Read it cover to cover or use it as a go-to reference manual on electronics and hardware design—either way, this book is an indispensable compendium of all the practical stuff they don’t teach in engineering school. Put your entry-level electrical knowledge to use and build elegant hardware that works on the first try. A uniquely practical guide, this book teaches you the things most engineers learn only through experience—with an emphasis on explaining the reasoning behind each method in order to ensure your designs are driven by insight, not blind rule-following. It’s also packed with hundreds of highly useful tricks and techniques that speed up workflow and save hardware designers time and money.  You’ll learn the entire process for developing a device—from conceiving an idea to the final schematic, including prototyping, selecting components, layout, fabrication, assembly, working with suppliers, cost-engineering, regulatory testing, and even troubleshooting when things go wrong.

Writing is Easy comes as a two-fold tool for writers. One aspect of the book devotes itself as a teaching tool. Writers are encouraged to pursue publication through the Rogues Gallery Writers' example of making things happen as well as showing writers how the authors came up with their inspirations, characters and plot twists. The other major aspect of Writing is Easy comes from its fiction. The stories within will entertain writers and readers alike, lending the book a fun side to compliment the analytical look at how great writer's groups and stories are built.

Full of humorous anecdotes and tongue-in-cheek advice, Motherhood Is Easy is an enjoyable escape for any mom who's ever wondered if she is the only person in history to drag her shoeless child through a Wal-Mart, breastfeed her infant at a muggy truckstop or utter "Because I said so," despite promising herself to never use that phrase. From housekeeping advice to tips on traveling with children to cautionary tales of public embarrassment, Motherhood Is Easy is all about encouraging moms to laugh out loud at the hilarious lunacy of childrearing.