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Learn German Language Pack (Learn Languages Series) $5.48 Learn German Language Pack (Learn Languages Series) by Nicole Irving Bk&Cassett Published in 1993 by Edc Pub

Why Cows Learn Dutch $19.48 Why Cows Learn Dutch : And Other Secrets Of The Amish Farm by Randy James Published in 2005 by Kent State University Press

Why Don’t They Learn English $15.98 Why Don’t They Learn English : Separating Fact from Fallacy in the U.S. Language Debate (Language and Literacy Series (Teachers College Pr)) by Lucy Tse Published in 2001 by Teachers College Press

Why You Need a Foreign Language & How to Learn One $19.98 In the age of globalization, English-speakers have largely neglected the languages of others, trusting instead in the promise of an international version of English. In Why You Need a Foreign Language & How to Learn One, author Edward Trimnell makes a contrarian case for a renewed emphasis on foreign language skills in the United States, Great Britain, and elsewhere in the English-speaking world. Drawing on topics as wide-ranging as military intelligence and international business, Trimnell explains why our neglect of foreign languages makes us dangerously dependent on the language skills of others. The book also explores the "truth and the hype" about English as an international language, and explains the functional limitations of English as a global means of communication. Finally, the book describes techniques and resources that businesspersons and other professionals can use to acquire a language through independent study.

Learn to Tango with D $20.98 In recent years, much work has been put into creating programming languages that embody a blend of many of the most admired characteristics of their predecessors. One such language is D, which provides developers with the speed of languages such as C and C++ combined with the power and flexibility of languages such as Ruby and Python. Learn to Tango with D introduces you to the powerful D language, with special attention given to the Tango software library. A concise yet thorough overview of the language’s syntax and features is presented, followed by an introduction to Tango, the popular general–purpose library you’ll find invaluable when building your D applications. Authored by prominent D developers Kris Bell, Lars Ivar Igesund, Sean Kelly, and Michael Parker, this book supplies not only the knowledge required to begin building your own D applications, but also the insight these authors have acquired due to their extensive experience working with and participating in the development of the D language. What you’ll learn Gain a solid understanding of the D programming language and the companion Tango library. How to leverage the open source Tango library to build robust cross–platform applications. Why the combination of D and Tango can be the best option for your next application. Who is this book for? Programmers wishing to learn more about the D language and the Tango library.

Why Not? $4.48 Using this simple, proven method, anyone can come up with novel ideas for solving problems of all kinds In this refreshing, positive, and powerfully written book, we learn something critical about creativity and innovation—it’s not just for engineers and rocket scientists, and it’s not just about the cutting edge and the revolutionary. Nalebuff and Ayres show that every one of us can be innovators—changing the world in big and small ways—using not the latest technology, but good, old-fashioned ingenuity. The book is packed with examples of how Why Not thinking has helped solve—or could solve—problems in business, politics, and everyday life.

Why Didn’t I Learn This in College? $22.48 Because participants in our workshop series, Instruction for All Students, often ask, "Why didn’t we learn this in college?" that question provided the inspiration for the title of this new book for teachers new to the classroom. This title is in no way meant to condemn those who direct our collegiate experiences. The realities are that we may well have studied these topics and earned a good grade on a test over the theoretical aspects of this information but had no classroom teaching experiences on which to hook the information, that we took an alternative approach to entering the profession, that our focus was elsewhere at the time or perhaps, in fact, it was not taught. Whatever the case may be, teachers new to the classroom clearly need support and a repertoire of effective teaching strategies during their first years of classroom work. Why Didn’t I Learn This in College? is based on the constructs that: + the best management program is a good instructional program, + if the end we have in mind is student learning, we do not want to concentrate on control and compliance but rather on building learning centered environments, and + we need efficient and effective organizational systems for ourselves, our students, and our classroom.

Languages and Machines $115.98 The third edition of Languages and Machines: An Introduction to the Theory of Computer Science provides readers with a mathematically sound presentation of the theory of computer science. The theoretical concepts and associated mathematics are made accessible by a "learn as you go" approach that develops an intuitive understanding of the concepts through numerous examples and illustrations.

Dictionary of Languages $8.98 Approximately how many languages compose the Bantu language group of central and southern Africa? What is the name of the language spoken in Hawaii by an estimated two thousand people? What Western European language is not known to be related to any other language family in the world — and is considered by linguists to be one of the most difficult to learn?These are only a few of the questions language lovers, linguists, and lay readers will be able to answer with the Dictionary of Languages — an easy-to-navigate, authoritative guide to the world’s languages and language groups at the end of the twentieth century. Andrew Dalby had the needs and interests of general readers in mind when he compiled this comprehensive reference work — most other language guides are written for scholars, and many include little or none of the absorbing social, cultural, geographic, and historical details that are brought together here.In the Dictionary of Languages, readers will find:?a selection of four hundred languages and language groups, arranged alphabetically, with rich, detailed descriptions of the genesis, development, and current status of each;?more than two hundred maps displaying where the languages are spoken today;?sidebars showing alphabets, numerals, and other enriching facts?a comprehensive index listing additional languages, guiding readers to the nearest language groups with full writeups and maps;?charts breaking down large language groups — such as Bantu or Austroasiatic languages — by geographic region and approximate number of speakers.In a world where geopolitical boundaries often explain little about the people that live within them, where we may read about Kurd and Khmer in the same newspaper and be expected to be conversant about each — if not conversant in each — Dalby’s single, information-packed volume helps us make sense of the rich mosaic of world languages.

Programming Languages $3.98 Exceptionally comprehensive in approach, this book explores the major issues in both design and implementation of modern programming languages and provides a basic introduction to the underlying theoretical models on which these languages are based. The emphasis throughout is on fundamental concepts—readers learn important ideas, not minor language differences–but several languages are highlighted in sufficient detail to enable readers to write programs that demonstrate the relationship between a source program and its execution behavior–e.g., C, C++, JAVA, ML, LISP, Prolog, Smalltalk, Postscript, HTML, PERL, FORTRAN, Ada, COBOL, BASIC SNOBOL4, PL/I, Pascal. Begins with a background review of programming languages and the underlying hardware that will execute the given program; then covers the underlying grammatical model for programming languages and their compilers (elementary data types, data structures and encapsulation, inheritance, statements, procedure invocation, storage management, distributed processing, and network programming). Includes an advanced chapter on language semantics–program verification, denotational semantics, and the lambda calculus. For computer engineers and others interested in programming language designs.

