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•Head First SQL
•High Performance Web Sites Head First SQL
•Dynamic Learning Flash CS3
By Lynn Beighley
•Designing Web Navigation
•Learning PHP & MySQL
With its visually rich format designed for
the way the brain works, this book gives
What’s HOThat’s Hot
readers hands-on experience working
•iPhone: The Missing Manual with the SQL database language. With
•Learning Web Design it, they will create simple schemas and
databases, and perform simple and then
•Beautiful Code
increasingly complex data manipulation
•Head First HTML while learning SQL. This book is not an
•Mac OS X Tiger: SQL reference, but a series of engaging
narrative lessons that build on each
The Missing Manual
other. It leaves the reader with a solid
foundation in the SQL language and the
logic necessary to use it well.
KEY SELLING POINTS

• Very popular learning format -- 7 of the
ISBN: 9780596526849
8 Head First titles published to date are
bestsellers
$44.99 US, $53.99 CAN
Contents August 2007
• Effective visual format that stimulates
both learning and retention
• In the Spotlight 607 pgs
• Ventures into database design and
• Manning Shelving: Database/SQL
DDL, without digging so deeply into
Will Sell Like: 9780596009205, DBA theory that newcomers will be
• No Starch
Head First Java, 2E intimidated
• PC Publishing
• Gives readers the sense that learning SQL
• Pragmatic is easy and that they will succeed
• Rocky Nook • Platform agnostic -- this is a book
about SQL, not about SQL on a specific
• SitePoint database
• Book Changes and • Author is a web programmer and
Out-of-Prints designer who worked at Palm and Yahoo!
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Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for

JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide
By Mike Chambers, Daniel Dura & Kevin Hoyt
Written by members of the Adobe Integrated KEY SELLING POINTS

Runtime (AIR) product team, this is the official • The official book on Adobe Integrated Runtime,
guide to the beta release of AIR (previously written by Adobe
known by its code name of “Apollo”), the new • Part of the O’Reilly/Adobe Developer Library co-
cross-platform desktop runtime from Adobe. publication partnership
AIR allows web developers to leverage their • Explains how to build and deploy HTML and
existing development skills with HTML, JavaScript-based web applications to the
July 2007 JavaScript and Flash to build and deploy web desktop using all of the tools and technologies
$14.99 US, $19.99 CAN applications and content to the desktop. This developers are already familiar with.
ISBN: 9780596515195 book explains how. • Provides everything readers need to understand
174 pgs AIR, and to get started developing applications
Shelving: web development for the desktop using HTML, JavaScript and other
Will Sell Like: web technologies
9780596513917, Apollo for • Adobe will be promoting the book and the
Adobe Flex Developers Pocket technology heavily -- priming the pump by
Guide giving the book away as a promotional tool to
members of the development community
Securing Ajax Applications

By Christopher Wells
In addition to the responsiveness that makes KEY SELLING POINTS

Ajax so appealing, Ajax can also create • Explains how to build secure Ajax applications by
security flaws that need to be addressed at the making security part of the process
development stage. Securing Ajax Applications • Presents basic security techniques and examines
examines the challenges created by the new vulnerabilities with JavaScript, XML, JSON, Flash,
July 2007 generation of web development, exploring these and other technologies
$49.99 US, $59.99 CAN structures and looking for dangerous gaps. • Covers web services and ways to build secure
ISBN: 9780596529314 APIs and mashups
250 pgs • Provides techniques that will ultimately save web
Shelving: web programming developers time and money
User Level: intermediate to • Author is a security solutions expert and an
advanced web developers applications security architect
Will Sell Like:
0596101805, Ajax Design Patterns
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Intel Threading Building Blocks

By James Reinders
This book explains how to maximize the KEY SELLING POINTS

benefits of Intel’s new dual-core and multi-core • Easy and effective way to exploit the parallelism
processors through a portable C++ library that of multi-core systems
works on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and • Explains the key tasks in multithreading and how
Unix systems. More than ever, multithreading is to accomplish them with TBB
a requirement for good performance of systems • Helps programmers leverage multi-core
with multi-core chips. This book combines the processor performance without having to be
expertise of Intel’s developers and customers threading experts
June 2007 to teach programmers how to use Intel • Includes both tutorial and reference material,
$34.99 US, $41.99 CAN Threading Building Blocks effectively for parallel with plenty of examples
ISBN: 9780596514808 programming.
• Reveals the “gotchas” in TBB, and gives guidelines
332 pgs
for choosing among alternatives to achieve the
Shelving: C++/Programming best performance
Languages
• Written by a director of software development
Will Sell Like:
at Intel
9780596004194, Practical C++
Programming, 2E
ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns

By William Sanders & Chandima Cumaranatunge
This hands-on introduction to design patterns is KEY SELLING POINTS

for experienced Flash and Flex developers ready • Ideal introduction to design patterns for
to tackle sophisticated programming techniques ActionScript programmers using real-world
with ActionScript 3.0. Developers will learn examples
about various types of reusable design patterns, • Readers will learn to build working examples of
why they are an ideal way to solve common increasing complexity
problems in Flash applications, and how design • Authors worked with Adobe product team
June 2007
patterns provide a clear road map for structuring members, as well as the ActionScript and design
$44.99 US, $53.99 CAN code that actually makes object-oriented pattern communities to produce this book
ISBN: 9780596528461 programming languages like ActionScript 3.0
532 pgs easier to learn and use. Readers will build small
Shelving: Web Development abstract examples and full-fledged working
User Level: Intermediate to applications outlined in the book.
advanced Flash & Flex developers
Will Sell Like:
0596101805, Ajax Design Patterns
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Dynamic Learning: Photoshop CS3

By Jennifer Smith & AGI Creative Team
Efficient, interactive learning experience that KEY SELLING POINTS

goes beyond traditional tutorials developed by • Essential information for those upgrading to
leading instructors and Photoshop experts. Photoshop CS3, in an accessible, self-paced
interactive format.
• Highlights what’s new in Photoshop CS3.
July 2007 • Tested and proven content from experienced
$44.99 US, $58.99 CAN instructors.
ISBN: 9780596510619 • Tested and proven content from experienced
360 pgs instructors.
Shelving: Photoshop
User Level: Enthusiasts, prosum-
ers, creative & technical pros
Will Sell Like:
0596100965, Photoshop CS2
One-on-One, 2E
MySQL Pocket Reference, 2E

