It's all easy : delicious weekday recipes for the super-busy home cook / by Paltrow, Gwyneth, 1972-, Baumann, Thea

Table of Contents: “…First thing -- On the go -- Pick-me-ups -- In a pinch -- Cozy evenings -- Summer nights -- Unexpected guests -- Something sweet -- The basics.…”

Happy cooking : make every meal count...without stressing out / by De Laurentiis, Giada

Table of Contents: “…First things first : #breakfast -- Snacks & small plates -- Salads & seasons -- Soups & stews -- Pastas & risottos -- Eating clean -- Weeknight warriors -- Vegetables & sides -- Weekends & holidays -- Treats & sweets.…”

Nikon D5100 : from snapshots to great shots / by Sylvan, Rob

Table of Contents: “…The D5100 top ten list -- First things first -- The auto modes -- The professional modes -- Moving target -- Say cheese! …”
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Super cool science experiments : levers and pulleys / by Rau, Dana Meachen, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Need a lift? -- First things first -- Experiment #1: Move your fulcrum and save money! …”

Drupal for humanists / by Dombrowski, Quinn

Table of Contents: “…First Things -- Introducing Drupal -- Installing Drupal -- Modules -- Content Types and Introduction to Data Modeling -- Configuring Content Types and Fields -- Further Data Modeling and Applied Content Type Creation -- Configuring Input Forms and Adding Content -- Node Display -- Users and Permissions -- Blocks and Menus -- Views -- Advanced Views -- Importing Data -- Exporting Data -- Search -- Managing Taxonomies -- Themes -- Finishing and Launching the Example Site -- Running, Maintaining, and Debugging a Drupal Site -- Appendix: Using an SFTP Client.…”
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Captured by the light : the essential guide to creating extraordinary wedding photography / by Ziser, David A.

Table of Contents: “…If it was good enough for Rembrandt, it's good enough for me : making your clients look good -- Just set the camera to "P" for professional (Not!!!) : first things first, let's nail the exposure -- You already own it, now make it dance for you : on-camera flash lighting techniques -- Kicking your lighting into high gear : off-camera flash lighting techniques -- Kickin' it up a notch : make your wedding shots sing with backlighting -- Oh no! …”
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ReMaking history : industrial revolutionaries / by Gurstelle, William

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; About the Author; Contents; The Dawn of the Machine Age; The Industrial Revolutionaries; First Things First: Being Safe ; Part I: Makers in Metal; Chapter 1: Henry Bessemer and the Age of Steel; Chapter 2: John Shore Invents the Tuning Fork ; Chapter 3: Abraham Lincoln and the Campaign Torch; Part II: Physics and Chemistry Revolutionaries; Chapter 4: Giovanni Venturi and the Venturi Effect; Chapter 5: Emperor Xianfeng and the Chinese Windlass; Chapter 6: Louis Poinsot and the Dancing Spheres; Chapter 7: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and the Chemistry of Fireproofing.…”
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Engineer your own success : 7 key elements to creating an extraordinary engineering career / by Fasano, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…Complete or Assign Your MITs First Thing Each Day, --…”
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Samsung Galaxy S 4 for dummies / by Hughes, Bill

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 2: Beginning at the BeginningFirst Things First: Turning On Your Phone; Charging Your Phone and Managing Battery Life; Navigating the Galaxy S 4; Going to Sleep Mode/Turning Off the Phone; Part II: Communications; Chapter 3: Calling People; Making Calls; Answering Calls; Keeping Track of Your Calls: The Call List; Making an Emergency Call: The 411 on 911; Synching a Bluetooth Headset; Chapter 4: Discovering the Joy of Text; Sending the First Text Message; Carrying on a Conversation via Texting; Sending an Attachment with a Text; Receiving Text Messages; Managing Your Text History.…”
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Taking Stock : Make Money in Microstock Creating Photos That Sell.

Table of Contents: “…Sanchez -- Kelly Cline -- Anna Bryukhanova -- Chapter 7 Setting Up Your Digital Darkroom -- Hardware Choices -- Ocean Fury -- Software Choices -- Hardy Waterlily -- Choosing A Color Space -- Assignment -- Chapter 8 Digital Editing Basics -- Focus On Quality -- Setting Defaults And Creating Presets -- Two Generations -- Adjusting White Balance -- Making Exposure Adjustments -- Sharpening For Stock -- Young People In A Movie Theater -- Dealing With Noise -- Assignment -- Chapter 9 Avoiding Rejection -- Digital House Cleaning -- Healthy Eating -- Avoid Overprocessing -- Wintery Decorations -- Assignment -- Chapter 10 Seeing Like An Inspector -- Being Your Worst Critic -- One Minute To Midnight -- Developing An Inspection Workflow -- Dealing With Rejection -- Group Of Kids Running With Balloons -- Assignment -- Chapter 11 Putting It All Together -- First Things First -- Container Terminal, Harbor -- Importing Into Lightroom -- Wheat From The Chaff: Reviewing -- The Wonderful World Of Metadata -- Sticky Situation -- Chapter 12 Moving Out Into The World -- Save Your Final Versions -- Establish A Name For Yourself -- Protection -- Find Your Photos In Use -- Move To The Next Level -- Planning A Trip -- Parting Words -- Afterword -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X &…”
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Samsung Galaxy S9 / by Hughes, Bill, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Taking a Picture with Your Phone -- Getting a Little Fancier with Your Camera -- The Photography Mode settings -- Settings options on the viewfinder -- Photo Effects options -- The Digital Camcorder in Your Pocket -- Starting the camcorder -- Taking and sharing videos with your camcorder -- Managing Your Photo Images -- Using Images on Your Phone -- Deleting Images on Your Phone -- Chapter 10 Playing Games -- The Play Store Games Category -- The Games Home screen -- The Games Categories tab -- Leaving Feedback on Games -- Chapter 11 Mapping Out Where You Want to Be -- GPS 101: First Things First -- Practically Speaking: Using Maps -- Changing map scale -- Finding nearby services -- Getting and Using Directions -- Upgrading Your Navigation -- Chapter 12 Playing Music and Videos -- Being Mindful of Carrier Quirks.…”
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OpenCV essentials : acquire, process, and analyze visual content to build full-fledged imaging applications using OpenCV / by Suarez, Oscar Deniz