Why Didn’t I Learn This in Hebrew School? $12.48 Why Didn’t I Learn This in Hebrew School? : Excursions Through the Jewish Past and Present by Eliezer Segal Published in 1999 by Jason Aronson

The .NET Languages $34.48 If you are looking for a book that quickly and concisely provides you with a translation guide between these three major languages, then you want to take a good look at this book. — Steven Mandel, .NET Developer’s Journal The .NET Languages: A Quick Translation Guide answers two questions posed by the introduction of the .NET Framework: "How do I quickly upgrade my skills to this new language?" and "How do I understand the code that another developer has written?" Author Brian Bischof offers a complete translation guide for converting programs among the three primary Microsoft languages: Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Basic .NET, and C#. Bischof makes it easy for the thousands of Visual Basic 6.0 programmers today to take the knowledge they already have and use it to write for the .NET platform. Each chapter is laid out in a clear and concise format. Most chapters begin with a syntax conversion chart displaying how each language translates into the other languages. Included are detailed points explaining these conversions. Each chapter ends with a fully comprehensive example, written in each language, that demonstrates that particular chapters concepts. This provides you with all the information you need for converting your programs: quick lookup charts, detailed explanations, and thorough examples. Nothing is left out. With the help of The .NET Languages: A Quick Translation Guide, programmers will quickly learn how to build a wide range of applications for the new Microsoft .NET platform.

Why Can’t I Learn Like Everyone Else $3.98 Why Can’t I Learn Like Everyone Else : Youth With Learning Disabilities (Youth With Special Needs) (Youth With Special Needs) by Shirley Brinkerhoff Library Binding Published in 2004 by Mason Crest Publishers

The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast $16.48 There are many reasons why you might need to learn a foreign language quickly. The author, a U.S. Army Green Beret, often travels to foreign countries on short notice and needs to be able to communicate with military and government officials, many of who do not speak English. He tried all types of schools, classes, books and tapes, but none delivered what he needed when he needed it. So he developed his own method for learning foreign languages. It proved so effective for him and his fellow Green Berets that he decided to share his method with others who need to learn a language quickly. The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast is designed for people who have no interest in learning complicated rules of grammar. The author promises that his method will help anyone become functional in any language in seven days and proficient in 30. He’s trimmed the fat, freeing your time for what’s truly useful. Includes a day-by-day schedule, a handy workbook format and secret tips to help you master key elements quickly and easily.

The Five Love Languages $15.48 Dr. Gary Chapman identifies five basic languages of love and then guides couples towards a better understanding of their unique languages of love. Learn to speak and understand your mate’s love language, and in no time you will be able to effectively love and truly feel loved in return. Skillful communication is within your grasp!

The Languages of Logic $44.98 With the same intellectual goals as the first edition, this innovative introductory logic textbook explores the relationship between natural language and logic, motivating the student to acquire skills and techniques of formal logic. This new and revised edition includes substantial additions which make the text even more useful to students and instructors alike. Central to these changes is an Appendix, ‘How to Learn Logic’, which takes the student through fourteen compact and sharply directed lessons with exercises and answers.

Learn About $11.98 Discover the amazing world beneath your feet with Learn About Rocks and Minerals. Deep inside the Earth, precious metals, beautiful crystals and rocks as hard as granite are formed. Find out how new rocks are created, why mountains form and what happens when a volcano erupts.

Learning to Read Across Languages $48.98 This book systematically examines how learning to read occurs in diverse languages, and in so doing, explores how literacy is learned in a second language by learners who have achieved at least basic reading skills in their first language. As a consequence of rapid globalization, such learners are a large and growing segment of the school population worldwide, and an increasing number of schools are challenged by learners from a wide variety of languages, and with distinct prior literacy experiences. To succeed academically these learners must develop second-language literacy skills, yet little is known about the ways in which they learn to read in their first languages, and even less about how the specific nature and level of their first-language literacy affects second-language reading development. This volume provides detailed descriptions of five typologically diverse languages and their writing systems, and offers comparisons of learning-to-read experiences in these languages. Specifically, it addresses the requisite competencies in learning to read in each of the languages, ,how language and writing system properties affect the way children learn to read, and the extent and ways in which literacy learning experience in one language can play a role in subsequent reading development in another. Both common and distinct aspects of literacy learning experiences across languages are identified, thus establishing a basis for determining which skills are available for transfer in second-language reading development. Learning to Read Across Languages is intended for researchers and advanced students in the areas of second-language learning, psycholinguistics, literacy, bilingualism, and cross-linguistic issues in language processing.

Why Pandas Do Handstands $13.48 Did you know that…• shark embryos can attack?• caterpillars can tap dance?• koalas have fingerprints almost identical to those of humans?And, who would have guessed that…• chimpanzees talk about food?• male animals from hot climates make bad fathers?• owls employ snakes as babysitters?• rats can learn the differences between languages?• some parasites castrate their victims?• dogs can see moving objects up to 985 yards away?• ants won’t cross a chalk line?• a sloth moves so slowly that fungus grows on its feet?Astonishing new facts about animals are discovered every day. Here, gathered together in one book, are hundreds of the most fascinating, often funny, and, occasionally, just plain bizarre snippets known about animals freshly gleaned from the most up-to-date scientific observations and experiments. With chapters on every aspect of animal life — from how they communicate with one another to their highly unusual parenting practices to their lively and varied sex lives — Augustus Brown has compiled a charming, educational, and supremely entertaining book that will satisfy even the most obsessive animal lover.So, dig in to this irresistibly entertaining and utterly engrossing inside look at the animal kingdom at its most peculiar!

The Emergence of Pidgin and Creole Languages $52.48 This book provides explanations for the emergence of contact languages, especially pidgins and creoles. It assesses the current state of research and examines aspects of current theories and approaches that have excited much controversy and debate. The book answers questions such as: How validis the notion of a pidgin-creole-postcreole life cycle? Why are many features of pidgins and creoles simple in formal terms compared to other languages? And what is the origin of the grammatical innovations in expanded pidgins and creoles – linguistic universals, conventional language change, theinfluence of features of languages in the contact environment, or a mix of two or more factors? In addressing these issues, the author looks at research on processes of second language acquisition and use, including simplification, overgeneralization, and language transfer. He shows how theseprocesses can account for many of the characteristics of contact languages, and proposes linguistic and sociolinguistic constraints on their application in language contact. His analysis is supported with detailed examples and case studies from Pidgin Fijian, Melanesian Pidgin, Hawai’i Creole, NewCaledonian Tayo and Australian Kriol, which he uses as well to assess the merits of competing theories of language genesis. Professor Siegel also considers his research’s wider implications for linguistic theory.