By George Reese
Easy to take and use anywhere, the MySQL KEY SELLING POINTS
Pocket Reference provides instant reminders • Updated for MySQL 5, the latest version of the
on how to use important MySQL functions database
in conjunction with key parts of the LAMP • Clear organization allows readers to find and
(Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) adapt the statements they need quickly
open source infrastructure. The 2nd edition • Handy companion to “MySQL in a Nutshell”, the
covers installation of MySQL and includes a leading MySQL reference on the market.
July 2007
description of SQL commands, data types,
$14.99 US, $17.99 CAN • Special section on two new and extensive
operators, and functions. Readers get a handy additions to MySQL 5: stored procedures and
ISBN: 9780596514266
reference to the enormous feature set of triggers
132 pgs
MySQL, the dominant database in the open
Shelving: database • Brief introduction covers installation and initial
source world. setup
User Level: Intermediate to
advanced developers and data-
base administrators
Will Sell Like:
9780596004460, MySQL Pocket
Reference
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Regular Expression Pocket Reference, 2E

By Tony Stubblebine
Ideal as an introduction for beginners and a KEY SELLING POINTS

quick reference for advanced programmers, this • Consistent seller with more than $145,600 in
Pocket Reference is a comprehensive guide to sales lifetime
regular expression APIs for Perl 5.8, Ruby, Java,
• Works as an introduction for beginners and a
PHP, .NET and C#, Python, vi, JavaScript, quick reference for advanced programmers
and the PCRE regular expression libraries. The
• Updated to covers several popular languages --
second edition offers programmers a complete
including Ruby, PHP, C#, and JavaScript
July 2007 overview of the syntax and semantics of regular
• Summarizes the complex rules for performing
$14.99 US, $17.99 CAN expressions that are at the heart of every text-
this critical text-processing function
ISBN: 9780596514273 processing application. Perfect when readers
reach a sticking point and need to get to a • Presents this often confusing topic in an easy-to-
126 pgs read manner
Shelving: perl/programming
solution fast.
User Level: Beginning to
Advanced programmers
Will Sell Like:
9780596004156 Regular Express
Pocket Reference
Ruby Pocket Reference

By Michael Fitzgerald
The Ruby programming language is growing KEY SELLING POINTS

more popular due to the success of its “killer • Aimed at programmers who may be new to
app” -- the Ruby on Rails web development Ruby but want just the facts, fast
framework. Ruby is relatively easy to learn, but
• Brief explanations complement listings to give
many experienced programmers need a guide readers in-depth information
to remind them of the essentials. This take-
• The book’s organization lets developers find
July 2007 anywhere pocket reference offers brief but clear
related topics quickly
$9.99 US, $11.99 CAN explanations of the core components of the
• Not only gets them up to speed, but provides
ISBN: 9780596514815 Ruby language, from operators to blocks to data
them with a handy reference they can use
176 pgs structures to documentation creation. anywhere, anytime
Shelving: programming languages
User Level: Intermediate to
advanced programmers
Will Sell Like: 9780596004118,
JavaScript Pocket Reference, 2E
retail.oreilly.com
Photoshop Lightroom Adventure

By Mikkel Aaland
The only book available on Adobe Photoshop KEY SELLING POINTS

Lightroom with examples drawn from the • Includes amazing photography generated
real world experiences of ten professional during the Lightroom Adventure
photographers during the Adobe Lightroom
• Easy-to-follow text and instructions from the
Adventure in Iceland. author of the popular Photoshop CS2 RAW
July 2007
$39.99 US, $47.99 CAN • Readers learn how to professionally organize,
process, show, and print their digital images
ISBN: 9780596100995
350 pgs
Shelving: Digital Photography
Will Sell Like:
0596100221, Photoshop Photo
Effects Cookbook
FileMaker Pro 9: The Missing Manual

By Geoff Coffey & Susan Prosser
FileMaker Pro 9 is a popular desktop database KEY SELLING POINTS

application that lets users do almost anything • Far and away the top selling book on FileMaker
with the information they give it -- if they know Pro, published in September 2005
what they’re doing. The updated edition of this
• Covers all FileMaker Pro 9 features, plus those
bestselling guide will help readers catalog people, covered in “FileMaker 8.5: Integrating the Web”,
processes and things; create reports and other the Short Cut by author Susan Prosser
August 2007 documents on their data; use built-in formulas
• Covers both Windows and Mac versions of the
$34.99 US, $41.99 CAN to crunch numbers, search text, or pin down program with screenshots for both
ISBN: 9780596514136 dates and times; and much more. The book
• Wide audience range -- starts with the basics and
799 pgs also covers advanced topics like scripting, an moves on to advanced topics like scripting and
Shelving: Filemaker/Databases/Mac
introduction to servers, and managing multiple servers
user privileges.
User Level: Beginning to advanced
users
FileMaker Pro 8: The Missing Manual
retail.oreilly.com
JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook, 2E

By Danny Goodman
In today’s Web 2.0 world, JavaScript and KEY SELLING POINTS

DHTML are at the center of the Ajax approach
• Incredibly popular book with $552,600 in net
to designing interactive web applications that sales lifetime -- $136,000 during 2006 alone
offer the responsiveness desktop programs.
• Cookbook recipes are now compatible with the
With this environment in mind, the new latest browsers (IE7, Firefox 2, Safari, and Opera
edition of this popular book offers bite- 9)
August 2007 sized solutions to very specific problems that
$44.99 US, $53.99 CAN • Several new recipes provide client-side Ajax
developers commonly face. Each recipe includes solutions
ISBN: 9780596514082 a focused piece of code that they can insert into
• New and revised recipes address DHTML
604 pgs their applications. Also included are detailed
integration into Web 2.0 applications
Shelving: Web programming explanations of how and why the recipes work.
• Author has 25 years of scripting experience and
User Level: Developers of various
is an expert on JavaScript
experience levels
Will Sell Like:
9780596004675, JavaScript &
DHTML Cookbook
Asterisk: The Future of Telephony, 2E

By Jim Van Meggelen, Jared Smith & Leif Madsen
A bestseller with more than $315,000 in cash KEY SELLING POINTS

register sales, this book has become the standard • Update of a bestseller -- first edition had over
book on how to build phone systems with $315,000 in sales
Asterisk, the open source PBX. Revised for
• Provides working knowledge that culminates in
the upcoming Asterisk 1.2 release, “Asterisk” a simple, but complete system
provides a complete roadmap for installation,
• Walks readers new to Asterisk through a basic
August 2007 configuration, and integration with existing
dialplan step by step
$44.99 US, $53.99 CAN phone systems. Primarily aimed at experienced
• Covers both VoIP and analog telephony
ISBN: 9780596510480 Linux power users or administrators, the book
assumes little or no Asterisk experience, and no • Expert author team -- key contributors to the
602 pgs Asterisk Documentation Project
more than rudimentary telecommunications
Shelving: Telecommunications
knowledge.
Will Sell Like:
0596009623, Asterisk: The Future of
Telephony
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Designing Web Navigation

