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The fast and easy way to learn to drawDrawing can enrich your life in extraordinary and unexpected ways. Drawing your everyday experiences can change how you and others see the world, while drawing from your imagination can give rise to fantastic new worlds. And, despite what you may believe, it’s something just about anyone can learn to do.Drawing For Dummies offers you a fun, easy way to learn the drawing basics. Holding fast to the simple philosophy that only you can teach yourself to draw, it gives you the tools you need to explore the basics and move on to more advanced techniques. This revised edition of one of the most successful For Dummies guides includes
Additional step-by-step instructions for drawing people, animals, still life, and moreCoverage of effects, composition, and perspectiveHow-to art projects that show you how to create your drawings from simple geometric shapes to finished artworkIt’s never too late to unleash the artist within. Let Drawing For Dummies, 2nd
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Introduces young readers to the world of ballet. Readers will learn about the history of ballet and how it has developed as well as being introduced to stretching exercises, basic ballet position, ballet terms, and good practice habits. Ages 8+
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The perfect companion for MacBook users—now updated and revised throughout!Grab your MacBook—and this Dummies book—and get savvy with all the latest updates to Apple’s newest generation of laptop hardware and software. Packed with coverage of the latest MacBook models, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, iLife, and iWork , this new edition is completely revised and updated on all the latest tools and trends in the MacBook world. Seasoned author Mark Chambers shows you how to customize your dock and desktop, stay connected while on the road, make movies with iMovie, create and share DVDs, compose your own music with GarageBand, build a Web site with iWeb, and much more.Features completely revised and updated information on all the latest tools and trends of the Apple MacBookExplains how to customize the dock and desktop; connect from the road; take your music mobile; use iWeb, iMovie, iPhoto, and GarageBand; sync with wireless devices; work with networks; and moreIncludes coverage of the lates
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Business Valuation For Dummies is filled with expert guidance that business owners, managers at all levels, investors, and students can use when determining the value of a business. It contains a solid framework for valuation, including advice on analyzing historical performance, evaluating assets and income value, understanding a company’s financial statements, estimating the cost of capital, business valuation models, and how to apply those models to different types of businesses.
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In the 1960s, IBM CEO Tom Watson called an executive into his office after his venture lost million. Watson asked the man if he knew why he’d been called in. The man said he assumed he was being fired. Watson told him, ‘Fired? Hell, I spent million educating you. I just want to be sure you learned the right lessons’. In “Billion-Dollar Lessons”, Paul Carroll and Chunka Mui draw on research into more than 750 business failures to reveal the misguided tactics that mire companies again and again. There are thousands of books about successful companies but virtually none about the lessons to be learned from those that crash and burn. Lesson One: The Cold Hard Facts. Between 1981 and 2006, 423 major publicly held U.S. companies with combined assets totaling .5 trillion filed for bankruptcy. Hundreds more took huge write-offs, discontinued major operations, or were acquired under duress. Again and again, companies follow the same wrong-headed strategies that brought down businesses
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As society becomes more international in nature, knowing a few words in other languages has become more useful. Perhaps you travel frequently abroad, or your business requires you to travel overseas. Perhaps you have friends and neighbors who speak other languages, or you want to find out more about your heritage by learning a little bit of the language your ancestors spoke.Whatever your reason for wanting to learn some Italian, Italian For Dummies is the right book for you. Written in partnership with Berlitz – experts in helping people learn foreign languages – this book gives you the skills you need for basic communication in Italian, and it will get you well on your way to becoming fluent. Just think what you’re family and friends will think when you order off the menu at your favorite Italian restaurant!Italian For Dummies covers not only ordering at an Italian restaurant, but also these topics:Basic spelling, grammar, and numbersMeeting and greeting, and making small talkSh