One Child, Two Languages $10.48 Written expressly for teachers, this highly readable resource demystifies the natural process of second-language learning in young children. With this book, teachers will learn how to create supportive classroom environments for secon-language learners, measure children’s progress, address individual differences, and work effectively with parents-all the while acknowledging the importance of children’s home languages and cultures. This idea-packed guide infuses research findings with the author’s firsthand observations of linguistically and culturally diverse children, making it an important addition to every early childhood educator’s desk.

The Five Love Languages of Children CD $14.48 Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, narrates as you learn how to apply the love languages to your relationship with your children. This audio compact disc is the perfect solution for those who are auditory learners, are sight-impaired, or who want to make best use of their time during a long commute or trip. Let the love languages transform your children and you!

The Five Love Languages of Teenagers CD $14.48 Best-selling author of The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman, narrates as you learn how to apply the love languages to your relationship with your teenagers. This audio compact disc is the perfect solution for those who are auditory learners, are sight-impaired, or who want to make best use of their time during a long commute or trip. Let the love languages transform your teenagers and you!

One Speaker, Two Languages $47.98 Code-switching–the alternating use of several languages by bilingual speakers–does not usually indicate lack of competence on the part of the speaker, but results from complex language skills. The reasons why people switch their codes are as varied as the directions from which linguists approach this issue. This volume of essays by leading scholars explores code-switching in particular social and institutional contexts, and brings together current research into the social, grammatical and psycholinguistic issues raised by this highly significant form of speech behavior.

Learn Pascal $5.48 Pascal is the standard structured programming language for the personal computer. The novice programmer needs a strong grounding in the fundamentals of structured programming, whether preparing to program under Microsoft Windows, DOS, or the Apple Macintosh. Pascal is also a precursor to programming languages such as C++, Java, and Delphi. Learn Pascal teaches the novice programmer the basics of Pascal through hands-on examples and easy-to-follow drills in each chapter, and guides readers from the basic fundamentals to advanced techniques needed to effectively program real-world applications. The book also includes advanced material on problem-solving algorithms, which provide the experienced Pascal user with specialized tools to solve specific programming problems. The companion CD contains the examples and drills discussed in the book, along with the drill solutions. Also included is a full retail version of Delphi 4 Standard Edition.

Genes, Peoples, and Languages $7.98 Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza was among the first to ask whether the genes of modern populations contain a historical record of the human species. Cavalli-Sforza and others have answered this question–anticipated by Darwin–with a decisive yes. Genes, Peoples, and Languages comprises five lectures that serve as a summation of the author’s work over several decades, the goal of which has been nothing less than tracking the past hundred thousand years of human evolution.Cavalli-Sforza raises questions that have serious political, social, and scientific import: When and where did we evolve? How have human societies spread across the continents? How have cultural innovations affected the growth and spread of populations? What is the connection between genes and languages? Always provocative and often astonishing, Cavalli-Sforza explains why there is no genetic basis for racial classification.

Why Learn Maths? $21.13 Buy and sell [Why Learn Maths?] at great prices.

Why Things Are $3.48 "Not only does Joel Achenbach ask some great questions, but he actually answers them–and with a rigor that puts him somewhere between Socrates and Miss Manners. Plus he’s funnier than either of them.:Judy Jones and William WilsonAuthors of AN INCOMPLETE EDUCATIONFrom the dawn of time to yesterday’s headlines, from baseball to the atom bomb,fromant farms to Peperidge Farm, syndicated columnist Joel Achenbach answers the perennial question, WHY? Why do foreign languages sound so fast?Why do fools fall in love?Why don’t people talk in elevators?And much more.

Learn to Crochet $8.48 Crochet is back in fashion, a favorite with today’s up-and-coming textile designers. That’s why so many people want to learn its simple, textural, and attractive stitches. From choosing yarns and hooks to making a loop and foundation chain, from doing simple edgings to working in rounds, would-be crocheters will find all the basics of the craft right here. Holding the hook, checking the gauge, reading standard patterns, stitching filet crochet–everything is covered in great detail with full-page photos and close-up drawings. The projects begin with an easy pot-holder and progress to blankets for babies and adults; striped and scalloped cushions, scarves, purses, and Christmas decorations.

Free to Learn $17.48 Free to Learn is a unique guide to the principles and methods of Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood education. The author draws on kindergarten experience from around the world, with stories, helpful insights, lively observations and pictures. This inspiring book will interest parents, educators, and early years education students. It is up to date, comprehensive, and contains many illustrations, including a 16-page color section. Lynne Oldfield invites you to explore Steiner Waldorf kindergartens. Here, teachers and parents believe that children’s early learning is profound, that childhood matters and that the early years should be enjoyed, not rushed through. Topics include: · How kindergarten enables healthy child development · What is movement based learning · Why creative play is so crucial · How children learn through imitation and rhythm · When children are ready for school · How to get support for parenting and daycare Free to Learn is a unique guide to the principles and methods of Waldorf early education, drawing on kindergarten experience from around the world, with stories, helpful insights, lively observations, and pictures.

Why Ask Why $6.48 In his thought-provoking book "Why Ask Why" , best-selling author John Mason brings powerful isight sure to change the way you live your daily life. Think about it: How old is your attitude? In what areas do you claim faith but your actions say unbelief? Do you leave people better than you found them? Are you a person who says, "My decision is maybe, and that’s final? Learn the secret that all successful people know, the power of asking the right questions.

