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Author : Nelle Harper Lee
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
ISBN: 0060935464 , 978-0060935467
The novel To Kill A Mockingbird revolves around a young girl named Jean Louise Finch who goes by the nicknamed “Scout”. Scout experiences different events in her life that dramatically change her life. Scout and her brother Jem are being raised by their father, a lawyer named Atticus and a housekeeper named Calpumia in a small town in the south. At this point in time in the South racism and discriminations towards black was a big issue . The story begins when Scout is 6 years old, and her brother is about to enter the 5th grade. That summer Scout and her brother meet a young boy named Dill who comes from Mississippi to spend the summers there. They become fascinated with a man named "Boo" Radley, a man in his thirties who has not been seen outside of his home in years, mainly because of his suppressed upbringing. They have an impression of Mr. Radley as being this large ugly and evil man. Then comes the trial. Scout’s father becomes a defense attorney for a black man, Tom Robinson, who is falsely accused of raping a white women. This has a big affect on Scout. During this trial she gets teased by friends because her father was helping this black man. Scout starts to see the racism that exist. During the trial Scout and her brother and close friend Dill witness the trial. Even though they are young they can see that Mr. Robinson is innocent. Even though Mr. Robinson’s innocence was clear even in the eyes of kids, Mr. Robinson was still found guilty. Later in an attempt to escape, Mr. Robinson is shot dead. Scout is extremely disappointed at the verdict and even more at the death of Mr. Robinson and realizes the injustice that exist. Later in a cowardly attempt by the alleged rape victims father, tries to kill Scout and her brother in order to get even with her father for making him look back in court. This is when Mr.Radley makes an appearance again an stabs their attacker. Even though Mr. Radley kills a man he is not tried for murder because he was defending the Scout and her brother. Finally some justice. This gives Scout some hope that is a chance for improvement in this unjust world.
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Friday, December 26, 2008
To Kill a Mockingbird
How Opal Mehta Got Kissed Got Wild and Got a Life
Author : Kaavya Viswanathan
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
ISBN: 0316059889 , 978-0316059886
When she can't answer the dean's first question — ''What do you like to do for fun?'' — in her Harvard admissions interview, goal-oriented Opal Mehta redirects her cerebral energy to the pursuit of popularity, Manolo Blahniks, and throwing the perfect kegger. ''What if Harvard rejected me,'' she frets, ''because I couldn't prove myself to be a whole, desirable woman?'' Opal is a refreshing departure from the boozy, promiscuous Gossip Girls who dominate the YA market, but the obvious just-be-yourself lesson in Kaavya Viswanathan's How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life falls flat. By the end, even Opal's Ivy League ambitions feel shallow.
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
Computer Networks
Author : Andrew s Tanenbaum
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR;
ISBN: 0130661023 , 978-0130661029
Tanenbaum's Computer Networks is a good, solid introductory textbook on networking. People with basic knowledge can learn the basic networking. It can also be used for reference. from it five years ago and have been using it as a reference ever since.
It uses a layer-based approach, starting at the bottom and working upwards. A very a wide range of material is covered; there is even an appendix on queueing theory.
It starts with an explanation of the physical layer, continues with the data link layer, then the medium access control sublayer, the network layer, the transport layer, the application layer and last a very interesting chapter about network security.It covers subjects such as emai, the domain name system, the World Wide Web and multimedia (including voice over IP).
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Author : Galvin , Silberschatz , Gagne
Publisher: Wiley; 6th edition
ISBN: 0471417432 , 978-0471417439
Operating systems are large and complex, and yet must function with near-absolute reliability--that's why they're a class unto themselves in the field of software development. Since its first release 20 years ago, "the dinosaur book"--Operating System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, and Greg Gagne--has been a valuable reference for designers and implementers of operating systems. The newly released sixth edition of this book maintains the volume's authority with new sections on thread management, distributed processes, and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). There's also information on the workings of the latest crop of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows 2000, Linux, FreeBSD, and compact operating systems for handheld devices.
