Sunday, October 16, 2011

PHP & MySQL For Dummies, 4th Edition

PHP & MySQL For Dummies, 4th EditionHere's what Web designers need to know to create dynamic, database-driven Web sites

To be on the cutting edge, Web sites need to serve up HTML, CSS, and products specific to the needs of different customers using different browsers. An effective e-commerce site gathers information about users and provides information they need to get the desired result.

PHP scripting language with a MySQL back-end database offers an effective way to design sites that meet these requirements. This full updated 4th Edition of PHP & MySQL For Dummies gets you quickly up to speed, even if your experience is limited.

  • Explains the easy way to install and set up PHP and MySQL using XAMPP, so it works the same on Linux, Mac, and Windows
  • Shows you how to secure files on a Web host and how to write secure code
  • Packed with useful and understandable code examples for Web site creators who are not professional programmers
  • Fully updated to ensure your code will be compliant based on PHP 5.3 and MySQL 5.1.31
  • Provides clear, accurate code examples

PHP & MySQL For Dummies, 4th Edition provides what you need to know to create sites that get results.

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Geometry Workbook For Dummies

Geometry Workbook For DummiesGeometry is one of the oldest mathematical subjects in history. Unfortunately, few geometry study guides offer clear explanations, causing many people to get tripped up or lost when trying to solve a proof—even when they know the terms and concepts like the back of their hand. However, this problem can be fixed with practice and some strategies for slicing through all the mumbo-jumbo and getting right to the heart of the proof.

Geometry Workbook For Dummies ensures that practice makes perfect, especially when problems are presented without the stiff, formal style that you’d find in your math textbook. Written with a commonsense, street-smart approach, this guide gives you the step-by-step process to solve each proof, along with tips, shortcuts, and mnemonic devices to make sure the solutions stick. It also gives you plenty of room to work out your solutions, providing you with space to breathe and a clear head. This book provides you with the tools you need to solve all types of geometry problems, including:

  • Congruent triangles
  • Finding the area, angle, and size of quadrilaterals
  • Angle-arc theorems and formulas
  • Touching radii and tangents
  • Connecting radii and chords
  • Parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting lines and planes
  • Slope, distance, and midpoint formulas
  • Line and circle equations
  • Handling rotations, reflections, and other transformations

Packed with tons of strategies for solving proofs and a review of key concepts, Geometry Workbook For Dummies is the ultimate study aid for students, parents, and anyone with an interest in the field.

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Violin For Dummies

Violin For DummiesTake a bow and start playing tunes with this friendly guide!

Whether you're an aspiring classical musician or you just want to fiddle around, Violin For Dummies will have you making music in not time. This interactive book-and-CD-ROM package makes it easy with step-by-step instruction on everything from simple tunes to show-stopping techniques. With coverage of musical styles including classical, country, and jazz, this is the ultimate guide to the violin.

Discover how to:
* Choose the right violin and accessories
* Develop correct violin and bow hold
* Understand the language of music
* Play classical, country, gypsy, and jazz
* Tune, change strings, and perform simple maintenance


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MP3 files of every song and exercise from the book.

Video clips demonstrating techniques to help you pick up and play.

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Franchising For Dummies

Franchising For DummiesIf you want to own your business but don’t want to start from scratch, maybe buying into a franchise is the right choice for you! Franchising can be a great way to get started in small business without taking the huge risk of founding and building a company on your own. But before you jump in there’s plenty you need to know in order to make sure you do it right.

Franchising For Dummies, Second Edition gives you all the inside insight and smart advice to make sure you pick the right investment opportunity and make the most of it. Written by one of the nation’s leading franchise consultants and by the late Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s International, this fun, friendly guide is packed with guidance from top industry professionals. Packed with practical resources you need to succeed, this handy guide will help you:

  • Pick the perfect franchise opportunity for you
  • Find an ideal location
  • Raise the capital you need to launch your franchise
  • Manage daily business operations
  • Understand complex legal issues
  • Work and communicate with your franchisor and other franchisees
  • Read and understand a Uniform Franchise Offering Circular
  • Expand your business and buy new franchises

Full of handy resources—including sample forms and agreements and a listing of available government resources—Franchising For Dummies, Second Edition is a great way to discover a great franchising opportunity, get started, and achieve your dream of small business success and independence.

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Nonprofit Kit For Dummies

Nonprofit Kit For Dummies

Tips and techniques to help your nonprofit thrive in any economy

Due to the recent downturn in the economy, a significant number of nonprofit organizations have experienced a major decrease in funding and contributions. Nonprofit Kit for Dummies, 3rd Edition caters to these organizations and shows you how your nonprofit can thrive and survive even in the current economic climate.

With 25% new and revised material, Nonprofit Kit For Dummies, 3rd Edition offers new tips and information on everything you need to navigate the process of setting up and effectively running a nonprofit organization.

  • Covers raising money, applying for grants, and developing the perfect mission statement
  • Details on how state laws vary; conducting program evaluations; and conforming to accounting standards
  • CD includes forms, worksheets, templates, and more

Whether you're thinking about starting your own nonprofit or are already working in the sector, Nonprofit Kit For Dummies, 3rd Edition is a valuable source for getting the latest information and practical advice on running a prosperous nonprofit organization.

Price: $34.99


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Building Chicken Coops For Dummies

Building Chicken Coops For DummiesAs the popularity of urban homesteading and sustainable living increases, it’s no wonder you’re in need of trusted, practical guidance on how to properly house the chickens you’re planning (or have already begun) to keep. Building Chicken Coops For Dummies gives you the information you need to build the most cost-efficient, safe, and easy-on-the-eye enclosures for your backyard flock.

This practical guide gives you easy-to-follow and customizable plans for building the backyard chicken coop that works best for you. You’ll get the basic construction know-how and key information you need to design and build a coop tailored to your flock, whether you live in a small city loft, a suburban backyard, or a small rural farm.

  • Includes detailed material lists, instructions, and schematic plans for building a host of different chicken coops
  • Step-by-step guidance on how to build a coop—or design your own
  • Accessible for every level of reader

Whether you’re just beginning to gain an interest in a back-to-basics lifestyle or looking to add more attractive and efficient coops to your current flock‘s digs, Building Chicken Coops For Dummies gives you everything you need to build a winning coop!

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Hinduism For Dummies (For Dummies (Religion & Spirituality))

Hinduism For Dummies (For Dummies (Religion & Spirituality))Your hands-on guide to one of the world's major religions

The dominant religion of India, "Hinduism" refers to a wide variety of religious traditions and philosophies that have developed over thousands of years. Today, the United States is home to approximately one million Hindus.

If you've heard of this ancient religion and are looking for a reference that explains the intricacies of the customs, practices, and teachings of this ancient spiritual system, Hinduism For Dummies is for you!

