Virtual Power

Using Your PC to Realize the Life of Your Dreams

Mark Bunting, Mark Seal

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English

Touchstone
09 September 1999

Entrepreneurship; PCs (IBM-compatible personal computers)

Do you want to
* Set up an at-home business?
* Communicate with others who have already done so?
* Learn more about math, science, and history?
* Meet people who have the same hobbies as you?
* Find out about just about anything?

The computer is your link, and media-savvy Mark Bunting promises to show you how. In his witty, adventurous, and incredibly informative style, Bunting gives you the know-how you need to use your computer as your partner in any project you undertake. After all, your computer is not merely an expensive machine bought for typing letters; it can become the most extraordinary tool at your disposal because it enables you to build, fix, or create whatever your want. Mark Bunting, the Bob Vila of the cyberworld, will dramatically change your relationship with your personal computer. He will help you realize a life of increased freedom and success -- the life of your dreams -- with your computer.

By: Mark Bunting
With: Mark Seal
Imprint: Touchstone
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 234g
ISBN: 9780684838533
ISBN 10: 0684838532
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09 September 1999
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , A / AS level , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Chapter One Facing Your Fears Chapter Two Breaking Free and Heading Home Chapter Three Purchasing the Computer Chapter Four Entering the Internet Chapter Five Finding Success through Failure Chapter Six The Human Connection Chapter Seven The Five Secrets of Virtual Power Chapter Eight Going Portable, Getting Free Chapter Nine Ten Ways to Keep Pace with the Revolution Chapter Ten Turn It On! Index

Mark Bunting is the host of The Computer Man on The Learning Channel and of Mark's Wired World, a syndicated program for teens. He lives in Dallas, Texas. Mark Seal joined Vanity Fair as a contributing editor in 2003, covering stories as varied as the Bernie Madoff scandal, Ghislaine Maxwell, Tiger Woods, the fall of Olympian Oscar Pistorius, the making of classic films such as Pulp Fiction, and many more. His 2016 Vanity Fair article “The Over the Hill Gang,” about a gang of retired thieves who pulled off the biggest jewel heist in British history, was the basis of the 2018 film, King of Thieves, starring Michael Caine. In addition to Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli, he is the author of the books Wildflower and The Man in the Rockefeller Suit. His website is Mark-Seal.com.

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