The 8-Minute Guts Builder
The 8-Minute Guts Builder

Author: Karen Salmansohn

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9780743255578

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Ever wish you had stronger guts so you could confidently turn over a new leaf, pick up that phone, or step up on that soap box? Well, now you can, and in just 8 speedy minutes! Self-confidence expert Karen Salmansohn leads you through fourteen easy exercises that include: SITTING UP and making a list of why you want what you want; BUT KICKS, because buts don't belong in your life; EXPECTATION LIFTS to build up your winner, and not your whiner, muscles; LYING STILL and visualizing your life's outcome, because your speedometer is clicking by more each day - are you enjoying the ride? One good workout can improve your performance in the office, at a family function, even in a bar. THE 8-MINUTE GUTS BUILDER is a fun and easy-to-use guide to improving an underdeveloped quality that is essential to every reader's happiness: confidence. Karen Salmansohn, with her witty and fresh approach to self-help, once again finds the long-overlooked key that helps readers get what they want--the fast, funny way.

The Country Builder's Assistant
The Country Builder's Assistant

Author: Asher Benjamin

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

Published: 2007-09-01

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 1602067694

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American architect ASHER BENJAMIN (1773-1845) brought the influence of classical design to New England, and is hugely responsible for what we today consider the architectural charm of the region. In the early 1800s, he published books for local carpenters to use as guides to imbue their own construction with a new elegance-part architectural primer, part do-it-yourself manual, these works were, as the evidence of New England's continuing allure itself demonstrates, wildly popular.The Country Builder's Assistant, originally published in 1797, is an early version of those later manuals, and was Benjamin's first book. The simplicity of its presentation belies the sophistication of its lessons: here are unfussy directions, complete with full illustrations, for building all manner of classical columns, creating beautiful cornices, even constructing staircases that are as pleasing to the eye as they are safe and sturdy.Less complete than Benjamin's later manuals, this was nevertheless hugely significant in spreading neoclassical design throughout New England, and it remains an essential resource for anyone interested in American architecture.