  • Provides a thorough introduction to this earliest and popular world belief system
  • Information on the rites, rituals, deities, and teachings associated with the practice of Hinduism
  • Explores the history and teachings of the Vedas, Brahmans, and Upanishads
  • Offers insight into the modern daily practice of Hinduism around the world

Continuing the Dummies tradition of making the world's religions engaging and accessible to everyone, Hinduism For Dummies is your hands-on, friendly guide to this fascinating religion.

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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Currency Trading For Dummies

Currency Trading For DummiesYour plain-English guide to currency trading

Forex markets can be one of the fastest and most volatile financial markets to trade. Money can be lost or made in a matter of seconds, and forex markets are always moving. So how do you keep up? This hands-on, friendly guide shows you how the forex market really works, what moves it, and how you can actively trade in it — without losing your head!

  • All the world's a stage — get an easy-to-follow introduction to the global forex market and understand its size, scope, and players

  • Show me the money — take a look at the major fundamental and economic drivers that influence currency values and get the know-how to interpret data and events like a pro

  • Prepare for battle — discover different types of trading styles and make a concrete strategy and game plan before you act on anything

  • Pull the trigger — establish a position in the market, manage the trade while it's open, and close out on the most advantageous terms

Open the book and find:

  • Currency trading conventions and tools

  • Key characteristics of successful traders

  • Trading pitfalls to avoid and risk management rules to live by

  • How major currencies typically trade

  • Why it's important to be organized and prepared

  • The 411 on buying and selling simultaneously

  • Tips for understanding rollovers and interest rates

Learn to:

  • Grasp currency quotes

  • Capitalize on the foreign exchange market

  • Manage risk and reward

  • Use the forces that drive currency movements

  • Identify key traits of individual currency pairs

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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium All-in-One For Dummies

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium All-in-One For DummiesThe perennial Adobe Creative Suite bestseller—fully updated for the latest version

Featuring eight books in one, this All-in-One For Dummies guide covers the key features and tools that you need to know in order to understand how to use each individual program within the Adobe Creative Suite—InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash—to its fullest potential. Within the nearly 1,000 pages, you’ll find creative inspiration as well as tips and techniques to sharpen you productivity.

  • Dedicates a minibook to each of the programs within the latest version of Adobe Creative Suite 5—InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash—as well as a minibook devoted to Creative Suite basics
  • Serves as a one-stop learning opportunity for each product inside the Design Premium Suite
  • Walks you through creating print and Web-based marketing or advertising materials or other publications

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium All-in-One For Dummies is a premium resource on the latest version of the Adobe Creative Suite.

Price: $39.99


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Quilting For Dummies

Quilting For DummiesGet the know-how you need to create beautiful quilts and decorative quilted items

Quilting is a fun hobby -- but where do you begin? From selecting fabrics and designing a quilt to stitching by hand or machine, this friendly guide shows you how to put all the pieces together -- and create a wide variety of quilted keepsakes for your home. We'll have you in stitches in no time!

Discover how to
* Select the right fabrics and threads
* Design your masterpiece
* Use quilting software
* Save time with rotary cutters and other cool tools
* Quilt by hand or machine
* Get creative with applique

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Windows 7 All-in-One For Dummies

Windows 7 All-in-One For Dummies

Eight references in one-fully revised to include all the new features and updates to Windows 7

As the #1 operating system in the world, Windows provides the platform upon which all essential computing activities occur. This much-anticiapted version of the popular operating system offers an improved user experience with an enhanced interface to allow for greater user control.

This All-in-One reference is packed with valuable information from eight minibooks, making it the ultimate resource. You'll discover the improved ways in which Windows 7 interacts with other devices, including mobile and home theater.

  • Windows 7 boasts numerous exciting new features, and this reference is one-stop shopping for discovering them all!
  • Eight minibooks cover Windows 7 basics, security, customizing, the Internet, searching and sharing, hardware, multimedia, Windows media center, and wired and wireless networking
  • Addresses the new multi-touch feature that will allow you to control movement on the screen with your fingers

With this comprehensive guide at your fingertips, you'll quickly start taking advantages of all the exciting new features of Windows 7.

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Evernote For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Evernote For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))The fun and easy guide to using Evernote for everything that's noteworthy

Voicemail, email, things to do, things to get, people you know, places you've been, places to be... Who can remember it all? You can, with Evernote. Evernote is a free suite of software and services that makes it easy to remember things big and small using your computer, phone, tablet, and the web. If you can see it or think of it, Evernote can help you remember it. Type a text note. Clip a web page. Snap a photo. Grab a screenshot. Evernote makes it easy to keep track of it all, and Evernote For Dummies makes Evernote even easier.

Written in the fun and informative For Dummies style, Evernote For Dummies introduces you to the key features of Evernote, from getting started and opening your own Evernote account to the essentials of capturing information and creating a simple text note. The book shows you how to capture everything?clip a web page, create a voice note, scan a note, even capture a note from a picture. Author David Sarna reveals the secrets of letting Evernote help you organize all your information including how to synchronize; import,export, and merge notes; and store to-do lists, business cards, even items from Facebook and Twitter?plus find it all superfast. Evernote For Dummies makes it easy to use Evernote everyday.

  • Explains how to download and install Evernote on all your devices, open an account, create notes, clip a web page, save a photo, grab a screenshot, even collect items from social media like Facebook and Twitter
  • Shares tips on organizing your information by using tags or different notebooks, and on finding what you need?even printed and handwritten text inside images?fast
  • Includes advice on enhancing Evernote with third-party applications, troubleshooting common problems, and more

Unless you're an elephant who never forgets, you'll want to remember Evernote For Dummies, the most useful guide to the program that remembers it for you.

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Windows 7 & Office 2010 For Dummies - Portable Edition + Windows 7 For Dummies DVD - Book + DVD Bundle

Windows 7 & Office 2010 For Dummies - Portable Edition + Windows 7 For Dummies DVD - Book + DVD BundleGet a closer look at Windows 7 and Office 2010 with this one-of-a-kind book and DVD bundle!

If you're looking for a quick overview of Windows 7 and Office 2010, this book and DVD bundle is for you. You'll cover the basics and get up and running - and fast - with the Windows 7 & Office 2010 For Dummies, Portable Edition, a small-trim guide packed with easy tips and helpful advice on using the latest versions of Windows and Office, plus the two-hour Windows 7 For Dummies DVD. Filled with step-by-step instruction for completing the most essential Windows 7 tasks, this special Dummies bundle willl introduce you to Windows 7 and help you manage your applications, get connected to the Internet, establish an e-mail account, prevent common security issues, and so much more.

