Fiske Word Power: The Exclusive System to Learn, Not Just Memorize, Essential Words free ebook download

 The Exclusive System to Learn-Not Just Memorize-Essential Words

 A powerful vocabulary opens a world of opportunity. Building your word power will help you write more effectively, communicate clearly, score higher on standardized tests like the SAT, ACT, or GRE, and be more confident and persuasive in everything you do.

 But in order to truly increase your vocabulary, you need a system that works. With most guides, you end up only memorizing the new words for a short time, often not even long enough to use them in tests. Fiske WordPower is different.

 Using the exclusive Fiske system, you will not just memorize words, but truly learn their meanings and how to use them correctly. This knowledge will stay with you longer and be easier to recall-and it doesn't take any longer than less-effective memorization.

 How does it work? This book uses a simple three-part system:
 1. Patterns: Words aren't arranged randomly or alphabetically, but in similar groups that make words easier to remember over time.
 2. Deeper Meanings, More Examples: Full explanations-not just brief definitions-of what the words mean, plus multiple examples of the words in sentences.
 3. Quick Quizzes: Frequent short quizzes help you test how much you've learned, while helping your brain internalize their meanings.

 Fiske WordPower is the most effective system for building a vocabulary that gets you clear and successful results.

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The Complete Guide to Learning a Language free ebook download

Learning a language doesn't have to be difficult - in fact it can be easy and fun. And one thing's for sure, you'll get so much more out of being abroad when you know something of the language, and get to know the people who speak it. This book tells you the quickest, most effective and most enjoyable ways of learning the language you need to know.Gill James has published several collections of teaching materials, which emphasise the students' control of their own language learning. She has worked for 25 years teaching modern languages both in schools and as a private tutor to adults of all ages. It was in the course of offering private tuition that she discovered the way, outlined in this book, of making the learning of languages more effective. This has also led to the formation of Gill's language school, Bridge House Languages, which works on these principles.

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The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us free ebook download

We spend our lives communicating. In the last fifty years, we've zoomed through radically different forms of communication, from typewriters to tablet computers, text messages to tweets. We generate more and more words with each passing day. Hiding in that deluge of language are amazing insights into who we are, how we think, and what we feel.

 In The Secret Life of Pronouns, social psychologist and language expert James W. Pennebaker uses his groundbreaking research in computational linguistics-in essence, counting the frequency of words we use-to show that our language carries secrets about our feelings, our self-concept, and our social intelligence. Our most forgettable words, such as pronouns and prepositions, can be the most revealing: their patterns are as distinctive as fingerprints.

 Using innovative analytic techniques, Pennebaker X-rays everything from Craigslist advertisements to the Federalist Papers-or your own writing, in quizzes you can take yourself-to yield unexpected insights. Who would have predicted that the high school student who uses too many verbs in her college admissions essay is likely to make lower grades in college? Or that a world leader's use of pronouns could reliably presage whether he led his country into war? You'll learn why it's bad when politicians use "we" instead of "I," what Lady Gaga and William Butler Yeats have in common, and how Ebenezer Scrooge's syntax hints at his self-deception and repressed emotion. Barack Obama, Sylvia Plath, and King Lear are among the figures who make cameo appearances in this sprightly, surprising tour of what our words are saying-whether we mean them to or not.

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Introduction to Academic Writing, Third Edition free ebook download

The Third Edition of Introduction to Academic Writing,  by Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue, continues in the tradition of helping students to master the standard organizational patterns of the paragraph and the basic concepts of essay writing. The text's time-proven approach integrates the study of rhetorical patterns and the writing process with extensive practice in sentence structure and mechanics.

Features of the Third Edition:
A step-by-step approach guides students seamlessly through the process of writing.
Clear, succinct explanations help students to understand and apply key concepts and rules.
Numerous models and varied practice support students at all stages of writing.
NEW instruction and practice in summary writing prepare students for academic work.
NEW  Try It Out! exercises give students opportunities to assess mastery of skills.
NEW self-editing and peer-editing worksheets mortivate students to revise their work.

Introduction to Academic Writing  is also available with CriterionSM Publisher's Version, which provides instant online feedback on student writing:

Students simply submit their writing online and instantly receive personalized feedback on: Grammar, Usage, Style, Mechanics, Organization, and Development (essays only). Students can turn in better writing, and teachers can save time spent correcting drafts.

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Business English Meetings Instant Agendas free ebook download

*Includes 66 instant agendas, formally laid out and ready to use with role-play notes and full background information on the subjects for discussion *Full teacher's notes on each agenda with Key Vocabulary *Specialist vocabulary lists for all aspects of meetings

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I Never Knew There Was a Word for It free ebook download

From 'shotclog', a Yorkshire term for a companion only tolerated because he is paying for the drinks, to Albanian having 29 words to describe different kinds of eyebrows, the languages of the world are full of amazing, amusing and illuminating words and expressions that will improve absolutely everybody's quality of life. All they need is this book! This bumper volume gathers all three of Adam Jacot de Boinod's acclaimed books about language - The Wonder of Whiffling, The Meaning of Tingo and Toujours Tingo (their fans include everyone from Stephen Fry to Michael Palin) - into one highly entertaining, keenly priced compendium. As Mariella Frostup said 'You'll never be lost for words again!'

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English Grammar in Use Extra 4th Edition free ebook download

English Grammar in Use Fourth edition is an updated version of the world's best-selling grammar title. It has a fresh, appealing new design and clear layout, with revised and updated examples, but retains all the key features of clarity and accessibility that have made the book popular with millions of learners and teachers around the world.

The CD-ROM contains lots of additional practice exercises to consolidate learning, ideal for self-study but also suitable for reinforcement work in the classroom.

