Practical Guide Series

Vol. 5: Tips, Tools, and Techniques to Care for Antiques, Collectibles, and Other Treasures

Published: April, 2012  Pages: 144  Features: 25 illus. Bib.

What common baking ingredient can conceal white rings on furniture? (Crushed pecans.) How do you detect a repair in a pottery vase you want to buy? (Look at it under a black light.) What’s the best way to remove water damage from your great-grandfather’s Bible? (Put it in your freezer.) more... about Tips, Tools, and Techniques to Care for Antiques, Collectibles, and Other Treasures

Vol. 4: Special Needs, Special Horses: A Guide to the Benefits of Therapeutic Riding

Published: May, 2005  Pages: 224  Features: 25 illus. App. Gloss. Notes. Bib. Index.

A growing number of individuals with special needs are discovering the benefits of therapies and activities involving horseback riding. Special Needs, Special Horses, by Naomi Scott, offers information about the amazing results possible with therapeutic riding, or hippotherapy. From recreational riding for individuals with disabilities, to the competitions some riders enter (and win), Scott describes the various techniques of the process and its benefits to the physically and mentally challenged. more... about Special Needs, Special Horses: A Guide to the Benefits of Therapeutic Riding

  • Doubleday Equestrian Edge Book Club, 2006

Vol. 3: When Raccoons Fall through Your Ceiling: The Handbook for Coexisting with Wildlife

Published: November, 2002  Pages: 192  Features: 36 b&w photos and drawings. App. Index.

Have you ever had raccoons fall through your ceiling? Discovered a nest of sparrows in your hanging flower basket? Or how about woke up one morning to discover deer have nibbled on your flower garden, reducing your blossoms to stems? If so, you’re not alone. The paths of humans and wildlife cross all the time, and it is the aim of this handbook to make sure those paths cross as peacefully as possible. more... about When Raccoons Fall through Your Ceiling: The Handbook for Coexisting with Wildlife

Vol. 2: Staying Power - How to Get the B.S.* Out of College (or the B.A. or the degree of your choice)

Published: February, 1994  Pages: 275 

“…for students who aren’t sure what they want, who need help ferreting out hidden fees and requirements and reading between the lines of college catalogs… includes suggestions—and work sheets—to help in deciding where to go, plan a year-by-year course of study, pick electives, study more effectively and use the library well… also useful for high school juniors and seniors.” —Dallas Morning News more... about Staying Power - How to Get the B.S.* Out of College (or the B.A. or the degree of your choice)

Writers and Publishers Guide to Texas Markets, 1997-1999, Fourth Edition

Published: January, 1997  Pages: 220  Features: Indexes.

“Any writer seeking a publisher should have a copy of this book, which includes many book, magazine, playwriting and newspaper markets overlooked by national writers’ publications.” —Brazosport Facts more... about Writers and Publishers Guide to Texas Markets, 1997-1999, Fourth Edition