This book could save you hundreds of dollars on outdoor gear! Don’t retire a jacket just because it’s torn or buy a new tent because the zipper broke. Learn how to fix these problems?and dozens more?and save your money for a dream trip by following the step-by-step gear maintenance and repair instructions in this large trim, color handbook.
This book, the second in the series following Really Good Logos Explained, addresses the elements of effective packaging vs. packages that arent successful and what makes a particular design more powerful or attention-getting than others. Four well respected design professionals-each of whom will specialize in the area of product packaging-evaluate the 300+ design examples in the book. Each author provides specific and to-the-point observations and critiques.
Just because you can write a book doesn’t mean it will be seen or sold. BE SEEN can help you do both. Written specifically for independent authors and self-publishers, this book will equip you with the knowledge you need to make money as a writer. From author branding to SEO to digital strategy and beyond, this book is jam-packed with proven strategies that the leading marketers from the biggest companies in the world leverage to sell their products.
From outdoor agricultural projects to finding new uses for traditional household objects, the beauty of Instructables lies in their ingenuity and their ability to find new ways of looking at the same thing. How to Do Absolutely Everything has that in spades; the possibilities are limitless, thanks to not only the selection of projects available here, but also the new ideas you’ll build on after reading this book. Full-color photographs illustrate each project in intricate detail, providing images of both the individual steps of the process and the end product. 600 color photographs.
“This authoritative title is short on verbiage and long on technique. Butler’s tone is conversational yet she succinctly steers through more challenging material. There is something for everyone…Butler is to be congratulated for a businesslike manual aimed at the photographer determined to get some serious digital results.” – British Journal of Photography.
This useful, resourceful and practical guide provides those working with dyslexic children one hundred ideas of how to support their learning development. Lists range from identifying the needs of individual pupils and their learning styles to developing pupils reading, writing, numeric and communication skills.
The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy shows anyone how to get more energy out of their body-naturally. Nationally known health expert Jonny Bowden presents small changes anyone can implement up front for big energy-such as what to eat for all-day endurance, when to time a workout for the biggest brain boost, or how working with (or against) natural light cycles can make your sleep restorative or slump-inducing.
In selecting material for this collection I have done my best to find puzzles that are unusual and entertaining, that calls for only the most elementary knowledge of mathematics, but at the same time provide stimulating glimpses into higher levels of mathematical thinking. The puzzles (many of which appeared in my column “On the Light Side” that ran in Science World) have been grouped into sections, each dealing with a different area of mathematics. Brief comments at the beginning of each section suggest something of the nature and importance of the kind of mathematics one must use in tackling the puzzles of that section.
The wireless community is on the verge of the standardization of fourth generation (4G) systems. Research has generated a number of solutions for significant improvement of system performance. The development of enabling technologies such as adaptive coding and modulation, iterative (turbo) decoding algorithms and space-time coding, means that industry can now implement these solutions. Advanced Wireless Communications: 4G Technologies focuses on the system elements that provide adaptability and reconfigurability and discusses how these features can improve 4G system performance.
What happened? You thought you were doing the best for your child and didn’t set out to raise a selfish, insensitive, spoiled kid. In her newest book, Don’t Give Me That Attitude! parenting expert Michele Borba offers you an effective, practical, and hands-on approach to help you work with your child to fix that very annoying but widespread youthful characteristic, attitude. If you have a child who is arrogant, bad-mannered, bad-tempered, a cheat, cruel, demanding, domineering, fresh, greedy, impatient, insensitive, irresponsible, jealous, judgmental, lazy, manipulative, narrow-minded, noncompliant, pessimistic, a poor loser, selfish, uncooperative, ungrateful, or unhelpful, this is the book for you!
From performers who bask in the spotlight to those who find inspiration in the midnight glow of a computer monitor, the world has no shortage of creative people. While the day-to-day realities of a ballerina may be quite different from that of a novelist, actor, graphic artist, musician, or software developer, they share many things in common. Chief among these is the desire to make a living with their art.
Looking for something simple and delicious for dinner? The answer is in Everyday Dish – a special release from Dish magazine. Everyday Dish is a collection of more than 100 Dish recipes selected for their ease and accessibility – no hard to find ingredients or time consuming techniques – it’s your solution to solving the problem of what to cook for dinner tonight. No cookbook shelf should be without it.
