Windows XP Quicksteps

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Brace youself, because here comes QuickSteps: The fast, easy, accessible information on Windows XP in a full-color cookbook-style format. Provides answers to all of your How-do-I questions in a concise and meaningful way. Lengthwise page layout allows for easy page viewing. Useful tips and cautions are displayed in the margins so that they don’t break the flow of the quick steps themselves.

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EASY Windows XP .......2007-01-12

This is a very elementary book for XP. There are some programs of value but overall, not inclusive enough to be of more help than other books have been to me

Windows XP Quicksteps.......2006-08-14

This book is especially written for those with some knowledge of computers, but not enough to be able to use Windows to its full potential. This is an excellent handbook which will answer most questions for the layman. I found it more useful than the XP for Dummies. Also, the color illustrations are great for those that like hands-on tutorials.

Easy to follow quick reference-great way to get started!.......2005-07-28

Windows XP Quicksteps is really good for the beginning Windows user. It uses simple terms, good color illustrations, and easy to follow shortcuts to help you get started. And it is complete enough to get you to a thorough understanding of Windows XP, even for an intermediate user.

Great for my users.......2004-09-09

I manage a medium-sized network and support a large number of fairly savvy users. That is, most users know how to do their specific tasks very well and are willing to learn new things. But they are not willing to sit down with a book full of dense text. This is where the "Quick Steps" books come in handy. I keep a number of these books on hand and when a user requests assistance, I give them one of the books with the appropriate page bookmarked. Steps are outlined in full color with lots of pictures and pointers and tips. Additional information is set off in side boxes so users can learn more if they choose. What I have found is that once a user completes a task successfully, they get fairly excited about the experience and browse the book to learn more. The books really stimulate users to experiment with things they would not normally bother to learn. And that is where this book excels. It is a "browser." Users don't feel like they need to start at the beginning and read through to the end. I get lots of grumbles when I ask for the book back so I can pass it on to others.

This book is also great for new users. I tell them to spend a few hours working through the steps, which are easy to follow and can be done at a fairly fast pace. Most users think the full color layout is fun to work through. The down-side is that like any book, space is limited, especially with the fully-illustrated format, so you're obviously not going to find everything in these books, but I do feel they contain a good balance of material and are appropriate for corporate libraries.

Marty and I are fellow writers and that is how I learned about these books. I must say that it has helped my users enormously and relieved my support task. Hey, it's the 21st century. Anyone working in an office should know how to work with operating systems and common applications. Most people can do that if they have easily accessible references and refresher material like these books. Thanks to Marty for developing the "Quick Steps" concept and to McGraw-Hill for publishing this series.

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Windows XP Quicksteps
Martin Matthews
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OFK4PC

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The Global Financial Stability Report, published four times a year, provides timely and comprehensive coverage of mature and emerging financial markets and seeks to identify potential fault lines in the global financial system that could lead to crisis. It is designed to deepen understanding of global capital flows, which play a critical role as an engine of world economic growth. The report replaces the annual International Capital Markets, published since 1980, and the electronic quarterly, Emerging Markets Financing, published since 2000.

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Horizon Scientific Press titles focus on high-level microbiology and molecular biology topics. Written by internationally renowned and highly respected leaders in the field, they comprise review manuals, practical manuals, and reference texts for research scientists, bioscience professionals and graduate students.

Fungi play critical roles in human and animal health, in the agriculture and food industries, in biotechnology, and as model organisms for basic scientific studies. Molecular biology techniques and phylogenetic theories are currently being employed to address the reclassification of fungi, to improve the accuracy and speed of the diagnosis of fungal infections, to identify the sources of individual cases and outbreaks of infections, and to understand the patterns of genetic variation and evolutionary potentials in populations of pathogenic fungi.

In this volume internationally recognised population and evolutionary geneticists describe the use of molecular techniques and bioinformaticsto study the evolutionary genetics of fungi. The focus of the book is on the most recent advances and current theories in this highly topical area. Topics covered include the molecular methods currently used for typing species and strains of fungi, the selection of methods to address specific questions, molecular systematics, biogeography, population genetics, mitochondrial inheritance and evolution, drug resistance, mutations, model organisms, and much, much more.

