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Scrapbooking Made Easy $12.94 Simple Scrapbooks presents a treasury of favorites exclusively for Leisure Arts featuring over 550 projects and ideas. Discover a Fast Friendly Formula for completing simple albums. Learn ways to Step- It-Up on layouts with extra little accents. Plus easy guidelines for photography design journaling and organizing. |
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Vietnamese Cooking Made Easy $6.96 Vietnamese cooking is famous for its fresh flavors and artfully composed meal it is the true light cuisine of Asia. Delicate soups and stir-fries, and well-seasoned grilled foods served with rice or noodles are packed with fresh herbs and spices. Stunning photography and simple step-by-step instructions make Vietnamese Cooking Made Easy the perfect introduction to the world of Vietnamese cuisine. |
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Tapas Made Easy $9.06 A follow-up to the best-selling Sushi Made Easy, which received high praise from The New York Times. Here is the perfect introduction to tapas, the world’s most civilized bar food. Beautifully designed and with excellent photography throughout, these uncomplicated, delectable, and authentic recipes are presented so that any home chef can easily master them. This delicious collection features a varied collection of tempting treats—from Spanish staples such as skewered sausage slices, tortilla Espanola, and patatas bravas, to newer innovations using international ingredients such as smoked salmon, papaya, avocado, and curry paste. It’s the ideal cookbook for bringing home the special pleasures of Spanish cuisine. |
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The Kids’ Guide to Digital Photography $9.95 This comprehensive, popular beginner’s guide for kids is now reissued with updated information and photos! Fun, easy to follow, and visually appealing, it teaches young photographers how to create, edit, and share their digital images in imaginative ways from using basic features like the zoom and flash to changing color, removing red eye, and using the finished photos in cool projects. Sidebars simplify concepts like megapixels and megabytes, and the book includes a glossary. New edition of a book that has sold nearly 30,000 copies, with up to date information and pictures. |
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Perfect Exposure: For Digital Photography $39.95 Learn how to shoot great photos! This video will change the way you use your camera! Understanding the zone system is essential for capturing great photos. Ones’ that look the way you always wanted. If you just leave metering to the camera, your photos will look dull and fl at. Start getting your exposures right and your photographs will be crisp and full of detail and depth. Become a better photographer… a much better photographer, in just over an hour! You can even use your cameras built in meter. Tim makes it so easy, you’ll laugh. Tim Cooper has been travelling all over the nation for several years, helping thousands of photographers hone their craft. A huge crowd favorite has always been his sessions on the Zone System for Digital Photographers. For the first time ever, Tim sat down in his studio and captured the magic on this video. As you watch, Tims’ plain English style will cause you to understand light and exposure. Run Time: 1.5 Hours Learn how to: Get an Introduction to the original Zone System by Ansel Adams Find out how the original zone system is the forerunner of modern exposure Discover why you need to learn how to meter Learn the difference between Incident and Reflected Meters See what a meter actually does, and why it does it Understand the phrase “Meter for your midtones, and check your highlights” Find out what type of Metering Patterns your camera has and how to use them Demystify the histogram and see how it relates to the Zone System Discover how to visualize tones in your photograph Find out how to meter in diffi cult situations Learn what to do with diffi cult subjects Become skilled at reading available light Learn how to meter for fi ll fl ash Discover how to meter your scenes to create the proper images for the Merge to HDR function in Photoshop |
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Seals & Sea Lions Thematic Curriculum $1 Who knew that seals lent themselves to a lesson in phonics? We did! Students are also invited to write about the haunting photography in the Zoobooks Seals & Sea Lions. |
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Easy Microsoft Windows 7 $20.95 It s that Easy! Easy Microsoft Windows 7 teaches you the fundamentals of working with Microsoft s latest operating system. Fully illustrated steps with simple instructions guide you through every task, building the skills you need to master Windows 7 with ease. No need to feel intimidated we ll hold your hand every step of the way. About the Author: Mark Edward Soper has been using Microsoft Windows ever since version 1.0, and since 1992, he’s taught thousands of computer troubleshooting and network students across the country how to use Windows as part of their work and everyday lives. Mark has contributed to Que’s Special Edition Using series on Windows Me, Windows XP, and Windows Vista; Easy Windows Vista; Windows 7 in Depth, and has written two books about Windows Vista, including Maximum PC Microsoft Windows Vista Exposed and Unleashing Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center. When he’s not teaching, learning, or writing about Microsoft Windows, Mark stays busy with many other technology related activities. He is a longtime contributor to Upgrading and Repairing PCs, working on the 11th through 18th editions, co authored Upgrading and Repairing Networks, 5th Edition, written two books on A+ Certification (with a third in process), and written two books about digital photography, Easy Digital Cameras and The Shot Doctor: The Amateur’s Guide to Taking Great Digital Photos. Mark also stays busy on the web, posting many blog entries and articles at MaximumPC.com, as well as articles for Maximum PC magazine. He also teaches Windows, digital photography, and digital imaging at Ivy Tech State College’s Evansville, Indiana campus. |
