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Coming this fall from the makers behind MAKE

and Maker Faire … 5 hot new DIY books!

Eccentric Cubicle

Who says cubicles need

to be dreary? Eccentric

Genius creator Kaden

Harris introduces a

highly entertaining par-

allel universe of surreal

office-based projects

— from desktop guil-

lotines and crossbows

to mood-enhancing ef-

fects and music makers

— that are sure to pique

the curiosity of even

your most jaded office

comrades.

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$29.99

Available October 2007

Illustrated Guide to

Astronomical Wonders

Authors Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson show how serious astronomy is now within the grasp of anyone. An indispensable guide to the equipment you need and how and where to find hundreds of spectacular objects in the deep sky — double and multiple stars as well as spectacular star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies.

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Available October 2007

Make: Halloween

From the craftiest costumes to animated props and the

latest in computer-controlled

haunted house effects, this

special issue will help make

your Halloween a gas!

$9.99 Available August 2007

Making Things Talk

Programming microcon-

trollers used to require

a development environ-

ment that broke the

bank. Not anymore.

New open-source

platforms with simple

I/O boards and develop-

ment environments

translate to affordable

options for makers on

a budget. This book is

packed with projects

that show what you

need to know and do

to get your creations

talking to each other,

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Available September 2007

connecting to the web,

and forming networks of

smart devices.

Big Book of Windows Hacks

Everything you need

to milk the last drop

of value from your

Windows Vista or XP

system, including its

related applications and

the hardware it runs on

or connects to. We go

beyond the OS with

hacks for applications

like IE7 and Office 2007,

and hardware such

as the Zune, your

networking gear, and

the PC itself.

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Available October 2007

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