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Finishing a basement is one of the fastest and most cost-ef ... Read more

Finishing a basement is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to increase living space in a home. This book helps readers visualize the vast possibilities that exist for this challenging space, and go about the remodeling process in an organized and efficient way. Roger German, a basement remodeling pro, covers every step, from the physically demanding "dirty work" to the rewarding finishing touches. He shows how to deal with a basement's special challenges, such as moisture problems and framing against concrete floors and walls, and gives instructions on pumping water up and out from basement baths and laundry rooms. Minimize

Finishing a basement is one of the fastest and most cost-ef ... Read more

Finishing a basement is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to increase living space in a home. This book helps readers visualize the vast possibilities that exist for this challenging space, and go about the remodeling process in an organized and efficient way. Roger German, a basement remodeling pro, covers every step, from the physically demanding "dirty work" to the rewarding finishing touches. He shows how to deal with a basement's special challenges, such as moisture problems and framing against concrete floors and walls, and gives instructions on pumping water up and out from basement baths and laundry rooms. Minimize

Finishing a basement is one of the easiest and most cost-ef ... Read more

Finishing a basement is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to increase living space and the value of a home. This new edition of a classic bestseller is updated to the latest code. The book includes new information about egress windows and takes readers through the entire remodeling process, showing how to construct new family rooms, bathrooms, laundry rooms, workshops, and hobby rooms. Filled with inspiring photos of finished basements, the latest “Build Like a Pro” release is packed with nuts-and-bolts information about wiring, plumbing, windows, and doors, as well as basic construction techniques and the special problems that arise with basement building. This hands-on guide will help homeowners and contractors get the job done right the first time. Minimize

This unprecedented new publication is a great book for anyo ... Read more

This unprecedented new publication is a great book for anyone who wants to learn about leaking basements and other foundation waterproofing problems and how to successfully solve them. The book is written in straight forward, down-to-earth language. It is well-organized, plus the many useful, full-page illustrations make understanding easy-even for the novice homeowner. Whether you are a do-it-yourselfer or seasoned professional, this unique handbook is an indispensable tool in successfully achieving permanent solutions to water seepage and structural damage problems, from minor dampness to full-blown basement flooding. The highly informative do-it-yourself section is an education at your fingertips. You can save money by doing the repairs yourself or, if professional services are required, the included pricing information will protect you from paying too much. Here are clear answers to all your questions: Why do basements leak? Can you do the repairs yourself? How do you know when to call a professional? How to choose a contractor? How much should it cost? How you can participate in the repair process and save money? Simple, easy to understand, step-by-step explanations and detailed illustrations. All the information you'll ever need to make your basement a fresh, dry, enjoyable part of your home. Minimize

New York City. With a population of almost 19 million peopl ... Read more

New York City. With a population of almost 19 million people, it's easy to remain anonymous - even if you're a serial killer, torturing and murdering beautiful young women.... Minimize

Once upon a time, equipped with a solid marriage, driven ca ... Read more

Once upon a time, equipped with a solid marriage, driven careers, and a recently finished basement, my husband and I were ready to start a family. Like many 30-something couples, we thought it would be easy. Unfortunately, after nearly 18 months of doing things "the old fashioned way," my husband was diagnosed with a latent birth defect. It rendered us virtually infertile, not to mention devastated and confused. The remarkable thing about confusion is that it can spur knowledge and strength. Infertility did just that for us. We moved forward to try to have a child with the help of science and technology. Before we could blink, we were in the midst of monumental efforts to finance our baby-making venture, ordering medications on the Internet, and undergoing multiple, sometimes risky, and invasive, procedures. We endured it all for a single chance to have a child of our own. Pregnancy Wishes & IVF Dreams: A Story & Lessons About Life, Love, & Infertility is a compelling and insightful look at one couple's struggle with male factor infertility and everything that goes with it. From failed attempts at conception, batteries of fertility tests, and a devastating diagnosis, to IVF/ICSI, other treatments, and ultimately the birth of fraternal twin daughters, Pregnancy Wishes & IVF Dreams offers readers a sense of shared experience through a real-time, personal story. The book also provides first-hand insights, guidance, and quotes covering a range of universal issues including dealing with jealousy, great expectations, doctors, risk, finances, and family. Finally, Pregnancy Wishes comes full circle, leaving readers with twelve, invaluable lessons-learned about life, love, infertility, and numerous questions, and challenges in between. Like an understanding friend, Pregnancy Wishes & IVF Dreams will leave you feelings less alone, and more empowered as you cope with infertility. Minimize

