Web guru Philip Greenspun offers a comprehensive look at Web publishing with techniques and examples gleaned from his experiences in developing over 70 Web services. He has added fresh ideas and insights to this thoroughly revised guide, including new chapters on electronic commerce and static site development, more material on building systems to foster community and collaboration, and new examples and case studies. Cover Title

After completing this self-contained course on server-based Internet applications software that grew out of an MIT course, students who start with only the knowledge of how to write and debug a computer program will have learned how to build sophisticated Web-based applications.

Presents the full text of the book "Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing," by Philip Greenspun. Discusses Web publishing topics such as static site development, learning to program HTML, adding images to sites, user tracking, database management systems.

From the creator of "Travels With Samantha" and "The Bill Gates Wealth Clock!" comes this title that Internet geeks will know well. At once a book on how to do sites the Greenspun way, and an intermediate/high end tutorial, this book shows how to implement a Relational Database backed Web site.

Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007 Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007 A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007 In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. The Rest Is Noise is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.

"Mastering the art of problem solving takes more than proficiency with basic calculations; it requires understanding how people use information, recognizing the importance of ideology, learning the art of storytelling, and acknowledging the important distinction between facts and values. Intended for professors, managers, entrepreneurs, and students, this guide addresses these and other essential skills. With clear prose, quotations, and exercises for solving problems in the real world, this book serves as an ideal training manual for those who are new to or intimidated by quantitative analysis and an excellent refresher for those who have more experience but want to improve the quality of their data, the clarity of their graphics, and the cogency of their arguments." -- Publisher's description.

A stunning tribute to the ethnic, scenic, and cultural richness of North America, this book records a summer spent on the road. Photos.