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Word Smart Genius Edition: How to Build a Phenomenal Vocabulary [Audiobook] free ebook download

 WORD SMART GENIUS EDITION
Do you have a proclivity for sesquipedalian words? Has your prose become ossified because you haven't augmented your vocabulary lately? Here's the perfect pedagogical solution. Word Smart Genius Edition teaches more than150 of the most interesting and challenging words in the English language.
 Perfect for college students, professionals, wordmongers, crossword puzzle devotees, or just plain show-offs, Word Smart Genius Edition informs and instructs in a uniquely entertaining way.

Word Smart Genius Edition includes:

 *  words grouped by subject

 *  concise, accurate definitions

 *  lively, humorous examples and stories

 * mnemonics (memory devices)

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Effective Telephoning: Student's Book (Oxford Business English Skills) free ebook download

This new series of video-based courses is aimed at professional people who need to improve their language and communication skills in specific business areas.
Each course takes a common business function such as giving a presentation or participating in a meeting, and takes learners through a stage-by-stage analysis of the skills and language they need to perform these functions effectively in English.

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The Word Brain: A Short Guide to Fast Language Learning free ebook download

How long does it take to learn another language? How many words do we need to learn? Are languages within the reach of everybody? Which teachers would we choose and which teachers should we avoid? These are some of the questions you ask yourself when you start learning a new language. The Word Brain provides the answers.

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Anorganische Strukturchemie [German] free ebook download

Kompakte und anschauliche Einfuhrung in die anorganische Strukturchemie. Der Leser erhalt einen Einblick in das traditionelle Grundwissen und in moderne Entwicklungen dieses Gebietes.
 In dem Lehrbuch fur Studenten der Chemie werden wichtige Aspekte und Zusammenhange der Strukturen anorganisch-chemischer Verbindungen dargelegt. Die Strukturmerkmale von Molekulverbindungen wie auch von Festkorpern werden behandelt und an anschaulichen Beispielen erlautert. So weit wie moglich, werden diese Strukturen mit einfachen und eingangigen Theorien erklart (Gillespie-Nyholm-Theorie, Ligandenfeldtheorie, Ionenradienverhaltnisse, Pauling-Regeln, (8-N)-Regel u.a.), es wird aber auch auf die moderne Bindungstheorie eingegangen. Wichtige Festkorperstrukturen werden wiederholte Male und dabei jedes Mal von einem anderen Standpunkt betrachtet. Zusammenhange zwischen Struktur und physikalischen Eigenschaften werden herausgearbeitet.

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Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc free ebook download

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 Like the alphabet, the calendar, or the zodiac, the periodic table of the chemical elements has a permanent place in our imagination. But aside from the handful of common ones (iron, carbon, copper, gold), the elements themselves remain wrapped in mystery. We do not know what most of them look like, how they exist in nature, how they got their names, or of what use they are to us. Welcome to a dazzling tour through history and literature, science and art. In Periodic Tales, you'll meet iron that rains from the heavens and neon as it lights its way to vice. You'll learn how lead can tell your future and why zinc may one day line your coffin. You'll discover what connects the bones in your body with the White House in Washington, the glow of a streetlight with the salt on your dinner table.

 From ancient civilizations to contemporary couture, from the oxygen of publicity to the phosphorous in your pee, the elements are near and far and all around us. Unlocking their astonishing secrets and colorful pasts, Periodic Tales is a passionate journey through mines and artists' studios, to factories and cathedrals, into the woods and to the sea to discover the true stories of these fascinating but mysterious building blocks of the universe.

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Basiswissen Physikalische Chemie [German] free ebook download

Kompakte Einfuhrung in die Physikalische Chemie:
Die Darstellung und Konzeption dieses Buchs sind aus der Begleitschrift einer zweisemestrigen Grundvorlesung "Physikalische Chemie" an der Universitat Dortmund hervorgegangen. Die Stoffauswahl wurde daruber hinaus um einige Themen erweitert, so dass sie einer etwa sechssemestrigen Ausbildung in Physikalischer Chemie entspricht (physikalisch-chemischer Teil des Basisstudiums Chemie-Diplom bzw. Bachelor). Ziel des Buches ist es, fur die fortgeschrittene und spezielle Ausbildung in diesem Fach ein tragfahiges - mathematisch fundiertes - Fundament zu legen. Neben der makroskopischen, phanomenologischen Beschreibungsweise kommt der molekularen theoretischen Deutung der Begriffe und Gesetzmassigkeiten eine zentrale Rolle zu, wobei auch wichtige Aspekte der quantenmechanischen Darstellung molekularer Eigenschaften angesprochen werden.

Aus dem Inhalt:
Aggregatzustande - Thermodynamik - Aufbau der Materie - Statistische Thermodynamik - Oberflachenerscheinungen - Elektrochemie - Reaktionskinetik - Molekulspektroskopie.

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Anorganische Strukturchemie, 5 Auflage [German] free ebook download

