The everything series

Presents over 25,000 names for boys and girls, including selections from European, African, Asian, and Native American traditions, each with origins and meanings, nicknames, and variations; and includes advice for prospective parents on how to choose just the right name for their new baby.

A guide to playing the guitar that provides information on reading music, the basic techniques and cords, famous guitar styles, creating a home recording studio, and other related topics.

Presents an introduction to the game of soccer, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on its rules, describing key techniques, presenting winning drills, and offering tips for excelling at the game.

An introduction to songwriting that provides tips and information on finding and developing song ideas, formulating a catchy rhyme scheme, incorporating unique phrasing, creating colorful imagery, getting compositions into the right hands, and other related topics.

A guide to dog training that provides tips and strategies for controlling unwanted behavior, housebreaking, using a clicker, walking on a leash, and teaching a dog different tricks.

Explains how people can tap into their inner powers and discover their psychic abilities and discusses various psychic phenomena, including ESP, deja vu, chakras, external clairaudient development, and near-death experiences.

Explores the truth behind some of history's most persistent lies, myths, and amazing stories; tracing the source of modern urban legends, entertainment intrigues, consumer frauds, and folk heroes.

A guide to researching family trees on the Internet, explaining how to find information using several types of resources, describing related Web sites, and providing tips on important aspects of online family research.

Presents a guide to Spanish pronunciation and grammar, and features Spanish translations and pronunciations for words and phrases related to introductions, transportation, lodging, dining, shopping, business transactions, time, weather, and other topics.