There's no place like home! And that's why we're back. Dare to Repair, Replace &amp; Renovate is the sequel to Dare to Repair, the national bestselling home repair book for women. In our first book, we taught you how to fix a leaky faucet. In this book, we teach you how to replace it. In our first book, we showed you how to change the direction of ceiling fan blades. In this book, we show you how to install a new fan. We've gone from basic repairs to easy projects that can make your home more comfortable, more beautiful, and more valuable. We will show you how to: <ul>
<li>Put up a tile backsplash</li> <li>Install a closet system</li> <li>Install a deadbolt lock</li> <li>Replace a medicine cabinet</li> <li>Mount blinds, shades, and shutters</li> <li>Install landscape lighting </li>
</ul> And we provide easy, step-by-step instructions so you can get rid of the things in your home that are making you crazy: <ul>
<li>Ugly chandelier? Gone.</li> <li>Outdated vanity? Out of there.</li> <li>Broken garbage disposal? History.</li> <li>Torn wallpaper? Buh-bye.</li>
</ul>
Incorporating detailed illustrations with witty and encouraging instructions, Dare to Repair, Replace &amp; Renovate will allow you to turn your project wish list into a can-do list.

Dare to Repair, Replace & Renovate: Do-It-Herself Projects to Make Your Home More Comfortable, More Beautiful & More Valuable!

Humor & Entertainment

Julie Sussman

Stephanie Glakas-Tenet

Humor

William Morrow Paperbacks

From the Back Cover\nThe revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement—precision—in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future. 
The rise of manufacturing could not have happened without an attention to precision. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in eighteenth-century England, standards of measurement were established, giving way to the development of machine tools—machines that make machines. 
Simon Winchester takes us back to origins of the Industrial Age, to England where he introduces the scientific minds that helped usher in modern production. Winchester moves forward through time, to today’s cutting-edge developments occurring around the world, from America to Western Europe to Asia.Read by the Author\nThe revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement—precision—in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future. 
The rise of manufacturing could not have happened without an attention to precision. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in eighteenth-century England, standards of measurement were established, giving way to the development of machine tools—machines that make machines. Eventually, the application of precision tools and methods resulted in the creation and mass production of items from guns and glass to mirrors, lenses, and cameras—and eventually gave way to further breakthroughs, including gene splicing, microchips, and the Hadron Collider. 
Simon Winchester takes us back to origins of the Industrial Age, to England where he introduces the scientific minds that helped usher in modern production: John Wilkinson, Henry Maudslay, Joseph Bramah, Jesse Ramsden, and Joseph Whitworth. It was Thomas Jefferson who later exported their discoveries to the fledgling United States, setting the nation on its course to become a manufacturing titan. Winchester moves forward through time, to today’s cutting-edge developments occurring around the world, from America to Western Europe to Asia. 
As he introduces the minds and methods that have changed the modern world, Winchester explores fundamental questions. Why is precision important? What are the different tools we use to measure it? Who has invented and perfected it? Has the pursuit of the ultra-precise in so many facets of human life blinded us to other things of equal value, such as an appreciation for the age-old traditions of craftsmanship, art, and high culture? Are we missing something that reflects the world as it is, rather than the world as we think we would wish it to be? And can the precise and the natural co-exist in society?

The Perfectionists Low Price CD: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

Winchester, Simon

Reference

HarperAudio

Create calming, peaceful spaces in your home with white and neutral tones with the first home decorating book from The White Company, published as this much-loved brand celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary. “The thing about white is that it goes with everything, it is a canvas for life, whoever you are and whatever your tastes. You just can’t beat it.”—Chrissie Rucker 
Whether you live in a tiny city apartment, a rambling country cottage or an elegant town house For the Love of White offers the definitive book on decorating with white and neutral ones. From room schemes for light, bright family kitchens and calming bedrooms to the all-important finishing touches—this is a book to be inspired by again and again. 
Illustrated with specially commissioned photography by leading interiors photographer, Chris Everard and organized into three sections—Country, Town and Coastal—the book provides both the advice and the inspiration needed to transform your home.

For the Love of White: The White and Neutral Home

Arts & Photography

Rucker, Chrissie

History & Criticism

Harper

Launching the Imagination: A Guide to Two-Dimensional Design

Engineering & Transportation

Mary Stewart

Engineering

McGraw-Hill College

This new text for Art Fundamentals courses introduces students to the elements of design in a unique and contemporary context. Launching the Imagination is the only text that explains the practical substance of 2-, 3-, and 4D (or time-based) design. Add to this ground-breaking coverage a detailed discussion of the creative process and you have the first fundamentals text completely written and developed for the 21st century. NOTE: The parts are color coded in Launching as follows: Part 1 (2D) = Red Border, Part 2 = Green Border, Part 3 (3D) = Blue Border, and Part 4 (4D) = Purple Border. Also, Launching the Imagination is available in a 2D (Parts 1 and 2) version as well as a 3D (Parts 2 and 3) version. The 4D coverage is only available in the comprehensive text.

