Best Selling Books by Ian ROBERTSON

Multimedia is already the main growth area of PC computing, and its importance is set to increase as the already large selection of CD ROMs becomes even greater and less costly. This book explains how to create your own multimedia package that contains text, your own photos (if you have a scanner), a soundtrack with your own voice recorded as commentary even animation and edited video footage. You''ll also find out how to hear your typed text spoken by your computer.

Well established as the most comprehensive guidebook to France available in English, the Blue Guide is an essential companion for anyone who is interested in the history and culture of the country. More than 150 carefully compiled routes weave across the country, often leading the visitor off the beaten track. 65 maps and plans.

Electronic and Electrical Servicing: Level 2 is the key to success in City & Guilds / EEB courses in electronic servicing, providing a thorough grounding in the electronics and electrical principles required by service engineers. Ian Sinclair and Geoff Lewis have been the leading authors of books for electronic servicing courses for over 20 years, helping many thousands of students through their college courses and NVQs into successful careers. This textbook is designed to provide complete coverage of the five core units of the new Level 2 Progression Award from City & Guilds / EEB (6958): Electrical and Electronics Servicing (Consumer / Commercial Electronics). It also offers a fully up-to-date course text for City & Guilds 2240 Part 1 and underpinning knowledge for Level 2 NVQs from City & Guilds and EMTA. Endorsed by EEB as a text for the new Level 2 Progression Award (also covers 2240 Part 1)Covers all 5 core units of the level 2 Progression Award in one book Based on the classic Sinclair and Lewis titles, Servicing Electronic Systems vol. 1 and Electrical and Electronic Servicing

Puzzler Brain Trainer 90-Day Workout is a complete brain workout in a book. Pick it up, follow the instructions, complete the exercises and in three months you¿ll notice better brain power!

A printer is often bought separately from a computer, and is often retained when a computer is changed. In terms of spending, the printer comes only slightly lower down in the scale than the computer itself, and because it is more of a mechanical item, its long life can be accompanied by problems, many of which can be the result of a bad choice of printer in the first place.

Occasionally, computer manufacturers supply a set of easy to follow manuals but more often than not you are supplied with a vast set of hardware/software manuals that appear to have been written specifically for the computer buff or worse still, there may only be a few photocopied sheets which appear to have been badly translated into English.

Written for the beginner and the more experienced user, this reference to Windows 98 provides: descriptions of the most-needed actions; a cross-reference index; clear topic identification; hints and tips about common requirements; tables of items that are not easy to find; instructions for the most difficult tasks; quick access to assistance.

An extensive revision of the popular Collins Dictionary of Personal Computing, designed to meet the needs of all PC users. The fourth edition of this valuable guide to the language and jargon of computer magazines and software manuals, completely revised and updated for 2003.

Ian Robertson is 52 years old and works successfully as a chef at the seventeenth century manor house, Llancaiach Fawr in the Taff Bargoed valley. He is a native of the Welsh valleys and this immersion feeds his creativity and obsession with its culture and people. His work although based in reality has a surreal, carnival quality. This selection of lyrical fiction is dark, witty and original. It puts small town valleys life under the microscope and paints vivid portraits of the human condition in 1950/60''s Wales. Ian Robertson explores difficult and sometimes taboo themes and comes out as a champion of ''the other''.

Assuming no prior knowledge, Ian Sinclair presents an outline of modern electronics with an emphasis on understanding how systems work rather than on details of circuit diagrams and calculations. Waveforms, graphs and block diagrams are used to show the effect of a circuit on its input. Ian Sinclair is the best selling author of many books on electronics including Practical Electronics Handbook. Clear explanations in plain language Numerous diagrams to accompany the text Covers everything you will need to know to get started

Hamilton turns his attention to the state of the nation in this frequently politically incorrect diatribe against a number of issues and matters concerning Scotland. There is an afterword by Sir Nicholas Fairbairn, QC.

For computer users at any level of proficiency, the Harper Dictionary of Computer Terms is the most complete, up-to-date reference. The more than 2,000 entries go far beyond basic definitions to provide in-depth explanations and examples. Diagrams and charts illustrate such concepts as flowcharts, disk sectors, and indirect addressing. Line drawings.

Windows 98 is not just a cosmetic improvement on Windows 95, but a performance upgrade as well. Some of the performance improvements are obvious, others are hidden by the way that Windows 98 installs itself, with no options and taking the existing Windows setup as a guide.

"This comprehensive introduction to sociology, known for its captivating writing, cross-cultural examples, and careful applications of theory, has long been a classroom favorite for both students and professors. Centered on the unifying theme of the U.S. as an emerging postindustrial society, it provides a framework for exploring family life, religion, sexuality, gender roles, deviance, religion, and the economy. The sociology of art-as a recurring subtheme-is woven into the text and emphasized through numerous paintings and photographs. Specific chapters focus on medicine, technology and the environment, and war and peace."

The changes to the BBA and the Bladebreakers team causes a rift between two of the top Bladebreakers, leading one of them to join a rival team.

An updated guidebook to Paris and Versailles providing information on art collections, architecture, monuments and the history of the cities. It also includes 40 itineraries with illustrations, plans and practical information.

Presents an exploratory study for the development of standards and guidelines for building safely against combined seismic-tsunami loads.