This book is concerned with the design of operating systems, which is to say it enumerates the problems that pop up in the creation of efficient systems and explores alternative ways of dealing with them, detailing the advantages and shortcomings of each. For example, in their chapter on scheduling CPU activity, the authors explain several algorithms (first-come, first-served, and round-robin scheduling, among others) for allocating the capacity of single and multiple processors among jobs. They highlight the relative advantages of each, and explain how several real-life operating systems solve the problem. They then present the reader with exercises (this book is essentially a university textbook) that inspire thought and discussion.
Solutions to this book is also available.
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One Night @ the Call Center
Author : Chetan Bhagat
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345498321 , 978-0345498328
This bestselling Indian import feels more like a half-baked business-inspirational tract than a novel, as if a washed-up motivational speaker wrote a spec script for The Office and set it in an Indian call center. The prologue sets up the novel as a story told to the author by a fellow passenger on an overnight train to Delhi. Perennially put-upon narrator Shyam Mehra is denied a promotion and learns his ex-girlfriend and current officemate Priyanka has agreed to an arranged marriage with a man in Seattle. Another friend and colleague, Vroom, hates the job and their boss, but likes the money. Co-worker Rhadhika's marriage crumbles after she learns of her husband's affair. And Esha feels guilty about what she's done in pursuit of her dream of being a model. Meanwhile, they learn that the company they work for has decided to lay off workers and that their boss is taking credit for work they've done. And then, the hook: God calls, offering the crew a four-point plan for success. Lackluster writing and a preachy tone cripple what could have been an interesting premise.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
The White Tiger
Author: Aravind Adiga
Publisher: Free Press
ISBN: 1416562591 , 978-1416562597
A brutal view of India's class struggles is cunningly presented in Adiga's debut about a racist, homicidal chauffer. Balram Halwai is from the Darkness, born where India's downtrodden and unlucky are destined to rot. Balram manages to escape his village and move to Delhi after being hired as a driver for a rich landlord. Telling his story in retrospect, the novel is a piecemeal correspondence from Balram to the premier of China, who is expected to visit India and whom Balram believes could learn a lesson or two about India's entrepreneurial underbelly. Adiga's existential and crude prose animates the battle between India's wealthy and poor as Balram suffers degrading treatment at the hands of his employers (or, more appropriately, masters). His personal fortunes and luck improve dramatically after he kills his boss and decamps for Bangalore. Balram is a clever and resourceful narrator with a witty and sarcastic edge that endears him to readers, even as he rails about corruption, allows himself to be defiled by his bosses, spews coarse invective and eventually profits from moral ambiguity and outright criminality. It's the perfect antidote to lyrical India.
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How to Solve It
Author : George Polya
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691023565 , 978-0691023564
A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight.
In lucid and appealing prose, Polya reveals how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can be of help in attacking any problem that can be "reasoned" out--from building a bridge to winning a game of anagrams. Generations of readers have relished Polya's deft--indeed, brilliant--instructions on stripping away irrelevancies and going straight to the heart of the problem.
In this best-selling classic, George Pólya revealed how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can be of help in attacking any problem that can be "reasoned" out--from building a bridge to winning a game of anagrams. Generations of readers have relished Pólya's deft instructions on stripping away irrelevancies and going straight to the heart of a problem. How to Solve It popularized heuristics, the art and science of discovery and invention. It has been in print continuously since 1945 and has been translated into twenty-three different languages.
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THE ROAD AHEAD
Author : Bill Gates
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0140260404 , 978-0140260403
Readers of The Road Ahead fortunately will find an author that is an entrepreneur, not a corporate bureaucrat. Indeed, Bill Gates stands as one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the late twentieth century.
From the outset, Gates exhibits a clear preference for private economic actions over government. He dislikes the metaphor of the information superhighway to describe the unfolding developments in the information economy. He worries about the implication that a highway should be built by government, an option Gates considers a major mistake.
