Explains Austen's methods, motivations, and morals The fun and easy way(r) to understand and enjoy Jane Austen Want to know more about Jane Austen? This friendly guide gives the scoop on her life, works, and lasting impact on our culture. It chronicles the events of her brief life, examines each of her novels, and looks at why her stories - of women and marriage, class and money, scandal and hypocrisy, emotion and satire - still have meaning for us today. Discover * Why Austen is so popular * The impact on manners, courtships, and dating * Love and life in Austen's world * Her life and key influences * Her most memorable characters

Jane Austen For Dummies

Biographies & Memoirs

Ray, Joan Elizabeth

Arts & Literature

For Dummies

The first part of planning your trip to Hawaii is to decide which island (or islands) you want to explore—Oahu, Maui, Big Island, or Kauai. This guide helps you with descriptions so vivid you can almost feel the breeze and smell the hibiscus, plumeria, and orchids. Whether you want to watch daredevil wave riders and windsurfers or become one yourself, sip mai tais and soak up the sun or seek out adventure and action, relax in the lap of luxury or swim with the fishes, this guide helps you make the most of your Hawaiian vacation with information on: 
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<li>All kinds of accommodations, including luxury resorts, a fanciful Moorish palace on the sand, a room with an open-air lava-rock shower, a tropical beach cottage, and more</li> <li>Great places to surf, scuba dive, or snorkel</li> <li>Golfing on championship courses with ocean vistas so magnificent it’s hard to keep your eye on the ball</li> <li>Reveling in nature and seeing teeming rainforests, volcano craters, spectacular waterfalls, and, of course, some the world’s most beautiful beaches</li> <li>Driving the “Heavenly” road to Hana on Maui, exploring the Allerton Gardens on Kauai, or paying homage to the past at Pearl Harbor on Oahu</li> <li>Where to start the day with a fresh papaya and a cup of robust Kona joe, enjoy a luau feast, indulge your passion for sushi or fresh island fish, or try family-style dining with a Hawaiian flavor</li> <li>Going whale-watching or taking the plunge and getting up close and personal with colorful reef fish, octopuses, sea turtles, and playful spinner dolphins </li> <li>Taking a helicopter tour for a bird’s-eye view of desolate mountain peaks, volcano craters, and each island’s unspoiled heartland</li> </ul>
Like every For Dummies travel guide, Hawaii For Dummies, Fourth Edition, includes: <ul>
<li>Down-to-earth trip-planning advice</li> <li>What you shouldn’t miss — and what you can skip</li> <li>The best hotels and restaurants for every budget</li> <li>Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages</li> </ul>
Just a word of warning—while this guide is designed to help you plan your trip, please don’t plan every minute. Leave yourself plenty of time to relax and experience the laid-back, generous spirit of genuine aloha.

Hawaii For Dummies, 4th Edition (Dummies Travel)

Travel

Farr Leas, Cheryl

Australia & South Pacific

Get ready to take in the many moods of Maui. Whether you want to sit back, soak up the sun, and let Maui works its magic or dive in, dig in, and get your feet (and everything else) wet, this is the guide for you. Would you rather hit the beaches or golf courses? Go people watching or whale-watching? Feast at a luau or try sushi or dim sum? This friendly guide helps you get in the alluring aloha spirit with info on: 
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<li>All kinds of water sports, including snorkeling, scuba diving, surfing, windsurfing, wave jumping, and kayaking</li> <li>Getting a birds-eye view of Maui’s unspoiled heartland on a breathtaking helicopter tour</li> <li>Seeing the spectacular sunrise over Haleakala, a 10,023-foot-high dormant volcano</li> <li>Driving the “Heavenly” road to Hana, 52 winding miles that take you past flowering gardens, spectacular waterfalls, and magnificent ocean vistas</li> <li>Venturing off the beaten path to Molokai, where you can travel via mule down lush sea cliffs to a hidden leper colony or to Lanai where you can be pampered in a world-class luxury hotels</li> <li>Staying in a fanciful Moorish place, a resort and spa with a tropical theme park vibe, or a remote sea ranch cottage</li> <li>Shopping in art-filled galleries, offbeat specialty stores, or chic boutiques</li> </ul>
Like every For Dummies travel guide, Maui For Dummies, 3rd Edition helps you make the most of your vacation. It includes: <ul>
<li>Down-to-earth trip-planning advice</li> <li>Info on the best ships for every budget</li> <li>Tips on sightseeing at ports of call</li> <li>Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages</li> </ul>
Whether you want action and adventure or a massage and a mai tai, Maui For Dummies, Third Edition, will get you in a Maui mood.

Maui For Dummies (Dummies Travel)

A totally effective and surprisingly fun guide to the Graduate Record Examination In Fall 2007, the GRE Program is planning to implement significant changes to the verbal measure, quantitative measure, and analytical writing sections of the GRE. This easy-to-use, refreshingly irreverent revision shares inside information on what to expect with these changes, helping both recent graduates and workforce veterans prepare for the revised test, maximize their score, and get into the graduate program of their choice. It includes all of the secrets of the Internet-based test (iBT)-in which the computer generates unique questions according to correct or incorrect answers-as well as brush-up reviews on math and grammar, two complete practice tests, and proven time-management techniques that make test-prep fun and simple. Suzee Vlk wrote For Dummies guides to the ACT, SAT, GRE, and GMAT and taught test preparation classes for more than 25 years. Michelle Gilman (Solana, CA) is the founder and CEO of Fusion Learning Center. Veronica Saydak (Solana, CA) is Director of student curricula at Fusion and has been tutoring test preparation at all levels for several years.

