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Playground: A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion

From Publishers Weekly
On her first visit to the Playboy Mansion, six-year-old Saginor happened across John Belushi having sex with a Playmate. What was a child doing alone in such a place? Saginor’s dad, a “fitness” doctor liberally prescribing weight loss and other prescription pills to show-biz types, sports figures and Playmate wannabes, had became one of Hugh Hefner’s cronies, with his own quarters at the Mansion. Divorced from Saginor’s mother, he took his daughter everywhere and let her run wild once there. Saginor grew to love the Mansion, her own “magical kingdom” with constant attention from servants and Playmates, where she never had to follow her mother’s boring rules. As soon as she could, she asked to be in her father’s custody, though she feared his bipolar rages, aggravated by compulsive promiscuity and the ubiquitous drugs of the 1970s and ’80s. Predictably, as she grew older she joined the nonstop party; as a high school sophomore in 1985, she dated both an older soap-opera actor and, surreptitiously, Hef’s own “girlfriend.” Names have been changed throughout this made-for-daytime-talk memoir, except for walk-on celebrities (who misbehave only when safely dead, like Belushi), but readers seeking colorful general-issue dish, sleaze and bad behavior will find it in spades.
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Saginor grew up in Los Angeles during the 1970s and 1980s in the most unusual of places: the Playboy Mansion. Saginor’s father was Hugh Hefner’s personal doctor and, after his divorce from Saginor’s mother, spent much of his time at the mansion surrounded by other powerful men and scores of Playmates. It was in this environment that Saginor and her sister, Savannah, got their first impressions of sex and how men and women relate to each other. Their mother tried to curtail the girls’ visits, but when she entered high school, Saginor demanded to live with her father and found herself thoroughly swept into a world where sex and drugs abounded and a typical evening was spent at the club with her father and a gaggle of Playmates. Unable to find the unconditional love she craved with her father, Saginor fell in love with Hef’s mercurial girlfriend, Kendall. Saginor is obviously still processing her dysfunctional childhood, which leaves the memoir feeling inconclusive at the end, but the ride is never anything less than engaging. Kristine Huntley
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* Hardcover: 288 pages
* Publisher: HarperEntertainment (June 14, 2005)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0060761563
* ISBN-13: 978-0060761561

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46 Science Fair Projects for the Evil Genius

Bob Bonnet, Dan Keen, “46 Science Fair Projects for the Evil Genius”
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics 2008 | ISBN-10: 0071600272 | 183 Pages | PDF | 1,1 MB
SHAKE UP YOUR SCIENCE FAIR WITH THESE CUTTING-EDGE, ATTENTION-GRABBING PROJECTS!
Want to win first place in the next science fair? 46 Science Fair Projects for the
Evil Genius has everything you need to create amazing, sophisticated projects that will wow the judges and keep everyone talking long after the awards are handed out.
Using inexpensive, easy-to-find parts and tools, and following standard science
fair requirements, these creative new projects test 46 theories from various
disciplines, including physics, astronomy, energy, environmental science, and
economics. Each project begins with an intriguing hypothesis that leaves plenty of room for you to add your own tweaks, making the project entirely different and new-the only limit is your imagination! 46 Science Fair Projects for the Evil
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Features instructions and plans for 46 inventive, winning projects, complete with 100 how-to illustrationsShows you how to assemble, design, and build devices to test the hypotheses offered for each projectLeaves room for you to customize your project and create several variations, so the experiment is entirely your own!Removes the frustration-factor-all the parts you need are listed, along with sourcesRegardless of your skill level, 46 Science Fair Projects for the Evil Genius provides you with all the parts lists and tools you need to test the hypotheses and complete projects with ease, such as:
Water, Water, Everywhere-the effect of salt water flooding a lawn
“Vlip!”-dogs respond to sounds, not the meaning of words
Web Crawler-the effectiveness of Internet search engines
M&M Ring around the World-the validity of sample size
“Commercial” TV-comparison of programming to advertising content
Sounds fishy-do goldfish have a water temperature preference?
Split and Dip-strategy for making money in the stock market
High-Tech Times-the willingness of people of different ages to adapt to new
technologyNot Just Lemonade-is adding lemon to cleaners just for marketing?
Kinetic Pendulum-the relationship between a pendulum, an arc, and time

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The Practical Bioinformatician

Author(s): Limsoon Wong
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Date : September 2004
Pages : 541
Format : PDF
OCR : Y
Quality : EXCELLENT
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 981238846X
ISBN-13 : 9789812388469

Computer scientists have increasingly been enlisted as “bioinformaticians” to assist molecular biologists in their research. This book is a practical introduction to bioinformatics for these computer scientists. The chapters are in-depth discussions by expert bioinformaticians on both general techniques and specific approaches to a range of selected bioinformatics problems. The book is organized into clusters of chapters on the following topics:

