Essential Skills—Made Easy!

Learn how to use Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) to create Web applications that mirror the richness of desktop applications. Using easy-to-follow examples, Ajax: A Beginner's Guide gets you started working with this cutting-edge collection of technologies in no time. Create XMLHttpRequest objects and use JavaScript, XML, DHTML, CSS, PHP, and more to build next-generation Web applications.

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Essential Skills—Made Easy!

Leverage the power of the Zend Framework to supercharge your PHP development! Zend Framework: A Beginner's Guide covers key features, including model-view-controller implementation, routing, input validation, internationalization, and caching, and shows you how to use them in a practical context. The book walks you through the process of building a complete Web application with the Zend Framework, starting

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This easy-to-follow guide describes how to develop a comprehensive practice program for Pilates. Readers start with a self-assessment to choose their level of physical ability, then explore the principles that support Pilates practice while learning about the internal and external forces that affect the body. Next, a personal practice program-detailed in a thirty-six step-by-step sequences-takes readers through a total workout for the body and mind....

This straightforward guide offers beginners an introduction to the principles and benefits of yoga. Readers will learn about the eight limbs of Classical Yoga, the significance of ethical living, the interaction of the mind and body, methods for controlling breathing and the senses, and techniques for meditation. The section on asanas includes thirty-three fully illustrated postures with step-by-step explanations.

Do you have a published book you want to convert for sale on Kindle or ideas for a series of Kindle originals? Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, discover all the angles for success on Kindle and the other ebook marketplaces (Nook, iBookstore, Kobo, etc.). Enjoy an ever-growing stream of additional income, new readers around the world, a fresh credential as an author, and a second life for content you already have on hand.

Companion Container Gardening: Using Easy Companion Planting Techniques to Get More from Your Small Space Not everyone with a green thumb has the luxury of a plot of land or even a big backyard to grow the garden of their dreams. This guide will tell you everything you need to know in order to get fit the most garden in the smallest space, no matter how much room you have. One of the challenges of living in a small space is that you have to maximize...

Caring for your tarot deck is a key part of using Tarot to unlock life's mysteries and hidden paths. A Beginner's Guide to Tarot: Your Guide to Caring for Your Tarot Deck contains everything you need to know about picking your deck, storing your deck, and clearing your deck. And, for those ready to take the next step, this guide also includes instructions to design your own deck. For centuries, people have turned to tarot to discover more about their...

Unlock life's mysteries and hidden paths with this quick and easy guide to tarot spreads.With easy to follow instructions for readings that you can do on your own or with others, A Beginner's Guide to Tarot: Your Guide to Spreads for Special Occasions has everything you need to select and complete spreads for special occasions.For centuries, people have turned to tarot to discover more about their friendships, their careers, their love lives, and...

Grier finally has the one thing she's always wanted: Boaz Pritchard. Too bad her dream boyfriend is keeping her up nights, just not in a sweaty or fun way. Boaz has dialed down the Southern charm and stopped returning her calls. His job forces him to keep secrets, but his radio silence is cranking up her suspicions. He's a shameless flirt, but he's her shameless flirt . . . right? Soon an attack on Woolworth House leaves her with bigger problems...

Grier is nursing a broken heart after Boaz announced his engagement to another woman, but life goes on. Or it would if vampire assassins would stop taking pot shots at her every time she leaves Woolworth House. Seriously, who sends archers to deliver murdergrams these days? To protect herself, Grier must pull out all the stops, even if it means revealing her darkest secret. All eyes are on her, and-for the first time-she begins to understand why Linus...