handbooks, manuals, etc

Uses a question-and-answer format to discuss the most common problems in photography; includes information on the proper equipment, the basic techniques, the best way to take certain shots, and other related topics.

A practical introduction to mutual funds that covers their advantages and disadvantages, choosing funds, building a portfolio and keeping it current, handling taxes, and evaluating information and advice.

Offers guidelines and advice on how to conduct genealogy research online, explaining how to do library research from home, looking at a variety of Internet tools, and including Web site addresses, a list of software programs, and other references.

Provides practical advice and strategies to improve audience engagement and interaction during presentations, offering over ninety tips, and explaining how to establish an interactive tone, use Twitter and text messaging, make eye contact, recover from failed attempts at humor, and more.

Step-by-step instructions and photographs demonstrate how to tie two hundred different kinds of knots.

A guide to digital photography that provides information on choosing the right equipment, mastering simple and complex techniques, using special effects, and other related topics.

Offers practical techniques to room decorating on a budget and illustrates individual design themes.

Defines and explains over seventy types of learning disorders and counterproductive behaviors that can hinder a child's academic progress, listing common symptoms, defining terminology and educational jargon, and describing testing procedures and remediation strategies.

Contains colorful diagrams and step-by-step instructions to create fifty inventions, including a device that turns the pages of a book, and explains the scientific, mechanical, and engineering aspects of each component.

Offers advice to young athletes on how to achieve success in sports while maintaining a balance in other areas of their lives, discussing fitness, nutrition, motivation, health, training, and other topics; and includes a fifty-two week training diary.