By James Kalbach
Designing Web Navigation is an update of KEY SELLING POINTS

the bestselling and critically-acclaimed Web
• Perfect update to a bestselling book and topic in
Navigation: Designing the User Experience constant demand
(1998). Author James Kalbach demonstrates
• Covers UE principles and techniques -- critical
how issues over the past decade -- Web 2.0, “User Experience” guidelines that affect both
Ajax, and Rich Internet Applications -- affect web designers and developers
“User Experience” (UE). Achieving a simple yet
• New 4-color edition
satisfying UE for web site visitors is a challenge
August 2007 • Heavily laced with real-world examples and
for both web designers and developers. This
$49.99 US, $59.99 CAN written in a conversational-yet-focused manner:
practical, hands-on second edition uses real-
ISBN: 9780596528102 like taking an exclusive seminar with a top
world examples to teach UE design principles expert in the business
412 pgs and development techniques, with essential
Shelving: Web Design • Companion website will be available to support
concepts seamlessly folded in.
User Level: Beginning and profes-
and extend materials in the book
sional information architects &
web designers + students
Will Sell Like:
0596008031, Designing Interfaces
Programming WPF, 2E
By Chris Sells & Ian Griffiths
Anyone who wants to build applications that KEY SELLING POINTS

take full advantage of Windows Vista’s new user • To build applications that take advantage of
interface capabilities needs to learn Windows Windows Vista’s interface capabilities, learning
Presentation Foundation (WPF). This new WPF is a must
edition, updated for the official release of .NET • WPF and WCF are the two key frameworks of
3.0, gets programmers up to speed on WPF Microsoft .NET 3.0
August 2007 quickly. By page two, they will have written
• Bestselling and expert authors -- Chris Sells is
$49.99 US, $59.99 CAN a simple WPF application, and by the end of a Microsoft program manager and Software
ISBN: 9780596510374 Chapter One, they will have taken a complete Legend; Ian Griffiths is a Microsoft MVP and WPF
863 pgs
tour of the framework and its major elements. guru
The book contains scores of examples that • A four color insert showcases use of color and 3-
Shelving: Windows
demonstrate how to get large WPF applications D effects to build compelling UI
Audience: Intermediate to advanced
Windows and C# programmers
up and running, offers a tutorial of Microsoft’s • One of the first books to cover the recently
Will Sell Like:
XAML markup language, and includes released WPF/E platform for delivering richer UI
9780596101138, Programming discussions of the new programming styles that through standard web browsers
Windows Presentation Foundation WPF brings to Windows development.
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Security Power Tools

By Bryan Burns, Jennifer Stisa Granick, Steve Manzuik, Paul Guersch, Dave Killian, Nicolas
Beauchesne, Eric Monet, Julien Sobrier, Michael Lynn, Eric Markham, Chris Lezzoni & Philippe
Biondi
Despite the need for network security, no book KEY SELLING POINTS
until now has covered so many network security
• Valuable techniques and advice that will save
tools in one volume as a go-to reference for readers headaches and hours of research
administrators and engineers. Security Power
• Covers tools, best practices, threats, incident
Tools is a goldmine of security information from response
some of the leading engineers and practitioners
• Follows O’Reilly’s successful Power Tools format
August 2007
in the world, a compendium of the most
popular security tools. Designed to be browsed, • The book’s “posse of experts” includes employees
$59.99 US, $71.99 CAN of Juniper Networks, a current leader in security
the book covers both black hat techniques and
ISBN: 9780596009632 products and appliances
white hat defense. Experts who have spent a
856 pgs • Tools discussed are at the top of popularity
virtual lifetime with these tools demonstrate
Shelving: Security how to use them and how to tweak them. and usefulness, both freeware and commercial,
User Level: This book presup- applicable to Linux, Unix, and Windows systems
poses a working understand- • Qualifies for the Juniper Books initiative,
ing of network security and its whereby Juniper will help promote, market, and
underlying principles sell the book through its web site, customer
Will Sell Like: 0596003307, Unix base, and industry exposure
Power Tools
SOA in Practice
By Nicolai M. Josuttis
This enterprise-level book gives developers KEY SELLING POINTS

practical, experience-tested advice on how to • Focuses squarely on real deployment and
solve business problems by applying service- technology, not just standards maps
oriented architectures (SOA) -- the framework
• Examines business problems to determine which
that enables loosely-coupled programs on a ones fit an SOA approach before plastering an
August 2007 network to communicate with one another SOA solution on top of them
$39.99 US, $47.99 CAN to accomplish a larger task (such as how to
• Offers concrete paths for building solutions
Short Discount execute and track an online purchase from the without getting trapped in the mire of changing
ISBN: 9780596529550 initial order to delivery). In fact, this is the only web services details
342 pgs book that gives readers a real understanding of • Offers the experience of an author intimately
Shelving: Software Engineering what SOA is about, and offers a fundamental involved with SOAs, who is now embarking on a
Will Sell Like: 0131858580, Service- overview of what it means to realize SOA long series of trainings and tutorials to explain to
Oriented Architecture: Concepts, in practice (through web services and other others what he’s learned
Technology & Design Prentice-Hall methods) without getting lost in theory.
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Programming Collective Intelligence

By Toby Segaran
This book explains how to make web KEY SELLING POINTS

applications behave more intelligently by getting
• Demonstrates how to make web applications
them to learn from users. It introduces web behave intelligently by learning from users
developers to the advanced topic of machine
• Explains AI programming in a way that is
learning and statistics in a clear and concise accessible to most web developers
way, with easy-to-follow examples and plenty
• Reveals the logic underlying product
August 2007 of code that can be used in their own web
recommendation engines, search rankings,
$39.99 US, $47.99 CAN sites, blogs, wikis, or specialized applications. spam filtering, optimized scheduling, social
ISBN: 9780596529321 Readers will learn the logic underlying product bookmarking, and more
360 pgs recommendation engines, search rankings,
• Provides easy-to-follow examples and plenty of
Shelving: web applications spam filtering, optimized scheduling, social code that readers can apply
Will Sell Like: 9780596513986, bookmarking, and more.
• Ideal for anyone interested in the topic of
Learning Python, 3E machine learning and statistics
Learning PHP & MySQL, 2E

