November 2011 | Water Softeners Reviews

Quick and Easy Boat Maintenance: 1,001 Time-Saving Tips Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I had high expectations of this book from reading the reviews. Yet, I found that alot of it did not apply to my situation. I own a 19 foot runabout for lake use only, and alot of the information in this book was specifically for larger off-shore boats. Still, some of the informaton will be useful I'm...

Black & Decker The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair: with 350 Projects and 2000 Photos (Black & Decker Complete Photo Guide) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)There are certain skills that are "wasted" on no one. Home repair is one such skill. I believe that 5 weeks after purchasing this book - the book has already paid for itself. My parents moved back into my grandmother's 1960-era house after she passed away last year. The house was in need of a few repairs,...

Joey Green's Amazing Pet Cures: 1,138 Simple Pet Remedies Using Everyday Brand-Name Products Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Amazing money saving and eco friendly pet care product most of us have in our homes. I found something I needed right of the bat, How to keep dogs from dropping presents in your yard- cayenne pepper ! It worked, the spot was not visited again. I actually got giddy with all the great tips for every kind...

The Super Simple Guide to Breeding Freshwater Fishes Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Award-winning journalist Laura Muha presents The Super Simple Guide To Breeding Freshwater Fishes, a practical guide for both commercial and private freshwater fish owners. Chapters discuss the history of breeding fishes in aquaria, how to condition adult fish, raising the fry, disease prevention, notes...

Salt: A World History Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It's become a party cliche to comment on our need for the results of combining a poisonous gas [chlorine] and a volatile metal [sodium]. Kurlansky passes quickly over such levity to seriously relate the role of sodium chloride in human society. While at first glance his account may seem overdone, a bit...

The Gerson Therapy: The Proven Nutritional Program for Cancer and Other Illnesses Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)A Highly Recommended First Book On The Use And Application Of Alternative Medicine/Natural Healing for Chronic Conditions.This is the book that I would first recommend for anyone wanting to understand the use of alternative medicine for the healing of any chronic condition including cancer I would also...

Planning and Installing Sustainable Onsite Wastewater Systems Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I used this book for projects in southern Africa including an ecolodge, low-cost housing, and general consulting. It is exceptional because it includes both technical guidelines for the environmental engineer as well as photos and CAD sketches for the builder. Various products are also mentioned. This...

Achieving Great Health -- How Spirulina, Chlorella, Raw Foods and Ionized Water Can Make You Healthier than You Have Ever Imagined Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is very informative and educational. The information it provides is useful and well-documented. I started taking spirulina and chlorella six months ago and Achieving Great Health has been a very good resource for me. It is an easy read with well-documented support; I think everyone would benefit...

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Plumbing: Expanded 4th Edition - Modern Materials and Current Codes - All New Guide to Working with Gas Pipe (Black & Decker Complete Guide) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I very rarely spend hard earned money on "how-to" books since they very rarely offer the kind of insight a do-it-yourselfer is looking for. This book is the best exception to that rule that I have found. The book covers all facets of plumbing.Included in the book are high level overviews, extensive discussions...

Pools & Spas: Ideas for Planning, Designing, and Landscaping Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Full of photographs of beautifully designed pools and spas set in various architectural environments, "Pools & Spas" is literally full of creative ideas if you are planning on adding a pool or spa to your home. However, the book does not stop with designs but also includes information on maintenance,...

The NALCO Guide to Boiler Failure Analysis Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a need item to help trouble shoot problems with boiler, DA tanks, condensate return tanks,pumps, and piping. If you can see the problem, you will probably see a picture of the problem in this book along with what caused it...and in color 95 percent of the time. It has been a real life saver,...

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Note that the title of this book includes the words Drylands. This book is primarily about catching rainwater for use outside of your house, i.e. watering the plants. The illustrations and descriptions are based on life in Arizona. There you want to catch all the rainwater you can get and get some use...

How to Brew: Everything You Need To Know To Brew Beer Right The First Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Like most homebrewers, I started out with Charlie Papazian's book "The New Joy of Homebrewing". I had the second edition. It was a good book, but comparing it to this text, it seems hopelessly dated. With the explosion of microbreweries across the country, lots of people got turned on to GOOD beer -...

Heterotrophic Plate Count and Drinking-water Safety: The Significance of HPCs for Water Quality and Human Health (Who Emerging Issues in Water & Infectious Disease) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an excellent book if you want to understand the current thinking about HPC bacteria in drinking water. The consensus chapter at the beginning is weak. However, the individual chapters, penned by various experts in the field, are interesting.Click Here to see more reviews about: Heterotrophic...

The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made the Carburetor Possible - and Other Journeys Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Since Chaos burst upon the intellectual consciousness of the twentieth century, examples of the butterfly effect have inundated our lives. Chaotic systems exhibit a type of behavior where vanishingly-small perturbations in initial conditions result in wild and unpredictable alterations in a system's...

Crazy Wool: Using Water-Soluble Stabiliser Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am really excited about the creative idea this book offers with the use of water- soluble stabiliser. The products she uses in her projects are from the UK, as are the sources in the back of the book. So finding the specific yarns might be a challenge.Click Here to see more reviews about: Crazy Wool:...

Home Maintenance For Dummies Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a GREAT book for first-time buyers or for people who never learned what should be done to your home to keep it in good shape. The book is well organized and has two main sections, indoor maintenance and outdoor maintenance. The book also includes nice graphical guides for those of us (me!) that...