While foodies may flock to Vancouver for dumplings and dim sum, they leave having discovered a wealth of world-class Asian dishes, from sushi to sambar, bánh mì to bubble tea. East Meets West celebrates the distinctive dishes from the best of the city’s Asian restaurants.
DSLR photography requires more knowledge than taking pictures with your phone. Your phone is great for taking pictures, it is always available, and it weighs less than a pound. Something wonderful takes place and you can just whip out that phone, point and shoot! If you have fallen in love with photography and want to graduate to DSLR, you will need a bit of learning to get you started. The photos you will produce with your DSLR will have a quality that cannot be matched by a point and shoot phone. Your hobby is about to get more involved and you will be amazed with the pictures you create.
The Student Book features: Authentic material for all the new types of passages and questions on the test. Diagnostic pre-tests and post-tests that allow students to identify strengths and weaknesses and assess improvement in each section. Practice sections for the four skills: Reading provides practice exercises in the new test formats, including filling in a table or chart and paraphrasing.
Neil deGrasse Tyson was just nine years old when he became fascinated by the mysteries of the cosmos. Today he’s known worldwide for inspiring others to consider the world and the universe around us. The astrophysicist, director at the world-renowned Hayden Planetarium in New York City, and science influencer has been a powerful advocate for science literacy with a popular television series and the NYT–bestselling book Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. He’s been awarded the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal for his “extraordinary role in exciting the public about the wonders of science.” Now he’s teaching you how he connects with audiences around the world.
KAPAP teaches defensive tactics as used by Israeli Special Forces, counter terror and police units. KAPAP’s philosophy is that no one has the right to interfere with you with malicious intent and anyone who does should be dealt with immediately and aggressively… Kapap is a combat doctrine made up of a combination of several fighting styles such as boxing, judo, jujitsu, combat with knife, gun and rifle.
Penetration testers simulate cyber attacks to find security weaknesses in networks, operating systems, and applications. Information security experts worldwide use penetration techniques to evaluate enterprise defenses. In Penetration Testing, security expert, researcher, and trainer Georgia Weidman introduces you to the core skills and techniques that every pentester needs. Using a virtual machine-based lab that includes Kali Linux and vulnerable operating systems, you’ll run through a series of practical lessons with tools like Wireshark, Nmap, and Burp Suite. As you follow along with the labs and launch attacks, you’ll experience the key stages of an actual assessment – including information gathering, finding exploitable vulnerabilities, gaining access to systems, post exploitation, and more.
Don’t live in fear of math any longer. Math Magic makes math what you may never have imagined it to be: easy and fun!
TELL ME MORE version 10 will allow you to master the English language and reach fluency, providing you with the most complete and extensive content to learn a language. TELL ME MORE English is the only English software that truly covers all of the skills used in learning English: not only reading, writing, listening, and speaking, but also grammar, vocabulary and culture.
Delve into the world of motion graphics, keying, and compositing in After Effects CC. In this course, Ian Robinson lays out six foundations for becoming proficient with After Effects, including concepts such as layers, keyframe animation, and working with 3D.
The ultimate homework assistant for math, science, social studies, foreign language learning, and more. This powerful homework package includes a full set of easy-to-use resources to help students successfully complete assignments in a variety of subjects.
This comprehensive guide to location portraits teaches the basics of good head-to-toe posing, indoors and out, and shows the classical approaches used throughout photographic history to create a pleasing rendition of the human form. Additional introductory chapters detail the four main posing styles and reveal how to determine which will work best with a subject, their clothing, the location, and the purpose of the portrait. Chapters for advanced photographers highlight the creation of a wide variety of individual and group poses – including ground, seated, head-and-shoulders, and standing – to be utilized in tandem with stairs, rocks, and other architectural and natural elements. A chapter devoted to the essential business skills needed to professionally schedule appointments, work through consultations, manage sessions, and present and deliver final prints is also included.
Whether you have a point-and-shoot or digital SLR camera, this new edition of the full-color bestseller is packed with tips, advice, and insight that you won’t find in your camera manual. Digital photography guru Julie Adair King presents you with new and extensively updated information on topics that is written for fledgling photographers in a fun and friendly style. You’ll explore tips for finding the gear that best suits your needs, using built-in tools, working with focus and exposure, and shooting like a pro.
