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ASCE

ASCE publishes high quality, authoritative books that represent the best thinking in civil engineering research and practice. Prior to publication each title is exhaustively peer-reviewed by groups of subject matter experts. Their list includes more than 1,500 Standards, Manuals of Practice, Committee Reports, Proceedings, and ASCE Press titles Computing in Civil Engineering: Proceeding of the 2009 International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, edited by Carlos H. Caldas, Ph.D. and William J. O’Brien, Ph.D published by ASCE in 2009. Reducing energy consumption in buildings has economical and ecological benefits. But building owners often lack clear direction. The proceedings in this book contain papers presented at the 2009 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, held in Austin, TX. This workshop offers the very best and latest in contemporary research that examines the practical challenges and the areas of technological growth and development. Each paper was put through a rigorous peer-review process. 67 papers from around the world examines sensing, mobile/wearable computing, life-cycle assessment ad sustainable infrastructure design, cutting-edge development, and design.

Computational Intelligence: From Theory to Practice, edited by Nii O. Atton-Okine, PH.D., P.E.W.M. Kim Roddis, Ph.D., P.E. and published by ASCE in 2004. Significant progress in the understanding of computational intelligence principles and tools in civil engineering practice has been achieved over the past 2 decades. Neural networks, generic algorithms, and fuzzy systems are becoming standard tools. This title includes papers presented at the 2004 ASCE Information Technology Symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland in October, 2004. The papers present the many applications of computational intelligence. It discusses the bridge between the theory and practice of computational intelligence issues.

Computer Simulation of Earthquake Effects, edited by Kandiah Arulanandan, A. Anandarajah, and Xiag Song Li ad published by ASCE in 2000. In recent years the sophistication of soil modeling has reached a degree at which it is possible to make calculations of the response of soil to dynamic input. The constitutive relations have been incorporated in computer codes and used to make assessments of ground responses. The change in soil mechanics and soil mechanics thinking is analogous to the change that occurred in the early 60’s in structural engineering. This title presents nondestructive site characterization and property evaluation, constitutive modeling and numerical procedures, and applications. Papers cover the use of ground penetrating radar for predicting changes in soil density, details on the use of an electrical technique for evaluating in situ properties, the constitutive modeling of flow liquefaction and cyclic mobility in detail, and much more. These papers were presented at the GeoDenver Conference held in Denver, August 2000. The objective of the conference was to foster an exchange of data on innovative practice based on data from actual projects.

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Law & Business: Beard Books

The PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law: The People’s Work in Progress by Deryck A. Palmer and John J. Rapisardi published by Beard Books in 2009. The Enterprise Bankruptcy Law, which became effective on June 1, 2007, is a complex and sophisticated commercial statute that features provisions enabling the reorganization of not just state-owned enterprises but any troubled “enterprise legal person.” This book is an excellent resource for all who interested in the development of insolvency law in China. Authors Deryck A. Palmer and John J. Rapisardi, co-chairmen of the corporate restructuring practice at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, review the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law’s major provisions from the corporative perspective of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. They provide insights and practical recommendations on meaning and possible application.

