Animation: The Art of Layout and Storyboarding" by Mark Byrne
Mark Byrne | ISBN: 0953573206 | 1999 | DjVu | 192 pages | 17,7 Mb

Prototype and Scriptaculous: Taking the Pain out of JavaScript
O'Reilly Short Cut | November 2006 | 56 pages | ISBN: 0596529198 | CHM | 1 Mb
JavaScript is carrying more and more programming load lately as Ajax has become popular. Scripting Ajax from scratch isn't much fun, but fortunately there are libraries to help. Prototype and Scriptaculous will let you get much more work done in much less time, automating tasks from processing XMLHTTP requests to creating animations that draw attention to your interfaces.

Learning Ruby (O'Reilly Learning Series)
O'Reilly Media | May 14, 2007 | 275 pages | ISBN: 0596529864 | CHM | 1 Mb
You don't have to know everything about a car to drive one, and you don't need to know everything about Ruby to start programming with it. Written for both experienced and new programmers alike, Learning Ruby is a just-get-in-and-drive book -- a hands-on tutorial that offers lots of Ruby programs and lets you know how and why they work, just enough to get you rolling down the road.

Michael Bowers, "Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns"
Apress | ISBN / ASIN:1590598040 | 2007 | 494 pages | PDF | 10 Mb
Design patterns have been used with great success in software programming. They improve productivity, creativity, and efficiency in web design and development, and they reduce code bloat and complexity. In the context of CSS and HTML, design patterns are sets of common functionality that work across various browsers and screen readers, without sacrificing design values or accessibility or relying on hacks and filters. But until now they have not been applied systematically to HTML and CSS web design and development.

 

Angie Taylor"Creative After Effects 7"
Focal Press (July 24, 2006) | PDF | 600 pages | English | ISBN: 0240519922 | 96.3Mb(rar)Creative After Effects 7: Workflow Techniques for Animation, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics /by Angie Taylor(Author).Realize your creative potential with a working knowledge of Adobe After Effects 7. Renowned Artist and designer Angie Taylor demonstrates professional workflows and inspires with practical tutorial lessons that help put the theory (and you!) to work.

Creative Photoshop: Digital Illustration and Art Techniques
Creative Photoshop is an exciting new book written by Derek Lea and published by Focal Press.
Derek Lea, one of the world?s top 100 digital artists, shows you how to use Photoshop in unorthodox ways to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. His work is a unique combination of original photography, traditional illustration, and digital art.

Crystal Reports XI Official Guide
The authorized guide to the latest edition of the #1 business intelligence software product - Crystal Reports. More than 16 million licenses of Crystal Reports have been shipped to date. This book is a reference designed to provide hands-on guidance for the latest release of the product suite. The latest version of Crystal Reports and the Business Objects enterprise reporting suite delivers vast product enhancements and a tighter integration that will drive upgrades from licensees. Brand new features (e.g. Dynamic and Cascading Parameter Generation) will also appeal to new audiences. Over 1 million new Business Intelligence licensees will be migrating to the Crystal Enterprise Reporting platform, as this is the first release of the software with the existing Business Objects (BO) products being integrated into the Crystal infrastructure. As Business Objects insiders, the authors bring unique and valuable real-world perspectives on implementations and uses of the Crystal Reports product. The book also includes content, tutorials and samples for reporting within the Microsoft Visual Studio.NET and J2EE development environments and also on top of the SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) and the Peoplesoft platform. Advanced content on report distribution and integration into the secured managed reporting solution known as Business Objects Enterprise XI, is also now included in this definitive user guide with coverage on the new Web Services SDK.

Robert Hirsch, John Valentino "Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Ideas, Materials and Processes, 2nd Edition"
Focal Press | 2001-05 | ISBN: 0240803620 | 272 pages | PDF | 31.6 MB
Photographic Possibilities, Second Edition continues to provide a reliable source of techniques and ideas for the use of alternative and contemporary photographic processes that photographers have come to depend on. Professional photographers and advanced students seeking to increase their skills will discover modern and cl***ic methods of creating and manipulating images. This practical guide integrates technical methods with the aesthetic outcome. It offers readers clear, step-by-step instructions on historic and on contemporary processes that integrate both the technical information and the aesthetic inspiration needed to create outstanding photographs.

Robert Reeves, "Introduction To Digital Astrophotography: Imaging The Universe With A Digital Camera"
Willmann-Bell | ISBN: 0943396832 | December 2004 | 434 pages | PDF | 18.4 MB
This book is a 400+ page comprehensive, nuts-and-bolts introduction to digital astro-imaging written by Robert Reeves, an accomplished author and film imager with nearly 50 years of experience who has enthusiastically made the transition to digital imaging. Robert describes how the family digital camera you probably already own can be used to take spectacular pictures of the night sky.

Jonathan Hill, "Occupying Architecture: Between the Architect and the User"
Routledge | 253 pages | 1998-06-05 | ISBN: 0415168163 | PDF | 3.3MB
Occupying Architecture explores the relationship between the architect, the user and architecture, revealing that architecture is not just a building, but that it is the relation between an object and its occupant.