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Dec 2009 Issue:
New Releases:
Build a Better Photograph
By Michael Stern
Building the Realtime User Experience: Rough Cuts Version
DocBook: The Definitive Guide: Rough Cuts Version, Second Edition
By Richard L. Hamilton, Norman Walsh
Google Advertising Tools, Second Edition
By Harold Davis
Head First 2D Geometry
By Lindsey Fallow, Dawn Griffiths
Head First Programming
By David Griffiths, Paul Barry
jQuery Cookbook
Learning iPhone Programming: Rough Cuts Version
By Alasdair Allan
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Thinking Robots
By Daniele Benedettelli
Make Magazine: The Fifth Year
Make: Electronics
By Charles Platt
O'Reilly Master Class: Leading and Managing Breakthrough Projects Video
By Scott Berkun
Photoshop Elements 8 One-on-One
By Deke McClelland, Colleen Wheeler
Pomodoro Technique Illustrated
By Staffan Noteberg
The Portrait
By Glenn Rand, Tim Meyer
Programming Google App Engine
By Dan Sanderson
RESTful Java with JAX-RS
By Bill Burke
The Social Media Marketing Book
By Dan Zarrella
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition
By David Pogue
Take Control of Syncing Data in Snow Leopard
By Michael E. Cohen
Take Control of VMware Fusion 3
By Joe Kissell
Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices
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