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Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition»rank: 32983by: David Pogue, Adam Goldstein
: : Maybe you've been persuaded by Apple's 'Switch' ad campaign. Maybe you've been seduced by the sleek, sculpted lines of today's Macs. Or maybe you're just fed up with windows. In any case, there's never been a better time to switch to Mac OS X Panther--and there's never been a better book to help you do it. This funny, authoritative guide takes an honest approach to the three challenges involved in crossing from Microsoft's worldview to Apple's: Transferring your stuff. Moving files from a PC to a Mac by cable, network, or disk is the easy part. But how do you extract things like your email, address book, calendar, Web bookmarks, buddy ... |
AppleScript: The Missing Manual»rank: 283227by: Adam Goldstein
: :From newspapers to NASA, Mac users around the world use AppleScript to automate their daily computing routines. Famed for its similarity to English and its ease of integration with other programs, AppleScript is the perfect programming language for time-squeezed Mac fans. As beginners quickly realize, however, AppleScript has one major shortcoming: it comes without a manual. No more. You don't need a degree in computer science, a fancy system administrator title, or even a pocket protector and pair of nerdy glasses to learn the Mac's most popular scripting language; you just need the proper guide at your side. AppleScript: The Missing Manual is that guide. Brilliantly compiled by author Adam Goldstein, AppleScript: ... |
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Restructuring the Philadelphia Region: Metropolitan Divisions and Inequality (Philadelphia Voices, Philadelphia Vision) (Philadelphia Voices, Philadelphia Vision)»rank: 580079by: Carolyn Adams, David Bartelt, David Elesh, Ira Goldstein
: :Restructuring the Philadelphia Region offers one of the most comprehensive and careful investigations written to date about metropolitan inequalities in America s large urban regions. Moving beyond simplistic analyses of cities-versus-suburbs, the authors use a large and unique data set to discover the special patterns of opportunity in greater Philadelphia, a sprawling, complex metropolitan region consisting of more than 350 separate localities. With each community operating its own public services and competing to attract residents and businesses, the places people live offer them dramatically different opportunities.The book vividly portrays the region s uneven development paying particular attention to differences in housing, employment and educational opportunities in different communities and describes the actors ... |
Philadelphia: Neighborhoods, Division, and Conflict in a Postindustrial City (Comparitive American Cities)»rank: 802819by: Carolyn Adams, David Bartelt, David Elesh, Ira Goldstein, Nancy Kleniewski, William Yancey
: :'Philadelphia' is a patchwork of the political and economic changes dating back to 1683. Having been re-created repeatedly, each era of the city's development includes elements of the past. In this book, the authors describe the city's evolution into a post-industrial metropolis of old communities and newly expended neighborhoods, in which remnants of 19th-century industries can be seen in today's residential areas. This book explores a wide range of issues impacting upon Philadelphia's post-industrial economy trends in housing and homelessness, the business community, job distribution, a disintegrating political structure, and increased racial, class, and neighborhood conflict. The authors examine the growth of the service sector, the disparity in the city's urban renewal ... |
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Imagining Our Americas: Toward a Transnational Frame (Radical Perspectives)»rank: 972171from: Duke University Press
: :This rich interdisciplinary collection of essays advocates and models a hemispheric approach to the study of the Americas. Taken together, the essays examine North and South America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific as a broad region transcending both national boundaries and the dichotomy between North and South. In the volume’s substantial introduction, the editors, an anthropologist and a historian, explain the need to move beyond the paradigm of U.S. American Studies and Latin American Studies as two distinct fields. They point out the Cold War origins of area studies, and they note how many of the Americas’ most significant social formations have spanned borders if not continents: diverse and complex indigenous societies, ... |
Practical Dermatology»rank: 1230477by: Beth G. Goldstein, Adam O. Goldstein
: :Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Practical, concise guide to the diagnosis and treatment of skin disease, for general practitioners, medical students and residents. Written by specialists for nonspecialists. Previous edition: c1992. Softcover. DNLM: Skin Diseases--diagnosis. |
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Beijing Show and Go!»rank: 1875360by: Adam J. White
: :An English-speaker's Aid to Mainland China. The easy and fun way to get around Beijing! Don't speak Chinese? No Problem. This is a pocket size phrase book with specific pages designed so that you don't need to speak the language. Find what you're looking for by having locals point the way! Just show them the page that has what you need. There's no better way to get the help you want - while you're right in the middle of the sights and sounds of Beijing! |
Anesthesiologist's Guide to the Or: Prepped»rank: 1952065by: Richard P., M.D. Dutton, Adam D. Goldstein, Robert M. Gantt, Paul F. Lennon, Paul A. Pudimat
: :This practical and reliable guide gives anesthesia residents and other staff in the operating room a convenient, quick source of basic information on the range of surgical procedures anesthesiologists face in daily practice. The useful one-page-per-procedure format ensures rapid access to the information you really need to know for on-the-spot reference. |
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The Art Of Susan Weil»rank: 4507377by: Susan; Anderson, Carol; Ashton, Dore; Chen, Yng-Ru; Goldstein, Faina; Horan, Martha Jordan; Im, Gina; Kirschenbaum, Bernard; McCaffrey, Susan; Rauschenberg, Chris; Thomas, Adam; Walker, A. Yasmeen Weil
: :This practical and reliable guide gives anesthesia residents and other staff in the operating room a convenient, quick source of basic information on the range of surgical procedures anesthesiologists face in daily practice. The useful one-page-per-procedure format ensures rapid access to the information you really need to know for on-the-spot reference. |
Data 'surface mining' can yield helpful information.(Promotion): An article from: The Newsletter on Newsletters»rank: 4507377by: Adam P. Goldstein
: :This digital document is an article from The Newsletter on Newsletters, published by Bradinal Communications on January 16, 2004. The length of the article is 437 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Data 'surface mining' can yield helpful information.(Promotion)Author: Adam P. GoldsteinPublication: The Newsletter on Newsletters (Newsletter)Date: January 16, 2004Publisher: Bradinal CommunicationsVolume: 41 Issue: 1 Page: 3(2)Distributed by Thomson Gale |