By Michele E. Davis & Jon A. Phillips
PHP and MySQL are quickly becoming the KEY SELLING POINTS
de facto standard for rapid development of • PHP and MySQL is a popular combination for
dynamic, database-driven web sites. This book is building dynamic, database-driven web sites
perfect for programming newbies and hobbyists
• New edition includes a chapter on XHTML, more
who are intimidated by harder-to-follow books. information on HTTP, and extra material on using
With concepts explained in plain English, the Zend virtual machine
August 2007 the new edition starts with the basics of the
• This book is promoted through O’Reilly’s PHP
$29.99 US, $35.99 CAN PHP language, and explains how to work with and MySQL User Group contacts in major cities
ISBN: 9780596514013 MySQL, the popular open source database. nationwide, and at the MySQL Users Conference
428 pgs Readers then learn how to put them together to • New edition is part of O’Reilly’s bestselling
Shelving: Web Programming/PHP generate dynamic content. Learning series
Audience: Ideal for programming
newbies & Hobbyists
Learning PHP & MySQL
10 retail.oreilly.com
MAKE: Technology on Your Time, Volume 11

By Mark Frauenfelder, Editor
MAKE Volume 11 is the long-awaited KEY SELLING POINTS

“alternative vehicles issue.” Learn how to make a
• Delivers the same sort of high-energy, out-
a mobile drive-in theater projector, how to make of-the-box thinking about technology that
a cool chopper out of an old bike, how to make characterizes the Hacks and Projects for Geeks
a bike-powered iPod recharger, how to make series
a little remote-control car out of sheet metal, • Taps into the huge Do-It-Yourself market in a
August 2007 how to make a special bird feeder that rotates by unique, highly readable format
$14.99 US, $17.99 CAN remote control so you can take great photos of • Supported by extensive web promotion,
ISBN: 9780596513870 birds, and lots more. grassroots marketing within O’Reilly’s
190 pgs established technology communities, and one
Shelving: Technology/DIY of O’Reilly’s most extensive customer marketing
Audience: Tech DIY enthusiasts, and awareness programs ever.
hobbyist engineers/designers,
makers
MAKE: Technology on Your Time,
Volume 10
Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual

By Bonnie Biafore
Microsoft Project 2007 is designed to help users KEY SELLING POINTS

control the variables on any project, big or small • Offers complete and comprehensive coverage of
-- such as schedules, budgets, communications, Project 2007
and changes -- rather than be controlled by
• Explains every feature clearly, showing readers
them. But Project is complex software, and why they’d want to use it -- or not
no user has the time to take on the project of
• Reviewers call Microsoft Project the flagship
August 2007 learning it. Written by project management
of all project management programs -- almost
$39.99 US, $47.99 CAN expert Bonnie Biafore, this book teaches readers every other project management program is
ISBN: 9780596528362 how to do everything from setting, tracking, compatible with it
702 pgs and adjusting schedules and budgets to testing • Award-winning author of several books on
Shelving: Windows Applications scenarios and understanding the impact of investing, finance, project management, and
Audience: Corporate employees and
changes. software
small home/office workers
Quickbooks 2006: The Missing
Manual
Essential SharePoint 2007, 2E

By Jeff Webb
This concise and practical guide teaches KEY SELLING POINTS

SharePoint administrators, web site owners, and
• A one-stop task-oriented guide for SharePoint
power users how to get the most from the latest administrators, site owners, and developers
version of Microsoft’s popular information-
• Conversational tone that encourages readers to
sharing and collaboration platform. The book customize and extend their systems
helps readers quickly gain the skills necessary
• Includes a “what’s new” chapter for experienced
to perform a wide variety of tasks for intranet
SharePoint 2003 administrators
and extranet web sites. Each chapter ends with
a summary of best practices based on real-world • Explains new collaboration features -- blogs,
September 2007
wikis, surveys, and RSS and email alerts
$39.99 US, $47.99 CAN experience.
• Demonstrates ways to use SharePoint to build
ISBN: 9780596514075
and customize sites, lists, libraries and web parts
445 pgs (est.) for intranets and extranets
Shelving: Windows/SharePoint • Includes an appendix for IT staffs for upgrading
Audience: SharePoint various SharePoint Editions
Administrators
• Offers references to commands and system
Will Sell Like: 9780596008802, information not easily located in Microsoft
Essential SharePoint
documentation
High Performance Web Sites

By Steve Souders
To help web sites display faster and perform KEY SELLING POINTS
better, this book presents 14 specific rules that • Practical -- not theoretical -- rules for making
will cut 20% to 25% off response time when web sites display faster
users request a page. Author Steve Souders, in
• Focuses on the browser side, where bulk of
his job as Chief Performance Yahoo!, developed display time is required
these best practices while optimizing some of
• Rules have improved the performance of sites
September 2007 the most-visited pages on the Web. Supported
that had already been highly optimized, such as
$29.99 US, $35.99 CAN by examples, the rules focus on what a web page Yahoo! Search and the Yahoo! Front Page
ISBN: 9780596529307 does, rather than require readers to redesign
• Explains how to optimize the performance of
168 pgs (est.) their web sites. CSS, JavaScript, Flash, images, and Apache HTTP
Shelving: Web Programming responses
Audience: web developers and • Code snippets are available on the book’s
product managers companion web site
Will Sell Like: 9780596527334, CSS: • Rules were developed by the author, who is
The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition
highly respected in this field
C# 3.0 in a Nutshell, 3E
By Joseph Albahari & Ben Albahari
This top-selling compact C# reference is KEY SELLING POINTS

thoroughly revised to reflect the latest features
• Unique in its coverage of all the language
of the C# 3.0 language and .NET 3.0 base class features of the C# 3.0 language as well as key
libraries, and completely reorganized to meet types of the .NET 3.0 base class library (BCL)
the reference needs of programmers in the new • More use cases and code examples than
world of on-line documentation. The third previous editions• Includes a “what’s new”
edition provides a thorough reference to the chapter for experienced SharePoint 2003
language and core framework in one accessible administrators
September 2007 volume. It serves both as a cover-to-cover read • Can be used as a reference for features found in
$49.99 US, $59.99 CAN for intermediate to advanced programmers, and the latest ECMA C# and CLR standards
ISBN: 9780596527570 as a reference for all C# programmers. • Searchable PDF version, a format requested by
822 pgs (est.) readers
Shelving: .NET
Audience: intermediate to
advanced programmers
Will Sell Like: 9780596005269, C#
in a Nutshell, 2E
Fonts & Encodings

By Yannis Haralambous & translated by P. Scott Horne
The era of ASCII characters on green screens KEY SELLING POINTS

is long gone. Today, industry leaders such as • Growing market for books on
Apple, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle have internationalization of software and web sites
adopted the Unicode Worldwide Character
• Was promoted at OMG’s Internationalization &
Standard, and acceptance among developers Unicode Conference (November 2006)
is rapidly increasing. Yet many software
September 2007 and web sites still use a host of standards,
$59.99 US, $71.99 CAN including PostScript, TrueType, TeX/Omega,
Short Discount SVG, Fontlab, FontForge, Metafont, Panose,
ISBN: 9780596102425 and OpenType. This new reference book is
1037 pgs (est.) a comprehensive guide to using fonts and
Shelving: Software Engineering
typography on the Web and across a variety
of operating systems and application software.
Audience: intermediate to advanced
software and web developers Fonts & Encodings shows readers how to take
Will Sell Like: 0596100124, Database full advantage of the incredible number of
in Depth typographic options available. Advanced
material covers everything from designing glyphs
to developing software that creates and processes
fonts.
Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with Ajax

