Author: Bernard GladstonePublisher: Crown
ISBN: 9780812903133
Category : Repairing
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
The New York Times Guide to Home Repairs Without a Man
Author: Bernard GladstonePublisher: Crown
ISBN: 9780812903133
Category : Repairing
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
The New York Times Guide to Simple Home Repairs
Author: Bernard GladstonePublisher:
ISBN: 9780891040408
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Dare to Repair
Author: Julie SussmanPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060959843
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
This is NOT your father's home repair book! And it's not your husband's, your brother's, your boyfriend's, or the guy's next door. Dare to Repair is a do-it-herself book for every woman who would rather be self-reliant than rely on a super or contractor. No matter the depth of your pockets or the size of your home, a toilet will get clogged, a circuit breaker will trip, and a smoke detector will stop working. It's up to you how you'll deal with them -- live in denial, pay the piper, or get real and do it yourself. Dare to Repair demystifies these home repairs by providing information that other books leave out. In Dare to Repair, you'll learn how to: Take the plunge -- from fixing a leaky faucet to cleaning the gutters. Lighten up -- from removing a broken light bulb to installing a dimmer switch. Keep your cool -- from maintaining a refrigerator's gasket to changing the rotation of a ceiling fan. Get a handle on it -- from replacing a doorknob to repairing a broken window. Play it safe -- from planning a fire escape route to installing a smoke detector. Filled with detailed illustrations, Dare to Repair provides even the most repair-challenged woman with the ability to successfully fix things around the home. Once you start, you won't want to stop.
The New York Times Complete Manual of Home Repair
Author: Bernard GladstonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The New York Times Book Review
Author: The Stanley Complete Step-by-step Revised Book of Home Repair and Improvement
Author: James A. HufnagelPublisher: Free Press
ISBN: 9780684872605
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The bestselling guide to home repair has now been revised and updated to include new instructions and illustrations that reflect current trends in home improvement and safety. Full color.
The Condo, Co-op, and Apartment Dweller's Guide to Repairs and Improvements
Author: Bernard GladstonePublisher:
ISBN: 9780671556709
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
In the only how-to repair book written specifically for condo, co-op, and apartment dwellers, the former home repair editor for The New York Times presents the nuts and bolts of home maintenance and repair, plus practical advice on safety, security, and noise control. 272 illustrations.
The Single Parent
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Single-parent families
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Rescuing Socrates
Author: Roosevelt MontasPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691224390
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds What is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature, this approach to education is all but extinct in American universities, replaced by flexible distribution requirements and ever-narrower academic specialization. Many academics attack the very idea of a Western canon as chauvinistic, while the general public increasingly doubts the value of the humanities. In Rescuing Socrates, Dominican-born American academic Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how a liberal education transformed his life, and offers an intimate account of the relevance of the Great Books today, especially to members of historically marginalized communities. Montás emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Queens, New York, when he was twelve and encountered the Western classics as an undergraduate in Columbia University’s renowned Core Curriculum, one of America’s last remaining Great Books programs. The experience changed his life and determined his career—he went on to earn a PhD in English and comparative literature, serve as director of Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum, and start a Great Books program for low-income high school students who aspire to be the first in their families to attend college. Weaving together memoir and literary reflection, Rescuing Socrates describes how four authors—Plato, Augustine, Freud, and Gandhi—had a profound impact on Montás’s life. In doing so, the book drives home what it’s like to experience a liberal education—and why it can still remake lives.
Author: Bernard Gladstone