In the end, entrepreneurs lie at the center of the capitalist economy as the sources of creativity, innovation, and invention. Gates correctly notes: Entrepreneurship will play a major role in shaping the development of the information highway, the same way it shaped the personal-computer business. And he grasps the full benefits of entrepreneurship as well: The good news is that people learn from both the successes and the failures, and the net result is rapid progress.
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Five Point Someone: What Not to Do in IIT
Author : Chetan Bhagat
Publisher: Rupa & Co.
ISBN: 8129104601 , 978-8129104601
Five Point Someone is a story about three friends in IIT who are unable to cope.
The book starts with a disclaimer, "This is not a book to teach you how to get into IIT or even how to live in college. In fact, it describes how screwed up things can get if you don't think straight."
Three hostelmates - Alok, Hari and Ryan get off to a bad start in IIT - they screw up the first class quiz. And while they try to make amends, things only get worse. It takes them a while to realize: If you try and screw with the IIT system, it comes back to double screw you. Before they know it, they are at the lowest echelons of IIT society. They have a five-point-something GPA out of ten, ranking near the end of their class. This GPA is a tattoo that will remain with them, and come in the way of anything else that matters - their friendship, their future, their love life. While the world expects IITians to conquer the world, these guys are struggling to survive.
Will they make it? Do underperformers have a right to live? Can they show that they are not just a five-point-somebody but a five-point-someone?
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Author : Paulo Coelho
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
ISBN: 0062502182 , 978-0062502186
The Alchemist presents a simple fable, based on simple truths and places it in a highly unique situation. And though we may sniff a bestselling formula, it is certainly not a new one: even the ancient tribal storytellers knew that this is the most successful method of entertaining an audience while slipping in a lesson or two. Brazilian storyteller Paulo Coehlo introduces Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who one night dreams of a distant treasure in the Egyptian pyramids. And so he's off: leaving Spain to literally follow his dream.
Along the way he meets many spiritual messengers, who come in unassuming forms such as a camel driver and a well-read Englishman. In one of the Englishman's books, Santiago first learns about the alchemists--men who believed that if a metal were heated for many years, it would free itself of all its individual properties, and what was left would be the "Soul of the World." Of course he does eventually meet an alchemist, and the ensuing student-teacher relationship clarifies much of the boy's misguided agenda, while also emboldening him to stay true to his dreams. "My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy confides to the alchemist one night as they look up at a moonless night.
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself," the alchemist replies. "And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity." --Gail HudsonDownload Link as 1st comment
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
The World As I See It
Author : Albert Einstein
Publisher: Citadel
ISBN: 080650711X , 978-0806507118
The Einstein revealed in these writings is witty, keenly perceptive, and deeply concerned for humanity. Einstein believed in the possibility of a peaceful world and in the high mission of science to serve human well-being. As we near the end of a century in which science has come to seem more and more remote from human values, Einstein's perspective is indispensable.
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The Oxford Book of Health Foods
Author :Vaughan , P.A. Judd
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN-10: 0198504594 , 978-0198504597
Health and health food is a big, confusing business. Collectively, we spend billions every year on vitamin supplements, alternative therapies and fitness products. Almost every nation has its own list of recommended nutritional and dietary requirements. Yet much of what we think we 'know' about what is (and isn't) good for us is based on nothing more than folk tradition and fashion. Now, at last The Oxford Book of Health Foods puts all those old wives' tales to the test. Within this one ambitious and beautifully illustrated volume, Vaughan and Judd have taken on a seemingly impossible task - to systematically examine 183 healthfood shop staples and present us with the lowdown. Which products really do have beneficial properties, and which are simply a waste of our time and money? If you've ever wondered about the value of feverfew in treating migraines, pondered on whether gingko really can prevent a deterioration of brain cells, or mulled over the sedative effects of hops - apart from when consumed in beer - then this is the book for you. Accompanying each entry is detailed information on every plant's origin and method of cultivation, its culinary and nutritional value, claims and folklore surrounding it and any scientific evidence to support them. The volume also includes comprehensive background information on good nutrition to help with shopping and label-reading. This is an extensive and thorough volume. Ideal for students of nutrition and alternative therapy, it's also accessible enough to keep even the most casual vitamin-gussler flicking happy through its pages. Packed full of helpful diagrams with clear explanations and a minimum of jargon, this is an indispensable reference for every health-conscious household.
