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Exactly how does the cascade in Cascading Style Sheets work? This concise guide demonstrates the power and simplicity of CSS selectors for applying style rules to different web page elements.

Simply put, cascading style sheets is a way to separate a document's structure from its presentation. The technique allows a richer document appearance than HTML, its compact file size makes web pages load quickly and it saves time as the appearance of an entire document can be changed easily.

When dismembered bodies start to appear in New York City, the search for a serial killer begins. Leading the hunt is Gabriel de Sade, a tough Manhattan detective. What should be a straightforward murder investigation escalates when yet more dismembered bodies are found. A very sick, psychotic murderer is loose on the streets of the city. Yet the case is to become more complicated than he could imagine. The nightmare is just beginning for de Sade, a Delta Force veteran of Afghanistan.The FBI are also hunting for the serial killer and their evidence points to a Russian Mafiya baron, Grigory Gordieva. The pursuit leads Gabriel to Moscow with an FBI partner, Special Agent Faith Ward. They find themselves pitted against political interference from both American and Russian governments. Yet when they ask for help from the Moscow Militia de Sade finds them both corrupt and on the Mafiya payroll.Their only assistance comes from an unexpected quarter, a Russian Orthodox Bishop. With his help, de Sade reaches the heart of the Gordieva’s Mafiya operations. The Russian retaliates by kidnapping Faith Ward. With only a discredited Militia detective to help him, he takes on the Moscow Mafiya. De Sade adapts his Delta Force tactics to wage a secret war on the Moscow streets. The action builds to a climax that is shattering and extraordinary.

This practical guide shows you many ways to use colors, backgrounds, and gradients to achieve some pretty awesome effects. Short and sweet, this book is an excerpt from the upcoming fourth edition of CSS: The Definitive Guide.

New York homicide detective Gabriel de Sade faces his biggest ever challenge when a series of brutal, bloody murders causes chaos and fear in the city of New York. Yet this time, his opponents are more powerful, more wealthy and more devious than de Sade has ever encountered before. This time, he will need his brutal skills more than ever just to stay alive. And to keep alive those he loves, who themselves are heading into trouble. His girlfriend, Faith Ward, and her business partner, fly down to Mexico. To Nogales, the drug and murder hellhole in Mexico that straddles the Arizona border. Their innocent purchase of unwanted effects from an old church uncovers a two thousand year old relic that is reputed to possess magical properties of healing. And could also unleash the most frightening evil when men fight to possess it. Fleeing Nogales, Faith and her Russian partner Galina are trapped in an Arizonan cross border tunnel. Gabriel has to pitch every ounce of his fighting abilities to counter his enemies, and embark on a desperate life or death search to uncover the tunnel and try to effect a rescue. This is an astonishing story of murder, drugs and people trafficking, spiced with a meaty helping of politics. And of a power even greater than men's imagining. Yet another book in this series that grabs the reader's interest from page one and never lets up.

When the US learns of a planned genocidal attack by Middle East terrorists, Bravo Platoon is called in. They must fight their way through to a besieged Syrian town to bring out the Israeli agent who first flagged the threat. Leaving behind a long, bloody trail of Syrian bodies, they battle their way out to carry the data back for analysis by NSA. The recovered decrypts show a rogue element of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the Pasdaran, is building a dirty bomb, to be used on Israel and the US. Bravo Platoon is sent back into action, this time to Iran, the terror capital of the world and America's sworn enemy. They must locate and destroy the bomb making facility before the weapons can be deployed. Faced by overwhelming odds, their task becomes a fierce struggle to complete the mission before the weapons of mass destruction can be used to devastating effect, and before they are themselves destroyed. Black Ops III is an action packed sequel to the best selling Seal Team Bravo - Black Ops. Once more, this book brings to life the clandestine, thrilling and dangerous world of the Navy SEALs

When you're working with CSS and need an answer now, this concise yet comprehensive quick reference provides the essential information you need. Revised and updated for CSS3, this fifth edition is ideal for intermediate to advanced web designers and developers.

Present information in stunning new ways by transforming CSS elements in two- and three-dimensional space. Whether you're rotating a photo, doing some interesting perspective tricks, or creating an interface that lets you reveal information on an element's backside, this practical guide shows you how to use them to great effect.