From Publishers Weekly
If you're looking for help in recreating the Moo Goo Gai Pan you have delivered to your digs every other Thursday, this is not it: Hom ( Ken Hom's Chinese Cookery ) respects his subject too much to simplify it. Thus Western readers may be lured and dragged, protesting (feebly) that they don't have time to attend to "Food for the Body and Soul: The Medicinal and the Vegetarian" (here the meat of Chapter 10), that they are unnerved by Hom's recipe for sesame jellyfish, or desire a convenient substitute for bitter melon or silk squash. That's just too bad. Only for those dishes that most Americans really couldn't handle does Hom make exceptions: while explanations are given for shark's fin and bird's nest, recipes do not include them. Variety is wide, ranging from the typical wontons and sesame noodles to Portuguese-influenced dairy dishes like stir-fried milk. Leong Ka Tai's ( Beijing ) beautiful photographs show not only nicely arranged raw materials, final fare and a quaint duck herder but also the sloppier side of culinary endeavors, viz., a pork side slung over the back of bicycle. Likewise, Hom's text puts an array of gastronomic detail into the historical, social, agricultural and technological context of the real China. Author tour; BOMC HomeStyle alternate.

Designed to catapult your body into a state of fat meltdown, Dr. Atkins's diet has taken America by storm. It targets insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. The bodies of most overeaters are continually in a state of hyperinsulinism; their bodies are so adept at releasing insulin to help convert excess carbohydrates to fat that there's always too much of the hormone circulating through the body. This puts the body into a bind; it always wants to store fat. Even when people with hyperinsulinism try to lose weight–especially when they cut fat but increase carbohydrate consumption–their efforts will fail. This is why Dr. Atkins refers to insulin as "the fat-producing hormone."

The Economics of Banking describes and explains trends and operations in banking within an accessible microeconomic framework. It incorporates theory with the practical aspects of banking so as to set banking within the economics paradigm. A primary section on trends within banking leads on to chapters on the microeconomics of banking, market structure and regulation. The overall objective is to provide a mathematically accessible microeconomic context that will help students understand and analyze trends and operations in banking

Covering everything from snacks and starters to main meals, desserts and drinks, this selection of over 100 Indian recipes for every day as well as special occasions contains contemporary and stylish food that can all be cooked in under half an hour.

The Winn L. Rosch Hardware Bible provides a background on how things work, puts competing technologies, standards, and products in perspective, and serves as a reference that provides quick answers for common computer and technology questions. It functions as a buying guide, telling not only what to buy, but why. It also lays the foundation for upgrading or repairing a computer, but stops short of the step-by-step mechanics of the process. The chief purpose of the Hardware Bible remains educational. Some new features in this edition include rewritable DVD technology as well as Blu-ray Discs, wireless networking including 802.11a and 802.11b, Bluetooth wireless communications, and extended coverage of digital cameras, scanners, and telecommunications…and much more!

Die Wirkungsweise Elektrischer Maschinen und Antriebe wird in diesem Buch leicht verständlich dargestellt und am Niveau der Fachschulen ausgerichtet. Das Kapitel Elektronische Antriebstechnik enthält die Leistungselektronik, die Steuerung von Gleichstrom- und Drehstrom-Asynchronmaschinen sowie Ansteuerschaltungen und rundet den Inhalt ab. Das Stoffgebiet wird für diejenigen, die sich erstmals damit beschäftigen, durch mathematisch einfache Zusammenhänge, komprimierte Darstellung, vollständig durchgerechnete Beispiele und Verständnisfragen vorgestellt.

Providing an ideal, easily accessible, instructional guide to one of the two most popular foreign languages taught in the United States, this new Utterly Confused self-study handbook is ideal for both students and adults looking for a user-friendly introduction to their language studies. Based on the highly successful Utterly Confused format, this guide introduces beginners, in a unique conversational style and format, to the basic pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary needed for effective communication.

Welcome to 3DCreative Magazine A Downloadable PDF Magazine CG creatives around the globe. 3DCreative Magazine will focus on techniques, tutorials, interviews, articles, project overviews and galleries. We will have news and reviews too but we find that these topics are best covered by the online news and CG sites that thrive on daily updates. Our magazine will focus on becoming more of a timeless resource for artists to turn to again and again whether you view it from your screen or choose to print it off.

Frommer's Portable Acapulco, Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo captures the highlights of three of the most popular beach destinations on Mexico's Pacific coast, with concise reviews of the best resorts, rentals, villas, and paradors. You'll discover the best beaches, romantic restaurants, golf courses, deep-sea fishing, sunset cruises, local markets, sizzling nightlife, death-defying cliff divers, and much more including side trips to the fascinating colonical silver city of Taxco. With detailed maps and a handy list of Spanish phrases, Frommer's makes it a snap to plan your south-of-the-border fun!

Nowadays, people like to upload their digital photos and pictures onto the Internet, and share them with their relatives, friends. Many enterprises resort to the Internet to demonstrate and promote their products. However, duplication and dissemination of products' pictures are very easy, and many pictures are spread without authorization. In order to protect these pictures from illegally used by others, the most effective way is to make a watermark in the pictures before upload.

Dieses Buch beschreibt Aufbau, Wirkungsweise und Betriebsverhalten der elektrischen Maschinen und Transformatoren. Stoffauswahl und Umfang sind mit der Absicht festgelegt, ein vorlesungsbegleitendes Buch für das Studium während einer Ingenieurausbildung anzubieten. Daneben soll es aber auch dem in der Praxis tätigen Ingenieur bei der Auffrischung seiner Fachkenntnisse von Nutzen sein.