Wayne Rooney: My Story So Far by Wayne Rooney and Hunter Davies
Barcode # 038383

At just 20 years of age, Wayne Rooney is already one of the best footballers in the world. For the first time in his own words, Rooney opens up about the defining years of his life as the son of a working-class family, brought up in a council house with his Everton-mad family.

There followed his first tentative steps in football, the triumphs and knock backs along the way, the accolades that began to follow his every move as a young teenager, and destiny fulfilled on his Premiership debut for Everton at the tender age of 16.

He goes on to describe how his life changed irrevocably when Alex Ferguson and Manchester United came calling in the summer of 2004. The story so far, is presented in Rooney's own words.

Gerrard: My Autobiography by Steven Gerrard
Barcode # 038381

Steven Gerrard is a hero to millions, not only as the inspirational captain of Liverpool FC, but as a key member of the England team. Here, for the first time, he tells the story of his lifelong obsession with football, in an honest and revealing book which captures the extraordinary camaraderie, the soul-destroying tensions and the high-octane thrills of the modern game as never before.

Totally Frank: The Autobiography of Frank Lampard by Frank Lampard
Barcode # 038376

Chelsea and England footballer, Frank Lampard charts his life story from childhood to young West Ham apprentice to multi-millionaire world footballing celebrity and lynchpin of the national team.

In his book, Lampard opens up on his early years, how he dealt with the fame and fortune that has come his way since becoming a key member of the England side, his frank opinions on former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson and his manager at Chelsea Jose Mourinho, fascinating insights into Roman Abramovich and revealing tales on his current team-mates. He reveals both the privileges and the pressures of being one of the 'golden generation' of England players.

He gives a fascinating inside account of World Cup 2006 in Germany, and describes the disappointment of not fulfilling the dream of bringing the biggest prize in football back to England.

Computing and Information Technology

GCSE Success: Information and Communication Technology by Sean O'Byrne
Barcode # 038351

This volume covers the 2006 subject specifications for all exam boards. The text is laid out in 'sound bite' boxes to aid recollection, with clearly labelled diagrams to add visual clarity and further demonstrate the subject matter.

Higher Computing by John Walsh
Barcode # 038361

The full colour 2nd edition of "Higher Computing" covers the theory content of the two units, which comprise the core of "Higher Level Computing: Computer Systems and Software Development". This core is comprehensively covered in 9 chapters, matching each of the learning outcomes contained within the National Unit Specifications. "Higher Computing, 2nd Edition" provides the most up-to-date and attractive resource to ensure that candidates are fully prepared for the latest arrangements in Higher Computing.

Time Management for System Administrators by Thomas A  Limoncelli
Barcode # 038324

With keen insights into the challenges you face as a sys admin, bestselling author Thomas Limoncelli has put together a collection of tips and techniques that will help you cultivate the time management skills you need to flourish as a system administrator.

How to Do Just About Anything on a Computer by Reader's Digest Association
Barcode # 037470

This illustrated guide opens up hundreds of ways for you to get more out of your PC - from managing your household expenses to planning a garden: from cataloguing your favourite recipes to making your own Christmas cards (and addressing the envelopes!); and from keeping track of your family's health to shopping on the Internet - it's all explained in clear, jargon-free language. With step-by-step instructions based on a PC using Windows XP and standard Microsoft software, the projects offer expert advice and tried and tested shortcuts to make light work of any task.

The PC Problem Solver
Barcode # 038350

This practical book gives the reader straightforward solutions to the problems people come up against, such as what to do when you lose a file, catch a virus, your screen crashes or your PC simply won't start.

Internet

Skype Hacks by Andrew Sheppard
Barcode # 037471

"Skype Hacks" tells you what all the Skype hype is about, explains the basics, and shows you more than 100 clever tips and tricks for tweaking and tuning Skype to make it do just what you want and more.

The Internet: the Missing Manual by David  Pogue and J D Biersdorfer
Barcode # 038333

People who have watched the Internet grow and change over the past decade know what to expect when they go online. Or do they? Things move so fast that what they really know barely scratches the surface. This manual provides an easy-to-read single-volume overview of the Internet to help consumers understand their choices.

The Beginner's Guide to Broadband and Wireless Internet by Peter Burns
Barcode # 037860

If you're lost in cyberspace and need direction, this invaluable handbook includes all the information you'll need to get the most out of broadband. It guides you through the decisions you'll want to make, from choosing the right anti-virus software to setting up a wireless network in your home.

Internet by Lorenzo Cantoni
Barcode # 038332

From music to gaming, information gathering to eLearning, eCommerce to E-Government, this text considers the Internet as a communication technology, explores the opportunities it allows us, the limitations it imposes & the functions it allows.

