The Complete National Geographic - Every Issue since 1888

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Model :96359

Post Date :Aug 17, 2012 21:15:04

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The Complete National Geographic - Every Issue since 1888: Features

• 6-disc boxed set captures National Geographic magazine's past 121 years (1888-2009)
• Browse over 1,400 issues, 8,000 articles, and 200,000 photos exactly as they appeared in print
• Zoom, scroll, archive, and print in high resolution as you relive thousands of amazing discoveries
• Advanced DVD interface lets you explore topics, search photos, browse the globe, and virtually wander back in time
• Includes 120-page book High Adventure: The Story of the National Geographic Society

The Complete National Geographic

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Includes 120-page book High Adventure: The Story of the National Geographic Society.

Explore Machu Picchu. Unearth the secrets of the Pyramids. Live with species rarely seen.

Rediscover how courageous explorers found the remains of the Titanic. Brave the perils of a journey down the Amazon. Explore little-known secrets of the wild panda. Then, once more, stand at the edge of the Grand Canyon. These adventures and thousands more from National Geographic magazine's past 121 years are waiting in this incredible 6-disc boxed set.

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Browse over 1,400 issues, 8,000 articles, and 200,000 photos exactly as they appeared in print. Now updated to include 2009 issues, our definitive collection of every issue of National Geographic magazine invites you to browse, zoom, scroll, archive, and print in high resolution as you relive thousands of amazing discoveries.

From headline-making events masterfully described by experts to thrilling adventures that took you far away...this exquisite collection captures it all. Every issue of National Geographic magazine has been digitally reproduced in stunning high resolution so you can read articles as they first appeared, even back in 1888.

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Take your collection of National Geographic magazines further with the power and ease of digitized information and images. The advanced DVD interface lets you explore topics, search for photographs, browse the globe, and virtually wander back in time. Never before have National Geographic's one-of-a-kind photography and award-winning writing been so captivating.

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The Complete Collection: 1888-2009

121 years of articles, photographs, maps, and even advertisements as they appeared in print.

Hundreds of Classic Maps

Our most popular maps have been scanned and digitized for easy searching, zooming, and printing.

Easy to Use

Installs quickly! View, print, and download for easy access anywhere, anytime.

Powerful Visual Search Tool

Backed by the power of Bing Maps, GeoBrowse uses the Internet to let you search nearly 5,000 worldwide locations for articles, photographs, and maps featured in our complete 121-yearold archive.

Track the Evolution of a Subject

Research and insights are documented through the years by National Geographic's writers and photographers.

Enhanced Features:

• Improved user interface for improved viewing of images and articles
• Advanced search functionality featuring Microsoft Bing technology
• Ability to copy DVD-Roms to local computer drives for access anytime
• Built-in online content upgrades to allow users to keep the archive current

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Rosetta Stone French Level 1

Brand : Rosetta Stone
Model :27781

Post Date :Aug 13, 2012 05:00:03

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Rosetta Stone French Level 1: Features

• Interactive language software with proprietary speech-recognition technology
• Build a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure
• Master basic conversational skills; receive immediate and ongoing speech assessments
• Audio Companion for CD or MP3 player; learning application for iPhone or iPod Touch device
• Language-enhancing games; live online lessons; includes headset with microphone

Build a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure. Begin to learn and speak with confidence. Master basic conversational skills, including greetings and introductions, simple questions and answers, shopping and much more.

What Will I Learn

 

This level will help you:

• Build vocabulary and language basics
• Spell and write accurately
• Speak without a script
• Retain what you've learned
• Read and understand in your new language

Sample topics include:

• Age, family relations, household items
• Introductions and greetings
• Times of day and calendar terms
• Buying and selling

What Do I Get?

Interactive Software

Our award-wining version, complete with proprietary speech recognition technology.

Audio Companion

For your CD or MP3 player so you can review while on the go.

Headset with Microphone

For use with our state-of- the-art speech-recognition software.

Live Online Lessons

Practice sessions led by native speaking tutors.

Games & Community

Language-enhancing games move you towards real-world proficiency.

Mobile Companion

Learning application for your iPhone or iPod Touch device.

Our Method

Recreate the natural way you learned your first language and reveal skills that you already have using Dynamic Immersion. This award-winning method has been adopted by countless organizations, schools and millions of users around the world.

Learn Naturally: Discover how to speak, read, write, and understand--all without translating or memorizing. Our award-winning solution recreates how you learned your first language, unlocking your natural abilities.

Speak Confidently: Perfect your pronunciation with speech-recognition technology. Gain the confidence in your new voice as you practice with other learners in our exclusive online community and participate in online sessions coached by native tutors.

Immerse Yourself: Be surrounded by your new language. From core lessons to online sessions, Rosetta Stone gets you engaged and interacting with others.

Stay Motivated: Experience accomplishment with each moment of achievement; with dedicated success agents you will never lose sight of your language-learning goals.

Your Natural Ability. Awakened.

Natural Discovery

Learning your first language is as natural as smiling. Effortless. Rewarding. Every step in Rosetta Stone feels like that. Clear, compelling images appear precisely, in juxtaposition, conveying meaning. Intuitively, you just know what it means.

• Our puzzle-like environments--a systematic presentation of sounds, images, and text--help learners absorb meaning intuitively.

Rosetta Stone's award-winning software, where you will interact by speaking, clicking, selecting phrases and writing.

Speech Activation

Rosetta Stone's proprietary speech-recognition technology provides immediate and ongoing feedback.

Build your confidence and polish your pronunciation skills with state-of-the-art speech-recognition technologies and success-filled dialogues.

• Our software provides immediate and ongoing assessments of your speech through Actionable Feedback, which helps you pronounce syllables, words and sentences correctly and easily.

• Based on a collection of literally millions of speech samples, our proprietary speech-recognition algorithms and speech models were engineered with a singular purpose--to help you communicate with accuracy, confidence and ease.

Native Socialization

Language-learning games will keep you motivated along the way.

Practice with native speakers in our live interactive sessions and our online community. Every conversation gives you the confidence to communicate in your new language.

• For many, traditional language-learning fails because it lacks real conversation. With Rosetta Stone you'll play games and chat with native speakers and other learners in our online language community.

• Hundreds of native-speaking tutors trained in the Rosetta Stone method are ready to help reinforce the language you're learning through live, online conversations. From Day One you'll be speaking your new language with confidence and ease.

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