handbooks, manuals, etc

Provides an overview of the history of the gay rights movement since the mid-twentieth century, examines its main issues and international scale, contains brief biographical sketches of individuals involved, and includes documents dealing with the status of gay and lesbian rights as well as a list of print and electronic resources.

A guide for parents and teachers to help them organize artistic workshops for children.

Contains color photographs and step-by-step directions for making YouTube videos to share online. Includes a glossary of terms.

Provides a quick reference guide for electricians to use to troubleshoot problems while on the job site. Includes charts, tables, and diagrams.

A comprehensive guide to plumbing for common repairs in the home along with skills, techniques, and dozens of projects from fixing a faucet or replacing a toilet.

Features over forty carpentry projects for outdoors from a simple bench to garden bridges. Includes step-by-step instructions, detailed materials lists, and color photographs.

Showcases the carpentry and furniture-making projects of the author and her family, offering stories behind each project along with material lists and step-by-step instructions for crafting them.

Twelve teens and a young adult who are living with attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder describe what it is like to have the conditions, and offer practical coping strategies. Includes an update of eleven of the teens ten years after giving the original interviews.

Provides guidelines and examples for research paper writing, covering topic selection, library and Internet research, the thesis, outlines, note-taking, the rough draft, revision, and the MLA, APA, and Chicago (CMS) systems of documentation, and includes three sample papers containing documentation.