Alan Cooper

David Cronin

Robert Reimann

The Essentials of Interaction Design

About Face 3

Alan Cooper calls for a Software Revolution - his best-selling book now in trade paperback with new foreword and afterword.

Why High-tech Products Drive Us Crazy and how to Restore the Sanity

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

Aimed at software developers, this book proposes the creation of a new profession of software design. The examples in the text are updated to reflect new platforms along with additional case studies where appropriate.

Robert Reimann & David Cronin

Market_Desc: · Programmers· Software Engineers· Product Planners· Development Managers· IT Professionals· Product Marketers· Usability Professionals· Design practitioners· HCI, Engineering, and Design Students Special Features: · Previous editions of About Face have sold more than 65,000 copies and are widely considered indispensable texts for software programmers, product designers and interaction professionals· About Face 3.0 includes new content relevant to the popularization of new Web technologies such as AJAX and mobile platforms such as the iPod· Covers the general shift in emphasis from Windows desktop software to other platforms and domains including appliances, and consumer electronics· Includes updated graphics, icons, layout, and cover to speak compellingly to a more design-literate audience· Supported through the Authors large network including heavily travel websites, training seminars, conferences, and newsletters About The Book: The new edition includes new content relevant to the popularization of new Web technologies and mobile platforms. The book has updated examples to reflect current state-of-the-art interfaces and additional case studies where appropriate. The text also has updated graphics, icons, layout, and cover to speak compellingly to a more design-literate audience.

ABOUT FACE 3: THE ESSENTIALS OF INTERACTION DESIGN

Examines how increasingly complicated computer technology has outpaced the ability of the average consumer to use it without frustration and calls for changes that will bring computer technology in line with how average people think

The Inmates are Running the Asylum

Алан Купер об интерфейсе. Основы проектирования взаимодействия

From the time of Alfred the Great until beyond the end of the Middle Ages, bridges were vital to the rulers and people of England, but they were expensive and difficult to maintain. Who then was responsible for their upkeep? The answer to this question changes over the centuries, and the way in which it changes reveals much about law and power in medieval England. The development of law concerning the maintenance of bridges did not follow a straightforward line: legal ideas developed by the Anglo-Saxons, which had made the first age of bridge building possible, were rejected by the Normans, and royal lawyers of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries had to find new solutions to the problem. The fate of famous bridges, especially London Bridge, shows the way in which the spiritual, historical and entrepreneurial imagination was pressed into service to find solutions; the fate of humbler bridges shows the urgency with which this problem was debated across the country. By concentrating on this aspect of practical governance and tracing it through the course of the Middle Ages, much is shown about the limitations of royal power and the creativity of the medieval legal mind. ALAN COOPER is Assistant Professor of History at Colgate University.

Bridges, Law and Power in Medieval England, 700-1400

The communities of Banff and Macduff traditionally centred around farming and fishing, although at one time Banff council had to pay fishermen to settle at the Seatown (later called Scotstown), and it wasn't until the 1850s that a proper fishing community was established there. The river Deveron separates the two communities and a ferry originally plied across it. There were regular accidents, and in 1773 it was observed that 'the seven lives [recently] lost call loudly for a bridge'. As in his other books, Alan Cooper's text is typically comprehensive, and as well as containing mainstream historical information, also includes some fascinating gems such as the story of eccentric showman Walford Bodie, who lived in Manor House, Macduff.

Old Banff and Macduff

Adam J. Kosto

Robert F. Berkhofer

This volume explores the experience of power in medieval Europe. The seventeen essays range geographically from England in the north to Castile in the south, and chronologically from the 10th century to the 14th, and address a series of specific topics in institutional, social, religious, cultural, and intellectual history. Taken together, they present three distinct ways of discussing power in a medieval historical context: uses of power, relations of power, and discourses of power.

950-1350

The Experience of Power in Medieval Europe

With its castle, hotels and shops, Huntly has long served as the focal point for its surrounding rural hinterland. Alan Cooper recalls erstwhile characters such as 'Pig' Murray, the town crier, and tells the story of the tinkers who used to visit the town. There was once a shoemaking factory in the Square that employed 150 people, and a brewery just outside the town that produced Strathbogie Stout. Pictures of Kennethmont and Gartly stations, along with a view of the Gartly picnic and games, draw in some locations just outside the town, although the bulk of the book covers Huntly itself.

Old Huntly

When a bear, eagle, whale, elephant, camel, and other creatures experience pain, they react sanely. Instead of getting hysterical, they find a safe, calm place to heal and be gently settled, which fosters their natural restorative, pain-relieving endorphins and potent immune stimulators to be released into their bloodstreams. Without a pharmacy, medical clinic, hospital, surgeon, or psychotherapist, they instinctively lay still and start to heal. Humans, on the other hand, add to their anguish by entering a fight, fright, or flight mode, which should only be reserved for life-or-death moments. We spook ourselves and compound the problem at hand by thinking things such as: Crap always happens to me. God must hate me. I bet this pain in my armpit is cancer. These pains will never go away. Im just a loser. If they force me into less pain meds, I cant make it. Break free from those thoughts and discover an endorphin paradise with the insights in this pain-relieving guide. Dr. Alan Cooper explores why humanity has lost its natural pain-abating ability and how trusting our gutsliterallycan help us overcome our fears, pains, and personal traumas to heal ourselves.