 Kompakte und anschauliche Einfuhrung in die anorganische Strukturchemie. Der Leser erhalt einen Einblick in das traditionelle Grundwissen und in moderne Entwicklungen dieses Gebietes. Fur die nun vorliegende 5. Auflage wurde die Darstellung auf den aktuellen Stand des Wissens gebracht und an zahlreichen Stellen erweitert. Neu sind die Abschnitte uber Quasikristalle und nicht streng kristalline Festkorper, die Elektronen-Lokalisierungs-Funktion und Nanostrukturen.
 In dem Lehrbuch fur Studenten der Chemie werden wichtige Aspekte und Zusammenhange der Strukturen anorganisch-chemischer Verbindungen dargelegt. Die Strukturmerkmale von Molekulverbindungen wie auch von Festkorpern werden behandelt und an anschaulichen Beispielen erlautert. So weit wie moglich, werden diese Strukturen mit einfachen und eingangigen Theorien erklart (Gillespie-Nyholm-Theorie, Ligandenfeldtheorie, Ionenradienverhaltnisse, Pauling-Regeln, (8-N)-Regel u.a.), es wird aber auch auf die moderne Bindungstheorie eingegangen. Wichtige Festkorperstrukturen werden wiederholte Male und dabei jedes Mal von einem anderen Standpunkt betrachtet. Zusammenhange zwischen Struktur und physikalischen Eigenschaften werden herausgearbeitet.
 Aus dem Inhalt:
 Beschreibung chemischer Strukturen - Symmetrie - Polymorphie, Phasenumwandlungen - Gitterenergie - Die Gro?e von Atomen - Ionenverbindungen - Molekulstrukturen I: Verbindungen der Hauptgruppenelemente - Molekulstrukturen II: Verbindungen der Nebengruppenelemente - Chemische Bindung in Festkorpern - Elementstrukturen - Diamantartige Strukturen - Polyanionische und polykationische Verbindungen, Zintl-Phasen - Kugelpackungen - Kugelpackungen bei Verbindungen und Kugelpackungen mit besetzten Lucken - Verknupfte Polyeder - Symmetrie als Ordnungsprinzip fur Kristallstrukturen - Physikalische Eigenschaften von Festkorpern - Nanostrukturen.

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Bauchemie: Einfuehrung in die Chemie fuer Bauingenieure und Architekten [German] free ebook download

Das Buch ist nicht nur fur den Studienanfanger eine wertvolle Hilfe, den Anforderungen eines Regelstudienganges Bauingenieurwesen oder Architektur zu entsprechen, es dient auch dem Baupraktiker als nutzliches Nachschlagewerk. Neben den Grundlagen vermittelt der Autor spezielle chemische Kenntnisse zu Baustoffen und baurelevanten Prozessen verstandlich und methodisch ausgewogen. Dabei orientiert sich die exemplarisch vorgenommene Auswahl von Verbindungen, Stoffen, Reaktionen und Prozessen an deren Praxisrelevanz fur das Bauwesen unter Berucksichtigung moderner okologischer Gesichtspunkte. Das Werk basiert auf langjahrigen Lehrerfahrungen in der Hochschulausbildung von Bauingenieurstudenten und hebt sich deutlich von einer nur chemisch kommentierten Baustofflehre ab. Es kann sowohl als vorlesungsbegleitendes Lehrmaterial als auch im Selbststudium und im Rahmen einer Weiterbildung eingesetzt werden.

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Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences, 2 edition free ebook download

The behaviour of those macromolecules and molecular assemblies that have vital roles in all living organisms is grounded in physical chemistry. Physical principles determine the stability of proteins and nucleic acids, the rate at which biochemical reactions proceed, the transport of molecules across biological molecules  they allow us to describe structure and reactivity in complex biological systems, and make sense of how these systems operate. Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences fills a void in the textbook market by offering a balanced presentation of the concepts of physical chemistry, and their extensive applications to biology and biochemistry. It is written to straddle the worlds of physical chemistry and the life sciences and to show students how the tools of physical chemistry can elucidate and illuminate biological questions. Opening with a suite of chapters on Biochemical Thermodynamics, with a focus on energy conversion in biological cells and the factors that stabilize proteins, nucleic acids, and cell membranes, the book goes on to explore the Kinetics of Life Processes, examining the rates of chemical reactions, how rates can help characterise the mechanism of a reaction, and how enzymes affect reaction rates. A third section, Biomolecular Structure, looks at how concepts of physical chemistry can be used to establish those 'rules' that govern the assembly of complex biological structures, while the final section, Biomolecular Spectroscopy, describes the major techniques in biochemistry that are being applied to help us to explore biochemical processes and systems ever further. Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences places emphasis on clear explanations of difficult concepts, with an eye toward building insight into biochemical phenomena. A rich palette of pedagogical features, including worked examples, illustrations, self-tests, and case studies, support student learning throughout, while special attention is given to providing extensive help to students with those mathematical concepts and techniques that are so central to a sound understanding of physical chemistry. Balancing clarity and rigor of exposition of basic concepts with extensive discussion of biological techniques and processes, Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences is the perfect resource for every life science student who seeks to master those essentials of physical chemistry that underpin life itself. Pedagogy: - A Biochemical link at the start of each section explains how the physical chemistry content of the section is related to a biological concept, providing clear connections to students and acting as motivators for understanding - Toolbox sections describe techniques, and link experimental method with physical chemistry concepts, so the student can understand how experimental techniques are used to probe and solve chemical questions - Maths comments explain mathematical relationships and background necessary for solving problems, providing guidance and insight to bolster student understanding - Derivations present detailed derivations of key equations, and delineate intermediate steps, showing the student the enormous power of even simple mathematics - Worked examples illustrate the concepts being presented, empowering the student to apply the concepts for themselves - Self tests occur throughout the chapters, to enable students to immediately test their understanding - Checklists of key ideas at the end of each chapter provide a bulleted list of the information students should grasp from the chapter, facilitating student revision - End of chapter exercises come in three varieties, to enable students to apply the concepts introduced and check their understanding: - Discussion questions stimulate the qualitative understanding of problems - Exercises assess quantitative understanding - Projects stimulate more in-depth examination of questions at both a qualitative and quantitative level Online Resource Centre - Web links for each chapter, pointing students to interesting sources of related information and data, to facilitate self-directed learning - A list of key equations for each chapter, to help students revise and master the key mathematical concepts that underpin the subject - Living graphs, which present graphs from the text in interactive format, and enable students to strengthen their learning - Full colour artwork from the text in downloadable form, to facilitate lecture preparation

