Updated : Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:13:15 GMT
 In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired. Almost miraculously, he was soon able to express himself in the richest detail: dictating a word at a time, blinking to select each letter as the alphabet was recited to him slowly, over and over again. In the same way, he was able eventually to compose this extraordinary book. By turns wistful, mischievous, angry, and witty, Bauby bears witness to his determination to live as fully in his mind as he had been able to do in his body. He explains the joy, and deep sadness, of seeing his children and of hearing his aged father's voice on the phone. In magical sequences, he imagines traveling to other places and times and of lying next to the woman he loves. Fed only intravenously, he imagines preparing and tasting the full flavor of delectable dishes. Again and again he returns to an "inexhaustible reservoir of sensations," keeping in touch with himself and the life around him. Jean-Dominique Bauby died two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. This book is a lasting testament to his life.
Customer Review: A Life Worth Living
Jean-Dominique Bauby is a victim of 'Locked-In Syndrome." At the age of 43, he suffered a massive stroke that left him unable to move or speak. His only means of communication -- his left eyelid. Bauby spent weeks painstakingly dictating this memoir -- letter by letter. I read this book in one sitting, it was that captivating. Through short vignettes, Bauby manages to describe the minute intimacies of his life in astonishing detail. From his first experience in a wheelchair, to bath-time, and finally through the development of his communication 'code' - Bauby's emotions touch on both anger and sadness without becomings desperate or hopeless. There are also times of hope and, ultimately, love -- when he describes the visits of his children or memories of this father. Throughout the book, I was struck by Bauby's ability to be thankful for small things -- the ability to move his limbs a fraction of an inch, sitting in the Cinecitta, and the the ability of his mind to fly away like a butterfly. It is not until the end of the book that Bauby describes his last day as a 'perfectly functioning earthling.' This most important day in his life is detailed with very little emotion. This makes the catastrophic details all the more haunting. This is one the most poignant memoirs that I have ever read, and one of my favorite books of 2008.
Publ.Date : Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:13:15 GMT
 If you're still using a paper planner, maybe it's time to catch up with technology and upgrade to the affordable and easy-to-use Palm Z22 handheld. It enables you to keep your entire day-to-day schedule and contact information at hand and in your pocket--no more flipping through multiple pages, looking for scraps of paper or keeping track of to-do lists. And you won't have to enter the same thing twice--once on the computer and once in your planner, as you can easily make updates on your computer and synchronize data to the Palm Z22 in just a minute or two. This handheld features a 32 MB of flash memory (20 MB accessible for file and software storage), Palm OS 5.4 (Garnet), a fast 200 MHz ARM-based processor, and an internal rechargeable battery (that can be charged via the included AC adapter or via the USB cable connected to your PC). Weighing just over 3 ounces and about the same size as a deck of playing cards, the Palm Z22 is compact and stylish with a white front and translucent blue backing. Small enough to fit into any purse, backpack or back pocket, it boasts a bright, 160 x 160-pixel color touchscreen display, which provides easy readability of names, addresses, and appointments. You can even color-code appointments for improved organization, and view and carry pictures of friends and family wherever you go. Operating System and Software
The installed Palm OS 5.4 uses the intuitive and easy-to-learn Graffiti 2 writing software to input data into the handheld (as well as an on-screen keyboard). Windows users can synchronize their calendar, contacts, tasks, and notes with Microsoft Outlook. The Palm OS features the following organizer applications: - Contacts: Lets you store several addresses for each contact, and with new fields for more phone numbers, multiple e-mail addresses, instant messenger IDs, and Web sites.
- Calendar: Use the new Agenda view to see upcoming calendar events, tasks due, and important e-mail, and color-code your events to provide an easy way to reference your calendar in the Agenda, Day, Week, and Month views. Take more notes, or synchronize more details from your desktop, in the larger Memos and Notes fields.
- Tasks: Use tasks with alarms and repeating tasks to set reminders for important commients.
It also includes AddIt, a program that includes a variety of applications such as CheckSplit, Chess, Carb Counter and Solitaire. The bonus software CD-ROM has an eBook reader with three books and a dictionary, the powerOne Calculator (perfect for basic and advanced mathematics), and SplashShopper (a helpful shopping list application). Compatibility
The Palm Z22 is compatible with PCs running Windows Windows 2000 (SP4) and XP (Outlook synchronization requires MS Outlook 2000, 2002, or 2003; sold separately), and with Macs running Mac OS 10.2.8 to 10.4. What's in the Box
Palm Z22 handheld, USB sync cable, power adapter, 3-step setup poster, Graffiti 2 sticker, Software Install CD-ROM with Palm Desktop, Tutorial, Getting Started Guide, User Guide, and bonus software.
