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Got a problem with grout? Open The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair (to page 98) and watch your tiling worries dissolve before the simple beauty of photography. Black & Decker has anticipated your every question and problem with interior, exterior, and home systems repairs, and detailed the solutions in just over 500 pages. In no other human endeavor is a visual guide so important as home repair (well, maybe brain surgery), so this is a crucial aid to the handyperson. Easy-to-find sections on floors, insulation, roofing, chimneys, water heaters, wall switches, air conditioning, and much more are well-designed, brilliantly illustrated, and carefully outlined with step-by-step instructions from masters. The photos in particular are extremely valuable, offering many different views (sometimes even exploded) of the operation in question, and always showing just enough to communicate without overwhelming the reader with too much detail. These alone would be worth the price of the book, but the written explanations and instructions are also very helpful, offering tools, materials lists, and hints that wouldn't occur to the amateur. The book finishes with a maintenance schedule to help you keep repairs from becoming serious, and the end papers have conversion charts and tables that you'll use time and again. If you can't have Norm the master carpenter over to help you fix your old house, The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair is the next best thing. --Rob Lightner
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The new edition of the best-selling home repair classic. The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair is the most up-to-date, complete, and useful guide to home repair a homeowner can have. - Now 600 pages! - 500 more photographs! - 100 new and updated projects! - Still only $34.95! Now expanded to 600 pages, The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair includes these new chapters: - Choosing Using Tools - Workshop Reference - Home Health, Safety Security
Customer Reviews:
Great Reference.......2007-10-17
Good book with lots of color photos, helped me replace all elecrical outlets in a couple of rooms. Great to look at to get an idea for projects and "how to". Very informative on tool types and also the items you will encounter during the project. I would reccomemd to a rookie homeowner to an advanced. Wish had some info on ceiling fans, washing machines and dryers. But altogether great!! Want to buy the new one coming out!
Outstanding guide.......2007-09-13
I'm in the process of looking for my first home, and I bought this book knowing that I'd need to do repairs as a homeowner. I got more than I had asked for. The text is very clear, and the pictures are precise and thorough.
Not only do I feel more prepared to make my own home repairs after this book, but it has also helped me to spot problem areas within the homes I've looked at. If you're looking for one book that's got it all, BUY THIS BOOK!
Great Book.......2007-07-22
Absolutely wonderful book with endless projects. I have yet to do a project that was not in this book. It is like an unabridged dictionary for home repair.
Never Received.......2007-05-28
This product was never delivered so I am very upset. I was charged for it but it was never delivered so I have to say I am very, very angry at Amazon for this inconvenience - especially since it was ordered as a gift for a very special person.
Home Repair.......2007-05-07
This is a good book for those do-it-yourselfers that like photos with their instructions. It covers a wide variety of general repairs and would be good for a novice to home repair
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The Bible for home improvement. Includes 300 projects, each with complete step-by-step directions. Updated to include more than 500 new photographs. In this latest edition are all-new chapters on kitchen and bathroom planning, and dozens of additional flooring, plumbing and remodeling projects. Readers will also appreciate the focus on new building materials, including laminate flooring, steel framing, PEX plumbing tubing, andglass blocks. A helpful reference appendix provides at-a-glance information essential for DIY remodelers.
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Very informative and explanatory.......2007-10-22
We found this book to be essential to helping us make changes to our home. The illustrations were clear and the language easy to understand, even for beginners. Now that we've done some projects with the help of Home Improvement, we feel like experts!
Home Improvement Book.......2007-08-15
A great closing gift for a home buyer. Get them started on the right foot! Easy to understand
A little bit of everything, not much of anything..........2007-05-26
The problem with books such as these is that they do not always provide enough detail to really help you get the job done. This results in your having to buy additional books to supplement your knowledge.
In my case, I am currently remodeling my kitchen. I have never done this kind of work before; BUT, I figure that I am reasonably bright so I can learn as I go, right? I purchsed this book as it seemed to provide just about the best general reference out there.
As I mentioned above, though, it does not always provide a great deal of detail. The section on hanging drywall, for example, does not cover the subject with enough depth to teach an amateur how to do it cleanly and neatly. You will likely have to buy a specific drywall book for more information. Ditto for the section on windows, laying tile, etc.
The one subject so far that did seem to contain enough detail to get the job done was the section on wiring. I was able to add several outlets (and I have never done this kind of thing before) with the aid of this book alone.
I give it 4 stars as it serves it's purpose (an overview on home renovation) admirably. If you really want to learn these things in detail, though, you may want to look at the Black and Decker "Complete" how to books. In fact, this book appears to be a kind of "greatest hits" of the single subject books. Wide, but not deep.
Novice Reference.......2007-05-16
This book is a super resource for anyone who wants to do home improvement, but knows little or nothing about the process. Lots of photos with technical terminology enable the novice to communicate with the pros.
Black & Decker is the king of home improvement books..........2007-03-08
This book continues the excellence in the line of the Black and Decker series of "Photo Guide" books. No other book comes close to providing the quantity and quality of photos. The photos are clear and much better at communicating the task then standard illustrations. Every project is detailed with a handful of photos.
Great book. Great to have on the shelf as a reference book. Awesome book for first-time home owners that want to have a handle on do-it-yourself projects.
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From the one and only Black & Decker comes this ultimate guide to outdoor home improvement. With over 150 projects, The Complete Photo Guide to Outdoor Home Improvement offers something for every readerthe novice do-it-yourselfer and construction expert alike. Its 502 pages are jam-packed with the most precise, detailed and easy to follow how-to information available. Projects include:
Cobblestone Fountain
Fire Pit
Victorian Gazebo
Cedar & Copper Fence
And many more!