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iMac(® For Dummies® (For Dummies (Computers))

iMac(® For Dummies® (For Dummies (Computers))* This latest edition allows iMac veterans to jump in and discover the newest iMac features they can try out instantly, while first time iMac users can find ready-to-use instructions so that they can become productive quickly
* In the straightforward but fun For Dummies style, the book covers iMac and OS X basics, getting acquainted with Mac OS X, searching with Spotlight, and working with iTunes, iPhoto, and Safari
* Features discussions of building (or joining) a network, creating a multi-user iMac, troubleshooting, automating mundane chores, turning an iMac into a fax machine, and much more
* The iMac is Apple's "hip" personal computer, averaging 289,000 new iMacs sold per quarter

Price: $21.99


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eBay For Dummies

eBay For DummiesThe bestselling guide to successfully buying and selling on eBay, fully revised and updated

eBay is the world's #1 shopping and selling site, where millions find bargains and make money with their own sales. Marsha Collier is the #1 eBay expert and bestselling author, with more than a million copies of her books in print. And eBay For Dummies has been the bestselling book on eBay since the original edition in 1999.

Thoroughly updated to cover all the changes in the eBay site, eBay For Dummies, 6th Edition gets you started with information about signing up and navigating the site. It shows you how to find the best bargains, bid to win, and complete your purchase securely. Then it guides you into become a successful eBay seller, showing you how you can pick up extra money in a tight economy with eBay sales.

  • Covers how to find bargains on eBay, bid successfully, and pay for your purchases safely
  • Helps new users become comfortable with the site and shop with confidence
  • Shows you how to set up a seller account, list items, offer customer service, ship merchandise, and receive payment securely
  • Prepares you for other issues that may arise
  • Explores eBay's special features, showing you how to work within the rules, use the community, and even set up a charity auction
  • Includes insider tips on becoming a better buyer and seller

eBay For Dummies, 6th Edition prepares you to save money on your purchases and make money on your sales, all from the comfort of your home.

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British History For Dummies

British History For DummiesThis book is a riotous, irreverent account of the people and events that have shaped Britain. Always getting those kings and queens confused? Never sure what happened when? Then you need this book. Inside you'll find rip-roaring stories of power-mad kings, executions, invasions, high treason, global empire building, and forbidden love — not bad for a nation of stiff upper lips!
  • Revised and expanded to include the historical parliamentary elections of 2010 and the British mission in Afghanistan
  • Accompanied by access to a timeline and 'Who's Who in British History' section on dummies.com
  • This new edition contains an 8-page color insert so you can see who, what and where the ensuing historical action takes place

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SQL For Dummies

SQL For Dummies

Learn SQL the fun and easy way – no programming experience needed!

SQL For Dummies, 7th Edition, shows programmers and web developers how to use SQL to build relational databases and get valuable information from them. This book covers the core features of the SQL language. Topics covered include how to use SQL to structure a DBMS and implement a database design; secure a database; and retrieve information from a database. This edition will be revised to reflect the new enhancements of SQL/XML:2008.

The latest update of the perennial bestselling SQL For Dummies, which has sold more than 210,000 units in six editions.

SQL is the most popular database language in the world

Covers creating, accessing, manipulating, maintaining, and storing information in relational database management systems (DBMS) such as Access, Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL.

Includes new content on using SQL with XML to power data-driven web sites and using SQL with Access 2010

Whether you're daunted by database development or a system admin star, SQL For Dummies, 7th Dummies will have you working your web site in no time at all.

Price: $29.99


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Day Trading For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))

Day Trading For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))In an ever-changing market, get the advantage of trading for yourself

Day trading is undoubtedly the most exciting way to make your own money. Before you begin, you need three things: patience, nerves of steel, and a well-thumbed copy of Day Trading For Dummies?the low-risk way to find out whether day trading is for you.

This plain-English guide shows you how day trading works, identifies its all-too-numerous pitfalls, and gets you started with an action plan. From classic and renegade strategies to the nitty-gritty of daily trading practices, it gives you the knowledge and confidence you'll need to keep a cool head, manage risk, and make decisions instantly as you buy and sell your positions.

  • Advice on choosing an online broker
  • Updated examples reflect current market and economic conditions and the latest information on SEC rules and regulations (and tax laws)
  • Other titles by Logue: Hedge Funds For Dummies, Socially Responsible Investing For Dummies, and Emerging Markets For Dummies

Read Day Trading For Dummies and get the tips, guidance, and solid foundation you need to succeed in this thrilling, lucrative, and rewarding career!

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Series 7 Exam For Dummies

Series 7 Exam For DummiesIn order to become a stockbroker and sell securities, you must first pass the Series 7 exam—a 6-hour, 250-question monstrosity. Unlike many standardized tests, the Series 7 exam is harder than it seems, and people who score below 70% must retake the test, having to wait at least a month before retaking it and paying hefty registration fees.

Luckily, there’s Series 7 Exam For Dummies—the perfect guide that not only shows you how to think like a financial advisor but also like the test designers. Rather than an all-encompassing, comprehensive textbook, this guide covers only what’s on the test, offering formulas, tips, and basic info you need to study. It empowers you with the ability to think each problem through and get to the bottom of what’s being asked, providing you with everything you need and want to know about:

  • Distribution of profits
  • Types of securities offerings
  • Investing in all types of stock
  • Bond types, prices, yields, and risks
  • Handling margin accounts
  • Characteristics of different investment companies
  • Direct Participation Programs and other types of partnerships
  • Option selling, buying, and trading
  • Security analysis and security markets

Packed with valuable information and know-how, this no-nonsense guide provides a full-length practice exam with answers and explanations. A bonus CD with another simulated practice test is also included. Whether you’re preparing to take the test for the first time or the fourth time, Series 7 For Dummies is the book for you!

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Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummies

Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummies

You too can understand the statistics of life, even if you're math-challenged!

What do you need to calculate? Manufacturing output? A curve for test scores? Sports stats? You and Excel can do it, and this non-intimidating guide shows you how. It demystifies the different types of statistics, how Excel functions and formulas work, the meaning of means and medians, how to interpret your figures, and more — in plain English.

  • Getting there — learn how variables, samples, and probability are used to get the information you want
  • Excel tricks — find out what's built into the program to help you work with Excel formulas

  • Playing with worksheets — get acquainted with the worksheet functions for each step

  • Graphic displays — present your data as pie graphs, bar graphs, line graphs, or scatter plots

  • What's normal? — understand normal distribution and probability

  • Hyping hypotheses — learn to use hypothesis testing with means and variables

  • When regression is progress — discover when and how to use regression for forecasting

  • What are the odds — work with probability, random variables, and binomial distribution

Open the book and find:

  • Ten statistical and graphical tips and traps
  • The difference between descriptive and inferential statistics

  • Why graphs are good

  • How to measure variations

  • What standard scores are and why they're used

  • When to use two-sample hypothesis testing

  • How to use correlations

  • Different ways of working with probability

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Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies

Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies“The next best thing to having an experienced Greyhound owner living with you.”
—Joan Belle Isle, President, Greyhound Project

“Anyone who reads this book and follows its guidance will have a happier, healthier dog and be a happier, more relaxed dog owner.”
—Hal and Karen Hawley, Greyhound Friends Northwest

The Greyhound has been celebrated in song and legend for thousands of years. Nowadays, Greyhounds are bred almost exclusively for racing. In the bad old days, prior to the 1980s, dogs that didn’t make the grade at the track, and those past their primes, were destroyed. According to official estimates, 60,000 of these noble, mild-mannered dogs were destroyed each year! Fortunately, a number of organizations now exist devoted to rescuing these unwanted dogs and placing them in good homes.

