Complete Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Home Repair, 2E

Complete Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Home Repair, 2E
Author: David J. Tenenbaum
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 446
Release: 1999-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101222174

You're no idiot, of course. You can stick a bucket underneath a dripping ceiling with breathtaking precision and tape cardboard over a broken window like you were born to the craft. But when it comes to real home repair challenges, your handiwork begins and ends with the call you make to your carpenter or plumber. Don't pack up your toolbox yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Home Repair, Second Edition is your total guide to diagnosing and fixing the most basic home-repair problems yourself. In this completely revised and updated Complete Idiot's Guide, you get: Simple ways to do interior and exterior jobs, from choosing tools to avoiding safety hazards All new information on weatherproofing, roofing, siding, and masonry Clear instructions on what to do when electrical, heating, and plumbing systems go haywire

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dynamic Selling

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dynamic Selling
Author: Anthony Parinello
Publisher:
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028619521

One of America's master sales trainers shows how to develop the essential skills to start making sales fast. Includes chapters on how to get appointments, create dynamic presentations, understand a prospect's motivation, handle objections, and close the sale. The author also reveals his secrets for selling to people at the top.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decorating Your Home, 2E

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decorating Your Home, 2E
Author: Mary Young
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2000-02-07
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1101198923

Ever look around the walls of your home and think, "Blah!" Do you have Martha-Stewart envy? Do you buy decorating magazines by the dozen and just end up throwing up hands at the impossibility of the task of re-doing your home? Fret no more. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Decorating Your Home, Second Edition, gives clear, easy–to–understand instruction to turn the most humble abode into a work of art. This brand new, updated second edition has even more photos than before to help you get a picture-perfect vision of your decorating dreams. An all-new chapter on decorating resources on the Web, as well as how to use such hot tickets as e-Bay to get that perfect item for your home at a perfectly low price.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Home Repair

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Home Repair
Author: Judy Ostrow
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2007
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9781592576654

Detailed instructions, accompanied by hundreds of step-by-step illustrations, take readers through common repairs and maintenance tasks around the house, including repairing holes in drywall, unclogging drains, replacing light fixtures, repairing cracked tiles, screening gutters, and more. Original. 12,000 first printing.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to World War II

The Complete Idiot's Guide to World War II
Author: Mitchell Geoffrey Bard
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781592572045

WWII began in 1939 as a European conflict between Germany and an Anglo-French coalition but eventually widened to include most of the nations of the world. It ended in 1945, leaving a new world order dominated by the United States and the USSR. This book features updated and expanded coverage of the fateful D-Day invasion, a critical timeline of major WW II events, and a WW II timeline highlighting the crucial and most important events of the war. It will include details about major battles on land, in the air, and on the sea - starting with Hitler's rise to power and his goal of European conquest; to Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbour; to the decisive battles such as D-Day and the Battle of Midway, which turned the tides of the war toward the Allies.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Conflicts, 2E

The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Conflicts, 2E
Author: Steven D. Strauss
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 567
Release: 2006-05-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1440696764

Cold hard facts on the world’s hot spots. Now readers can make sense of the daily headlines with an examination of the sides and issues of evolving conflicts. This updated edition provides coverage of all of the hot conflict spots in our world today, background and history, new and added coverage of the war on terror, and up-to-date coverage on the Middle East, including Iraq. • As Iraq continues to dominate the news, there is, unfortunately, no shortage of other trouble spots—this guide looks at conflicts around the globe. • An accurate reference source for high school and college students, and a great overview for people who want more in-depth understanding of daily events.