Beard Books, a law and business publisher, has been in full production for years. Its high rate of activity is evinced by the more than 300 titles. Books are published as high-quality trade paperbacks. While part of the larger entity Beard Group, the book component has a full staff, including a publicist. As a small publishing company, BEARD BOOKS are able to keep personal contacts flourishing and to supply friendly, efficient service for customers and authors.
The Beard Group offers a comprehensive range of leading-edge products and services to legal and business professionals. These include traditional and electronic publishing, databank document search and delivery, and conferences. Beard Books cover the wide range of practice areas.
The Beard Group publishes two highly-entertaining and informative newsletters on the restructuring and healthcareclass action litigation and business opportunities in the intellectual property, insurance, bankruptcy, and healthcare industries. Nationally and internationally, other serials deal with distressed companies and intellectual property.
The Beard Group also offers document search and delivery services through ResearchArchives.Com. This is a fast and inexpensive online resource for copies of material contracts and agreements involving virtually all public companies in the United States. It is particularly useful in locating often hard-to-find documents. Content is updated daily to keep abreast of ongoing financial or legal events. Chapter15.Com focuses on documents related to cross-border bankruptcies filed in the United States.
The Beard Group, working with Renaissance American Management, conducts highly successful annual conferences on the following subjects: Physician Agreements and Ventures, Corporate Reorganizations, Healthcare Transactions, and Distressed Investing
For those who are busy and have no time to travel, Beard Audio Conferencesbankruptcy and restructuring, corporate finance, corporate governance, distressed investing, healthcare, hedge fund investing, intellectual property, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and SEC regulations. Beard Audio Conferences also provides CD recordings of its past audio conferences.
Additionally, BEARD BOOKS have the MarcoPolo.Com Industry Reporters, featuring a feed of comprehensive business and legal news covering all of the major industries compiled into industry-specific newsletters for e-mail delivery.
The Beard Group provides in-depth and timely information in areas such as nation-wide covering both the US and European markets. provides timely, easy, interactive training touching on the latest issues and matters.

Executive Guide To Managing Disputes: Using ADR to Save Time and Expense in Business, Healthcare, and the Workplace by Gary L. Kaplan, Esq published by Beard Books in 2009. This important title draw from the latest scientific research and economic theory to explain that the high cost of litigation is systematic, and how to avoid often unnecessary expenses. Experience shows: there is often no correlation between the amount of money spent on litigation and the quality of the result. The cost and inefficiency of litigation as a means of resolving disputes is well known. Other than aspersions cast on supposedly greedy lawyers, and complaints about the excesses of discovery, few explanations have been offered for the seeming disconnect between the expense of litigation and its sad performance in meting out justice. This provocative book uncovers complexities, mysteries of modern litigation, and penetrate insight offering lawyers and business executives a new framework for considering disputes. Gary L. Kaplan has more than 25 years experience in litigation, business transaction, and dispute resolution. He is a Partner in the Pittsburg law firm of DeForest Koscelnik Yokitis Kaplan & Berardinelli. He teaches at The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.


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September, 2009

Baker & Taylor Publishing Group: Thunder Bay Press

Baker & Taylor Publishing Group publishes books under three imprints: Silver Dolphin Books, Thunder Bay Press, and Portable Press. Founded over fifteen years ago, Baker & Taylor Publishing Group has a growing list of published titles and now has a backlist of more than 500 books. Baker & Taylor books are sold in the United States and throughout the world. Thunder Bay Press, Baker & Taylor's first imprint, published its first title in 1990. Silver Dolphin Books quickly followed. Finally, in 2000, Baker & Taylor purchased the best-selling Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series and created Portable Press as an imprint to house this list. Baker & Taylor Publishing Group is the umbrella organization under which all three imprints operate.

Thunder Bay Press publishes nonfiction, illustrated books that often contain specially commissioned photography. Subjects include architecture, cooking, sports, history, transportation, and nature. From comprehensive reference titles like TotallyInteractive Guitar Bible, to regional picture books such as the best-selling Then & Now series, to the ever-popular Astro-Pack, each Thunder Bay Press book presents exceptional value an d broad market appeal.

The Encyclopedia of Modern Aircraft: From Civilian Airlines to Military Superfighters by general editor Jim Winchester published by Thunder Bay Press in 2006.
The civil and military aircrafts in service today represent a range of technologies dating as far back as the 1930s and 1940s, and include features such as stressed alloy computerized glass cockpits in use since the 1980s and 1990s. This important account is an exhaustive reference for the aviation enthusiast and general reader. The book features over 300 military and civil aircrafts, contains action photographs and images showing each aircraft, includes history of aircrafts and specification panels with information on dimensions, power plant, weight and more…

The Encyclopedia of Motorcycles by Alan Dowds published by Thunder Bay Press in 2006. This educational and entertaining title includes the latest information on everything, all you need to know about motorcycle. "Two wills move the soul". In this book, reader will get the full description of each bike: specifications, power output, maximum speed, and engine size. This unique title included the history of bikes from 1884 (Butler tricycle) to present days (Kawasaki ZZR1400). You will get information on main manufacturers, motorcycles models and much more. Alan Dowds is an author and bike enthusiast, he offers information on 600 motorcycles models, their history from the last three centuries to present time. This book is illustrated with over 650 color and black&white photographs.


