Running a family business is like running any other business–with the addition of many extra challenges. A family-owned enterprise involves unique management, compensation, hiring, and other business issues regarding family member employees. 9 Elements of Family Business Success addresses the specific challenges faced by owners of family businesses, and it shows family members employed in the business how to enjoy their positions while helping the organization reach its highest potential.

How to develop powerful mobile Web sites using popular content management systems (CMS)
Mobile is the hottest thing going—and developing content for mobile devices and browsers is even hotter than that. This book is your guide to it all—how to design, build, and deploy sites, blogs and services that will work brilliantly for mobile users. You’ll learn about the state-of-the-art of mobile web development, the tools available to use, and the best practices for creating compelling mobile user interfaces.

The ability to communicate effectively in written and oral presentation is essential for anyone seeking a successful career. In the course of their work, professionals will need to produce reports, perform well in interviews, give presentations, and chair meetings, as well as deal with the daily barrage of e-mails and phone calls. In Communication Skills, Richard Ellis offers essential reading for any ambitious professional. This book offers both practical exercises and realistic guidance.

With the increase in computing speed and due to the high quality of the optical effects it achieves, ray tracing is becoming a popular choice for interactive and animated rendering. This book takes readers through the whole process of building a modern ray tracer from scratch in C++. All concepts and processes are explained in detail with the aid of hundreds of diagrams, ray-traced images, and sample code. It is suitable for undergraduate and graduate computer graphics courses and for individual programmers who would like to learn ray tracing.

Why is there such a striking difference between English spelling and English pronunciation? How did our seemingly relatively simple grammar rules develop? What are the origins of regional dialect, literary language, and everyday speech, and what do they have to do with you? Seth Lerer's Inventing Englishis a masterful, engaging history of the English language from the age of Beowulfto the rap of Eminem. Many have written about the evolution of our grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Lerer situates these developments in the larger history of English, America, and literature.

From the winner of the National Book Foundations' 2000 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters comes a "sweet, funny . . . thought–provoking" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) collection of short stories…

Lisa Reisert is a young woman with more than her share of anxieties about flying. However, when circumstances demand she go to Miami, she gathers her nerves and books a seat on a late-night flight. Sitting next to her is a handsome and charming man named Jackson, whom she already met in the airport, but once their jet is safely in the air, Lisa discovers he's not the pleasant traveling companion she imagined.

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world…

Build and maintain impressive user-friendly web sites the fast and easy way with Joomla! 1.5
Create a web site that meets real-life requirements by following the creation of an example site with the help of easy-to-follow steps and ample screenshots
Practice all the Joomla! skills from organizing your content to completely changing the site's looks and feel

Build, administer, and customize an online store using Drupal with Ubercart
Create a powerful e-shop using the award-winning CMS Drupal and the robust e-commerce module Ubercart
Create and manage the product catalog and insert products in manual or batch mode
Apply SEO (search engine optimization) to your e-shop and adopt turn-key internet marketing techniques

Creative ways to build powerful and effective online courses
Motivate students from all backgrounds, generations, and learning styles
When and how to apply the different learning solutions with workarounds, providing alternative solutions
Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions with screenshots and examples for Moodle's powerful features
Especially suitable for university and professional teachers

The epic story of ''George Company,'' one of the Korean War's most decorated yet unrecognized companies…