Thinking about adopting a retired racing Greyhound? Or maybe you’re already sharing your life with one of these charming animals. Either way, this friendly guide tells you everything you need to know to:

  • Understand the Greyhound personality
  • Find a retired racing Greyhound to adopt
  • Choose the right ex-racer for you and your family
  • Educate yourself and your retired racer
  • Give your new pal the diet and exercise it needs
  • Keep your dog healthy and happy for years to come

With plenty of good humor and straight-talk, Lee Livingood drawing on her forty-years of experience training adult rescue dogs to cover all the pros and cons of being a retired racing Greyhound owner, and she fills you in on:

  • The amazing 8000-year history of the Greyhound
  • Deciding whether an ex-racer is the right do for you and your family
  • Physical and behavioral characteristics
  • How to get a retired racer used to living in a home and be a companion
  • Dealing with common behavioral and health problems
  • Feeding, grooming, and exercising a Greyhound
  • Fun things to do with your hound

Bursting with expert advice on all aspects of living with an ex-racer, Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies is must reading for anyone considering adoption or who’s already taken the leap.

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Success as a Real Estate Agent For Dummies

Success as a Real Estate Agent For DummiesSuccess as a Real Estate Agent For Dummies shows you how to make your fortune in the real estate business. Whether you are looking to rev up your real estate business, deciding whether to specialize in commercial or residential real estate, or just interested in refining specific skills, this book is for you.

This no-nonsense guide shows you the fun and easy way to become a successful real estate agent. It provides expert advice on acquiring the skills needed to excel and the respect and recognition you’ll gain through making sales and generating profit. Soon you’ll have all the tools you need to:

  • Prospect your way to listings and sales
  • Build a referral-based clientele
  • Work with expired and FSBO listings
  • Plan and host a successful open house
  • Present and close listing contracts
  • Market yourself and your properties online and in print
  • Negotiate contracts and avoid derailment
  • Stake your competitive position
  • Achieve excellent relationships with clients
  • Spend less time to earn more money

This guide features tips and tricks for working with buyers, must-haves for a successful real estate agent, and common pitfalls that can be avoided. Also included is a list of Web sites for real estate agents that are valuable resources for success. With Success as a Real Estate Agent For Dummies, you’ll discover how to acquire key skills and get on track for a successful career!

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Logic For Dummies

Logic For DummiesLogic concepts are more mainstream than you may realize. There’s logic every place you look and in almost everything you do, from deciding which shirt to buy to asking your boss for a raise, and even to watching television, where themes of such shows as CSI and Numbers incorporate a variety of logistical studies. Logic For Dummies explains a vast array of logical concepts and processes in easy-to-understand language that make everything clear to you, whether you’re a college student of a student of life. You’ll find out about:
  • Formal Logic
  • Syllogisms
  • Constructing proofs and refutations
  • Propositional and predicate logic
  • Modal and fuzzy logic
  • Symbolic logic
  • Deductive and inductive reasoning

Logic For Dummies tracks an introductory logic course at the college level. Concrete, real-world examples help you understand each concept you encounter, while fully worked out proofs and fun logic problems encourage you students to apply what you’ve learned.

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Rugby For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))

Rugby For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))The official guide to rugby in North America, revised and updated

Rugby For Dummies is the guide to rugby in North America, endorsed by USA Rugby and Rugby Canada, the official regulating bodies for the sport. It gives you a look at how rugby is played, offers strategies for winning, and covers every level of the sport, from high school to college (including women's rugby) to the international leagues. Plus, this new edition addresses changes to the rules of rugby, includes new rugby player bios, and looks at rugby's upcoming return to the Olympic games.

Inside you'll find easy-to-understand explanations of rugby rules and positions, plus in-depth lessons on skills, fitness training, and winning techniques. Add in entertaining stories from rugby in North America and around the world, and you've got the definitive book on rugby!

  • Covers every level of the sport
  • Includes the latest rules and information on rugby
  • Discusses rugby's return to the Olympic games

Whether you're new to rugby or a scrum veteran, this friendly guide is for you.

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Art History For Dummies

Art History For DummiesArt history is more than just a collection of dates and foreign-sounding names, obscure movements and arcane isms. Every age, for the last 50,000 years has left its unique imprint on the world, and from the first cave paintings to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, from the Byzantine mosaics of the Hagia Sophia, to the graffiti-inspired paintings of Jean-Michel Basquiat, art history tells the story of our evolving notions of who and what we are and our place in the universe.

Whether you’re an art enthusiast who’d like to know more about the history behind your favorite works and artists, or somebody who couldn’t tell a Titian and a De Kooning—but would like to—Art History For Dummies is for you. It takes you on a tour of thirty millennia of artistic expression, covering the artistic movements, major artists, and indispensable masterworks, and the world events and cultural trends that helped spawn them. With the help of stunning black-and-white photos throughout, and a sixteen-page gallery of color images, it covers:

  • The rise and fall of classical art in Greece and Rome
  • The differences between Renaissance art and Mannerism
  • How the industrial revolution spawned Romanticism
  • How and why Post-Impression branched off from Impressionism
  • Constructivism, Dadaism, Surrealism and other 20th century isms
  • What’s up with today’s eclectic art scene

Art History For Dummies is an unbeatable reference for anyone who wants to understand art in its historical context.

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Harmonica For Dummies

Harmonica For DummiesAre you hankering to play the harmonica? Harmonica For Dummies is an easy-to-read practice guide that gives you step-by-step instructions and gets you making music in no time! Even if you’re an experienced harmonica player, this jump-in-anywhere reference is packed with tips and playing techniques that will take your skills to the next level.

This fast, fun, hands-on guide helps you choose your first harmonica and shows you how to hold it, make your first sounds, and keep it clean and working well. Helpful diagrams show you how to shape sounds using your tongue, throat, and hands. Before you know it you’ll be playing melodies, chugging out rhythms, and bending notes with ease. You’ll also pick up some basics of music theory and learn how to read the notation and tablature for all the music in the book. Discover how to:

  • Play right out of the box with little or no experience
  • Make that wonderful wailing sound
  • Create exciting rhythms and play solo
  • Understand how the harmonica works
  • Play all of the music on the Bonus CD
  • Read tablature, educate your eye, and develop your ear
  • Breath correctly while playing
  • Bend notes up and down
  • Play one harp in many keys
  • Develop your style in blues rock, country, folk, and more
  • Play with other musicians
  • Work with a microphone to create great sounds

So stop dreaming and start playing! Harmonica For Dummies will get you wailing in no time!

