If you plan to develop iOS applications in a corporate setting for internal consumption or for sale to end users you need to read this book. Veteran developer James Turner shares best practices and lessons learned from his recent on-the-ground experience planning, building, and shipping an iOS application in an enterprise environment.

Overcome the vexing issues you’ll inevitably confront when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. By making use of new and revised recipes in this updated cookbook, you’ll quickly learn the steps necessary to write complete iOS apps—including ways to store and protect data, enhance and animate graphics, manage files and folders, and take advantage of Passbook.

The iPhone is the hottest gadget of our generation, and much of its success has been fueled by the App Store, Apple’s online marketplace for iPhone applications. Over 1 billion apps were downloaded during the nine months following the launch of the App Store, ranging from the simplest games to the most complex business apps.

THE FIRST POPULAR HISTORY OF THE MAKING OF THE MASON–DIXON LINE The Mason–Dixon line–surely the most famous surveyors′ line ever drawn–represents one of the greatest and most difficult scientific achievements of its time. But behind this significant triumph is a thrilling story, one that has thus far eluded both historians and surveyors. In this engrossing narrative, professional surveyor Edwin Danson takes us on a fascinating journey with Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, two gifted and exuberant English surveyors, through the fields and forests of eighteenth–century America.

Drawing upon 30 years work which took him to Madagascar, New Hebrides, Australia, and New Caledonia, Joel Bonnemaison's work presents an original and refreshing alternative to the more traditional Anglo-American approach to cultural geography. Bonnemaison provides a true kind of anthro-geography as he explores questions around the geography of culture and the anthropology of space.

Summer just got a whole lot better thanks to this wonderful release from Vancouver’s Elise Estrada. #Round3 is her third studio album and is a celebration of girl power. Elise is a JUNO-nominated singer-songwriter who has landed eight songs on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100. That’s as many as Celine Dion and Simple Plan. Round 3 continues her expertise in delivering exuberant R&B/pop treasures filled with rhythmic fun, urban beats, and enticing teases.

Features a short book of WWII maps, which consists of color maps covering the significant phases of the war, each with an accompanying page of explanatory text.

Colorado's Air Dubai have been building a strong live following since 2008 with their high-energy live shows and eclectic brand of cross-genre rap and dance-rock. A six-member ensemble, Air Dubai centers around the dual lead-vocal/rap attack of Julian Thomas and Jon Shockness. The band's music showcases an organic mix of synthesizers and samples alongside live drums, bass, guitar, and horns.