Customer Review: Exactly what I wanted
I needed a replacement for a 6yr old PDA and this fits the bill exactly. I'm not interested in a combo phone/PDA/MP3 player/email. I don't want to access the web on a handheld just yet. I need to be able to organize my day efficiently and have every conceivable note at hand. Anything I want to look up beyond the standard address book, I put into a memo here. I even have a complete catalog of my knitting needles. Saves me from standing in the yarn shop trying to remember what I have at home. All my airline membership nbrs and those of my family are in here. I love the compact size, that it fits so nicely into my purse.
Publ.Date : Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:13:15 GMT
 The Ninth Edition of this classic text provides the best foundation for performing physical examination and taking the patient history. The book features a vibrant full-color design with over 1,400 drawings and photographs and a clear, simple two-column format with examination techniques on the left and abnormalities and interpretations on the right. Highlights of this edition include greater emphasis on patient communication and interview techniques, a new chapter on the older adult, and over 200 new drawings and photographs of abnormalities. A front-of-book CD-ROM includes videos of head-to-toe examination. Additional student resources now available include an online e-book, more than 15 medical and nursing journal articles, and new videos including Cardiovascular: Neck Vessels and Heart, and Thorax and Lungs.
Customer Review: Excellent book
The book was true to description- Never used. It still had the CDs in it. The price was excellent ($10.00 for a book that cost $100+) and delivery was fast.
Publ.Date : Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:13:15 GMT
 Make sure to have all knitting needle sizes that you need for all your projects! Boye packages different sized needles for the multi tasking knitter!
Customer Review: I think you could do better...
I thought this would be the perfect needle for a new project(120 stitches wide). I used the longest and started. After about three rows the needle became unscrewed and I dropped about 25 stitches trying to get it all back on. I then began tightening the cable to the needles after every row in order to not have the ordeal of dropped stitches and lost time. I was not over tightening. Five rows later the cable snapped off the needles and I had to quickly put my work on some straight needles and go and get a normal US 8 29" circular to finish my sweater. DO NOT purchase this set--just buy what you need when you need it.
Publ.Date : Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:13:15 GMT
 Infopreneurs sell valuable information online in the form of books, e-books, special reports, audio and video products, seminars, and other media. This definitive guide will show how to master the tools and tactics of the most successful infopreneurs, so you can succeed at producing, marketing, selling, and automating delivery of information products online. This guide comes complete with interviews of successful infopreneurs.
Customer Review: This book promises...and delivers!
Stephanie Chandler's attention to detail and extensive research clearly paid off in this value-packed resource for anyone looking to provide information on the Internet. The book takes you through a step-by-step process from determining the subjects to write about to online placement that will give you the biggest bang for your buck. She provides a great variety of resources to help anyone get started; no matter their expertise or experience. I highly recommend this book to the Internet newbie or the experienced techie - either way, you'll be thankful you read this book. Corey Perlman www.theebootcamp.com
Publ.Date : Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:13:15 GMT
 This book/eBook package is your guide to getting more interesting and creative photos with the 8 megapixel Canon PowerShot S5 IS. If you want to learn more about the concepts of photography, this book/ebook is for you. It discusses every camera setting on this high-quality camera in a clear, well-illustrated style, with many integrated tips and QuickSteps, but it also does much more. You'll see why and when you use specific settings, not just how to set them. You'll find that this guide helps you quickly master your camera so you ll be getting the kinds of photos you hope for.The book is printed in black & white and has a well-liked spiral binding that lets the book lie flat or be folded back. The accompanying eBook on a CD disc is a printable and searchable full-color version of the same book in Adobe's popular PDF format. It can be read on a PC or Mac using the free Acrobat Reader or any current Web browser. This eBook also includes clickable links to over 50 interactive animations that illustrate the core concepts of digital photography. With these new features you'll be able to interact with such concepts as exposure compensation, lens focal lengths, histograms, and much, much more. (To use these features you do need an Internet connection.) Just some of the things you'll learn are how to take pictures in fully automatic point and shoot mode and how your camera captures digital images; how to play back and manage your images; use buttons, dials, and menus; control image size and quality; shoot continuously, use all of the camera s exposure modes and exposure controls to get photos that show the scene exactly as it is, or as you want to interpret it; use histograms for the best possible exposures; see how to control sharpness in your photographs; and how to use focus, depth-of-field, sharpness, softness, and blur creatively. Learn all about light and color and how to use them creatively. Understand how they change throughout the day and seasons, how they re affected by the weather, and how light s direction and quality affects highlights and shadows. See how to set white balance to capture colors the way you see them. Learn how to use lenses creatively when photographing scenery, interiors, people, and very small subjects. See how zoom and macro mode affects your images. See how to creatively use flash both indoors and out and in good light and bad and how to use studio lighting for product shots and portraits. Explore special techniques such as fill and slow sync flash. See how to shoot panoramas, store your own settings, control image qualities such as tone, sharpness and hue, shoot in black & white, and enter a print order.