Success With Languages (Routledge Study Guides) $28.98 Beginning to learn a completely new language can be a daunting prospect. You may have not studied for some time, lack confidence, or simply wish for some practical guidance on making the most of your language study. Success with Languages is designed to help all students to develop the skills they need to become an effective language learner.Written by experienced teachers of languages at the Open University, Success with Languages offers crucial and practical advice on such crucial areas as:· Choosing your language and study program· Becoming an effective learner· Setting personal goals for language learning· Monitoring your progress· Using ICT to support your language learningEach of the ten chapters contains a number of exercises, in order to help you assess the way that you learn and consider how it might be improved.While designed primarily for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying courses that involve a language component, this study guide is relevant to anyone learning a language in any situation. Whatever your motivation and goals,Success with Languages will help you realize your potential and open your mind to new cultures, peoples and their heritage.

Five Languages Made Simpler $19.98 This book includes the complete grammar of five languages. Most of the first 83 pages have French and Italian grammar in columns on the left page, and Spanish and German grammar in columns on the right-hand page. English grammar and translations are interspersed throughout the book. The first chapter has many helpful facts in the five languages: written numbers, math, days of the week, months, colors, telephone conversations, the weather, time, how to ask questions, the use of capital letters, negatives, measurements, participles, and dialogue. Many pages have columns of adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and articles, divided by types, in the five languages, side by side. The text explains facts about the particular part of speech, with a separate paragraph for each language. German grammar requires several extra pages of explanations. The author has analyzed and presents in simplified form the various type of pronouns in each language, side by side. A chapter explains how to write nouns in singular, plural, masculine, or feminine forms in each language. Verbs, their moods and tenses, are clearly presented. The author has prepared a separate chapter for each language. Those chapters begin with the full conjugation of regular, irregular, and other verbs, with hints to memorize their endings. The complete grammar is then analyzed, with many facts about verbs, moods and tenses, prepositions, hints on using the language, and more. We learn how to express our opinion, make suggestions, and to express any time in the past, present, or future. Hints on how to pronounce letters and words, compared with English, are given. Headings of food and drinks on a typical menu are analyzed. The author has compiled a list of words that he found to be used most often by native speakers. You can master them and sound more like a native. For fun, try the tongue twisters, speaking aloud, fast. The author has compiled a large group of idioms or slang expressions in each language. You can have fun with them. The chapter for each language ends with typical conversations, grouped by subject. They include: polite sayings, greetings and meetings, questions and using the language, banking, finding the way, letters and the post office, shopping, hair and beauty shops, medical problems, sightseeing, entertainment, emergencies, hotels, eating, and drinking. These conversations will be helpful as a phrase book for those who do not speak the language, as well as a reminder for anyone who is fluent in the language. A few letters are included, business and personal, as guides. The book has a list of more than 800 of the most common verbs in the five languages, in alphabetical English order. A list of more than 1,700 nouns in the five languages are grouped by subject matter. Subjects include: family and relatives; food, drink and eating; housing, travel and transportation; clothes, toilet articles, the body and health;…

Learn to Earn $28.48 "Public companies are everywhere, and they surround you from morning to night. . . . Nearly everything you eat, wear, read, listen to, ride in, lie on, or gargle with is made by one. Perfume to penknives, hot tubs to hot dogs, nuts to nail polish are made by businesses that you can own." –from the Introduction. McDonald’s, The Gap, Circuit City, Gillette, CBS, and thousands more . . . anybody can own part of big and small companies. As companies grow and prosper, you can too. Whenever burgers are eaten, sweaters are purchased, batteries are used, and faces are shaved, you’ve got a piece of the action. From Alexander Hamilton to Warren Buffett, people have been making big money by investing in the corporations and institutions around them. Mutual-fund superstar Peter Lynch and author John Rothchild explain what’s not normally taught in high school –how the stock market helps you and how it helps the country. By understanding how and why the stock market works when you buy a share of a company or purchase a mutual fund, you can make informed –and profitable –decisions. Whether you’re saving for college, a house, a trip, or retirement, there is no better method to secure a sound financial future than to invest. Young or old, there is no better time to start investing than now. "Investing is fun. It’s interesting. It can put you on the road to prosperity for the rest of your life. . . ." Learn to Earn gives you the expert guidance you need to make the right start. Lynch and Rothchild cover the gamut on investment fundamentals and principles, from choosing stocks, to picking a broker, to reading an annual report. Learn to Earn reveals how to decipher the stock pages and how to evaluate the pros and cons of the five basic investment vehicles –savings accounts, collectibles, houses or apartments, stocks, and bonds. Yet, there is much more to investing than just the principles, and there is much more to Learn to Earn than just the fundamentals. Opportunity comes in many forms, from many sources, with many histories. Brimming with stories and parables, Lynch and Rothchild also explain: * Why the world as we know it would collapse without investors . . . * How capitalism, from the time of the American Revolution on, has shaped the past, and how that affects us today . . . * How Coke, Campbell’s Soup, Ben & Jerry’s, Microsoft, and other big companies got started, who gets rich from them, and how they got that way . . . * How to know the real story behind the price of a stock

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Schools That Learn $26.98 First published in 2000, SCHOOLS THAT LEARN introduced the groundbreaking Fifth Discipline organizational principles to the world of education. This comprehensive revision addresses the increasing challenges facing our educational system and presents practical advice on how schools can use the principles of organizational learning to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world. Few would argue that schools today are in trouble. In the age of “No Child Left Behind,” when students, teachers, parents, and school boards are weighed down by increasing pressures, standardized tests are being used as “quick fixes,” school violence is growing, advances in science and technology threaten to outpace teachers’ effectiveness, and the average tenure of a school district superintendent is less than three years, SCHOOLS THAT LEARN offers much-needed advice on how we can overcome these persistent problems that threaten our educational system. Drawing upon experience and advice from prominent educators, teachers, principals, business and community leaders, parents, and students from across the country, the authors offer clear guidelines for how to implement the principles of organizational learning in the classroom, and explain why these practices work. The book features stories and anecdotes from the classroom and the community; charts, tables and diagrams to illustrate learning principles; individual and team exercises for both educators and students; and recommendations for related books, articles, Web sites, and other resources. This updated and revised edition of a decisive and influential work is invaluable for everyone involved in a dialogue about how to better educate our children in the twenty-first century.

