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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics by Michael Miller
Category: No Category | Series: Absolute Beginner's Guide
The first two editions of this book have been extremely strong sellers. There will always be a market for a new computer user's first computer book; computer novices continue to need help understanding, setting up, and using their new PCs. That book is this book: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Ba ...Show more
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keynote for MAC OS X by Curt Simmons
Category: No Category | Series: Absolute Beginner's Guide Ser.
Priced at $99, Keynote is the new application that promises to bring to everyone the ability to create stunning, professional-quality presentations. It includes professionally designed themes, top-end typography, animated charts and tables, and cinematic quality transitions. Keynote has Apple's traditio ...Show more
Acrylic for Beginners by Marcus Hederer
Category: Art | Series: Fine Arts for Beginners
The titles in this practical series are superbly suited to help readers become familiar with the most essential techniques of drawing, painting and design. They are tailor-made for a quick and practical introduction. In each book, numerous examples will inspire readers to explore their own potential for ...Show more
Acrylics by Angela Gair
Category: Art | Series: Beginner's Guides
A guide to choosing paints, paper and equipment, and to using numerous different acrylic techniques, including dilute colour impasto, glazing, knife painting and splattering. It also contains an overview of the history of drawing and a gallery of contemporary designs.
Ancient Greeks (Usborne Beginners) by Stephanie Turnbull
Category: Education | Series: Beginners
A guide for beginner readers to Ancient Greece and the lives of its citizens. Find out how far the Greek Empire spread, how it was governed, what people wore, ate and did for fun, learn about some of the most famous philosophers, mathematicians and medics of the age and about how the Empire declined. ...Show more
Ancient Philosophy: A Beginner's Guide by William J. Prior
Category: No Category | Series: Beginner's Guides
Philosophers didn't always busy themselves with life's big questions. The earliest ancient philosophers were primarily concerned with the world of nature, including phenomena such as earthquakes and eclipses. But one enigmatic Greek named Socrates began to explore abstract ideas about human existence. W ...Show more
Antarctica (Usborne Beginners) by Lucy Bowman
Category: Education | Series: Usborne Beginners
Usborne Beginners are colourful information books for children beginning to read on their own. Vivid, full colour illustrations and photographs on every page, accompanied by short, informative text. Developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Carefully selected internet links to e ...Show more
Antarctica the Heart of the World by Coral Tulloch
Category: Education | Series: Beginners Ser.
Antarctica is the highest, driest, windiest, coldest, cleanest, most isolated and most peaceful continent on Earth. It is a continent of wilderness, a place of enormous size and energy, of constant change and of great and rare beauty. To enter into Antarctica is to enter into a powerhouse, into the very ...Show more
Anthropology: A Beginner's Guide by Joy Hendry
Category: No Category | Series: Beginner's Guides
The first introductory guide to explore both biological and cultural approaches to the study of humanity, from the origin of our species, to universal traits, to the vast range of sacred rituals.. Covering key study topics, including communication and hierarchy, social and personal identity, rites of pa ...Show more
Ants (Beginners) by Lucy Bowman
Category: Education | Series: Beginners
Where do ants live? What do they eat? How much weight can they carry? Little children can find out the answers to these questions and much more in this simple introduction to the world of ants.
Art: A Beginner's Guide by Laurie Schneider Adams
Category: No Category | Series: Beginner's Guides
Art has existed for as long as humankind, but defining it is famously difficult. In this whirlwind tour spanning from prehistory up to the present day and beyond, Laurie Schneider Adams explores how art, and our views on it, have evolved. Delving into fascinating issues such as why some artworks can be ...Show more
Artificial Intelligence (Beginners Plus) by Henry Brook
Category: Education | Series: Beginners Plus
What is Artificial Intelligence? How is it used in everyday life? Can scientists really program robots to make them as intelligent as humans? Readers can find the answers in this easy to follow introduction to Artificial Intelligence.