Y Overview of modern molecular biology and a broad spectrum of techniques from computer science — data mining, machine learning, mathematical modeling, sequence alignment, data integration, workflow development, etc.
Y In-depth discussion of computational recognition of functional and regulatory sites in DNA sequences.
Y Incisive discussion of computational prediction of secondary structure of RNA sequences.
Y Overview of computational prediction of protein cellular localization, and selected discussions of inference of protein function.
Y Overview of methods for discovering protein–protein interactions.
Y Detailed discussion of approaches to gene expression analysis for the diagnosis of diseases, the treatment of diseases, and the understanding of gene functions.
Y Case studies on analysis of phylogenies, functional annotation of proteins, construction of purpose-built integrated biological databases, and development of workflows underlying the large-scale-effort gene discovery.

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O’Reilly Head First Html With Css & Xhtml

* Paperback: 658 pages
* Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 059610197X
* ISBN-13: 978-0596101978

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Tired of reading HTML books that only make sense after you’re an expert? Then it’s about time you picked up Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML and really learned HTML. You want to learn HTML so you can finally create those web pages you’ve always wanted, so you can communicate more effectively with friends, family, fans, and fanatic customers. You also want to do it right so you can actually maintain and expand your Web pages over time, and so your web pages work in all the browsers and mobile devices out there. Oh, and if you’ve never heard of CSS, that’s okay–we won’t tell anyone you’re still partying like it’s 1999–but if you’re going to create Web pages in the 21st century then you’ll want to know and understand CSS.

Learn the real secrets of creating Web pages, and why everything your boss told you about HTML tables is probably wrong (and what to do instead). Most importantly, hold your own with your co-worker (and impress ~censored~ party guests) when he casually mentions how his HTML is now strict, and his CSS is in an external style sheet.

With Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, you’ll avoid the embarrassment of thinking web-safe colors still matter, and the foolishness of slipping a font tag into your pages. Best of all, you’ll learn HTML and CSS in a way that won’t put you to sleep. If you’ve read a Head First book, you know what to expect: a visually-rich format designed for the way your brain works. Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, this book will load HTML, CSS, and XHTML into your brain in a way that sticks.

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448 pages
Publisher: Wiley; Pap/Dvdr edition (November 24, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470410930
ISBN-13: 978-0470410936
Format: PDF

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On Dissidents and Madness: From The Soviet Union of Leonid Brezhnev to the “Soviet Union” of Vladimir Putin

Robert van Voren (Author), Leonidas Donskis (Foreword)
312 pages
Publisher: Rodopi (May 18, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9042025859

The book contains the memoirs of Robert van Voren covering the period 1977-2008 and provides unique insights into the dissident movement in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, both inside the country and abroad. As a result of his close friendship with many of the leading dissidents and his dozens of trips to the USSR as a courier, he had intimate knowledge of the ins and outs of the dissident movement and participated in many of the campaigns to obtain the release of Soviet political prisoners. In the late 1980s he became involved in building a humane and ethical practice of psychiatry in Eastern Europe and the (ex-) USSR, based on respect for the human rights of persons with mental illness. The book describes the dissident movement and many of the people who formed it, mental health reformers in Eastern Europe and the response of the Western psychiatric community, the battle with the World Psychiatric Association over Soviet, and later, Chinese political abuse of psychiatry, his contacts with former KGB officers and problems with the KGB’s successor organization, the FSB. It also vividly describes the emotional effects of serving as a courier for the dissident movement, the fear of arrest, the pain of seeing friends disappear for many years into camps and prisons, sometimes never to return.

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From Booklist
Fargnoli, a theology and English professor at Molloy College, and Gillespie, a writer experienced with Joyce’s works, have combined forces to bring forth a revised edition of James Joyce A to Z (1995). More than 40 percent of the material is new or updated. Intended for the nonspecialist, the volume provides an introductory overview of Joyce’s life and works.

The first part of the work is a biography of Joyce, with several black-and-white photographs dispersed throughout. In the second part, which makes up the bulk of the volume, entries for Joyce’s works are arranged alphabetically by title. Each entry contains a publishing history and commentary. There may also be overviews of chapters, critical analysis of major themes, profiles of characters, and excerpts from contemporary reviews. Part 3 is a dictionary of people, themes, characters, and places that had a direct influence on Joyce’s life and works. The last part of the volume contains the appendixes, including a “Chronological Bibliography of Joyce’s Works and Adaptations”; documents pertaining to Ulysses and Finnegans Wake; family trees; lists of periodicals and Web sites; a topical bibliography; and a good chronology of events during Joyce’s lifetime.