Learn $3.98 Learn : Clicker Training (Dog Fancy Grab ‘N Go Simple Solutions) by Kim Campbell Thornton Published in 2008 by BowTie Press

Embedded Systems Specification and Design Languages $132.48 FDL is the most important European and, probably, worldwide forum to present research results, to exchange experiences, and to learn about new trends in the application of specification and design languages and the associated design and modeling methods and tools for complex, heterogeneous HW/SW embedded systems. FDLâ??07 was the tenth of a series of successful events held all around Europe. FDLâ??07 was held in Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia, Spain. The high number of submissions to the conference this year allowed the Program Committee to prepare a high quality conference program. Specification and Design Languages for Heterogeneous HW/SW Embedded Systems includes a selection of the most relevant contributions based on the review made by the program committee members and the quality of the contents of the presentation at the conference. In many cases, the authors have improved the original content with additional technical information. The papers cover the most important aspects in system modeling and specification, an essential area in Embedded Systems design. The objective of Specification and Design Languages for Heterogeneous HW/SW Embedded Systems is to serve as a reference text for researchers and designers interested in the extension and improvement of the application of design and verification languages in the area of Embedded Systems.

The Five Love Languages of Children $12.98 Does your child speak a different language? Sometimes they wager for your attention, and other times they ignore you completely. Sometimes they are filled with gratitude and affection, and other times they seem totally indifferent. Attitude. Behavior. Development. Everything depends on the love relationship between you and your child. When children feel loved, they do their best. But how can you make sure your child feels loved? Since 1992, Dr. Gary Chapman’s best-selling book The Five Love Languages has helped more than 300,000 couples develop stronger, more fulfilling relationships by teaching them to speak each others love language. Each child, too, expresses and receives love through one of five different communication styles. And your love language may be totally different from that of your child. While you are doing all you can to show your child love, he may be hearing it as something completely opposite.Discover your child’s primary language and learn what you can do to effectively convey unconditional feelings of respect, affection, and commitment that will resonate in your child’s emotions and behavior.

Learning Artificial Languages $90.48 If Universal Grammar (UG) can aid adult second language acquisition an important question arises: are linguistic principles that are not active in the native language also accessible to second language learners? This question of adult accessibility to UG is addressed by investigating whether a specific phonological principle that does not exist in the subjects’ native language is accessible to adult learners. Artificial languages were constructed to compare the acquisition of a stress system that follows a natural phonological principle with one that is almost identical to the same principle, but differs in one feature, thus making it an "unnatural" system. If second language learners have access to innate universal linguistic principles they should be better able to learn the natural rule over the unnatural one. The positive results lend support to the idea of adult second language learners having access to UG. This book should be of interest to educators and researchers in the fields of artificial language learning, second language acquisition and phonological stress or those with a general interest in laboratory phonology.

Practical Study Of Languages; A Guide For Teachers And Learn $12.61 Buy and sell [Practical Study Of Languages; A Guide For Teachers And Learn] at great prices.

Learn Italian Together (LL(R) Learn Together) $17.48 Young children possess a remarkable ability to learn new languages, and learning as a family can be a fun bonding experience. Developed by language experts and perfect for 4-8 year-olds, this series provides easy, fun, and effective language games which can be played in the car or at home. And because no previous knowledge of the language is required, parents and children can master the basics of Italian while enjoying quality time together. Package includes:·Three 48-page activity books·Three 60 minute audio CDs·Guide for parents and teachers·Three sticker sheets·Crayons

Learn Spanish Together (LL(R) Learn Together) $17.48 Young children possess a remarkable ability to learn new languages, and learning as a family can be a fun bonding experience. Developed by language experts and perfect for 4-8 year-olds, this series provides easy, fun, and effective language games which can be played in the car or at home. And because no previous knowledge of the language is required, parents and children can master the basics of Spanish while enjoying quality time together. Package includes:·Three 48-page activity books·Three 60 minute audio CDs·Guide for parents and teachers·Three sticker sheets·Crayons

Hundreds of Why’s $12.98 This Q&A book is inspired by a child who asked the author hundreds of “why is…” about natural phenomena and things happened around. The author scratched his head and searched for the answers, many of which are included in this book. A child’s curiosity to nature and things around is his/her desire to learn. To keep him/her interested in learning more and more, one may encourage him/her asking more “why is…” and provide as many clues as possible. This is what this book is intended to help.

Hello World! Greetings in 42 Languages Around the Globe! $65.48 Bonjour! Hola! Konnichiwa! Learn how to say "hello" in French, Spanish, Japanese—and many more languages! Children from all around the world say "hello" each in their own languages, each and every day. Each page includes a greeting translated in a different language with easy-to-pronounce phonetic spellings.Manya Stojic’s stunning paintings authentically represent diverse children. Young readers will gain an appreciation of languages and cultures beyond their own.This special book captures the essence of culture and tradition with each warm greeting. Try out all 42 languages!

The Five Love Languages Gift Edition $17.48 Are you and your spouse speaking the same language?While love is a many-splendored thing, it is sometimes a very confusing thing, too. And as people come in all varieties, shapes, and sizes, so do their choices of personal expressions of love. More often than not, the giver and the receiver each express love in different ways. That can lead to misunderstanding, quarrels, and even divorce. Quality Time Words of Affirmation Gifts Acts of Service Physical TouchDr. Gary Chapman identifies these five basic love languages and then guides couples toward a better understanding of how each of them uses these love languages. Learn to speak and understand your mate’s love language, and in no time you will be able to effectively love and truly feel loved in return. Skillful communication is within your grasp!Click here for the Study Guide for Spouse and Group Discussion

Lets Learn Kanji $21.98 Everyone agrees that it is possible to learn to speak Japanese in a reasonable amount of time, but no one has ever said that about reading and writing it. It is widely held that spoken and written Japanese require separate efforts by the student, as if these two aspects were in fact distinct languages. A first step toward alleviating this situation was taken by Yasuko Mitamura in 1985 with the publication of Let’s Learn Hiragana and Let’s Learn Katakana, which continue to help thousands of students every year to master these two forms of Japanese script. Now, Let’s Learn Kanji goes to the heart of the problem: the learning of kanji (i.e., Chinese characters as they are used in Japan). Not simply a brilliant exposition but also a workbook, it teaches the student how to write the basic strokes, how to put these together into full-fledged kanji, and how kanji function in the context of example sentences. Progress is continually checked, and the student is encouraged through quizzes and exercises. The result: 250 fundamental characters learned almost painlessly.