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Bonds and bond funds are among the safest and most reliable investments you can make to ensure an ample and dependable retirement income — if you do it right! Bond Investing For Dummies helps you do just that, with clear explanations of everything you need to know to build a diversified bond portfolio that will be there when you need it no matter what happens in the stock market.This plain-English guide explains the pros and cons of investing in bonds, how they differ from stocks, and the best (and worst) ways to select and purchase bonds for your needs. You’ll get up to speed on all the different types of bonds and discover how to know when it’s time to sell and how to get the best prices when you do. Find out what you need to know about:Buying and selling bonds and bond fundsMeasuring bond risks and returnsTaxes on bond interest and tax-free bondsCustomizing and optimizing your bond portfolioCommon bond-investing mistakes and how to avoid them”Risk-free” U.S. Treasury bondsTax-free
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If you need to start speaking German Fast, but you don’t have a lot of time to study the language, German For Dummies Audio Set is the quick-learning solution for you. These three sixty-minute CDs feature fast, focused instruction that gets you quickly up to speed on essential vocabulary and language structure.This practical, portable audio set is designed to help you learn to speak German in a hurry and with no fuss, whether you’re at home or on the road. From basic greetings and expressions to grammar and conversations, you’ll grasp the essentials and start communicating right away! Plus, you can follow along with the handy 96-page portable guide. It’s filled with words and phrases you’ll hear on the CD and also includes a mini dictionary. You can practice at your own pace and skip around to focus on immediate needs. Discover how to:Get started with basic words and phrasesHandle greetings and introductionsForm sentences and practice parts of speechAsk questions and understa
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Real Estate Investing For Dummies, 2nd Edition, is completely revised and updated to help you overcome the challenges and and take advantage of the opportunities in any real estate environment, including a down market. But Eric Tyson and Robert Griswold’s core message remains as relevant today as it did upon the initial publication of Real Estate Investing For Dummies — investing in real estate is time-tested vehicle to build wealth in the long term. Tyson and Griswold don’t tell you how to become a millionaire overnight. Instead, they offer proven, practical, and actionable advice so that if you chose to invest in income-producing properties, you can do so wisely and confidently.
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The Internet is amazing, but the risks you’ve heard about are real, too. You can avoid being a victim of online crime with the simple steps for staying safe online that you’ll find in Using the Internet Safely For Seniors For Dummies. Here’s the guide you need to steer safely through the hazards so you can shop, visit, invest, explore, pay bills, and do dozens of other things online — more securely. Learn to protect yourself from online predators, create strong passwords, find reliable information, spot e-mail and phishing scams, and much more. Find out how to share photos and videos, chat with others, and participate in online discussions—securely See how, with strong passwords and reasonable caution, online banking and bill-paying might be safer than the old way Learn to install and set up a browser, use search engines effectively, and sidestep suspicious ads Discover how personal information is collected and used by legitimate companies —
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Learn to play bass guitar quickly and easily with this guide and bonus interactive CD!The bass guitar is utilized in almost every single genre of music-rock, classical, jazz, metal, funk, and country just to name a few. Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies provides bassists an opportunity to dabble with all these styles and more. Regardless of your intended musical style, this hands-on guide provides the tips and drills designed to help perfect your playing ability.Features a wide variety of over 300 exercises and technique-building practice opportunities tailored to bass guitarFrom classic blues bass rhythms to funk, rock, and reggae bass patterns, players of all styles benefit from the exercises and chords presentedShows you proper hand and body posture and fingering and hand positionsEach lesson concludes with a music piece for you to tryThe audio CD includes practice pieces that accompany the exercises and drills presented in each sectionHelps you build your strength, endurance, and d
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Now revised — the easy-to-understand guide to the story of AmericaWant to better understand U.S. History? This friendly book serves as your tour guide through the important events of America’s past and present, introducing you to the people who helped to shape history. From pre-Columbus to the American Revolution, from Watergate to Iraq to Barack Obama, you’ll discover fascinating details that you won’t find in dry history texts! They’re coming to America — explore early civilizations, meet Native Americans, and see how the development of the English colonies led to slavery and the American Revolution From Thomas Jefferson to Abraham Lincoln — examine the contributions of great Americans as well as the discovery of gold, the birth of California, the Civil War, and Manifest Destiny America grows up — be there during the conquering of the West, industrial development, and the invention of the light bulb and the telephone The impact of the World Wars — understand the sweeping c
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