Professional & Technical

This book deals with technical writing with an emphasis on how to write a thesis for a university degree or a research paper for publication in a journal. It teaches students, step by step through several examples, how to plan, organize, draft, develop and prepare such a document for presentation. ... More

This collection of the best short works of rule-breaking genius Richard Feynman shows his passion for knowledge and sense of fun at their most infectious. The revealing and inspiring pieces here span a lifetime of enthusiasm for discovering what makes the world tick - including uproarious tales of e... More

Bookkeeping For Dummies includes information on keeping track of transactions, figuring out balance sheets, and keeping ledgers or journals. It covers how to create financial statements and also shows how to operate accounts for businesses. Small business owners and employees will find that Bookke... More

This fully up-dated second edition synthesizes the findings of the best of recent research from different parts of the world. Marilyn Nickson covers issues as diverse as pupils’ understanding and handling of number, algebra, space and measurement, and their problem-solving ability, as well as the ... More

The book explains the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ and also whets the appetite of a good student for more of good mathematics.... More

This book has been written as a foundation course for the MBA, M.Com, and B.Tech courses where ‘fundamentals of financial management’ is one of the subjects. This text consists 24 chapters with each financial function discussed in the most lucid and concise manner to help students to improve the... More

"Blood on the Street" is a riveting account of the Wall Street scam in which ordinary investors lost literally billions of dollars -- in many cases their life savings -- in one of the greatest deceptions ever, by the crack reporter who broke the original story.In one of the most outrageous examples ... More

Tips & Tools for Measuring the World and Beating the Odds Want to calculate the probability that an event will happen? Be able to spot fake data? Prove beyond doubt whether one thing causes another? Or learn to be a better gambler? You can do that and much mo... More

An Introduction to Perl fo Biologists With its highly developed capacity to detect patterns in data, Perl has become one of the most popular languages for biological data analysis. But if you're a biologist with little or no programming experience, starting o... More

"Once I picked it up I did not put it down until I finished . . . What Schwed has done is capture fully-in deceptively clean language-the lunacy at the heart of the investment business."-From the Foreword by Michael Lewis, Bestselling author of Liar's Poker This hilarious portrait of everyday Wall ... More

Through sample dialogues that clarify what to say and how to say it, the authors spell out proven ways to handle problems that interfere with learning in school and at home. Faber and company cover all the skills needed for effective learning.The leading experts on parent-child communication show pa... More

"Adam Smith continues to dazzle and sparkle With the passage of time, Supermoney has, if anything, added to its power to inspire, arouse, provoke, motivate, inform, illuminate, entertain, and guide a whole new generation of readers, while marvelously reprising the global money show for earlier fans... More

No other book on the market today can match the success of Halliday, Resnick and Walker's Fundamentals of Physics! In a breezy, easy-to-understand style the book offers a solid understanding of fundamental physics concepts, and helps readers apply this conceptual understanding to quantitative proble... More

Now in its thoroughly updated Second Edition, this practical handbook guides emergency physicians and intensivists through the initial diagnosis, stabilization, management, and disposition of patients with acute cardiovascular emergencies. In an extremely easy-to-use format, the book provides rapid ... More

A young child’s brain grows at a phenomenal rate in the first years of life, opening a window of opportunity for learning that occurs only once in a lifetime. 125 Brain Games for Toddlers and Twos is a fun-filled collection of ways to lay the groundwork for your child’s future. It is packed with... More

Selling over 220,000 copies in its first edition, Schaum`s Outline of Probability and Statistics has become a vital resource for the more than 977,000 college students who enroll in related probability and statistics courses each year. Its big-picture, calculus-based approach makes it an especially ... More

GET SIMPLE! Let Simplicity be your guide to working smarter, not harder, in a world of endless complexity and information overload. 'Jensen is plainly a man with a mission. He offers an antidote to chaotic workplace, says we need to chop through the clutter in our organization, and shows us how.' To... More

By sharing scores of stories from her decades of consulting experience, Smith reveals how to identify a company's competitive advantages and turn them into powerful weapons of persuasion in the fight for market share.Why should I do business with you... and not your competitor?Whether you are a reta... More