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August, 2009

Jossey-Bass, an Imprint of Wiley

Jossey-Bass publishes books, periodicals, and other media to inform and inspire those interested in developing themselves, their organizations - such as important book Reframing Organizations by Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal - and their communities.

In 1999, Jossey-Bass was acquired by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and is now an imprint of Wiley. Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Its core businesses include scientific, technical, and medical journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. You'll find more information on Wiley in the Wiley section of this site.
Jossey-Bass’ publications feature the work of some of the world’s best-known authors in leadership, business, education, religion and spirituality, parenting, nonprofit, public health and health administration, conflict resolution and relationships.
Each year, this company publish nearly 250 new titles seeking to honor and affirm the values, purpose, and mission that inform their publishing decisions and
professional relationships. In addition to
Jossey-Bass’ books and electronic offerings, there are 25 periodicals, journals, and newsletters published under the Jossey-Bass imprint, and includes the award-winning quarterly review Leader to Leader produced in collaboration with the Leader to Leader Institute.


Talent: Making People Your Competitive Advantage by Edward E. Lawler lll (Foreword by Dave Ulrich) published by Jossey-Bass in 2008. The author of this book shows how organizations can combine the right organization design, management practices, and talent to gain a critical performance edge. Lawler explores subjects of leadership, corporate boards, talent management, performance management, information and decision making. This informative and educational title defines how companies can be managed for competitive advantage today.
Edward E. Lawler lll is director of the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California and distinguished professor in the USC Marshall School of Business. By Business Week magazine he was named the one of the country's leading management experts.


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July, 2009

Wiley-Blackwell

Wiley-Blackwell is created in February 2007 by merging Blackwell Publishing with Wiley's Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business, and is now one of the world’s foremost academic and professional publishers and the largest society publisher.
With a combined list of more than 1,400 scholarly peer-reviewed journals and an extensive collection of books with global appeal, this company sets the standard for publishing in the life and physical sciences, medicine and allied health, engineering, humanities and social sciences.
For Wiley-Blackwell authors and society partners, company provides best of class service through company's extensive network of editorial, production, marketing, and sales talent. For Wiley-Blackwell customers, the company provides more access to more content to more people than ever before in the history of the two companies. The combined business and the constituencies it serves benefit from its collaborative, customer- and client-friendly approach including ongoing development in online capabilities to best meet the needs of its dynamic, diverse, and growing client, author and customer base.

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June, 2009

Tate Publishing

Tate Publishing was formed after Founders Richard & Rita Tate published their first book with a traditional, mainline royalty publishing company. They soon found that after investing many years of their lives into their work, it was no longer theirs. The rights were now the publisher's, and the majority of the royalties were going to the publisher. That is when the Tates set out to redefine what a mainline royalty publisher should be.In 2008, Tate accepted only a single-digit percentage of authors who submitted manuscripts for publication.