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Chemie Fur Dummies [German] free ebook download

Wenn es knallt und stinkt, dann ist Chemie im Spiel! Chemie fur Dummies macht deutlich, dass Chemie nicht nur aus Formeln, sondern vor allem aus unzahligen interessanten Stoffen, Versuchen und Reaktionen besteht.
In diesem etwas anderen Chemie-Buch lernen Sie die Grundlagen der Chemie kennen und erfahren, wo sich chemische Phanomene im Alltag bemerkbar machen. John T. Moore macht fur Sie so schwer vorstellbare Begriffe wie Atom, Base oder Molekul begreiflich und zeigt, wie man mit dem Periodensystem umgeht. Erfahren Sie au?erdem, welche wichtige Rolle die Chemie im taglichen Leben spielt: Kosmetik, Medizin, Umweltschutz und vieles mehr!

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Developments in Electrochemistry free ebook download

 The book contains five feature articles in recent advanced electrochemistry. These selected feature articles emphasize physical phenomena rather than mathematical formalisms of electrochemistry. This book will be useful, effective, and beneficial to physicists, chemists, surface scientists, material scientists, engineers, and especially electrochemists.

 The topics represented in the book are: The phase-shift method and correlation constants  Quantitative separation of an adsorption effect  non-invasive method to evaluate sudomotor dysfunctions  Cyclohexane-based liquid-biphasic systems  Electrochemical transformation of white phosphorus.

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Safety-Scale Laboratory Experiments for Chemistry for Today free ebook download

 Succeed in your course using this lab manual's unique blend of laboratory skills and exercises that effectively illustrate concepts from the main text, CHEMISTRY FOR TODAY: GENERAL, ORGANIC, AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 7e. The book's 15 general chemistry and 20 organic/biochemistry safety-scale laboratory experiments use small quantities of chemicals and emphasize safety and proper disposal of materials. "Safety-scale' is the authors' own term for describing the amount of chemicals each lab experiment requires less than macroscale quantities, which are expensive and hazardous, and more than microscale quantities, which are difficult to work with and require special equipment.

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Chemistry (4th Edition) free ebook download

For full-year general chemistry courses taken by biology, premedical, science, and engineering majors. McMurry/Fay's Chemistry focuses on visualizing and thinking to achieve try understanding. The text teaches the basics of solving problems using its trademark clear discussions and new art-enhanced format. The text moves students beyond rote quantitative problem solving, encouraging them to visualize and think about a problem before beginning to solve it  it conveys the key concepts being discussed to help students truly understand the chemistry by using unique, proven features. The clean, interesting writing style talks directly to students with a minimum of distractions. Molecular illustrations are abundant and are placed where they are referenced for maximum effectiveness with students. The well-integrated McMurry/Fay media program includes the IRCD, PH GradeAssist, a CW/CD suite and more.

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The Design of Prestressed Concrete Bridges: Concepts and Principles free ebook download

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Examining the fundamental differences between design and analysis, Robert Benaim explores the close relationship between aesthetic and technical creativity and the importance of the intuitive, more imaginative qualities of design that every designer should employ when designing a structure.

Aiding designers of concrete bridges in developing an intuitive understanding of structural action, this book encourages innovation and the development of engineering architecture. Simple, relevant calculation techniques that should precede any detailed analysis are summarized. Construction methods used to build concrete bridge decks and substructures are detailed and direct guidance on the choice and the sizing of different types of concrete bridge deck is given. In addition guidance is provided on solving recurring difficult problems of detailed design and realistic examples of the design process are provided.

This book enables concrete bridge designers to broaden their scope in design and provides an analysis of the necessary calculations and methods.

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Concrete Repairs: Performance in Service and Current Practice (EP 79) free ebook download

This report is the culmination of a wide-ranging survey into the performance of both current European concrete repair techniques and inspection practice, and current research projects.

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Examples for the Design of Structural Concrete With Strut-And-Tie Models (Special Publication (Amer Concrete Inst)) free ebook download

Examples for the Design of Structural Concrete With Strut-And-Tie Models by Amer Concrete Inst

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Clean Energy for Better Environment free ebook download

 This book provides a comprehensive overview of the principal renewable energy sources with a wide range of case studies for each source. It explains the underlying physical and technological principles, and examines the environmental impact of renewable sources and their future prospects. The book will strongly appeal to non-specialist readers who wish to improve their understanding of this complex, fascinating and increasingly important subject.


 The prospect of producing clean, sustainable power from renewable energy sources is becoming a very important subject, stimulated by recent technological developments that have improved the cost-effectiveness of many renewables and by the increasing concern for the environmental impact and sustainability of conventional fossil and nuclear fuels.
 The overall approach is interdisciplinary, covering the economic, social, environmental and policy issues from the point of research on renewable energy. It also tackles the physical and engineering aspects.

Contents
 Preface
 1 Exergy Analysis of 1.2 kW Nexa™ Fuel Cell Module
 2 Grid-connected Wind Park with Combined Use of Battery and EDLC Energy Storages
 3 Thermodynamics Assessment of the Multi-generation Energy Production Systems
 4 Multi-level Mathematical Modeling of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

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Insulation Handbook free ebook download

Invaluable to anyone who wants an in-depth understanding of thermal insulation, Insulation Handbook, by Richard T. Bynum and Daniel L. Rubino, is a thorough guide to all the important methods, materials, and concepts associated with it, along with sound problem-solving advice. You'll slash construction time and costs while maximizing energy efficiency with this A-Z overview of residential installation.

