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This text presents the principles and theories essential to an in-depth understanding of international economics, and emphasizes the relevance of concepts through real-world examples, applications, and case studies. The 6th edition has been updated to reflect recent developments in the field.

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Product Description: 0134059913 / 9780134059914 Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python, Student Value Edition plus MyProgrammingLab with eText -- Access Card Package 4/e   Package consists of:    0134025563 / 9780134025568 Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python, Student Value Edition 4/e 0134026241 / 9780134026244 MyProgrammingLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python 4/e...read more

A new edition of the comprehensive guide to multimedia tools and techniques introduces a variety of multimedia platforms and projects; discusses text, animation, audio, and video and graphic images; and covers multimedia design, hardware, software, installation, packaging, color, video, CD-ROM, Web production, and more. Original. (Intermediate)

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Software has replaced a diverse array of physical, mechanical, and electronic technologies used before 21st century to create, store, distribute and interact with cultural artifacts. It has become our interface to the world, to others, to our memory and our imagination - a universal language through which the world speaks, and a universal engine on which the world runs. What electricity and combustion engine were to the early 20th century, software is to the early 21st century. Offering the the first theoretical and historical account of software for media authoring and its effects on the practice and the very concept of 'media,' the author of The Language of New Media (2001) develops his own theory for this rapidly-growing, always-changing field.What was the thinking and motivations of people who in the 1960 and 1970s created concepts and practical techniques that underlie contemporary media software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya, Final Cut and After Effects? How do their interfaces and tools shape the visual aesthetics of contemporary media and design? What happens to the idea of a 'medium' after previously media-specific tools have been simulated and extended in software? Is it still meaningful to talk about different mediums at all? Lev Manovich answers these questions and supports his theoretical arguments by detailed analysis of key media applications such as Photoshop and After Effects, popular web services such as Google Earth, and the projects in motion graphics, interactive environments, graphic design and architecture. Software Takes Command is a must for all practicing designers and media artists and scholars concerned with contemporary media.

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Product Description: In recent years, libraries have embraced new technologies that organize and store a variety of digital information, such as multimedia databases, digital medical images, and content-based images. Modern Library Technologies for Data Storage Retrieval, and Use highlights new features of digital library technology in order to educate the database community...read more

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Product Description: Multimedia signals include different data types (text, sound, graphics, picture, animations, video, etc.), which can be time-dependent (sound, video and animation) or spatially-dependent (images, text and graphics). Hence, the multimedia systems represent an interdisciplinary cross-section of the following areas: digital signal processing, computer architecture, computer networks and telecommunications...read more

Product Description: SummaryA thorough revision of the bestselling Silverlight 4 in Action. This comprehensive guide teaches Silverlight from the ground up, covering all the new v. 5 features in depth. You'll also explore WCF RIA Services, MVVM, and more—with dozens of code samples you can use in Visual Studio 2010 or the free Visual Web Developer 2010 Express...read more

Product Description: Digital libraries are libraries in which collections are stored in digital formats (as opposed to print, microform, or other media) and accessible by computers.Multimedia Storage and Retrieval Innovations for Digital Library Systems offers the latest research on retrieval and storage methods for digital library systems, a burgeoning field of data sourcing...read more