Author: Steven A. FrowineThe National Gardening Associati
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, basics, gardening
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2007-02-05
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0470037490
ISBN-13: 9780470037492

You’re now officially out of excuses for not planting the garden of your dreams. Even if you’ve never sowed a seed nor pulled a weed, Gardening Basics For Dummies contains everything you need to know about flowers, beds, borders, trees, shrubs, and lawns to create your own private paradise. This friendly and informative guide also covers all of the tools and additives available to make gardening easier. You’ll discover: Clear definitions and descriptions of the different types of plants Tips on choosing the type of garden you want How to create a garden plan Ea

Author: NFPA (National Fire Prevention Associati
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publisher
Keywords: year, rookie
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $42.95
ISBN-10: 0877654824
ISBN-13: 9780877654827

Author: National Basketball Conditioning Coaches Associati
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Keywords: complete, conditioning, series, basketball, sports
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2007-08
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0736057846
ISBN-13: 9780736057844

Basketball training has advanced tremendously in recent years. New and improved exercises, drills, workouts, and performance tests are now considered as essential as shooting practice in becoming a top player on the court. Build your strength and power to be a beast on the boards. Improve your quickness and agility to be a defensive stopper. Increase your vertical jump to rise over defenders for uncontested shots. Complete Conditioning for Basketball, including a bonus 40-minute DVD, explains and shows how to get in ultimate shape to play the sport. Developed by the Natio

Author: NFPA (National Fire Prevention Associati
Publisher: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Keywords: code, alarm, fire, national, nfpa
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-01
List price: $103.25
ISBN-10: 0064641325
ISBN-13: 9780064641326

Heightened risk awareness and changing safety dynamics have revolutionized the role of alarm and signaling systems in protecting life and property. At the same time, sophisticated technical advances and solid research findings have improved their ability to meet the new demands. It is in response to and out of this dynamic environment that the 2007 edition of NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm Code® has emerged.

Authors:The National Gardening Association, Bob Beckstrom, K
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, one, gardening
Number of Pages: 744
Published: 2003-02-28
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0764525557
ISBN-13: 9780764525551

Seven books in one deliver the dirt on gardening success Your one-stop guide to a beautiful garden – no experience required! Puzzled by pruning? Anguishing over landscaping? Can’t tell a hosta from a hyacinth? Don’t worry! This all-in-one reference delivers all the know-how you need to transform an ordinary backyard into a glorious garden. Drawing on the expertise of the National Gardening Association, this garden primer shows you how to have fun playing in the dirt – and start smelling the roses. The Dummies Way Coverage of the essentials and beyond Expl

Authors:Steven Frowine, National Gardening Associatio,
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, orchids
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2005-02-21
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0764567594
ISBN-13: 9780764567599

The fun and easy way to grow orchids Orchids, as anyone who has read Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief or has seen the movie Adaptation knows, inspire a passionate following. And their popularity is rising: according to the USDA, more than 12.7 million orchids were sold in the U.S. last year. Brimming with black-and-white illustrations and 8 pages of color photos, this friendly guide introduces would-be orchid fanciers to today’s most popular and intriguing orchid varieties—and shows step by step how to select healthy plants at a nursery or commercial grower, cultivate them succ

Authors:Lance Walheim, The National Gardening Association,
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, care, lawn
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1998-01-27
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0764550772
ISBN-13: 9780764550775

Only one thing is standing between you and a fabulous lawn: It’s called Lawn Care For Dummies. If you want a spiffy and well-coifed lawn (and not the overgrown, unruly one that people comment on when they pass by your house), you’ll find everything you need to know to help you make your lawn the most dazzling spectacle on the block.Let authors Lance Walheim and the gardening experts at the National Gardening Association treat you and your yard to a megadose of lawn care information. In Lawn Care For Dummies, Walheim and the NGA give you the dirt on all the essentials, including how