Table of Contents: “…Graphical User Interfaces""""Using OpenCV's highgui module""; ""Text and drawing""; ""Selecting regions""; ""Using Qt-based functions""; ""Text overlays and status bar""; ""The properties dialog""; ""Windows properties""; ""Qt images""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3: First Things First â€? Image Processing""; ""Pixel-level access and common operations""; ""Image histogram""; ""Histogram equalization""; ""Brightness and contrast modeling""; ""Histogram matching and LUT""; ""Conversion from RGB to other color spaces""; ""Filtering with the retina model""…”
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Quicktime for the web : for Windows and MacIntosh /

Table of Contents: “…; Delivery Methods: Disk, Streams, Web Server; Chapter 2. First Things First: Installing QuickTime; Minimum System Requirements; Installing QuickTime from the CD; Registering QuickTime Pro; Setting Your Connection Speed; Configuring QuickTime Player; Updating to the Latest Version; Chapter 3. …”
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Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D : from snapshots to great shots / by Revell, Jeff

Table of Contents: “…Hold Your Camera for Proper Shooting -- Chapter 1 Assignments -- CHAPTER 2: FIRST THINGS FIRST -- A Few Things to Know and Do Before You Begin Taking Pictures -- Poring Over the Picture -- Poring Over the Picture -- Choosing the Right Memory Card -- Formatting Your Memory Card -- Updating the T2is Firmware -- Cleaning the Sensor -- Using the Right Format: RAW vs. …”
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IPhone for dummies / by Baig, Edward C., LeVitus, Bob

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 3: Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPhoneA Brief iCloud Primer; The Kitchen Sync; First things first: About iPhone backups; Sync prep 101; Syncing Your Data; Syncing contacts; Syncing calendars; Advanced syncing; Synchronizing Your Media; Ringtones, music, movies, and TV shows; Podcasts, iTunes U, and books; Photos; Manual Syncing; Chapter 4: Understanding the Phone-damentals; Making a Call; Contacts; Favorites; Recents; Keypad; Visual voicemail; Recording a greeting; Voice dialing; Receiving a Call; Accepting the call; Rejecting the call; Replying with a text message.…”
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Learn Rails 6 : accelerated web development with Ruby on Rails / by Notodikromo, Adam

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: First Things Rails -- The Web Chronicles -- Why Rails? …”
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CompTIA Network+ study guide, exam N10-007 / by Lammle, Todd

Table of Contents: “…Intro; CompTIA® Network+® Study Guide; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Contents at a Glance; Contents; Introduction; Assessment Test; Answers to Assessment Test; Chapter 1 Introduction to Networks; First Things First: What's a Network?; The Local Area Network; Common Network Components; Wide Area Network; Network Architecture: Peer-to-Peer or Client-Server?…”
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Building VMware Software-Defined Data Centers. by Hamburger, Valentin

Table of Contents: “…; Summary; Chapter 5: VMware vRealize Automation; vRA installation; First things first; Advanced installation configuration; vRA concepts; vRA's little helper; DEM; The IaaS server; vRealize Orchestrator; The Infrastructure tab; Endpoints; Compute Resources; Reservations; Managed Machines; The Administration tab.…”
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David busch's canon eos 90d guide to digital photography. by BUSCH, DAVID D.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: Thinking Outside the Box -- First Things First -- Initial Setup -- Battery Included -- Final Steps -- CHAPTER 2: Quick Start -- Navigating the Menus -- Mastering the Touch Screen -- Selecting a Shooting Mode -- Choosing a Metering Mode -- Choosing a Focus Mode -- Selecting an AF Area/Point Selection Mode. -- Other Settings -- Adjusting ISO -- Using the Self-Timer -- Using the Built-in Flash. -- Taking a Picture -- Reviewing the Images You've Taken -- Cruising Through Index Views -- Transferring Photos to Your Computer -- Shooting Tips…”
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David Busch's Canon EOS R8 Guide to Digital Photography / by Busch, David D.

Table of Contents: “…Meet Your Canon EOS R8 -- First Things First -- Initial Setup -- Power Options -- Mounting a Lens -- Adjusting Dioptric Correction -- Inserting a Memory Card -- Learning Basic Navigation -- Formatting a Memory Card -- Setting the Time and Date -- Selecting a Shooting Mode -- Making Key Settings with the Quick Control Screen -- Choosing a Metering Mode -- Choosing a Focus Mode (AF Operation) -- Selecting AF Area -- Other Settings…”
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