Essential reading for scientists and researchers working in mycology and a recommended reference text for all science libraries.

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EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS OF FUNGI
Jianping Xu
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N6CX3S

Evolutionary interactions between Rhododendrons, pollinating insects and rust fungi: Preliminary report (Plant introduction and genetic resources investigation paper)

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Evolutionary interactions between Rhododendrons, pollinating insects and rust fungi: Preliminary report (Plant introduction and genetic resources investigation paper)
E. E Leppik
Manufacturer: [Plant Genetics and Germplasm Institute?]
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00072FIZI

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Doping profiles are a key element in the development of modern semiconductor technology. This book is the first to give a comprehensive review of the theory, fabrication, characterization, and device applications of abrupt, shallow, and narrow doping profiles in semiconductors. After an introductory chapter sets out the basic theoretical and experimental concepts involved, the authors discuss the fabrication of abrupt and narrow doping profiles by several different techniques, including epitaxial growth. They then present the techniques for characterizing doping distributions, followed by several chapters on the inherent physical properties of narrow doping profiles. The latter part of the book deals with specific devices. The book will be of great interest to graduate students, researchers, and engineers in the fields of semiconductor physics and microelectronic engineering.

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Worst purchase ever.......2006-04-27

I regret the day I bought this...useless piece of @(*#$...no one wants to buy this from me for even $1. schubert is an idiot

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Moving and Funny.......2007-09-28

A rather unconventional heroine is Melanie but that makes her all the more interesting and fun. Serious issues slink through this book but the author treats them with sensitive humor. I found myself often laughing out loud while reading this novel. Well done Ms. Carter.

Not the Caliber of "Shopaholic".......2007-01-28

I picked up this book after reading a review on the back by an author who states "move over shopaholic". Being an avid reader of Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series, this caught my attention. I just finished it and was extremely disappointed in this poor attempt to capture the witty style Kinsella has mastered. The problem was, the author chose a dark context. The main character launches into narratives fantasizing about her own demise and clearly has developed her habit due to severe emotional trauma. This is not the light, witty read I expected in the least. Also, the author uses several lines directly from the TV series Friends (needless to say, credit was not given to the writers on Friends) including a female character responding to a male character's feminine antics with a cutesy "You're pretty." -just as Rachel said to Ross when he emerged from Emma's bassinet with a bow on his head. Very unoriginal. This could have been an interesting plot for a story, but it was poorly written, used "borrowed" material and really should not be considered in the same genre as Kinsella. If you want to read humerous "chick lit" about shopping, this is not it.

Steal this Book!.......2006-12-22

I have a confession to make, I am a thief! Every chance I get I steal a moment to read Mary Carters book "She'll Take It!". Twenty minutes hear, forty-five minutes there, (if I am really lucky and don't get caught) an hour here. I can't help myself, I have to read this book! I wish I could just sit down and finish the whole thing in one sitting - its a page turner! Its rare I laugh out loud from a book, but I constantly found myself doing so at every cafe', every bus ride, every morning before the kids get up. Whenever (and wherever) I can find a quiet moment to steal, I take it!

Melanie Zeitgar is a completely real and likable character. The book made me feel like I was eavesdropping on a handful of girlfriends in some outta the way cafe' in New York City. It felt like a real life version of "Sex and the City" (where people actually worry about their next paycheck). On top of that you get to do something that has eluded single men everywhere for ages - you get a rare look into the mind of a real women and hear how she thinks! The f/x network would have a goldmine of good programming if they green lit this authors property!

Laugh out loud funny!.......2006-03-19

I wanted this nutty, funny and vulnerable character to stop stealing, but I also couldn't help relishing it every time she did. I loved this character and rooted for her all the way. Didn't want it to end.