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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Puppies For Dummies

Puppies For DummiesFeatures a new 8-page color section



The bestselling guide to making the most of puppy's first year

Bringing home a puppy? This fun, friendly guide to puppyhood prepares you for this tough but terrific time. From the basics -- housebreaking, feeding, training -- to the latest on doggie day care, traveling with a puppy, and the new designer breeds, you get everything you need to help your puppy grow up to be a healthy, playful, well-mannered dog.

Discover how to
* Choose the perfect puppy for you
* Socialize your puppy
* Stimulate your puppy's growing mind
* Use the latest training tools
* Keep peace between kids and puppies

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SharePoint 2010 For Dummies

SharePoint 2010 For DummiesLearn the nuts and bolts of SharePoint 2010 the fun and easy way

Microsoft SharePoint, the powerful collaboration tool, sometimes blurs the line between technical and non-technical users. Whether you're an administrator who needs to install and configure SharePoint or a non-techie who's been charged with managing content on a SharePoint portal, this book will make your job easier.

You'll find the nuts-and-bolts information that enables you to install and configure a SharePoint portal, plus specific solutions for SharePoint issues and the knowledge you need to design, populate, and maintain portal areas.

  • SharePoint is Microsoft's complex but powerful tool for enabling collaboration through a portal site
  • Both technical and non-technical people may be called upon to work with SharePoint in some capacity; this guide addresses the needs of both
  • Focuses on making a confusing topic clearer by walking you through real-world scenarios for getting a SharePoint portal up and running
  • Provides essential information for administrators, solutions for specific problems, and a guide for those in non-technical positions who are responsible for sections of a SharePoint portal

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 For Dummies breaks a complex topic into understandable pieces so you can succeed with SharePoint.

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Singing For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies))

Singing For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies))Take your voice to the next level and grow as a performer

Whether you're a beginning vocalist or a seasoned songster, Singing for Dummies makes it easy for you to achieve your songbird dreams. This practical guide gives you step-by-step instructions and lots of helpful tips, hints, vocal exercises, reminders, and warnings for both men and women, including advice on the mechanics of singing, discovering your singing voice, developing technique, singing in performance, maintaining vocal health, and performing like a pro. This Second Edition is an even greater resource with additional vocal exercises, new songs, and information on the latest technology and recording devices.

  • Covers comprehensive singing techniques, finding one's pitch, the importance of posture and breath control, and taking care of one's voice
  • Discover how to sing alone or with accompaniment
  • The updated CD features new tracks and musical exercises, as well as demonstrations of popular technique, scales and pitch drills, and practice songs for singers of all levels

Singing for Dummies, Second Edition contains all the information, practices, techniques, and expert advice you need to hone your vocal skills with ease!

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Canon EOS 60D For Dummies

Canon EOS 60D For DummiesA full-color guide to all the bells and whistles in your new Canon 60D

If you own a Canon 60D, you?ve got a camera for advanced amateurs and one that?s very close to professional-level equipment. Now it?s time to make sure you get the very most out of all that power. Julie Adair King teams up with Robert Correll to help digital camera users catch their skills up to what their cameras have to offer in this fun but thorough guide. Understand all your camera?s features, move beyond the security blanket of Auto mode, and start capturing the pictures you?ve dreamed of.

  • Gives you the full picture on Canon?s EOS 60D dSLR camera, in the friendly, easy-to-follow, For Dummies style
  • Helps you explore the 18-mexapixel sensor, full HD video recording, a tilt-view LCD, and expanded in-camera editing tools and filters
  • Teaches you tricks and techniques, with over 300 example photos and menu captures in full color
  • Reveals how to adjust settings for optimal exposure, lighting, focus, and color
  • Gives you ten top tips on photo editing

The Canon 60D dSLR camera, the expertise of Julie Adair King and Robert Correll, and your own, untapped ability?all you need now is the book! Canon EOS 60D For Dummies.

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Opera for Dummies (Book and Audio CD)

Opera for Dummies  (Book and Audio CD)“Pogue is a wonderful teacher… He can teach anybody.”
— Gay Talese, bestselling author of Honor Thy Father

“Scott Speck is a great communicator of classical music…. Concert audiences and readers alike can’t help getting caught up in the joy of his subject.”
— David Styers, American Symphony Orchestra League

Opera is weird. Everybody wears makeup and sings all the time. Even when they’re singing your language, which is rare, you still can’t understand the words. Women play men, men play women, and 45-year-olds play teenagers. All the main characters seem to get killed off. And when somebody dies, he takes ten minutes to sing about it. Yet, for all its weirdness, an operatic experience is an experience in breathtaking beauty. When you hear a soprano float a soft high C, or a tenor singing a love song, or a full-throated chorus in the climax of a scene’s dramatic finale, you can’t help getting goosebumps.

Want to experience all that beauty for yourself, but don’t know where to begin? Opera For Dummies is an excellent place to start. Written by an acclaimed conductor and a musical director, this friendly guide tells you what you need to know to:

  • Understand opera from the Baroque and Roman periods through today
  • Interpret characters, orchestra, chorus, and other players
  • Understand what’s happening, both on stage and off
  • Choose the best seats
  • Identify famous operas
  • Build a great collection of opera recordings
  • Locate opera sites and chat groups online

Whether you’re interested in attending a live opera, want to build a collection of recordings, or just want to be able to talk about opera intelligently, Opera For Dummies is for you. Among other things, you’ll explore:

  • The words, the music, and the people who sing it
  • The history of opera and the lives of the great composers
  • Going to the opera — including tips for getting tickets, preparing for the opera, dressing for the opera, and more
  • Musical and theatrical conventions used in opera
  • In-depth synopses of the world’s most beloved operas

On the bonus CD you’ll find:

  • More than 60 minutes of music compiled especially for the book
  • A multimedia piece for PC or MAC

Wonder what it is about opera that can make a grown person cry like a baby? Find out in Opera For Dummies.

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iPhone For Dummies: Includes iPhone 4

iPhone For Dummies: Includes iPhone 4The full-color guide to getting the most out of your iPhone

Completely updated and revised throughout, this full-color guide covers Apple's new iPhone and iOS 4. Bestselling veteran authors Baig and LeVitus introduce you to the capabilities of the iPhone whether you're making phone calls, browsing the Internet, sending and receiving e-mails, working with the calendar, watching videos, taking great photos, or much more. You'll discover how to set up iTunes, buy music and videos from the iTunes store, protect your information, troubleshoot, multitask, and download the hundreds of thousands of apps available from the App Store.