By Jesse Liberty, Dan Hurwitz & Brian MacDonald
With this book, bestselling author Jesse Liberty KEY SELLING POINTS
and web expert Dan Hurwitz teach beginning
• ASP.NET is the largest Microsoft developer
ASP.NET developers how to quickly build more market for books, with $4.9 million in sales over
engaging and interactive web sites using ASP. the past 12 months
NET 2.0 and Microsoft’s newly released ASP. • Teaches ASP.NET beginners how to integrate new
NET AJAX framework. This hands-on tutorial Ajax tools and CSS with traditional ASP.NET 2.0
September 2007 helps readers master concepts and techniques by topics for flashier and more interactive sites
$44.99 US, $53.99 CAN involving them in their own learning. Examples, • Packed with learning aids, including annotated
ISBN: 9780596513979 summaries, quizzes and web site construction hands-on examples, review quizzes and exercises
544 pgs (est.) exercises give them opportunities to practice
• Written by bestselling author Jesse Liberty
Shelving: .NET new skills and to test their understanding. whose previous bestsellers include Programming
Audience: Beginning web devel- C# and Programming ASP.NET (co-authored by
opers, and experienced web Dan Hurwitz)
developers new to ASP.NET
Programming C#, 4E
Linux System Programming

By Robert Love
This practical guide helps developers better KEY SELLING POINTS

understand Linux systems and application • An authoritative and practical guide to system
development through coverage of all the major programming on Linux
development tools and how they link into the
• Includes a complete introduction to system
Linux kernel. In addition to learning in detail programming and how it differs from application
how to use Linux system calls in a portable programming
September 2007 manner, readers will come to understand
• Provides an excellent foundation for every Linux
$49.99 US, $59.99 CAN internal aspects of Linux implementation that programmer, including those who write high-
ISBN: 9780596009588 affect performance. level GUI software
388 pgs (est.) • Covers essential topics such as Input/Output,
Shelving: Linux process management, files and directories,
Audience: Intermediate to advanced memory management, and more
Linux system and application
developers
Will Sell Like: 0596007604, Running
Linux
Making Things Talk

By Tom Igoe
The workbenches of hobbyists, hackers, KEY SELLING POINTS

and makers have become overrun with
• The popularity of microcontroller kits are on
microcontrollers-computers-on-a-chip that the rise: from the open source Arduino kit that
power homebrewed video games, robots, toys, anyone can build to Make’s own Microcontroller
and more. This book contains a series of projects kit, students, researchers, and hobbyists are
that teach readers what they need to know to get adding smarts to their projects with these
their creations talking to each other, connecting inexpensive ($40 to $150), easy-to-use kits.
to the web, and forming networks of smart • Inexpensive networking hardware is available
devices. for microcontroller projects: Wi-Fi, Zigbee,
September 2007
Bluetooth, and Ethernet networking modules
$29.99 US, $35.99 CAN can be added to a project for between $50 and
ISBN: 9780596510510 $100.
432 pgs (est.) • This book provides an overview of the key
Shelving: Engineering/Robotics concepts needed to work with microcontrollers:
Audience: Hobbyists, hackers, and basic electronics, programming, and networking
makers concepts are all explained.
Will Sell Like: 0596003145, • Project-based approach lets readers dive right
Hardware Hacking Projects for in and customize the examples for their own
Geeks designs.
Programming ASP.NET AJAX

By Christian Wenz
The ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 framework, released KEY SELLING POINTS

in January, is Microsoft’s answer to the • AJAX and Web 2.0-style applications will drive
wildly popular Ajax approach for building sales of books that can deliver on both counts
dynamic web applications. This fast, hands-on
• ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 framework is Microsoft’s
introduction to the framework also covers the answer to the Ajax approach
technologies that make Ajax go. The book allows
• Hands-on book loaded with code and examples
September 2007 readers to create modern, functional, Web 2.0-
that readers can use
$39.99 US, $47.99 CAN style applications with little effort. They’ll learn
• Teaches the essentials of JavaScript and Ajax so
ISBN: 9780596514242 how to get the most out of Microsoft’s new
readers can better understand the technologies
473 pgs (est.) framework, and discover how common and not- used by the Microsoft AJAX framework
Shelving: ASP.NET/Web so-common Ajax effects on the web are actually
• Includes a special appendix on how to debug
Development implemented.
ASP.NET AJAX-enabled web sites
Audience: Microsoft .NET users and
• Includes solutions to potential security breaches,
readers with some JavaScript back-
ground a concern for Ajax-enabled sites
Will Sell Like: 9780596009168, • Author is an expert on both open source and
Programming ASP.NET, 3E closed source web technologies
SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide

By James Pyles, Bob Fox, Piotr Prussak, Christopher J. Regan, Christopher M. Buechler, Murray
Gordon, Michael Lotter, Jason Medero, Nilesh Mehta, Joris Poelmans, & Christopher Pragash
For any organization that wants to use Windows KEY SELLING POINTS
SharePoint Services to share and collaborate on
• New SharePoint version is a significant
Microsoft Office documents, this book shows improvement, and should make this market pop
administrators of all levels how to get up and
• Book specifically addresses administrators who
September 2007 running with this powerful and popular set of need to set up the service
$49.99 US, $59.99 CAN collaboration tools.
• Written by a SharePoint expert and former
ISBN: 9780596529581 Microsoft team member
848 pgs (est.)
Shelving: Windows/Sharepoint
Audience: Administrators of all
levels
Microsoft SharePoint 2003
Unleashed
Photoshop CS3 Photographer’s Handbook

By Brad Hinkel & Stphen Laskevitch
Photographers often feel overwhelmed when KEY SELLING POINTS

starting with Photoshop - the sheer number of • It’s predecessor (by Brad Hinkel) was the
tools and options make it a difficult tool to get bestselling introductory CS2 book in 2005 (Focal
started. Brad and Steve have created a step-by- Press)
step guide that provides a simple and effective • A stripped-down-to-the-essentials book for the
workflow for editing photographs in Photoshop. intelligent, but impatient Photoshop beginner
July 2007 The book includes an introduction to the basic
• Teaches a workflow rather than buttons and
$35.95 US, $43.95 CAN concepts and tools needed to edit photographs menus
ISBN: 9781933952116 in Photoshop - and then walks through a
213 pgs complete editing workflow.
Shelving: Photography/Computers The handbook is designed to get you working
Audience: Beginner to Intermediate quickly with Photoshop; providing the essential
information for image editing and step-by-
step projects for more detailed Photoshop
techniques.
Software Testing Practice: Test Management

