BIG^(TM)
The Basic Internet Guide
A Sourcebook for Learning Web Essentials
in the
School, the Home and the Office

authored and compiled by
Andis Kaulins, J.D. Stanford University
Lecturer, a.D. University of Trier,
Author, Langenscheidt Fachverlag

(in collaboration with Chris Loehr, Erlangen)

Edition 2004
(updated online)


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