The principles of beautiful web design

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John Coggeshall

The PHP language is in use today at over 12 million Internet domains worldwide, and continues to grow in popularity at an astonishing rate of almost 400,000 domains a month. The latest version, PHP 5, is expected to reach final form in 2004. It is a significant new release that speeds up performance, improves XML and streams support, and includes many new functions. PHP 5 increases the appeal of PHP to serious programmers who have not used it before, and it requires current PHP users to re-learn many things as to how they have approached PHP in the past. PHP Unleashed provides a complete, practical, and authoritative guide for both the experienced programmer who is considering PHP for the first time and the current PHP user who wants to learn more about PHP 5 and how to fully exploit all its new capabilities. The book begins with a detailed summary of the basics, and then quickly moves on to more advanced topics such as working with data, outputting graphical data, interacting with messaging servers, and building complete applications.

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Noel Montgomery Elliot

Finding Anyone, Anywhere, Anywhen is the modern handbook on finding anyone who lived during any century in the past, as well as how to find people living today -- anywhere in the world. Whether searching for ancestors or descendents, or just looking to get in touch with friends from years ago, this is the definitive "How To" research book. The author reveals tricks learned through 30 years of research experience on how to locate people through the magic of what the Internet is today... and what it is on the verge of becoming. The author also focuses on the most common mistakes people make in trying to locate ancestors living a century or more ago. He reveals how the little-known science called onomatology is one of the major keys to unlocking genealogical research in the distant past, and shows how easy it is to open the door. Finding Anyone, Anywhere, Anywhen is an exciting read about what is possible now, and what will soon be available to those willing to surf on the cutting edge of technology.

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Alan Gratz

Archie Dent is convinced that he and his friends Hachi and Fergus are the first three members of a new League of Seven: a group of heroes who come together to fight the Mangleborn whenever the monsters arise to destroy humanity. His belief is put to the test when they are forced to undertake separate missions. Archie and his faithful Tik-Tok servant Mr. Rivets pursue a shapeshifting girl who has stolen the Dragon Lantern, an ancient artifact with mysterious powers. And Hachi and Fergus travel to New Orleans to find Madame Blavatsky, the only person who knows the circumstances surrounding the death of Hachi s father.

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J.P.O'Connell and J.M. Haile

Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications is a text for a first graduate course in Chemical Engineering. The focus is on macroscopic thermodynamics; discussions of modeling and molecular situations are integrated throughout. Underpinning this text is the knowledge that while thermodynamics describes natural phenomena, those descriptions are the products of creative, systematic minds. Nature unfolds without reference to human concepts of energy, entropy, or fugacity. Natural complexity can be organized and studied by thermodynamics methodology. The power of thermodynamics can be used to advantage if the fundamentals are understood. This text's emphasis is on fundamentals rather than modeling. Knowledge of the basics will enhance the ability to combine them with models when applying thermodynamics to practical situations. While the goal of an engineering education is to teach effective problem solving, this text never forgets the delight of discovery, the satisfaction of grasping intricate concepts, and the stimulation of the scholarly atmosphere.