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Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living (Union of Concerned Scientists) free ebook download

How can each of us live Cooler Smarter? While the routine decisions that shape our days—what to have for dinner, where to shop, how to get to work—may seem small, collectively they have a big effect on global warming. But which changes in our lifestyles might make the biggest difference to the climate? This science-based guide shows you the most effective ways to cut your own global warming emissions by twenty percent or more, and explains why your individual contribution is so vital to addressing this global problem.

 Cooler Smarter is based on an in-depth, two-year study by the experts at The Union of Concerned Scientists. While other green guides suggest an array of tips, Cooler Smarter offers proven strategies to cut carbon, with chapters on transportation, home energy use, diet, personal consumption, as well as how best to influence your workplace, your community, and elected officials. The book explains how to make the biggest impact and when not to sweat the small stuff. It also turns many eco-myths on their head, like the importance of locally produced food or the superiority of all hybrid cars.

 The advice in Cooler Smarter can help save you money and live healthier. But its central purpose is to empower you, through low carbon-living, to confront one of society’s greatest threats.

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Exercises in Building Construction: Forty-Five Homework and Laboratory Assignments to Accompany Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods free ebook download

Exercises in Building Construction, Fourth Edition provides a fully revised, user-friendly exercise book to supplement the fourth edition of Fundamentals of Building Construction.

 * Includes more than 40 exercises in "real world" construction problem solving  encourages students to apply information learned in classroom.
 * Exercises are clearly presented with detailed line drawings  easy for student and instructor to follow.
 * Revised to correspond with the fourth edition of Fundamentals of Building Construction.
 * Includes companion web pages for instructor use, containing Answer Key and sample drawings.

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Structural Analysis,6 edition free ebook download

For courses in Structural Analysis. This book provides students with a clear and thorough presentation of the theory and application of structural analysis as it applies to trusses, beams, and frames. Emphasis is placed on teaching students to both model and analyze a structure. Procedures for Analysis, Hibbeler's problem solving methodologies, provides students with a logical, orderly method to follow when applying theory.

 Summary: Text Book Review - Structural Analysis (6th Edition), by Russell C. Hibbeler
 Rating: 4

 This text book is great for describing both the introductory and advanced methods of structural analysis, i.e. statically determinate/indeterminate structures and matrix methods. ASCE-7 is referenced quite frequently in the beginning chapters of the text. Colorful diagrams are present throughout the text to give the reader a better understanding of the material. The only negative aspect of this text book is that it does not describe two-way floor loading very well. Recommendations: anyone who has an interest in structural engineering should buy this book.


 Summary: Features Solutions to Complex Trusses
 Rating: 4

 One characteristic of this book is the many complex trusses (including uncommon ones, and space trusses) that are featured. Otherwise, complex trusses can be broken down into a series of simpler ones.
 There is also discussion of frames (including those with no sidesway), virtual work, Castigliano's theorem, matrix algebra, etc.


 Summary: Awesome Book
 Rating: 5

 One of my most favorite books on structural theory. It was very easy to understand, tons of examples, and is still a valuble resource for calculating structural problems at work.

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Solar Home Heating Basics: A Green Energy Guide free ebook download

As fossil fuel supplies dwindle, home heating will be one of the major challenges in temperate and cold climates in upcoming years. The reserves of natural gas used to heat the majority of North American buildings are rapidly being depleted. This latest Green Energy Guide helps readers who want to slash their energy bills and reduce their dependence on scarce resources to navigate the sometimes confusing maze of clean, reliable, and affordable options.

 Solar Home Heating Basics focuses on renewable energy strategies to heat new and existing homes and small businesses. These include:

 * Energy efficiency, weatherization, and insulation
 * Solar hot air heating
 * Solar thermal systems
 * Passive solar heating
 * Backup heating systems

 While most solar home heating resources are geared primarily towards new buildings, this practical guide addresses ways of retrofitting existing buildings, making solar a reality for many people.

 Packed with all the essential information home and small business owners need to find alternatives to conventional heating solutions, Solar Home Heating Basics is your key to a personal energy solution.

 Dan Chiras is a respected educator and the author of thirty books on residential renewable energy and green building, including The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy and Power from the Sun. Dan is the director and lead instructor at the Evergreen Institute's Center for Renewable Energy and Green Building, where he teaches workshops on energy efficiency, solar electricity, solar hot water, small wind energy, green building, natural plasters, and natural building.

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Wind Loads for Petrochemical and Other Industrial Facilities free ebook download

This book provides state-of-the-practice guidelines for the computation of wind-induced forces on industrial facilities with structural features outside the scope of current codes and standards. Without adequate standards, companies and their engineers developed techniques to calculate the wind loads for their facilities.

 This report is intended for use by engineers who design industrial facilities and assumes familiarity with Standard ASCE 7, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures. It will also be useful to company managers who are responsible for establishing wind-load design and construction standards and to local building authorities.

 The result is a wide variation in practice and inconsistent structural reliability. To encourage uniform wind load calculations, this report first reviews existing design practices for pipe racks and bridges, open and partially clad frame structures, vessels, tanks, steel stacks, cooling towers, and air coolers.
 Then, recommended guidelines are presented for design methods and the analytical determination of wind loads. Worked calculations for six example situations are included to illustrate the application of the recommended guidelines.

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Form and Forces free ebook download

Here, in one volume, is all the architect needs to know to participate in the entire process of designing structures. Emphasizing bestselling author Edward Allen's graphical approach, the book enables you to quickly determine the desired form of a building or other structure and easily design it without the need for complex mathematics. This unique text teaches the whole process of structural design for architects, including selection of suitable materials, finding a suitable configuration, finding forces and size members, designing appropriate connections, and proposing a feasible method of erection. Chapters are centered on the design of a whole structure, from conception through construction planning.