She'll Take It.......2006-03-15

This book is incredibly addictive!!!! It gave me the same feeling I get when I watch Sex & The City or eat chocolate, I just wanted more at the end! Loved it!!!!!

Katie's Basics of Beading: She'll Take the Mystery Out of Beading for You

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Katie's Basics of Beading: She'll Take the Mystery Out of Beading for You
Katie Hacker
Manufacturer: Hot Off The Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1562318896

It'll take 13 years, but she'll have info; Farmer wants it for CEC hearings.(City): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press

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It'll take 13 years, but she'll have info; Farmer wants it for CEC hearings.(City): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press
Gale Reference Team
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000MX6W2A
Release Date: 2007-01-23

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William Clarke Quantrill was quite possibly the most dangerous man to fight in the Civil War. The leader of an almost psychopathic band of guerrilla warriors, Quantrill participated as a Confederate in a deadly border war between Southern sympathizers in Missouri and the Unionist Jayhawks of Kansas. He was largely responsible for the 1863 massacre of nearly 200 unresisting men and boys in Lawrence, Kansas, as well as dozens of other brutal acts that today would be called terrorism. Among the notorious men who rode with him were Frank and Jesse James, whose postwar crime careers are briefly reviewed. Edward E. Leslie provides an objective treatment of his controversial subject, and readers will appreciate his ability to tell a good story--including the one about why Quantrill's bones currently rest in three different states and why a forensically correct wax reconstruction of his head can be found in the refrigerator of an Ohio historical society. --John J. Miller

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This is the first modern biography of the most famous--and infamous--soldier, rogue, raider, and terrorist to emerge from the Civil War. The Devil Knows How to Ride is based on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers--all of which the author has skillfully converted in a biography that is almost sure to provoke controversy among Civil War historians and buffs alike. of photos.

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Charley Hart was mistreated in Lawrence...............2007-09-09

....and Colonel William Clarke Quantrill called in the debt. He sure as hell did. Hart was an assumed name that Quantrill used as a young man when he went west from Ohio seeking fame and fortune, or at least a living. Problem was, he landed right in the middle of the "Bleeding Kansas" mess that was especially hot along the Missouri-Kansas border. Quantrill worked as a teacher, and is said to have been a good one, but trouble was brewing...Charles Jennison and his Jayhawkers, John Brown and his murders of innocent whites....more than enough motivation for a young man to follow the South when war came.

Missouri was even more deeply divided than the rest of the country; it really was brother against brother. The Confederate commander in Missouri was Major General Sterling Price, a fine and decent man, but not our best General. Initially, Quantrill served in the regular Confederate Army, but gradually broke away, with a band of followers, to form The Missouri Partisan Rangers, forerunner of the modern Special Forces, complete with proper Confederate commissions. At first, they played by regular rules...taking prisoners, giving paroles, etc. But when Jim Lane wantonly burned Osceola, and murdered civilians, the black flag came out...

Quantrill's followers are the stuff of Legend...Captain Bloody Bill Anderson...Captain George Todd, who eventually supplanted Quantrill [I am married to a direct descendent of Captain Todd; our son will gladly tell you about it]...Archie Clement...Bill Gregg...Cole Younger...Frank James...Jesse James. Some died in the cause; others went on to fame after the war.

Quantrill's Raiders lived off the countryside, and made things hot for the Yankees wherever they went. They even fought, and won, regular battles, like Baxter Springs. Finally, the Yankees imprisoned female relatives of the Raiders in a structurally unsafe jail in Kansas City...when it collapsed, five innocent girls, including Bill Anderson's sister and Cole Younger's cousin died...enough was enough, the bill was due, and Lawrence paid. When Ewing issued his infamous Order #11, clearing northwest Missouri of Southern civilians, resolve hardened.

