A full-color reference for getting the most out of your Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1! A vast improvement over the original Galaxy Tab the 10.1 uses the latest version of the Android operating system & is a 4G LTE mobile device. These upgrades--along with many others including the better screen quality better web browsing with Flash & better multitasking capabilities--are all covered in this fun & friendly guide to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Everything from how-to topics to the most useful features to helpful tricks & techniques this practical guide shows you how to get the most out of this cutting-edge device. Details how the Galaxy Tab 10.1 goes one step further than the iPad with phone communications plus video chat & conferencing Explains in detail how to find your way around the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Covers e-mailing web browsing using the digital library connecting with friends in the galaxy taking photos with the camera & enjoying music Highlights how to customize your Galaxy Tab 10.1 so that it's right for your needs Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 For Dummies is must-have reading for anyone who wants to go beyond the basics & explore another galaxy of tablet computing! ...

Poet essayist biographer lexicographer critic conversationalist & wit Dr Johnson is one of the great figures of English literature perhaps the most"ed English writer after Shakespeare. This new biography illuminates the unknown Johnson: the awkward youth the unsuccessful schoolmaster the eccentric marriage his early years in London in the 1740s scratching a living the epic struggle to produce the Dictionary. Using material unknown to previous biographers Peter Martin describes the psychological knife-edge on which Johnson felt he lived caused by his severe melancholia & his physical diseases. The Samuel Johnson that emerges from this enthralling biography is still the foremost figure of his age but a more rebellious unpredictable & sympathetic figure than the one that Boswell so memorably portrayed. ...

Samuel Pepys is the astonishing biography by bestselling author Claire Tomalin 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year. Immaculately well done. Tomalin has managed to unearth a wealth of material about the uncharted life of Samuel Pepys". (Craig Brown Mail on Sunday). " Sex drink plague fire music marital conflict the fall of kings corruption & courage in public life wars navies public execution incarceration in the Tower: Samuel Pepys' life is full of irresistible material & Claire Tomalin seizes it with both hands. Fast vivid accessible". (Hermione Lee Guardian). "A rich thoughtful & deeply satisfying account. It takes us behind & beyond the diary
- which means that on finishing it we can reread the diary with greater pleasure & understanding then ever before". (Noel Malcolm Evening Standard). " In Claire Tomalin Pepys has found the biographer he deserves. Her perceptive level-headed book finally restores to the life of the diarist its weight & dignity". (Lisa Jardine New Statesman). "A great achievement & a huge pleasure. A vivid chronicle of contemporary history seen through the all too human preoccupations of this ordinary & extraordinary man". (Diana Souhami Independent). From the acclaimed author of Charles Dickens: A Life & The Invisible Woman this celebrated biography casts new light on the remarkable diaries of Pepys & brings his story vividly to life once more. Claire Tomalin is the award-winning author of eight highly acclaimed biographies including: The Life & Death of Mary Wollstonecraft; Shelley & His World; Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life; The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan & Charles Dickens; Mrs Jordan's Profession; Jane Austen: A Life; Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self; Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man & most recently Charles Dickens: A Life. A former literary editor of the New Statesman & the Sunday Times she is married to the playwright & novelist Michael Frayn."
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Pepys Diary is one of the most celebrated journals of all time. Such is the wit & style of Pepys writing that listeners to this selection from the early years of the diary will gain not only a unique view of seventeenth century London life but also a vivid picture of Pepys the man as he strives to establish himself in his career & in society. ...

Each title is a biography of one persons life achievements & the problems they faced. The series covers many historical periods from the Tudors to the Victorians. Each title answers key questions about these historical figures & a time line places the person in a historical content. With Its true panels to give interesting & unusual facts about these people as well as many places to visit for children to find out more this series is packed with information. ...

In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan bringing with them the first firearms the Japanese had ever seen: simple matchlock muskets called arquebuses. They proved a decisive addition to the Japanese armoury as for centuries the samurai had fought only with bow sword & spear. In 1575 during the Battle of Nagashino one of the greatest original thinkers in the history of samurai Oda Nobunaga arranged his arquebusiers in ranks three deep behind a palisade & proceeded quite literally to blow his opponents cavalry to pieces marking the beginning of a new era in Japanese military history. ...

In an underground club a high-ranking public official spends his secret nights indulging in fantasies as exciting as they are depraved. For a seductive employee of the Dungeon its her job to fulfill them. But shes playing a far more dangerous game
- one of blackmail politics & murder that reaches into the shadow world of the Ghost Walkers & the creation of a spectacular one-of-a-kind new weapon of defense. But when a dictator makes his own catastrophic moves the Ghost Walkers have no choice but to bring in two major players
- a man & woman both driven by passion & revenge. Both expendable. Both with nothing left to lose.

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In 1611 an astonishing letter arrived at the the East India Trading Company in London after a tortuous seven-year journey. Englishman William Adams was one of only twenty-four survivors of a fleet of ships bound for Asia & he had washed up in the forbidden land of Japan. The traders were even more amazed to learn that rather than be horrified by this strange country Adams had fallen in love with the barbaric splendour of Japan
- & decided to settle. He had forged a close friendship with the ruthless Shogun taken a Japanese wife & sired a new mixed-race family. Adams letter fired up the London merchants to plan a new expedition to the Far East with designs to trade with the Japanese & use Adams contacts there to forge new commercial links. SAMURAI WILLIAM brilliantly illuminates a world whose horizons were rapidly expanding eastwards.
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The ultimate pocket city map of San Diego! Explore the wonderful city of San Diego with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized pop-up San Diego city map. Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable city map will ensure you don't miss a thing. *

Includes:: 2 Pop Out maps
- the first containing a view of the Greater San Diego area alongside a plan of Balboa Park / San Diego Zoo & the second a detailed street map of Downtown San Diego * Additional tourist maps of Mission Bay Park La Jolla
- The Village & Tijuana are also included * Handy self-folding tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format * Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination * Hotels restaurants stores & attractions are all included on the maps



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Ideal for business or leisure City Pack San Francisco is succinct with all the practical information you need for a perfect trip. Presented in a handy compact format the guide also contains a separate fold-out map within a concealed poppered pocket to help you navigate the city. This new edition lists Top 25 sights & experiences in one chapter & features 3 new sections; City Tours section contains self-guided tours that show you the best of the city; More To See sights is ideal if you have extra time on your hands & Focus On helps you get know the city in more depth. ...