Review: ""...should be on the shelf of every database, software, and systems architect. The book captures decades of experience, presenting distilled knowledge in a concise and easy-to-understand format. The breadth of coverage is enormous, ranging from basic data structures through star schema, archetypes for representing commonly fou

Subject(s): Digital media design -- Interviews | Multimedia systems | Mass media Summary: Mainstream media have not yet disappeared in a digital takeover of the media landscape. But the long-dominant media-- television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and books-- have had to respond to emergent digital media. In Designing Media, Bill Moggridge ex

Subject(s): Body language | Success in business Summary: "Train your body to communicate with confidence and clarity-have your body match what your mouth says... The popular phrase "leading from influence" takes for granted that influence derives chiefly from verbal communication. However, communication is about more than words. To

Subject(s): Images, Photographic | Photography -- Processing | Image processing | Photography -- Digital techniques Summary: "Edited and expanded to keep pace with the digital revolution, this highly popular and critically acclaimed work continues to provide students with a comprehensive exploration of imaging science. Brilliantly written a

Subject(s): Research -- Moral and ethical aspects Summary: "The book thoroughly examines the broader ethical issues that arise throughout research, from the design stage through to data collection and analysis. It also investigates topical issues such as consent, confidentiality and ethical questions in the dissemination of research. There

Subject(s): Success | Wakefulness | Transcendence (Philosophy) | Life skills Summary: The author presents a program explaining the four stages of awakening. He offers a step-by-step approach for finding and achieving one's goals and desires, as well as a path to complete mind, body, and spiritual transformation. Contents:What to expect

Subject(s): Banks and banking -- Islamic countries | Capital market -- Islamic countries | Finance -- Islamic countries Summary: "This book covers all Islamic derivatives and structured products including state of the art Islamic short-selling methods used by hedge funds and gives a comprehensive overview of current Islamic capital markets.

Subject(s): Libraries -- History -- India Andhra Pradesh | Public libraries -- India Andhra Pradesh Summary: Study on the growth of libraries and their role in bringing out socio-cultural, political changes and spread of education in Andhra Pradesh, India. Holdings: ,Book - General,Gombak Campus Library,General Collection,Open Shel

Subject(s): Problem solving | Creative thinking | Creative ability in business | Teams in the workplace -- Management Summary: "Supposedly, our high level of cognition (and strategically placed thumbs) is what set us apart from much of the natural world. But it turns out that while we all think, we do not all think the same way. We all natu

Subject(s): Flow cytometry | Stem cells Summary: "In most labs, training and resources are not available to teach methods of flow cytometry. Except for the original publications there are no books which talk about these sophisticated methods for stem cell analysis. There is need for a book which will review these procedures, discuss the s