A Buddheo-Christian Art of Transmuting Pain

Subtracting Insult from Injury

The Origin of Personas

In this gripping, adult thriller, Alan Cooper exposes the underbelly of society where people stop at nothing to achieve their criminal ends."

The Millane Trilogy Book 1

The Deliveryman

Alan Cooper D.C.

A Shetland pony, A horse that did tricks, A spunky Indian pony, A retired, one eyed sulky racing horse, A prize winning golden show Palomino, A real branded Western Bronc direct from the West,....and others. In this book "The Horses Of My Boyhood", the author recalls what it was like to have each of these horses, as a boy, with his real life tales and own adventures. His experiences are told in narrative form, featuring some of his own supportive illustrations and photographs. Good reading for all ages.

The Semi-Buddhist Answer to Dancing with Cancer...You Lead

I, Cancer

About Face 2.0

Jan Swanson

Education about death and dying has been almost ignored in medical schools. Recently, however, it has become increasingly obvious that the preferences of dying patients are being ignored, leaving many patients to die lonely, scared, and in pain. There is a growing realization that physicians can help dying patients achieve a more peaceful death and increased recognition that good end-of-life care is not just the province of specialized hospice physicians or nurses. In A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying Jan Swanson and Alan Cooper, a physician and a clinical psychologist with many years of experience, offer insights to help medical students, residents, physicians, nurses, and others become more aware of the different stages in the dying process and learn how to communicate more effectively with patients and their families. They also discuss the ways physicians and other caregivers can learn to reduce their own stress levels and avoid the risk of burnout, allowing them to achieve balance in their lives and be more effective professionally. The authors use case examples and thought-provoking exercises to provide a personal learning experience. A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying includes an extensive bibliography and a unique web resource section with contacts to many organizations working with patients suffering from life-threatening illnesses.

A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying

The Essentials of User Interface Design

About Face

Jan Swanson MD

In "A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying" Jan Swanson and Alan Cooper, a physician and a clinical psychologist with many years of experience, offer insights to help medical students, residents, physicians, nurses, and others become more aware of the different stages in the dying process and learn how to communicate more effectively with patients and their families. They also discuss the ways physicians and other caregivers can learn to reduce their own stress levels and avoid the risk of burnout, allowing them to achieve balance in their lives and be more effective professionally.

Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying

Biophysical Chemistry covers the physical chemistry of biological macromolecules and the experimental techniques used to study them. Topics covered include: an introduction to biological molecules; spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and hydrodynamics of macromolecules; a ""bluffer's guide"" to molecular thermodynamics; biomolecular kinetics; chromatography and electrophoresis; and single-molecule methods. The easily digestible, pragmatic approach captures the reader with the fascinating challenges the subject poses for theoretical and experimental scientists. This book will be ideal for early undergraduates studying chemical or physical sciences and will act as a basis for more advanced study. Students in other areas of biological sciences will appreciate the less intimidating approach to physical chemistry as demonstrated here. Ideal for the needs of undergraduate chemistry students, Tutorial Chemistry Texts is a major series consisting of short, single topic or modular texts concentrating on the fundamental areas of chemistry taught in undergraduate science courses. Each book provides a concise account of the basic principles underlying a given subject, embodying an independent-learning philosophy and including worked examples.

Biophysical Chemistry

Seventy-nine heavy bombers failed to return from the catastrophic raid on the industrial city of Leipzig on the night of 19/20 February 1944. Some 420 aircrew were killed and a further 131 became prisoners of war. It was at that time by far the RAFs most costly raid of World War II. The town was attacked in an attempt to destroy the Messerschmitt factory which was building the famous and deadly Bf 109 fighter. The bomber stream flew into what appeared to be a trap. It seemed that the Luftwaffe and anti-aircraft guns were aware of the intended target and waiting to pounce as soon as the bombers crossed the coast. They were subjected to constant attack by night fighters and intense flak until those aircraft that remained clawed their way home and secured relative safety over the North Sea.This book analyses what went wrong. Espionage played a part, two bombers collided shortly after take off, as did others as they wove their way through enemy searchlights and maneuvered violently to escape Luftwaffe night fighters. At the outset poor navigational and meteorological briefings had hindered the bombers attempts to locate the target and confusion reigned. The author explains the concept of this third raid on Leipzig and describes the two previous ones in October and December 1943, both of which had been deemed successes. He looks at the third raid from every angle, including the defending forces and describes the daylight raid that followed on the 20th by the USAAF. The book includes appendices listing all RAF aircraft and crew on the raid, route maps and includes many photographs.

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