chapter 1 High Power Lasers, from Nanoseconds to Femtoseconds -- chapter 2 Introduction to Plasma Physics for Electrons and Ions -- chapter 3 The Three Approaches to Plasma Physics -- chapter 4 The Ponderomotive Force -- chapter 5 Laser Absorption and Propagation in Plasma -- chapter 6 Waves in Laser-Produced Plasma -- chapter 7 Laser-Induced Electric Fields in Plasma -- chapter 8 Laser-Induced Magnetic Fields in Plasma -- chapter 9 Thermal Conduction and Heat Waves -- chapter 10 Shock Waves and Rarefaction Waves -- chapter 11 Hydrodynamic Instabilities.