Birds and butterflies, ferns and frogs, mushrooms and mantra rays, seashells and salamanders---this 576 page book includes more than 2,000 plants and animals of all types. Spanning the land from Florida to the Northwest Territories, it embraces field forest, pond, and prairie--all the natural communities that make our North American flora and fauna so splendidly diverse.

"North American Wildlife" is both a valuable at-home reference and an extraordinarily usable guide to the most common and conspicuous wild plants and animals of our continent. Specially planned for quick and easy identification, it far surpasses other guides in so many ways.

Want to know more about Facebook and Twitter? How about how to sell your unused items on eBay? Want to create your own letterhead or put together a baby book? With "How to Do (Just About) Anything on a Computer," you'll be able to do all those things and more.
Organized in four sections, the book takes you from your initial computer set-up to creating your own iTunes account. Each chapter follows a similar step-by-step illustrated format so you will always feel as if you have an instructor at your side. Based on Windows 7, the latest Microsoft operating system, the instructions include screen shots to guide you every step of the way. As you progress from section to section, you will learn about: "You and your computer"-Learn how to set up your computer-from firewalls to virus protection. "Practical Home Projects"-Choose from 37 practical projects, including how to create a recipe database, design your own address labels, and set up a family budget spreadsheet. "The Internet"-Learn how to send and receive e-mail securely, share files, and scan documents. "Troubleshooting"-Don't panic, a wide range of easy-to-follow solutions to common problems is provided in this section.

We all have household projects that we keep putting off because we don't quite know how to go about doing them or we simply don't have the time. Now, Trade Secrets can help you shorten your to-do list by teaching you how to complete those projects quickly, safely and effectively. This book will walk you through big projects and also provide tips and tricks that will make the jobs simpler. The tips and techniques include:
Putting together a kit of essential tools Tips on basic wall repair Understand how to choose and install proper blinds How to repair holes in plaster How to hang a heavy picture Tips for sanding a large area How to build a home theater system The basics of upholstery Common exterior paint problems and solutions How to sharpen a mower blade Fixing a sluggish garage door Understand how to choose and install proper blinds

Next time you have a project to do around the house, just check Trade Secrets for the proper procedure to follow, tools to use and tricks to speed and improve your work. You'll be done in no time and your house will look better than ever.

This collection of laugh-out-loud jokes, one-liners, and other lighthearted glimpses of life-drawn from "Reader's Digest" magazine's most popular humor columns-is sure to tickle the funny bone. Packed with more than 1,000 jokes, anecdotes, cartoons, quotes, and stories contributed by professional comedians, joke writers, and readers of the magazine, this side-splitting compilation pokes fun at the facts and foibles of daily routines, illustrating that life is often funnier than fiction
Did you hear about the Broadway actor who broke through the floorboards? He was just going through a stage What did the ill comic say in the hospital? "I'm here...all weak " Charles Dickens walks into a bar and orders a martini. The bartender asks, "Olive or twist?" Posted in a dental office: "Be kind to your dentist. He has fillings too." "The main advantage of being famous is that when you bore people at dinner parties, they think it is their fault." -Henry Kissinger, Nobel Peace Prize, 1973 As Groucho Marx once said, "A laugh is like an aspirin, only it works twice as fast."

More than 600 jokes, gags and laugh lines, Drawn from one of the most popular features of Reader's Digest magazine, this collection of jokes, one-liners, and other lighthearted glimpses of life is just what the doctor ordered.

This guide is written for South Africans and was compiled in conjunction with some of the country's leading crime-fighters. The police, legal experts, self-defence specialists, family violence counsellors and many others have pooled their experience to help readers protect themselves and their loved ones from crime.

This volume offers the reader all the guidance necessary to choose suitable plants so the garden looks good, no matter what the season.

Exploring a typical life-cycle from birth to death, and illustrating each individual section with unusual and remarkable stories, this book follows nature through life in a chronological format, stopping off at various landmark points to investigate how and why things happen as they do. Several widely-varying examples illustrate each spread, which focuses on one aspect of living. The courtship section, for example, is represented by the spectacular birds of paradise, chimpanzees and the bush cricket, whilst birth and the early years focuses on the nanny-like behaviour of dolphins, the family rituals of the gorilla, the gravity-defying fruit bat, and the community-based behaviour of the elephant. A cross-reference system enables topics to be followed up in depth.

The ultimate stitch-and-seam reference book for both beginners and seasoned sewers includes thousands of illustrations and diagrams for each stage of the sewing process. In this updated edition, sewers will find:
20 new modern projects from Simplicity(r) patterns; includes updated photographs Instructions for making smart trousers, traditional curtains, a light summer dress, kids' clothes, a beach towel, patchwork bag, and more Tips on how to select the right equipment, choose the perfect fabric, and use the right technique for every project Foolproof ways to discover the perfect pattern size and how to incorporate only the most flattering design details