Tate's Statement of beliefs Tate Publishing believes in the reality of one true God, eternal and infinite, existing as three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Man was made in the image of God. When the first man succumbed to the temptation of Satan and chose to disobey God, he brought sin and its curse upon the human race. Since the penalty of sin is death, as long as man lives in sin, he is dead spiritually and is facing physical death and eternal punishment in hell. This fall from grace put man in the position of needing forgiveness in order that his fellowship with God might be restored. Because God had established that only the shedding of blood provides remission of sin, He sent His son, Jesus Christ, into the world to take man's sin upon Himself. Jesus was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and is true God and true man, the only sinless man who ever lived. As the lamb of God, He took man's sin upon Himself as He died on the cross, thus satisfying God's holy demands for all mankind. He was buried, and was resurrected on the third day following His crucifixion. After appearing to various people during a period of forty days, He ascended into heaven and is the only mediator between God and man. All who personally receive Him, through faith, are declared righteous on the basis of His shed blood and not of their works of righteousness. When a person confesses the fact that he is a sinner and acknowledges Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, his spirit is reborn. He becomes a new creation, a member of the true Church, indwelt by the Holy Spirit. This salvation is not the result of any human effort, but is the free gift of God's grace in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ will physically return to the earth one day as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Jesus destroyed all the works of Satan, who as god of this world, is allowed to continue, for now, to blind the eyes of those who do not believe. Satan leads a host of fallen beings who are his aids in warring against believers. Believers must be aware of the reality of spiritual warfare and know that victory is theirs through the application of scriptural truth and the presence and power of the indwelling Spirit of Christ. God sent His Holy Spirit with gifts to the Church to empower believers for witnessing of Jesus, as well as to be comforter and teacher, until Jesus comes again. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. The Holy Spirit witnesses not unto Himself, but to the risen Christ. He regenerates, seals, anoints and sets apart the believer to a holy life. Christ ordained the observance of water baptism and the Lord's supper until He returns. The Bible was written by men who wrote under the direct control, inspiration, and anointing of God. The Bible does not contain the Word of God, it is the Word of God—the infallible, inerrant, only written revelation which God has given to man. It increases man's faith, as well as instructs and corrects him that he might become holy, separated from the world and unto God. The main theme of the Bible is God's plan of salvation in Jesus Christ. Everything in the life of every human being is directly or indirectly affected by his attitude about the Bible—whether or not he accepts it as the inspired Word of God. It is the supreme and final authority in all matters about which it speaks.

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May, 2009

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc.

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershave published over 450 titles, 98% of them represent the ancient world. The majority of titles are the textbooks for high school and college use, about 25% are in scholarship. In 2008, Bolchazy-Carducci introduced an innovative Latin curriculum,Latin for the New Millennium, whose eagerly-anticipated Level 1 materials were adopted for Fall 2008 by scores of teachers and school districts. Level 2 will debut in Summer 2009. You’ve never seen a Latin curriculum likeLatin for the New Millennium.
Over the years Bolchazy-Carducci have focused 4 books on the Gilgamesh Epic because it's the genesis of our Western literature and mythology; 15 books on Vergil; and several books on each of the following: Cicero, Catullus, Horace, and Ovid. They have a complete set of school texts, grammars, ancillaries, and enrichment materials, both for Latin and Greek instruction, from basal to advanced levels. Publishing developmental team consists of three full-time classicists, one educational specialist, one generalist, four freelance editors with training in the classics, and at least twenty other freelance editors, writers, authors, and peer readers - all either high-school or college/university teachers. Besides textbooks and scholarship, Bolchazy promotes Latin and Greek pronunciation, time-tested aids that still appeal to today’s students, and Latin music on cassettes, CDs, and books. Over 3,000 people receive Bolchazy's biannual Latin newsletter and use their self-teaching Artes Latina series; online newsletter is a favorite among classics educators. This publishing company has succeeded in the past 8 years in selling several hundred thousand copies of children's classics in Latin as part of our effort at "Responsible Popularization."The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Associated Press, and hundreds of other newspapers together with other media like radio and TV joined them in promoting Latin in the past eight years. These products in 2005 became available also through the popular Signals catalog. Publishing company strives to give their authors financial rewards, excellent product promotion, and publicity often with the help of a top-notch PR firm. Their books have been covered in The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher EducationandThe Associated Press. They seek opportunities to help new authors reach the world of classrooms, chain bookstores and libraries because we want to be associated with their genius, creativity and their mission to ameliorate the human condition and because they find collaboration with them a good way toward self expression. Some of their activities can be viewed in Internet.


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April, 2009

Rocky Nook


Rocky Nook was founded in early 2006 in Santa Barbara, California, and is closely associated with dpunkt.verlag in Germany.
The focus of Rocky Nook's publishing business is on Digital Photography. Other areas related to modern photography, such as imaging and computer technology, are equally important to Rocky Nook.
Rocky Nook's mission is to publish books on those leading-edge developments in photography and imaging that really matter, to filter out the marketing noise often associated with them, and to focus on their practical use in the photographic workflow.
The ultimate goal of all that is image quality.