Eventually, Todd and Anderson were killed, and the war ended. Quantrill was mortally wounded in Kentucky in 1865. Or was he? He was seen alive as late as 1915...the ultimate legendary status...seen alive after death, joining such company as Jesse James [seen as late as 1951], Houdini, Elvis, and JFK. His skull was used as a prop in a college fraternity initiation for years; he finally received a military funeral, and Christian burial, in 1992. Surviving Raiders held reunions from 1898 till 1929; interestingly, there were two black Raiders at the reunions, though no one knows much about them.

This is a well researched account of a little known aspect of our Civil War. "Quantrill's War" by Duane Schultz is more academic, but this is more readable...both get five stars.

The Civil War wasn't just in the East.......2005-04-04

I went to KU in Lawrence so I was well aware of Quantrill's raid but that was about all that I was aware of. (Pioneer Cemetery with headstone inscriptions bearing witness to that raid is just across I70 from KU on Mount Oread.) When studying the American Civil War in school one learns about Gettysburg, Antietam, Petersburg and the fighting in the Shenandoah of Virginia. Some passing mention might be made of the war in the west, usually a reference to Grant and Vicksburg. There is hardly if ever any mention of the 'border war' in eastern Kansas and western Missouri. The border war is still alive in that part of the nation; the massacre at Baxter Springs and General Order Number 11 that emptied a number of counties of citizens in western Missouri to combat bands of guerillas is still in the memory of many. Not all of the fighting was in the east and Edward Leslie does a fine job of bringing to life a bit of the war in the west. It was as nasty if not nastier than anything in the east.

The Bloody Conflict in Kansas-Missouri.......2004-11-06

With nealy 620,000 combat deaths, the American Civil War has proven the single bloodiest conflict ever engaged in by U.S. forces. Names like Antietam, Gettysburg, and Appomattox still make many Americans cringe with thoughts of bullets, sabres, and grape shot tearing through ranks of steadily marching countrymen.

However, there was another smaller, beastly war occuring along the contested boarder region between Missouri and Kansas. Rarely was there a conflict between the massive armies of the C.S.A. and U.S.A. Rather it was a war of attrition waged by roving bands of maruaders who were less interested in ideology and more concerned with loot and plunder. Indeed, along the border raged a savage guerrilla war.

With the State of Kansas predomintly in support of the Federal Union, and the Missourians leaning towards Jeff Davis' Confederate States, the border was a tinderbox, and sparks were everywhere. Incidents of violence were common, and reprisal raids were bloody.

Leslie provides an excellent and informative book regarding not only the Missouri-Kansas border war, but one of the principal guerrila chieftains, William Clarke Quantrill. Q's band of raiders, which included such infamous names as Jesse and Frank James, Cole Younger, and the notorious "Bloody" Bill Anderson waged a war with few if any rules. Prisoners were executed with out remorse, cities and towns were burned to the ground, and civilians attempting the least resistance were gunned down, usually with one pistol ball to the head. Rather than being a rarity, Q's band was one of many roaming the countyside. The Unionists also maintained their guerrila fighters under the name of Jayhawkers who were equally ruthless as Quantrill; the difference being they were partial to the execution of Southern sympathizers.

Leslie follows the story of Q and the Kansas-Missouri war from its inception to its conclusion. He keeps his observations objective and provides a clear picture of both the C.S.A. and the U.S.A. His work is well researched and readable, and certainly leads readers to discover more about this unique, although bloody Americans.

Classic Study on Guerrilla War In the US.......2004-10-27

This is a classic study in depth study into the mind of the 19th century guerrilla in the War Between the States. To understand counterinsugency of today or to understand the reasons insurgents fight, you must delve into their world.

Great Insight on why Kansas and Missouri were enemies.......2003-03-25

Great Book
This is an excellently researched book about the pre-Civil War era along the Missouri and Kansas border and why their conflicts escalated into a all out war between them during the Civil War.
This book is well balanced and not a bunch of hyped up exaggerated stories about a notorious outlaw. Excellent read for any student or history buff desiring to better understand the turmoil and terror the local communities and people endured and suffered on both sides of the civil war.