Whether youre looking to build a garden pond or a timber play structure for the kids, The Complete Photo Guide to Outdoor Home Improvement is for you!
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A very good resource for the homeowner.......2005-08-05
This book is a great tool for the home owner. The skill level assumed by the authors is relatively low, though not zero. Like all useful books, you are assumed to have a basic understandig of basic tools and how to use them. However, special tools and techniques are explained in enough detail to be useful to the relative novice.
The projects detailed are of the most popular varieties. There is something there for you and many ideas you may not have had. Making improvements to your property and keeping it up-to-date is the best way to protect your investment. Being able to do it yourself is the best way to -maximize- your investment.
The photos provided explain most of the things you might otherwise have found mysterious.
Finally, though some of the things detailed are outside of the average homeowners skill (mine at least), there are so many things in the book, that you'll find many things you can and want to do.
Well worth the money.......2003-03-04
Great pictures and ideas. Well worth the money even if you only use it for only one of the projects in this book.
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The most up-to-date, complete, and useful guide to home repair a homeowner can have.
With more than 350 projects and 2300 photos, virtually every home repair challenge is covered.
Deluxe Edition includes a handy hardware chart
This new edition of the classic Black & Decker® Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair now includes a durable washable flex cover that makes the book ideal for use on the homeowners work site.
Added to this edition is a homeowners convenience kit, including peel-and-stick reminder stickers and labels to help you tag your calendar with home maintenance reminders, keep track of furnace and appliance maintenance, index your circuit-breaker box, organize your tool collection, and more.
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Includes more than 350 projects
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A unique, comprehensive, and inspirational guide to the arrangement and display of pictures in the home. More than 150 full-color photographs suggest imaginative ways of using pictures, frames, and mountings to add style and individuality to your home.
Full-color illustrations.
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This new deluxe edition of the classic Black & Decker® Complete Photo Guide to Home Improvement now includes a durable washable flex cover that makes the book ideal for use on the homeowners work site.
With nearly 300 projects, this book is indispensable for DIYers who have moved beyond basic home repair and are ready to tackle projects that make a big difference in quality of life -- and in their savings accounts. DIYers who tackle their own major remodeling projects achieve exactly the results they want, and can easily save thousands of dollars over the cost of hiring contractors to do the work.
Studio photography and the most detailed step-by-step information available make this book unique among books on remodeling.
Added to this edition is a homeowners convenience kit, including peel-and-stick reminder stickers and labels to help you tag your calendar with home maintenance reminders, keep track of furnace and appliance maintenance, index your circuit-breaker box, organize your tool collection, and more.
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Whatever your home repair problem, The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair will surely have the answer. This newly updated edition of the best-selling photo guide contains all the valuable information available in the previous version, but has been expanded to include new step-by-step projects, current national building codes, and many updated color photos to reflect contemporary styles. Two important new sections also have been added. The first, Home Security, Safety & Health, provides in-depth discussion and helpful tips for transforming your home into a safe haven for family and guests; the second, Workshop Reference, shows you how to create a dedicated home workshop and offers your professional techniques for working with common building materials and hardware. A truly comprehensive repair manual, The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair has it all. · More than 350 step-by-step projects and over 2300 full-color photographs · Helpful hints, tips and techniques that save you time, money, and aggravation · A Homeowner s Journal for compiling your home s improvement, repair, and maintenance history in one convenient location
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Transforming Brazil: A Reform Era in Perspective
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This book re-examines the relationship between development strategy and political regime in twentieth-century Brazil. The first part of the study examines the beginning in the 1920s and 1930s of the centralized regime and state-centered development model later challenged in the 1980s, taking into account the economic and political role of Sao Paulo relative to the federal government. The analysis provides a distinctive account of the regime ruling Brazil from the 1930s through the 1980s. The second part focuses on the process of economic and political change in the 1980s and 1990s, paying particular attention to the Cardoso administration.
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Principles and Methods of Scheduling Reservations (3rd Edition)
David W. Howell
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- A Must For Anyone Who Loves Puns
- the biggest and best I've ever read
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The Biggest Book of Animal Riddles
J. Ertner ,
Richard Lederer , and
Jim Ertner
Manufacturer: Warner Books
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From the best-selling author of Anguished English and his co-author, the silver medalist for "Punniest of Show" at the 24th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships, this book is an amazing amalgamation of amusing animal riddles, jokes, and puns. Includes over 4,500 entries.
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From the best-selling author of Anguished English and his co-author, the silver medalist for "Punniest of Show" at the 24th Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships, this book is an amazing amalgamation of amusing animal riddles, jokes, and puns.
Customer Reviews:
A Must For Anyone Who Loves Puns.......2001-12-29
An absolutely brilliant collection of puns riddles and groaners from two award winners in the field.Richard Letterer is the author of the acclaimed "Anguished English" series and is probably the most quoted author on internet joke lists. He is a recipient of the Punster of the Year from The International Save The Pun Foundation, the premier body for paronomasiacs. James Ertner placed second in the 2000 International O. Henry Punoffs and is the author of a previous animal pun book. All the jokes are clean enough for a nine year old but sophisticated enough for English scholars. What a bargain. Over 4000 riddles and groaners, over 600 pages for $. The paperback sells for $ and is worth it. I would rate this as the top book of puns available today in print or by electronic media
the biggest and best I've ever read.......2001-11-23
My biggest concern is that amazon is not crediting the real brain behind this book- james ertner.
the book is absolutely the best- I chuckled all the way thru. there is material here for business talks, church talks, and great laughs around the dining room table- highly recommend it.
and why not credit jim ertner as well as mr lederer?
Funniest and punniest.......2001-11-22
This is by far the funniest -- and punniest -- book I've ever seen. And over 4,500 jokes for only [...] makes this the bargain of the millennium.
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