Brilliant Internet for the Over 50s by P K  MacBride
Barcode # 038367

This is a simple, but comprehensive task-based guide to the Internet, written specifically for the over 50s. The task-oriented presentation is great for reference and for dipping into as short tutorials.

Computer Communications & Networking

Create Your Own Home Networks by Eli Lazich
Barcode # 038340

This book presents the most common home network tasks as fun projects that don't require any in-depth understanding of computer systems or networks beyond that of a typical home user.

Internet Phone Services Simplified by Jin Doherty ; Neil Anderson
Barcode # 038362

This is a straightforward, graphic-based reference book for selecting and implementing Internet phone services, based on VoIP. It offers a four-color, simplified approach to learning about Voice over IP (VoIP) and how it applies to Internet phone services.

Publishing on the Internet

Create Your Own Photo Blog by Catherine Jamieson
Barcode # 038310

Provides information on creating a photo blog, covering such topics as designing a blog, editing and selecting photographs, and promoting the blog.

Computer Programming

Studying Programming by Sally Fincher
Barcode # 037458

This study guide is designed to support a student in a studying programme. The text focuses on the processes that students experience while learning to program. The structure mirrors the conceptual & developmental steps that a student takes from confronting their very first blank screen to working on complex problems within a team.

Thinking in JAVA by Bruce Eckel
Barcode # 038326

Thinking in Java attempts to improve your understanding to the point where you can think about a programming problem in Java rather than in English or whatever and then translate it. Each chapter has a summary followed by exercises. The book is structured for someone coming from a procedural language background.  

Visual Basic 2005 Demystified: a Self-teaching Guide by Jeff Kent
Barcode # 038364

Visual Basic 2005 Demystified fully explains the language and its libraries and applications. You’ll even learn to create a Visual Basic program without writing code. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for advanced students, this is a lively and entertaining brush-up, introductory text, or classroom supplement.

Mastering Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition by Evangelos Petroutsos
Barcode # 038360

Are you new to Visual Basic programming? Are you still using Visual Basic 6? Either way, Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition offers an inexpensive and easy way to take a big step forward. This book offers expert assistance that makes it even easier. Inside, two veteran Visual Basic developers show you how to do everything Express Edition makes possible - and even a few things, such as Office development, that go beyond its advertised abilities.

C ++ Timesaving Techniques for Dummies by Matthew Telles
Barcode # 038319

Seasoned C++ programmer Matthew Telles shows developers at any level of experience how to save hours by improving, refactoring, and debugging their code. Some of the techniques covered include mastering asserts, creating a complete class, hiding a method of a base class, freeing blocks of memory, implementing a simple locking mechanism, creating debugging macros, checking for errors at run-time, finding and fixing memory leaks, and reducing code complexity. The easy-to-follow, two-column Timesaving Techniques format makes mastering each timesaver a snap C++ is one of today's most widely used programming languages, with compilers offered by Microsoft, Borland, and Code Warrior.

Visual Basic 2005 in a Nutshell by Tim Patrick
Barcode # 038355

For developers, programmers, and anyone learning Visual Basic, this work covers all the ins and outs of VB 2005, including features like generics, my namespace, and operators. It introduces the concepts behind Visual Basic programming, details the functions, statements, directives, and objects that make up the Visual Basic language.

Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition : from Novice to Professional by Peter Wright
Barcode # 038357

This book guides you through every major aspect of Visual Basic 2005 Express, and guarantees that you’ll learn how everything fits together—from the first programming principles to Express Start Kits that advance you in your own programming. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to write your own programs.

Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 and Databases by John Kauffman; Bradley Millington
Barcode # 038359

Combining both VB.Net and C# coverage in one book, this guide focuses on using ASP.NET 2.0 for solving business dynamic Web site challenges in a logical progression, from connecting to a database to displaying information to changing data. It also covers the fundamentals of connecting Web pages to databases.

ASP.NET 2.0 All in One Desk Reference for Dummies by Doug Lowe; Jeff Cogswell ; Kerry Cox
Barcode # 038257

This text covers ASP.NET basics, Web controls, using HTML & ASP, ASP, C#, Visual Basic, database programming, using the .NET Framework & advanced ASP.NET 2 (including themes, custom server controls & Web parts). It is useful for Web programming newcomers as well as ASP developers who want a reference that covers ASP.NET 2.

ASP.NET 2.0 in 24 hours by Scott Mitchell
Barcode # 038312

This text covers ASP.NET basics, Web controls, using HTML & ASP, ASP, C#, Visual Basic, database programming, using the .NET Framework & advanced ASP.NET 2 (including themes, custom server controls & Web parts). It is useful for Web programming newcomers as well as ASP developers who want a reference that covers ASP.NET 2.

Beginning Programming with Java for Dummies by Barry Burd
Barcode # 038368

Covering everything from basic Java development concepts to the latest tools and techniques used in Java, this book will put would-be programmers on their way to Java mastery.

