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Getting Wired

If you don't already know the many blessings of the Internet and have not yet found a place for it in your home or cyberspiritual life, here are some books that may help you to "Get Wired".

24 Hours in Cyberspace: Painting on the Walls of the Digital Cave Photographed on One Day by 150 of the World's Leading Photojournalists
Rick Smolan (Editor), Jennifer Erwitt (Creator)

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The result of an unprecedented one-day event that brought together the world's top photographers, editors, programmers and interactive designers to create a digital time capsule of online life, 24 Hours in Cyberspace features 200 of the most compelling photographs culled from 200,000 images taken on February 8, 1996. The 150 photographers who participated focused their lenses on the human face of cyberspace - the new ways in which we work, play, learn, conduct business and interact. Their photographic assignments included some of the most intriguing stories from the online frontier. They covered students in South Africa's Nelson Mandella township who use donated PC's to communicate with the outside world; exiled Tibetans who rely on the Internet to preserve their culture and to enlist others to fight for their cause; Americans seeking to adopt Russian orphans online; and a father in San Jose, California who publishes Will's Page, an electronic journal of his four-year-old son's battle with leukemia.

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The Internet for Dummies (5th Ed)
John R. Levine, Carol Baroudi, Margaret Levine Young

Over one million readers have found "The Internet For Dummies" to be the best reference for sending e-mail, browsing the Web, and enjoying the benefits of electronic communication. This latest edition includes updated coverage of the most popular options on the Internet: e-mail, searching the Web with updated browsers, and Windows 98's new Internet service providers. 150 illustrations

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How the Internet Works : Special Edition
Preston Gralla

Internet Books Editor's Recommended Book
How the Internet Works promises "an exciting visual journey down the highways and byways of the Internet," and it delivers. The book's high quality graphics and simple, succinct text make it the ideal book for beginners; however it still has much to offer for Net vets. This book is jam- packed with cool ways to visualize how the Net works. The first section visually explores how TCP/IP, Winsock, and other Net connectivity mysteries work. This section also helps you understand how e-mail addresses and domains work, what file types mean, and how information travels across the Net. Part 2 unravels the Net's underlying architecture, including good information on how routers work and what is meant by client/server architecture. The third section covers your own connection to the Net through an Internet Service Provider (ISP), and how ISDN, cable modems, and Web TV work. Part 4 discusses e-mail, spam, newsgroups, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and Net phone calls. In part 5, you'll find out how other Net tools, such as gopher, telnet, WAIS, and FTP, can enhance your Net experience. The sixth section takes on the World Wide Web, including everything from how HTML works to image maps and forms. Part 7 looks at other Web features such as push technology, Java, ActiveX, and CGI scripting, while part 8 deals with multimedia on the Net. Part 9 shows you what intranets are and covers groupware, and shopping and searching the Net. The book wraps up with part 10, a chapter on Net security that covers firewalls, viruses, cookies, and other Web tracking devices, plus cryptography and parental controls.

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Release 2.1 : A Design for Living in the Digital Age
Esther Dyson

Welcome to Release 2.1, Esther Dyson's fascinating exploration of life in our new digital society. In this provocative and timely book, Dyson - an entrepreneur, high-tech industry analyst, government adviser, and Net expert - examines the impact and implications of cyberspace, challenging us to think intelligently about its effect on every aspect of our private and public lives, from businesses to government to education. Written with an insider's knowledge and ready wit, and filled with anecdotes about the movers and shakers behind the products and politics of the computer industry, Release 2.1 presents us with a hard-hitting message: With the advent of the Internet, we all have both the opportunity and the obligation to shape the new rules we want to live by.

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Internet Complete (Sybex Books)

For beginning and intermediate Internet users, this is some of the most useful Internet information, adapted from a number of excellent Sybex books and wrapped into a single easy-to-read volume at a steal of a price.

The first part of the book deals with Internet basics for the beginner, although many intermediate users will profit from some of the more advanced e-mail information. The seven chapters of part 2 discuss browsing and information searches. Part 3 is for AOL users, detailing features and information that many casual users too easily miss. Part 4 details the process of putting your own site online. These chapters cover everything from planning to design techniques, including basic HTML and using Microsoft FrontPage Express. Part 5 covers hardware issues with five chapters devoted to computer buying tips, installing modems, enhancing your Web browser, adding memory, and preventive maintenance. The sixth part of this tome consists of three detailed and useful appendices: a Windows 98 command and feature reference, an extensive Internet dictionary, and a comprehensive quick reference to HTML codes and values. --Elizabeth Lewis

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Catholics on the Internet
John Raymond

Internet Books Editor's Recommended Book
Until Brother John Raymond compiled this book, there was very little in the way of keeping track of Web sites for and about Roman Catholics and Catholicism. Raymond went beyond mere compilation, tracking down resources and investigating, screening, and sorting them. The thousands of sites that made it into Catholics on the Internet--everything from the Vatican's Web site to a variety of Catholic chat areas--are in accordance with the actual teachings of the Church.

Brother Raymond writes in a friendly and inviting voice. Assuming that the reader doesn't have a lot of experience on the Net, he begins with a short, comforting description and then shows newcomers how to get online and into some of the most user-friendly Catholic gathering spots.

While most of the book deals with Catholic resources on the World Wide Web, Brother Raymond doesn't overlook the rich content elsewhere. For example, chapter 2 is devoted to the wide variety of Catholic mailing lists available and chapter 4, for those on a tight budget, begins with a section entitled "How to Do Everything by E-Mail." Other types of resources listed throughout the book include Web sites of dioceses, parishes, and churches around the world; Catholic organizations; sites devoted to doctrine, history, and biblical research; Catholic schools, colleges, ministries, and communities; and Catholic culture, media, history, and writings. Brother Raymond includes information sources for children as well as adults. This is a resource that any Catholic, or anyone interested in Catholicism, will find valuable.

Judaism on the Web

Mormons on the Internet

Catholicism on the Web

High Places in Cyberspace : A Guide to Biblical and Religious Studies, Classics, and Archaeological Resources on the Internet