By Andreas Spillner, Tilo Linz, Thomas Rossner & Mario Winter
Aimed at experts who are dedicated to software and guided through the key concepts and
testing, this book addresses the major issues terminology of software testing in a variety of
related to advanced, state-of-the-art test scenarios and case studies (as featured in this
management. It covers the syllabus required first book in this series.
to pass the Certified Tester Examination -
Advanced Level as defined by the International KEY SELLING POINT
Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB). • Authors are among the founders of ISTQB
August 2007
Software developers, project managers, quality
$44.95 US, $53.95 CAN
managers, and team leaders will benefit from
Short Discount
the comprehensive coverage of risk oriented
ISBN: 9781933952130
management and the way testing is shown to be
339 pgs an integral, though independent part of software
Shelving: Computers/Software development.
Audience: Intermediate to
Advanced Included are best practices in the field of testing,
as well as detailed descriptions of involved
tasks, roles, and responsibilities. Well suited for
self-study, the reader is “taken by the hand”
The Book of Qt 4
By Daniel Molkentin
The Qt toolkit is widely used for the KEY SELLING POINTS

development of GUI applications as well as • First book to offer in-depth explanation of Qt 4;
console tools and servers. Qt is most notably main competitors focus on C++ programming
used in KDE, a free Linux desktop, the Opera
• Author a core developer of the KDE desktop
web browser, Skype, and Google Earth. Daniel which lends instant credibility
Molkentin, author of this book, is a core
• Complete coverage of Qt from basics through
developer of KDE. He uses practical examples
application design
to explain Qt characteristics like the signal slot
July 2007 concept and its event system. He guides the
$54.95 US, $68.95 CAN reader through developing applications both
ISBN: 9781593271473 with and without Qt’s graphical GUI builder
440 pgs “Qt Designer.” Topics covered include: tools
Shelving: Programming needed to create dialog boxes; steps to follow
Audience: Intermediate when developing a GUI-based application;
Will Sell Like: 1593270704, Nagios layout; how to visualize data using Qt’s “model-
view concept”; the QtSql model; the graphics
library; as well as how to work with XML,
databases, threads, and debugging. The book
also includes lots of useful hints on how to use
Qt’s own datatypes, containers and algorithms
and how to develop user-friendly applications.
Co-published with Open Source Press.
Forbidden LEGO
By Ulrik Pilegaard and Mike Dooley
Written by a former master LEGO designer, KEY SELLING POINTS

this 4 color book describes several projects that
• More than 300 million LEGOs fans worldwide,
break the LEGO Company’s rules for building according to lego.com
with LEGO bricks—rules against building
• Includes never-before-seen models that break
projects that fire projectiles; cutting or gluing the mold
bricks; and using non-standard parts. Many of
• Builds on success of The Unofficial LEGO Builder’s
these are backroom projects that LEGO’s master
Guide (more than 20,000 copies sold since
August 2007 designers build under the LEGO radar, just to October 2005)
$24.95 US, $29.95 CAN have fun. The projects use LEGO bricks as well
• Should benefit from the marketing push behind
ISBN: 9781593271374 as common household materials (such as plastic
MINDSTORMS NXT
192 pgs spoons, ping pong balls, and candy). Readers
Shelving: Toys & Hobbies learn to create objects that LEGO would never
Audience: All Levels endorse, such as a gun that shoots plastic pellets,
Will Sell Like: 1593270592, The
a catapult for launching candy, and a multi-
Unofficial LEGO Builder’s Guide directional vehicle. Tips and tricks offer readers
ideas for inventing their own model designs.
The Artist’s Guide to GIMP Effects

By Michael J. Hammel
The GIMP is a free alternative to Photoshop KEY SELLING POINTS

that can be used for photo retouching, image • A very practical book of step-by-step tutorials for
composition, and image authoring. In The the savvy user
Artist’s Guide to GIMP Effects, artists and
• Covers the GIMP 2.2 for Linux, Windows, and Mac
graphics professionals will learn how to use the
GIMP and its tools to produce specific effects. • 4-color throughout
Short, extensively illustrated tutorials cover a
August 2007 broad range of real-world projects that will be
$44.95 US, $53.95 CAN useful to those working in areas such as print
ISBN: 9781593271213 advertisements, web design, photography, and
348 pgs user interface design. Includes material on how
Shelving: Computer Graphics to use brushes, patterns, and shapes, and how
Audience: Artists, graphics profes- to produce effects like flag-waving, contrast,
sionals, and serious dabblers rollovers, and duotones. The book also shows
Will Sell Like: 0321123972, how to create objects like metal and gel buttons,
Photoshop 7 Wow!, Peachpit and screws, nuts, and bolts, plus faceplates,
wires, tabs, and more.
The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book

By Martijn Boogaarts, Jonathan A. Daudelin, Brian L. Davis, Jim Kelly, Lou Morris, Fay Rhodes,
Rick Rhodes, Matthias Paul Scholz, Christopher R. Smith & Rob Torok
This book’s chapters on programming and KEY SELLING POINTS

design, CAD-style drawings, and abundance of
• Builds on No Starch Press success in the LEGO
screenshots make it easy for the reader to master world
the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT kit and to
• MINDSTORMS website promotes authors’ blog
build the nine example robots. Readers learn (thenxtstep.blogspot.com)
about the NXT parts (beams, axles, gears, and
• Written by recognized experts in the NXT
so on), and how to combine them to build and
community; companion website (www.
September 2007 program working robots like a slot machine thenxtstep.com) with extra content for readers,
$29.95 US, $35.95 CAN (complete with flashing lights and lever), a contact with the authors, links, and more
ISBN: 9781593271503 black and white scanner, and even a robot DJ.
350 pgs Chapters cover using the NXT programming
Shelving: Robotics/Games language (NXT-G) as well as troubleshooting;
Audience: All Levels RoboSurgery (building a robot to perform
Will Sell Like: 1593270592, The
“surgery,” like cutting a string); design; software;
Unofficial LEGO Builder’s Guide sensors; Bluetooth; even how to create a NXT
remote control. LEGO fans of all ages will find
this book is an ideal jumping-off point for doing
more with their NXT kit.
Linux Firewalls
By Michael Rash
The Netfilter firewall built into Linux provides KEY SELLING POINTS
capabilities that rival many commercial firewalls. • Netfilter is a tricky tool with limited
Netfilter: Intrustion Detection and Response documentation
explores using Netfilter as an intrusion detection
• Only book to fundamentally examine intrusion
system (IDS) by combining it with Snort detection (IDS) from a firewall perspective
rulesets and custom software available from
the author’s site, cipherdyne.org. Providing
September 2007 concrete examples to illustrate concepts, the
$49.95 US, $59.95 CAN book discusses passive network authentication;
Short Discount Netfilter log analysis and policies; exploit packet
ISBN: 9781593271411 traces and Snort ruleset emulation with Netfilter
352 pgs (est.) rules; and more. Perl and C code snippets
Shelving: Computer Security/ are included to help readers maximize the
Networks effectiveness of Netfilter.
Audience: System and network
administrators
Will Sell Like: 1931836043, Snort 2.1,
Syngress
Security Data Visualization

