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  The Definitive Book of Body Language

  by Allan Pease, Barbara Pease

  Available for the first time in the United States, this international bestseller reveals the secrets of nonverbal communication to give you confidence and control in any face-to-face encounter–from making a great first impression and acing a job interview to finding the right partner. It is a scientific fact that people’s gestures give away their true intentions. Yet most of us don’t know how to read body... (more)
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  Data and Computer Communications (8th Edition)

  by William Stallings

  This timely revision of an all-time best-seller in the field features the clarity and scope of a Stallings classic. This comprehensive volume provides the most up-to-date coverage of the essential topics in data communications, networking, Internet technology and protocols, and standards – all in a convenient modular format. Features updated coverage of multimedia, Gigabit and 10 Gbps Ethernet, WiFi/IEEE 802.11... (more)
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  Communications Systems

  by Simon Haykin

  This best-selling, easy to read, communication systems book has been extensively revised to include an exhaustive treatment of digital communications. Throughout, it emphasizes the statistical underpinnings of communication theory in a complete and detailed manner.
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  Digital Communications

  by John G. Proakis

  Digital Communications is a classic book in the area that is designed to be used as a senior or graduate level text. The text is flexible and can easily be used in a one semester course or there is enough depth to cover two semesters. Its comprehensive nature makes it a great book for students to keep refer to in their professional careers. This best-selling book in Digital Communications by John G. Proakis... (more)
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  Crucial Conversations

  Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

  by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

  Foreword by Stephen R. Covey, Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL "Most books make promises. This one delivers. These skills have not only helped us to change the culture of our company, but have also generated new techniques for working together in ways that enabled us to win the largest contract in our industry's history." --Dain M. Hancock, President, Lockheed... (more)
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  Digital Communication: Third Edition

  by John R. Barry, Edward A. Lee

  This book is intended for designers and would-be designers of digital communication systems. The general approach of the book is to extract the common principles underlying a range of media and applications and present them in a unified framework. Specifically, we treat the transport of bit streams from one geographical location to another over various physical media, such as wire pairs, coaxial cable,... (more)
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  Elements of Information Theory (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing)

  by Joy A. Thomas, T. M. Cover

  The latest edition of this classic is updated with new problem sets and material The Second Edition of this fundamental textbook maintains the book's tradition of clear, thought-provoking instruction. Readers are provided once again with an instructive mix of mathematics, physics, statistics, and information theory. All the essential topics in information theory are covered in detail, including... (more)
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  A Rulebook for Arguments

  by Anthony Weston

  Updated examples, streamlined text, and the chapter on definition reworked in a rule-based format strengthen this already strong volume. Readers familiar with the previous edition will find a text that retains all the features that make Rulebook ideally suited for use as a supplementary course book-including its modest price and compact size. Unlike most textbooks on argumentative writing, Rulebook is... (more)
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  Principles of Mobile Communication (2nd Edition)

  by Gordon L. Stu?ber

  Principles of Mobile Communication, Second Edition is an authoritative treatment of the fundamentals of mobile communications. The book stresses the "fundamentals" of wireless and mobile communications engineering important for the design of "any" wireless system. The book differs from others in the field by stressing mathematical modeling and analysis. It includes many detailed derivations from first... (more)
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  Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice (2nd Edition)

  by Theodore S. Rappaport

  For cellular radio engineers and technicians. The leading book on wireless communications offers a wealth of practical information on the implementation realities of wireless communications. This book also contains up-to-date information on the major wireless communications standards from around the world. Covers every fundamental aspect of wireless communications, from cellular system design to networking, plus... (more)
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  Fundamentals of Wireless Communication

  by David Tse

  The past decade has seen many advances in physical layer wireless communication theory and their implementation in wireless systems. This textbook takes a unified view of the fundamentals of wireless communication and explains the web of concepts underpinning these advances at a level accessible to an audience with a basic background in probability and digital communication. Topics covered include MIMO... (more)
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  Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications (2nd Edition)

  by Bernard Sklar

  A comprehensive treatment of the digital communications field, presenting theory and applications together, for professionals from all backgrounds. The CD-ROM contains SystemView software for digital communications and notes, tutorials, and exercises for getting started. System requirements: Microsoft Windows, CD-ROM drive, DLC: Digital communications.
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  Multirate Signal Processing for Communication Systems

  by Fred Harris

  This book provides the communications engineer involved in the physical layer of communications systems, the signal processing techniques and design tools needed to develop efficient algorithms for the design of various systems. These sytems inlcude satellite modems, cable modems, wire-line modems, cell-phones, various radios, multi-channel receivers, audio encoders, surveilance receivers, laboratory instruments,... (more)
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  Fundamentals of Telecommunications

  by Roger L. Freeman

  Demystifying the technology of telecommunications: a guided tour for the non-engineer This book provides an easy-to-understand introduction to the complex technical world of telecommunications. From bandwidth to data transfer protocol to PSTN, ISDN, PCS, or ATM-widely respected telecommunications expert and author Roger L. Freeman explains it all. He walks the reader through a vast array of current... (more)
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  Mobile Communications Design Fundamentals (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing)

  by William C. Y. Lee

  Revised and enlarged version that discusses how to design a mobile communications system. Comprehensively examines the mobile radio environment. Covers prediction of propagation loss, calculation and methods of reducing fades, interference, frequency plans and associated schemes, design parameters, signaling and channel access, cellular CDMA, microcell systems, and miscellaneous related systems. Contains... (more)
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  Error Control Coding: Fundamentals and Applications (Prentice-Hall Computer Applications in Electrical Engineering Series)

  by Shu Lin

  A reorganized and comprehensive major revision of a classic book, this edition provides a bridge between introductory digital communications and more advanced treatment of information theory. Completely updated to cover the latest developments, it presents state-of-the-art error control techniques. Coverage of the fundamentals of coding and the applications of codes to the design of real error control systems.... (more)
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  Modern Communication Circuits (Mcgraw Hill Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering)

  by Jack Smith

  This new edition combines material from the traditional electronic circuits course with communications theory. The revision focuses on three key areas: use of frequencies above 100MHz, use of digital receivers, and the use of SPICE for circuit analysis.
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  Optical Electronics in Modern Communications (Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering)

  by Amnon Yariv

  When it was first published, Optical Electronics stood out as an authoritative forerunner which defined its field. Reflecting the newest developments, the fifth edition introduces readers to the first principles of phenomena and devices used in the practice of laser physics, including applications based on lasers. The emphasis is on optical fiber communications. The book features real-life examples and extensive... (more)
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  Error Control Systems for Digital Communication and Storage

  by Stephen B. Wicker

  This introductory book on error control coding focuses on key implementation issues and performance analysis with applications valuable to both mathematicians and engineers.FEATURES: * features a complete discussion of punctured convolutional codes. * includes full-chapter coverage of performance analysis of block codes, including code performance over the fading channel (i.e., cellular mobile phone systems). *... (more)
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  Quadrature Amplitude Modulation: From Basics to Adaptive Trellis-Coded, Turbo-Equalised and Space-Time Coded OFDM, CDMA and MC-CDMA Systems

  by Lajos L. Hanzo, Soon Xin Ng, Thomas Keller, William Webb

  Motivated by the rapid evolution of the consecutive generations of wireless communication systems this volume continues to provide an overview of the majority of single- and multi-carrier QAM techniques. Now fully revised and updated, with more than 300 pages of new material, this new edition presents the wide range of recent developments in the field and places particular emphasis on the family of coded... (more)