"Perl Web Site Workshop" is aimed at Web designers and developers who want to add Perl-based CGI applications and functions to their Web sites using pre-fabricated scripts that can quickly and easily be customized to suit their needs. It teaches the reader how to adapt and customize pre-programmed scripts for: Forms, Guestbooks, Time displays, Link checkers and debuggers, Browser detectors, Cookies, Hit counters, User polls, Games, Publishing templates, modules, and utilities, Portals.

Software Architecture: A Case Based Approach discusses the discipline using real-world case studies and posing pertinent questions that arouse objective thinking. It encourages the reader to think about the subject in the context of problems that s

Urban reuse, creative production, consumerism, and heritage protection have formed an alliance for the transformation of inner-city districts of Shanghai. This in-depth study, based on the author’s intimate familiarity of the local scene and supplemented by her critical outsider’s insights, describes the strategies, players, and processes of a uniquely Chinese model of urban transformation. Concepts like "Urban Loopholes", "Preservation via inhabitation", and "Gentrification with Chinese characteristics" characterize the specific mechanisms for urban development in Shanghai. Urban Loopholes invites the reader to rethink the necessity of urban resilience in the face of globalization’s impact for change.

This concise, easy-to-read guide introduces the basics of document exchange and Portable Document Format (PDF), the standardized format that makes it possible to view documents--whether or not readers have the software from which they were created. A step-by-step guide to viewing, searching, and printing PDF documents, the book brings readers up to speed quickly using this new tool.

"The Solstice Conspiracy" follows Beth Brinson, a young girl who takes on the task of restoring a withering garden. She discovers that, although her steps are small, her efforts open the door for renewal. Nature readily responds. Without her knowledge, her project ignites a despondent fairy population with much needed vitality. A cautious cooperation unfolds between human and fairies. However, not everyone is pleased with this development. Although written for a younger audience, the story has attracted readers of all ages.