By Greg Conti
In Security Data Visualization, the author creates KEY SELLING POINTS

graphical windows into the world of computer
• Full-color introduction to the field
security data, revealing fascinating and useful
• Author is recognized authority in subject area
insights into networking, cryptography, and
file structures. After learning how to graph • First book of its kind
and display their data correctly, readers will
be able to understand complex data sets at a
September 2007 glance. They’ll also learn what network attacks
$49.95 US, $59.95 CAN look like, and how to assess their network for
ISBN: 9781593271435 vulnerabilities with visualization software like
252 pgs Afterglow and RUMINT. In addition, readers
Shelving: Computer Security learn how to build and defend their own
Audience: Security professionals network visualization systems by recognizing
and researchers, system adminis- how systems can be manipulated and attacked.
trators and casual hackers
Intrusion Signatures and Analysis,
Sam’s
The Essential Blender

Edited by Roland Hess; Produced by Ton Roosendaal
Blender is the only free, fully integrated 3D KEY SELLING POINTS

graphics creation suite to allow modeling, • This is the official Blender guide, written by
animation, rendering, post-production, and Blender’s developers
real time interactive 3D with cross-platform
• Blender has well over 1 million users
compatibility. The Essential Blender is the must
• The Official Blender 2.3 Guide sold more than
have book on Blender. Following on the heels
14,000 copies
of the very successful Blender 2.3 Guide, this
latest book from the Blender Foundation is • Covers the most recent product version
September 2007 the official guide to learning the fundamentals • Competing 3D tools are prohibitively expensive;
$44.95 US, $53.95 CAN of Blender. The Essential Blender is appropriate Blender allows anyone to dabble in 3D design,
ISBN: 9781593271664 for people new to Blender or curious about the including animations
376 pgs (est.) latest changes the software. The book covers
Shelving: Computer Graphics/ modeling, materials and textures, lighting,
Design particle systems, several kinds of animation,
Audience: Beginners, students and and rendering. It also contains chapters on the
professional designers compositor and new mesh sculpting tools. For
Will Sell Like: 1593270410, The users familiar with other 3D packages, separate
Official Blender 2.3 Guide indices reference topics using the terminology in
those applications. The book includes a DVD
with Blender for all platforms as well as the files
and demos from the book.
Programming Erlang
By Joe Armstrong
Moore’s Law is the observation that the KEY SELLING POINTS

amount you can do on a single chip doubles
• The only book of it’s kind
every two years. But Moore’s Law is taking a
• Written by the inventor of Erlang
detour. Rather than producing faster and faster
processors, companies such as Intel and AMD • Written for the practicing programmer (not for
are producing multi-core devices: single chips the academic market)
containing two, four, or more processors. If your • The first book on Concurrency oriented
July 2007 programs aren’t concurrent, they’ll only run on a programming (the OOP of the future :-)
$36.95 US, $44.95 CAN single processor at a time. Your users will think • Erlang could be the next Ruby
ISBN: 9781934356005 that your code is slow.
526 pgs
Erlang is a programming language designed
Shelving: Programming for building highly parallel, distributed, fault-
Audience: Some programming tolerant systems. It has been used commercially
experience required
for many years to build massive fault-tolerated
systems that run for years with minimal failures.
Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit, 2E

By Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas with Matt Hargett
All over the world, software teams are using unit KEY SELLING POINTS
testing both to verify their code and as a way of • Acronyms and exercises make it easy to
helping them design better code. This book is remember.
unique in the way it covers two aspects: showing
• Concrete advice, easy to use and get started
developers both how to test and helping them immediately.
determine what to test.
• 1st book to cover new NUnit 2.4 features for .NET
New in the second edition: developers
August 2007 • Part of the Pragmatic Starter Kit.
Updated for NUnit 2.4 (.NET 2.0 and Visual
$29.95 US, $35.95 CAN Studio 2005)
ISBN: 9780977616671
More assert methods
239 pgs
Shelving: .NET/Programming New String and Collection assertion support
Audience: All levels
Better support for multiple-platform
Will Sell Like: 0321146530, Test- development
Driven Development by Example
Higher-level setup and teardown fixtures
The CSS Anthology, 2E

By Rachel Andrew
This bestselling question and answer book on creating a site-wide style sheet
CSS is now completely revised for the latest
The 2nd edition is now full color throughout.
browsers and techniques.
The content is based on the most common KEY SELLING POINTS
questions and problems related to CSS, such as • 2nd edition of bestselling CSS question & answer
layout & positioning, styling forms, navigation, book
text styling and user interfaces. • Updated for Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2
August 2007
$39.95 US, $47.95 CAN Through a question-and-answer format, readers • New techniques, tricks & hacks throughout
ISBN: 9780975841983 will discover: • Now in full color, cover-to-cover
400 pgs
•Practical CSS page layouts they can put to use
Shelving: CSS instantly
Audience: Intermediate
Will Sell Like: 0596005768, CSS
•How to combine CSS with images to create
Cookbook, O’Reilly impressive visual effects
•Techniques for troubleshooting CSS problems
•How-to save hours of maintenance work by
The ASP.NET 2.0 Anthology

By Scott Allen, Jeff Atwood, Wyatt Barnett, Jon Galloway & Phil Haack
An ASP.NET book that just helps programmers •Performance tips and pitfalls
get things done!
This book contains a collection of 101 best KEY SELLING POINTS
practice, object oriented solutions that readers
• A question and answer book on ASP.NET 2.0
can easily adapt to their own projects.
• Perfect for intermediate-to-advanced ASP.NET
Coverage includes: programmers who need a reference book on
their desk
September 2007 •Working with text, numbers, dates & times
• All solutions follow established best-practices
$39.95 US, $47.95 CAN •Accessing data with ADO.NET and use objected oriented code
ISBN: 9780980285819
•Form validation under multiple scenerios • Provides download access to all the code used,
500 pgs (est.) written in both C# & VB
Shelving: ASP.NET •Page, Session and application state tips
•Access control in web applications
Professional ASP.NET 2.0, O’Reilly •Producing standards compliant output
•Enhancing applications with AJAX
•Working with Email
•Handling errors and debugging
Ant in Action, 2E
By Steve Loughran & Erik Hatcher
Completely updated for a major revision of KEY SELLING POINTS

