Get a head start on building apps for Windows 8. With a series of examples, this hands-on guide takes you through the process of creating complete touch-enabled apps that respond to native sensors. Through the course of the book, you’ll learn how to work with the Windows Runtime application model while building a Bing Image Search app.If you’re an experienced .NET developer who wants to get up to speed with Windows 8, this book provides the expertise and C# code samples you need.

Stranded in the mountains, the Great Champion and the young dog-wizard Dusty discover gods, goats, living statues, oracular crows, and dangerous secrets about the history of the Autumnlands. Secrets that could help them save the worldif theyÍre able to survive. The hit epic-fantasy series continues, by superstar creators KURT BUSIEK, BENJAMIN DEWEY and JORDIE BELLAIRE. Named one of the A.V. Club 's Best of 2015. Collects THE AUTUMNLANDS #7-14.

This eight-time Eisner Award–winning comic book series blending fantasy and humor returns in a historical adventure blending Japanese and Western occult!An elder member of the occult-battling pack of Wise Dogs recalls a harrowing mission—in U.S-occupied Japan after World War II, a mysterious curse creates an army of crawling, disembodied heads which threatens to overwhelm the region. Emrys and a team of canine companions attempt to solve the mystery, bringing them ...

They Just Don't Get It! explores an all-too-common dilemma: when people around us just don't "get" our ideas. Through a charming illustrated fable, it tells the story of Julie Buffet, a hard-charging advertising executive with what she thinks is a fantastic idea for a new campaign. But nobody gets it-not the client, not her boss, and not her coworkers. And Julie can't understand why. We have all found ourselves in this situation at one time or another, and we typically see this problem as ...

Eleven of our most suspenseful new voices spin tales to intrigue you on both foreign and domestic shores.Murder, missing persons, espionage, hit-men and love gone wrong fill the pages of this tome all for the pleasure of your inner sleuth!

SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE OF $9.99! The debut collection of the hit epic-fantasy series. When the wizards of the Autumnlands reach through time to bring back a legendary hero, they don 't get the savior they expected. But in a shattered, besieged city, he 's their only hope of survival-and possibly their entire world 's, as well. Collects THE AUTUMNLANDS: TOOTH & CLAW #1-6.

This eight-time Eisner Award-winning comic book series blending fantasy and humor features the adventures of paranormal pets investigating the horrors of Burden Hill.A heroic pack of canines known as the Wise Dogs sets off on a mission to clean up a Pennsylvania corridor plagued by seemingly unrelated occult disturbances that include a fire salamander and a horde of mutant lurkers. A link is found among the various disturbances, leading our heroes to a mountain vil...

They Just Don't Get It! explores an all-too-common dilemma: when people around us just don't "get" our ideas. Through a charming illustrated fable, it tells the story of Julie Buffet, a hard-charging advertising executive with what she thinks is a fantastic idea for a new campaign. But nobody gets it-not the client, not her boss, and not her coworkers. And Julie can't understand why.We have all found ourselves in this situation at one time or another, and we typically see this probl...

Roll up your sleeves and jump into building web applications using .NET Core 2.1 and the most popular JavaScript frameworks.You will start by building a data access layer using Entity Framework Core, a RESTful service using ASP.NET Core, and then you will build a web application following the MVC pattern, also using ASP.NET Core. The resulting application is an example e-commerce site using the most appropriate capabilities in .NET Core for building a line of business applications....

Written by programming legend Charles Petzold and created jointly by Microsoft Press and Xamarin Inc., this Preview Edition ebook is about writing applications for Xamarin.Forms, the new mobile development platform for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone unveiled by Xamarin in May 2014. Xamarin.Forms lets you write shared user-interface code in C# and XAML (the eXtensible Application Markup Language) that maps to native controls on these three platforms. (The final edition of this ebook will b...

The Magical world of the Rain Fairies brightens Amy's life when her mother passes on the secrets from her own childhood.There is no reason to be afraid of a thunderstormThe Rain Fairies story is in conjunction with.Crusty the CrabThe White UnicornsThe MermaidsCroaky the FrogMrs SpiderThe Mischievous Elves

IntroductionHave you ever wondered why other people seem to succeed, while your life is standing still? The truth of the matter is that you have the same opportunities as other people but just haven’t found out how to use them to your own advantage. Life coaches tell clients that they can achieve anything and having the right leadership skills will help drive your life in the right direction.There are so many people that live mundane lives. They may be highly qualified. The...