JavaScript in 24 Hours by Michae Moncur
Barcode # 038336

Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours explains how to include JavaScript code in Web pages, in order to achieve effects such as rollover buttons, navigation menus, pop-up windows, animated graphics and simple forms. The material is presented in 24 short chapters, each of which concludes with a summary, a quiz and several exercises.

Visual Basic 2005: Your Visual Blueprint for Writing Dynamic by James Edward Keogh

Barcode # 038358

Demonstrating over 100 key Visual Basic 2005 techniques, this book takes the user through all the fundamental processes, from installing VB 2005 through to debugging and packaging applications.

Visual Basic 2005 .Net insight for Classic VB Developers by Matthew MacDonald
Barcode # 038356

Provides an introduction to Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, covering such topics as implementing object-oriented programming, designing multithread applications, and building code-driven Web pages.

Spreadsheets

Excel 2003: Just the Steps for Dummies by Diane Koers
Barcode # 038314

This concise reference offers readers step-by-step instructions for tackling key tasks in Excel, allowing them to accomplish specific tasks and achieve competency.

Operating Systems

Linux Troubleshooting for System Administration and Power Users by David Carmichael
Barcode # 038342

"Linux Troubleshooting for System Administrators and Power Users" provides users with the tools and techniques they need to effectively troubleshoot Linux system problems.

Linux for Dummies by Dee-Ann LeBlanc
Barcode # 038335

As well as covering all the Linux commands and utilities, the author discusses topics such as how to decide which version of the UNIX clone is most suitable for your needs, using Linux for networking or to set up a Web server, and customising Linux.

Windows Vista for Dummies by Andy Rathbone
Barcode # 038328

This guide prepares readers for the new Windows upgrade with a sneak preview of the changes, including the cool new Aero interface, new search and file management features, updated digital photo tools, and more.

Word Processing

How to Do Just About Anything in Microsoft Word by Reader's Digest Association
Barcode # 037469

How To Do Just About Anything in Microsoft Word covers everything from the very basics of saving and printing files to styling documents, editing text and inserting images. You'll also learn how to make address labels, design a family newsletter or even create your very own Web page, with the step-by-step projects which offer expert advice and tried-and-tested instructions to make light work of any task.

Microsoft Word 2003 for Seniors: Getting  Familiar with Word Processing by Addo Stuur
Barcode # 038322

A guide to Microsoft Word for seniors covers such topics as entering text, formatting paragraphs, inserting pictures, creating tables, and creating envelopes and labels.

Client-Server Computing

Head First Java by Kathy Sierra
Barcode # 038371

Head First Java combines puzzles, strong visuals, mysteries, and soul-searching interviews with famous Java objects to engage you in many different ways. It's fast, it's fun, and its effective. And, despite its playful appearance, Head First Java is serious stuff: a complete introduction to object-oriented programming and Java. You'll learn everything from the fundamentals to advanced topics, including threads, network sockets, and distributed programming with RMI.

Learning Exchange Server 2003 by William Boswell
Barcode # 038372

This is your start-to-finish guide to getting Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 into production, then maximizing its reliability, performance, and business value. Bill Boswell writes for working administrators whose responsibilities now include Exchange Server 2003. He addresses every facet of Exchange from architecture to address lists, answering three key questions: How does it work? How do I get the most out of it? How do I fix it if it breaks?

CYA Securing Exchange Server 2003 and Outlook Web by Henrick Walther
Barcode # 038370

A highly portable, easily digestible road-map to configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting essential Exchange Server 2003 features, the book is organized around the 11 "MMCs" (Microsoft Management Consoles) that contain the configuration menus for the essential features.

CSS in 24 hours by Kynn Bartlett
Barcode # 038325

This is a quick and easy introduction to designing and creating professional web sites with cascading style sheets (CSS). CSS is the prerequisite bridge between HTML coding and higher-level programming technologies such as XHTML, Java and Flash.

PHP, MySQL and Apache by Julie C Meloni
Barcode # 038337

Explains how to create Web sites using the PHP scripting language, the MySQL database system, and the Apache Web server on a Windows or Linux system.

PHP and MySQL Everyday Apps for Dummies by Janet Valade
Barcode # 038341

A 2002 survey found that PHP was running on over 9 million Web sites, and there have been over 1.8 million PHP downloads since May 2002; MySQL reports 2 million users Applications include a user login, an online catalogue, a shopping cart, a content management system, a Web forum, and a mailing list management system The author walks readers through the creation of each application, offering two different versions-procedural (the traditional PHP coding method) and object-oriented (new in PHP 5). The CD-ROM includes complete code for all six applications.

PHP and MySQL: Your Visual Blueprint for Creating Dynamic, Database-driven Web Sites by Janet Valade
Barcode # 038338

This text covers over 125 key tasks, from using cookies to monitor activity of Web site visitors to retrieving information from MySQL databases, creating images and Web pages on the fly and processing XML documents.