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27 Healthful Hints
This booklet contains 27 selected health tips compiled by the editors of PRACTICAL HEALTH GUIDES. They are effective and easy to follow.
Many are based on recent research, while others were known in ancient times. But they have all been proven to be effective. So keep this guide close at hand and make the advice it offers a part of your daily life.
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American Medical Association Complete Guide to Men's Health
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0471414115, 978-0471414117
If you're male and have a health question, this is the place to find an answer. This ambitious, 500-page book from the American Medical Association is a thorough guide for keeping a man's body healthy, making sense of his system, and understanding specific health concerns. Part 1, "The Healthy Man," gives a quick overview of diet, exercise, weight management, alcohol, drugs, tobacco, and safety in 40 pages, including information you think you should know but maybe don't, like how to read a food label, manage medications, and check for home safety hazards. Part 2, "Staying Healthy," goes into more detail about diet, exercise, and weight management, and introduces preventive healthcare (e.g., medical screening tests and self-examinations), emotional health, and avoiding risky behavior and violence. Part 3, "The Reproductive System," covers male sexuality, including reproductive disorders, STDs, birth control, and treatments for erectile dysfunction. Part 4, "Common Health Concerns," comprising more than half the book, covers common male medical conditions and how to prevent and/or treat them. The writing is straightforward and serious (no wittiness or jokes), like a consultation with a trusted physician. The book covers so many topics that its treatment of any one condition is far from comprehensive, but it's an excellent reference and a starting place for learning about your health issues.
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Healthy Heart: Keep Your Cardiovascular System Healthy and Fit at any Age
Author : Paul Bragg
Publisher: Bragg Health Sciences
ISBN: 0877900965 ,978-0877900962
Prevent heart attacks and strokes. Learn the truth about: Angina, Arteriosclerosis, Fats, Cholesterol, Stress, and how foods, water and exercise can "make" or "break" your heart.
This book can save your life!
Dr. Patricia Bragg examines the most current research into the threats to cardiovascular health and outlines a natural, drug-free lifestyle proven to improve the cardiovascular health of anyone at any age. Paul and Patricia Bragg effective collaborate in Healthy Heart: Keep Your Cardiovascular System Health & Fit At Any Age to provide detailed reasons underlying cardiovascular disease. They use graphics, charts, and headlined sections to prove useful information in an easy-to-rad format specifically suited to the needs of the non-specialist general reader. Included in this highly recommended compendium of cardiovascular advice and information are easy-to-follow, heart healthy lifestyle changes, exercises, and diet information that if consistently applied will result in a dramatically improved cardiovascular performance and physical health.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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You Can Win
Author: Shiv Khera
Publisher: New Dawn Press
ISBN: 1904910033, 978-1904910039
SHIV Khera's You can win is a step-by-step tool for `top achievers'. The secret is out on the cover page of the book: ``Winners don't do different things. They do things differently.'' Here are more tips from Khera:
* We are born with five senses. Successful people have a sixth sense -- common sense.
* Ability without dependability, responsibility and flexibility is a liability.
* Failure is a detour, not a dead end. It is a delay, not a defeat.
* Commitment says, ``I am predictable in the unpredictable future.''
* Sincerity is no measure of good judgment. Someone could be sincere, yet wrong.
* Sympathy is, ``I understand how you feel.'' Empathy is, ``I feel how you feel.''
* Auto-suggestions are like writing a commercial to yourself about yourself, for yourself.
A must-read for those who can read!
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Beginning.SQL.Server.2005.Programming
Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition
ISBN-10: 0764584332, 978-0764584336
This book is for Microsoft database developers of all levels who are looking for an authoritative resource for core syntax, systems, and strategies for the 2005 release of SQL Server.