The Why Café $3.48 In a small diner at a location so remote that it stands in the middle of the middle of nowhere, John-a man in a hurry-is at a literal and figurative crossroads. Intent only on refueling before moving along on his road trip, John finds sustenance of an entirely different kind: in addition to the specials of the day, the menu lists three questions that all diners are encouraged to consider: Why are you here? Do you fear death? Are you fulfilled? With the guidance of three people he meets at the cafe, John embarks on a quest for answers that metaphorically takes him from the executive suites of the advertising world to the surf of Hawaii’s coastline. Along the way, he discovers a new way to look at his life and relationships… and just how much you can learn from a green sea turtle. The Why Cafe will get readers young and free and older and entrenched to rethink their personal yardstick for success. Charming, simple, and inspiring, it will change lives.

Why Shakespeare $21.48 Writing for a small troupe of men and boys who performed on an almost bare stage, William Shakespeare dramatized an unparalleled range of stories and emotions through his wizardry with words, his uncanny understanding of the human spirit, and his genius for maximizing the talents of his actors. Working under conditions that today we would consider primitive, he made himself into the supreme playwright. Exactly how does Shakespeare achieve his effects? Why does he continue to enthrall audiences performance after performance, night after night, century after century? By concentrating on a dozen of his best-known plays, and analyzing their structural and theatrical elements as well as their distinctive language, inventive plotting, and unique characters this book demystifies Shakespeare for all theater lovers. With its down-to-earth and jargon-free approach, Why Shakespeare enables us to step behind the curtain to learn why Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist of all time.

The Acquisition of Two Languages from Birth $59.98 This book deals with the question of how children exposed to two languages simultaneously from birth learn to speak those two languages. After a critical and comprehensive survey of most of the literature on the subject, the author concludes that empirically well-documented knowledge in this area is very scant indeed. The core of the book concerns a naturalistic study of a Dutch-English bilingual girl around the age of three. The study’s main aim is to explore the nature of early bilingual morphosyntactic development. Detailed analyses of most aspects of this development show that a child who hears two separate languages spoken to her reflects this distinctness in the utterances she produces: each language is handled as a system in its own right. Furthermore, the young bilingual three-year-old greatly resembles her monolingual peers in either language. Both these findings, the author concludes, highlight the language-specific nature of the morphosyntactic development process. This book will interest linguists, psycholinguists, developmental psychologists, and child language specialists.

Why Not Catch-21? $12.98 Based on the author’s long-running column in London’s Sunday Telegraph, this diverting book offers literary history in bite sizes, presenting surprising details on each of 50 classic work’s genesis and composition. Emphasizing books that are literally inexplicable without this background knowledge, the book covers iconic works from Thomas Moore’s Utopia to Joyce’s Ulysses. Along the way readers learn what Wordsworth’s Prelude was a prelude to, the identity of the original Jeeves, why A Clockwork Orange wasn’t A Robotic Banana, and much more.

Let’s Sing and Learn in French $9.48 One of the oldest and best ways to teach kids languages, updated for the 21st century Grownups have been using simple songs to teach young children the rudiments of languages since long before people danced sur le pont d’Avignon. Now the Let’s Sing and Learn series, CD Editions brings that tried-and-true method up-to-date for today’s modern kid. Each book/CD set contains collection of 20 original songs that combine catchy melodies with simple, cleverly-disguised lessoning vocabulary and expression. Written by accomplished songwriter-linguists, the songs cover a variety of subjects, including greetings, colors, counting, the alphabet, the days of the month, relationships, and more. And most importantly, the songs are easy to learn and fun to sing, making them the perfect medium for introducing children, ages three to six, to the words, accents, and rhythms of other languages. Each book/CD set includes: 20 original tunes covering an array of everyday subjects A CD recording of the songs that provides a model of proper pronunciation and rhythm Simple musical scores that parents and teachers can use to accompany young learners English translations for each song and suggested actions

Live & Learn $3.48 The latest Chrysalis Reader explores a facet of human nature that makes our species stand out: an insatiable curiosity, a desire to find answers. From the confessions of a professional student to the search for the miraculous, this collection of essays, short stories, poetry, and art wrestles with the question: What brings forth a questing spirit? This literary anthology looks inside the dynamic space where learning and teaching take place–as experienced in and sometimes in spite of the classroom, as well as beyond it. A teacher learns a hidden truth from what becomes for him an absurdity–the assigning of grades. A Midwestern community is forever changed by the courage of one student. A writer learns how to give the perfect dinner party by dining in the summers with the John Dos Passos family. Symbolic relationships between living and learning are evidened in Virginia Woolf’s neighborhood where, at an abandoned railway station, the significance of a diary entry brings a writer’s past into emotional focus. A humorist examines her disastrous early marriage to a sailor. A professional juggler adroitly handles the theoretical issues of multiple intelligences as played out in the business community. This issue will leave the reader with suggestions that may lead to the answers to some perennial questions: Which aspects of the learning process are universal, and which are individual? How do we foster lifelong learning? Why do we ask "Why"?

The Will to Learn $90.98 Martin Covington introduces the basic principles of motivation in a readable, nontechnical form as they apply to classroom learning. He argues against the popular notion that the problems existing in schools today stem primarily from a lack of student motivation. Instead, he asserts that students are motivated, but often for the wrong reasons. Traditional teaching methods, including conventional grading procedures and an emphasis on competition, can contribute to student demoralization, and Covington identifies the ways in which students respond to misguided incentives. The book suggests practical, concrete ways that teachers can transform classroom incentives into a positive desire to learn. It features a series of illustrative exercises at the end of each chapter and includes the latest research on gender and ethnic differences in motivation and learning in schools.

Learn Hawaiian at Home $19.48 A user-friendly introduction to one of the most beautiful languages in the world, this illustrated book and 2 CDs teaches pronunciation, conversation, and songs. Homework, self-tests, an answer key, and glossaries provide structure and reinforce content.

Why Explore? $4.98 Throughout history, natural curiosity has led human beings to explore the vast oceans, chart the night sky, and venture into unknown territories of science. But why? With elegant poetry, Susan Lendroth examines this ever-present drive to discover, from prehistoric cave dwellers to the Age of Galileo to modern-day space exploration. Along the way, readers will learn how far human curiosity has taken us, and consider both the costs and rewards of pursuing the unknown. Enrique Moreiro’s rich oil paintings illuminate this intriguing journey into the very heart and spirit of human nature.