Database Management Systems

SQL for Dummies by Allen G Taylor
Barcode # 038354

This book delivers the know-how that novice database developers, enthusiasts, and independent software vendors need in order to use the SSE database. It covers how to use SQL Server Express Manager, an easy-to-use management tool that comes with SSE, and the Application XCopy  feature, which provides SSE with the ability to treat databases like files.

SQL Server 2005 Express in 24 Hours by Alison Balter
Barcode # 038348

Covering the basics of Microsoft's latest version of the SQL server, this book looks at all the fundamental tasks necessary for the administration of SQL Server 2005.

MySQL Phrasebook by Zak Greant
Barcode # 038309

A pocket guide jam-packed with useful and essential code phrases for the MySQl developer's everyday use.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition for Dummies by Robert Schneider
Barcode # 038365

This guide to SQL Server 2005 Express delivers the know-how that novices and independent software vendors alike will need to get the most from their database. It covers topics such as network and security features and migrating and connecting from Access.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for Dummies by Andrew Watt
Barcode # 038339

Now updated to reflect the much-anticipated "Yukon" release of SQL Server, this friendly guide shows database developers and administrators as well as those who use database application how to get up to speed fast. Covers the major new features of the "Yukon" release - including analysis services, reporting services, and notification services.

Networking and Security

70-299 MCSE Guide to implementing and administering security in a Microsoft Windows Server 2005 Network by Diane Barrett; Bill Ferguson
Barcode # 038334

Designed to prepare students for the Microsoft MCSE Certification Exam No.70-299 and for the challenges they will face as a Microsoft networking professional. Projects and exercises reinforce skills as they are learned and extensive test preparation resources help students get ready for their exams.

Self-defending Networks : the Next Generation of Network Security by Duane De Capite
Barcode # 038343

"Self-Defending Networks: The Next Generation of Network Security" helps networking professionals understand how to deploy an end-to-end, integrated network security solution. It presents a clear view of the various components that can be used throughout the network to not only monitor traffic but to allow the network itself to become more proactive in preventing and mitigating network attacks.

Insider Threat: Protecting the Enterprise from Sabotage, Spying and Theft by Eric Cole; Sandra Ring
Barcode # 038373

This book will teach IT professional and law enforcement officials about the dangers posed by insiders to their IT infrastructure and how to mitigate these risks by designing and implementing secure IT systems as well as security and human resource policies.

Official (ISC) 2 Guide to CISSP-ISSEP by Susan Hansche
Barcode # 038349

An essential, one-stop study tool, A Study Guide for the (ISC)2 Information System Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP) Exam provides an inclusive text containing all of the topics covered on the newly-created ISSEP exam.

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 by Bud Ratliff ; Jason Ballard
Barcode # 038330

A handy, quick-reference guide to Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 furnishes concise tables, listings, and step-by-step instructions on such topics as how to manage group access and configuration, detect network intrusions, monitor usage and performance, and other important tasks.

How to Cheat at Configuring ISA Server 2004 by Debra Littlejohn Shinder; Thomas W Shinder; Martin Grasdal
Barcode # 038255

"How to Cheat at Configuring ISA (Internet Security and Acceleration) Server 2004" meets the needs of system administrators for a concise, step-by-step guide to getting one of Microsoft's most complex server products up and running.

Network Security Essentials : Applications and Standards by William Stallings
Barcode # 038344

This book provides a practical, up-to-date, and comprehensive survey of network-based and Internet-based security applications and standards. Covers e-mail security, IP security, Web security, and network management security. Includes a concise section on the discipline of cryptography-covering algorithms and protocols underlying network security applications, encryption, hash functions, digital signatures, and key exchange. For system engineers, engineers, programmers, system managers, network managers, product marketing personnel, and system support specialists.

The CISSP Prep guide : Mastering the CISSP and ISSEP by Ronald L Krutz
Barcode # 038347

This updated bestseller features new, more focused review material for the leading computer security certification - the Certified Information Systems Security Professional, or CISSP. The first book on the market to offer comprehensive review material for the Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP) subject concentration, a new CISSP credential that's now required for employees and contractors of the National Security Agency (NSA) and will likely be adopted soon by the FBI, CIA, Department of Defense, and Homeland Security Department.

Digital Music, Photography and Video

Getting the Most from Your iPod and MP3 Player by R. A Penfold
Barcode # 038315

Clear and practical information that makes it easier and more enjoyable to use your iPod or MP3 player, enabling you to get the most out of your machine.

