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2006 International Residential Code - Softcover Version (International Residential Code)2006 International Residential Code - Softcover Version (International Residential Code)
Best Price: $69.23
If you are acting as a contractor on your home or garage project, then this book is invaluable...
Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2006 International Building Code (Building Codes Illustrated)Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2006 International Building Code (Building Codes Illustrated)
Best Price: $27.20
This came as a companion with the Building Code book that we purchased and we are finding it...
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Third Edition, Completely Revised, Expanded and UpdatedThe Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Third Edition, Completely Revised, Expanded and Updated
Best Price: $27.51
Reading this book will shorten any sailor's learning curve. It covers all aspects of the sport....
Handy Farm Devices: And How to Make ThemHandy Farm Devices: And How to Make Them
Best Price: $7.47
If you like "old school" technology or "low tech", this is the book for you....
Critical Listening Skills for Audio ProfessionalsCritical Listening Skills for Audio Professionals
Best Price: $30.30
I am currently a student in mediaproduction and not too apt in the field of audio. Often I would...


2006 International Plumbing Code - Softcover Version (International Plumbing Code)2006 International Plumbing Code - Softcover Version (International Plumbing Code)
Best Price: $57.00
Hey people, aren't computers smart? Amazon wants me to review a code book. What the f@#$. It's...
Master Handbook of AcousticsMaster Handbook of Acoustics
Best Price: $20.90
this book is an excellent overview and introspection into the world of usable acoustics. it...
2006 International Building Code - Looseleaf Version (International Building Code (Looseleaf))2006 International Building Code - Looseleaf Version (International Building Code (Looseleaf))
Best Price: $96.76
the book is required for much work. It is a shame that they have to charge so much for a...
Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition)Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $24.50
I found it a very interesting book to read but it didn't give as much of concrete situation...
The Morrow Guide to KnotsThe Morrow Guide to Knots
Best Price: $4.15
I was an eagle scout and fisherman in my time so far. I love this book. I read and practice...


2006 International Energy Conservation Code - Softcover Version (International Energy Conservation Code (Paper))2006 International Energy Conservation Code - Softcover Version (International Energy Conservation Code (Paper))
Best Price: $27.60
The 2006 International Energy Conservation Code encourages energy conservation through...
Sailboat Hull and Deck Repair (International Marine Sailboat Library)Sailboat Hull and Deck Repair (International Marine Sailboat Library)
Best Price: $13.09
Style wise, this is the opposite of The Sailmaker's Apprentice by Marino. This is not a book to...
Quick and Easy Boat Maintenance: 1,001 Time-Saving TipsQuick and Easy Boat Maintenance: 1,001 Time-Saving Tips
Best Price: $3.77
I bought this book used on Amazon and found it to be extremely helpful. Granted, my boat is not...
Mercruiser Stern Drive, 1964-1991 (Seloc Marine Tune-Up and Repair Manuals)Mercruiser Stern Drive, 1964-1991 (Seloc Marine Tune-Up and Repair Manuals)
Best Price: $20.89
This is a very useful and informative manual. I will continue to use it for years to come.
Storm Tactics Handbook: Modern Methods of Heaving-To for Survival in Extreme ConditionsStorm Tactics Handbook: Modern Methods of Heaving-To for Survival in Extreme Conditions
Best Price: $19.95
The authors give their opinion. It can be discussed but they support it by many examples. I was...

The Strip-Built Sea Kayak: Three Rugged, Beautiful Boats You Can BuildThe Strip-Built Sea Kayak: Three Rugged, Beautiful Boats You Can Build
Best Price: $5.23
I have learned all the needed information required to build a Strip kayak. Yet! the kayak...
Understanding Weather and Climate (4th Edition)Understanding Weather and Climate (4th Edition)
Best Price: $45.74
I liked this book alot when I was in climatology. It isn't longwinded and is explained in plain...
Introduction to Engineering Experimentation (2nd Edition)Introduction to Engineering Experimentation (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $117.99
I'm doing an Engr. Experimentation course and I found this to be extremely helpful. Helps you...
The Complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional RiggingThe Complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging
Best Price: $14.65
There's no reason not to buy this book, but a lot of them to buy it. Especially if you are into...
Devlin's Boatbuilding: How to Build Any Boat the Stitch-and-Glue WayDevlin's Boatbuilding: How to Build Any Boat the Stitch-and-Glue Way
Best Price: $13.16
This is one of the best how to books I've ever read. It is very clearly written and covers...

