Jon Johannesson's retail group, Baugur, has become famous in the UK for boldly snapping up familiar high street chains such as Oasis, Iceland and Hamleys toy shop. This book reveals how Baugur's international expansion became a source of embarrassment for Iceland and how its success forced the government to bring charges against the company.

Intended for members of the veterinary nursing profession, this illustrated dictionary includes definitions reflecting changes within the veterinary nursing profession and covers various aspects of the curriculum.

Includes chapters on printing, XPS, 3-D, navigation, text and documents, along with an appendix that covers Microsoft's WPF/E platform for delivering UI through standard web browsers - much like Adobe Flash. This book explains and compares the features that support interoperability with Windows Forms and other Windows legacy applications.

Teaches you how to use the fresh version of the C# language to build web, desktop, and rich Internet applications with the .NET 4.0 Framework. This title teaches you how to use C# with .NET tools such as the Entity Framework for easier data access, and the Silverlight platform for browser-based RIA development.

Mastering Visual Studio .NET provides the experienced programmer with all the information needed to get the most out of the latest development tool from Microsoft. The book covers the basics inside Visual Studio .NET, like creating a project, typing some code, and compiling and debugging.

It is commonly known that fashion is big business, yet little has been written on the phenomenon of the fashion system. This book unites theory and practice to provide a series of snapshots taken from different perspectives of the fashion business in the second half of the 20th century.

Presents a guide to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), a presentation framework for Windows XP and Windows Vista. This book covers WPF framework and its major elements, including the XAML markup language, the mapping of XAML to WinFX code; the WPF content model; layout; controls, styles, and templates; graphics, and more.

This third edition covers Java 1.4 and contains 193 examples: over 21,900 lines of densely commented Java code, covering 20 client-side and server-side APIs. It includes new chapters on the Java Sound API and the New I/O API. The chapters on XML and servlets have been rewritten to cover latest versions and best practices for Java 1.4.