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According to one of Julia Margaret Cameron's great-nieces, "We never knew what Aunt Julia was going to do next, nor did any one else." This is an accurate summation of the life of the British photographer (1815-1879), who took up the camera at age forty-eight and made more than a thousand images over the next fourteen years. Living at the height of the Victorian era, Cameron was anything but conventional, experimenting with the relatively new medium of photography, promoting her art through exhibitions and sales, and pursuing the eminent men of her time (Tennyson, Herschel, Carlyle, etc.) as subjects for her lens. For the first time, all known images by Cameron, one of the most important nineteenth-century artists in any medium, are gathered together in a catalogue raisonne. In addition to a complete catalogue of Cameron's photographs, the book contains information on her photographic experiments and techniques, artistic approach, small-format photographs, albums, commercial strategies, sitters, and sources of inspiration. Also provided is a selected bibliography of all major Cameron publications, a list of exhibitions of her work, and a summary of important Cameron collections worldwide. This catalogue is published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition of Cameron's photographs that opens in England in spring 2003 and will be on view at the Getty Museum in autumn 2003. ... Read more

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Brings together an internationally distinguished group of authors to explore the enormous advances in marine science made since the voyage of HMS Challenger a century ago. The book draws inspiration from the seminal contributions stemming from that voyage, and individual chapters show how succeeding generations of scientists have been influenced by its findings. Covering the whole spectrum of the marine sciences, the book has been written and edited very much with the non-specialist reader in mind.Marine scientists, whether students or researchers, will welcome this authoritative comprehensive overview of their subject and its history; other scientists will find the book to be an accessible and informative introduction to marine science and its historical roots. ... Read more

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This is a comprehensive guide to using computers. It includes up-to-date upgrades and technological developments in both software and hardware. The cartoons and screen shots should help the reader understand how to use their computer to its best advantage. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

No help
To those who use a computer but are as computer phobic as I, this is not the fun, clear, "any-child-could-grok-this" page-turner I'd hoped for.

In answer to: Should I?Nope.

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Just an overview
Computer for Beginners

This is an informational book that gives a broad overview about computers and how they work along with input and output devices. It really helps one to understand how a computer initially works, who invented it and what computers do for us today. Margaret Stephens and Rebecca Treays give a short but informational coverage about what computers are and how they work. I recommend this book because it gives the information clearly so one can get the information in a simple glance. That's what I want to do on my site [...].
The first chapter informs us that a computer is a device that takes data and processes it into information; a computer also has hardware and software that is placed throughout the computer. The second chapter, Bits and Pieces informs the reader about computer logic and what silicon chips are also part of a computer that help decides what job each chip can do.
Throughout this short informative book input hardware devices such as the mouse, keyboard and scanners are introduced in pictures and short snappy statements. Output devices are also introducde in large colorful pictures and gives examples about different kinds of monitors such as the cathode ray monitors, monochrome monitors and flat screen monitors. The printer chapter gives immense detail about items such as the dot matrix, daisy wheel, laser, printer driver and the print spooler. The text talks about mainframes and how they work and what different kinds of computer do the job.
Toward the end of the book it talks about the first computers, how to sit at a computer right and how to buy a computer so you do not get the wrong one.
Basically the whole shebang that this book covers is the basics about computers in a short, cute, peppy way that catches your attention and I recommend this book for one who just wants a short outline of information.

The way things work: computers
I bought this book for my 12 year old to prepare for a computer literacy test he took to 'test out' of a required middle school course.While he uses computers a lot and I have for years, the illustrations helped both ofus to better understand how computers work.I've suggested that our schoolpurchase a set for the computer lab. ... Read more

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Margaret and her fourth husband, Colin, fell in love, travelled the globe, planted gardens, entertained friends, and proved that there is plenty of life after 60. When Colin died and Margaret found herself on her own again, she decided that she would not remarry. Shaky at first, she then set out to prove that she could live the single life and enjoy it. ... Read more

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Makes an important contribution to existing teachers' competence in the area of quality enhancement and presents reflections on practice distilled over a lifetime of work in education. ... Read more

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The last two decades of the twentieth century saw the most fundamental changes in British social policy since the creation of the welfare state in the 1940s.From Margaret Thatcher's radical reassessment of the role of the state to Tony Blair's 'Third Way', the voluntary sector has been at the heart of these changes.At the beginning of the twenty-first century, voluntary organisations have been cast in leading roles on the social policy stage.They are expected to make key contributions to countering social exclusion; to regenerating communities; to providing social housing and welfare services; to promoting international aid and development; and to developing and sustaining democratic participation and the active community.But how are voluntary sector organisations grappling with the implications of their new, expanded role?How is their relationship with the state changing in practice?This book, which has its origins in an international conference of leading academics in the field, provides answers to these pressing questions.It analyses the numerous and complex ways in which the formulation and implementation of social policy is dependent on the contributions of the voluntary sector.It discusses the impact of the new policy environment on voluntary organisations.And it suggests that the successful implementation of social policy requires government to acknowledge and nurture the distinctive features and contributions of voluntary sector organisations.Voluntary Organisations and Social Policy in Britain is essential reading not only for the many people studying, working in or working with the voluntary sector in Britain but also for anyone who is interested in the formulation and implementation of social policy. ... Read more