How We Learn $133.48 How We Learn, deals with the fundamental issues of the processes of learning, critically assessing different types of learning and obstacles to learning. It also considers a broad range of other important questions in relation to learning such as:modern research into learning and brain functionsself-perception, motivation and competence developmentteaching, intelligence and learning stylelearning in relation to gender and life age.The book provides a comprehensive introduction to both traditional learning theory and the newest international research into learning processes, while at the same time being an innovative contribution to a new and more holistic understanding of learning including discussion on school-based learning, net-based learning, workplace learning and educational politics.How We Learn examines all the key factors that help to create a holistic understanding of what learning actually is and why and how learning and non-learning take place. It is also however a refreshing and thought-provoking piece of scholarly work as it adds new research material, new understandings and new points of view.

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The Atlas of Languages $58.98 The Atlas of Languages : The Origin and Development of Languages Throughout the World Published in 1996 by Facts on File

Learn French In A Hurry $8.48 Sure, you can blurt out Merci! and Oui! Oui! and Garcon! as well as the next tourist, but in truth your French lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. That just won’t do if you’re touring the City of Light or sunning in Tahiti or ordering a la carte in a Montreal café. Whether you’re traveling to a French-speaking country or learning French for business, this pocket-sized primer is your passeport to one of the world’s most beautiful–and useful–languages. Learn French in a Hurry features: Common French phrases (days of the week, numbers, letters) Pronunciation and conjugation tips and tricks Grammar made easy Useful words and terms Helpful French-English and English-French dictionaries With Learn French in a Hurry, you’ll master le francais right away!

Why? $12.98 Why are zebras striped? Why do kangaroos have pouches? Why do some monkeys have tails? Distinctive and captivating art combines with silly questions, and some very, very, silly answers, to make this the perfect book for your sometimes-ridiculous, ever-curious, loveable, maddening why-afflicted zoologist.

Why $27.48 Why : I by John Weyland Published in 2003 by 1st Books Library

And Sometimes Why $3.98 From a contributing editor for Vogue, a pitch-perfect, funny, and poignant novel about the joy and heartache of how deeply one person’s life can affect so many others. With wit and warmth, first novel And Sometimes Why captures the fragile rhythm and unpredictable drama of family life. When Sophia and Darius say good- bye to their teenage daughters one unremarkable morning, they have no idea how permanently their family will be affected by a decision made around the breakfast table. One of the daughters will have a terrible accident, the other will meet a boy. Both events will change their lives forever. The accident will set in motion a chain of events involving Harry, the still handsome B-list celebrity host of a sadistic hit game show; Anton, a sexually repressed unemployed filmmaker; and Misty, who has reached month seven in what was supposed to be a six-month campaign to make something of herself. As Sophia and Darius cope with the impact of the accident on their relationship, their oldest daughter is faced with making a choice between seizing the day and hanging on to the past. All choose unexpected paths to the same conclusion. Profoundly honest, and rendered with a deft lightness of touch, And Sometimes Why is a novel about how quickly life can change and how we must learn to change with it.

Why Not You? $8.48 Whatever your career goals…Whatever your financial objectives…Whatever your personal dreams…You Can Do It!This action-oriented, step-by-step guide helps you build the authentic self-confidence that comes from knowing who you are, what you want–and equips you to go get it.With motivational expert Valorie Burton as your personal coach and a 28-day plan, Why Not You? provides the tools you need to …·gain the assurance needed to transform your thinking·focus on who you are, not what you do·give yourself permission to be imperfect·stop competing and comparing·eliminate your confidence stealers·learn how to achieve success by being authenticPacked with unforgettable examples, pointers, and sparkplugs for ideas that work uniquely for you, Why Not You? reveals the secrets to building authentic personal confidence from the inside-out. Whatever your goal or your starting point, Valorie Burton equips you with proven experience to take the next steps to advance your career, finances, and relationships.

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How To Learn Any Language $5.98 Barry Farber has been a true adventurer in languages for forty-six years and can speak in 25 tongues. The techniques he presents here will have readers speaking, reading, and writing and enjoying any foreign language in a surprisingly short time.

Concise Lexicon to the Biblical Languages $18.98 Now for the first time the Bible students will have a lexicon/dictionary with every one of the original 8,674 Hebrew words, and also every one of the 5,624 Greek words of the Scriptures included in it.. For ninety-five out of the hundred times the Bible student, preacher, Bible class teacher, or the host of Gods saints who study to show themselves workmen unashamed (2 Tim. 2:15), this quick reference, easy-to-use lexicon is a jewel. You will literally wear it out, using it weekly, if not daily.The words are alphabetical in order. This is important with the Hebrew words in particular. For the most used Hebrew lexicon is the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew-Aramaic Lexicon. And one must know the root word to look up Hebrew entries in that lexicon, or else they must have a multi-paged index to it. This brief lexicon can even be used instead of the Brown-Driver Briggs Lexicon in most cases when anyone desires a quick reference to the grammatical construction and the meaning of a word. For the fact is, this lexicon is an abbreviated edition of the Brown-Driver Briggs Lexicon, most of the information coming from that great work. Yet it lexicon contains more information than can be found in BDB. Proper names appear in alphabetical order, often with their meanings. Derivation of words and grammatical information is given than is in the larger lexicon. The Greek section also provides coding to Strongs Exhaustive Concordance, and it gives page references to Thayers Greek-English Lexicon, Arndt-Gingrich Greek-English Lexicon, and, Kittels Theological Dictionary. The reader will learn to appreciate these quick and easy references by use of the Arabic numbers in numerical order, coupled with the original language.This handy, quick study tool will revolutionize study of the Bible, saving a multitude of hours of study, yet providing comprehensive information not available in any other existing volume.

Learn To Count Funny Bunnies $3.48 Little ones will laugh along with Wilbur Bunny and his relatives as they count up to ten. Why are all these bunnies gathering? To greet a new baby bunny and welcome her to the world!

Why Was Jesus Born? $12.48 We all know that Jesus Christ is the most pivotal figure in human history – but why is this so? Why did He come into this world? What did Jesus accomplish through His life, death and resurrection? This fascinating new book answers these questions and more. Based on a penetrating study of both the Old and New Testament, you will learn in easy to understand language why Jesus Christ was the most unique human being who ever lived. More importantly, you will discover why only He is capable of saving fallen human beings from our sins and reconciling us to God.