- After a quick primer on database design basics and the SQL query language (for those programmers who may be building their first database application), this book provides an overview of SQL Server itself, which has been dramatically redesigned with the 2005 release
- Once readers have grasped the fundamentals of database design and SQL concepts, they will then learn how to implement those concepts with Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Addresses creating and changing tables, managing keys, database normalization, writing scripts, working with stored procedures, programming with XML, and using SQL Server reporting and data transformation services
- The companion Web site provides all of the code found in the book
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
SQL The Complete Reference
Author : James R Groff, Paul N. Weinberg
ISBN : 0072225599 / 9780072225594
Publisher : McGraw-Hill
Get in-depth details on all the powerful features and capabilities of SQL inside this one-stop guide. Featuring broad coverage of every aspect of this leading database language, this book provides you with an overview of SQL then shows you how to retrieve and update data, program with SQL, use stored procedures, and much more. Covering emerging standards and new related technologies including XML, Web services, EJB, J2EE, and JDBC, this book will help you gain the knowledge and essential skills you need to effectively work with SQL. Comprehensive, organized, and practical, this is the ultimate guide to understanding and using SQL.
- Master SQL basics and use simple, multi-table, and summary queries
- Understand key concepts and the latest developments in relational database technology
- Set up and manage SQL-based databases and write programs to access them
- Create and use the sample database to run the SQL query examples in the book
- Find out about Xpath, Xquery, and other XML-based database query standards
- Discover how J2EE-based applications relate to data management
- Use and program SQL databases with application servers to create powerful Web applications
- Preview the future of SQL--including MySQL and the impact of XML and Web Services
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Test Your C Skills
Author : Yashavant Kanetkar
Publisher: BPB Publications
ISBN-10: 8170298016
ISBN-13: 978-8170298014
C language appears to be simple it has a number of features which can challenge the best in the field. Unless you fully understand what these features are and how they are used you would not be able to answer these tests confidently. Instead of taking the regular approach of discussing each of these features one by one, this book takes a different route. It highlights these features through questions, about 1000 of them. Answers are furnished for each question which illustrates the key points lucidly.
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Saturday, December 13, 2008
Let Us C
Author: Yashavant Kanetkar
Publisher: BPB Publications
ISBN-10: 8176566217
Let Us C by Yashavant Kanetkar is a cute companion for learning the C language.
This book helps you to firstly understand the fundamentals of C programming and then master the advanced features that C offers. Each chapter is designed to impart a deep and lasting appreciation of the different features of C language.
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Monday, December 8, 2008
The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People
Author: Stephen R. W. Covey
ISBN : 0-7432-6951-9
Publisher : Free Press
Dr Stephen Covey is a hugely influential management guru, whose book The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People, became a blueprint for personal development when it was published in 1990. The Seven Habits are said by some to be easy to understand but not as easy to apply. Don't let the challenge daunt you: The 'Seven Habits' are a remarkable set of inspirational and aspirational standards for anyone who seeks to live a full, purposeful and good life, and are applicable today more than ever, as the business world becomes more attuned to humanist concepts. Covey's values are full of integrity and humanity, and contrast strongly with the process-based ideologies that characterised management thinking in earlier times.
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Fundamentals of relational database ... Schaum's Outlines
Author : Pauline Cushman
ISBN : 007136188x
Publisher:McGraw-Hill/Osborne
More than 200 completely solved problems and an equal number of supplementary problems facilitate the understanding of database technology Complete scripts allow students to create and populate all databases used in the book Syntax and database technology employed by the most important database developers are featured, including Oracle, Microsoft Access, and DB2 Lab and practice tests similar to the tests currently used in the database certification exams for database developers are included to help students master database problems
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Saturday, December 6, 2008
The Jungle Book
Title of book: The Jungle Book
Author of Book: Kipling, Rudyard
The well-known book The Jungle Book came into its own as one of the animated highlights of the Disney empire. It was published in 1894, and its sequel The Second Jungle Book came a year later during the time when Kipling was ensconced at Brattleboro in Vermont. The story tells of the child Mowgli who is a foundling brought up by wolves. He learns over time and due to the instructions of various animal mentors the rules or ‘Laws’ of the jungle. Key figures are the wise black panther, Bagheera, and Baloo the sleepy bear. Both of these friendly beasts contribute to the child’s education. We learn about the great enmity between Mowgli and the tiger Shere Khan who killed the boy’s parents. Like Just So Stories (1902) it portrays the natural world and especially its creatures in a logical anthropomorphized manner, entertaining to adult and child alike. The simplicity of the concept and the lack of didactic moral overtones have made The Jungle Book a lasting influence on the young.
