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Written by a vintner and science editor with twenty-five years experience, The Way to Make Wine is the most readable and reliable handbook among the many winemaking guides. In engaging conversational prose, Sheridan Warrick shows that making your own wine is not only easy, but also fun. Geared to everyday wine lovers who want to drink well, save money, and impress their friends, this book reveals everything needed to make delicious wines–both reds and whites–from start to finish.
Warrick demystifies winemaking by explaining the nuts and bolts and demonstrating that if readers can replace a faucet washer or cook a pasta sauce, they can make food-friendly wines that cost less than the bottles they’re now opening. He enables amateur vintners to equip a home winery, procure top-quality grapes, run a flawless fermentation, and enjoy their wine–its nose, its body, and finish–with renewed awareness and appreciation. At the same time, the author points exp… More >>
The Way to Make Wine: How to Craft Superb Table Wines at Home

Filled with over 2000 color photographs, The Black & Decker Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair is unrivaled among home repair books. This refreshing and accessible guide offers more than 500 pages of the most reliable, up-to-date information available on exterior and interior do-it-yourself home repairs, including a complete section on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). Top-quality color photography, detailed tools and materials lists, hundreds of helpful tips, and modern, time-saving techniques put The Black & Decker Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair in a class by itself. This remarkable book is, quite simply, brighter, more exciting, and more helpful than any comparable book on the marke… More >>
The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair: 2000 Color How-To Photos

Decorating, Accessories and accents, Additions, Alcoves, Amercan Styles, Antiques, Apartment living, Arches, etc…. More >>
The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement Vol.1

If you have the proper tools, you have a much better chance of getting every home improvement job done right. With this essential guide by tool expert Sandor Nagyszalanczy, homeowners can find out exactly what tool they need, how to ask for it at the hardware store — and how to use it when they get home. The Homeowner’s Ultimate Tool Guide features 14 tool kits — including suggestions for plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, and car repair. It offers professional advice on how to choose tools and how to use them for better results, features over 400 color photos, and is an invaluable reference for any homeowner — especially those who are assembling tool kits for the first time…. More >>
The Homeowner’s Ultimate Tool Guide: Choosing the Right Tool for Every Home Improvement Job

Expert advice on essential home improvements tasks, including paionting, wallpapering, tiling, laying new floors, carpentry skills, security, repairs and maintaining your home…. More >>
DIY and Home Improvements Handbook: A Complete Step-by-Step Manual with Over 800 Photos and Diagrams

This newly revised title is an update of a all-time best seller. This new edition has been expanded to cover more than 200 of the most common repairs faced by homeowners.
This comprehensive home improvement title covers a broad range of common repairs, from fixing a leaky faucet or replacing a receptacle to making major roof repairs. You’ll find sections on plumbing, electrical wiring, windows and doors, walls and ceilings, floors, exterior home repairs, home security and maintaining HVAC systems. Readers will also find information on contemporary products, such as pressure-assisted toilets, heat pumps, and remote security devices such as motion sensors and keyless door locks.
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Black & Decker: Everyday Home Repairs