With the release of this special-edition book/CD, authored by three baseball insiders and history experts, the book recounts how "Ball Game" has won a unique and permanent place in our hearts and our cultural landscape. The CD includes many rare, classic, fun, and innovative renditions of the song.
-Beautifully illustrated with a wealth of close-up photographs, which clearly demonstrate the techniques described
Close-Up and Macro: A Photographer's Guide is a comprehensive and fully illustrated guide to taking stunning close-up photographs in the natural world. In this authoritative new book, Robert Thompson shares his considerable expertise in both photography and naturalism to impart readers with everything they need to know about taking impeccable macro photographs.
From a thorough survey of the equipment required for both film and digital users to detailed explanations of the techniques required for photographing all the most popular close-up subjects, including flowers, fungi, insects, patterns and abstracts in nature, this sumptuously illustrated and highly practical book is the definitive guide to macro photography.
]]>Get ready to get unstuck and get your PC running fast and running right. Repairing and Upgrading Your PC delivers start-to-finish instructions, simple enough for even the most inexperienced PC owner, for troubleshooting, repairing, and upgrading your computer. Written by hardware experts Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson, this book covers it all: how to troubleshoot a troublesome PC, how to identify which components make sense for an upgrade, and how to tear it all down and put it back together. This book shows how to repair and upgrade all of your PC's essential components:
<ul> <li>Motherboard, CPU, and Memory. Choose the optimal match of these core components to keep your PC running at top speed</li> <li>Hard Drive, Optical Drive, and Removable Storage</li> <li>Give your computer what it needs for long-term and short-term storage</li> <li>Audio and Video. Enhance your computing experience with the right sound and graphics devices for your needs</li> <li>Input Devices. Pick the best keyboard and mouse to keep your hands happy and healthy</li> <li>Networking. Set up secure wireless networking to keep the bits flowing between your computers and the outside world</li> <li>Cases and Power Supplies. Keep everything running cool and reliably</li> </ul>With its straightforward language, clear instructions, and extensive illustrations, this book makes it a breeze for PC owners of any skill level to work on their computer.
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