Moneyball meets Freakonomics in this myth-busting guide to understanding—and winning—the most popular sport on the planet. Innovation is coming to soccer, and at the center of it all are the numbers—a way of thinking about the game that ignores the obvious in favor of how things actually are. In The Numbers Game, Chris Anderson, a former professional goalkeeper turned soccer statistics guru, teams up with behavioral analyst David Sally to uncover the numbers that really matter when it comes to predicting a winner. Investigating basic but profound questions—How valuable are corners? Which goal matters most? Is possession really nine-tenths of the law? How should a player’s value be judged?—they deliver an incisive, revolutionary new way of watching and understanding soccer.

The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong

Humor & Entertainment

David Sally

Anderson,Chris

Puzzles & Games

Penguin??Books

A short, inviting, rhetoric for composition, Asking Questions is based on active inquiry and active learning and gives practice in rhetoric writing. The six chapters of Asking Questions emphasize the fundamental importance of making and supporting worthwhile claims. Each chapter opens by discussing one of the key academic tasks. Each offers activities for discussion and informal writing, presents several essay options arising from the activities and ends with two features strategies for getting started on an essay, and a sample essay illustrating one of the chapter's options. Asking Questions leads readers through such concerns as rhetorical setting, audience, and writing purposes and processes within a straightforward, accessible framework.

Asking Questions: A Rhetoric for the Intellectual Life

Reference

Runciman,Lex

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Allyn&Bacon

3D Robotics co-founder and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, driving a resurgence of American manufacturing. A generation of “Makers” using the Web’s innovation model will help drive the next big wave in the global economy, as the new technologies of digital design and rapid prototyping gives everyone the power to invent--creating “the long tail of things”.

Makers: The New Industrial Revolution

Business & Money

Industries

Crown Business

Finance

Crown

Crown Currency

Wired magazine editor and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, driving a resurgence of American manufacturing. A generation of “Makers” using the Web’s innovation model will help drive the next big wave in the global economy, as the new technologies of digital design and rapid prototyping gives everyone the power to invent -- creating “the long tail of things”.

Random House Audio |

Open Questions (readings For Critical Thinking And Writing)

Bedford/St.Martin's

She Spun a Web of Deceit To the rest of the world, Judias Buenoano was the American sucess story -- a savvy businesswoman who pulled herself up from a childhood of dire poverty. To the men in her life, she was the charming seductress -- turned cold, calcuating killer who grew richer with each of their agonizing deaths. And to her child, she was the woman who gave him life, only to take it away in a cruel act of violence.

Bodies of Evidence: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Chilling Serial Murderess... From Crime Scene to Courtroom to Electric Chair

Biographies & Memoirs

McGehee, Sharon

True Crime

St. Martin's True Crime

“Chris Anderson was one of the chief architects of the next-generation GUI stack, the Windows Presentation Framework (WPF), which is the subject of this book. Chris’s insights shine a light from the internals of WPF to those standing at the entrance, guiding you through the concepts that form the foundation of his creation.” –From the foreword by Chris Sells “As one of the architects behind WPF, Chris Anderson skillfully explains not only the ‘how,’ but also the ‘why.’ This book is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to understand the design principles and best practices of WPF.” –Anders Hejlsberg, technical fellow, Microsoft Corporation “If WPF stands as the user interface technology for the next generation of Windows, then Chris Anderson stands as the Charles Petzold for the next generation of Windows user interface developers.” –Ted Neward, founding editor, TheServerSide.NET “This is an excellent book that does a really great job of introducing you to WPF, and explaining how to unlock the tremendous potential it provides.” –Scott Guthrie, general manager, Developer Division, Microsoft “WPF is a whole new animal when it comes to creating UI applications, drawing on design principles originating from both Windows Forms and the Web. Chris does a great job of not only explaining how to use the new features and capabilities of WPF (with associated code and XAML based syntax), but also explains why things work the way they do. As one of the architects of WPF, Chris gives great insight into the plumbing and design principles of WPF, as well as the mechanics of writing code using it. This is truly essential if you plan to be a serious WPF developer.” –Brian Noyes, chief architect, IDesign Inc.; Microsoft Regional Director; Microsoft MVP “I was given the opportunity to take a look at Chris Anderson’s book and found it to be an exceedingly valuable resource, one I can comfortably recommend to others. I can only speak for myself, but when faced with a new technology I like to have an understanding of how it relates to and works in relation to the technology it is supplanting. Chris starts his book by tying the WPF directly into the world of Windows 32-bit UI in C++. Chris demonstrates both a keen understanding of the underlying logic that drives the WPF and how it works and also a skill in helping the reader build on their own knowledge through examples that mimic how you would build your cutting edge applications.” –Bill Sheldon, principal engineer, InterKnowlogy 
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) replaces Microsoft’s diverse presentation technologies with a unified, state-of-the-art platform for building rich applications. WPF combines the best of Windows and the Web; fully integrates user interfaces, documents, and media; and leverages the full power of XML-based declarative programming. In Essential Windows Presentation Foundation, former WPF architect Chris Anderson systematically introduces this breakthrough platform, focusing on the concepts and techniques working developers need in order to build robust applications for real users. Drawing on his unique experience as an architect on the team, Anderson thoroughly illuminates the crucial new concepts underlying WPF and reveals how its APIs work together to offer developers unprecedented value. Through working sample code, you’ll discover how WPF draws on the Web’s simple models for markup and deployment, common frame for applications, and rich server connectivity, and on Windows’ rich client model, simple programming model, strong control over look-and-feel, and rich networking. Topics explored in depth include <ul>
<li>WPF components and architecture </li> <li>Key WPF design decisions–and why they matter </li> <li>XAML markup language </li> <li>Controls </li> <li>Layouts </li> <li>Visuals and media, including 2D, 3D, video, and animation </li> <li>Data integration </li> <li>Actions </li> <li>Styles </li> <li>WPF Base Services</li> </ul>
 Essential Windows Presentation Foundation is the definitive, authoritative, code-centric WPF reference: everything Windows developers need to create a whole new generation of rich, graphical applications. Figures Foreword by Don Box Foreword by Chris Sells Preface About the Author Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Applications Chapter 3: Controls Chapter 4: Layout Chapter 5: Visuals Chapter 6: Data Chapter 7: Actions Chapter 8: Styles Appendix: Base Services Index

Essential Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

Computers & Technology

Web Development & Design

Addison-Wesley Professional

Free Style: A Direct Approach to Writing

Economics

Houghton Mifflin College Div.

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