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Brilliant Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, 2nd Edition
Author Dr. Stephen Briers
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) delivers powerful tools that can help you dramatically improve your life. This is the most useful and practical guide to CBT available. Written by highly regarded Clinical Psychologist Dr Stephen Briers, it clearly explains how CB....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Author Mary Lou Belli , Bethany Rooney
Move over, movies: the freshest storytelling today is on television, where the multi-episodic format is used for rich character development and innovative story arcs. Directors Tell the Story offers rare insight and advice straight from two A-list television directo....
Release Date 2013/01 -
Author I. Scott MacKenzie
Human-Computer Interaction: An Empirical Research Perspective is the definitive guide to empirical research in HCI. The book begins with foundational topics including historical context, the human factor, interaction elements, and the fundamentals of science and res....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Cybercrime Investigation Case Studies
Author Brett Shavers
Cybercrime Investigation Case Studies is a "first look" excerpt from Brett Shavers' new Syngress book, Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard. Case studies are an effective method of learning the methods and processes that were both successful and unsuccessful in ....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Case Studies in Bayesian Statistical Modelling and Analysis
Author Anthony N. Pettitt , Kerrie L. Mengersen , Clair L. Alston
Provides an accessible foundation to Bayesian analysis using real world modelsThis book aims to present an introduction to Bayesian modelling and computation, by considering real case studies drawn from diverse fields spanning ecology, health, genetics and finance. ....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Metaskills: Five Talents for the Robotic Age
Author Marty Neumeier
In a sweeping vision for the future of work, Neumeier shows that the massive problems of the 21st century are largely the consequence of a paradigm shift—a shuddering gear-change from the familiar Industrial Age to the unfamiliar “Robotic Age,” an era of increasing ....
Release Date 2012/11 -
Reputation, Stock Price, and You: Why the Market Rewards Some Companies and Punishes Others
Author Dr. Nir Kossovsky
"All of our working lives we have heard the mantra, 'a reputation lost is never regained.' Still, the firms we work for, admire and invest in seem to take costly reputation hits all too often. Everyone interested in managing, regulating or investing in public firm....
Release Date 2012/11 -
Building Successful Information Systems
Author Michael J. Savoie
Information systems are a critical component of business success today. Unfortunately, many companies do not truly understand what an information system is; where, when, and how it should be implemented; or the effects of integrating it into the organization. As suc....
Release Date 2012/11 -
Author Jakob Nielsen
How do we create a satisfactory user experience when limited to a small device? This new guide focuses on usability for mobile devices, primarily smartphones and touchphones, and covers such topics as developing a mobile strategy, designing for small screens, writin....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Author Francis Glebas
Francis Glebas, a top Disney storyboard artist, shows how to reach the ultimate goal of animation and moviemaking by showing how to provide audiences with an emotionally satisfying experience. Directing the Story offers a structural approach to clearly and dra....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Online Reputation Management For Dummies
Author Lori Randall Stradtman
More important than ever--how to manage your online reputationIn today's social world, managing your online reputation is more critical than ever, whether it's your company brand or yourself as a brand, and one thing is certain: everyone needs a plan. This essenti....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Information Wants to Be Shared
Author Joshua Gans
Stewart Brand famously declared, “Information wants to be free.” Except he didn’t (not really). And it doesn’t.Information is much more complicated than that. What information really wants—what makes it more valuable, useful, and immediate, Joshua Gans argues—is to ....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Information Services and Digital Literacy
Author Isto Huvila
Despite new technologies, people do not always find information with ease. Do people still need help in finding the information they need, and if so, why? What can be made easier with new tools and techniques?Information Services and Digital Literacy is about ....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Author Glen Arnold
'Whether a complete novice, or a professional portfolio manager, this book will give you access to the mindset and techniques of the most successful investors of our time and more importantly, it will help you avoid mistakes. The Great Investors will have a perman....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Trillions: Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology
Author Mickey McManus , Joe Ballay , Peter Lucas
We are facing a future of unbounded complexity. Whether that complexity is harnessed to build a world that is safe, pleasant, humane and profitable, or whether it causes us to careen off a cliff into an abyss of mind-numbing junk is an open question. The challenges....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Ways of Experiencing Information Literacy
Author Susie Andretta
This book has two aims: firstly to present an investigation into information literacy by looking at how people engage with information to accomplish tasks or solve problems in personal, academic and professional contexts (also known as the relational approach). This....