Rocky Nook's books are written by photographers having a substantial amount of experience and deep technical understanding of the subject matter. Although the books cover technology to a large extent. Rocky Nook's mission goes beyond technology, promoting its use to support creativity, and to improve the quality and efficiency of photographic work.




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March, 2009

Editorial PAX MEXICO

Editorial PAX MEXICO's mission is to publish high-quality, practical, didactic books, that help the reader to change and to improve their life. PAX MEXICO publish books in Spanish for professionals, nurses,students, therapists, medical, social workers, obstetricians, and parents. Editorial PAX Mexico invites new authors.
You can submit your material to Av. Cuauhtémoc 1430, Cabbage. Holy Cross Atoyac, Mexico DF, 03310. Telephone (5255) 5605 7677.
Pax Mexico publishes books about Architecture, Buddhism and spirituality, Personal, Development, Maternity, Medicine, Nutrition alternative, Medicine For parents, Theater, Sexuality, Health, Psychology, Teaching. Also Fiction (story, novel, biography and poetry.)







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February, 2009

Australia: SitePoint: History

SitePoint is a fast growing online media company and information provider targeting the Web Developers, Designers and other Web professionals. The company has five major revenue streams: advertising and sponsorship, content-based products both online and in retail, software, and more recently streaming video subscriptions and classified listings.

1994: In Melbourne, Australia, a young upstart named Mark Harbottle completes his Computer Systems Engineering degree and joins Sausage Software, makers of the world’s first Web Authoring tool, as a programmer and founding member.

1997: An even younger upstart from Canada, Matt Mickiewicz, claims himself a stake in Internet real estate, launching a neat little resource site for budding webmasters. His web page goes live on Xoom.com, a free web page hosting service.

1998: Matt registers a more credible-sounding domain name for his site, and Webmaster-Resources.com is born. Within months of its launch, Webmaster-Resources.com features in the LA Times, USA Today, The Washington Times and is given a full-page write-up in WINDOWS Magazine. Back in Melbourne, Mark and his team grow sausage.com into Australia’s most popular web site (source: The Telstra and Financial Review Australian Internet Awards). The Sausage Software user base boasts over 1.0 million unique registered users worldwide...

1997-2000: Many things happened...
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2001: Noticing a need for high-quality, easy-to-understand content for web developers, Mark and Matt take their most popular PHP/MySQL tutorial and launch it as a print-on-demand book. The book is an instant hit with the SitePoint audience.

2002: With increasing demand for their first book, SitePoint moves to a more traditional publishing model, ordering larger print runs and utilizing a warehouse distribution facility in the USA.SitePoint launches its second product, a Java plug-in designed to make content management systems more usable and extendable (editize.com). The team also begins work on several new print publications.

2003: SitePoint registers its 10,000th sale of its PHP/MySQL book through sitepoint.com, with customers in over 145 countries worldwide. sitepoint.com is ranked among the top 1,000 web sites in the world (source: Alexa.com). Traffic to sitepoint.com is at least doubling each year.
SitePoint launches its 2nd book, one of the first to cover CSS layouts, and a business kit which generates over $1 million in sales through sitepoint.com in its first 12 months.

2004: SitePoint is officially named one of Australia’s fastest growing companies and is listed in the 2004 BRW Fast 100, Deloitte Technology Fast 50, and the Deloitte Asia Pacific Fast 500 for the first time. A deal is struck with Computer Bookshops Limited in the UK for retail distribution of SitePoint books throughout the UK. Retail distribution in the UK is a great success. Realizing the potential to increase SitePoint’s reach even further, Matt and Mark head to Chicago to land a retail distribution deal with publishing heavyweight O’Reilly. Within months SitePoint books are being distributed to Borders, Barnes & Noble, and thousands of other independent technical bookstores throughout the USA and Canada.

2005: SitePoint is recognized as one of Australia’s fast growing companies for the 2nd year running, with compound annual growth of 80% since 2000. Again SitePoint is listed in the BRW Fast 100, Deloitte Technology Fast 50, and the Deloitte Asia Pacific Fast 500. SitePoint reaches a major milestone, registering its 100,000th forum member, and begins accepting paid classified listings in its forums. This adds an exciting new revenue stream to the company as the SitePoint Marketplace explodes.