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Piling Engineering, Third Edition free ebook download

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Piling is a fast moving field and recent years have seen major advances in theory, methods, testing procedures and equipment. Some of these changes have been driven by the need for economies and efficiency, reduced spoil production and new methods of pile bore support. Advances in theoretical analyses allow pile design to be refined so that piles and pile groups perform to better advantage.

This third edition of the well established book has been comprehensively updated. It provides an accessible and well-illustrated account of design techniques, methods of testing and analysis of piles, with a marked emphasis on practice but with design methods that incorporate the most recent advances in piling theory.

Piling Engineering is written for geotechnical engineers, consultants and foundation contractors. It is also a useful reference for academics and advanced students on courses in piling, practical site investigation and foundation design and construction.

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Bridge Aeroelasticity: Sensitivity Analysis and Optimum Design free ebook download

Product Description: Bridge Aeroelasticity: long-span suspension and cable-stayed bridges are currently of great interest, a fact reflected by an ever-increasing number of bridges being built over bays, straits and estuaries. Consequently, the authors deemed this an opportune time to write this book, which describes the current capabilities of analysis and design and is aimed at bridge design engineers and researchers, and brings together cogently information that hitherto could only be found in technical magazines.

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Baustelleneinrichtung: Grundlagen - Planung - Praxishinweise - Vorschriften und Regeln [German] free ebook download

 Das Buch gibt praxisnahe Losungen fur eine moderne Baustelleneinrichtung.
 Alle wichtigen Elemente der Baustelleneinrichtung sind ausfuhrlich erlautert, wie zum Beispiel Arten und Abmessungen von Kranfundamenten, Querschnitte und Aufbau von Baustra?en, Stromversorgung und Winterbauma?nahmen sowie die Ausbildung von geboschten und verbauten Baugruben. Die Inhalte des Buches wurden durch uber 175 Abbildungen und 75 Tabellen mit zahlreichen Richtwerten und Kennzahlen sowie eine Vielzahl an praktischen Rechenbeispielen erganzt.
 Die Autoren haben dabei ein vollstandig neues Konzept fur Planungs- und Umsetzungsprozesse geschaffen. Ein Buch, das alle wichtigen Informationen fur eine erfolgreiche Baustelleneinrichtung mit Checklisten fur die Praxis beinhaltet. Ein Muss fur jeden Baustellenplaner und den, der es werden will.

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Baudichtstoffe: Erfolgreich Fugen abdichten [German] free ebook download

"Baudichtstoffe" zeigt praxisnah alle Voraussetzungen auf, die zu einer fehlerfreien Abdichtung von Fugen im Bauwesen notig sind. Nur das richtige Zusammenspiel von Fuge und Dichtstoff fuhrt zum dauerhaften Abdichterfolg. Neben den Grundlagen zur Adhasion und Kohasion, den klimatischen Einflussen bei der Verarbeitung von Dichtstoffen und den relevanten Normen werden die Auslegung von Fugen, die Eigenschaften und die richtige Auswahl von Dichtstoffen ausfuhrlich erlautert. Zudem werden viele praktische Hinweise zur Applikation gegeben, die helfen Fehler zu vermeiden. Daruberhinaus wird das Versagen von Fugen und die Alterung von Dichtstoffen beschrieben - und was man dagegen tun kann. Ein Kapitel uber die mit den Dichtstoffen eng verwandten elastischen Klebstoffe rundet das Buch ab.

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Introduction to Finite Element Vibration Analysis, 2nd edition free ebook download

 There are many books on finite element methods but few give more than a brief description of their application to structural vibration analysis. This book presents an introduction to the mathematical basis of finite element analysis as applied to vibrating systems. Finite element analysis is a technique that is very important in modeling the response of structures to dynamic loads. Although this book assumes no previous knowledge of finite element methods, those who do have knowledge will still find the book to be useful. It can be utilized by aeronautical, civil, mechanical, and structural engineers as well as naval architects. This second edition includes information on the many developments that have taken place over the last twenty years. Existing chapters have been expanded where necessary, and three new chapters have been included that discuss the vibration of shells and multi-layered elements and provide an introduction to the hierarchical finite element method.

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Bauen und Naturgefahren: Handbuch fur konstruktiven Gebaudeschutz [German] free ebook download

Naturgefahren sind ein bedeutendes Sicherheitsrisiko fur Gebaude und fur gewidmetes Bauland. Das Handbuch bietet eine umfassende Darstellung der Gebaudeschutzma?nahmen gegen Hochwasser, Muren, geologische Gefahren und Lawinen. Au?erdem werden Vorkehrungen gegen Erdbeben, Sturm, Blitzschlag und Schneelasten behandelt. Als Hilfen fur die Realisierung von Schutzma?nahmen enthalt der Band bautechnische Bemessungsgrundlagen, Planungsgrundlagen, Detailskizzen und Checklisten sowie eine kompakte Darstellung der relevanten Rechts- und Techniknormen.

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Buildings and classical groups free ebook download

Buildings are highly structured, geometric objects, primarily used in the finer study of the groups that act upon them. In Buildings and Classical Groups, the author develops the basic theory of buildings and BN-pairs, with a focus on the results needed to apply it to the representation theory of p-adic groups. In particular, he addresses spherical and affine buildings, and the "spherical building at infinity" attached to an affine building. He also covers in detail many otherwise apocryphal results.
Classical matrix groups play a prominent role in this study, not only as vehicles to illustrate general results but as primary objects of interest. The author introduces and completely develops terminology and results relevant to classical groups. He also emphasizes the importance of the reflection, or Coxeter groups and develops from scratch everything about reflection groups needed for this study of buildings.
In addressing the more elementary spherical constructions, the background pertaining to classical groups includes basic results about quadratic forms, alternating forms, and hermitian forms on vector spaces, plus a description of parabolic subgroups as stabilizers of flags of subspaces. The text then moves on to a detailed study of the subtler, less commonly treated affine case, where the background concerns p-adic numbers, more general discrete valuation rings, and lattices in vector spaces over ultrametric fields.
Buildings and Classical Groups provides essential background material for specialists in several fields, particularly mathematicians interested in automorphic forms, representation theory, p-adic groups, number theory, algebraic groups, and Lie theory. No other available source provides such a complete and detailed treatment.

