books about: pattern     books:     Pattern      The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships Harriet Lerner Harper Paperbacks, 2005 The Dance of Anger This book is extremely helpful. I often wondered why I give up so much of my own personality to blend in. Now I am working on recovering my personality so I can be a leader and be myself. I am sure there are enough doormats in the world without me being one too. ...             Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics) Christopher M. Bishop Springer, 2007 Probably the best book for machine learning I am a PhD student in machine learning. Bishop is really gifted and he explains very well basic and advanced concepts of machine learning. I would say that this book is much more comprehensive than Hastie's Statistical learning book The Elements of Statistical ...             Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines: Patterns, Stories, Pictures, True Confessions, Tricky Bits, Whole New ... Kay Gardiner, Ann Meador Shayne Potter Craft, 2008 Round 2, Roundly Awesome It was hard to rationally imagine how the authors could top their first book, but both are such talented writers that I was expecting another home run. And yes, this book does not disappoint! Other reviewers have done a great job running through the projects in the ...             Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 1994 THE design patterns book This book is a classic and doesn't require any further presentations. It is THE Design Patterns bible and every OO programmer should read at least a couple of times. The samples are in C++ and sometimes Smalltalk but that really doesn't change anything even if you ...             Custom Knits: Unleash Your Inner Designer with Top-Down and Improvisational Techniques Wendy Bernard STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book, 2008 Love this sweater design book I just started knitting sweaters and wanted to find more top-down patterns. The free ones that I've found online were fine to start with but tend to be boxy and plain (with few exceptions). So I decided to try this book out and I am so glad that I did. The photos are ...             Beyond-the-Square Crochet Motifs: 144 circles, hexagons, triangles, squares, and other unexpected shapes Edie Eckman Storey Publishing, LLC, 2008 Fun to look at, fun to do I bought this book because the cover was pretty, really - and that's not a bad reason at all, because the excellent color pictures continue inside. But there are many other reasons to like the book. I crochet a lot of baby afghans and wedding afghans and shawls, ...             Head First Design Patterns (Head First) Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, ... O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004 Accessible and immediately useful [Reviewed by XPSD member Ryan Shiffer] My previous experience in studying design patterns has been met with failure. I have tried getting through the Gang of Four book on design patterns, but reading it for me was about the same as reading the dictionary. Reading ...             Patterns for Colleg Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide Laurie G. Kirszner, Stephen R. Mandell Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006 Very Helpful This book helped me out a lot in my college writing class. When the teacher would correct my paper I could go back and look at some examples in the book to make my essays better. This is one book that I would not sell back after the end of the quarter.             The Prayer Shawl Companion: 38 Knitted Designs to Embrace, Inspire, and Celebrate Life Janet Bristow, Victoria Cole-Galo Taunton, 2008 For many, the ultimate expression of spirituality is charity. And for years, people have been crafting prayer shawls - knitted wraps to comfort those in times of need and to help others celebrate special occasions. Written by the two women at the heart of this groundswell of charity knitting, The Prayer Shawl Companion presents 38 wondrous wraps ...             Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers (2nd Edition) (Words Their Way Series) Marcia Invernizzi, Francine Johnston, ... Prentice Hall, 2008 Helpful for teaching spelling in a child-centered way This book is helpful for offering a plan to teach spelling through word sorts. The steps are included, as are the words for each sort in an easy to copy format. I have found it useful after giving a whole class spelling assessment to teach small groups using these ...             Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac Elizabeth Zimmermann Dover Publications, 1981 Tasty read with some *very* Elizabeth Zimmerman designs I've had this book in my collection for many years. A self-taught knitter, I am not overly intimidated if a pattern is a bit sketchy or without the *pithy* details. Alas, this is my favorite EZ (Elizabeth Zimmerman) book. Why? She captures the essence of living life ...             101 Designer One-Skein Wonders: A world of possibilities inspired by just one skein Judith Durant Storey Publishing, LLC, 2007 Trying new yarns -- a great book! I have both One Skein Wonders books, love both of them for small, elegant projects (this one is a bit more sophisticated) that make wonderful gifts and give us maniac crafters something to do when more challenging knitting or crochet projects seem a little too much for ...             Knitted Lace of Estonia: Techniques, Patterns, and Traditions Nancy Bush Interweave Press, 2008 Combining some of the oldest knitted artifacts in Northern Europe with authentic tips and expert advice, this distinctive guidebook demonstrates a wide range of knitting knowledge. Featuring 14 heirloom-quality projects, this savvy reference includes traditional lace-knitting techniques such as the starburst, twig, peacock, and lily of the valley ...             Patternmaking for Fashion Design and DVD Package Helen Joseph Armstrong Prentice Hall, 2005 An A Pattern Book I am a fashion design student and this is my favorite book ever for pattern making. I strongly recommend it to anyone serious about pattern making and design.             Java Concurrency in Practice Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006 The best book on Java concurrency out there. As others have written, this is the best book out there on Java concurrency. I am a decent journeyman coder, not a guru, and this helped me wrap my head around what is involved with concurrency. Concurrency is in many ways orthogonal to the rest of Java programming, so ...          products you might be interested in search for books addison-wesley, beyond-the-square, improvisational, object-oriented, patternmaking, possibilities      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: SCHLOCK-O-RAMA: The Films of Al Adamson