Basement Finishing Science - What to Have Done... and Why i ... Read more

Basement Finishing Science - What to Have Done... and Why is the third book in the What to Have Done... and Why series. The book focuses on best practices in the basement finishing and remodeling industry, and showcases the products of Total Basement Finishing, Inc., the author's company that distributes a line of basement finishing products. It's not just a book about the company's products however, and does explain the challenges of finishing a below-ground space. Chapters include: - The Issue (Water) and why it will get you. - Mastering Humidity - The Anti-Mold - Flooring for the Long Haul - Despite the water. - Waterproof if First - Hope for your wet basement. - Walls that Will Last - Even through the flood. - Beauty in Suspense - Ceilings that last - Window dressing - Your Basement is Important and Valuable Space The book is simple to read with lots of color photos. Minimize

An extensive look into the creative process through which a ... Read more

An extensive look into the creative process through which artist Brad Klausen generates imagery for rock posters for Pearl Jam, Built to Spill, Queens of the Stone Age, and others. Included alongside the image of each finished poster are sketches and detailed commentary of the story behind the execution and concept of the individual designs.Brad Klausen grew up in southern California and moved to Seattle in 1999 to begin a nine-year career as the in-house graphic designer for the world-famous rock band Pearl Jam. In July 2007 he launched Artillery Design, his one-man design shop where he continues to make posters for Pearl Jam, Built to Spill, Widespread Panic, and many other bands. He still lives in Seattle. Minimize

I like the wide sweep of it. There are many mysteries betwe ... Read more

I like the wide sweep of it. There are many mysteries between father and son that people don't talk about.... The father figure comes through consistently, there's a lot of buoyancy, and the son is consistent and fine too." (Robert Bly, author of Iron John) Rosicrucian in the Basement is a book of poems about Dr. Irving M. Sward, born about 100 years ago in Poltava, Russia, into an Orthodox Jewish family. A conservative, rather stern, five-eyelet shoe, white-shirt-and-tie, 9-to-5 pogrom-surviving immigrant, Dr. Sward became a successful Chicago podiatrist. After his wife's death he became a devout Rosicrucian, a member of a society venerating the rose and the cross as symbols of Christ's resurrection and redemption and claiming various occult powers. Robert Sward's poems, based on his father's life, capture the tension between a profession where one does something with one's hands - performing surgery on feet, cutting corns, carving arch supports - a trade in a sense, and talking with angels, seeing the two worlds: visible and invisible and how seven-eighths of everything is invisible anyway. "This is a book of poems about a man who works on people's feet for a living, going into a basement on the Jewish North Side of Chicago, lighting incense and candles, and attempting to transform himself using salt, sulfur, lead, mercury and so on as medieval alchemists had done centuries before. Minimize

A creepy kids’ book from a French comics master.With appear ... Read more

A creepy kids’ book from a French comics master.With appearances in such anthologies as Zero Zero, BLAB! and Kramers Ergot, Stéphane Blanquet has been delighting and terrifying American readers with his superslick, ultradetailed creepiness. So it makes perfect sense that his first graphic novel to be published in the U.S. would be… a children’s book? Yes indeed. Our hero, attending a Halloween party in an embarrassing pink bunny costume (he wanted to he a pirate) stumbles across a secret society of damaged, forgotten, and pissed-off toys in the basement of his friend’s house—including the terrifying Amélie, not an adorable gamine played by Audrey Tautou but a towering sentient assemblage of broken toy parts out for revenge! Imagine Toy Story as reimagined by David Lynch and Charles Burns and you’ll have a good idea of what this story is like. And yes, it is for kids! 32 pages of full-color Minimize