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Concrete and Abstract Voronoi Diagrams (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) free ebook download

The Voronoi diagram of a set of sites is a partition of the plane into regions, one to each site, such that the region of each site contains all points of the plane that are closer to this site than to the other ones. Such partitions are of great importance to computer science and many other fields. The challenge is to compute Voronoi diagrams quickly. The problem is that their structure depends on the notion of distance and the sort of site. In this book the author proposes a unifying approach by introducing abstract Voronoi diagrams. These are based on the concept of bisecting curves, which are required to have some simple properties that are actually possessed by most bisectors of concrete Voronoi diagrams. Abstract Voronoi diagrams can be computed efficiently and there exists a worst-case efficient algorithm of divide-and-conquer type that applies to all abstract Voronoi diagrams satisfying a certain constraint. The author shows that this constraint is fulfilled by the concrete diagrams based on large classes of metrics in the plane.

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SQL Server Performance Ratgeber [German] free ebook download

Ein Buch fur alle, die sich mit dem Microsoft SQL Server ernsthaft beschaftigen. Angefangen vom Datenbankadministrator, uber Datenbankarchitekten, Datenbank- und Anwendungsentwickler aber auch Systemadministratoren, die Server betreuen, auf denen der SQL Server eingesetzt wird.

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Beginning Database Design: From Novice to Professional (Beginning Apress) free ebook download

Beginning Database Design, Second Edition provides short, easy-to-read explanations of how to get database design right the first time. This book offers numerous examples to help you avoid the many pitfalls that entrap new and not-so-new database designers. Through the help of use cases and class diagrams modeled in the UML, you’ll learn to discover and represent the details and scope of any design problem you choose to attack.

Database design is not an exact science. Many are surprised to find that problems with their databases are caused by poor design rather than by difficulties in using the database management software. Beginning Database Design, Second Edition helps you ask and answer important questions about your data so you can understand the problem you are trying to solve and create a pragmatic design capturing the essentials while leaving the door open for refinements and extension at a later stage. Solid database design principles and examples help demonstrate the consequences of simplifications and pragmatic decisions. The rationale is to try to keep a design simple, but allow room for development as situations change or resources permit.
Provides solid design principles by which to avoid pitfalls and support changing needs
Includes numerous examples of good and bad design decisions and their consequences
Shows a modern method for documenting design using the Unified Modeling Language

What you’ll learn
Avoid the most common pitfalls in database design.
Create clear use cases from project requirements.
Design a data model to support the use cases.
Apply generalization and specialization appropriately.
Secure future flexibility through a normalized design.
Ensure integrity through relationships, keys, and constraints.
Successfully implement your data model as a relational schema.

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FileMaker 12 In Depth free ebook download

Do more in less time!

FileMaker 12 In Depth is the most comprehensive, coherent, and practical guide to creating professional-quality solutions with the newest versions of FileMaker! Drawing on his unsurpassed real-world experience as a FileMaker user, consultant, and developer, Jesse Feiler helps you gain practical mastery of today’s newest, most advanced FileMaker tools and features.

•      Use themes to build solutions for FileMaker Pro on Windows and OS X, FileMaker Go
on iOS, and Instant Web Publishing

•      Get the most out of new container field technology

•      Quickly become a FileMaker 12 power user

•      Make the most of FileMaker fields, tables, layouts, and parts

•      Iteratively design reliable, high-performance FileMaker relational databases

•      Work with relationships, including self-joins and cross-product relationships

•      Write calculation formulas and use functions

•      Use event-driven scripts to make databases more interactive

•      Build clear and usable reports, publish them, and incorporate them into workflows

•      Secure applications with user accounts, privileges, file-level access, network security,
and authentication

•      Use FileMaker’s Web Viewer to access live web-based data

•      Convert systems from older versions of FileMaker, and troubleshoot successfully

•      Share, exchange, export, and publish data via SQL and XML

•      Instantly publish databases on the web, and use advanced Custom Web Publishing techniques

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Ontology Alignment: Bridging the Semantic Gap (Semantic Web and Beyond) free ebook download

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This book introduces novel methods and approaches for semantic integration. In addition to developing ground-breaking new methods for ontology alignment, the author provides extensive explanations of up-to-date case studies. It includes a thorough investigation of the foundations and provides pointers to future steps in ontology alignment with conclusion linking this work to the knowledge society.

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Inductive Databases and Constraint-Based Data Mining free ebook download

This book presents inductive databases and constraint-based data mining, emerging research topics lying at the intersection of data mining and database research. The book provides an overview of the state-of-the art in this novel research area. Of special interest are the recent methods for constraint-based mining of global models for prediction and clustering, the unification of pattern mining approaches through constraint programming, the clarification of the relationship between mining local patterns and global models, and the proposed integrative frameworks and approaches for inductive databases. On the application side, applications to practically relevant problems from bioinformatics are presented to attract additional attention from a wider audience.

The primary audience consists of scientists and graduate students in computer science and bio-informatics. Potential readers are likely to attend conferences on databases, data mining/ machine learning, and bio-informatics.