Customer Review: Great coverage of the S5 features
If you've purchased the camera, now you can learn how to effectively use it. Dennis Curtin's book explains how to use the many features of the S5 IS in a way that your owners manual could never do! I am very glad I purchased it.
Publ.Date : Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:13:15 GMT
 The Amazon Kindle Executive Jacket is the ultimate for sophisticated on-the-go eReader users. Whether in the office, at a business meeting, or on the treadmill, the Executive Jacket provides refined and stylish protection of your Amazon Kindle in a superior case. The Executive Jacket offers full surface protection in a lushly padded case. The soft grey interior ensures your Kindle will always be cushioned in comfort. This smart case with classic lines even includes a loop for your pen and interior pockets for storage of SD Cards, notes, business cards, and other essentials. Even while closed, youll find access to all ports, so you never need to remove your reader for charging. The M-edge Accessories Amazon Kindle Executive Jacket is a sleek case that will protect your eReader from scratches and dings. It is the perfect solution for the user with a fashionable, active lifestyle.
Customer Review: Waiting for backorder -- but the pocket has one super value: identity
I'm still waiting for my backorder on this product, but I already see a very useful application for the inside pocket: it can hold a "belongs to" card very securely. The original Kindle cover has no obvious place to put such a label.
Publ.Date : Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:13:15 GMT
 Microeconomics provides a serious, analytical approach to the discipline by introducing the main ideas and then developing those ideas with the latest research, policy, and data. The result is that readers learn to apply economics the way real economists do, by evaluating the decisions in their personal and professional lives.
Introduction: What Is Economics?; The Economic Problem. How Markets Work: Demand and Supply; Elasticity; Efficiency and Equity; Markets in Action. Households' Choices: Utility and Demand; Possibilities, Preferences, and Choices. Firms and Markets: Organizing Production; Output and Costs;Perfect Competition; Monopoly; Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly. Market Failure and Government: Regulation and Antitrust Law; Externalities; Public Goods and Common Resources. Factor Markets, Inequality, and Uncertainty: Demand and Supply in Factor Markets; Economic Inequality; Uncertainty and Information.The Global Economy: Trading with the World.
For all readers interested in microeconomics.
Customer Review: Too dependent on MyEconLab
This book is well written but to fully understand the concepts you should use the online addition, MyEconLab. MyEconLab has the homework solutions and more complete tutorials/problems. This wouldn't usually be a problem, but Myeconlab isn't very accessible. If you buy the book new you have access to it for only 6 months, which makes this useless for referencing. If you buy a book used (which I did) you have to buy it separately. Unfortunately this process isn't easy and the company, Pearsons, was very difficult to work with. After 2 weeks of e-mailing and calling customer service I never got a useful answer how to buy just MyEconLab (customer service over the phone said I couldn't and would have to buy a new book). Finally my 5th e-mail from the company, directed me online where I could buy it for $30, but I had already returned my used book by that time. Also, the my econlab plugins only work on windows systems. If you are a mac user and probably a windows vista user you are out of luck. If you are planning on teaching this class, please find another book for you students. This would give them an option of not having to buy a new book and having a complete reference book that isn't dependent on something that expires very quickly. Also, most students will not have the time and patience to deal with Pearsons if they have any issues with MyEconLab.
Publ.Date : Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:13:15 GMT
Publ.Date : Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:13:15 GMT
Publ.Date : Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:13:15 GMT
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