A practical guide for visual learners eager to get started with Windows 8 If you learn more quickly when you can see how things are done this Visual guide is the easiest way to get up & running on Windows 8. It covers more than 150 essential Windows tasks using full-color screen shots & step-by-step instructions to show you just what to do. Learn your way around the interface & how to install programs set up user accounts play music & other media files download photos from your digital camera go online set up & secure an e-mail account & much more. The tried-&-true format for visual learners using step-by-step instructions illustrated with full-color screen shots to show exactly how things are done More than 600 000 copies of previous Teach Yourself VISUALLY books on Windows have been sold Shows how to perform more than 150 Windows 8 tasks including working with files digital images & media; customizing Windows; optimizing performance; & sharing a computer with multiple users Covers installing & repairing applications system maintenance setting up password-protected accounts downloading photos to your computer & managing media files Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows 8 is the fastest easiest way for visual learners to get going with the newest version of Windows. ...

A visual guide to all the features of the new Windows 8 Tablet This must-have resource features visually rich step-by-step instructions that show you how to get the most enjoyment from your Windows 8 tablet. Learn about the exciting new Metro UI optimized specifically for touch devices. The most popular & commonly used apps & functions are covered too along with the basics of syncing with a network setting up e-mail watching videos listening to music & common productivity tasks. This book provides all the guidance needed to enjoy all the best the new Windows 8 tablets have to offer.

Includes:: information on Microsoft's Windows 8 & the new Metro UI in a clear & easy-to-navigate visual manner Contains over 125 Windows tablet tasks illustrated with full-color screenshots Offers clear step-by-step instructions Consistent placement of information makes learning fast & efficient Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows 8 Tablet offers concise step-by-step instruction that's perfect for visual learners.

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Is this the right book for me? Volcanoes Earthquakes & Tsunamis is the essential guide to what causes the most frightening geological events with which we are faced today. It covers plate tectonics the intricacies of each terrible phenomina & their effects as well as the impact they have on each other how they can be predicted & if possible controlled. Volcanoes Earthquakes & Tsunamis
Includes:: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: How the Earth moves Chapter 3: Family relationships Chapter 4: Types of volcano Chapter 5: Volcanic hazards Chapter 6: Volcanoes & climate Chapter 7: Monitoring volcanoes Chapter 8: Living with volcanoes Chapter 9: Tectonic earthquakes Chapter 10: Living with earthquakes Chapter 11: Tsunamis Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design & interactive

Features: Not got much time? One five & ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. Author insights Lots of instant help with common problems & quick tips for success based on the authors many years of experience. Test yourself Tests in the book & online to keep track of your progress. Extend your knowledge Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of the subject. Five things to remember Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. Try this Innovative exercises illustrate what youve learnt & how to use it.


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Is this the right book for me? Write a Play
- & Get It Performed is designed for would-be writers of every level & for all types
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Is this the right book for me? A comprehensive guide to writing poetry Write Poetry
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If you have ever wanted to write down your life story but never found the time or the confidence this book is for you. It will help you to find a style that suits you collect & structure all the information you need plan your story & discover your voice. In reading this book you will learn how to gather anecdotes & other infromation from your different sources plan & structure your work & ultimately how & where to publish guided by a highly experienced & prize-winning winning author. NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One five & ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems & quick tips for success based on the author's many years of experience. TEST YOURSELF Tests in the book & online to keep track of your progress. EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of writing your life story. FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. TRY THIS Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt & how to use it. ...

It's 1977 & Jack Sheffield is appointed headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. So begins Jack's eventful journey through the school year & his attempts to overcome the many problems that face him as a young & inexperienced headmaster. The many colourful chapters include Ruby the 20 stone caretaker with an acute spelling problem a secretary who worships Margaret Thatcher a villager who grows giant carrots a barmaid/parent who requests sex lessons & a five-year-old boy whose language is colourful in the extreme. & then there's also beautiful bright Beth Henderson who is irresistibly attractive to the young headmaster... Warm funny & nostalgic Teacher Teacher" is a delightful read that is guaranteed to make you feel better whatever kind of day you've had." ...

A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers Angelas Ashes & Tis. In Teacher Man Frank Mc Court details his illustrious amusing & sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City... Frank Mc Court arrived in New York as a young impoverished & idealistic Irish boy
- but one who crucially had an American passport having been born in Brooklyn. He didnt know what he wanted except to stop being hungry & to better himself. On the subway he watched students carrying books. He saw how they read & underlined & wrote things in the margin & he liked the look of this very much. He joined the New York Public Library & every night when he came back from his hotel work he would sit up reading the great novels. Building his confidence & his determination he talked his way into NYU & gained a literature degree & so began a teaching career that was to last 30 years working in New Yorks public high schools. Frank estimates that he probably taught 12 000 children during this time & it is on this relationship between teacher & student that he reflects in Teacher Man the third in his series of memoirs. The New York high school is a restless noisy & unpredictable place & Frank believes that it was his attempts to control & cajole these thousands of children into learning & achieving something for themselves that turned him into a writer. At least once a day someone would put up their hand & shout Mr. Mc Court Mr. Mc Court tell us about Ireland tell us about how poor you were.. . Through sharing his own life with these kids he learnt the power of narrative storytelling & out of the invaluable experience of holding 12 000 peoples attention came Angelas Ashes. Frank Mc Court was a legend in such schools as Stuyvesant High School
- long before he became the figure he is now he would receive letters from former students telling him how much his teaching influenced & inspired them
- & now in Teacher Man he shares his reminiscences of those 30 years & reveals how they led to his own success with Angelas Ashes & Tis."


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What do we mean by reflective practice? What does it involve? How can it help you develop as a teacher? The Teachers Reflective Practice Handbook is an essential source of advice guidance & ideas for both student & practising teachers. Helping you to translate pedagogical knowledge into practice this Handbook guides you through studying your own teaching for personal development evaluating your lessons through classroom research & enhancing the quality of pupil learning. It offers an innovative framework which serves to prepare you for the challenges & complexities of the classroom environment & supports the continuing improvement of your teaching. Underpinned by key theoretical concepts & contemporary research within the field of education chapters help you to: systematically evaluate your teaching through classroom research procedures question personal theories & beliefs & consider alternative perspectives & possibilities try out new strategies & ideas to maximise the learning potential of all students enhance the quality of & continue to improve your teaching. Including a range of reflective tasks links to online resources exemplification material & further reading to help you develop your own thinking The Teachers Reflective Practice Handbook is an accessible guide which supports the facilitation of reflective practice through self & peer assessment problem-based learning & personal development planning. The multi-dimensional framework enables you to build a meaningful personally relevant portfolio of evidence-informed practice. ...

Packed with practical classroom strategies this teachers resource will enable you to:
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