How To Do Just About Everything

by Courtney Rosen

The experts at eHow know how to do just about everything, and in this comprehensive reference book, they share their know-how with you. From pets to home improvement, sports to job survival, here are 1,001 how-to solutions to help you get the job done -- and done well. For every task, eHow provides concise step-by-step instructions, helpful tips and warnings, and useful lists of everything you'll need to get the job done. Browse these pages to discover how
Tie a Tie * Plant a Lawn * Carve a Turkey * Write a Business Plan * Unclog a Sink * Ask for a Raise * Tango * Change Your Motor Oil * Sew on a Button * Write a Love Letter * Wash Your Cat * Lose Weight * Prevent Jet Lag * Throw a Knuckleball ...and much, much more
Whatever you need to do, you'll now know where to look for complete, authoritative instructions. How to Do (Just About) Everything is packed with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, plus helpful checklists and calendars. A thorough keyword index makes it simple to find what you need. Keep this essential reference volume around the house and soon you'll wonder how you ever got anything done without it.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

640 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2000

Reviews

[Lisa Vegan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This contains some dumb advice and some (unfortunately) very outdated advice and how to information. But, it’s such a fun book, and some of the how to information is definitely useful; there’s a lot of good stuff in here. This book is fun to peruse. Looking through it, there will always be more than a few things that will both grab my attention and teach me something.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

An amusing read!It really does have amost everything! Might be useful to an alien who crash lands here!

[Kourtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

"How To Do Just About Everything" is a comprehensive reference book that covers a wide range of topics from pets to job survival. With 1,001 how-to solutions, eHow experts provide concise step-by-step instructions, helpful tips, warnings, and useful lists of everything you'll need to get the job done. Whether it's tying a tie, planting a lawn, writing a business plan, or even washing your cat, this book provides authoritative instructions that will help you accomplish virtually any task.

The book is organized in a user-friendly manner, with a thorough keyword index that makes it easy to find what you need. The checklists and calendars are also helpful tools that readers will appreciate. While some of the information may be outdated, the majority of the content is still useful and relevant. Overall, "How To Do Just About Everything" is a valuable resource that should be on every DIY enthusiast's bookshelf.

[Ngo Hong · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like it

[Mystique · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a continuing resource for me. For instance, it recently taught me how to rewire all of the vintage lamps in my home (took me all of 5 mins., and people charge big bucks for that!). My parents-in-law were so impressed that they asked me to rewire their lamps. Now, I can make a lamp, if I want to.

It also helped me when I had my housewarming and somehow dishwashing liquid got into my dishwasher (the sink kind, not the machine kind) causing my kitchen to fill with bubbles moments before guests arrived (and simultaneous with my cat coughing up a hairball on my white rug). This book gave me step-by-step instructions that had the bubbles out of the machine, and out of the kitchen, in minutes (less than 10 mins.).

It can teach you everything from how to cook a Thanksgiving dinner for 8, to how to rewire a dryer socket. In some cases, the step-by-step is over-simplified, but some would call that idiot-proof. It just depends on your level of proficiency with the particular subject at-hand. For me, the turkey-dinner instructions would be over-simplified, but there's no such thing as over-simplifying instructions about electrical appliances. For others, this would be reversed.


Very, very handy!

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to have on hand if you're clueless. It really tells you how to do everything ... from "How to know if you're in love" to "How to name a baby" and many other off the wall things you think most people would know. Just a fun book to have on hand!

[Reese Chism · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is telling me how to fix just about everything...... from relationships to pets to food and gardening.... If you need to learn how to trim your bird's wings, this is your book.....