2006: SitePoint signs major advertising deals with Ektron and Adobe. Other SitePoint advertisers include Thawte, Azoogle, Interland, Amazon, and Google.SitePoint publishes its 15th print publication.The SitePoint Marketplace records growth of over 1,600% in its first 12 months, and subsequently earns its own tab on sitepoint.com.SitePoint is ranked by alexa.com as a top 250 most visited web site in the world across all categories. After launching its first video tutorial with great success the team begins developing a series of short, snappy educational videos for Web professionals.SitePoint is featured in the July edition of Business 2.0 in the USA.SitePoint is recognized as one of Australia’s fast growing companies by BRW Magazine for the 3rd year running.

2007: The SitePoint Marketplace continues to go from strength to strength, with over half a million dollars in transactions being closed between buyers and sellers every month.SitePoint’s new crowdsourcing play (Design Contests) already boasts over 2,000 designers who submit on average 420 designs a day. Over $80,000 is offered as prize money each month to designers. SitePoint named top 3 Most Popular eBusiness Website in the world, behind News.com and ZD.net.

2008: SitePoint.com spins off new crowdsource offering to 99designs.com.SitePoint.com ranked the #1 Australian website in the computers and internet category by hitwise.com.In a market set to top $100 million in 2008, the SitePoint Marketplace is independently ranked the #1 source for buying and selling websites. Over USD $4 million worth of sites are being posted for sale every month.SitePoint.com launches industry leading CSS and HTML reference sites, instantly attracting attention from industry heavy weights and web developers alike.The The New York Times, The Seattle Times, The Dallas Morning News chronicle SitePoint's role in the spectacular growth in web site trading. SitePoint.com is nominated a top 3 finalist -- from over 500 entrants -- for the Hewlett Packard.

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January, 2009

Cengage Learning: Gale: Charles Scribner's Sons

Gale is a part of Cengage Learning. Gale is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for schools, businesses and libraries. Gale is best known for its accurate and authoritative reference content and its intelligent organization of full-text magazine and newspaper articles. The company creates and maintains more than 600 databases that are published online, in print, as eBooks and in microform.The Gale family of publishing imprints includes the following noted reference brands: Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner's Sons®and Primary Source Microfilm™. Gale serves the K-12 market with its U·X·L®, Greenhaven Press®, Lucent Books®and Sleeping Bear Press™ imprints. Thorndike Press®, Walker Large Print™, Wheeler Publishing™, Five Star™and Large Print Press™ serve libraries' large print collections.Gale operating companies include the U.K.-based Graham & Whiteside™. Major brands includeInfoTrac,Gale Virtual Reference Library— the company's eBook platform — and the unparalleled Gale Digital Collections such as Eighteenth Century Collections Online.In addition to serving the school and library communities, Gale also licenses its proprietary content for integration within Web-based information services. Nearly 100 organizations — including Looksmart, Borders, Dow Jones and Thomson Financial — presently enjoy strategic business distribution partnerships with Gale. Gale is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with additional offices elsewhere in the U.S. and in the U.K., Australia, Germany, Switzerland and Malaysia.

Encyclopedia of Latin American History & Culture (6 Volumes) published by Charles Scribner's Sons, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning in 2008.
This new edition adds nearly 600 new topics, replaces 150 obsolete entries, and provides revisions to hundreds more.
This work is dedicated to the memory of Jay Kinsbruner, Editor in Chief, who died in 2007, as the encyclopedia was entering its final phase of production.
This second edition of Encyclopedia of Latin American History & Culture is a monumental work that presents the best of scholarship on Latin America. This edition incorporates new material in substantial ways. The series of 6 books includes 568 new entries, expanding the total number of articles to 5824. This edition has been to include Spanish and Portuguese-language sources. The Encyclopedia has retained the best characteristics of the first edition. This edition strives to set a new, higher standard. New research areas have opened up. A partial list of these new areas includes the following:
New finds have revolutionized the field of Latin American archaeology, especially for the Andes and Amazon. The field of 19 century political history has been revitalized by focusing on the construction of the nation-states and the role of subalterns in this process. This edition incorporates even more cultural content than in the path breaking fist one. There are nearly 600 photographs, charts, tables, maps, other images, including 6 full-color photo essays on the regions and cultures and arts of Latin America.

