friendship with the Father. 101 MOST POWERFUL PRAYERS IN THE BIBLE contains a sampling of those orations, including prayers of need, thanksgiving, joy, guidance, healing, and wisdom, and resisting temptation-simple reminders that God is only a prayer away.

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The Muslim World in the 21st Century: Space, Power, and Human Development

The Muslim World in the 21st Century: Space, Power, and Human Development

Publisher: ...inger | ISBN: 9400726325 | 2012 | PDF | 383 pages | 5 MB

Islam is not only a religion, but also a culture, tradition, and civilization. There are currently 1.5 billion people in the world who identify themselves as Muslim. Two thirds of the worldwide Muslim population, i.e. approximately a billion people, live in forty-eight Muslim majority countries (MMC) in the world�C all of which except one are in Africa and Asia. Of these MMCs in Africa and Asia, only twelve (inhabited by about 165 million people) have ever achieved a high score on the Human Development Index (HDI), the index that measures life expectancy at birth, education and standard of living and ranks how developed a country is. This means that the majority of the world s Muslim population lives in poverty with low or medium level of human development. The contributions to this innovative volume attempt to determine why this is. They explore the influence of environment, space, and power on human development. The result is a complex, interdisciplinary study of all MMCs in Africa and Asia. It offers new insights into the current state of the Muslim World, and provides a theoretical framework for studying human development from an interdisciplinary social, cultural economic, environmental, political, and religious perspective, which will be applicable to regional and cultural studies of space and power in other regions of the world.

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France (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

France (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

2010 | ISBN: 0756660564 | 720 pages | PDF | 77,38 MB

The chapters of this book have been divided into 16 color-coded regions that reflect the diversity of France. These are based on the country's historical regions that were often defined by their geography and landscape as much as by their influence and power. Each has developed its own special flavor; its own architecture, cuisine, customs, music, dress, dialect and even language. The pages of the Eyewitness Travel Guide will give a taste of these areas and show you what there is to see and do.

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Professional WordPress Plugin Development

Professional WordPress Plugin Development

Publisher: W/.x | ISBN: 0470916222 | 2011 | EPUB/MOBI | 552 pages | 7 MB/9 MB

As one of the most popular open source content management systems available today, WordPress boasts a framework that allows you to easily customize and extend it through plugins. This comprehensive book shows you how plugins work, reviews the tools and APIs available in WordPress, and demonstrates how to extend the functionality of WordPress with plugins.

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HTML, XHTML, and CSS: Introductory, 6th edition

HTML, XHTML, and CSS: Introductory, 6th edition

2010 | ISBN: 0538747463 | 232 pages | PDF | 29,25 MB

Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman series, this text provides an introduction to HTML and leads the user through a clear, step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning. Readers learn how to create a Web page using HTML, format the page, add graphics, and more.

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Advances in Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing

Advances in Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited | 2006-04-12 | ISBN: 0444527230 | PDF | 568 pages | 3.03 MB

Deals with the effectiveness of specific corporate governance devices and changes in capital structure and risk management.

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"Pathways to Supply Chain Excellence" ed. by Ales Groznik and Yu Xiong

"Pathways to Supply Chain Excellence" ed. by Ales Groznik and Yu Xiong

InTeO | 2012 | ISBN: 9535103677 9789535103677 | 217 pages | PDF | 10 MB 

The coverage focuses on how to build a competitive supply chain using viable management strategies, operational models, and information technology. It includes a core presentation on supply chain management, collaborative planning, advanced planning and budgeting system, risk management and new initiatives such as incorporating anthropometry into design of products.