Release Date 2012/08 -
Implementing Responsive Design: Building sites for an anywhere, everywhere web
Author Tim Kadlec
New devices and platforms emerge daily. Browsers iterate at a remarkable pace. Faced with this volatile landscape we can either struggle for control or we can embrace the inherent flexibility of the web.Responsive design is not just another technique–it is the begin....
Release Date 2012/07 -
Story and Simulations for Serious Games
Author Terry Borst , Nick Iuppa
How to create a simulation where participants have a sense of freedom and personal control while still maintaining the structure necessary for an effective story is a difficult task indeed. This book examines how to create an engaging, effective story (necessar....
Release Date 2012/07 -
Usable Usability: Simple Steps for Making Stuff Better
Author Eric Reiss
The A-to-Z guide to spotting and fixing usability problemsFrustrated by pop-ups? Forms that make you start over if you miss a field? Nonsensical error messages? You're not alone! This book helps you simply get it right the first time (or fix what's broken). Boasti....
Release Date 2012/07 -
Infochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale
Author Konrad Szacilowski
Infochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale, defines a new field of science, and describes the processes, systems and devices at the interface between chemistry and information sciences. The book is devoted to the application of molecular species and nano....
Release Date 2012/07 -
Author Scott Brown
Information available through ‘traditional’ business and competitive resources can be complimented by information gained through social media tools. Social Information is a must-have book for competitive and business researchers in any discipline including librarian....
Release Date 2012/07 -
Case Studies in Food Safety and Authenticity
Author Jeffrey Hoorfar
The identification and control of food contaminants rely on careful investigation and implementation of appropriate management strategies. Using a wide range of real-life examples, Case studies in food safety and authenticity provides a vital insight into the practi....
Release Date 2012/06 -
Management of Information Organizations
Author Waseem Afzal
This book is a significant step towards developing a body of management knowledge pertinent to the context of Library Information Science (LIS) and provides a succinct but deep account of management and information organizations. Management of Information Organizati....
Release Date 2012/06 -
Information Visualization, 3rd Edition
Author Colin Ware
Most designers know that yellow text presented against a blue background reads clearly and easily, but how many can explain why, and what really are the best ways to help others and ourselves clearly see key patterns in a bunch of data? When we use software, access ....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Usability in Government Systems
Author Dianne Murray , Elizabeth Buie
As a usability specialist or interaction designer working with the government, or as a government or contractor professional involved in specifying, procuring, or managing system development, you need this book. Editors Elizabeth Buie and Dianne Murray have brought ....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Author EMC Education Services
The new edition of a bestseller, now revised and update throughout!This new edition of the unparalleled bestseller serves as a full training course all in one and as the world's largest data storage company, EMC is the ideal author for such a critical resource. The....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Case Study Research in Software Engineering: Guidelines and Examples
Author Björn Regnell , Austen Rainer , Martin Höst , Per Runeson
Based on their own experiences of in-depth case studies of software projects in international corporations, in this book the authors present detailed practical guidelines on the preparation, conduct, design and reporting of case studies of software engineering. This....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Author Bonnie Nardi , Victor Kaptelinin
Activity theory -- a conceptual framework originally developed by Aleksei Leontiev -- has its roots in the socio-cultural tradition in Russian psychology. The foundational concept of the theory is human activity, which is understood as purposeful, mediated, and tran....
Release Date 2012/04