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
By John Milton
Published by Penguin Classics
ISBN 0140424393, 9780140424393
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Great expectations
Title of book: Great Expectations
ISBN: 9780786512621
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
Author of Book: Dickens, Charles
Great Expectations is about love, family, and rejection as Pip and Miss Havisham have both been rejected in certain ways. Pip is the main character, a boy around 13 years old, easy to fright, and goes through his life suffering lots of sadness. He is in love with a girl named Estella and wants her to find his love, but for him being shy and not showing himself to her, it makes it very hard for him.
Pip meets an escaped convict, Magwitch, and gives him food, in an encounter that is to haunt both their lives. When Pip receives riches from a mysterious benefactor he snobbishly abandons his friends for London society and his 'great expectations'. He grows through misfortune and suffering to maturity in the theme of Dicken's best-loved novels. Dickens blends gripping drama with penetrating satire to give a compelling story rich in comedy and pathos: he has also created two of his finest, most haunting characters in Pip ans Miss Havisham
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http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/31/65/frameset.html
Google Book :
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=d55huNQmSGgC&dq=great+expectations&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=iYVQl1z5Qw&sig=YuU4B8E5A4ZeEfzE9a2JSG9tKF0&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPP1,M1
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Sybex Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide
Author: Phil Heller
Publisher: Sybex Inc
ISBN: 0782144195
Here's the book you need to prepare for the Java 2 Programmer (SCJP) and Developer (SCJD) exams. This Study Guide was developed to meet the exacting requirements of today's certification candidates. In addition to the consistent and accessible instructional approach that has earned Sybex the reputation as the
leading publisher for certification self-study guides, this book provides:
In-depth coverage of every exam objective for the revised SCJP Exam Hundreds of challenging practice questions Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine.
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Java2 Complete Reference
Title: Java2 Complete Reference(Fifth Edition)
- Author: Herbert Schildt
- ISBN: 0072230738
In this completely up-to-date volume, Herb Schildt, the world's leading programming author, shows you everything you need to know to develop, compile, debug, and run Java applications and applets. You'll get complete details on the Java language, its class libraries, and its development environment along with hundreds of examples and expert techniques.
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Java Online tutorials
Free Java Online Courses (Core,J2EE etc) with slides and audio files
http://www.javapassion.com/
Sun Java Tutorials
https://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTra
some more links:
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3ll/jatutor0.htm
http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/contents.html
http://www.techiesoft.net/ebookjavacore.html
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Business Process Management Applied
Title : Business Process Management Applied
Creating the Value Managed Enterprise
Author : Charles Poirier , Ian Walker
ISBN : 1-932159-33-9
Acquire the roadmap for achieving success that relates specific process improvements to bottom-line profit growth. Business Process Management Applied: Creating the Value Managed Enterprise illustrates how process improvement can add value for firms of any size in any industry and the method for tracking those savings to financial statements, using a proven maturity model and a SCOR® model. It features a guiding framework and a presentation of the underlying architecture, including the basic elements of optimizing the extended enterprise, applying business process management (BPM) tools and techniques, and bringing increased value to all constituents of the networked enterprise — especially the end consumer.
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Using Knowledge Management to Drive Innovation
Title : Using Knowledge Management to Drive Innovation
This report, the tenth Best-Practice Report on knowledge management, explores how innovative organizations manage their knowledge and how to approach KM to drive innovation. Using Knowledge Management to Drive Innovation chronicles the value innovative organizations find in better managing the flow and reuse of knowledge, effective practices to enhance knowledge creation and reuse for innovation, and implications for other organizations that might wish to better nurture knowledge. The report focuses on how to:
1. Foster a supportive culture and link KM, innovation, and business strategy and results;
2. Enable collaboration;
3. Establish support roles and structures;
4. engage the educational and training functions and
5. Incorporate recruiting strategies; and
measure the success of consciously enabling knowledge to drive innovation.