The GRE Test For Dummies

Test Preparation

Vlk, Suzee

Gilman, Michelle Rose

Saydak, Veronica

Graduate School

Find and use the features you need right away Create great documents, Excel charts, and slide shows, and organize your e-mail What's new at the Office? A lot, and this book takes you through all the cool changes and enhancements so you can rev up and go. Find your way around the new interface, dress up your documents, create spreadsheets that actually make sense, give presentations that wow your audience, and organize your life. Discover how to <ul>
<li>Locate commands on the Ribbon</li> <li>Use Live Preview</li> <li>Stop spam with Outlook(r)</li> <li>Format and enhance Word documents</li> <li>Work with Excel(r) formulas</li> <li>Store and find data in Access</li> </ul>

Microsoft Office 2007 For Dummies

Computers & Technology

Wang, Wallace

Networking & Cloud Computing

These projects are fun to build and fun to use Make lights dance to music, play with radio remote control, or build your own metal detector Who says the Science Fair has to end? If you love building gadgets, this book belongs on your radar. Here are complete directions for building ten cool creations that involve light, sound, or vibrations - a weird microphone, remote control gizmos, talking toys, and more, with full parts and tools lists, safety guidelines, and wiring schematics. Check out ten cool electronics projects, including; Chapter 8 - Surfing the Radio Waves (how to make your own radio); Chapter 9 - Scary Pumpkins (crazy Halloween decorations that have sound, light, and movement); Chapter 12 - Hitting Paydirt with an Electronic Metal Detector (a project that can pay for itself) Discover how to; Handle electronic components safely; Read a circuit diagram; Troubleshoot circuits with a multimeter; Build light-activated gadgets; Set up a motion detector; Transform electromagnetic waves into sound Companion Web site; Go to www.dummies.com/go/electronicsprojectsfd; Explore new projects with other electronics hobbyists; Find additional information and project opportunities

Electronics Projects For Dummies

Engineering & Transportation

Muir, Nancy C.

Boysen, Earl

Engineering

When you’re trying to harness the power of PowerPoint, you don’t want to wade through lots of background and definitions; you want to make things happen! Power Point Just the Steps for Dummies puts your hands and eyes to work immediately so you can finish any PowerPoint project in a flash. Just choose your task, follow the step-by-step instructions and vivid illustrations, and POOF! It’s done. In seconds, you’ll be: 
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<li>Creating a new presentation</li> <li>Resizing or moving an object</li> <li>Duplicating a slide</li> <li>Using the outlining toolbar</li> <li>Adding notes to a slide</li> <li>Printing your presentation</li> <li>Setting up a slide show</li> <li>Working with pictures and clip art</li> <li>Coloring text and objects</li> <li>Modifying the slide master</li> <li>Creating a template</li> <li>Inserting a diagram or chart</li> <li>Adding sound and video</li> <li>And more</li> </ul>
Whether you’re new to PowerPoint, pressed for time, or visually oriented, this get-it-done guide will help make your next PowerPoint presentation look like a work of genius!

PowerPoint 2007 Just the Steps For Dummies

Padova, Ted

Obermeier, Barbara

Software

From idea to online, your key to great-looking Web sites Your one-stop guide to building a user-friendly site with professional flair Whether you're building a site to keep in touch with others, sell products, or promote a cause, you want to make sure yours stands out in the crowd. This handy reference shows you how to design an accessible site, create graphics and navigation menus, build forms, insert sound and video, and keep your visitors coming back for more. Discover how to <ul>
<li>Plan, maintain, and promote a Web site</li> <li>Design with users in mind</li> <li>Work with HTML and CSS</li> <li>Optimize graphic elements for the Web</li> <li>Build your site with e-commerce functionality</li> </ul>

Building Web Sites All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

Sahlin, Doug

Snell, Claudia

Web Development & Design

We could all use a little more confidence in our lives. With a push in the right direction, you can discover how to carry yourself confidently at work, at home, and even in relationships. This friendly guide shows you what confidence is and where it comes from, and offers practical tips and techniques to build on your skills, challenge your fears, and channel your energy into a more effective you. 
Discover how to <ul>
<li>Recognise your strengths</li> <li>See things from a brighter perspective</li> <li>Say 'No' with confidence</li> <li>Build confidence in others</li> <li>Raise confident children</li> </ul>

Building Self-Confidence for Dummies

Self-Help

Kate Burton

Brinley Platts

Motivational

Discover how to take strokes off your game by improving the technique of your swing with step-by-step photos and master the all- important putt to better your score. Whether you’re new to golf or a long-time duffer, this easy-to-follow guide will get you into the swing of things by helping you to: 
<ul>
<li>Master grip, stance, and swing</li> <li>Fix common faults</li> <li>Improve your putting</li> <li>Know the score on rules and etiquette</li> <li>Take advantage of high-tech equipment</li> <li>Shape up with golf-specific exercises</li> <li>Where to play in the UK and Europe</li> <li>How to choose your golf balls and clubs</li> <li>Getting and staying in golf shape</li> <li>Getting the most from your lessons</li> <li>Developing your own swing</li> <li>Putting, chipping, and pitching</li> <li>Special shots, conditions, and considerations</li> </ul>

Golf For Dummies

Sports & Outdoors

McCord, Gary

Golf

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