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December, 2008

University of California Press

University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions.

UC Press is among the six largest university presses in the United States and is the only one located in the West and associated with a public university. UC Press publishes approximately 200 new books and 40 multi-issue journals annually, keeps in print approximately 4,000 titles, provides all journals and 2,000 books online.

Publishing areas: art, music, cinema and media studies, classics, literature, anthropology, sociology, religious studies, Asian studies, biological sciences, food studies, archaeology, history, natural history, public health.
An international cast of authors: writers, artists, journalists, and scholars working both within and outside the academy. About one-fourth are affiliated with the University of California.

UC Press functions as a unit of the Office of the President, University of California. Director: Lynne Withey. Headquarters located in Berkeley, California.

Business and distribution services located in

California/Princeton Fulfillment Services, Ewing, New Jersey; European marketing and distribution services in cooperation with Columbia and Princeton University Presses

UC Press Board of Directors Provides financial oversight and includes leaders from business, publishing, and executive offices of the University of California Office of the President.
Editorial Committee approves every manuscript for publication and includes eminent faculty members representing all University campuses.
UC Press Foundation Board of Trustees raises funds on behalf of UC Press and includes distinguished volunteers active in the cultural communities of Northern and Southern California.

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November, 2008

Gareth Stevens Publishing: Weekly Reader's New Books

One of the world's most respected library publishers, Gareth Stevens Publishing focuses on nonfiction titles aligned to meet curriculum objectives. Leading children to a lifetime of learning through high-quality, high-interest materials is the mission of Gareth Stevens, a division of the Weekly Reader Publishing Group. You can find something for every age group!
Weekly Reader is an exciting line of nonfiction books designed for early-emergent to fluent readers from PreK to Grade 3. Spanning Fountas and Pinnell levels A - P, these titles help develop reading proficiency and introduce young readers to common concepts in the early elementary curriculum. They align with the national (US)and state standards and cover topics from basic concepts (colors, shapes, and numbers) to science, social studies, and math...

Weekly Reader Leveled Readers introduce beginning readers to key concepts in the early elementary curriculum.
Leveled Reared: Science:
Animals That Live in the Ocean gives children an up-close introduction to unique creatures that make their home in a fascinating watery world. Simple text and vibrant photos make this series a favorite among its readers. Book available in English and Spanish:


These colorful titles (in English and in Spanish) introduce a puzzling animal Sea Horse.
Author, Valerie Weber is a writer and editor for 25 years. She loves working in a children publishing. Her privilege is to try to engage children in their world through wonderful books.
Sea Horses explores an unusual fish that come in colorful shades from pale yellow to bright red. In this book, children will find all info they need to know about this fabulous creature.

Another Valerie Weber's fabulous book is Octopuses and Squids. She writes about these super-talented animals, amazing underwater creatures whom no wet suit needed. This book brings you face-to-face with unique underwater creatures...
Whales is the book about fascinating creatures that captures our imagination as no other animals can. Their incredible intelligence amaze us.. Children will find out more as they glide through the deep with these awesome creatures.


Valerie Weber wrote another book in this series named Sharks. Sharks explores the most feared creatures in the world's oceans. But not all sharks are killers. Children will find out what the largest shark eats and how the fastest shark moves...



Another title is Manatees. Valerie Weber writes about these slow swimmers, how they find food, care for their young, how people are protecting these gentle giants, and more.



Sea Turtles is another book about Animals That Live in the Ocean (this is the name of this series.) Valerie invites readers to a fascinating journey to meet these remarkable creatures who have roamed Earth's oceans for millions of years...




