Readers Digest Best Jokes

Laughter the best medicine is a term coined by Readers Digestand we deliver small doses in every issue of the magazine. But wesometimes need an extra-large booster to get into really great shape,and this book a collection of the best jokes from all over is it.This book is guaranteed to keep you in good humour for a long timeto come. But dont keep its benefits to yourself tell them to yourfamily, friends and colleagues. You'll become their favourite physician. link

Free ebook on Visual Basic .Net

Book DescriptionVB Programmers:

Get in Step with .NETWith the introduction of Visual Basic .NET, VB transcends its traditional second-class status to become a full-fledged citizen of the object-oriented programming, letting you access the full power of the Windows platform for the first time. Written bythe author of the best-selling Mastering Visual Basic 6 this all-new edition is the resource you need to make a successful transition to .NET. Comprising in-depth explanations, practical examples, and handy reference information, its coverage includes:* Mastering the new Windows Forms Designer and controls* Building dynamic forms* Using powerful Framework classes such as ArrayLists and HashTables* Persisting objects to disk files* Handling graphics and printing* Achieving robustness via structured exception handling and debugging* Developing your own classes and extending existing ones via inheritance* Building custom Windows controls* Building menus and list controls with custom-drawn items* Using ADO.NET to build disconnected, distributed applications* Using SQL queries and stored procedures with ADO.NET* Facilitating database programming with the visual database tools* Building web applications with ASP.NET and the rich web controls* Designing web applications to access databases* Using the DataGrid and DataList web controls* Building XML web services to use with Windows and web applications* Special topics like the Multiple Document Interface and powerful recursive programming techniques link

The 100 Deadliest Karate Moves by Dr. Ted Gambordella, 5th Dan

Introduction by Dr. Ted Gambordella, 5th DanI wrote The 100 Deadliest Karate Moves as a practical text for the serious martialarts student or teacher. It is soley meant to be used as a reference in practice, and I do notcondone or suggest that any of the techniques found in this book be used in the streetagainst another man, unless, of course, the defender's life is in immediate danger. Thetechniques found in this book were not devised by me, and most are common knowledgeto the average student.What I have attempted to do is to compile moves in such a manner that one canstudy the kicks and blows and then can see the exact technique and target area, with theresulting damage to the attacker. I am assuming that the reader will have an adequatemartial arts background so that he knows the basic stances and strikes. Therefore, I amshowing only the strike or kick to the target area, without reference to body stances orother basics. All blows and kicks must be delivered with the utmost speed and power inorder to be effective.In a final chapter I show examples of street applications of some of the techniques.This is meant as a training section in order to get the student or teacher to beginto think of how the strikes and blows might be applied in a life-or-death situation link

Melvin Helitzer - Comedy Writing Secrets, 2nd Edition, recommended by David DeAngelo

Professional comedians will tell you that you cannot "learn" to be funny. You either have it or you don't. You either are or you aren't.They are, of course, lying.

For there is a craft to comedy, and it is learned. And comedians spend the early parts of their careers developing their craft. They get onstage. They suck. They get onstage again. They suck again.Eventually, however, those that persevere get the hang of it. They gradually begin to suck less. The audiences begin to laugh more.

However, beyond the craft itself, there is also an art to truly fine comedy, and this is what separates the gifted from the merely competent. This quality, perhaps, cannot be learned (or if it is learned, it is learned through life experience and not through practice of the craft).

But all comedians must learn the craft. It is a prerequisite to anything greater. And comedians (the gifted as well as the competent) spend considerable time and effort learning the craft.

We can look at the early careers of the gifted and see that this is true. Before Richard Pryor found his voice and changed the comedic world, he paid his dues in a conventional nightclub routine. Before George Carlin broke and redefined the mold of counterculture comedy, he began with safe media stuff ("Wonderful WINO! Wonderful WINO radio!"). Before Chris Rock shocked us, awed us, and brought us the pain, he languished as a second-string player on Saturday Night Live. Everyone spends their proverbial 40 years in the wilderness. link

A Modern Method For Guitar, Berklee

Book DescriptionNow guitarists can have all three volumes of this classic guitar method in one convenient book! Created by popular demand, this new edition of the method used as the basic text for the renowned Berklee College of Music guitar program is a complete compilation of the original Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Innovative solos, duets and exercises progressively teach melody, harmony and rhythm. Perfect for the serious guitar student and instructor alike.link1 link2 link3

The Vampire Chronicles Series Fear Fear

The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman made into a vampire in the 18th century.The chronicles have gained a large fanbase since the publication of the first volume in the 1970s. The first five books, which feature Lestat prominently, are especially popular; the later books have been criticized as having lost some of the sparkle and vitality of the earlier works.

The Vampire Chronicles
Interview with the Vampire (1976)
The Vampire Lestat (1985)
The Queen of the Damned (1988)
The Tale of the Body Thief (1992)
Memnoch the Devil (1995)
The Vampire Armand (1998)
Merrick (2000)Blood and Gold (2001)
Blackwood Farm (2002)
Blood Canticle (2003)
New Tales of the VampiresPandora (1998)
Vittorio the Vampire (2001)
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983),
Beauty's Punishment (1984),
and Beauty's Release (1985), are erotic novels by Anne Rice writing under the pseudonym of A. N. Roquelaure.

They are lengthy BDSM novels, reminiscent of Story of O, set in a medieval fantasy world based very loosely on the legend of Sleeping Beauty. The novels contain both maledom and femdom scenarios, as well as vivid imageries of bisexuality and ephebophilia.An abridged version of the books were read as an audio recording by Amy Brenneman and Elizabeth Montgomery. link

The Four Pillars of Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

From the Publisher:

This new textbook demonstrates that geometry can be developed in four fundamentally different ways, and that all should be used if the subject is to be shown in all its splendor. Euclid-style construction and axiomatics seem the best way to start, but linear algebra smooths the later stages by replacing some tortuous arguments by simple calculations. And how can one avoid projective geometry? It not only explains why objects look the way they do; it also explains why geometry is entangled with algebra. Finally, one needs to know that there is not one geometry, but many, and transformation groups are the best way to distinguish between them. In this book, two chapters are devoted to each approach, the first being concrete and introductory, while the second is more abstract.Geometry, of all subjects, should be about taking different viewpoints, and geometry is unique among mathematical disciplines in its ability to look different from different angles. Some students prefer to visualize, while others prefer to reason or to calculate. Geometry has something for everyone, and students will find themselves building on their strengths at times, and working to overcome weaknesses at other times. This book will be suitable for a second course in geometry and contains more than 100 figures, and a large selection of exercises in each chapter. link