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YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts

YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts

by Alan Lastufka

Want to make a splash on YouTube? Even go viral? You've come to the right place. This book is written by two veteran 'Tubers who live their art and know what they're talking about -- especially Alan Lastufka, a.k.a. "fallofautumndistro," who has over 10,000 YouTube subscribers and millions of views. Alan and co-author Michael W. Dean show you how to make a quality video, and how to optimize, encode, upload, and... (more)

The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business Success

The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business Success

by Lon Safko

The Ultimate Guide To Social Media Marketing The Social Media Bible will show you how to build or transform your business into a social media—enabled enterprise where customers, employees, and prospects connect, collaborate, and champion your products, your services, and your way of doing business. Using the systematic approach presented in this comprehensive guide, you'll learn how... (more)

Selling Online 2.0: Migrating from eBay to Amazon, Craigslist, and Your Own E-Commerce Website

Selling Online 2.0: Migrating from eBay to Amazon, Craigslist, and Your Own E-Commerce Website

by Michael Miller

REMEMBER WHEN eBay USED TO BE A GREAT PLACE FOR SMALL SELLERS TO BECOME BIG SELLERS? Unfortunately, recent changes at eBay have made online auctions less reliable and profitable. So where can you sell when you can’t sell on eBay? Online auctions are the past; fixed-price selling is the future. It’s time to move beyond eBay and first-generation online selling and start Selling Online 2.0. Second generation... (more)

The Facebook Era: Tap Online Social Networks to Build Better Products, Reach More People, and Sell More Stuff

The Facebook Era: Tap Online Social Networks to Build Better Products, Reach More People, and Sell More Stuff

by Clara Chung-wai Shih

“People in all demographics and regions of the world are more connected than ever before to the products, issues, places, and individuals in their lives. This book recognizes that we’ve come to a place where people can represent their real identity--both personal and professional--and use the social filters on the Web to connect with the world around them.” --Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook ... (more)

Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets

by Paul McFedries

If you’re one of the millions of users joining Twitter to connect to friends, family, and interest groups; or to follow the conversation and find out what’s happening beyond your doorstep, then this full color, 288 page book is for you. Coverage on how to establish a Twitter account, tweet from mobile devices, search for people and interests, and add Twitter to your blog is approached in a user-friendly manner.... (more)

Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions

Theory in Practice

Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions

by Toby Segaran

In this insightful book, you'll learn from the best data practitioners in the field just how wide-ranging -- and beautiful -- working with data can be. Join 39 contributors as they explain how they developed simple and elegant solutions on projects ranging from the Mars lander to a Radiohead video. With Beautiful Data, you will: Explore the opportunities and challenges involved in working with the vast number of... (more)

Modern criminal procedure : cases, comments, and questions

Modern criminal procedure : cases, comments, and questions

by Yale Kamisar, Wayne R. LaFave, Jerold H. Israel, Nancy J. King, Orin S. Kerr

The new 12th edition of the Kamisar-LaFave-Israel-King-Kerr criminal procedure casebook is completely up to date. Older material has been compressed or eliminated to make way for the new. Moreover, the new edition displays the same (a) thoughtful organization of subjects, (b) judicious selection and editing of cases, and (c) intelligent use of the rich criminal procedure literature that has made this casebook the... (more)

by Yanchang Zhao

There is often a large number of association rules discovered in data mining practice, making it difficult for users to identify those that are of particular interest to them. Therefore, it is important to remove insignificant rules and prune redundancy as well as summarize, visualize, and post-mine the discovered rules. Post-Mining of Association Rules: Techniques for Effective Knowledge Extraction provides... (more)

On Becoming A Leader: The Leadership Classic--Updated And Expanded

On Becoming A Leader: The Leadership Classic--Updated And Expanded

by Warren Bennis

The classic book that captures the essence of leadership like none other--expanded and updated for tomorrow's leaders, with a new introduction by the author. Warren Bennis's formative years, in the 1930s and '40s, were characterized by severe economic hardship and a world war that showcased the extreme depths and heights to which leaders could drive their followers. Today's environment is similarly chaotic,... (more)

Trial Techniques (Coursebook Series)

by Thomas A. Mauet

Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data

Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data

by Stephen Few

Dashboards have become popular in recent years as uniquely powerful tools for communicating important information at a glance. Although dashboards are potentially powerful, this potential is rarely realized. The greatest display technology in the world won't solve this if you fail to use effective visual design. And if a dashboard fails to tell you precisely what you need to know in an instant, you'll never use... (more)

The Time Trap: The Classic Book on Time Management

The Time Trap: The Classic Book on Time Management

by R. Alec Mackenzie

Can't say no? Reluctant to delegate? Information overload? More and more people today are finding their time clogged up with endless activities and responsibilities, and their work lives spinning out of control. No matter how hard they try to get things done...there's never enough time! Now practical, realistic solutions to the problem are spelled out clearly and concisely in this new edition of the... (more)

Using Your Brain--For a Change

by Steve Andreas, Richard Bandler, Connirae Andreas

Making Teams Work : 24 Lessons for Working Together Successfully (The McGraw-Hill Professional Education Series)

Making Teams Work : 24 Lessons for Working Together Successfully (The McGraw-Hill Professional Education Series)

by Michael D. Maginn

These quick reads, based on McGraw-Hill bestsellers, are designed to meet the needs of busy people. Titles in the series focus on each book's main themes and action ideas, reduced to a manageable page count for on-the-go readers. Proven rules for encouraging teamwork, from forging a common goal and clarifying individual responsibilities to inviting positive conflict.

Satellite Orbits in an Atmosphere: Theory and application

Satellite Orbits in an Atmosphere: Theory and application

by Desmond King-Hele

Fundamentals of Astrodynamics

by Jerry E. White, Donald D. Mueller, Roger R. Bate

Teaching text developed by U.S. Air Force Academy and designed as a first course emphasizes the universal variable formulation. Develops the basic two-body and n -body equations of motion; orbit determination; classical orbital elements, coordinate transformations; differential correction; more. Includes specialized applications to lunar and interplanetary flight, example problems, exercises. 1971 edition.

You Lead, They'll Follow

by Daniel Kehoe

This is a real “how to” book. The contents cover many of the technical, conceptual and human issues a manager has to manage to be successful. The “vital shift” from worker to a management role. Safety and mindsets. Safety – what to say. Time usage. Management selection interviews. Persuading and influencing. Listening – responding not reacting. Self-awareness. Self-pride – the motivator. How does a manager... (more)

Radical Casework: A Theory of Practice

by Janis Fook

"Radical Casework" represents a major innovation in the social work field. It attempts to bridge the seemingly unbridgeable gap between the rhetoric of social analysis and the day-to-day practice of the average social worker. The author aims to illustrate, step-by-step, how in each phase of the casework process, broad theoretical analysis and specific skills can be linked. Drawing on socialist feminist analysis,... (more)

Crystal Clear Communication

by Kris Cole

Management consultant Kris Cole outlines the importance of good communication and gives easy tips on how to understand and take charge of your new communications to become successful in everyday life. This new edition includes a new chapter on email communication and the impact that this technology has had on everday communication.

Stress Management for Dummies

by Allen Elkin

Does the hectic pace of modern life put you in a bind? Are your ulcers having ulcers? It's time to give yourself a break. Stress Management For Dummies can help you discover how to lower your stress level immediately. Find out what causes the most stress for people and how to avoid some of the ramifications of not dealing with that stress, such as poor health, broken marriages, and premature death. None of those... (more)

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