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Norman Cantor writes as if he were present for each event and movement, both large and small, since 1900, so clear is his analysis of society, culture, and politics. In this massive book Cantor tackles seemingly everything--whether modernism, folk music, psychoanalysis, or the atomic bomb--placing each in its proper context while cleverly intertwining themes and drawing intriguing comparisons. A distinguished scholar of history, sociology, and comparative history, Cantor deftly incorporates a staggering amount of information and observations into a coherent package that will challenges readers' perceptions and ideas. Spiced with wit and wisdom, The American Century is at turns brilliant, controversial, and fascinating.

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Twentieth-century culture from Mao to McLuhan, The Rite of Spring to The Right Stuff, Freud to Frank Lloyd Wright, Eliot to Elvis, Marxism to modernism.

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Indigestible.......1999-12-24

The subject and scope is enticing, but this book demonstrates why the book industry must resuscitate editors. The authors' writing is wooden, repetitive and, finally, irritating. After 50 pages, it drove me to the comparative pleasures of a text on economics.

readable but superficial.......1999-01-02

Today, New Year's Day 1999, I spent reading the first 170 pages or so of Cantor's book. Pages fly by; it is readable. But it is also superficial, sometimes factually wrong. At one point, the periodic table of elements is presented as an anachronism leftover from the Victorian age. Chemists today, he claims, would not recognize it. "... most chemists today would not even know the periodic table, nor would they have a use for it." (p. 19, paperback edition). That's sheer idiocy, as any practicing chemist would tell you. Inorganic chemistry is essentially the further development of the great periodic table.

My time today was not wasted - but beware.

brilliant but disappointing book.......1998-07-18

in his attempt to be comprehensive,norman cantor's survey of twentieth century thought is often superficial. his history of the jews, "the sacred chain", was deeper, more intellectually stimulating and infuriating.

Amazingly broad and detailed; falls short on science.......1997-10-29

First, I enjoyed the book a great deal. It was incredibly thought-provoking and stimulating. Therefore, whatever its shortcomings, it is truly an impressive achievement and a remarkable tour de force.

My complaint is that the author appears seriously misinformed on some of the scientific subjects about which he writes. Granted, Cantor is not a natural scientist, and the book is not primarily about science. Still, what he chooses to include about chemistry and physics ought to be correct. For example (p. 19), Cantor is completely mistaken about the role of the periodic table in modern chemistry (or, as he would have it, the lack of a role); he even gives the wrong date for its discovery (no later than 1869, not 1890 as stated). I can be less categorical about a quotation of Einstein's purporting to show that Einstein knew his theory of relativity was akin to philosophical relativism; however, based on the content and date of the quote (1928) and on my knowledge that relativity retains the principle of causality, I think the quote is much more likely to be about quantum mechanics, about which Einstein (as Cantor notes) had serious misgivings.

Rather than belabor examples, I'll close by stating that these errors undermined the book's authority in my eyes. Granted, a book as opinionated as this generates a healthy skepticism in any critical reader: that is part of the book's attraction and, I assume, part of the author's intent. But by writing inaccurately about matters I know about (I am a chemist), Cantor makes me wonder which, if any, of the other subjects reflect similar misinformation.

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This book provides an in-depth, state-of-the-art discussion of the theory of finite packings and coverings by convex bodies. It contains various new results and arguments, collects other key data scattered about the literature, and provides a comprehensive treatment of problems whose interplay was not clearly understood prior to this text. Arrangements of congruent convex bodies in Euclidean space are covered, and the density of finite packing and covering by balls in Euclidean, spherical and hyperbolic spaces is considered.

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This digital document is an article from Snow Goer, published by Ehlert Publishing Group on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 983 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: 2004 SnowTime Tourism Awards: it's that time of year again when Snow Goer puts the pen in readers' hands to tell us what is the best of the best. Though the ever-popular Michigan Upper Peninsula and West Yellowstone, Montana, certainly made this year's lists, a few new spots edged their way into the lineup.(the best of the best)
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Date: March 1, 2005
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Volume: 15 Issue: 6 Page: 54(2)

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