Photoshop CS2 RAW Using Adobe Camera Raw, Bridge and Photoshop by Mikkel Aaland
Barcode # 037480

The primary focus of "Photoshop RAW" is, as the title suggests, Photoshop editing technique: automating RAW workflow, correcting exposures, extending exposure range, manipulating grayscale and working with the new DNG (Digital Negative) open standard that Adobe supports. Presented by photographer Mikkel Aaland, "Photoshop RAW" investigates and instructs in an accessible visual style. This is required reading for professionals and dedicated photo hobbyists alike.

Cutting Edge PowerPoint for Dummies by Geetesh Bajaj
Barcode # 038258

This book is for readers who are already familiar with PowerPoint and want to extend and enrich their PowerPoint experience with design, multimedia, and color to create engaging presentations. Packed with tips, shortcuts, workarounds, and time-saving techniques, this book explains how to create diverse projects in PowerPoint, from templates and masters to product catalogs, corporate profiles, timelines, and even picture slide shows. Complex procedures are made easy to understand with step-by-step instructions as well as helpful examples.

Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop by Michelle Perkins
Barcode # 038323

Adobe Photoshop Elements allows readers to correct the problems that people experience with their images, do basic retouching and add creative effects that help them make the most of their photos. Organised in quick, two-page lessons, this book takes readers from the basic concepts (like opening an image) to more complicated digital imaging challenges. Packed with tips for correcting frustrating problems like red-eye and poor exposure, this is a must-have for every digital photographer.

World Wide Web

Web Site Cookbook by Doug Addison
Barcode # 037478

Provides a range of solutions to real-life problems that come up regularly when creating and growing a website. This book has instruction on topics including: page design, registering domains; ensuring that hostnames work; managing the directory; maintaining a website; site promotion; visitor tracking; and linking with sales sites.

Using Microsoft Windows XP Media Center by T.Campbell; A.Edney
Barcode # 038316

The essential guide to configuring, using and exploiting the richest home entertainment solution on the market today. It guides the reader through the complexities of configuring and running a successful Media Center solution.

How to Use Flickr: the Digital Photography Revolution by Richard Giles
Barcode # 038363

How to Use Flickr: The Digital Photography Revolution is your one-stop guide to the capabilities of Flickr. All the basic Flickr features are presented, including how to create and set up your account and profile and how to upload your photos. Later chapters detail more advanced Flickr features such as how to organize your collection, share your photos, utilize print services, and get involved in the Flickr community.

Blogging for Dummies by Brad Hill
Barcode # 038318

This text guides readers through what they need to know to launch a blog, maintain it, publicise it, syndicate it and even make money from it. Topics covered include choosing a Weblog host, hosting a blog on one's own, solving blog problems, working with blogging software and delving into RSS syndication

Blogshere: Best of Blogs by Peter Kuhns; Adrienne Crew
Barcode # 038311

This is a dynamic and witty guide to the world of blogs and blogging. It is organised into sections based on interests and moods and is designed to save readers time in searches. It provides a comprehensive list of the best blogs and reasons why the authors believe this to be the case.

Web Design for Dummies by Lisa Lopuck
Barcode # 038353

Web Design For Dummies covers all the latest Web technologies and tools such as Dreamweaver, Flash, XML, and SMIL. Site design is crucial to attracting and keeping Web visitors to your site. Turn to this friendly guide to discover what makes an attractive Web site. Discover the traps to avoid in Web site design and the keys to a successful Web site.

Blogging by Nat McBride; Jason Cason
Barcode # 038369

Blogging is here to stay; the numbers are huge and rising fast. Catching the tide of this sudden explosion of the blogging phenomenon "Teach Yourself Blogging" will show you how to build and maintain your own weblog. Unlike most lower priced blogging books, "Teach Yourself Blogging" does not focus wholly on specific blogging services. Covering the history of blogging, it helps you to decide what sort of blog you want, tells you how to design and write it and to blog not only for pleasure but also for profit.

Hacking MySpace by John Pospisil
Barcode # 038366

With step-by-step instructions, 'Hacking MySpace' shows readers how to customize everything from backgrounds to cursors, to adding music videos and custom graphics, and provides design tips, and advice on how to write a profile to really make an impression.

HTML in 10 Minutes by Deidre Hayes
Barcode # 038331

Straightforward, practical answers for fast results are offered in this book. The 10-minute lessons provide everything needed to quickly and easily create Web pages with HTML.

Creating a Web Page in Dreamweaver 8 by Nolan Hester
Barcode # 038346

This book is for all of the people who are itching to design their very first web pages but don’t want to learn every last Dreamweaver feature to do so. This slim, full-volume provides one thing, and one thing only - the quickest route to creating a functional, friendly Web page! Each short chapter uses big, bold screen shots and step-by-step instructions to illuminate one aspect of this process. By the end of the volume, users will have created a simple web site, filled it with text and graphics, added navigation and links, and tested and posted the final product.

