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AutoRef
by: Richard A. Young & Thomas J. Glover
Pocket size reference book that covers all the essential information for anyone who owns or operates a vehicle. Information on: tires, trailers, hitches, color maps of the 50 States, Canada & Mexico, vehicle logs, conversion tables, speedometer check, roadside emergencies, safety & safe driving, hazardous materials, first aid, general automotive, electrical & battery, brake systems, engine, fuel & lubricants, air conditioning, tools, weather & safety, auto phone & web directory and much more! 672 pgs.
c. 2003, S/C, PocketSize...$12.95


Book of How & Where to Look It Up (New York Public Library)
by: Harris, Sherwood

Today, the vast amount of inforamtion preserved in and available through public libraries, private associations, electronic databases, photo archives, museums, and special collections makes ready information retrieval a problem. Now here is a veritable "Yellow Pages" of the best book, periodical, electronic, public and private information resources. 382 pgs.
c.1991...H/C...$30.00


Camping & Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book
by: Paul Tawrell
This book was written to help you aquire skills to enjoy the outdoors. It tells you how to travel, set up camp, understand your environment, and what to do in an emergency. Some topics covered: getting lost, summer hiking, emergency kits, winter travel, avalanches, survival shelter, caves, igloo, cooking, finding water, hunting & trapping, fishing, building a canoe, compass & maps, weather & clouds, signals, ropes & knots, animals & tracks, trees, poisonous mushrooms, edible plants, first aid, and much more. Packed with B/W photos, illustrations and drawings on every page. 350 pgs.
c. 1996...1st Ed...S/C...$24.95


Dictionary of Discards
by: Rich, Frank M.

An A-Z checklist of over 800 scrap items found around home, garage, barn, school and camp.. with more than 8,000 useful things you can make from these discards. Over 200 how-to-make-it drawings. 143 pages.
c. 1952, H/C...$7.50


Good Housekeeping Household Encyclopedia
Edited
Our busy lives leave us less time than ever before to care for our homes and possessions. In addition, modern technology has entered the home, bringing new questions: How do we care for our VCR and PC, and dispose of recyclables? All this is answered in this contemporary guide. 500 charts, and diagrams, and illustrations. 336 pgs.
c.1993...H/C...$25.00


Handyman In Your Pocket
by: Richard A. Young & Thomas J. Glover
Shirt pocket size reference book that covers all the essential information used by every contractor, builder, handyman, craftsman, and any do-it-yourselfer. Anchors, automotive, belts, pulleys, gears, carpentry, construction, electrical, electronics, glues, adhesives, keys, pins, lubricants, metals & alloys, nails, staples, spikes, rivets, nuts, bolts, washers, paints, finishes, solvents, pipe, rope, chain, pumps & water, weights & properties of materials, and more!
c. 2001, S/C, Pocketsize...$12.95


How To Make Hawaiian Musical Instruments: A Step-By-Step Guide
by: Widess, Jim
Now, for the first time, the manufacturing processes of eighteen traditional Hawaiian musical instruments are documented with carefully researched instructions and step-by-step color photographs in an easy to follow craft guide. 81 pgs.
c. 2002, S/C...$14.95


Joy of Signing
by: Riekehof, Lottie

The illustrated guide for mastering sign language and the manual alphabet. Over 1500 signs have been clearly illustrated in this guide and are grouped by chapter into their natural categories. Included in this manual are sections on the history of sign language and fingerspelling, the art of signing, language patterns of signs and an illustrated guide for fingerspelling. 352 pages.
c. 1987, 2nd edition, H/C...$23.99


New Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Country Music
by: Cackett, Alan

Arranged in alphabetical order, each entry contains historical & biographical information on country music stars.
c. 1994, 3rd rev, H/C...$25.00


Pocket Ref
by: Thomas Glover
The ultimate reference book! A pocket sized reference book with conversion charts for just about anything. Air, gasses, automotive, carpentry, construction, chemistry, physics, computers, constants, electrical, first aid, general science, geology, glues, solvents, hardware, math, money, plumbing, pipe, rope, cable, knots, steel, metals, surveying, mapping, tools, water, weather, weights, properties of mateials, welding, coversion tables, 14 year perpetual calendar, and more! 768 pgs.
c.2002...3nd ed...S/C... PocketSize...$12.95


Practical Homeopathy
by: Treacher, Sylvia
A beginner's guide to natural remedies for use in the home. 96 pgs.
c.1996...H/C...$12.98


Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
by: Joshua Piven & David Borgenicht
An indispensable guide for survivng life's sudden turns for the worse. Survival experts provide illustrated, step-by-step instructions on what you need to know fast: How to fend off a shark, How to take a punch, How to deliver a baby in a taxicab, How to jump from a moving car, How to identify a bomb, How to escape from killer bees, How to survive if your parachute fails to open, How to escape from a sinking car, and dozens of other dire situations. 176 pgs.
c. 1999...S/C...$14.95


Worst-Case Scenario 2003 Survival Calendar
A week-by-week guide to surviving a year's worth of peril. In this desk calendar, each week survival experts provide illustrated, step-by-step instructions on how to stare danger in the face and come out on top, including: how to escape from the trunk of a car, how to cross a piranha-infested river, how to jump from a moving train, how to fool a lie detector test, and dozens more!
c. 2003 Spiral Desk Calendar...$14.95
The calendar may be out of date, but the survival information is valuable!!
SALE ... Half Price...$7.50


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