The universe is a mind-boggling place full of things seemingly too big & too small to underst&. How can we visualise the minuscule world of the atom & the vastness of our galaxy? How can we grasp a billionth of a second & a billion years? Or the freezing point of Helium & the heat generated by the blast of an atomic bomb? David Blatner's solution is to put these & many other 'inconceivable' items on six spectrums
- numbers size light sound heat & time
- that put them into a human perspective. Full of facts illustrations & anecdotes Spectrums proves that we really can make sense of our extraordinary universe. Visit spectrums.com for amazing interactive charts videos & more

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Comprehensively updated with many new speeches including Earl Spencer's lament to ' The extraordinary & irreplaceable Diana' Nikita Khrushchev's secret speech of 1956 signalling the beginning of the end of Stalinist Russia Patrick Pearse's rousing funeral oration that fanned the flames of the Easter Rising Kevin Rudd's historic apology to Australia's mistreated Aborigines & Barack Obama's momentous US election night victory speech. Alongside these are the finest war cries of Winston Churchill Martin Luther King's prophetic 'I have a dream' & 'I've seen the promised land' speeches the inspiring words of JFK & impassioned pleas from Nelson Mandela
- the first at his trial in 1964 & the second on his election as president of South Africa in 1994. In addition are historic speeches from Elizabeth I Charles I Oliver Cromwell George Washington Napoleon Bonaparte Abraham Lincoln Emmeline Pankhurst Mahatma Gandhi Vladimir Lenin Neville Chamberlain Adolf Hitler Joseph Stalin Franklin D. Roosevelt Charles de Gaulle General George S. Patton J Robert Oppenheimer Mao Zedong Malcolm X Richard M. Nixon Pope John Paul II Vaclav Havel Elie Wiesel Mikhail Gorbachev & many other great historical figures. Speeches that Changed the World presents over 50 momentous & thought-provoking speeches from throughout history. Complete with a potted biography of each speaker & telling the story of why each oration was significant & what happened as a result this is a gripping history of the world told through its greatest & most impassioned speeches.
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This gripping DVD pack provides genuine historical footage of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century & is accompanied by a deluxe illustrated book containing the transcripts of these & over 30 other momentous orations from throughout history. Complete with biographies of each speaker & the stories of why the world changed as a result this is a fascinating history of humanity told through the speeches that shaped it. Footage
Includes:: Chamberlain: ' Peace for our time'; Hitler: Speech to the Hitler youth; Goebbels: Book burning; Molotov: The invasion of Russia; Churchill: ' Blood tears toil' ' Finest hour' ' The few'; Gandhi: 'I have faith in the righteousness of our cause'; FDR: 'A day that will live in infamy'; De Gaulle: Speech to World War 1 veterans; Hirohito: Surrender of Japan; Mac Arthur: Terms of Japanese surrender ' Old soldiers never die they just fade away'; JFK: ' Ask not what your country can do for you' ' Ich Bin ein Berliner'; Martin Luther King: 'I have a dream'; Nixon: Watergate first speech ' No whitewash at the White House'; Reagan: ' Mr Gorbachev tear down this wall'; Rudd: ' To the stolen generations...I am sorry'; Obama: ' Yes we can'.
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Cant keep a secret...until now Everyones shared gossip that they shouldnt have
- but the last time Chelsea told a secret nearly
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Speed It Up! A Non-Technical Guide for Speeding Up Slow Computers Does your PC perform like grandma on a cold winter morning? Does it limp along slowly through everyday tasks such as starting up shutting down or just opening an email? Are you wondering if your PCs get up & go has got up & left? If you answered yes to any of these questions this is the book for you. Sure there are uber-geeky guides out there that provide tweaks & customizations appealing to the pocket protector nation but there is no other book that addresses these common problems at the everyday consumer level. We think its time for a book that covers all of these topics in a way that appeals to real humans like you. Let us help you keep your PC running like it did the day you brought it home from the store. / Troubleshooting--We show you how to diagnose the cause of your PCs dawdling behavior. We help you determine whether the culprit is your hardware software the network a cluttered registry or even a virus. / Software--We show you dozens of easy non-techy things you can do to speed up Windows your applications your Internet apps & more. / Hardware--We show you easy upgrades you can do yourself. The solutions we provide are easy to implement. / Network--We show you how to easily fix network issues that are robbing you of precious time. / Buyers advice--If its time to put your beloved PC out to pasture we offer some tried & true advice for choosing a new PC & keeping it in tip-top condition. CATEGORY: Windows Operating Systems COVERS: Windows XP Windows Vista USER LEVEL: Beginning-Intermediate ...

