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| How to Do Just About Everything | 
| Author: Courtney Rosen
Publisher: Free Press
Category: Book
List Price: $26.00
Buy New: $8.85
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 1738988
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 688
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 2.2
ASIN: B0001OOUDI
Publication Date: December 1, 2000
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Product Description
This text claims to have the answers to (just about) every question you might have. Whether you need to unclog a sink or wash your cat, you'll find clear, step-by-step instructions on how to do it. There are also checklists, calendars, charts and tools that will help you get the job done quickly and easily. For every task, there are concise step-by-step instructions, helpful tips and warnings, as well as useful lists of everything you'll need. Browse through these pages to discover how to: tie a tie; plant a lawn; carve a turkey; write a business plan; ask for a raise; unclog a sink; juggle; change your motor oil; lose weight; write a love letter; train a dog; prevent jet lag; burp a baby; and much more. Whatever you need to do, you'll know where to look for complete, authoritative instructions. A thorough keyword index will guide you to the exact solution you need. And with 1001 how-to-solutions, you'll not only find what you're looking for, but also a few things you hadn't considered.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 How to do Everything August 4, 2008
I had gotten this book from the library before I bought it.I enjoyed it so much , that I desided to buy it . It has tons of information ,besides
being interesting to read ! It is a book everyone should own.
 A Complete and Total Waste of Time and Money March 3, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is practically useless. The instructions it gives are so vauge and obvious it must think you are an idiot. I wont say its completely useless, with 1001 entries I'm sure you can find a couple of pieces of usefull information in the massively thick and heavy book. 98% of its entries are uninformative, and vauge descriptions of what you either already knew or could easily figure out. I wouldn't wish this book on my worst enemy. Oh wait my in laws bought it for me for my birthday, Makes sense huh? ;)
Seriously though, I have to wonder if the people who rated this book highly really use it? And if so what do they use it for? I'd like to know.
 Not for Most Adults December 10, 2005
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you just got out of prison or maybe had a spell of amnesia or if your just hitting your 20th or 21st birthday then you may learn some stuff here.
But if you got yourself online to read this review then I doubt you will find this book much help. There were a few helpful ehows for me in the book though. For example I forgot exactly how to boil an egg. And there it was in the book. A typical type of ehow.
And this book is BIG and HEAVY. with most info ridiculously simple I would say the size to useful ratio is not that desirable.
Maybe this would make an ok high school graduation gift but other than that most people should avoid this book. The ehow website is great though and its FREE!.
No, it isn't going to tell you how to build a spaceship November 27, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
however, after purchasing this book at a garage sale, I placed it on the shelf and forgot about it...until...
I needed to know how to rewire a vintage lamp. "I'll bet the book doesn't have that kind of information," I thought, but yes, yes it did. Now my whole family thinks I'm a genius, because I know how to rewire lamps. Was it simple? Sure it was. Nothing to it, to be honest, but it is something I didn't know how to do before.
Now, take my toilet, for example; the tenants had flushed something unmentionable, and I wanted to know how to snake it without getting a Plumber involved (and, at what stage to involve a Plumber) - problem solved. Easy as can be.
If it involves less than 10 steps, and if you think you could easily "Google" the same information, it's in the book.
In other words - could you find this same information on the net? Yes, you could. Is it handy to have in the book? Yes, it is.
The book isn't meant to tell you the cheapest route to China, or how to land the woman of your dreams, or how to gain diplomatic immunity, but if you're not sure how to go about getting a passport, it's a good tool.
Having said that, the "sister website" is www.ehow.com and you might be able to find a lot of the same information there, or at google.com.
Too simplistic not enough info September 30, 2004
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
I needed information on how to settle a claim on my own after a car accident. This book gives very little information about any of its topics. I eventually found Car Accident Secrets at http://www.caraccidentsecrets.com which had an over 50 page book with Forms and Step by Step explanations.
That book helped me save over $3700.00 on lawyers fees and is an awesome guide before or after you have an accident.
This book is just too simplistic which I should have expected, When so many topics are covered in one book it must be really hard to be very descriptive. I should have known better.
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