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Ali in Wonderland	Ali Wentworth
American Sniper	Chris Kyle, Scott Mcewen
The Anatomist's Apprentice	Tessa Harris
And She Was	Alison Gaylin
Arcadia Falls	Carol Goodman
Assassins in Love	Kris DeLake
At Grave's End	Jeaniene Frost
Back to the Bedroom	Janet Evanovich
Bloody Valentine	Melissa de la Cruz
Blueberry Muffin Murder	Joanne Fluke
Brown-Eyed Girl	Virginia Swift
Cinnamon Roll Murder	Joanne Fluke
Cold Cereal	Adam Rex
The Countess	Lynsay Sands
Cruising Attitude	Heather Poole
Dead Men's Dust	Matt Hilton
Death of Kings	Bernard Cornwell
Deep Sky	Patrick Lee
Devil in the Grove	Gilbert King
The Devil's Star	Jo Nesbo
Dreaming of Mr. Darcy	Victoria Connelly
A Drink Before the War	Dennis Lehane
Eisenhower in War and Peace	Jean Edward Smith
Embrace	Jessica Shirvington
The Expats	Chris Pavone
The Flight of Gemma Hardy	Margot Livesey
Fudge Cupcake Murder	Joanne Fluke
The Games	Ted Kosmatka
Ghost Country	Patrick Lee
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Horrid Henry's Joke Book	Francesca Simon
How the Marquess Was Won	Julie Anne Long
Island of Vice	Richard Zacks
The Lemonade Crime	Jacqueline Davies
A Lesson in Secrets	Jacqueline Winspear
Midnight Sons Volume 2	Debbie Macomber
Murder in Belleville	Cara Black
Murder in the Marais	Cara Black
Need You Now	James Grippando
Outlaw Platoon	Sean Parnell, John Bruning
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A Perfect Blood	Kim Harrison
A Poisoned Season	Tasha Alexander
The Power of Six	Pittacus Lore
President Lincoln's Spy	Steven Wilson
Question of Trust	Laura Caldwell
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Raylan Givens 3 Book Collection	Elmore Leonard
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Revenge of the Witch	Joseph Delaney
Rodeo Rocky	Jenny Oldfield
A Rogue By Any Other Name	Sarah Maclean
Sandman Slim	Richard Kadrey
The Savage Grace	Bree Despain
The Scent of Cherry Blossoms	Cindy Woodsmall
Shades of Grey	Clea Simon
The Song of Achilles	Madeline Miller
Starters	Lissa Price
Under the Never Sky	Veronica Rossi
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Voyagers of the Titanic	Richard Davenport-Hines
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36 Yalta Boulevard	Olen Steinhauer, Yuri Rasovsky
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Another Piece of My Heart	Jane Green
Another Time, Another Life	Leif GW Persson, Erik Davies
Apocalypse	Troy Denning, Marc Thompson
Arcadia Falls	Carol Goodman, Jen Taylor
Bad Science	Ben Goldacre, Jonathan Cowley
Catching Fire	Suzanne Collins, Carolyn McCormick
Cold Cereal	Adam Rex, Oliver Wyman
Death of a Kingfisher	M. C. Beaton
Elijah	Jacquelyn Frank, Xe Sands
The Flight of Gemma Hardy	Margot Livesey, Davina Porter
The Games	Ted Kosmatka, Scott Brick
The Hunger Games	Suzanne Collins, Carolyn McCormick
Husband Hunt	Lynsay Sands, Jaime Birch
Indomitable Will	Mark Updegrove, Paul Michael, Dan Woren, Coleen Marlo, Bob Walter
An Invisible Thread	Laura Schroff, Alex Tresniowski, Pam Ward
Island of Vice	Richard Zacks, Joe Ochman
The Lake of Dead Languages	Carol Goodman, Vivienne Benesch
Physics of the Future	Michio Kaku, Feodor Chin
Starters	Lissa Price, Rebecca Lowman
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The Vanishers	Heidi Julavits, Xe Sands

Applied Linear Algebra and Matrix Analysis

This book is about matrix and linear algebra, and their applications. For

many students the tools of matrix and linear algebra will be as fundamental

in their professional work as the tools of calculus; thus it is important to

ensure that students appreciate the utility and beauty of these subjects as

well as the mechanics. To this end, applied mathematics and mathematical

modeling ought to have an important role in an introductory treatment of

linear algebra. In this way students see that concepts of matrix and linear

algebra make concrete problems workable.

In this book we weave significant motivating examples into the fabric of

the text. I hope that instructors will not omit this material; that would be

a missed opportunity for linear algebra! The text has a strong orientation

toward numerical computation and applied mathematics, which means that

matrix analysis plays a central role. All three of the basic components of lin-

ear algebra — theory, computation, and applications — receive their due.

The proper balance of these components gives students the tools they need

as well as the motivation to acquire these tools. Another feature of this text

is an emphasis on linear algebra as an experimental science; this emphasis is

found in certain examples, computer exercises, and projects. Contemporary

mathematical software make ideal “labs” for mathematical experimentation.

Nonetheless, this text is independent of specific hardware and software plat-

forms. Applications and ideas should take center stage, not software.

This book is designed for an introductory course in matrix and linear

algebra. Here are some of its main goals:

• To provide a balanced blend of applications, theory, and computation that

emphasizes their interdependence.

• To assist those who wish to incorporate mathematical experimentation

through computer technology into the class. Each chapter has computer

exercises sprinkled throughout and an optional section on computational

notes. Students should use the locally available tools to carry out the experiments suggested in the project and use the word processing capabilities

of their computer system to create reports of results.

To help students to express their thoughts clearly. Requiring written re-

ports is one vehicle for teaching good expression of mathematical ideas.

