handbooks, manuals, etc

Through learning how to create simple to complex tools in Minecraft, students will get a look at the history of tools while also gaining an essential understanding about the history of human inventiveness.

A guide to basic home repair and maintenance that explains the skills and techniques used in carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electricity, and other building trades and provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of topics related to home care.

Aspiring master builders can make amazing structures that push the limits of the imagination with this interactive, step-by-step guide. From theaters to bridges, every masterpiece here is based on a real construction. Travel to five continents to erect an African palace, an Asian pagoda, a European clock tower, an Australian beach hut, an American diner-and, for a world-class difficult project, an entire mountain village. You'll get plenty of tricks and tips from expert Minecrafters to help you improve your skills, along with enough fun facts and trivia to delight any Minecraft fan!.

This updated guidebook presents the latest information about the legendary and mythical Pok?mon . . . describing each character's statistics, fighting styles, and the best way to catch them.

Introduces the game, outlines basic features, and describes such elements as hostile mobs, naturally generated structures, and biomes.

"This new companion series is designed to help readers discover new ideas, connections, and secrets embedded throughout the books and explore them in a whole new way. For each chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, readers will find information gathered from a multitude of official sources, including a timeline that puts everything into an easily envisioned context. Readers will discover helpful information about characters, events, artifacts, and more. Insights and analysis drawn from the hosts and guests of the podcast starts a reader of the companion on their journey of their own analysis"--Amazon.

"Covering every era and over 650 artists, this comprehensive, illustrated guide offers an accessible yet expansive view of art history, featuring everything from iconic works and lesser-known gems to techniques and themes."-- Publisher marketing.

"A . . . guide to the wizards, sorcerers, and other magic-makers from the . . . role-playing game--Dungeons & Dragons?. Featuring . . . illustrations and . . . insights, [this book] shines its torchlight on the mystical side of D&D, with descriptions of the game's essential magical characters and explanations of how spells are created and used. If you're eager to create your own D&D adventures, this guidebook provides . . . [a] starting point to worlds of fantasy and an epic tale all your own"--Back cover.

"This illustrated guide transports new players to the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons and presents a one-of-a-kind course on the unusual creatures, from the minuscule to the massive, that fill the fantastic world of the game. This guide features easy-to-follow and entertaining explanations of where to find each beast, their strange abilities and magical powers, and how to defeat them, along with amazing illustrations that will ignite your imagination. Organized by size from small to large, bigger and more dangerous monsters are introduced with every turn of the page"--Provided by publisher.

A guide to tracking big and small animals over different types of terrain.