From the days when proto-humans lashed animal jawbones to s ... Read more

From the days when proto-humans lashed animal jawbones to sticks and whacked wildebeest-poop slapshots in Olduvai Arena to today’s super-high-tech computer-assisted extravaganzas, one by-product of the hockey game has gone unnoticed and untapped. Until now . . . In 50 Things to Make with a Broken Hockey Stick, Peter Manchester transforms the agony of a fractured stick into the thrill of creation. Instructions and explicit cartoons show woodworkers of all abilities how to fashion items for outdoors, items for indoors, and items without any purpose at all. No basement artiste will ever throw away a broken hockey stick again. The finished projects will delight friends and win the respect of detractors, even those in the maker’s own household. Using broken hockey sticks as tomato stakes is elementary compared with crafting a Walking Stick or a Piňata Stick. But Manchester goes far beyond making a stick out of a stick; his inventions encompass the full potential of this free and almost infinite resource. Even in this age of miracle materials, ordinary recreational hockey sticks are a tough, flexible composite of resin and wood, and the broken pieces are just too good to throw away. Truly practical designs include a modern Travois, a springy, long-range Catapult, and a Toilet Paper Holder for the well-appointed fishing camp. Science fair projects leap from the pages of 50 Things to Make with a Broken Hockey Stick: a Wind Vane, a combination Sun Dial and Snow Depth Gauge, and a Geodesic Dome that requires plenty of duct tape. Accessories for the home include a Curtain Rod for the bedroom of a hockey-crazed kid and a Lamp that really works. Fathers and children can bond as they manufacture gifts and sporting goods: a Pot Rack, a Wind Sail, an Ice Croquet Set, and a Bathroom Occupancy Designator. The book’s pièce de résistance is the Mock Moose, a trophy made from a skate and at least four stick blades. Minimize

Charles Blakey is a young black man whose life is slowly cr ... Read more

Charles Blakey is a young black man whose life is slowly crumbling. His parents are dead, he can't find a job, he drinks too much, and his friends have begun to desert him. Worst of all, he's fallen behind on the mortgage payments for the beautiful home that's belonged to his family for generations. When a stranger offers him $50,000 in cash to rent out his basement for the summer, Charles needs the money too badly to say no. He knows that the stranger must want something more than a basement view. Sure enough, he has a very particular--and bizarre--set of requirements, and Charles tries to satisfy him without getting lured into the strangeness. But he sees an opportunity to understand secrets of the white world, and his summer with a man in his basement turns into a journey into inconceivable worlds of power and manipulation, and unimagined realms of humanity. Richly textured and compelling, THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT is a new literary pinnacle from an acknowledged American master. Minimize

Free Worldwide Delivery : The Thing in the Basement : Paper ... Read more

Free Worldwide Delivery : The Thing in the Basement : Paperback : A & C Black Publishers Ltd : 9780713676242 : 0713676248 : 01 Jun 2006 : When the boy arrives at his new school everything is strange and different. The Victorian building has many storeys and a basement... As he passes the basement he notices a smell of heat and soot and burning. He looks down there and suddenly there's bang and a flash, a roaring sound... This is an atmospheric mystery story with a school setting. Minimize

Henry Granville, a baseball fanatic and high school teacher ... Read more

Henry Granville, a baseball fanatic and high school teacher, spends hours in the basement with his young son Danny, introducing him to balls of all shapes and sizes. He even turns the basement into an indoor stadium. Danny quickly distinguishes himself from his peers, most conspicuously by his ability to throw perfectly with either arma feat virtually unheard of in baseball. But he also possesses a visionary gift that not even he understands. Danny becomes a superior athlete, skyrocketing through the minor leagues and into the majors where he experiences immediate success, breaking records held for decades. When a journalist, a former student of Henry¹s hungry for a national breakout story, exaggerates the teacher¹s obsession and exposes him to the world as a monster, all hell breaks loose and the pressures of media and celebrity threaten to disrupt the world that Henry and Danny have created. A baseball novel--and much more--The Man with Two Arms is a story of the ways in which we protect, b Minimize