The Art of WarThe Art of War
Best Price: $1.00
My review title says it all. Yeah it's a good and even famous book. But how does this book apply...
Building Small BoatsBuilding Small Boats
Best Price: $25.05
Building Small Boats 'Building Small Boats' by Roessel is an excellent overview and essential...
Outboard Engines: Maintenance, Troubleshooting and RepairOutboard Engines: Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Repair
Best Price: $6.28
In reading over Boating Magazine's Outboard engines, I found the book to be very excellent for...
Canoecraft: An Illustrated Guide to Fine Woodstrip ConstructionCanoecraft: An Illustrated Guide to Fine Woodstrip Construction
Best Price: $11.93
I am female, I built the redbird 20 yrs ago. It is the most awesome paddle. It has been to...
Ship Modeling from Stem to SternShip Modeling from Stem to Stern
Best Price: $8.99
I bought this book for my husband, and it was exactly what he was looking for. It contains...

Johnson/Evinrude Outboards, 1-2 Cylinders, 1971-89 (Seloc's Johnson/Evinrude Outboard Tune-Up and Repair Manual)Johnson/Evinrude Outboards, 1-2 Cylinders, 1971-89 (Seloc's Johnson/Evinrude Outboard Tune-Up and Repair Manual)
Best Price: $20.89
This book helped me rebuild a broken outboard w/o any prior knowledge. Well worth its weight in...
The Craft of the Japanese SwordThe Craft of the Japanese Sword
Best Price: $26.25
An excellent book. It has all you need to know to either understand the craft of the sword or to...
Atmospheric Science, Volume 92, Second Edition: An Introductory Survey (International Geophysics)Atmospheric Science, Volume 92, Second Edition: An Introductory Survey (International Geophysics)
Best Price: $45.00
This is a truly well-written book; introducing the major concepts of atmospheric science in a...
How To Restore Classic Farmall Tractors: The Ultimate Do-it-Yourself Guide to Rebuilding and RestoringHow To Restore Classic Farmall Tractors: The Ultimate Do-it-Yourself Guide to Rebuilding and Restoring
Best Price: $18.46
I bought this for a friend that is restoring a 1944 Farmall that he drove as a kid. i did quite...
Architectural Acoustics (J. Ross Publishing Classics)Architectural Acoustics (J. Ross Publishing Classics)
Best Price: $33.05
Over the years I have bought two text books on this difficult subject, and never could get past...

Patton: A Biography (Great Generals)Patton: A Biography (Great Generals)
Best Price: $10.96
This concise but authoritative biography of General George S. Patton, Jr. is the perfect text...
How to Build Glued Lapstrake Wooden BoatsHow to Build Glued Lapstrake Wooden Boats
Best Price: $25.05
I am currently building a Merlin Rocket racing sailing dinghy in Italy and I have purchased...
Boatbuilding: A Complete Handbook of Wooden Boat ConstructionBoatbuilding: A Complete Handbook of Wooden Boat Construction
Best Price: $24.28
this one is simple. if you work or are interested in old school wood boats,,then you must have...
The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and RopeworkThe Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework
Best Price: $5.79
A generally informative book, but..... some of the directions refer to diagrams with arrows...
The Naval Officer's Guide Eleventh EditionThe Naval Officer's Guide Eleventh Edition
Best Price: $28.00
A very dry read, but like I said it is NEED TO KNOW INFO if you are going to try to be a Officer...

Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of FoodTomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
Best Price: $23.48
By the year 2050, Earth's population will double. If we continue with current farming practices,...
Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us: Finding Your Way By Eye and ElectronicsBoat Navigation for the Rest of Us: Finding Your Way By Eye and Electronics
Best Price: $5.59
If you travel away from your home port, this book is invaluable. Simple, clear, useful. ...
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project (Quality Paperbacks Series)Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project (Quality Paperbacks Series)
Best Price: $11.83
I found that the hoopla for this book was overrated. Groves' book was not at all what I...
Arrowheads and Projectile Points (Identification & Values (Collector Books))Arrowheads and Projectile Points (Identification & Values (Collector Books))
Best Price: $4.34
Good overall, although only basic pictures, simple text but get the point across. THis book is...
Building the Greenland Kayak : A Manual for Its Contruction and UseBuilding the Greenland Kayak : A Manual for Its Contruction and Use
Best Price: $8.12
This is the basic book everyone shold read to built the wooden kayak. Step by step, piece by...