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Thinking in Java
Title : Thinking in Java
Author : Bruce Eckel
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Online book :
http://www.faqs.org/docs/think_java/TIJ303.htm
Bruce Eckel's Free Electronic books:
http://www.odioworks.com/46-Bruce_Eckel%27s_Free_Electronic_Books.html
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Imagining India : Ideas for the New Century
Title: Imagining India : Ideas for the New Century
Author: Nandan Nilekani
Publisher: Penguin Books
Since the early 1990s, India has witnessed great social, political and cultural change. As the world’s largest democracy, its most diverse nation and one of its fastest growing economies, India is now, sixty years after Independence, universally regarded as an emerging superpower. In this sweeping and comprehensive book, one of the country’s finest and most dynamic minds examines the central ideas that have shaped modern India, and offers an original perspective on our past, present and future. Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, who has been a key player in India’s growth story, points out that the country’s future rests on more than simply economic growth; it also depends on reform and innovation in all sectors of public life. Looking closely at India’s recent history, he examines the ideas and attitudes that evolved with the times and contributed to the country’s progress, as well as those that kept it shackled to old, unproductive and fundamentally undemocratic ways. He discusses how India’s early socialist policies, despite good intentions and astonishing idealism, stifled growth and weakened democracy; how, contrary to received wisdom, the country’s large and overwhelmingly young population has now become its greatest strength; how information technology is revolutionizing not just business but also governance in the everyday life of a vast majority of Indians; and how rapid urbanization is transforming both society and politics. Nilekani also gets to the heart of charged debates about caste politics, labour reform, infrastructure, higher education, the English language in India and the role of the state in a globalized world where the wealth of big corporations exceeds that of some nations. And as he does this, he asks the key questions of the future: how will India as a global power avoid the mistakes of earlier development models? Will further access to the open market continue to stimulate such extraordinary growth? And how will this growth affect—and be shaped by—the country’s young people? India is in the middle of a huge transformational process, Nilekani argues, and only a safety net of ideas—from genuinely inclusive democracy to social security, from public health to sustainable energy—can transcend political agendas and safeguard the country’s future.
Database management systems
Title: Database Management Systems
Author : Raghu Ramakrishnan , Johannes Gehrke
ISBN:0072465638
Publisher: Mcgraw Hill
This book covers the fundamentals of modern database management systems, in particular relational database systems. It is intended as a text that can be used in an introductory database course for undergraduates, and in a second database course at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Basic concepts and widely-used, industry-standard techniques are emphasized. Up-to-date coverage in the second edition includes chapters on physical database design and tuning, internet databases, decision support, data mining, object-databases, spatial data management, and deductive databases.
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Slides links:
Raghu Ramakrishnan
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~dbbook/openAccess/thirdEdition/slides/slides3ed.html
Navathe slides
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2009/cs6400_fall/book_chapter_notes.html
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Before I Die
Title of book: Before I Die
Author of Book: Downham, Jenny
The Messengers of Death: A Mystery in Provence
Ghost at Work
Uncharitable people might call it meddling, but Bailey Ruth knows Kathleen needs her help! As a member of Heaven's Department of Good Intentions, Bailey Ruth goes back to earth to extricate Kathleen from a dire situation. If Bailey Ruth has to bend a few rules to help Kathleen save her family, Wiggins, her fussbudget supervisor, will make sure it all turns out right in the end.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Outliers: The Story of Success
Title of book: Outliers
ISBN: 9780316040341
Publisher: Little, Brown
Author of Book: Gladwell, Malcolm
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band. Brilliant and entertaining, OUTLIERS is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
http://www.gladwell.com/outliers/index.html
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Title of book: The Snowball
The Host
In Defense of Food