  • Gets you started with your iPhone, and puts you on your way to mastering the multitouch interface, synchronizing your data, making phone and video calls, texting, working with the calendar, and more
  • Explains setting up iTunes, watching videos, taking photos, and buying music
  • Walks you through connecting to the Internet, sending and receiving e-mails, getting directions from GPS maps, protecting your information, and troubleshooting
  • Addresses browsing and downloading any of the hundreds of thousands of applications from the App Store
  • Includes coverage of iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and the iPhone 4, available from AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rogers, Telus, and other major carriers 

Presented in the straightforward-but-fun style that defines the Dummies series, iPhone For Dummies, 4th Edition is the only book you'll need to get comfortably acquainted with your new iPhone.

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TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator for Dummies

TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator for DummiesIf you have a T1-84 Plus Graphing Calculator, you have a powerful, sophisticated tool for advanced math. In fact, it’s so sophisticated that you may not know how to take advantage of many of its features and functions. That’s a good problem to have, and TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies is the right solution! It takes the TI-84 Plus to the next power, showing you how to:
  • Display numbers in normal, scientific, or engineering notations
  • Perform basic calculations, deal with angles, and solve equations
  • Create and investigate geometric figures
  • Graph functions, inequalities, or transformations of functions
  • Create stat plots and analyze statistical data
  • Create probability experiments like tossing coins, rolling dice, and so on
  • Save calculator files on your computer
  • Add applications to your calculator so that it can do even more

TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies was written by C.C. Edwards, author of TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies, who has a Ph.D. in mathematics and teaches on the undergraduate and graduate levels. The book doesn’t delve into high math, but it does use appropriate math examples to help you delve into:

  • Using the Equation Solver
  • Using GeoMaster and its menu bar to construct lines, segments, rays, vectors, circles, polygons, perpendicular and parallel lines, and more
  • Creating a slide show of transformations of a graph
  • Using the Inequality Graphing application to enter and graph inequalities and solve linear programming problems

There’s even a handy tear-out cheat sheet to remind you of important keystrokes and special menus, And since you’ll quickly get comfortable with the built-in applications, there’s a list of ten more you can download and install on your calculator so it can do even more! TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies is full of ways to increase the value of your TI–84 Plus exponentially.

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QuickBooks "X" For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

QuickBooks QuickBooks "X" For Dummies is a big help for small businesses

Most businesses can't afford a Big Four accounting firm to handle their books. That's why so many small-to-mid-size businesspeople turn to QuickBooks to help them keep track of their finances. Bestselling author Stephen Nelson returns with updated coverage of the latest revisions and enhancements to the leading small business accounting software package. After a quick review of bookkeeping basics, you'll discover how QuickBooks can help you build the perfect budget, process payroll, simplify your tax return prep work, create invoices, manage inventory, generate income statements, balance accounts, and much more.

You'll learn what you should do before you install and set up QuickBooks, then move onto basic bookkeeping concepts and the fundamentals of building a solid budget. You'll also discover how to enter data, create invoices, and record and print sales receipts; keep track of your inventory, payroll, and budgets; monitor your job costs; and generate the most common financial reports with ease.

  • Veteran author Stephen Nelson updates his perennial bestseller and offers you easy-to-understand coverage of the newest release of QuickBooks
  • Enables you to take control of managing your own business accounting and financial management tasks so you can avoid having to hire expensive outside help
  • Provides expert advice for getting started with QuickBooks, building the perfect budget, processing payroll, creating invoices, managing inventory, tracking job costs, generating income statements, balancing accounts, creating financial reports, and more

QuickBooks "X" For Dummies helps you handle your financial management tasks more effectively so that you can get down to business!

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Calculus Workbook For Dummies

Calculus Workbook For DummiesFrom differentiation to integration - solve problems with ease

Got a grasp on the terms and concepts you need to know, but get lost halfway through a problem or, worse yet, not know where to begin? Have no fear! This hands-on guide focuses on helping you solve the many types of calculus problems you encounter in a focused, step-by-step manner. With just enough refresher explanations before each set of problems, you'll sharpen your skills and improve your performance. You'll see how to work with limits, continuity, curve-sketching, natural logarithms, derivatives, integrals, infinite series, and more!

100s of Problems!
  • Step-by-step answer sets clearly identify where you went wrong (or right) with a problem
  • The inside scoop on calculus shortcuts and strategies
  • Know where to begin and how to solve the most common problems
  • Use calculus in practical applications with confidence

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Bass Guitar For Dummies

Bass Guitar For Dummies

Updated with the latest bass guitar technology, accessories, and more

The bass is the heart of music. So leave center stage to the other musicians-you have more important work to do. You can find everything you need to dominate bass in Bass Guitar For Dummies, 2nd Edition.

You'll get expert advice on the basics, like deciding what kind of bass to pick up and which accessories are necessary and which are just nice to have. Plus, you'll get step-by-step instructions for getting started, from how to hold and position your bass to reading notation and understanding chords, scales, and octaves to playing solos and fills.

  • New coverage of slaps, double stops, de-tuning, and fretless techniques
  • New musical exercises as well as updates to charts, illustrations, photos, and resources
  • Includes bonus CD with audio clips of all the examples in the book

Whether you're a beginner picking up a bass for the first time or an experienced player looking to improve your skills, Bass Guitar For Dummies, 2nd Edition is an easy-to-follow reference that gives you just enough music theory to get you going on your way fast!

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Mortgages For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Mortgages For Dummies, 3rd EditionNeed a mortgage but worried about the market? In Mortgages For Dummies, 3rd Edition, bestselling authors Eric Tyson and Ray Brown give you proven solutions for obtaining a mortgage, whether you want to buy your first home, refinance, or tap into your equity. You get the latest on sub-prime and adjustable-rate mortgages, finding the best lender, avoiding fiscal pitfalls and foreclosure, and much, much, more!

This easy-to-understand, objective, and jargon-free guide helps you fine-tune your finances, figure out what you can afford, and improve your credit score before you go mortgage shopping. You’ll get familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of fixed- and adjustable-rate mortgages, 15- and 30-year loans, and conforming and jumbo packages. You also get help finding and working with reputable professionals, comparing programs, and securing terms you can live with. Discover how to:

  • Match your mortgage to your financial goals
  • Qualify for a mortgage even when money is tight
  • Find the right loan for you
  • Choose the best lender/broker
  • Negotiate the best terms
  • Calculate your costs and payments
  • Understand and complete all paperwork
  • Refinance an existing mortgage
  • Understand and consider special situation loans
  • Explore reverse mortgages and other options
  • Decipher amortization tables and comparison worksheets
  • Use the Internet wisely when mortgage shopping

Now, more than ever, you need clear, reliable information that helps you get the mortgage you need at a price you can afford. You need Mortgages For Dummies, 3rd Edition!