Charles Blakey is a young black man whose life is slowly cr ... Read more

Charles Blakey is a young black man whose life is slowly crumbling. His parents are dead, he can't find a job, he drinks too much, and his friends have begun to desert him. Worst of all, he's fallen behind on the mortgage payments for the beautiful home that's belonged to his family for generations. When a stranger offers him $50,000 in cash to rent out his basement for the summer, Charles needs the money too badly to say no. He knows that the stranger must want something more than a basement view. Sure enough, he has a very particular--and bizarre--set of requirements, and Charles tries to satisfy him without getting lured into the strangeness. But he sees an opportunity to understand secrets of the white world, and his summer with a man in his basement turns into a journey into inconceivable worlds of power and manipulation, and unimagined realms of humanity. Richly textured and compelling, THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT is a new literary pinnacle from an acknowledged American master. Minimize

In this taut, beautifully layered novel by Lambda Literary ... Read more

In this taut, beautifully layered novel by Lambda Literary and Ferro-Grumley Award finalist Cox (Shuck, Krakow Melt), Michael-David is a paranoid actor who feels that fame has ruined him. When a film shoot with wolves for co-stars takes a troubling turn, he disappears shortly before the premiere and barricades himself in an L.A. hotel, convinced that he’s cursed and must ride it out in hiding. He begins to explore the hotel’s secret passageways with the help of a young skateboarder he befriends, away from the glare of the spotlight. Meanwhile, the film’s director, suspicious that Michael-David is having an affair with his ex, is trying to find him in time for the premiere. A long-dormant nicotine addiction leads him closer to the target and into the path of danger, while the olves also sniff out Michael-David for one final scene.A work of dream logic, Basement of Wolves is a haunting and cinematic romp through the minefields of identity crisis. Minimize

Asian, enjoys torture... Russian, enjoys abduction... Obses ... Read more

Asian, enjoys torture... Russian, enjoys abduction... Obsession, sexual slavery... Bent woman, Kim Bennett...     Into the Basement is Norm Applegate's first book. It's a graphic thriller about two serial killers who steal women and torture them in the basement.   You'll never walk alone at night in the dark! Ever!   Into the Basement is approximately 69,000 words This book has been formatted for the Kindle   In San Francisco, women are disappearing. Three detectives pull Kim Bennett into the game. The hunt for a killer. She goes missing!   This is a raw dark story of sadistic people that pits Kim's physical and mental agility against one of the fastest rising crimes in America, sexual slavery.   This is an adult story that has been described as "juicy."   Update, Into the Basement was written in 2006. The publisher did a horrendous job. I was disappointed with the release. How could they assign this book to a religious editor? She refused to continue with the novel because of the nature of the story, sexual abduction and abuse. In January of 2010, I got Basement back. It has been re-edited and spruced up. Even to this day some people like enough to give it a 4 or 5 star, others hate it. Enjoy!     Chapter 1: Abduction: Someone was hunting a female. Mean, hardened eyes. She left work on time, routine. Susie Smallwood was the target.   Torture: Then something hit her teeth. Then again. Murder: She was helpless. Bound with gray duct tape across her mouth.     The ebook also contains bonus material: Chapter 1 of Shockwave: which is approximately 79,000 words long, and is specifically formatted for Kindle.   Thriller writer Norm Applegate, author of Into the Basement, introduces us to a new character, Jack Dwyer.   Loner Jack Dwyer. Pretty woman Kelly Paul. Homegrown terrorists use pipe bombs to kill. The cause? They want America back. Violence breeds violence. Never underestimate a loner!   Shockwave by Norm Applegate Pipe Bomb. Hostage. Terror.     Books by Norm Applegate:  Shockwave - Just $.99! First to Die - Just $.99! Blood Bar - Just $.99! Into the Spell - Just $.99! Jumpers (short story)  - Just .99!               Minimize

