A women’s common-sense guide to dating, from the authors of The Breakup Repair Kit. Whatever happened to the great Saturday night date you looked forward to all week? Is it true “all the good ones are already taken?” Do you feel your life is on hold until you meet just the right person and ride white horses off into the Technicolor sunset? If even one of those thoughts has flickered through your mind after a nightmarish blind date, bitter breakup, or speed-dating bump, this book is for you! Authors Marni Kamins and Janice Macleod offer the wisdom and comfort of their own expertise and show you exactly how to have the fabulous love life you deserve. Praise for The Dating Repair Kit “This book is honest, inspiring, supportive, and funny—it truly is a girlfriend you can fit in your purse.” —Elizabeth Carr & Theresa Hoiles, authors of Love, Luck and Love “Like good friends, Marni and Janice share their strengths and help you find your own. This little book inspires you to take the leap of faith called love.” —Stephanie Naman, author of BarCode “The Dating Repair Kit will prove to be the definitive playbook for the ‘game of love.’” —Margie Lapanja, author of Food Men Love and Romancing the Stove

The Complete Credit Repair Kit was written for the more than three million consumers who are refused credit each year due to inaccurate, incomplete, or out-of-date information in their credit files. With total bankruptcy filings reaching 1.4 million in 2009, this book is a must-have in today's tumultuous economy. This updated edition covers the Credit Card Accountability and Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, a piece of legislation that offers benefits for credit card users and features blank forms and letters on SphinxLegal.com that readers can use to boost their credit scores.

In this "emotional emergency kit" New York Times bestselling author Dr. Judith Orloff offers simple exercises for transforming seven negative emotions into positive thinking and living. Follow the easy-to-use action steps to transform: - Fear into Courage - Frustration into Patience - Loneliness into Connection - Anxiety into Inner Calm - Depression into Hope - Jealousy into Self-Esteem - Anger into Compassion

Now, you can finally end the cycle of bad credit and get back on your feet by following the step-by-step advice and tools in Credit Repair Kit For Dummies, 2nd Edition. You’ll find out everything you need to know about creating a solid plan to get your credit back on track. You’ll discover how to find your credit report, review all of the information in it, and learn how you can repair and spruce it up. You’ll learn how to communicate with creditors and how to budget so that you can pay your bills in full and on time. You’ll learn how to apply these credit strategies to all life situations, from building credit with your life partner to financially surviving a divorce, unemployment, and student loans. You will find out how to safe-guard your identity so that other people don’t damage your credit. Find out how to: Take charge of your credit Get help from credit counselors Request copies of your credit report Know how to interpret your credit report and credit score Avoid foreclosure Communicate with collectors, lawyers, and the courts Manage medical debt Safe-guard your identity Complete with lists of ten tips to avoid identity theft and reduce damages, ten ways you can prevent foreclosure, ten methods for establishing and improving credit, and ten strategies for handling financial emergencies, Credit Repair Kit For Dummies, 2nd Edition is your one-stop guide to improving and maintaining your credit score and protecting your identity. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

The BBB-4 Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair by Calvin Jones is packed with easy-to-follow, step-by-step procedures, color photos and repair tips for keeping almost any road or off-road bike running smoothly and trouble-free. Whether it's repairing a flat tire, adjusting brakes and shifting systems, truing wheels, or maintaining hub, headset and bottom bracket bearing systems, the BBB-4 has you covered. Thoroughly researched and revised, the 4th edition of the Big Blue Book contains updated photos, torque specifications and troubleshooting tables, along with new content on wheel building, electronic shifting, 12-speed and 1X drivetrains, tubeless tires, disc brakes, headset and bottom bracket standards, and more. Truly an indispensable tool and reference source for both the novice and advanced bicycle mechanic.

Breaking up may be hard to do, but with The Break-up Repair Kit, breaking up can also be a lot of fun. Packed with activities, inspiration, advice, and even recipes, The Break-up Repair Kit is like a wise- and hilarious- girlfriend who can help anyone get over him and get a life. Whether you're the dump-er or the dump-ee in a former relationship, authors Kamins and MacLeod help you get over your broken heart, get it together, and get back in the game. In "The Mourning After" the authors help the heartbroken deny denial and indulge in how sad and mad breaking up can be. They give readers permission to cry themselves a river. Readers learn how to nurture and take care of themselves after a break-up with "Fatigue Fighters"- activities that help fight off depression such as eating well and often, moving that beautiful body, and sleeping the sleep of the innocent. Readers also follow recipes that mend the broken heart, including making the perfect pretzel and cleansing the entire body with a homemade pumpkin scrub. "Rebuild Your Life" is all about getting ready to leave the house again and taking yourself on a date. Eating alone at a nice restaurant is actually pleasant. "Back in the Saddle" helps readers identify rebound relationships and explore their idea of Mr. Perfect as they look forward to dating again. A "When You Know You're Ready" checklist helps readers find out whether they're ready to start dating. And when they do get back in the saddle, readers learn the power-and fun-of dating themselves while dating him. For teenagers to recent divorcees, The Break-Up Repair Kit offers timeless advice on how to build a life that is powerful, beautiful, independent -- and attractive to the Next Guy.

The Relationship Alphabet is an alphabetical survey of relationship topics based on the research of Dr. John Gottman. The book includes insights on communication, conflict management and friendship building. Practical discussion questions make it easy to turn ideas into action.

Introduces the basics of English grammar, including identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs, and prepositions, and provides guidelines for proper sentence structure.

This book covers the all-important basic rules of punctuation. The correct methods of punctuation are shown and common errors are explored in a very approachable way. A lively cast of cartoon characters help and entertain the reader throughout.