Pacific Languages $36.48 Pacific Languages : An Introduction by John Lynch Published in 1998 by University of Hawaii Press

Learn German in a Hurry $8.48 You may recognize the distinct sound of the German language when you hear it-but that’s not enough if you’re planning a trip to a German-speaking country, is it? What if you want to get a head start for your first language class? Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to talk to Grandpa on the phone-in his native tongue? With this ideal pocket-sized primer, now you can do all of these things! Learn German in a Hurry teaches you all you need, and offers you: Commonly used German phrases (days of the week, numbers, letters) Pronunciations and conjugations Grammar and sentence construction Useful words and terms Helpful German-English and English-German dictionaries Complete with easy-to-read tables and pronunciations guides, Learn German in a Hurry is your key to learning die deutsche before you know it! Edward Swick has been teaching languages for more than thirty years. He holds master’s degrees in German, Russian, and English and was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Hamburg. He lives in Chicago.

Learn Prolog Now! $29.48 Prolog is a programming language, but a rather unusual one. “Prolog” is short for “Programming with Logic”, and the link with logic gives Prolog its special character. At the heart of Prolog lies a surprising idea: don’t tell the computer what to do. Instead, describe situations of interest, and compute by asking questions. Prolog will logically deduce new facts about the situations and give its deductions back to us as answers. Why learn Prolog? For a start, its “say what the problem is, rather than how to solve it” stance, means that it is a very high level language, good for knowledge rich applications such as artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and the semantic web. So by studying Prolog, you gain insight into how sophisticated tasks can be handled computationally. Moreover, Prolog requires a different mindset. You have to learn to see problems from a new perspective, declaratively rather than procedurally. Acquiring this mindset, and learning to appreciate the links between logic and programming, makes the study of Prolog both challenging and rewarding. Learn Prolog Now! is a practical introduction to this fascinating language. Freely available as a web-book since 2002 (see www.learnprolognow.org) Learn Prolog Now! has became one of the most popular introductions to the Prolog programming language, an introduction prized for its clarity and down-to-earth approach. It is widely used as a textbook at university departments around the world, and even more widely used for self study. College Publications is proud to present here the first hard-copy version of this online classic. Carefully revised in the light of reader’s feedback, and now with answers to all the exercises, here you will find the essential material required to help you learn Prolog now.

Learning How to Learn $32.98 For almost a century, educational theory and practice have been influenced by the view of behavioural psychologists that learning is synonymous with behavior change. In this book, the authors argue for the practical importance of an alternate view, that learning is synonymous with a change in the meaning of experience. They develop their theory of the conceptual nature of knowledge and describe classroom-tested strategies for helping students to construct new and more powerful meanings and to integrate thinking, feeling, and acting. In their research, they have found consistently that standard educational practices that do not lead learners to grasp the meaning of tasks usually fail to give them confidence in their abilities. It is necessary to understand why and how new information is related to what one already knows. All those concerned with the improvement of education will find something of interest in Learning How to Learn.

Baby Play And Learn $9.98 The Most Complete Book of Games and Learning Activities for Babies and ToddlersA baby’s most rapid period of growth and development takes place during the first three years. That’s why child development expert Penny Warner offers 160 age-appropriate ideas for games and activities that will provide hours of developmental learning opportunities and rewards for babies.For each game and activity, Baby Play & Learn includes A bulleted list of skills the baby learns through play, such as thinking, language, motor control, problem solving, and imagination; Step-by-step instructions; Clearly marked recommended ages; A detailed list of easy-to-find materials; Variations for added fun and enhanced learning; Safety tips to make sure the baby doesn’t get hurt while playing; Illustrations demonstrating how to play.Baby Play & Learn is designed to help children reach their full potential and have a good time along the way.

Electronic Chips & Systems Design Languages (The Chdl Series) $259.48 Electronic Chips & Systems Design Languagesoutlines and describes the latest advances in design languages. The challenge of System on a Chip (SOC) design requires designers to work in a multi-lingual environment which is becoming increasingly difficult to master. It is therefore crucial for them to learn, almost in real time, from the experiences of their colleagues in the use of design languages and how these languages have become more advanced to cope with system design. System designers, as well as students willing to become system designers, often do not have the time to attend all scientific events where they could learn the necessary information. This book will bring them a selected digest of the best contributions and industry strength case studies. All the levels of abstraction that are relevant, from the informal user requirements down to the implementation specifications, are addressed by different contributors. The author, together with colleague authors who provide valuable additional experience, presents examples of actual industrial world applications. Furthermore the academic concepts presented in this book provide excellent theories to student readers and the concepts described are up to date and in so doing provide most suitable root information for Ph.D. postgraduates.

Learn to Manage Your Time $13.48 Time—got any? The latest volume in our popular self-help series, Learn to Manage Your Time features sound advice for taking control of the calendar, all in an accessible, richly illustrated format. Stress management expert Lucy MacDonald makes planning, organization, and self-discipline possible for just about anyone with warm, encouraging text and simple step-by-step exercises. First she questions the emotions behind how we spend our time—or waste it—and why we feel as though we never have enough. The answers are surprising, and help is at hand. Readers will tackle tough problems head on, whether it’s taking control of email and paperwork, or mastering the all-important skill of just saying "no." Innovative suggestions to fight procrastination, "hurry sickness," and perfectionism get to the heart of why we don’t have as much time as we’d like. Sections focused on parenting, the office, and unstructured time offer customized solutions. Packed with smart tips that can be put to immediate use, Learn to Manage Your Time is a time management tool that really works.

The Easy Way to Learn Computing $3.98 "The EASY Way to Learn Computing" is a book written by a couple of online computer teachers for people who are definitely NOT dummies, but still want tips and easy-to-understand advice on computing. Becky says, "This book is for the people who get the computer out of the box, have someone set it up for them, and then say, ‘Now what?’ These people are afraid of breaking the computer. Even the Dummies books are too hard for the complete novice to understand, and they really aren’t dummies. They’re just really, really new. That’s why we wrote the book in simple, Plain English so these people can learn quickly and move on to enjoying what the Internet has to offer." The book includes a chapter on how to keep one’s personal information safe while surfing the Internet, as well as how to protect the computer from viruses, hacking, and "bad guys" on the net. Has anyone ever told you what to do to keep Windows from crashing? Becky and Gretchen do!