--For dummies

Lighthearted approach to politics, using a simple style, cartoons, and humorous icons to present serious information about the political process in the United States. Includes an overview of the system and information on how to communicate with politicians, political parties, campaigns, and the ten commandments of politics, as well as the ten most common political mistakes.

Contains clear explanations on all aspects of statistics including techniques, formulas, and calculations.

Relates the history of Australia, covering the Aboriginal Australians, European settlement, gold rush, nationhood, impact of the World Wars, and to the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Personal Finance for Dummies offers sound and practical advice for those who want to get control over their personal financial lives. Author Eric Tyson points out the most common mistakes that we all make in our approach to money and prescribes ways to save and invest for a secure future. Using worksheets, the book helps you to measure your own financial health by looking at factors such as how much debt you carry, your savings rate, as well as investment and insurance checkups. The book looks at how you should invest your retirement account, approach taxes, and provides a good overview on how to buy real estate.

Offers advice on buying, riding, and caring for a horse and examining horse appearance and behavior; provides background on the human/horse relationship; evaluates the pros and cons of horse ownership; and discusses equipment, apparel, grooming, veterinary care, the mount and dismount, competitions, and other related topics.

Explore the profound history and modern practice of Hinduism. This friendly guide gives you the lowdown on the core beliefs and values shared by Hindus and the diverse deities and practices that represent them.

A comprehensive guide to building Web pages by using HTML, XHTML, and CSS that covers formatting, style, integrating scripts, linking to online resources, finding and using images, working with forms, and other related topics.

A guide for four key web technologies, showing how they work together to create web services, validate web forms, and set up a members-only site, and covering PHP, MySQL, Javascript & HTML5.

Explains the fundamentals of investing, covering stocks, bonds, and Wall Street, real estate, small businesss, and investing resources, with discussion of obstacles to conquer, things to consider when selling an investment, and tips for investing in a down market.

Contains facts and statistics about the voyage and sinking of the "Titanic"; includes accounts of other sea disasters and information on how the ship was built, what caused it to sink, how the wreckage was found, and other related topics.