A wealthy widow of a nobleman, daughter of a famous scienti ... Read more

A wealthy widow of a nobleman, daughter of a famous scientist, and skeptic who only trusts what can be proven. Meet Serafina Trent. A woman about to take 19th Century London by storm. It's London, 1857, and everything is at stake for Serafina Trent. A woman of means...but not the typical Victorian lady who feels her place is to be seen and not heard. When her brother's most recent female dalliance, a beautiful actress, is found murdered, all evidence points to him. Especially since the actress had just rejected him in a most public manner. Now everyone believes Clive is headed for the gallows. Everyone, that is, but Serafina.Determined to prove her brother's innocence, Serafina finds herself working with unlikely allies--including Dylan Tremayne, a passionate storyteller and actor with a criminal past. This novel will hold fans of mystery and history spellbound until the very last page.Victorian England comes alive in this intriguing new series from one of Christian fiction's f Minimize

Hailed as a masterpiece-the finest work yet by an American ... Read more

Hailed as a masterpiece-the finest work yet by an American novelist of the first rank-The Man in My Basement tells the story of Charles Blakey, a young black man who can't find a job, drinks too much, and, worst of all, stands to lose the beautiful home that has belonged to his family for generations. But Charles's fortunes take an odd turn when a stranger offers nearly $50,000 to rent out Charles's basement-and soon, as the boarder transforms the basement into a prison cell, Charles finds himself drawn into circumstances almost unimaginably bizarre and profoundly unsettling. Minimize

From “a great and true voice of our time” (Washington Post ... Read more

From “a great and true voice of our time” (Washington Post Book World), comes this story of Proffy, a twelve-year-old living in Palestine in 1947. When Proffy befriends a member of the occupying British forces who shares his love of language and the Bible, he is accused of treason by his friends and learns the true nature of loyalty and betrayal. Translated by Nicholas de Lange. Minimize

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Basement Insanit ... Read more

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Basement Insanities: Deeper Into the Mind of a Madman by Danielle Naibert Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Details ISBN 059514196X ISBN-13 9780595141968 Title Basement Insanities: Deeper Into the Mind of a Madman Author Danielle Naibert Format Paperback Year 2000 Pages 112 Publisher Writers Club Press Dimensions 6 in. x 0.3 in. x 9 in. About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your reading and ente Minimize

From “a great and true voice of our time” (Washington Post ... Read more

From “a great and true voice of our time” (Washington Post Book World), comes this story of Proffy, a twelve-year-old living in Palestine in 1947. When Proffy befriends a member of the occupying British forces who shares his love of language and the Bible, he is accused of treason by his friends and learns the true nature of loyalty and betrayal. Translated by Nicholas de Lange. Minimize

A creepy kids’ book from a French comics master.With appear ... Read more

A creepy kids’ book from a French comics master.With appearances in such anthologies as Zero Zero, BLAB! and Kramers Ergot, Stéphane Blanquet has been delighting and terrifying American readers with his superslick, ultradetailed creepiness. So it makes perfect sense that his first graphic novel to be published in the U.S. would be… a children’s book? Yes indeed. Our hero, attending a Halloween party in an embarrassing pink bunny costume (he wanted to he a pirate) stumbles across a secret society of damaged, forgotten, and pissed-off toys in the basement of his friend’s house—including the terrifying Amélie, not an adorable gamine played by Audrey Tautou but a towering sentient assemblage of broken toy parts out for revenge! Imagine Toy Story as reimagined by David Lynch and Charles Burns and you’ll have a good idea of what this story is like. And yes, it is for kids! 32 pages of full-color Minimize