You can't work in electronics without solder -- and you shouldn't work with solder without Solders and Soldering, Fourth Edition, by Howard Manko.

Reader Review: I have never before read a book written completely by the main characters perspective. This book is unique and very funny. Blair narrates her part well then comes in Wyatt her love interest and let the fun begin. It is like an old Tracy Hepburn movie. The repartee ...

The ultimate anthology of anecdotes, now revised with over 700 new entries - a must-have reference for every personal library. From Hank Aaron to King Zog, Mao Tse-Tung to Madonna, Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes is the best source of anecdotes on the market. Featuring ...

efore The Godfather and The Last Don, there was Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together ...

Writer, activist, and actor Charles Grodin delivers a fascinating collection of more than eighty intimate and revealing stories from friends and colleagues in the worlds of entertainment, sports, journalism, politics, and business-inspiring, entertaining, and heartfe...

PRAISE FOR The Casebook of Forensic Detection "Pithy, concise, and remarkably accurate." -Science Books & Films "Contains ample material to hold the attention and foster interest in science." -Science Teacher "A mystery novelist's essential resource guide." -Book New...

Published for the first time in the U.S.—one of the two diaries on which the movie The Motorcycle Diaries is based—the moving and at times hilarious account of Che Guevara and Alberto Granado's eight-month tour of South America in 1952. In 1952 Albert...

"PUZO IS IN TOP FORM." *Time The Last Don is Mario Puzo at his finest, thrilling us with his greatest Mafia novel since The Godfather *a masterful saga of the last great American crime family and its powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas. "T...

Reader Review: RA Salvatore is a master writer at the top of his game with the release of the final chapter in the Demon Wars Saga. Immortalis is lush, cathartic, and wonderfully paced. Mr. Salvatore has outdone himself yet again in producing a story that grips the reader until the...

Who's Who in Russia Since 1900 is a unique reference which examines the leading political, economic, cultural, military, scientific and sporting personalities from 1900-1991. Through analysis of figures such as Stalin, Brezhnev, Khrushchev, Yeltsin, Ratushinsk...

Through biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities, John Wills displays the five-thousand-year sweep of Chinese history from the legendary sage emperors to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square. This unique introduction to Chinese history and culture use...

The Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers is a wide-ranging, comprehensive guide to the political lives of Britain's Prime Ministers from Sir Robert Walpole to Tony Blair. Written by some of the leading authorities on British politics this authoritati...

At some point in our lives, we all face tough decisions and have to make that hard call. In this remarkable book, Senator McCain and Mark Salter use experiences of both extraordinary people and people in extraordinary circumstances to dramatically describe the anatom...

Plutarch's 'Parallel Lives,' written at the beginning of the second century A.D., form a brilliant social history of the ancient world. They were originally presented in a series of books that gave an account of one Greek and one Roman life, followed by a comparison ...

This book contains concise biographies of over 800 individuals known from the literary and epigraphic sources for the age of Alexander. Covers significant figures, ranging from leading commanders in Alexander's army to the nobles and regional leaders of the Persia...

The bestselling author of Truman and John Adams, David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories express much that is timeless abo...

This eBook bibliography on the history of the personal computer and the industry contains over 280 book notations and over 250 periodical notations. It also contains a reprint of an article by the author entitled "What Was the First Personal Computer?"

-- Along with Who's Who in Classical Mythology and Who's Who in the Greek World makes up a totally comprehensive guide to Classical culture and civilization -- Over 1,000 entries, taking in figures from across the spectrum of Roman culture and society -- Cross-refere...

This rich anthology of memorial tributes serves as a welcome reminder that, although words cannot necessarily assuage grief, they can provide tremendous comfort and perspective during our times of loss. The likes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Benjamin Franklin, W.H. Aud...

How a Scotsman and his family lived the dream, making their vacation home permanent—and how the local neighbors helped them endure that "dream"   I could hardly believe my eyes. A cold mantle of white was rapidly transforming our sunny pa...