This book would be an asset to academic and large public libraries needing an introduction to Joyce’s work and life. Jennifer Dawson
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* Hardcover: 450 pages
* Publisher: Facts on File; Revised edition (May 30, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0816062323
* ISBN-13: 978-0816062324

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Heavenly Errors
By: Neil F. Comins
ISBN-10: 0231116446
ISBN-13: 9780231116442
Publisher: Columbia University Press – 2001-08-15
Hardcover | 288 Pages

From the Publisher:
Does the weather get warmer in summer because the Earth moves closer to the sun? That many people believe this is a perfect example of common sense leading to scientific misconception, the kind of misconception Neil Comins strives to set straight in Heavenly Errors. Comins is particularly eager to stamp out errors about astronomy, his field, and in his book he explores–and corrects–1,500 “commonly held” astronomical beliefs. Along the way, he investigates the nature of misconceptions, how and why we acquire them, and how to guard against them. He identifies external culprits, such as science fiction films, the Internet, and advertising, and examines how the psychological traits that help humans survive are poor tools for understanding “the real nature of the universe.” A writer and teacher, Comins can clearly explain astronomical concepts to non-scientists. This book, however, seems geared to freshman astronomy students, and not to the general science reader. –J.B. Peck

One of the great paradoxes of modern times is that the more scientists understand the natural world, the more we discover that our everyday beliefs about it are wrong. Astronomy, in particular, is one of the most misunderstood scientific disciplines.

With the participation of thousands of undergraduate students, Neil F. Comins has identified and classified, by origin and topic, over 1,700 commonly held misconceptions. Heavenly Errors provides access to all of them and explores many, including:

• Black holes suck in everything around them.
• The Sun shines by burning gas.
• Comets have tails trailing behind them.
• The Moon alone causes tides.
• Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is the hottest planet.

In the course of correcting these errors, he explains that some occur through the prevalence of pseudosciences such as astrology and UFO-logy and some enter the public conscience through the “bad astronomy” of Star Trek, Star Wars, and other science-fiction movies.. Perhaps most important, Professor Comins presents the reader with the methods for identifying and replacing incorrect ideas — tools with which to probe erroneous notions so that we can begin to question for ourselves… and to think more like scientists.

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Praise for The Daily Trading Coach

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Every trader is an entrepreneur. And just as a new business must capitalize upon the strengths of its founders, a career in the markets crucially hinges upon the assets—personal and monetary—of the trader. As an active trader and a coach of traders in hedge funds, proprietary trading groups, and investment bank settings, author Brett Steenbarger has helped others see the personal assets they have possessed all along: those that can pay a lifetime of dividends. In The Daily Trading Coach, he provides the tools to help you prioritize both your trading goals and your life—and become your own trading psychologist.

There are 101 lessons in The Daily Trading Coach, each averaging several pages in length. Each lesson follows the same general format: identifying an everyday challenge that traders face, an approach to meeting that challenge, and a specific suggestion for implementing that approach. The lessons cover a range of topics relevant to trading psychology and trading performance, including detailed instruction for utilizing psychodynamic, cognitive, and behavioral brief therapy methods to change problematic behavior patterns and instill new, positive ones. The chapters are independent of one another, so that you can read them in order or you can use the Table of Contents or Index to read, each day, the lesson that most applies to your current trading. In addition, the book includes insightful self-coaching perspectives from eighteen successful trading professionals who share their work online.

While the aim of the book is to help you become your own trading coach, its broader purpose is to help you coach yourself through life. The challenges and uncertainties you face in trading—the pursuit of rewards in the face of risks—are just as present in careers and relationships as in markets. The Daily Trading Coach provides a road map, and a practical set of insights and tools, for discovering and implementing the best within you.

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Product Details

* Hardcover: 368 pages
* Publisher: Wiley (March 23, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0470398566
* ISBN-13: 978-0470398562

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Make Books | 2009 | ISBN: 0596516649 | 480 pages | PDF | 34,9 MB

With iPhone Hacks, you can make your iPhone do all you’d expect of a smartphone — and more. Learn tips and techniques to unleash little-known features, find and create innovative applications for both the iPhone and iPod touch, and unshackle these devices to run everything from network utilities to video game emulators.

This book will teach you how to:Import your entire movie collection, sync with multiple computers, and save YouTube videos Remotely access your home network, audio, and video, and even control your desktop Develop native applications for the iPhone and iPod touch on Linux, Windows, or Mac Check email, receive MMS messages, use IRC, and record full-motion video Run any application in the iPhone’s background, and mirror its display on a TV Make your iPhone emulate old-school video game platforms, and play classic console and arcade games Integrate your iPhone with your car stereo Build your own electronic bridges to connect keyboards, serial devices, and more to your iPhone without “jailbreaking”

iPhone Hacks explains how to set up your iPhone the way you want it, and helps you give it capabilities that will rival your desktop computer. This cunning little handbook is exactly what you need to make the most of your iPhone.

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