Ant, v1.7, the book has brand new content on
• Major rewrite of award-winning Java
the “big project” features of Ant that allow it Development with Ant by two well-known Ant
to manage larger builds more effectively than developers and authors
before. Also covers: library management with • Covers Ant v1.7
Ivy, continuous integration using Luntbuild, and
July 2007 • Offers experiences and best practices acquired
deployment with Cargo and SmartFrog.
$49.99 US, $59.99 CAN
over the past several years to a market ready for
an advanced Ant book.
ISBN: 9781932394801
• Shows how to use Ant in big Java projects
600 pgs
Shelving: Java development
• Shows how to do test-driven development and
continuous integration
Will Sell Like: 1930110588, Java
Development with Ant
ASP.NET AJAX in Action

By Alessandro Gallo, David Barkol and Rama Krishna Vavilala
ASP.NET AJAX puts the power of Ajax into KEY SELLING POINTS
the hands of Microsoft ASP developers. With • Puts the power of Ajax into the hands of
this technology, ASP.NET developers can easily Microsoft ASP.NET developers
build more interactive and highly personalized
• Fast-paced, example-rich tutorial about
web applications that work across all the most Microsoft’s new, free framework
popular browsers.
• Timely because of current huge interest in the
ASP.NET AJAX in Action introduces you to rich web experience (Web 2.0)
August 2007 Ajax applications and to the ASP.NET AJAX • Suitable for beginning to advanced web
$44.99 US, $53.99 CAN technology. Beginners will appreciate the clear developers
ISBN: 9781933988146
explanations of key ideas and terminology.
Intermediate and advanced ASP.NET developers
576 pgs
will find a no-nonsense learning source and
Shelving: Ajax/ASP.NET
well-organized reference.
Will Sell Like: 1932394699, Ruby for ASP.NET AJAX in Action offers a rich set of
Rails examples and meticulous explanations. The
extensive code samples are accompanied by
accurate and rigorous explanations of the
concepts behind development with ASP.NET
AJAX.
Spring in Action, 2E
By Craig Walls with Ryan Breidenbach
Craig Walls, one of Manning’s best writers, has KEY SELLING POINTS
produced a much expanded and completely
• Completely updated second edition of the
updated edition to cover the exciting new bestselling Spring in Action
features of the just-released Spring 2.0. The
• First book on the market to cover of the new
book is a hands-on, example-driven exploration Spring 2.0
of the Spring framework. Combining short code
August 2007 • Hands-on, example driven exploration of the
snippets and an ongoing example developed
$49.99 US, $59.99 CAN
Spring Framework
through the book, it shows readers how to build
ISBN: 9781933988139 simple and efficient J2EE applications, how to
650 pgs solve persistence problems, handle asynchronous
Shelving: Web messaging, create and consume remote services,
Audience: Intermediate build web applications, and integrate with most
Will Sell Like: 1932394354, Spring popular web frameworks. Readers will learn how
in Action to use Spring to write simpler, easier to maintain
code so they can focus on what really matters--
critical business needs.
Test Driven
By Lasse Koskela
In test driven development, you first write TDD beginners, and it offers effective and less
an executable test of what your application well known techniques to older TDD hands.
code must do. Only then do you write the
code itself and, with the test spurring you
KEY SELLING POINTS
on, you improve your design. In acceptance
test driven development (ATDD), you • The first one-stop shop for Java developers for all
usethe same technique to implement product things TDD
September 2007 features, benefiting from iterative development, • One of the first books to cover the increasingly
$44.99 US, $53.99 CAN rapid feedback cycles, and better-defined popular acceptance TDD (ATDD)
ISBN: 9781932394856 requirements. TDD and its supporting tools and • Comprehensive coverage of TDD for J2EE, EJB 3,
470 pgs (est.) techniques lead to better software faster. JDBC, Java Swing, and more
Shelving: Software development Test Driven brings under one cover practical
Audience: Intermediate TDD techniques distilled from several years of
Will Sell Like: 1930110995, JUnit in community experience. With examples in Java
Action and the Java EE environment, it explores both
the techniques and the mindset of TDD and
ATDD. It uses carefully chosen examples to
illustrate TDD tools and design patterns, not in
the abstract but concretely in the context of the
technologies you face at work.It is accessible to
Fast Guide to Cubase 4

By Simon Millward
The Fast Guide to Cubase 4 provides the and a powerful macro library take your music
information you need to quickly master the production and programming skills to the next
program and also explores advanced techniques. level.
The book covers all the important details of
the software including recording, editing and KEY SELLING POINTS
arranging in the Project window, slicing and • Installation and setting up
looping in the Sample editor, MIDI editing in • Audio and MIDI recording and editing
July 2007 the MIDI editors, and mixing and mastering in
• Mixing, mastering, EQ and effects
$34.95 US, $41.95 CAN the Mixer. In addition, installation and setting
• VST instruments
ISBN: 9781906005009
up are covered, and detailed information on
recording techniques, EQ, compression, gating, • Media management
480 pgs
limiting, effects, automation, surround sound, • Music production tips and tools
Shelving: Digital Audio
pattern-based arranging, quantizing, audio • Hands on projects
Audience: All users of the soft-
warping, tempo manipulation, synchronisation,
ware including musicians, sound
recordists and professionals media management and VST instruments is
provided. The book is packed full of hints, tips
and tutorials and includes a comprehensive
website list and glossary. 100 special speed tips
Ableton Live 6 Tips and Tricks

By Martin Delaney
This book will give Live novices an insight into KEY SELLING POINTS
working methods that otherwise would take • Create a killer Live 6 template
months to discover. For the most experienced
• Audio editing workrounds within Live
user it promises a quick catch-up with Live
6’s new developments (including complex • Prepare a Live set for performance
new performance features, and long-awaited • Use Live with other music software
improvements and additions on the production • Interviews with high-profile Live users
September 2007 side), and a new perspective on some of Live’s
$18.95 US, $22.95 CAN more established features.
ISBN: 9781906005023
This book does not duplicate the Live user
160 pgs (est.)
manual, it expands upon it, and introduces
Shelving: Digital Audio creative concepts, workflow enhancements,
Audience: All users and workrounds for common objectives and
problems. It also includes interviews with high-
profile Live users in a variety of musical genres,
passing on their real-world experiences to you.
Although the Live interface is remarkably
simple, there’s a lot of power under the surface.
This book will show you new ways to access that
power.
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