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Название: A Comprehensive Study of SQL: Practice and Implementation
Автор: Jagdish Chandra Patni
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 236
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 10.2 MB

A Comprehensive Study of SQL - Practice and Implementation is designed as a textbook and provides a comprehensive approach to SQL (Structured Query Language), the standard programming language for defining, organizing, and exploring data in relational databases. It demonstrates how to leverage the two most vital tools for data query and analysis – SQL and Excel – to perform comprehensive data analysis without the need for a sophisticated and expensive data mining tool or application.

Название: The Art of Whittling: A Woodcarver's Guide to Making Things by Hand
Автор: Niklas Karlsson
Издательство: Carlton Books
ISBN: ‎1802792139
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 160
Размер: 70,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Whittling is more than just a way of busying idle hands - it is a pastime for those who love the texture of wood and a way of life for those who feel a special connection between people and trees. This beautiful and practical guide to the art of whittling offers the perfect antidote to the stresses of modern life and a means of getting back to basics and creating unique items from scratch.

Название: Learn to Watercolor: The Essential Techniques in 10 Projects
Автор: Sarah Van Der Linden
Издательство: C&T Publishing
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 60 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Learn to watercolor paint in 10 easy steps! Get inspired with gentle and serene watercolor painting as your next calming hobby. Learn the foundational skills of watercolor painting with various techniques that will leave you feeling confident in your skills. The watercolors explained in this book achieve two essential objectives: to immediately enjoy painting and acquiring a solid foundation. Master the basics through 10 gorgeous watercolor projects. With each project, you will learn one to three new techniques. Your confidence and inspiration will grow with each stroke of the brush!

Название: Foolproof Slow Cooker: 60 Essential Recipes that Make the Most of Your Slow Cooker
Автор: Rebecca Woods
Издательство: Quadrille
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 57 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Foolproof Slow Cooker features 60 exciting recipes – all mouth-watering and easily achievable. Beginning with clear instructions and top tips for how to get the most out of this humble appliance (like salting your meat ahead of time and pre-heating your slow cooker beforehand), followed by delicious and practical recipes that will transform the way you use your slow cooker; you’ll find everything from juicy Korean Barbecue Brisket to Maple Bacon Beans, and Butternut and Pomegranate Tagine to a comforting Seafood Chowder, or convenient Overnight Shakshuka. The Foolproof series celebrates the simple ways to cook, eat and enjoy different dishes and techniques, and offers amazing new ways to elevate classics, as well revealing new sure-to-be favourites. The series includes: One-Pot, BBQ, Freezer, Fish, Picnic.

Название: Android Accessibility by Tutorials (2nd Edition)
Автор: Victoria Gonda
Издательство: Razeware LLC
Год: 2022
Страниц: 217
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 18.5 MB

Learn to build accessible apps on Android using WCAG through hands-on, step-by-step tutorials.Accessibility is an important, often overlooked, part of building a quality app. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) can be confusing and it’s often unclear how to apply these guidelines to Android. In this book, you’ll learn about building accessible apps on Android using WCAG through hands-on, step-by-step tutorials.

Название: Needlepoint: A Modern Stitch Directory
Автор: Emma Homent
Издательство: David & Charles
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 199 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The ultimate resource for needlepoint, canvaswork and tapestry embroidery, packed with over 100 decorative stitches and techniques. You may have tried tent stitch and cross stitch and you’ve probably seen some Bargello popping up in craft magazines, but did you know that these are only a couple of the needlepoint stitches out there? This essential guide to needlepoint will allow you to bring far greater texture and interest to your stitching, with expert guidance on how to embroider the stitches and how to choose the best stitches for your designs. Always worked on an open-weave, grid-like canvas, even needlepoint’s most decorative stitches are surprisingly easy. In this step-by-step guide, packed full of handy how-to illustrations, beginners and expert stitchers alike will feel confident enough to give every stitch a go. Alongside the stitch directory, you’ll find all the information you need on materials and equipment, and 10 bite-sized projects with full-colour charts to show off your new stitching superpowers.

Название: Lace Knit Shawls, Sweaters, Socks & Hats: 26 Designs Inspired by Japanese Stitch Patterns
Автор: Birgit Freyer
Издательство: Stackpole Books
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 60 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Lace for every day! Knitted lace pieces are stunning, but that is no reason to save them for only special occasions. The 26 lace patterns in this book are designed to showcase your stitches in pieces that can be worn anywhere. They incorporate Japanese lace stitch patterns to beautiful effects in pullovers, socks, shawls, hats, mitts, and more, in infinitely wearable patterns. Knit in neutrals, these pieces are easy to pair with items in your closet; knit in fabulous colors, they are showstoppers! A little unsure of your lace-knitting skills? Have no fear! In addition to the patterns, the book includes an illustrated introduction to lace knitting stitches and charts, and an introduction to sock knitting. The skill level of each pattern is designated, so you can start with a pattern within your comfort zone and build your skills as you go. Get ready to fill your wardrobe with a selection of gorgeous lace knits!

Название: Crochet You!: Crochet patterns for dolls, clothes and accessories as unique as you are
Автор: Nathalie Amiel
Издательство: David & Charles
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 139 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This collection of mix and match crochet patterns allows you to make bespoke dolls that represent the special people in your life so that everyone feels represented and included. Representation matters when it comes to dolls for children - every child should be able to see themselves reflected in a doll and research has shown that this can have a positive impact on a child's self-esteem. This collection of amigurumi crochet patterns for dolls with different skin tones, hair types, body shapes, clothes and accessories will allow you to make a doll to represent all children everywhere. Nathalie has designed a pattern for a Down's syndrome doll and a doll with vitiligo, as well as a doll with prosthetic limbs; crutches; leg braces; hearing aids; feeding tubes and eyeglasses. The collection also includes crochet patterns for a wheelchair, assistance dogs and a special teddy bear.

Название: Amazons, Savages, and Machiavels: Travel and Colonial Writing in English, 1550-1630: An Anthology, 2nd Edition
Автор: Matthew Dimmock, Andrew Hadfield
Издательство: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198871554
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 416
Размер: 5,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

A broad-based and accessible anthology of travel and colonial writing in the English Renaissance, selected to represent the world-picture of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century readers in England. It includes not just the narratives of discovery of the New World but also accounts of cultures already well known through trade links, such as Turkey and the Moluccan islands, and of places that featured just as significantly in the early modern English imagination: from Ireland to Russia and the Far East, from Calais to India and Africa, from France and Italy to the West Indies.

Название: A Beginner's Guide to Quilling Paper Flowers: Beautiful Japanese-Style Paper Art
Автор: Motoko Maggie Nakatani
Издательство: Tuttle Publishing
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 36 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Create exquisite, long-lasting quilled paper flowers with this step-by-step detailed guide! With the help of Japanese quilling expert Motoko Maggie Nakatani, you can create breathtaking quilled flowers with just a few inexpensive tools and paper quilling strips. Her simple roll-shape-and-paste method is perfect for beginners--allowing you to quickly create dozens of different flowers. A Beginner's Guide to Quilling Paper Flowers has all the information you need to embark on this fascinating hobby using easy-to-follow, step-by-step photographic instructions.