Launching the Imagination, Comprehensive (2-D, 3-D, and 4-D) with CD-ROM

Stewart, Mary

Computers & Technology

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Covering the principles of two-dimensional design, Launching the Imagination: Two-Dimensional Design is the ideal text for instructors seeking a colorful and inexpensive introduction to design elements, color, composition, and organization. The material in volume one is enhanced by a thorough discussion of creativity, critical thinking, and concept development that guides students through the often-challenging process of applying the principles of design to achieve practical goals. A free student CD-ROM that provides a hands-on design tutorial, as well as helpful self-test and review features to ensure student mastery of the text material further supports Launching the Imagination: Two-Dimensional Design.

Launching the Imagination, 2D, with Launching CD-ROM

Graphic Design

Covering the principles of three-dimensional design, Launching the Imagination: Three-Dimensional Design, is the ideal text for instructors seeking a colorful and inexpensive introduction to design elements, composition, and organization. The material in volume two is enhanced by a thorough discussion of creativity, critical thinking, and concept development that guides students through the often-challenging process of applying the principles of design to achieve practical goals. A free student CD-ROM that provides a hands-on design tutorial, as well as helpful self-test and review features to ensure student mastery of the text material further supports Launching the Imagination: Three-Dimensional Design.

Launching the Imagination, 3D, with Lauching CD-ROM

Launching the Imagination treats design as both a verb and a noun—as both a process and a product. Design is deliberate—a process of exploring multiple solutions and choosing the most promising option. Through an immersion in 2-D, 3-D, and 4-D concepts, students are encouraged to develop methods of thinking visually that will serve them throughout their studies and careers.
Building on strengths of the previous four editions, Launching the Imagination, 5e, is even more: •Concise. Every sentence has been refined, so that maximum content can be communicated as clearly and concisely as possible. •Colorful. In addition to full-color throughout the book, the writing livelier than that in most textbooks. Analogies are often used to expand communication, and every visual example has been carefully selected for maximum impact. •Comprehensive. LTI is the only foundational text will full sections devoted to Critical and Creative Thinking and to Time-based Design. Photo program is global, represents a myriad of stylistic approaches, and prominently features design and media arts as well as more traditional art forms. •Contemporary. Over half of the visual examples now represent artworks completed since 1970, and over 120 of the artworks now date from 2000 to the present. •Compelling. Four new Applied Creativity interviews have been added to this edition. With at least four visual examples per interview, this new feature follows the process by which leading artists and designers have developed their artworks. In Chapter 5 designer Steve Quinn describes the seven-step sequence he uses in developing websites, logos, and motion graphics. In Chapter 6, Jim Elniski describes Greenhouse Chicago, an adaptive re-use home that is both highly energy-efficient and beautiful. In Chapter 7, Kendall Buster describes stages in the completion of a complex sculpture, from preliminary drawing to installation. In Chapter 8, painter Carrie Ann Baade discusses the sources of her images and four major steps in their development. Five artist Profiles have also been retained from previous editions: Illustrator Bob Dacey, painter Suzanne Stryk, metalsmith Marilyn da Silva, ceramicist David MacDonald, and composer Michael Remson. Up to eight additional interviews can be added to through custom editions. Working together, the Applied Creativity interviews and the Profiles give students direct access to a wonderful range of practicing artists and designers. • 82 new images have been added, representing major artists and designers including Janet Echelman, Kendall Buster, Lilian Garcia-Roig, Michael Mazur, Matthew Ritchie, Sarah Sze, Mark Tansey, Niklaus Troxler, Leo Villareal, Richard Wilson, and Yayoi Kausama.

Launching The Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide To Basic Design

McGraw-Hill Humanities Social

Designed for courses in Creativity, Two-, Three- or Four-Dimensional Design, Launching the Imagination offers a comprehensive framework on which students, teachers, and administrators can build. The approach in this third edition is refined, distilled, and updated, using over 600 examples drawn from traditional and contemporary sources. Interviews of artists and designers, known as Profiles, introduce students to working processes, career choices, and criteria for excellence from a remarkable group of masters. Launching the Imagination is available in a comprehensive volume treating 2D design, Creativity and Problem-solving, 3D design, and time-based (4D) design; or in split volumes containing either 2D or 3D design, plus the material on Creativity and Problem-solving. This edition of Launching the Imagination moves the content of the Core Concepts in Art CD-ROM to the Online Learning Center. With free access, this website, which engages students interactively with the elements and principles of art through numerous interactive exercises, has been re-organized and expanded.

Launching the Imagination: A Guide to Two-Dimensional Design, 2nd Edition

Launching the Imagination: A Guide to Three-Dimensional Design, 2nd Edition

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