Corporate Income Taxation and Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe (Foreign Investment Advisory Service Occasional Paper, No 4)

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What's more humorous than love? Whether good, bad, new, or old, love is always at the ready to be pondered and prodded by the wit of cartoonist Leigh Rubin. Rubin brings to life the day-to-day love lives of wild and domestic animals in over 150 full-color cartoons, making us laugh at our own passions, infatuations, and attachments in the process.

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Confessions of A Pregnant Father
Dan Greenberg
Manufacturer: Fawcett
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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Release Date: 1987-04-12

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Confessions of a Pregnant Father
Dan Greenburg
Manufacturer: MACMILLAN
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OL57D0

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Confessions of a Pregnant Father
Dan Greenburg
Manufacturer: Macmillan Pub Co
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Dan Greenburg's Confessions of a Pregnant Father
Dan Greenburg
Manufacturer: Macmillan, New York
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Binding: Hardcover
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Manufacturer: Macmillan, New York
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I9FO0O

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This book teaches readers how to put a working system together by showing them the equipment available to them, and what it can do. Readers will learn how to create video products using the computer as an editing tool, and how to refine sound and combine graphics with video. Information on web distribution is included.

With the advent of the new digital camcorders developed by Panasonic and Sony in the new DV format, professional quality video is available in consumer-level equipment. At the same time, digital editing is now available for the PC using video capture cards in the $500-$1,000 price range, and digital editing software in the $800-$1,200 range, such as Adobe Premiere. This combination enables users such as the sophisticated amateur video maker, the wedding or business presentation video maker, and people working in multimedia for educational, training, or other presentation purposes, to edit their own work and turn out competent professional-quality video.

Provides amateur and professional videographers information on the newest digital editing software available
Examines a wide range of presentation issues such as sound, and combining graphics with video
Covers web distribution

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Very helpful information.......2000-04-30

This book is an overview of what is needed to create video productions using a computer system. The authors discuss each component needed to create a video as well as the different types of videos that can be produced. There is information for the amateur and the professional. There is a very helpful appendix listing software and hardware products and a glossary of desktop video production terms. I found it easy to read and understand. Now I am eager to try out PC video production.

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Creating PC Video
Robert Wolenik; Douglas Stevenson
Manufacturer: Focal Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPRS8S

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The first issue of Hollywood Quarterly, in October 1945, marked the appearance of the most significant, successful, and regularly published journal of its kind in the United States. For its entire life, the Quarterly held to the leftist utopianism of its founders, several of whom would later be blacklisted. The journal attracted a collection of writers unmatched in North American film studies for the heterogeneity of their intellectual and practical concerns: from film, radio, and television industry workers to academics; from Sam Goldwyn, Edith Head, and Chuck Jones to Theodor Adorno and Siegfried Kracauer. For this volume, Eric Smoodin and Ann Martin have selected essays that reflect the astonishing eclecticism of the journal, with sections on animation, the avant-garde, and documentary to go along with a representative sampling of articles about feature-length narrative films. They have also included articles on radio and television, reflecting the contents of just about every issue of the journal and exemplifying the extraordinary moment in film and media studies that Hollywood Quarterly captured and helped to create.
In 1951, Hollywood Quarterly was renamed the Quarterly of Film, Radio, and Television, and in 1958 it was replaced by Film Quarterly, which is still published by the University of California Press. During those first twelve years, the Quarterly maintained an intelligent, sophisticated, and critical interest in all the major entertainment media, not just film, and in issue after issue insisted on the importance of both aesthetic and sociological methodologies for studying popular culture, and on the political significance of the mass media.

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Dawn of the Emperors: Thyatis and Alphatia (Dungeons and Dragons Gazetteer Official Game Accessory)
Aaron Allston
Manufacturer: TSR
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 088038736X

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One of the best gazetteers.......2005-10-01

All of the Gazetteers for Mystara's Known World contain interesting cultures and unique NPCs, but the boxed set for Thyatis and Alphatia always interested me the most. Thyatis is similar to the Roman Empire. Interested in having legionnaires and riots over bread in the streets? Gladiators? Thyatis is the kingdom for you.

Alphatia is a land of magic. Unlike Glantri, where only wizards can gain power, in Alphatia, if your character can cast spells -- divine or arcane -- you'll move up in the world. Slaves and commoners have no magical abilities. Following the events of the Wrath of the Immortals boxed set, Alphatia was moved to the Hollow World, making their magic-based society even more interesting as they contended with Azcans and dinosaurs.

The boxed set contains three booklets -- one for the DM with information of both Alphatia and Thyatis and one for each country for the players to read. Two poster maps of the regions round out the boxed set.

If you can still find this rare, out-of-print classic, I highly recommend it!

mystara world political power houses.......2000-08-08

For the world of mystara Thyatis and Alphatia are the big movers and shakers. Cultures based on Fighters and based on magic users who are the superpowers of the fantasy world and are background to a lot of the Known world setting (Karameikos was originally a thyatis colony, Glantri's war with air mages was with aplphatia before coming to Mystara). the boxed set contains information on areas east of the known world, the two big super nations and includes new magic for the Alphatians and griffon riders for thyatis as well as other gazetteer setting info.