How to Restore Your Wooden RunaboutHow to Restore Your Wooden Runabout
Best Price: $18.78
An excellent source of info and opinions. Carries on from vol 1 with very little repetition.
How to Build Military Grade SuppressorsHow to Build Military Grade Suppressors
Best Price: $13.79
I bout this book as a refrenece guide so i would understand how suppressors work....
Small-Scale Haymaking (Country Workshop)Small-Scale Haymaking (Country Workshop)
Best Price: $13.83
For those who are undertaking haymaking for the first time, this book offers wise counsel and...
Handbook for Sound Engineers, Third EditionHandbook for Sound Engineers, Third Edition
Best Price: $53.14
yess i'm very happy with this book is a kind of enciclopedia of sound engeneering and is very...
Planking Techniques for Model Ship BuildersPlanking Techniques for Model Ship Builders
Best Price: $8.62
Very bad Poor organized, picture very bad Don't spend you many on this book

Troubleshooting Marine DieselsTroubleshooting Marine Diesels
Best Price: $6.20
This book turned out to be everything it promised. I own a 44' Ocean Alexander yacht with twin...
Handbook of Modern Sensors: Physics, Designs, and Applications (Handbook of Modern Sensors)Handbook of Modern Sensors: Physics, Designs, and Applications (Handbook of Modern Sensors)
Best Price: $67.91
This book is about devices commonly called sensors. Digital systems, however complex and...
Emissions Trading: Principles and PracticeEmissions Trading: Principles and Practice
Best Price: $31.68
First published in 1985, Emissions Trading was a comprehensive review of the first large-scale...
Evinrude/Johnson Outboard Shop Manual 48-235 Hp, 1973 1990 (Clymer Marine Repair Series) (Clymer Marine Repair Series)Evinrude/Johnson Outboard Shop Manual 48-235 Hp, 1973 1990 (Clymer Marine Repair Series) (Clymer Marine Repair Series)
Best Price: $24.99
rcvd in new condition , has saved me a lot of money fixing it myself
U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design HistoryU.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History
Best Price: $40.90
Better diagrams with arrows pointing to features would be most helpful. Photos with overlayed...

Basic Coastal Navigation: An Introduction to PilotingBasic Coastal Navigation: An Introduction to Piloting
Best Price: $18.75
This is a basic introductory textbook for readers who have no previous training in navigation or...
Kayakcraft: Fine Woodstrip Kayak ConstructionKayakcraft: Fine Woodstrip Kayak Construction
Best Price: $12.39
This is a good book, very informative, more techincal than Nick Schade (bought both at the same...
Expedient Homemade Firearms: The 9mm Submachine GunExpedient Homemade Firearms: The 9mm Submachine Gun
Best Price: $12.46
This is one of the many books I have bought in order to more fully understand the design and...
Mercruiser: Stern Drive Shop Manual 1986-1994 : Alpha One, Bravo One, Bravo Two & Bravo ThreeMercruiser: Stern Drive Shop Manual 1986-1994 : Alpha One, Bravo One, Bravo Two & Bravo Three
Best Price: $25.39
Does the job but readers will want to be aware that this manual is about the engine only - 90%...
Evinrude Johnson Outboard Shop Manual: 2-40 Hp 1973-1990 (Includes Electric Motors) (Clymer Marine Repair Series) (Clymer Marine Repair Series)Evinrude Johnson Outboard Shop Manual: 2-40 Hp 1973-1990 (Includes Electric Motors) (Clymer Marine Repair Series) (Clymer Marine Repair Series)
Best Price: $24.99
I needed information about the fuel system on 40 hp Johnson. This manual failed to cover this...

How to Build a Wooden BoatHow to Build a Wooden Boat
Best Price: $22.49
Great book for a beginner. There are a lot of details that require more research, but it's a...
    
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