"Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a carpenter. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included"--Provided by publisher.
"Alberto, the town's coffin maker, and Tito, a runaway boy, both lonely after suffering tragic losses, learn the power of friendship as they try to escape the shadows of their pasts"--Provided by publisher.
Learn what is required to get a set ready for opening night, and how job skills developed on the stage can translate into a career that is always in high demand.
"Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a carpenter. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.".
On a Caribbean island during the colonial period, a governor seeks to find a feat for which he will be remembered. He enlists the help of a carpenter to cut down all of the island's trees and build a tower tall enough to reach the moon.
Presents in his own words Nick Offerman's thoughts on a variety of topics, such as manliness, religion, comedy, wooing women, woodworking, grilling meat, and outdoor activities.
Nina MacLaughlin spent her twenties working at a Boston newspaper, sitting behind a desk and staring at a screen. Yearning for more tangible work, she applied for a job she saw on Craigslist?Carpenter?s Assistant: Women strongly encouraged to apply?despite being a Classics major who couldn't tell a Phillips from a flathead screwdriver. She got the job, and in Hammer Head she tells the rich and entertaining story of becoming a carpenter.