The Focal Easy Guide to Macromedia Flash 8 by Birgitta Hosea
Barcode # 037459

Confused by ActionScript? Want to get to grips with creating interactive graphics and animation in Flash quickly? Whether you are a new user or a professional illustrator, designer or animator experienced in other animation and effects packages, this highly visual, color book will be all you need to get you up and running with the latest powerful upgrade - Macromedia Flash 8.

Yahoo Hacks by Paul Bausch
Barcode # 038327

"Yahoo! Hacks" shows you how to use, expand, personalize, and tweak Yahoo! in ways you never dreamed possible. You'll learn how to: fine-tune search queries with keyword shortcuts and advanced syntax; manage and customize Yahoo! Mail, using it as your universal email client to access all your other accounts; explore your social networks with Yahoo! 360, blogging your life, keeping up with friends, and making new contacts; store, sort, blog, feed, track, and otherwise share photos with Flickr and RSS.

Website Directory : Shopping Online and Surfing the Net 2007 by Andrew Clare; Peter Buckley; Duncan Clark

Barcode # 038321

Reviewing thousands of the world's most useful, interesting and entertaining sites in plain-speaking style, this volume will help you to find anything fast, shop the world, source a recipe, invest your income, trace your ancestry, and much more.

Google the Missing Manual by Sarah Milstein ; J D Biersdorfer
Barcode # 037479

Google is the planet's most popular program for finding stuff on the Web - but it has no manual. As it turns out, Google has many hidden tricks and tools that can turn your simple searching into successful discoveries. This book is a deskside companion, brimming with tips for getting more out of Google.

Flicker Hacks: Tips and Tools for Sharing Photos Online by Paul Bausch
Barcode # 038313

Expanding the fun and utility of Flickr, Yahoo!'s popular digital photo-sharing service, this book adopts the game-like appeal of the Flickr site, in individual projects ranging from easy to advanced.

Miscellaneous

Online News : Journalism and the Internet by Stuart Allan
Barcode # 038329

In this exciting and timely book, Stuart Allan provides a wide-ranging analysis of online news. He offers important insights into key debates concerning the ways in which journalism is evolving on the Internet, devoting particular attention to the factors influencing its development.

Tricks of the Podcasting Masters by Robert Walch; Mur Lafferty
Barcode # 038352

This volume teaches podcasters to be more effective crafting their message, produce consistent content and build a listener base. It is drawn from the authors' own experience producing their own podcasts and contains interviews with over 100 leading podcasters.

Repairing and Upgrading Your PC by Robert Bruce Thompson ; Barbara Fritchman Thompson
Barcode # 037460

"Repairing and Upgrading Your PC" delivers start-to-finish instructions, simple enough for even the most inexperienced PC owner, for troubleshooting, repairing, and upgrading your computer.  With its straightforward language, clear instructions, and extensive illustrations, this book makes it a breeze for PC owners of any skill level to work on their computer.

Desktop Publishing Manual by Kyle MacRae
Barcode # 037457

The difference between an effective and an ineffective publication - be it a letterhead, a newspaper, a book or even a web page - is that one gets read and the other is ignored. This book explains the basics of good design and shows you how to produce projects of professional quality, using only your computer.

The Photographer's Guide to Photoshop by Barrie Thomas

Barcode # 038345

The Photographer's Guide to Photoshop guides readers through everything they need to know from the simple tasks of organizing image files and learning the basic controls, to sophisticated colour correction and image manipulation techniques.

Clear Water by Will Ashon
Barcode # 038416

King James, an ex-conchie bashing Special Services hardnut & Binary Bob, his young companion; Peter Jones, a disaffected lifestyle journalist & Mandy, a young shop assistant befriended by Peter. Then there's Jimmy Patel, a retired professional spin-bowler turned melancholic-alcoholic. This work binds these characters together.

The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig
Barcode # 038419

Philip is an 11 year old in crisis. His pub landlord father has died in a road accident, and his mother is succumbing to the greasy charms of her dead husband's brother, Uncle Alan. The remaining certainties of Philip's life crumble away when his father's ghost appears in the pub and declares Uncle Alan murdered him.

The Face by Whitaker, Phil
Barcode # 038377

Moving and powerful and extremely skilfully constructed, it tells the story of a police artist brought in to solve a child sex-abuse case. This is about the devastating consequences of miscarriages of justice, not simply on the victims of crime and the wrongly accused and imprisoned, but on well-meaning people corrupted in the pursuit of "justice".