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Patterns of Data Modeling free ebook download

 Best-selling author and database expert with more than 25 years of experience modeling application and enterprise data, Dr. Michael Blaha provides tried and tested data model patterns, to help readers avoid common modeling mistakes and unnecessary frustration on their way to building effective data models. Unlike the typical methodology book, Patterns of Data Modeling provides advanced techniques for those who have mastered the basics.

Recognizing that database representation sets the path for software, determines its flexibility, affects its quality, and influences whether it succeeds or fails, the text focuses on databases rather than programming. It is one of the first books to apply the popular patterns perspective to database systems and data models. It offers practical advice on the core aspects of applications and provides authoritative coverage of mathematical templates, antipatterns, archetypes, identity, canonical models, and relational database design.

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... should be on the shelf of every database, software, and systems architect. The book captures decades of experience, presenting distilled knowledge in a concise and easy-to-understand format. The breadth of coverage is enormous, ranging from basic data structures through star schema, archetypes for representing commonly found concepts, and canonical models for tough problems.
—Paul C. Brown, Principal Software Architect, TIBCO Software Inc.

Mike Blaha has written a clear book with precise definitions and excellent examples. All examples are presented in a graphical form that is easy to read and understand. Blaha assumes the reader has a basic understanding of data modeling, but gives his examples in such a way that if the reader needs some review, it is built in.
—Toby Teorey, author of Database Modeling and Design, Fourth Edition

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Moving Objects Databases (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) free ebook download

This book represents a milestone in the synthesis of temporal and spatial database concepts and techniques. It unifies and organizes the existing research into a coherent whole and presents substantial new results and approaches in many areas. In each case it begins with what is known, then it introduces the new concepts in an abstract and general model, and then it translates the ideas into a pragmatic representation of data structures or SQL-like query language extensions. As such, the book makes both an excellent text and an excellent reference. It also takes you to the frontiers of our understanding, so it is a great point of departure for a new researcher who wants to advance this field.

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The Relational Database Dictionary, Extended Edition free ebook download

Chris Date, one of the founders of the relational model, has updated and expanded his relational database dictionary to be current with over 900 terms.

What you’ll learn
Over 900 relational database terms defined
Precise and concise definitions, unlike those found on Wikipedia and other sources
Clear examples used where appropriate
Hyperlinks included in the eBook for easy reference

Who is this book for?
People who need to know something about databases, although it is not their main line of work, people new to databases, and noncomputer people looking to be conversant in databases

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Distributed Database Management Systems: A Practical Approach free ebook download

This book addresses issues related to managing data across a distributed database system. It is unique because it covers traditional database theory and current research, explaining the difficulties in pring a unified user interface and global data dictionary. The book gives implementers guidance on hiding discrepancies across systems and creating the illusion of a single repository for users. It also includes three sample frameworks—implemented using J2SE with JMS, J2EE, and Microsoft .Net—that readers can use to learn how to implement a distributed database management system. IT and development groups and computer sciences/software engineering graduates will find this guide invaluable.

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Getting Started with Storm free ebook download

Even as data is turning the world upside down, the next revolution is taking shape: realtime data analysis. Data tools like Hadoop are batch-oriented  they're good at taking a set of data, analyzing it, and giving you the result later. But these tools are not particularly good at handling streaming data: data that is constantly arriving, and results that are changing as fast as the data arrives. Storm is a new tool that solves that problem. This book gets you started with it.

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Beginning C# 5.0 Databases, 2nd edition free ebook download

Assuming only basic knowledge of C#, Beginning C# 5.0 Databases teaches all the fundamentals of database technology and database programming readers need to quickly become highly proficient database users and application developers.

 A comprehensive tutorial on both SQL Server 2012 and Visual Studio 2012, Beginning C# 5.0 Databases explains and demonstrates various techniques and ways to build a database application using T–SQL and C#. Full of practical, detailed examples, it’s been fully revised and updated for Winforms using C# 5.0 and Visual Studio 2012 and offers the most complete, detailed, and gentle introduction to database technology for all C# programmers at any level of experience.
Comprehensively and concisely explains fundamental database concepts and database programming techniques
Rich in step-by-step working examples of both T–SQL and C# programs
Covers all the features ADO.NET most database programming ever requires

What you’ll learn
How relational databases work and how to use them
How to create database and table objects using SQL Server 2012    
How to write SQL queries to modify data in SQL Tables
How to write SQL queries to retrieve data using various querying techniques, including JOINS
How to write stored procedures in T–SQL and call them from C# 5.0 programs
How C# 5.0 uses various techniques to access databases
How to build Windows form based applications
How to handle runtime anomalies i.e. Exceptions
How to program with each individual object of ADO .NET
How to use XML in database applications
How to use LINQ to simplify C# database programming
How to use ADO .NET Entity Framework
How to use SQL CLR to create stored procedures using C#
Who this book is for

Beginning C# 5.0 Databases is for every C# programmer. Database programming requires relatively little knowledge of C# but a lot of knowledge about relational database concepts, database language SQL and ADO.NET. This book assumes no prior database experience and teaches you, always through hands–on examples, how to create and use relational databases with SQL Server 2012 and how to access them with C# 5.0 using ADO.NET. Almost every application needs to access a database, and this book teaches all the fundamentals you need and may ever need to develop professional database applications.
Table of Contents
Getting and Understanding Your Tools  
Understanding Relational Databases
Creating Database and Tables
Manipulating Database Data
Querying Database
Using Stored Procedures
Using XML
Understanding Transactions
Building Windows Form Applications
Introduction to ADO .NET
Handling Exceptions
Making Connections
Executing ADO.NET Commands to Retrieve Data
Using Data Readers
Using Data Sets and Data Adapters
Using Data Controls with ASP.NET Applications
Working with Text and Binary Data
Using LINQ
Using ADO.NET Entity Framework
Using the CLR in SQL Server

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