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Reading Recovery by Marie M. Clay

Reading Recovery is a guidebook for training teachers to deliver an early intervention program designed to reduce literacy problems in an education system. .

Mysql 5 Certification Study Guide by Paul Dubois,Stefan Hinz

This is the official guide to passing the two MySQL certification tests for MySQL 5, the long-awaited major revision of MySQL. The number of MySQL certification exams taken has doubled in the last six months. Certcities lists the MySQL certification as one of the top 10 certifications to grow in 2005. MySQL professionals need a way to distinguish themselves from the vast majority of database administrators and developers. With more than 4 million active installations, MySQL is the world’s most popular open-source database. Known for its speed, reliability and case of use, MySQL has become a low-cost alternative to expensive database systems such as Oracle, IBM and Microsoft. MySQL AB has aggressively improved the feature set of MySQL with MySQL 5, making it more suitable for enterprise-level applications and uses.

Advanced Rails Recipes by Mike Clark,Rails Community

Ruby on Rails continues to build up a tremendous head of steam. Fueled by significant benefits and an impressive portfolio of real-world applications already in production, Rails is destined to continue making significant inroads in coming years. Each new Rails application showing up on the web adds yet more to the collective wisdom of the Rails development community. Yesterday’s best practices yield to today’s latest and greatest techniques, as the state of the art is continually refined in kitchens all across the Internet. Indeed, these are times of great progress. At the same time, it’s easy to get left behind in the wake of progress. Advanced Rails Recipes keeps you on the cutting edge of Rails development and, more importantly, continues to turn this fast-paced framework to your advantage.

Rails Recipes by Chad Fowler

Rails is large, powerful, and new. How do you use it effectively? How do you harness the power? And, most important, how do you get high quality, real-world applications written? From the latest Ajax effects to time-saving automation tips for your development process, Rails Recipes will show you how the experts have already solved the problems you have. Use generators to automate repetitive coding tasks. Create sophisticated role-based authentication schemes. Add live search and live preview to your site. Run tests when anyone checks code in. How to create tagged data the right way. and many, many more… Owning Rails Recipes is like having the best Rails programmers sitting next to you while you code. .

Contemporary Strategy Analysis by Robert M. Grant

This best-selling strategy text has gained widespread recognition for its rigorous approach to business strategy analysis and is particularly suitable for courses in business policy and business strategy. The guiding principle of the book is to focus upon the fundamental determinants of business success – i.e. competitive advantage – and it draws heavily upon the concepts and theoretical insights of industrial economics. In the third edition, there is increased coverage of the behavioral aspects of strategy, including the design of organization and management systems, the setting of performance targets and evaluation of performance, and the strategic planning process in corporations. .