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Quicken 2011 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Quicken 2011 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))The classic guide to the leading personal finance software—completely updated!

As the number one personal finance software on the market, Quicken empowers you to take control of your personal finances quickly and effortlessly. Providing you with a thorough update of all the latest features and enhancements to the new release of Quicken 2011, Stephen Nelson shows you how to track your day-to-day finances, better manage your investments, evaluate the tax implications of your financial decisions, and much more.

  • Veteran author Stephen Nelson provides a thorough update to his classic bestseller on the number one personal financial management planning program
  • Shows you how to track your day-to-day finances, better manage your investments, boost your personal savings, be more responsible with your spending, tackle debt, and more
  • Presents a fun and friendly approach to a topic that many people find intimidating or overwhelming and quickly and easily helps you take control of your personal finances

Whether you're a first-time Quicken customer or looking to take advantage of the updates the latest release has to offer, Quicken 2011 For Dummies offers a straightforward-but-fun approach to this popular personal finance software.

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ASVAB AFQT For Dummies

ASVAB AFQT For Dummies

Your hands-on guide to scoring well on the AFQT

ASVAB AFQT For Dummies reviews the core concepts that comprise the AFQT portion of the ASVAB, providing the tools that you need to get your best score and become eligible for military enlistment. This practical, hands-on guide features four practice exams (16 subtests in total) and detailed explanations of the answers. You'll find the instruction, explanation, and practice you need to master the critical Word Knowledge, Paragraph Comprehension, Arithmetic Reasoning, and Mathematics Knowledge subtests.

  • Rod Powers is a First Sergeant, U.S. Air Force (Retired), and the author of the bestselling ASVAB For Dummies, 2nd Edition.
  • ASVAB AFQT For Dummies features four practice exams-more than any other title available!
  • Included is a branch-by-branch breakdown of required AFQT scores

With test-taking tips and insight from a military expert, ASVAB AFQT For Dummies is the only guide you need to ace the test and start your military career.

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Fundraising For Dummies

Fundraising For DummiesThe fun and easy way to raise money for your cause

Fundraising For Dummies, 3rd Edition shows you how to take advantage of the latest strategies and resources available for raising money through everything from special events to online donations, in both good and bad economic times. The authors teach you how to market your organization using the most up-to-date tools and technologies available through the Internet. This expanded edition also offers information about philanthropy and tax law.

  • Contains new tips and techniques for creating materials that bring in contributions and support for the more than 1.4 million charitable and nonprofit organizations in the United States
  • Explains how to use social media to keep donors and volunteers engaged through Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Web technologies
  • Covers grassroots online fundraising and how to host big events on a shoestring budget

You'll also find tips on negotiating without alienating donors and developing long-term organizational goals. All these strategies are what makes this resource indispensable!

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Excel 2003 For Dummies

Excel 2003 For DummiesEvery time you turn around, you run into Excel. It’s on your PC at work. It’s on your PC at home. You get Excel files from your boss. Wouldn’t you like to understand this powerful Microsoft Office spreadsheet program, once and for all? Now, you can crunch financial data, add sparkle to presentations, convert static lists of numbers into impressive charts, and discover what all the shouting’s about regarding databases, formulas, and cells. You may even decide that getting organized with a good spreadsheet is downright useful and fun!

Flip open Excel 2003 For Dummies, and you’ll quickly start getting the basics of Excel in plain English. Written for the rest of us, this down-to-earth book gently shows you how to:

  • Create a spreadsheet from scratch
  • Apply the basics of formatting cells
  • Take on database forms—even add records—and prevail
  • Get organized and stay that way
  • Save worksheets as Web pages for your company intranet

In a clear and easy-to-understand style, veteran software trainer and technology writer Greg Harvey explains the basics of worksheets and workbooks, how to enter data and work with formulas, and how to print your masterpieces. When you’re feeling very bold, he’ll have you adding comments and pictures, saving files with security protection, and learning to zip between multiple worksheets in a workbook with ease. And there’s much more:

  • Clip and save the Top Ten Beginner Basics of Excel 2003
  • Pay heed to the Top Ten Commandments of Excel 2003
  • Impress your colleagues by creating a company org chart
  • Re-open those documents and add or edit new data with aplomb
  • Move between these sheets without trouble
  • Decipher and take charge of helpful tools and commands such as Sort, Filter, Format Cells, and PivotTable

You’ll finally be able to stop pestering the Excel experts in your office. Become your own expert with the friendly and down-to-earth practical instruction you’ll find in Excel 2003 For Dummies.

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Hockey For Dummies

Hockey For Dummies"Gives die-hard fans and newcomers to the sport the inside edge!"
Scotty Bowman, NHL's winningest coach and  former coach of the Detroit Red Wings

"Nothing gets by John Davidson. If the first edition didn’t already make you a fan, then this edition will!"
Mark Messier, NHL All-Star

"My dog, Blue, and I ran out to get Hockey For Dummies, 2nd Edition. We give it two paws up!"
Don Cherry, former NHL coach and “Coaches Corner” commentator for Hockey Night in Canada

"...a must read for all hockey fans!"
John Vanbiesbrouck, former goaltender, New York Islanders

"...the most comprehensive, easily understood source of hockey history and instruction I've ever come across. Not only was 'JD' a superb player in the NHL, he is also an extremely skilled commentator sharing his knowledge of the game with fans all over North America. From hat tricks to power plays, Hockey For Dummies provides the reader with the wisdom of an expert. —From the Foreword by Wayne Gretzky

This updated edition of the bestselling guide to all things hockey is packed with illustrations and play-by-play descriptions, diagrams, and photos of the NHL’s greatest players. It tells you how to:

  • Gear up safely with the right equipment
  • Improve your skills with drills
  • Warm up mentally—and physically—before hitting the ice
  • Respect rules and good sportsmanship
  • Find US and Canadian leagues and camps

Former New York Ranger, John Davidson offers you plays only the pros know and tips for playing hockey at any level. And he fills you in on:

  • Hockey ABCs, its origins, positions, gear, rules, and more
  • The complete NHL—explores the various leagues, greatest players, training, and tons of fascinating facts, figures, and priceless trivia
  • The best ways to follow the game from the stands or on TV
  • How the pros do it—includes tips from Gretzky on passing, Messier on winning face-offs, and other star players on how to play like a pro

From youth leagues to the secrets of the NHL greats, Hockey For Dummies, is your total guide to this cool sport.

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Jewelry Making & Beading For Dummies

Jewelry Making & Beading For DummiesFeatures step-by-step projects and full-color examples

Create unique jewelry to wear with everything from jeans to a ball gown!