He Kills Coppers by Jake Arnott
Barcode # 038375

Jake Arnott's He Kills Coppers opens in August 1966 when the feel-good factor is running high as England enjoys World Cup victory and a seemingly endless summer. But the sunshine brings some nasty creatures out, and the brutal slaying of three policemen in a west London street sends shockwaves right to the heart of the nation. For three men, the killing is more than a front-page outrage. For Billy Porter, a war-time hero turned petty thief, it's a plan that went fatally wrong. For Frank Taylor, a Detective Sergeant trying to climb the Met's career ladder without resorting to corruption, it's a bereavement--the loss of a loyal comrade which must be avenged. For Tony Meehan, cub reporter on the Sunday Illustrated, it's nothing more than a fortuitous scoop that assures him his job. But reporting the crime awakens sinister urges that he's unable to resist and soon Meehan is creating his own news. Three men who've never met; three lives inextricably linked, in a chain of events that changed history.

Love and Dr Devon by Alan Titmarsh
Barcode # 038380

It's not easy being a doctor, especially when your wife has run off in search of excitement and you're given the push from your practice for sticking up for your principles. Christopher Devon tries to make a new life and, after a bit of persuasion from his daughter, to meet a new woman. But how to find one? And how to placate a son who thinks you should never have split up in the first place? Dr Devon is not the only man with woman trouble. Tiger Wilson has been married just a little too comfortably for thirty years, and Gary Flynn is a serial womaniser who refuses to settle down. But during one month in spring they are all about to have their lives turned upside down, and not just by women. In seeking to add a little excitement to their lives, they get rather more than they bargained for. They all have their secrets, and they are all exposed to danger. The result? Death, danger, intrigue and passion. Will Dr Devon find true love and live happily ever after? Or will the bitter pill of reality prove a fly in the ointment of his dreams?

Notting Hell by Rachel Johnson
Barcode # 038411

Mimi Fleming may 'have it all' - the house, the children, the part-time vanity job, the skinny jeans, the feng shui guru, but life chez Fleming is not as cushy as she'd like. When Mimi meets Si, she soon faces a choice of keeping up or keeping it real.

One Good Turn: a Jolly Murder Mystery by Kate Atkinson
Barcode # 038384

This is a very clever book, in which every incident is related to another, and it obviously required a lot of research and construction in order to tie up all the ends. But the good part is that the work that has gone into it is not obvious, its sub-title being "A Jolly Murder Mystery'. It's fun, it's exciting, sometimes you cringe and other times you laugh.

A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Barcode # 038379

George Hall doesn't understand the modern obsession with talking about everything. 'The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely.' Some things in life, however, cannot be ignored. At fifty-seven, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels, listening to a bit of light jazz. Then Katie, his tempestuous daughter, announces that she is getting remarried, to Ray. Her family is not pleased - as her brother Jamie observes, Ray has 'strangler's hands'. Katie can't decide if she loves Ray, or loves the wonderful way he has with her son Jacob, and her mother Jean is a bit put out by all the planning and arguing the wedding has occasioned, which get in the way of her quite fulfilling late-life affair with one of her husband's former colleagues. And the tidy and pleasant life Jamie has created crumbles when he fails to invite his lover, Tony, to the dreaded nuptials. Unnoticed in the uproar, George discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mind. The way these damaged people fall apart - and come together - as a family is the true subject of Mark Haddon's disturbing yet very funny portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely.

Weekend by William McIlvanney
Barcode # 038413

In a Victorian mansion hotel on a Scottish island, a group of English literature lecturers and students from Glasgow gather for a study weekend, though studying is not exactly what some of them have in mind. The weekend proves to be a major turning point in the emotional lives of several people.

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Barcode # 038410

At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, and his cook's son trying to stay a step ahead of US immigration services, this is far from easy. When a Nepalese insurgency threatens Sai's blossoming romance with her handsome tutor they are forced to consider their colliding interests. The judge must revisit his past, his own journey and his role in this grasping world of conflicting desires every moment holding out the possibility for hope or betrayal.

In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
Barcode # 038408

On a white-hot day in Tripoli, Libya, in the summer of 1979, nine-year-old Suleiman is shopping in the market square with his mother. His father is away on business - except that he is sure he has just seen his father, standing across the street in a pair of dark glasses. But, why isn't he waving? And, why doesn't he come over when he knows Suleiman's mother is falling apart?

From a breathtaking new talent comes an utterly gripping, incredibly emotional novel told from the point of view of a young boy growing up in a terrifying and bewildering world where his best friend's father disappears and is next seen on state television at a public execution; where a mysterious man sits outside the house all day and asks strange questions; where his mother and uncle burn all his father's books when they know what an avid reader he is; and when it seems his father has finally disappeared for good.

Soon, the whispers and fears, secrets and lies will become so intense that Suleiman can bear them no longer and in his terrified effort to save his family may end up betraying his friends, his parents and ultimately himself.

The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
Barcode # 038407

Two brothers, Arthur and Jake, are the sons of a local farmer in the mid-1930s, when life is tough and another World War is looming. Arthur is reticent, solid, dutiful, set to inherit the farm and his father's character; Jake is younger, attractive, mercurial and dangerous to know. A young woman, Laura, comes into the community and tips the fragile balance of sibling rivalry over the edge.

