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 BUILD A BETTER WEBSITE
Want to master HTML, create a blog or revamp your current site? This guide
from the experts at Computer Shopper reveals the latest tips and tricks for
building your ideal website whatever your skill or budget. Exploring all areas
of web development, providing over 20 how-to guides covering adding video, photo
galleries and other exciting features to websites as well as trouble shooting
tips, this guide showcases how to build functional, professional looking and
eye-catching sites with ease. Advanced features include advice on boosting your
sites Google ranking, making your site pay for itself through hosting
advertising and much more. Everything you need for building a website, written by true experts. There isn't quite enough about pure HTML for me, but then there are plenty of HTML text books around, and you can always look at the code you've produced after following these clear instructions. This is well written, comprehensive stuff. There are places you can go which more or less produce your website for you after you put in a few words and photos, but the whole fun of getting a website going is to find out how everything works and to take it from there and do something truly original. There's no mystery to websites - and there are hundreds of thousands of people who would be willing to share their expertise and knowledge with you. This book is a great place to start, and can only lead to better things.
 GETTING STARTED IN DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Getting Started with DSLR Photography 3rd edition. Just bought a digital SLR but have no idea where to start? The team at Digital SLR Photography Magazine are on hand to help you get to grips with the various types of digital SLRs available and master your cameras functions and settings. Updated to include the latest camera technology, subject-based techniques and accessories, this MagBook covers all essential bases including aperture, shutter speed, ISO ratings and exposure, as well as advice on more ambitious professional techniques and inspirational ideas for you to test out once as you learn. With advice spanning all areas of photographic scenes - from portraits to nature and landscapes, as well as guides to with key accessories such as lenses and flashguns, this MagBook is invaluable for beginners and amateurs looking to become a better photographer! Even if you are not lucky enough to own a DSLR (I'm not, but I do have a wonderful Fuji Bridge camera, which does most of what a DSLR does except allow you to change lenses), you'll find something to interest you in this magical book. Because most of it is about composing pictures, and that, for me, is the most important part of photography. No one does photography better than MagBooks - clear, concise, understandable - now all I have to do is save up my pennies until I have enough to buy myself a DSLR - at least I'll know how to use it when I get it, thanks to this fantastic book!
 JOANNA KNIGHT: 2-WEEK FAT LOSS DIET
Look and feel slimmer in just 14 days! Combining the latest fat-burning research with quick, easy and delicious recipes, it won't leave you hungry but it will turn your body into a fat-burning machine in just two weeks. This unique, easy-to-follow plan will help you shed fat today and every day until you reach your fat-loss goal. The newspapers have all been full of diets and fitness plans after Christmas - apparently it takes the best part of three months to work off the excess fat we put on during the festive season, so any help you can get shedding those pounds has to be welcome. Only the newspapers aren't really worth the paper they're printed on, so I'd settle for a proper, carefully written, properly planned book any day. There are no guarantees with this book, but nit does tell you what to eat and when, and once you've lost those pounds, it will genuinely help you to stay that way. Clearly written, with page after page of mouthwatering, effective recipes and concise instructions on what to do and when. First class advice, presented in a brilliant way.
 TONE UP AT HOME
If you are looking to get fit, firm and fabulous in your own front room, the new Tone Up At Home MagBook from Women's Fitness is your ultimate home toning companion. Full of easy, effective 10-minute workouts, this plan will get you looking and feeling your best in no time. A perter bum, firmer tum, whittled waist and sculpted arms and legs can all be yours with this MagBook which is guaranteed to help you tone up and maintain that beautiful body of yours! Combining top toning workouts with fat-blasting cardio plans, Tone Up At Home will put your fat loss in the fast lane once and for all. And this, although not a companion volume as such, will also help to keep the pounds under control. This one takes four weeks, and concentrates rather more on exercise than diet, but the result is the same, and by combining the two... well, you get the idea. Just ten minutes a day will help, and this wonderful book has all the secrets. Again, it's a beautiful book, brilliant photos and diagrams, just what you need, and anyone can spare just ten minutes a day, surely?
 OCTANE: JAGUAR - THE COMPLETE STORY
Jaguar: The Complete Story, 2nd edition is updated to include the very latest Jaguar models - including the exciting C-X16 concept car, this collectable MagBook chronicles the development and growth of Britain's most iconic luxury car manufacturer. It presents a fascinating glimpse into the engineering innovations that have made Jaguar one of the most coveted marques in the world. Featuring every Jaguar made, from the original classics through to its current range, this 260-page MagBook from the publisher of Octane magazine is a fantastic reference for any classic car enthusiast. I'm not sure I would have described Jaguar as Britain's most iconic luxury car manufacturer - after all, for something like five or even six times the outlay, you could indulge yourself with a Rolls or a Bentley - but the Jaguar is iconic, although maybe not as much as it once was. Because once BMW got hold of it, it sort of became very much an affordable luxury car, and not that just-out-of-reach beautiful monster that all car owners admired from afar. Then again, of the three cars pictured on the front cover, only one is what I would call a classic, the others are just sports cars. This is a fantastic book, very well written and with wonderful photographs, and I wouldn't take anything away from it. But if I was hankering after a classic Jag, I'd go for something like Morse's, or an E-type, something from the 1960s or even earlier. They're all in there, of course, and this is a very readable account of the marque. It's just me being picky. I associate sports cars like the two on the front with idiots like Clarkson who have dragged the name of motoring so far down into the mire it's difficult to see how it could be dragged back up. His disservice to motoring is compounded by his huge lack of intelligence and commentaries on things he has no knowledge of and which don't really concern him. The complete story of the Jaguar must of course include the Clarkson-type Jaguars, but for me the beauty of the marque lies back in the days when it was truly producing the car everyone lusted after.
 BUILD A BETTER PC
Build a Better Website 2012 is updated to include the latest online development tools, this expert written MagBook provides you with the skills you need to master HTML, create a blog and fine-tune a current site. Get your best-ever computer with this complete guide to choosing components, building a PC from scratch and installing Windows. With upgrade advice, too, it s an essential resource for any PC enthusiast. The easy-to-follow tutorials within this MagBook offer advice across all stages of web development from the initial planning of your website through to its maintenance, designed to get you building websites like a pro! I've never even thought about building a PC - I know my way around the insides of one, having installed a CD drive in my first IBM PS2back in the early 1990s. Knowing which cables to connect, and how to find a slot to plug it into didn't take a genius to work out. But if I was thinking of building a PC, the first thing I'd want to know is why I was doing it. After all, PCs are not the most expensive consumer item in the world. But people still do it, sometimes for gaming reasons, sometimes because it's cheaper than buying one ready made, and sometimes simply because they can, or because they want something unique, with specific specifications, power etc. In which case, this book is exactly what you need to help you along the way and to help you complete the task. No one does it better than MagBooks...
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