PC Magazine August 2008

* Windows 7: Microsoft’s secret plans for the future of your desktop.
- Multitouch interface
- A new core

200 Ways to Recover a Hard Drive

Did you loose all your important data on your hard drive? Did it stop working? Well here try one of these 200 methods and you are sure that you will get your data back.

The Art of Basic Drawing

This compilation of some of the most popular titles in our How to Draw and Paint Series gives artists the perfect introduction to drawing. The Art of Basic Drawing contains fundamental information about tools and techniques, as well as a number of inspiring step-by-step lessons. From realistic still lifes to beautiful landscapes, artists will find [...]

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed

Microsoft® Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed is an end-to-end, deep dive into the Visual Studio development environment. It’s meant to provide you guidance on how you can squeeze the ultimate productivity out of the many features built into the .NET development tools. Understanding how to use your tools will make you a better developer. This book [...]

England For Dummies

From metropolitan London to the mysterious moors…from Bath with its beautiful 18th century architecture to the swinging seaside resort of Brighton…from prehistoric Stonehenge to York with its medieval walls, England has it all. There are so many royal palaces, massive cathedrals, glorious gardens, world-class museums, and historical sites that you could be overwhelmed, but this [...]

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book

This thorough, self-paced guide to Adobe Photoshop CS3–written by the experts at Adobe Systems’ is ideal for beginning users who want to learn key Photoshop concepts and techniques, while readers who already have some experience with Photoshop can use this book to learn Photoshop CS3’s more advanced features and newest tools. Using clear, step-by-step, project-based [...]

Mac World August 2008

This magazine is editorially aimed at the Macintosh owner and user. It contains information on Macintosh software for education, recreation and home and business productivity. As well, it reviews state-of-the-art commercial software.

Visual Math: See How Math Makes Sense

Visual Math has been designed to allow learners to “see” why math makes sense. By combining logical math concepts with pictures, previously unclear images will fade and math will suddenly click for you. Pictures, graphs, and diagrams help you understand math questions in the areas of number concepts and properties, fractions and decimals, ratios and [...]

The Sirius Mystery

Did civilization on earth result from contact with inhabitants of a planet in the Sirius star system prior to 3,000 B.C.? To answer this question, Robert Temple traces the traditions of four African tribes back 5,000 years to the ancient Mediterranean cultures of Sumer and Egypt. He shows that these cultures possessed great knowledge, much [...]

The Frequent Traveler’s Guide

In this dry but comprehensive volume, Anolik and Hawks have collected everything a seasoned traveler could ever need, from an in-depth discussion of the legal issues involved in traveling to tips on scoring that promised beach-view hotel room. The thoroughness they apply to the laws and regulations governing travel for American citizens is especially noteworthy. [...]