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Polar Bears $3.99 What color is a polar bear? The answers are unexpected: its skin is black, its fur made up of colorless hollow ‘tubes.’ |
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Snakes $3.99 How do snakes move without legs? From sidewinders to boa constrictors, the motion of snakes is explained in clear, easy-to-understand diagrams. Available in English and Spanish. |
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Alligators & Crocodiles $15.95 The Crocodile Hunter has made them famous—now is your chance to fill kids in on their ancient past, their danger to humans, and their well-deserved reputation as doting parents. |
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Camels $15.95 Will that be one hump or two? Learn an easy way to remember which camel is bactrian and which is dromedary—and find out the truth about just how long camels can really go without water. |
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Insects 2 $15.95 This encore book zeroes in on insect communication and socialization. Some insect endeavors will amaze children—like the mounds of African termites, which can exceed heights of 40 feet, or the little house of bubbles made by the spittle bug. |
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Learn Digital Photography in a Day $19.95 Explore the exciting world of digital photography in non technical, concise terms. Megapixels”…”PPI”…”optical zoom”…what does it all mean? In this new book, Arnie Abrams deciphers the complex, exciting world of digital photography in non technical, concise terms. You can read the book in a day or use it as a reference at any time. Learn Digital Photography in a Day is suitable for use as a textbook for students 6th grade and above or as a guide for teachers of any grade level. Features and Benefits: Features hundreds of full color photos and diagrams Explains the variety of digital imaging software and features available Includes a gallery of great digital photos as examples Each chapter has web links for more information Written by an educator for students and teachers in a non technical, concise style Great for use as a textbook in art, photography, technology or journalism classes Topics include: How to choose and use a digital camera Using scanners Using printers How to prepare photos for the web Tips for taking better pictures Does not include software. Table of Contents (pdf) Sample Chapter and Projects (pdf) |
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Digital Photography: Expert Techniques $34.95 This absorbing book, by professional photographer and author Ken Milburn, offers a ton of expert advice to those who are ready to move to the next level with digital photography. Rather than a general discussion of photography principles, Digital Photography: Expert Techniques focuses on workflow: time tested, step by step procedures based on hard nosed experience by and for genuine practitioners of the art. The book’s conversational tone presents detailed information about what to look for in today’s affordable high end digicams, how to use simple techniques and equipment to shoot breathtaking shots, instructions on shooting great panoramas, dos and don’ts for creating better Photoshop masks, and professional digital darkroom techniques for everything from knockouts to restoration to transforming your photos into watercolors. It even shows you how to get your most prized photographs printed and ready for exhibition. Contents include: Understanding your digital camera from the inside out. Creating effects with the camera: making panoramas, high resolution matrixes, infrared photos, and more. General composition and managing your workflow. Using the digital darkroom and Photoshop CS to make your images professional caliber. Understanding the power of Photoshop CS selections and masks. Using special effects to save what’s good, and get rid of the bad and the ugly. Creating fictitious photos: bend and wrap images to fit an object, insert a more interesting skyscrape, and more. Professional color and tonal management Creating portfolios and presenting your images on the Web. Digital Photography: Expert Techniques is in four color front to back, allowing you to see each step in the Digital Photographer’s workflow, including the steps in between. Serious photographers, including professionals, who want to take advantage of the unique creative powers available through digital photography and digital image processing will find this problem solving book invaluable. Author: Ken Milburn Published: February 2004 ISBN: 0596005474 400 pages |