Using this book will improve your understanding of math & have you performing like a genius! People who excel at mathematics use better strategies than the rest of us; they are not necessarily more intelligent. Speed Mathematics teaches simple methods that will enable you to make lightning calculations in your head-including multiplication division addition & subtraction as well as working with fractions squaring numbers & extracting square & cube roots. Heres just one example of this revolutionary approach to basic mathematics: 96 x 97 = Subtract each number from 100. 96 x 97 = 4 3 Subtract diagonally. Either 96--3 or 97-- 4. The result is the first part of the answer. 96 x 97 = 93 4 3 Multiply the numbers in the circles. 4 x 3 = 12. This is the second part of the answer. 96 x 97 = 9312 4 3 Its that easy! ...

From Stephen R. Covey's eldest son come a revolutionary book that will guide business leaders public figures & their organizations towards unprecedented productivity & satisfaction. Trust says Stephen M. R. Covey is the very basis of the 21st century's global economy but its power is generally overlooked & misunderstood. Covey shows you how to inspire immediate trust in everyone you encounter
- colleagues constituents the marketplace
- allowing you to forego the time-killing & energy-draining check & balance bureaucracies that are so often relied upon in lieu of actual trust.

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To survive in this fast-moving ever-changing world we all have to move fast & think fast to keep up. With so much to do & less & less time to do it our free time is an increasingly precious commodity. So if there was a simple way to save hours days or even months of your time youd probably want to know about it right? Well there is & its Speed Reading. Imagine the time you could save & all the amazing new information you could consume if you were able to read at speeds of over 1000 words per-minute. & we dont mean just simple skim-reading but also properly & completely comprehending understanding & retaining the information youve read. This fully revised & updated edition of the powerful book from the world-renowned authority Tony Buzan will show you exactly how you can quickly start to read at amazing speeds. Speed Readingis simple to follow easy to understand & fun too. Youll find out how fast your reading speed is now & then discover how you could be reading dramatically faster in no time. & you wont just improve your reading speed but your concentration & comprehension levels will soar too. The techniques in the book are ideal for teachers students or executives indeed anyone who wants to improve the speed comprehension & quality of their reading. The benefits of speed reading are numerous no matter where or why you read. Youll be able to zip through whole novels in one sitting; youll speed through newspapers & magazines in minutes; youll be the envy of your colleagues as you consume & understand business reports in record time. Speed Readingwill revolutionise the way you read. Youll save days weeks even months of your precious time; youll learn more efficiently & quickly; & youll be left marvelling at your new-found speed-reading abilities. ...

A breakthrough method for increasing reading speed & comprehension In todays fast-paced world everyone wants to read faster--students workers & time-pressed people everywhere who want to increase their efficiency & productivity. Speed Reading For Dummies changes the way people read showing them how to process information more quickly while improving comprehension retention & recall. Covering the latest speed-reading techniques & tips this breakthrough guide will help people read quickly & successfully no matter what they read--books newspapers magazines e-mails or technical journals. ...

They call it speedcubing- & mind-bending blur of quick twists & turns that solves Rubiks Cube in times that have been clocked at less than 20 seconds! Today thanks to the 2003 revival of the Rubiks World Championships speedcubing is spreading like wildfire. Here complete with detailed illustrations & basic as well as advanced solving techniques is the ultimate speedcubers guide. It not only gives the solution to the familiar 3X3X3 cube (which has 43 252 003 274 489 856 000
- thats 43 quintillion
- possible positions) but also the 2X2X2 4X4X4 & staggeringly difficult 5X5X5 puzzles. With millions of cubes out there & countless would-be champions looking for tips to improve their times this is the definitive manual for this unique sport.

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