This best-selling comprehensive guide lists the calorie, protein, carbohydrate, fat, fiber, sodium, and cholesterol contents of thousands of common American generic and brand-name foods, which are listed alphabetically. Fast food items, such as McDonald's infamous Big Mac, are included.
With practical advice and conversation "cheat sheets," Fine reveals techniques and strategies to help readers feel more comfortable in any type of social situation.
This rhetoric with readings offers a balanced emphasis on both the writing process and the final, written product. With the thought that students must learn to identify their own process, revision is emphasized with a range of strategies. Many procedures for idea generation, organizing, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading are presented ...
"A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers: Strategies and Process" is a brief rhetoric and reference for academic and business writers that provides over 280 specific writing strategies for solving problems at every stage of the writing process - from idea generation through editing. The book's practical approach not only helps writers with the broad ...
This bible of the piano marketplace is indispensable to buyers and owners of pianos, amateur and professional players alike. Hundreds of thousands of pianos are bought and sold each year, yet most people buy a piano with only the vaguest idea of what to look for as they make this major purchase. The Piano Book evaluates and compares every brand ...
"Patterns for a Purpose" emphasizes the rhetorical patterns as strategies to help writers achieve their purposes for writing. The text focuses on how writers combine patterns and treats argumentation-persuasion, in depth.
If you are planning a new kitchen, remodelling an old one, or just trying to decide what type of cabinets and countertop you want to build and install, this text offers professional advice from designer and builders on how to: design a functional and accessible kitchen; remodel your kitchen to your family's needs, choose, build and install quality ...
Framing roofs can be one of the most challenging jobs in carpentry because of the difficult angles and intersections involved. Master carpenters explain the techniques they use to lay out, design and build all kinds of residential roofs. This illustrated title is divided into 15 chapters and includes information on how to plan and build gable ...
Storage is a top priority for homeowners and builders alike, and this selection of articles from the editors of Fine Homebuilding magazine provides inspiring ideas, helpful case studies, and key construction details for a range of storage solutions throughout the house. Closets, entertainment centers, built-in hutches, bookcases, room dividers, ...
Basic Chess Endings , written by International Grandmaster Reuben Fine, is the most authoritative reference on the endgame. Serious students of the game find the work unmatched in its depth and range. Now, Grandmaster Pal Benko has revised this classic with the latest innovations in the endgame and adapted the book to algebraic notation. The ...
Exposing the mind's deceptions and exploring how the mind defends and glorifies the ego, Dr. Fine illustrates the brain's tendency to self-delusion, whether it be hindsight bias, wishful thinking, unrealistic optimism, or moral excuse-making.
NPR's Rural Guy vows to give up modern conveniences to move to a ranch in New Mexico where he'll grow all his own food--never mind that he has no practical experience or mechanical skills. This is both a hilarious account and an inspiring call to action for anyone who wants to live greener.
"Designing and Managing the Supply Chain, 3/e" provides state-of-the-art models, concepts, and solution methods that are important for the design, control, operation, and management of supply chain systems. In particular, the authors attempt to convey the intuition behind many key supply chain concepts and to provide simple techniques that can be ...
Stairway design and construction is considered a cornerstone of homebuilding. To address this important topic, "Building Stairs contains design, fabrication, and installation information for a wide variety of options, from simple, site-built utility staircases to elaborate spirals.
Bringing together original research and heartfelt advice, "Touched by Suicide" addresses this emotional topic in a unique way. Though previous authors have written books with a theoretical or diagnostic approach, Myers and Fine have created a truly realistic, personal work regarding suicide and its aftermath.
Its an undeniable principle of business today that the forces of technological and management change can quickly knock an industry leader off their pedestal, to be replaced by a more innovative or savvy competitor. In order to survive, let alone thrive, companies must be able to anticipate and adapt to change, or face rapid, brutal extinction. In ...
More than just a Board review for USMLE Steps 2 and 3, "Blueprints Pediatrics, Fourth Edition" can help you during clerkship rotations and subinternship. This popular "Blueprints" book has been refined and updated while keeping its concise, organized style, clinical high-yield content, and student-friendly features. This edition includes a new ...
This book is an entertaining and invaluable culinary reference for cooks of all skill levels. It brings together a wealth of kitchen-tested tips and hints, quick fixes and proven kitchen techniques originally published in the pages of "Fine Cooking" magazine. The Handy Kitchen Techniques section illustrates step-by-step 42 basic preparation ...
With clear text, appealing cartoons and a focus on common grammatical errors and how to rectify them, this volume should prove useful in companies, universities and to those seeking a user-friendly guide to style and usage.
Foundation work is not glamorous, but it is the work upon which all other work rests, so a good foundation is critical to every home. No source of knowledge on foundations and concrete work is better respected or more widely followed than that provided by the authors of Fine Homebuilding magazine. This latest edition from the editors of "Fine ...
The novice chess player faces a huge hurdle when confronted with the quantity of theory available on the openings. Reuben Fine explains the essential concepts and plans for each opening, so that the beginner can learn and understand the openings without being confused by a host of variations. Reuben Fine is an American Grandmaster, several times ...
"Fine Cooking" magazine is an essential tool for people who love to cook. This second annual volume is sure to become an essential reference in every cook's library. A culinary celebration of a year's worth of recipes, this book is overflowing with delicious and surefire dishes: appetisers, soups, sandwiches, pastas, all manner of main courses, ...
"Symbols, Selves, and Social Reality" introduces students to the symbolic interactionist perspective in sociology. This book differs from other texts on interactionism in several important respects. First, it offers a stronger empirical focus, linking discussions of the central ideas and premises of symbolic interactionism to pertinent research, ...
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