Product Description: Apple's iPhone is the greatest gadget of all time — and with the launch of the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 software it continues to set the pace. The Rough Guide unlocks the myriad secrets of this extraordinary gadget, from customizing your home screen and synchronizing with iCloud to making and receiving video calls...read more

Product Description: "The Rough Guide to The Internet" is still the ultimate handbook for novices and experts alike. Written in plain English, it covers everything from getting online for the first time to newsfeeds, Internet telephony and advanced tips and tricks guaranteed to turn casual surfers into Net gurus...read more

Product Description: "The Rough Guide to The Internet" is still the ultimate handbook for novices and experts alike. Written in plain English, it covers everything from getting online for the first time to newsfeeds, Internet telephony and advanced tips and tricks guaranteed to turn casual surfers into Net gurus...read more

Product Description: "The Rough Guide to iPods and iTunes" is the ultimate companion to the defining gadget of the digital music era - and an essential guide to music and video on the Net, on your PC or Mac, and in your pocket. Fully updated and revised, "The Rough Guide to iPods and iTunes" covers the full iPod range of products: from the best of the iTunes App Store, iPod Touch, iTunes 8 to practical information for the iPod Nano and Classic Shuffle...read more

Covering 'v10.5 Leopard', Apple's OS, this guide helps you choose a Mac and get the best deal, import your files and emails, master the finer points of OS X v.10.5 Leopard, download music and hook-up to an iPod. It also explains how to edit photos and movies, along with information on finding the best free software to empower your system.

A guide to music and video on the Net, on your PC or Mac, and in your pocket. It covers Apple models, including the iPod classic, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, and the iPod touch. It also includes a fully revamped section on iTunes and Movies/Video, including the low-down on the 'Apple TV' hardware.

Addressing the impact of one's daily shopping habits on the planet, a thought-provoking resource examines the goods that we buy and use everyday--including clothing, cosmetics, food, energy, and imported goods--in terms of company policies and practices, fair trade, working conditions, free market globalization, and more. Original.

A companion to the defining gadget of the digital music era and a guide to sounds on the Net, on your PC or Mac, and in your pocket. This edition provides coverage of a range rolled out from Apple HQ, including the iPod nano, mini, photo, Shuffle, and ipods with video capability.

Product Description: This expanded and completely revised fourth edition is a unique handbook, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to current leading lights such as Thomas Adès and Kaija Saariaho. There are concise biographical profiles of more than 200 composers and informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from chamber works to operatic epics...read more

Product Description: Essential guide to buying, using and upgrading PCs, choosing and downloading software, and getting the most from Windows XP. Contains everything you need to know about getting the right hardware – whether you''re buying a whole system on the high-street, upgrading or even building a machine from scratch...read more

Product Description: This concise reference, covering all 376 recognized tribes of the North American continent, examines tribal language, history, culture, and governments. After an overview of a region and language, each tribe is described. The book also explores the Native Americans and their place in U...read more

An introduction to the Internet provides information on getting connected, e-mail and file transfer, newsgroups, websites, and netiquette.

Provides a layperson's overview of personal computers, covering hardware, software, operating systems, peripherals, and tips on buying a PC. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant to works by contemporary composers such as Judith Weir and Wolfgang Rihm, The Rough Guide to Classical Music forms an indispensable guide to composers and key-recordings. The book combines informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, with incisive reviews of hundreds of CDs, selecting the best of the latest recordings and the pick of the re-issues...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book pictures magnificent bead and shell headdresses, intricately-carved wooden thrones, and sophisticated bronze sculpture as it strives to represent the full range of creativity that is evident in African art. Also explored is the continent's influence on artists such as Picasso and Matisse...read more