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Microsoft publishes a complete range of documentation on Microsoft software and technology. So whether you need a step-by-step instruction, in-depth programming information, high-level technical references, or training for Microsoft Certification, it has

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Perfect for beginners!.......2007-02-22

A lot of people are interested in C# now thanks to XNA Games Studio Express and a lot of us have never programmed before. I sat at the book store and read the first few chapters of every C# book I could find and this one is by far the best for beginners like me. I'm through chapter 4 now and realize that if you're looking for a starting point with C#, this is it! It's clear, simple and seemingly written for idiots like me. :)

Great programming book but ..........2007-01-05

The book is very easy to follow. The first chapters are really
for beginners. But I regret that the classes methods are explained with
trigonomety examples not that easy to follow even if the explanations
are there. Also it will have been a better idea to explain objects , classes first then later try to explain a class method class. The book is nice but most of the examples use by the author are maths examples and trigonometry, the last think i was expecting is a trigonometry example to explain to me how a method works. Easier method can b e found in : C# 2005 for dummies. Actually the purchase of both books good be a wise idea.

Not even for the intermediate programmer........2007-01-04

Petzold's 'Programming in the Key of C#' is absolutely for beginner programmers and is written with them in mind both in terms of style and content...sort of.

Late to the C# party, I decided to learn the language prior to a couple of new job interviews. I saw this and grabbed it, thinking it would be just what I'd need. Already knowing Java, C/C++, JavaScript and a bit a Visual Basic, I'm a bit disappointed that the subtitle isn't more specifically addressed to beginning programmers. Programming is a very large subject and all developers/programmers are each at his/her own level. We are all 'aspiring', aren't we? A 'primer' can be quite technical, but this one surely isn't and I blame myself for a wrong purchase -- I should have read a few more paragraphs prior to buying this book.

To wit, the book doesn't even begin discussing arrays (the most basic data structure of them all) until chapter 18. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but many beginning language books address arrays far, far earlier. It's difficult to learn much about a language's capabilities or learn much general information about programming without knowing about and having some experience with the array (specifically the ability to store objects and the ability to create dynamic data structures). The book doesn't even breach linked lists except for one quick mention in passing near the very end of the book. For another example, Petzold only gives one cursory example of recursion (the ubiquitous factorial program) and doesn't really go any deeper than that. Anyone who is an 'aspiring' (absolute beginning) programmer really should be given more than this when presented with such basic material.

Nonetheless, the writing is in a good, easy-to-read style and I've enjoyed skimming through it. Petzold presents background information about the language and uses real-life examples and good little toy programs to illustrate the programming concepts he is discussing. It's altogether a good, easy read. Most of the main topics needed for a very general understanding of the language are presented such as virtuality, inheritance/polymorphism, parameter passage, constructors, etc. and all in a logical sequence that builds up the reader's knowledge.

One serious flaw with this text is the lack of questions at the back of the chapters. In learning other langauges, I've found that a series of questions at the close of a text's chapters helps to hit home the concepts that chapter is teaching. Walter Savitch's Absolute C++ is a very good example of an excellent text that gives the reader much more in terms of small programming assignments, quiz questions, and review lists of terms and concepts.

Although I already know much of the material here, I'm giving this book only 3 stars not because its content is so simple; rather, it is too simplistic. Beginners need a thorough grounding. Since this is the audience for this text, I expect one can do better.

Learning the basics..........2006-01-04

Programming in the key of C# aims to introduce the programming language, C#, at a basic level. It covers fundamentals of modern objective programming features such as namespaces, classes and instances. It also reassures readers of what basic data types are supported in C# which follows the footsteps of .NET Framework.

The book is more of a primer than specific (i.e., a book could be based on data structures or producing games). If you are looking to buy a book, and you are an elementary programmer you will find this book very very helpful in terms of learning C#. If you are a regular java, c and c++ developer you will also find this book somewhat helpful in terms of understanding some of the core technologies behind .NET Framework and C#'s language features. Otherwise, if you are looking for something that cover much more integral aspects of C# this book perhaps, isn't for you.

In prelude, it states that the author tried his/her best to avoid making assumptions about any prior programming experience - thus the coverage of some elementary level basics of modern objective programming features.

Perfect starting place for VB'ers.......2005-09-02

Charles Petzold, a veteran of technical book writing, proves himself in this book (again) to be a brilliant teacher. At around 420 pages it's slim in comparison to other Microsoft text books. Part of the reason is that, concentrating solely on the C# language, no screen shots take up space that is more effectively used to explain key concepts of this language & how it fits into OOP. If you're a VB programmer, (as I was) looking to get into C#, this is a great starting point. It does begin at the beginning, (Variable types etc) but don't let this discourage you as there are some subtle differences that you need to learn about which could save confusion in the future, for example, that there is much less in the way of implicit conversion of certain types & this must be taken care of in code. However, this section is a brisk read, & Petzold's clear explanations are enlightening. He really makes it easy to understand how to use this language with some good examples throughout the book. There is nothing about the IDE or controls & just enough on the Framework, but what he does introduce, he explains in depth. This approach keeps his focus on the language which is what this book, after all, is all about.

You will need more once you've read this, but it's an excellent starting point, won't take you months to work through & most importantly, you will `understand' it at the end unlike other books which confuse the explanations with assumptions that you already know some C++.

If I have any problems with this book, it is only that he didn't cover Indexers & Delegate creation as these are not particularly difficult concepts & are important & I'm sure his explanations would have been excellent, but you'll will have to read further to learn about those. Developers coming from a C++ background may want to read something else which encompasses the framework, but for a VB'er, it's a perfect starting point & an excellent reference.

Security in Pervasive Computing: Third International Conference, SPC 2006, York, UK, April 18-21, 2006, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Security in Pervasive Computing: Third International Conference, SPC 2006, York, UK, April 18-21, 2006, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Manufacturer: Springer
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Security in Pervasive Computing, SPC 2006, held in York, UK, in April 2006.

The 16 revised papers presented together with the extended abstract of 1 invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on protocols, mechanisms, integrity, privacy and security, information flow and access control, and authentication.

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