An ideal starting point to get a strong grasp of the fundamentals of C++ C++ is an object-oriented programming language commonly adopted by would-be programmers. This book explores the basic development concepts & techniques of C++ & explains the how" & "why" of C++ programming from the ground up. You'll discover what goes into creating a program as well as how to put the various pieces together deal with standard programming challenges handle debugging & make it all work. Details the basics of C++ programming & explores the "how" & "why" of this object-oriented language Addresses the various components that go into creating a program with C++ Walks you through common challenges of C++ programming Assuming no prior experience Beginning Programming with C++ For Dummies is a fun & friendly guide to learning the C++ language. Note: CD-ROM/DVD & other supplementary materials are not included as part of e Book file." ...

One of the most popular beginning programming books now fully updated Java is a popular language for beginning programmers & earlier editions of this fun & friendly guide have helped thousands get started. Now fully revised to cover recent updates for Java 7.0 Beginning Programming with Java For Dummies 3rd Edition is certain to put more first-time programmers & Java beginners on the road to Java mastery. Explores what goes into creating a program putting the pieces together dealing with standard programming challenges debugging & making the program work Offers new options for tools & techniques used in Java development Provides valuable information & examples for the would-be programmer with no Java experience All examples are updated to reflect the latest changes in Java 7.0 Beginning Programming with Java For Dummies 3rd Edition offers an easy-to-understand introduction to programming through the popular versatile Java 7.0 language. ...

Beginning Python: Using Python 2.6 & Python 3.1 introduces this open source portable interpreted object-oriented programming language that combines remarkable power with clear syntax. This book enables you to quickly create robust reliable & reusable Python applications by teaching the basics so you can quickly develop Web & scientific applications incorporate databases & master systems tasks on various operating systems including Linux MAC OS & Windows. You'll get a comprehensive tutorial that guides you from writing simple basic Python scripts all the way through complex concepts & also features a reference of the standard modules with examples illustrating how to implement features in the various modules. Plus the book covers using Python in specific program development domains such as XML databases scientific applications network programming & Web development. Note: CD-ROM/DVD & other supplementary materials are not included as part of e Book file. ...

Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary & cultural theory for well over a decade now. This new & expanded third edition continues to offer students & readers the best one-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches theorists & technical language is lucidly & expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions about the critics & the theories they represent Peter Barry allows readers to develop their own ideas once first principles & concepts have been grasped. The book has been updated &

Includes:: two new chapters one of which (Literary theory
- a history in ten events) innovatively surveys the course of theory while the other (Theory after ' Theory') maps the arrival of new 'isms' since the second edition appeared in 2002. Liberal humanism
- Structuralism
- Post-structuralism & deconstruction
- Postmodernism
- Psychoanalytic criticism
- Feminist criticism
- Lesbian/gay criticism
- Marxist criticism
- New historicism & cultural materialism
- Postcolonial criticism
- Stylistics
- Narratology
- Ecocriticism
- Presentism/ Transversal poetics/ New aestheticism/ Historical formalism/ Cognitive poetics.















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Learn to use exciting new development tools & create applications for Windows 8 If youre a beginning developer theres no better place to get up to speed on the Windows 8 SDK than this Wrox guide. A team of Microsoft experts provides a complete course in Windows 8 programming helping you take full advantage of the innovative new SDK. Written in an easy-to-read style this book is packed with reusable examples that showcase the endless possibilities of the Windows SDK & also introduces the new Windows 8 app store. It explains how to set up the development environment & covers user interface design using special effects & graphics working with C & C++ & much more. Provides a complete introduction to the Windows SDK & Windows 8 starting with setting up the development environment & building your first application Covers user interface design touch- & event-driven design elements leveraging windows-based services & offline application development with HTML 5 Explores creating C applications for the Windows 8 system XNA 4 & Silverlight 5 considerations & the role of C++ Shows how to debug certify & deploy your applications Introduces the new Windows 8 app store & offers advice on marketing your apps Beginning Windows 8 Application Development is perfect for anyone whos ready to get started developing apps for the exciting new Windows 8 OS. ...

Discover a structured applied approach to behavioral finance with the first academic text of its kind--Ackert/ Deaves BEHAVIORAL FINANCE: PSYCHOLOGY DECISION MAKING & MARKETS International Edition. This comprehensive text--ideal for todays behavioral finance elective--links finance theory & practice to human behavior. The book begins by building upon the established conventional principles of finance before moving into psychological principles of behavioral finance including heuristics & biases overconfidence emotion & social forces. Readers learn how human behavior influences the decisions of individual investors & professional finance practitioners managers & markets. The book clearly explains what behavioral finance indicates about observed market outcomes as well as how psychological biases potentially impact the behavior of managers. Readers see first-hand the implications of behavioral finance on retirement pensions education debiasing & client management. This book spends a significant amount of time examining how behavioral finance can be used by practitioners today. Readers utilize theory & applications in every chapter with a wide variety of end-of-chapter exercises discussion questions simulations & experiments that reinforce the books applied approach. ...

Behaviour for Learning offers teachers a clear conceptual framework for making sense of the many behaviour management strategies on offer allowing them to make a critical assessment about their appropriateness & effectiveness in the classroom. Teachers need to be asking themselves the question How can I improve a child's learning?" rather than " How can I get them to behave?" The authors present a unique focus on the relationships which underpin learning placing an emphasis on the development of 'learning behaviours' & endorses OFSTED's view that it is essential to evaluate the efficacy of behaviour management against progress in learning. Essentially this book will help teachers: decide what strategy is best for individuals in their classroom be aware of the evidence / theoretical base that underpins that strategy use be able to evaluate the effectiveness of that strategy. Located within emerging agendas for enhanced individual holistic outcomes & increased partnership working this book seeks to synthesise the practical with the theoretical. Authoritative & timely Behaviour for Learning is compelling reading for all trainees & practicing teachers CPD coordinators & other professionals working with challenging pupils." ...

From her lookout on the first floor Ginny watches & waits for her younger sister to return to the crumbling mansion that was once their idyllic childhood home. Vivien has not set foot in the house since she left forty-seven years ago; Ginny the reclusive moth expert has rarely ventured outside it. But with Viviens arrival dark unspoken secrets surface. Told in Ginnys unforgettable voice this debut novel tells a disquieting story of two sisters & the ties that bind
- sometimes a little too tightly.
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Jenny grew up in a house where no-one was safe. Born one of five children in the East End her childhood was spent in squalor & terror. Her father's violent beatings humiliations & sexual abuse were part of daily life; her mother
- also his sexual victim & savagely beaten
- was no source of help. Deprived of love & all comforts the children would turn to each other for support & to the only adult they could trust Auntie. This is the story of how Jenny her sister Kim & brother Laurence not only survived but ultimately transcended the unimaginable degradations heaped on them. With the power of love cunning the blackest of black humour & an indestructible self-belief Jenny eventually broke free of her past.

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Hugo Vickers has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Royal Family & has had a fascination with the story of the Duchess of Windsor since he was a young man. There have been a number of books about this doomed couple but this book brings a new perspective on the story by focussing on the later years of exile. While Vickers has his own theories about the Abdication itself & he makes it very clear that Mrs Simpson did not lure the King from the throne the drama of this narrative comes from the criminal exploitation of an old sick woman after the death of her husb&. She was ruthlessly exploited by a French lawyer called Suzanne Blum. Some members of the Royal Family like Mountbatten & the Queen Mother dont emerge with much credit either. Hugo Vickers relates a tragic story which has lost none of its resonance over the years since the Duchess died in 1986. ...