Caravan Survival Guide is a completely revised and updated edition of the definitive guide to caravan travelling. Author John Basham shares his detailed knowledge to help you deal with the multiple challenges of touring in your caravan. Driving skills, troubleshooting and maintenance are all covered using case studies, checklists, hints, tips and cautions, while full-colour photographs bring the subject to life. In paperback for easy in-caravan reference, this is the book every caravanner needs before they leave home. Includes: Starting off – how to pick your caravan and things to keep in mind Living quarters – what you need in your caravan Personal – health, cooking, pets, insurance and much more On the road – driving, towing, tyres and other hints Tow vehicles – knowledge, fuel, batteries and security Mechanicals – everything from pre-trip maintenance to power needs Tips and travels – the author’s selection of trips Appendices – pre-trip checklist, types of vans and first aid
Eager to pass that state exam and jump into a lucrative new career as a realtor? Want the street-smart advice no one else will give you? Sidestep beginner mistakes from the start with these insider tips. Do you want to avoid becoming one of the eighty percent of novice agents who quit? Are you worried about surviving your crucial, make-or-break first year? Wondering what type of real estate agency is the optimal fit for your needs and lifestyle? Feeling unprepared to help homebuyers and sellers navigate contracts? With a decade of invaluable real-life practice learning all the industry’s best-kept, and sometimes dirty little secrets, skilled real estate agent Valerie Thorne has left rookie errors in the dust. And now she’s here to take you under her wing and share how you can skip the missteps, bypass time and money-wasting blunders, and earn faster. Start Selling Real Estate: The Empowering, Street-Smart Survival Guide for New Agents is a must-have manual for anyone interested in beating the odds and lasting in the field of real estate sales. Using down-to-earth advice, expert knowledge, and step-by-step breakdowns about the licensing process and how to choose your first office, Thorne walks newcomers through the details they never knew they’d overlooked. And by following her methods, you’ll bypass the frustrating downsides of being a novice realtor and reap the rewards of her hard-won experience. In Start Selling Real Estate, you’ll discover: - Why so many people fail, how to guarantee you’re not one of them, and ensure success - A breakdown of the pros and cons of every type of office, prevent constant office-hopping, and make the best choice from the get-go - How to identify hidden fees, agendas, and hierarchies in brokerages so you can dodge unnecessary spending requests, avoid being used as a pawn, and earn what you deserve - What the timeline and expenditure look like for the licensing process and how to plan accordingly - Ways to evade predatory employer demands, how to recognize the tell-all warnings about common pitfalls, cut-throat business practices, and much, much more! Start Selling Real Estate is a revised and updated welcome to the rough-and-tumble world of being an agent. If you like detailed information, conversational guidance, and in-depth discussions, then you’ll love Valerie Thorne’s priceless roadmap. Buy Start Selling Real Estate to arm yourself with critical survival skills today!
In recent years, the concept of “peak oil”—the moment when global oil production peaks and a train of economic, social, and political catastrophes accompany its subsequent decline—has captured the imagination of a surprisingly large number of Americans, ordinary citizens as well as scholars, and created a quiet, yet intense underground movement. In Peak Oil, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson takes readers deep inside the world of “peakists,” showing how their hopes and fears about the postcarbon future led them to prepare for the social breakdown they foresee—all of which are fervently discussed and debated via websites, online forums, videos, and novels. By exploring the worldview of peakists, and the unexpected way that the fear of peak oil and climate change transformed many members of this left-leaning group into survivalists, Schneider-Mayerson builds a larger analysis of the rise of libertarianism, the role of oil in modern life, the political impact of digital technologies, the racial and gender dynamics of post-apocalyptic fantasies, and the social organization of environmental denial.
