Feb 242012
 

Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual: Completely Revised and Updated

Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual: Completely Revised and Updated

Since 1973 over 10 million copies of Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual have been sold. And now, the definitive “on-the-job” manual has just gotten bigger and better than ever. The editors of Reader’s Digest and The Family Handyman magazine have joined forces to completely revise, update, rewrite, and redesign this home improvement classic. This edition combines the best elements of the original manuals with The Family Handyman’s rich informational and photographic archives, new illustrations and ph

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The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

  • Size : 20.32 x 14.48 x 2.04 cm

Now you can write your own bestseller!

With The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, you’re the author, illustrator, and main character. Filled with loads of interactive pages and plenty of space to write your own life’s story, this book is all you need to create your masterpiece. Whatever you do, make sure you put it someplace safe after you finish. Because when you’re rich and famous, this thing is going to be worth a fortune.

Includes more than 60 new pages! 32 pages of full-color co

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  6 Responses to “Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual: Completely Revised and Updated”

  1. 47 of 47 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Just buy it. Period., November 14, 2009
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    ProfWombat (Andover, Massachusetts USA) –

    This review is from: Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual: Completely Revised and Updated (Hardcover)

    The 1973 version was one of the first things I bought when moving from a NY City apartment, where maintenance involved calling the super, to a 220 year old house previously owned by a succession of people who did it themselves and thought they knew what they were doing. Every time a tradesman walked into our basement, his eyes would light up, and a sly smile would flash over his otherwise imperturbable countenance. I had no skills whatever at that point.

    We had no money at all to hire these guys. So within a couple of years, I’d replaced the entire hot water circulating baseboards, most of the supply plumbing, a whole lot of knob-and-tube wiring, added GFCIs, put in new cartridge circulators north of the boiler, and replaced the hot water heater. Among other things: windows, doors, toilets, on and on. Like the morning on the day we were leaving for Kazakstan, and I went into the basement to find a new pinhole leak that I fixed within the hour so we could make our plane without shutting off the water to the whole house.

    This book saved me, conservatively, $15-20,000, and an enormous amount of aggravation. And the house became mine in a way it wouldn’t have had someone else done all the work. The revision makes it better. Just buy the damned thing. Even if all it does for you is let you talk intelligently with a contractor, it’s more than worth it.

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  2. 28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Beats saving all the Handyman Magazines, September 30, 2007
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    R. William Pratt (Virginia) –
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    This review is from: Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual: Completely Revised and Updated (Hardcover)

    This is an excellent “fix it yourself” book that includes many fixes you can find only in The Handyman Magazine. The magazine is a top-notch periodical, in my opinion, for guys like me – mediocre at making everyday fixes to common problems around the home. This is the latest upadate I could find, and for the price, it was an excellent deal. For all you do-it-yourselfers who have two left hands, and for indepent women who need to economize, this is an a very good book. Covers most every day maintenance and repair stuff that comes up when you least expect and need a fairl quick, but easy and inexpensive fix. I’d buy this one again.

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  3. 58 of 69 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Very good!, February 22, 2006
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    Guy Chamberlin (Ottawa, IL USA) –
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    This review is from: Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual: Completely Revised and Updated (Hardcover)

    This do-it-yourself book is very good. It is an excellent resource for the homeowner with some to many handyman skills. My first complaint is that several projects are way beyond the capacity of the weekend home-warrior. Secondly, many of the instructions are not detailed enough. You are forced to figure out internal steps to procedures on your own. I have the original 1973 edition, and its new look and upgrade is amazing. It is a book I wouldn’t do without.

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  4. 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    My Kids Love it!, May 20, 2011
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    S. O’Donnell (Kalispell, MT) –
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    This review is from: The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (Hardcover)

    Like virtually every other kid on the planet, my 9-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter both LOVE the Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney. My son hates art – hates it – so I didn’t think he’d like the Do-it-Yourself version. I was so wrong. Not only does he love it, but he’ll sit for ages trying to draw a “just right” picture. When he’s not around, I’ll catch my daughter sneaking the book to her bedroom (I am NOT making this up). When she sees me, she says, “I’ll just do one. He won’t like this one, Mom, I promise.” It’s adorable. I plan to buy her one of her own.

    If your kids are on the Wimpy Kid bandwagon, don’t pass this one up. It still has lots of reading, but it has plenty of writing/drawing opportunities that will hook even art haters.

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  5. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Hours of FUN!!, December 10, 2012
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    E. Howard (DFW, TX) –
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    This review is from: The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (Hardcover)

    My 7 year old son was obsessed with filling out this entire book. We had to MAKE him put it down to do anything else! He loves the book series and this one was even more fun for him. I highly recommend!

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  6. 23 of 31 people found the following review helpful
    3.0 out of 5 stars
    activity book for those who like the Wimpy Kid books, June 15, 2011
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    This review is from: The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (Hardcover)

    This is not a book just to sit down and read through but an activity book or a journal. However, the very first page says, “Whatever you do, just make sure you don’t write down your `feelings’ in here. Because one thing’s for sure: This is NOT a diary.” There are all kinds of activities in which the readers can make lists, answer questions about various topics, make their own comics, draw pictures, and such like. Plus, the end contains 46 blank, lined pages with the instructions, “Use the rest of this book to keep a daily journal, write a novel, draw comic strips, or tell your life story.”

    When The Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which tells the story of Greg Heffley, his family, and his friends, first came out, I heard about it but did not read it because it didn’t sound as if it would appeal to me. Later, I was sent a copy of one of the sequels (#5, The Ugly Truth) to review, and my reading of it confirmed my earlier opinion that this kind of book is just not my cup of tea. However, the books are immensely popular with many children, so youngsters who do like “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series might well enjoy the activities in this book. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book was first published in 2008, but the updated edition is expanded with more than sixty new pages, and has 32 pages of full-color comics, including sixteen brand-new. It is designed to inspire creative expression and encourage reluctant readers.

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