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October, 2008

O'Reilly Media
Spreading The Knowledge of Innovators

O'Reilly Media was originally a technical writing consulting company named O'Reilly & Associates. In 1984, they started retaining rights to manuals they created for Unix vendors. O'Reilly books were grounded in hands-on experience with the technology. O'Reilly & Associates wasn't afraid to say in print that a vendor's technology didn't work as advertised. While their publishing program has expanded to include everything from digital photography to desktop applications to software engineering, those early principles still guide O'Reilly editorial approach.
O'Reily was early user of the internet. After the publication of its first million-copy bestseller, Ed Krol's The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog, they developed its first online product, a version of the internet catalog from the book. That product, the Global Network NavigatorTM (GNN), was the first web portal. In addition to being the first exclusively web-based publication, GNN pioneered the advertiser-supported model of online publishing. O'Reilly sold GNN to America Online in June 1995.
Today, O'Reilly online offerings present technology information in a range of formats. The portal for developers, the O'Reilly Network (www.oreillynet.com), focuses on open and emerging technologies, covering important new technologies in the trademark O'Reilly style-- independent and in-depth--and steeped in the experience of those on the "bleeding edge." The O'Reilly Radar blog (radar.oreilly.com), written by a team of O'Reilly technologists, presents intelligence about emerging technology and highlights the original research conducted by the O'Reilly Research group.
When O'Reilly set out to get its books online, publishers exploded the notion of "book," and built a web service that truly harnessed the power of the web to bring users exactly the information they need. O'Reilly's Safari Books Online is a web-based subscription service that offers a searchable reference library of computer books from O'Reilly, Addison Wesley, Microsoft Press, and other leading publishers, at safari.oreilly.com. Safari Books Online is a joint venture with the Pearson Technology Group.
From the beginning, O'Reily's editors, authors, and developers have been active members of the technical communities whose work O'Reilly chronicles in the books and websites. Over the years, O'Reilly have extended its support of those communities beyond O'Reilly publishing program through activism and conferences.
In April 1998, O'Reilly hosted a meeting that became known as the Open Source Summit. This event brought together leaders of many of the significant open source communities, including Linux, Apache, Perl, Python, and Mozilla, who voted to adopt the newly coined term "Open Source" to address ambiguities in the term "Free Software." The Summit garnered national publicity for open source, bringing it to the attention of the business world. In the years since, O'Reilly has held summits on peer-to-peer technology, web services, geek volunteerism, and Ajax.
As part of our campaign to support the Perl community, O'Reilly produced the first conference on "the duct tape of the internet" in 1997. A few years later, O'Reilly added conferences on several other important open source technologies, and the Open Source Convention (OSCON) was born. O'Reilly realized that the people who read thier books also want to connect with and learn from each other. O'Reilly moved into the conference business. As with O'Reilly's publishing program, its conferences focus on practical, in-depth information taught by those who've mastered (and in many cases, created) important technologies. In addition to OSCON, O'reilly current conference offerings include the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (ETech), Web 2.0 (produced in partnership with MediaLive and John Battelle), Where 2.0, EuroOSCON, and the MySQL Users Conference (with MySQL AB).
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In February 2005, O'Reilly launched Make, the first magazine devoted to do-it-yourself technology projects. An instant hit, it tapped into users' desire to tweak, hack, and customize their technology.
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~O'Reilly's history from Tim O'Reilly

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ISBN 13: 9780596520861

Canon EOS Digital The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Companion is the newest book. It is not a typical camera guide. This unique account teaches you how to use different Digital Rebel features to make great photographs: author gives his easy-to-follow lessons, a complete class on digital photography, tailored specifically for people who use this camera.

Magazine: MAKE: Technology on Your Time Volume 15
Author: Mark Frauenfelder
Published: August 2008
ISBN 13: 9780596522100

MAKE: Technology on Your Time Volume 15 explores the euphonic delights of homemade music. This is the Musical Instrument issue. MAKE 15 will fill your world with sweet sounds made by you, even if you've never learned to play an instrument. You will learn from handheld synthesizers, to laser harps and autonomous robot composers,.. This fabulous magazine will open for you a new and fascinating world of music.

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