Dare to Repair

Dare to Repair

Author: Julie Sussman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2002-09-03

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 0060959843

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This is NOT your father's home repair book! And it's not your husband's, your brother's, your boyfriend's, or the guy's next door. Dare to Repair is a do-it-herself book for every woman who would rather be self-reliant than rely on a super or contractor. No matter the depth of your pockets or the size of your home, a toilet will get clogged, a circuit breaker will trip, and a smoke detector will stop working. It's up to you how you'll deal with them -- live in denial, pay the piper, or get real and do it yourself. Dare to Repair demystifies these home repairs by providing information that other books leave out. In Dare to Repair, you'll learn how to: Take the plunge -- from fixing a leaky faucet to cleaning the gutters. Lighten up -- from removing a broken light bulb to installing a dimmer switch. Keep your cool -- from maintaining a refrigerator's gasket to changing the rotation of a ceiling fan. Get a handle on it -- from replacing a doorknob to repairing a broken window. Play it safe -- from planning a fire escape route to installing a smoke detector. Filled with detailed illustrations, Dare to Repair provides even the most repair-challenged woman with the ability to successfully fix things around the home. Once you start, you won't want to stop.


Dare to Repair, Replace & Renovate

Dare to Repair, Replace & Renovate

Author: Julie Sussman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-05-28

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0061932582

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The authors of Dare to Repair take on bigger DIY challenges in this easy-to-follow home renovation guide! In our first book, we taught you how to fix a leaky faucet. In this book, we teach you how to replace it. In our first book, we showed you how to change the direction of ceiling fan blades. In this book, we show you how to install a new fan. We’ve gone from basic repairs to easy projects that can make your home more comfortable, more beautiful, and more valuable. We will show you how to: Put up a tile backsplash Install a closet system Install a deadbolt lock Replace a medicine cabinet Mount blinds, shades, and shutters Install landscape lighting And we provide easy, step-by-step instructions to get rid of everything from ugly chandeliers to broken garbage disposals. Incorporating detailed illustrations with witty and encouraging instructions, Dare to Repair, Replace & Renovate will allow you to turn your project wish list into a can-do list.


The Woman's Hands-On Home Repair Guide

The Woman's Hands-On Home Repair Guide

Author: Lyn Herrick

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 1997-01-09

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13:

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Author of the nationally syndicated column "Ask Ms. Fix-It," Lyn Herrick describes basic repairs for appliances, wiring and lighting, plumbing and heating, walls and floors, windows and doors, and more. Readers will learn how to fix creaky floors, dripping faucets, clogged drains, broken windows, and all those other things that can, and will, go wrong in and around the home.


Tell Me No. I Dare You!

Tell Me No. I Dare You!

Author: Scott H. Silverman

Publisher: GKS Books

Published: 2010-03

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 0615325327

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Part memoir, part how-to, tell me no. I dare you! is 100% inspiration.


Stitches

Stitches

Author: Anne Lamott

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-10-29

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 0698147855

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The New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything “Lamott’s …most insightful book yet, Stitches offers plenty of her characteristic witty wisdom…this slim, readable volume [is] a lens on life, widening and narrowing, encouraging each reader to reflect on what it is, after all, that really matters.”—People What do we do when life lurches out of balance? How can we reconnect to one other and to what’s sustaining, when evil and catastrophe seem inescapable? These questions lie at the heart of Stitches, Lamott’s profound follow-up to her New York Times–bestselling Help, Thanks, Wow. In this book Lamott explores how we find meaning and peace in these loud and frantic times; where we start again after personal and public devastation; how we recapture wholeness after loss; and how we locate our true identities in this frazzled age. We begin, Lamott says, by collecting the ripped shreds of our emotional and spiritual fabric and sewing them back together, one stitch at a time. It’s in these stitches that the quilt of life begins, and embedded in them are strength, warmth, humor, and humanity.


How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic, Second Edition

How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic, Second Edition

Author: Michael Jay Geier

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2015-10-31

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0071848304

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A Fully Revised Guide to Electronics Troubleshooting and Repair Repair all kinds of electrical products, from modern digital gadgets to analog antiques, with help from this updated book. How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic, Second Edition, offers expert insights, case studies, and step-by-step instruction from a lifelong electronics guru. Discover how to assemble your workbench, use the latest test equipment, zero in on and replace dead components, and handle reassembly. Instructions for specific devices, including stereos, MP3 players, digital cameras, flat-panel TVs, laptops, headsets, and mobile devices are also included in this do-it-yourself guide. Choose the proper tools and set up your workbench Ensure personal safety and use proper eye and ear protection Understand how electrical components work and why they fail Perform preliminary diagnoses based on symptoms Use test equipment, including digital multimeters, ESR meters, frequency counters, and oscilloscopes Interpret block, schematic, and pictorial diagrams Disassemble products and identify sections Analyze circuits, locate faults, and replace dead parts Re-establish connections and reassemble devices


Repair Revolution

Repair Revolution

Author: John Wackman

Publisher: New World Library

Published: 2020-10-27

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1608686612

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Every year, millions of people throw away countless items because they don’t know how to fix them. Some products are manufactured in a way that makes it hard, if not impossible, for people to repair them themselves. This throwaway lifestyle depletes Earth’s resources and adds to overflowing landfills. Now there’s a better way. Repair Revolution chronicles the rise of Repair Cafes, Fixit Clinics, and other volunteer-run organizations devoted to helping consumers repair their beloved but broken items for free. Repair Revolution explores the philosophy and wisdom of repairing, as well as the Right to Repair movement. It provides inspiration and instructions for starting, staffing, and sustaining your own repair events. “Fixperts” share their favorite online repair resources, as well as tips and step-by-step instructions for how to make your own repairs. Ultimately, Repair Revolution is about more than fixing material objects: in an age of over-consumption and planned obsolescence, do-it-yourself repair is a way of caring for our lives, our communities, and our planet.


Deputy Yama

Deputy Yama

Author: Yi ZhuLaoGuYan

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-04-21

Total Pages: 894

ISBN-13: 1648973701

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Don't think that without spring, a little hoodlum who collects protection fees at the school gates will be beaten up by others and become the Chief Executive of the Underworld — King Yama. This time, it's going to be very lively. To become the King of Hell and the Fighting Heavenly Court, reform the Underworld's system, and lead the dead spirits to resist the oppression of the Gods of the Heavenly Court. Howling Celestial Dog, Erlang Shen, Taurus Star, Titan ... They all arrived, including Fuxi, Nuwa, and Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. The Greek gods, the twelve Archangels, the Norse mythology. The last sentence was: I am the biggest in the world... Wahaha...