The Digital Photography Workflow Handbook

552 pages | Publisher: Rocky Nook; (October 13, 2010) | English | PDF | ISBN-10: 1933952717 | 54 MB
Photography is a wonderful and rewarding hobby for millions of people. However, for a photographer's work to really stand out, he or she needs two skills: creativity and technical know-how. The former is more difficult to learn and is largely based on talent and experience. The latter is less an art than a craft and can be learned to perfection.

The work that follows the capture of a photographic image - the workflow in the digital darkroom - has a significant effect on the quality of the final image. This workflow is often underestimated and neglected, leading to weak images and poorly managed image collections. The Digital Photography Workflow Handbook will help you avoid crucial mistakes as you master the craft of photographic post-processing.

This book provides a step-by-step guide through the photographic workflow, from image capture, editing, and asset management, all the way to the perfect photographic print. The workflow presented in this book focuses on RAW images, which will give you maximum quality and flexibility, and is based on two of the most popular and powerful software tools: Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.

The Digital Photography Workflow Handbook can be used as a reference or textbook by both aspiring amateur and professional photographers, as well as by students.

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Please Send Money! : A Financial Survival Guide for Young Adults on Their Own

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.; 2 edition (April 1, 2008) | English | ISBN 1402213247 | PDF | 352 pages
The average student loan debt has reached almost $20,000. Credit card debt continues to rise at staggering levels.

Please Send Money pres young adults with the tools they need to navigate the tumultuous world of personal finance with smart advice from leading expert Dara Duguay, Director of Citigroup's Office of Financial Education. Dozens of eye-opening, real-life stories chronicle the financial mistakes commonly made by young people and present an array of solutions.

Duguay covers topics including:
-- Avoiding the traps of easy credit
-- How to manage car payments
-- The dangers of using student loans for personal needs and wants
-- Dealing with bankruptcy
-- Overcoming material temptations

Please Send Money contains useful financial tools for determining budget, net worth, cost of credit, and safe debt levels. It's a book that no young adult should be without.

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International Handbook of Internet Research

English | Publisher: Springer; (July 7, 2010) | ISBN: 1402097883 | Pages: 512 | PDF | 11,13 MB
This handbook, the first of its kind, is a detailed introduction to the numerous academic perspectives we can apply to the study of the internet as a political, social and communicative phenomenon. Covering both practical and theoretical angles, established researchers from around the world discuss everything: the foundations of internet research appear alongside chapters on understanding and analyzing current examples of online activities and artifacts. The material covers all continents and explores in depth subjects such as networked gaming, economics and the law.

The sheer scope and breadth of topics examined in this volume, which ranges from on-line communities to e-science via digital aesthetics, are evidence that in today's world, internet research is a vibrant and mature field in which practitioners have long since stopped considering the internet as either an utopian or dystopian "new" space, but instead approach it as a medium that has become an integral part of our everyday culture and a natural mode of communication.

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Cooking the Brazilian Way (Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks Series)

English | 73 Pages | PDF | 5.4 Mb
An introduction to Brazilian cooking, featuring traditional recipes for Brazilian pork chops, black bean stew, and codfish bites. Also includes information on the history, geography, customs, and people of this South American nation.

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Ultimate Tea Diet - How Tea Can Boost Your Metabolism, Shrink Your Appetite, and Kick-start Remarkable Weight Loss

320 pages | Publisher: William Morrow; (December 26, 2007) | English | PDF | ISBN-10: 0061441759
It's proven! Tea can be a powerful tool for fast and lasting weight loss.

Tea has been widely recognized for its amazing health benefits. It can help:
• Boost the immune system
• Lower blood sugar and cholesterol
• Prevent cavities and tooth decay
• Slow the aging process
• Decrease high blood pressure
• Prevent arthritis
• Sharpen mental focus and concentration
• Reduce the risk of stroke, heart disease, cancer, and more...

Now, it's time for tea to be recognized, not only for all of these wonderful health benefits, but also for its ability to help tea drinkers lose weight.

The Ultimate Tea Diet harnesses tea's incredible weight-loss potential in a straightforward plan for losing weight in a safe and healthy way. Simply find a tea you love, drink it all day, follow an easy food plan, and see the pounds fall off.

Tea's ability to encourage weight loss comes from the synergy of its three main ingredients: caffeine to stimulate, L-theanine to neutralize the harmful side effects of caffeine and act as an appetite suppressant, and EGCG, which causes you to burn fat faster and more efficiently. In other words, tea reduces your appetite and stimulates your metabolism.

Don't worry--you won't go hungry on the Ultimate Tea Diet. The food plan includes tasty tea-based meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as tempting choices for midday snacks and sweet treats. All are made deliciously with tea so not only is your food incredibly flavorful, but you're also getting the health and weight-loss benefits in every single bite you enjoy.

Drinking tea--and maintaining a conscientious focus on good health--can easily become a way of life. Slim down to a leaner, more energetic, and healthier you with the Ultimate Tea Diet.

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The Treatment of Pain with Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture

Elsevier Health Sciences, | 656 pages | English | PDF | 37 Mb
Although Chinese medicine views pain as one aspect of a pattern, focusing on pain as the main presenting symptom is a practical approach to arriving at a diagnosis. This text gives a thorough and analytical review of the diagnosis and treatment options for pain, using acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. Based on the clinical experience of the author and supported by the expertise of respected acupuncturists in Chinese universities, The Treatment of Pain with Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture offers a comprehensive, detailed set of treatments for a wide variety of pain symptoms and conditions. Detailed modifications of specific treatments help the reader adapt theories to clinical practice.

* Includes thorough discussions of herbal and acupuncture treatments for common and complex pain conditions.
* Deals comprehensively with pain as the most common clinical presenting symptom.
* Presents treatment plans and suggests modifications to these plans, offering a wide range of treatment options.
* Includes detailed case histories that serve as examples of how to approach specific situations.
* Describes the etiologies and pathologies for pain in the context of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
* Offers clear discussions on the principles of treatment, and acupuncture point selection and combination.
* Explains and describes herbal and acupuncture treatments for common and complex pain conditions.

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How to Create a Magical Relationship: The 3 Simple Ideas that Will Instantaneously Transform Your Love Life

216 pages | Publisher: McGraw-Hill; (December 3, 2008) | English | PDF | ISBN-10: 0071601104
A heartfelt masterpiece for making your relationship last--from the internationally renowned speakers, workshop leaders, and lifelong soul mates

An instant classic in the field of love and relationships, this deeply profound book by self-help gurus Ariel and Shya Kane teaches you and your partner how to have a successful relationship in three simple steps. By learning how to let go, let be, and fully commit to the happiness that can only be found within you and each other, you will rediscover the passion that first brought you together and the magic to keep you as a couple.

“10 stars . . . outstanding.”
--Dr. Maryel McKinley, Awareness magazine

“A masterpiece . . . unprecedented by any other relationship genre book this reviewer has ever come across.”
--Wisdom magazine

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