Your Nikon D90 digital camera offers professional-quality features like 11-point autofocus Live View & the ability to shoot HD video. Take full advantage of every feature with Nikon D90 For Dummies! This fun & easy guide helps you understand & use all the dials & modes manage photo size & quality take creative control with manual settings & share your images in print or online. With this full-color book getting great shots is a snap. You'll learn to:* Format memory cards use Live View create custom settings & change lenses* Use thumbnail & calendar displays & picture data & get tips for inspecting your photos* Control aperture shutter speed & ISO; work with active D-lighting; & use various flash modes* Take control of lighting exposure & color* Set up shoot & review photos using the viewscreen* Record HD video including sound & know what your D90 can & can't do* Download organize & archive your images share them in prints e-mails or slide shows & use Nikon's photo management software* Decide when you should use JPEG & when to use NEF* Adjust resolution for optimum print quality or file size Photographic expert Julie Adair King also shares secrets for getting the best point-&-shoot pictures why you might not want to use the top image quality setting & much more. Grab your Nikon D90 & Nikon D90 For Dummies & start shooting! ...

On the night of 1 August 1798 a British fleet under the command of Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson met a French fleet under the command of Admiral Franois-Paul Brueys D' Aigalliers. By morning the British had won a near-complete victory: only two of the 13 French ships-of-the-line escaped & the rest were either captured or destroyed. It was the first major independent victory of Nelson's career but more importantly it crippled the French effort in Africa by denying them access to the suplies & support from the sea. This book uses the latest research new maps & specially commissioned artwork to tell the story of one of the great sea battles of the Napoleonic era. ...

Next year sees the 30th anniversary of The Blue Niles first work together. Four albums
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An unconquerable fortress the US Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Thomas Jefferson is the most powerful nuclear-powered warship in the world stationed in the Arabian Sea to preserve the peace & Western allied interests. But the unthinkable occurs when the billion-dollar ship is destroyed in what appears to be a nuclear accident
- it is the greatest peacetime disaster in US history. Whilst America mourns for the lives of the crew Intelligence reports begin to suggest that the cause of the tragedy may be a rogue ex-Soviet submarine & Admiral Arnold Morgan is called in to investigate. But no one knows who is on board where it came from or how it came within striking range of the Thomas Jefferson unnoticed. Worse still no ones knows where it is or if it will strike again. Political tensions mount as Middle Eastern connections are suspected & a deadly chase ensues when a victim's brother seeks his revenge on the killers.
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The scrapping of the Nimrod programme has been one of the most controversial events in the military aviation world for many a year. For most of its operational life from 1969 to date its contribution to the defence of the realm & its role in offensive duties was of necessity often shrouded in secrecy. It was the 'eye in the sky' which was absolutely vital to a host of activities
- from anti-submarine & anti-surface warfare to support of land battles throughout the world to the Falklands campaign to combating drug-running the Nimrod's unsung role was paramount. & now the UK is bereft of such a multi-tasking reconnaissance aircraft. The full story of the Nimrod & its significance now needs to be told. Tony Blackman who was there at the beginning test-flew nearly every aircraft & was at Kinloss on the very day the project was cancelled has written this timely book Nimrod Rise & Fall" covering every facet of its history its weapons system developments & its tragic accidents. He writes in an approachable way making technical subjects understandable but his conclusions will inevitably not be welcomed by everyone."
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The greatest female artist of the 20th century"
- Elton John This first-ever biography of Nina Simone caused quite a stir
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Now you can sing in the style of Nina Simone. Published in the popular You're The Voice" series this book features arrangements of classic Nina Simone songs for piano voice & guitar & a short artist biography. The accompanying CD contains full backing tracks for each song professionally arranged & recorded to recreate the sounds of the original recording." ...

Of all the major singers of the late 20th century Nina Simone was one of the hardest to label. She recorded extensively in soul jazz & pop & was also comfortable with blues gospel & Broadway. She has subsequently been labelled as a 'soul' singer in terms of emotion rather than form. Her repertoire included jazz standards gospel & spirituals classical music folk songs of diverse origin blues pop songs from musicals & opera African chants as well as her own compositions. ...

Of all the major singers of the late 20th century Nina Simone was one of the hardest to label. She recorded extensively in soul jazz & pop & was also comfortable with blues gospel & Broadway. She has subsequently been labeled as a 'soul' singer in terms of emotion rather than form. Her repertoire included jazz standards gospel & spirituals classical music folk songs of diverse origin blues pop & songs from musicals & opera African chants as well as her own compositions. This songbook is a second volume of classic songs authentically transcribed for piano voice & guitar. ...

All of Kirstys friends & family have come to her birthday party
- but her cake has disappeared! Jack Frost has stolen Kirstys birthday
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