Taut with apprehension, surprising the reader with moments of tenderness and humour, "The Other Side of the Bridge" is a compelling, humane and vividly evoked novel with an irresistible emotional undertow.

So Many Ways to Begin by Jon McGregor
Barcode # 038406

Against the backdrop of post-WW2 Britain, Jon McGregor's lyrical, intimate novel explores what happens when our lives fail to take the turns we expect, and the ways we learn to let go of the people we might have been.

Get a Life by Nadine Gordimer
Barcode # 038409

When Paul Bannerman, an ecologist in Africa, is diagnosed with cancer and prescribed treatment that makes him radioactive, his suddenly fragile existence makes him question his life for the first time. He is especially struck by the contradiction in values of his work as a conservationist and that of his wife, an advertising agency executive. Then when Paul moves in with his parents to protect his wife and young son from radiation, the strange nature of his condition leads his mother to face her own past.

Gathering the Water by Robert Edric
Barcode # 038414

It is 1847, northern England, and Charles Weightman has been given the unenviable task of overseeing the flooding of the Forge Valley and evicting its lingering inhabitants.

As winter closes steadily in and as the waters begin to rise in the Forge Valley, it becomes increasingly evident that the man-made deluge cannot be avoided; not by the locals desperate to save their homes, nor by the reluctant agent of their destruction, Weightman himself.

In a masterful new novel, Edric captures powerful human emotions with grace and precision. The hauntingly resonant backdrop to this story of David and Goliath marks Edric's dramatic return to historical literary fiction.

Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey
Barcode # 038405

'I don't know if my story is grand enough to be a tragedy, although a lot of shitty stuff did happen. It is certainly a love story but that did not begin until midway through the shitty stuff, by which time I had not only lost my eight-year-old son, but also my house and studio in Sydney where I had once been as famous as a painter could expect in his own backyard ...’

So begins Peter Carey's highly charged and lewdly funny new novel. Once again displaying Peter Carey's extraordinary flair for language, "Theft" is a love poem of a very different kind. Ranging from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via Tokyo - and exploring themes of art, fraud, responsibility and redemption - this is a great novel which will also make you laugh out loud.

The Perfect Man by Naeem Murr
Barcode # 038403

Brought up in a small town in Missouri, Rajiv Travers is the child of an Indian mother and an English father. The town is as exotic and strange to Rajiv as he is to its inhabitants, but he finds love when he is befriended by four of the town's children.

"The Perfect Man" explores the power - both destructive and liberating - of what is not told, of the secrets that can shape us more profoundly than everything we believe to be true.

Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson
Barcode # 038386

Life should have been sunny for Max Glickman, growing up in Crumpsall Park in peacetime, with his mother's glamorous card evenings to look forward to, and photographs of his father's favourite boxers on the walls. But other voices whisper seductively to him of Buchenwald, extermination, and the impossibility of forgetting. Fixated on the crimes which have been committed against his people, but unable to live among them, Max moves away, marries out, and draws cartoon histories of Jewish suffering in which no one, least of all the Jews, is much interested.

There is wild, angry, even uproarious laughter in this novel, but it is laughter on the edge. It is the comedy of cataclysm.

Be Near Me by Andrew O’Hagan
Barcode # 038402

When an English priest takes over a small Scottish parish, not everyone is ready to accept him. He makes friends with two local youths, Mark and Lisa, and clashes with a world he can barely understand. The town seems to grow darker each night. Fate comes calling and before the summer is out his quiet life is the focus of public hysteria. Father David looks back to find a Lancashire childhood. He remembers a lost father and a grand school for Catholic boys. He finds 1960s Oxford in the heat of student revolt and recalls a choice he once made in the orange groves of Rome. "Be Near Me" is a story of art and politics, love and change, and a book about the way we live now. Trapped in class hatreds, threatened by personal flaws, Father David begins to discover what happened to the ideals of his generation. Meanwhile a religious war is unfolding on his doorstep...

Seven Lies by James Lasdun
Barcode # 038404

Part political thriller, part meditation on the nature of desire and betrayal, "Seven Lies" tells the story of Stefan Vogel, a young man growing up in the former East Germany, whose yearnings for love, glory and freedom express themselves in a lifelong fantasy of going to America.

Pitching the furtive, shabby world of Communist Berlin against the glassy superficiality of contemporary New York, "Seven Lies" is an examination of the architecture of deceit - how deceit builds on itself until life is little more than an accretion of falsehood; how hope turns to fear, and dreams to nightmares.

The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Barcode # 038464

This story is set in London, 1807. William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mistake for which he and his family are made to pay dearly. His sentence: to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. Soon Thornhill, a man neither better nor worse than most, has to make the most difficult decision of his life...