New Additions to E-Books Directory

Risk and Project Management eBook for IT Professionals
by Jim Cochran - ContractEdge LLC
This book will help small business owners and IT professionals better manage the risks that arise in day to day business. There are tips on choosing professional liability insurance coverage, managing projects, and working with subcontractors.
(submitted on 2010-09-02)

An Introduction to Gaussian Geometry
by Sigmundur Gudmundsson - Lund University
These notes introduce the beautiful theory of Gaussian geometry i.e. the theory of curves and surfaces in three dimensional Euclidean space. The text is written for students with a good understanding of linear algebra and real analysis.
(submitted on 2010-09-02)

Perfect Presentations: How You Can Master the Art of Successful Presenting
by Andrew Ivey - BookBoon
This book reveals the fundamentals of good presenting practice. Highlighting the major guidelines followed by successful presenters it offers ideas that you can follow to make your presentations more masterful, using sets of top tips and ideas.
(submitted on 2010-09-02)

Applied Psychology
by H. L. Hollingworth, A. T. Poffenberger - D. Appleton
This is a general text of applied psychology, presenting its principal aims, types, methods, its various fields of endeavor, and its outstanding results and accomplishments. The book is written for the general reader, working without expert guidance.
(submitted on 2010-09-02)

Introduction to Braided Geometry and q-Minkowski Space
by Shahn Majid - arXiv
Systematic introduction to the geometry of linear braided spaces. These are versions of Rn in which the coordinates xi have braid-statistics described by an R-matrix. From this starting point we survey the author's braided-approach to q-deformation.
(submitted on 2010-09-02)

The Clue of the Twisted Candle
by Edgar Wallace - Project Gutenberg
Kara believes that there is a great criminal lost in John Lexman, the detective-story writer involved in a plot more fantastic than any of his own ingenious mysteries. A tense and powerful tale that moves dramatically between London and the Balkans.
(submitted on 2010-09-01)

Introduction to Power Electronics
by Valery Vodovozov - BookBoon
Power Electronics is the technology associated with efficient conversion, control and conditioning of electric power. The book is concerned of electrical power processing using devices the key component of which is a switching power converter.
(submitted on 2010-09-01)

Applied Gyrodynamics
by Ervin S. Ferry - John Wiley & Sons
A rigorous theoretical and mathematical description of the motion of spinning bodies and practical applications where their gyroscopic properties are used. The book goes into great detail on the theory, design and implementation of applications.
(submitted on 2010-09-01)

Notes on Automorphic Functions
by Anders Thorup - Kobenhavns Universitet
In mathematics, the notion of factor of automorphy arises for a group acting on a complex-analytic manifold. From the contents: Moebius transformations; Discrete subgroups; Modular groups; Automorphic forms; Poincare Series and Eisenstein Series.
(submitted on 2010-09-01)

Why are Braids Orderable?
by Patrick Dehornoy, at al.
This book is an account of several quite different approaches to Artin's braid groups, involving self-distributive algebra, uniform finite trees, combinatorial group theory, mapping class groups, laminations, and hyperbolic geometry.
(submitted on 2010-09-01)

The Man Who Knew
by Edgar Wallace - Small, Maynard & Company
This story of the amazing adventures which come into the life of a diamond merchant, who comes from the mines of South Africa to London, is clever in plot and effective in style. As a writer of detective stories, Wallace occupies an enviable place.
(submitted on 2010-08-31)

A practical guide to Basic Statistical Techniques for Data Analysis in Cosmology
by Licia Verde - arXiv
This is the summary of lectures given at the Canary islands winter school of Astrophysics: The Cosmic Microwave Background, from Quantum Fluctuations to the present Universe. Lectures were intended for master / beginning PhD students in cosmology.
(submitted on 2010-08-31)

General Topology
by Jesper M. Moller
These notes are an introduction to general topology. They should be sufficient for further studies in geometry or algebraic topology. The text covers: Sets and maps; Topological spaces and continuous maps; Regular and normal spaces; etc.
(submitted on 2010-08-31)

The Chemistry of Plant Life
by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher - McGraw-Hill
This book may serve as a text or reference book for students of plant science who are seeking a proper foundation upon which to build a scientific knowledge of how plants grow. It shall serve also as a stimulus to further study in this field.
(submitted on 2010-08-31)

Bringing Design to Software
by Terry Winograd - Addison-Wesley
In this landmark book, Terry Winograd shows how to improve the practice of software design, by applying lessons from other areas of design to the creation of software. The goal is to create software that works -- really works.
(submitted on 2010-08-31)

Applied Mechanics
by Gaetano Lanza - J. Wiley
The work is a treatise on strength and stability, a number of subjects usually included in treatises on applied mechanics are omitted. It is primarily a text-book, the different subjects are presented in the best way for the progress of the class.
(submitted on 2010-08-30)

Researching and Writing in History
by F. N. McCoy - University of California Press
In this handbook the author has analyzed the stages involved in the term research paper from the viewpoint of the time involved in each, the order in which they should be undertaken, and their distribution over the typical university quarter.
(submitted on 2010-08-30)

JXTA JXSE Programmers Guide 2.5
- Sun Microsystems
This guide is for software developers who would like to write and deploy P2P services and applications using JXTA technology. It provides an introduction to JXTA technology and describes the JXTA network architecture and key concepts.
(submitted on 2010-08-30)

Surreal Numbers: An Introduction
by Claus Tondering
This text will provide the readers with a free and accessible introduction to a very fascinating subject. The author is not a mathematician by profession, the book shows that pure mathematics is not that complicated once you get down to the rules.
(submitted on 2010-08-30)

Tam o' the Scoots
by Edgar Wallace - A. L. Burt company
Adventure novel set on the Western Front during World War I. Lieutenant Bridgeman went out over the German line and strafed a depot. He stayed a while to locate a new gun position and was caught between three strong batteries of Archies.
(submitted on 2010-08-30)