To encourage cooperative learning. Mathematics educators are becoming

increasingly appreciative of this powerful mode of learning. Team projects

and reports are excellent vehicles for cooperative learning.

To promote individual learning by providing a complete and readable text.

I hope that readers will find the text worthy of being a permanent part of

their reference library, particularly for the basic linear algebra needed in

the applied mathematical sciences.

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APPLIED TECHNOLOGY AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR PROCESS CONTROL

Applied Technology and Instrumentation for Process Controlpresents the complex technologies of different manufacturing processes and the control instrumentation used. The large variety of processes prohibits covering more than a few. Carefully selected and diverse, but representative, examples show how fundamentally basic simpler elements or techniques can be coordinated and expanded into more control systems. This book is suitable for all levels of practitioners and engineers in related industries or applications.

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ANALYSIS, CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION OF COMPLEX DYNAMIC SYSTEMS

Complex systems present important challenges, in part due to their sheer size, which makes it difficult to grasp their dynamic behavior, optimize their operations, or study their reliability. Yet we live in a world where, due to increasing inter-dependencies and networking of systems, complexity has become the norm. This book gathers in a single volume a spectrum of complex dynamic systems-related papers written by experts in their fields, and strongly representative of current research trends.

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Analysis and Synthesis of Fuzzy Control Systems A Model-Based Approach

Fuzzy logic control (FLC) has proven to be a popular control methodology for many complex systems in industry, and is often used with great success as an alternative to conventional control techniques. However, because it is fundamentally model free, conventional FLC suffers from a lack of tools for systematic stability analysis and controller design. To address this problem, many model-based fuzzy control approaches have been developed, with the fuzzy dynamic model or the Takagi and Sugeno (TS) fuzzy model-based approaches receiving the greatest attention. Analysis and Synthesis of Fuzzy Control Systems: A Model-Based Approachoffers a unique reference devoted to the systematic analysis and synthesis of model-based fuzzy control systems. After giving a brief review of the varieties of FLC, including the TS fuzzy model-based control, it fully explains the fundamental concepts of fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic, and fuzzy systems. This enables the book to be self-contained and provides a basis for later chapters, which cover: TS fuzzy modeling and identification via nonlinear models or data Stability analysis of TS fuzzy systems Stabilization controller synthesis as well as robust H and observer and output feedback controller synthesis Robust controller synthesis of uncertain TS fuzzy systems Time-delay TS fuzzy systems Fuzzy model predictive control Robust fuzzy filtering Adaptive control of TS fuzzy systems A reference for scientists and engineers in systems and control, the book also serves the needs of graduate students exploring fuzzy logic control. It readily demonstrates that conventional control technology and fuzzy logic control can be elegantly combined and further developed so that disadvantages of conventional FLC can be avoided and the horizon of conventional control technology greatly extended. Many chapters feature application simulation examples and practical numerical examples based on MATLAB.

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BEBOP TO THE BOOLEAN BOOGIE An unconwentional guide to electronics fundamentals, components, and processes

My first exposure to the unique writing style of Clive (call me “Max”)

Maxfield was a magazine article that he co-wrote with an associate. The

article was technically brilliant (he paid me to say that) and very infor-

mative, but it was the short biography at the end of the piece that I enjoyed

the most. I say enjoyed the most because, as you will soon learn, Max does

not necessarily follow the herd or dance to the same drummer as the masses.

Trade journals have a reputation for being informative and educational but

also as dry as West Texas real estate. Anyway, Max’s personally submitted biography not only included a

message from his mom, but also made mention of the fact that he (Max)

is taller than his co-author, who just happened to be his boss at the time.

Now to some people this may seem irrelevant, but to our readers (and Max’s

boss), these kind of things-trivial as they may seem to the uninitiated-

are what helps us to maintain our off-grid sense of the world. Max has

become, for better or worse, a part of that alternate life experience.

So now it’s a couple of years later, and Max has asked me to write a

few words by way of introduction. Personally, I think that the title of this

tome alone (hmmm, a movie?) should provide some input as to what YOU

can expect, But, for those who require a bit more: be forewarned, dear

reader, YOU will probably learn far more than you could hope to expect from

Bebop to the Boolean Boogie, just because of the unique approach Max has

to technical material. The author will guide you from the basics through

a minefield of potentially boring theoretical mish-mash, to a Nirvana

of understanding. You will not suffer that fate familiar to every reader:

was trying to say. For a limey, Max shoots amazingly well and from the hip,

but in a way that will keep you interested and amused. If you are not

vigilant, you may not only learn something, but you may even enjoy the

process. The only further advice I can give is to “expect the unexpected.”

ing paragraphs over and over wondering what in the world the author

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