Want to make your own jewelry? This easy-to-follow guide gives you lots of hands-on instruction in making simple, fabulous jewelry and working with beads. From wire wrapping and knotting to weaving and polishing, you'll get all the skills you need to make necklaces, bracelets, earrings, pins, key chains, wine charms and items for the home.

Discover how to
* Create funky and elegant designs
* Work with leather, silver, and stones
* String, knot, and weave beads
* Avoid common mistakes
* Host a trendy jewelry party

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Fit Pregnancy For Dummies, Mini Edition

Fit Pregnancy For Dummies, Mini EditionTips for safe and healthy exercise

Understand how a fit pregnancy helps with delivery and postpartum shape-up

From yoga and swimming to weight training and aerobics, you'll see how to get started with a fun, step-by-step fitness routine. Plus, you get expert advice on activities to avoid as well as staying motivated during and after your pregnancy.

Discover how to

  • Manage pregnancy aches and pains
  • Modify your routine for each trimester
  • Stay fit after giving birth

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Flirting For Dummies

Flirting For DummiesMany people are mortified by their flirting skills and get flustered when dealing with people they're attracted to. This easy-to-follow manual to mastering the art of flirting offers indispensable advice on working the dating scene and reinvigorating your love life. Exploring key areas including listening and communication skills, body language and self-image, Flirting For Dummies provides readers with all the tools they need to boost their self-confidence and engage with people in a natural and charming way.

Flirting For Dummies:

  • Features black and white photographs to provide examples of flirting in action
  • Gives advice on getting to grips with flirting basics and how to get noticed
  • Covers how to develop a killer rapport with body language
  • Provides advice on taking the next step
  • Gives ‘Top Ten’ tips such as opening lines and flirting faux pas

About the author

Elizabeth Clark is a renowned flirting and charisma expert. She has featured on ITV's Des & Mel, BBC Breakfast, and in a host of radio shows and press articles. Elizabeth is the founder of Rapport Unlimited- a company specialising in presentation skills training and keynote speaking.

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Chemistry Essentials For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))

Chemistry Essentials For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))Whether studying chemistry as part of a degree requirement or as part of a core curriculum, students will find Chemistry Essentials For Dummies to be an invaluable quick reference guide to the fundamentals of this often challenging course. Chemistry Essentials For Dummies contains content focused on key topics only, with discrete explanations of critical concepts taught in a typical two-semester high school chemistry class or a college level Chemistry I course, from bonds and reactions to acids, bases, and the mole. This guide is also a perfect reference for parents who need to review critical chemistry concepts as they help high school students with homework assignments, as well as for adult learners headed back into the classroom who just need to a refresher of the core concepts.

The Essentials For Dummies Series
Dummies is proud to present our new series, The Essentials For Dummies. Now students who are prepping for exams, preparing to study new material, or who just need a refresher can have a concise, easy-to-understand review guide that covers an entire course by concentrating solely on the most important concepts. From algebra and chemistry to grammar and Spanish, our expert authors focus on the skills students most need to succeed in a subject.

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AutoCAD 2012 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers))

AutoCAD 2012 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers))A full-color guide to the #1 architectural drafting program—AutoCAD 2012!

AutoCAD is the leading software used to create 2D and 3D technical drawings. Used by engineers, architects, and drafting professionals, it can be complex and is a perfect subject for the tried-and-true For Dummies format. Full-color illustrations make the instructions even easier to follow, because examples in the book appear exactly as they will on the screen.

  • Explains AutoCAD and gets readers quickly up to speed on the latest version
  • Features full-color illustrations that look the same as the AutoCAD 2012 screens, making the interface and the all-important Model view easier to understand
  • Covers all the new features, creating a basic layout, using AutoCAD DesignCenter, drawing and editing, working with dimensions, adding text, and more

Newcomers to AutoCAD will easily master the software with help from this full-color edition of AutoCAD 2012 For Dummies.

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Music Theory For Dummies, with Audio CD (For Dummies (Career/Education))

Music Theory For Dummies, with Audio CD (For Dummies (Career/Education))Grasp the concepts needed to compose, deconstruct, and comprehend music

Whether you're a student of music or a music lover, Music Theory For Dummies presents you with essential information on how to read, write, and understand music, as well as helpful hints on composing, arranging, and creating original melodies, harmonies, and chords.

Music Theory For Dummies gives you a friendly, unintimidating overview of the material covered in a typical college-level course and makes music theory easy to understand. It includes updated information on current teaching techniques; the newest music examples and genres; information on mastering major and minor scales, using intervals, and recognizing pitches and clefs; the lowdown on rhythms, tempo, dynamics, and navigation; how to transcribe the music you hear and transposing it to other keys; harmonizing and accompanying melodies; composing and arranging for voices and instruments; performing your own music; and much more.

  • Audio CD includes musical excerpts played on a variety of instruments
  • Makes learning music theory as enjoyable as it is useful
  • Tracks to a typical college-level music theory course

Don't get discouraged by the seemingly complicated written structure of musical theory. With Music Theory For Dummies, understanding music has never been easier!

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D For Dummies

Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D For DummiesThe straightforward guide to the new Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D

Popular tech blog Gizmodo.com called the Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D "an incredible camera – everything a first DSLR should be." With 1080p digital video capability and an 18 megapixel sensor that improves low-light shooting all for under $900, the accolades are well-earned. And for less than $30, you can learn how to maximize your digital photography experience! Packed with more than 300 color photos and 100 color screen captures throughout, this beginner book walks you through the camera’s controls, features, and shooting modes. If you're new to the Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D, this fun and friendly guide shifts you out of automatic mode and helps you shoot memorable digital photos.

  • Aimed at first-time dSLR users looking for a guide that clearly and patiently explains the features and controls of the Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D
  • Explores the on-board controls and situational shooting
  • Addresses using live view and playback modes
  • Explains dialing in exposure and lighting controls
  • Details how to edit, print, post online, and other ways to share images
  • Spells out how to manipulate focus and color controls

Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D For Dummies delivers a straightforward look through the lens of your dSLR!

Price: $29.99


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Twitter For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Twitter For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))A fully updated guide to the how and why of using Twitter

The fastest-growing social network utility sports new features, and they’re all covered in this how-to guide from a leading Twitter marketing consultant. Nearly 20 million people are tweeting on Twitter, and this book shows you how to join them and why you should. You’ll learn the nuts and bolts of using Twitter, how to make good connections, and how it can benefit your life and your business.

  • Twitter is the fastest-growing of the social networking tools; this book gets you up to speed on the basics as well as how Twitter can enrich your life and boost your business
  • Explains how to sign up, find friends and people you want to follow, make the most of shortcuts, use popular Twitter tools, and Twitter on the go
  • Discusses how Twitter can be used for business, fundraising, and maintaining contact with people who share common goals

With complete information about all the latest Twitter enhancements, Twitter For Dummies, 2nd Edition will help you get the most from this popular social networking tool.

Price: $21.99


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