Great Books

Your Map for a Brave New Real-Estate WorldThe days of real-estate mania—when you really couldn’t go wrong with buying a home, then selling it in a few years for a lot more than you paid for it—are over. Inflated prices and the “subprime” mortgage crisis have finally burst the bubble. Now, more than ever, it’s important for current and prospective home buyers to understand just what they’re getting into when they take that plunge—and to think smarter when it comes to making the most of their biggest asset. The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner’s Guidebook shows readers how to become savvy home buyers—and eventually owners—not only in this new, uncertain era but in any market:• Understand the benefits and pitfalls of owning versus renting• Make sense of the housing market—ask the important questions, factor in the unforeseen costs, and explode the big myths of home ownership • Take advantage of current opportunities if you’re a first-time home buyer• Overcome the challenges if you’re looking to trade up or cash out on your home for retirement• Make the best profit on your home in any market• Understand why your home—your number one asset—really isn’t such a great investment

This comprehensive three-ring binder is full of practical advice, hands-on worksheets and organizational features to keep track of every aspect of a home. That's why this book is an essential companion for all homeowners, whether they have a home improvement project on the horizon or simply want to gather up all of their housing details and keep them in one place. They can use this book to keep track of important home facts such as basic ownership information, housing finances, budgets, renovations, improvements, interior design, large purchases and more.

Document the first years of your new home in the Our House Journal. Fill it with favorite memories of crossing the threshold for the first time, applying the last brush of paint, and throwing the first party - as well as your dreams for the future. This keepsake journal makes a perfect housewarming gift.

Here are 100 of the very best pasta recipes, tested and approved in the Ladies' Home Journal Test Kitchen. The book presents the preparation and cooking time for each recipe, degree of difficulty, nutritional analysis, and 20 to 25 full-color photos. Hidden spiral binding.

This book will help you keep track of renovations and repairs to your home. Now in its Fifth Edition, The Home Owner's Journal has been published since 1986 and has sold over 500,000 copies. Have you ever forgotten the last time you had something cleaned, serviced or repaired? Have you ever purchased too little or too much paint because you didn't record how much you used the first time? Have you lost track of warranties or vendor contact information? This all-new Fifth Edition Journal is your solution. It contains a chapter for every part of your home, inside and out. Keep receipts and warranties in two handy pocket pages. The Home Owner's Journal is a great gift for housewarmings, weddings, closing gifts and for you.

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Over two years have past since Corrie Belle Hollister left Miracle Springs and now, with the Civil War behind her, Corrie is returning home to the family she loves, back to California, and yet back to even more than that. Rising up with Corrie is a new feeling that the time has come for her to decide where home really is.Corrie has grown into a mature woman in her time away from home. Will her family see the difference? it is time to decide where she belongs - Where is her home - Where is the home for her heart?

Ladies' Home Journal Cookbook, 1963, edited by Carol Truax. Hardcover with dust jacket, 728 pages, published by Doubleday & Company. Very good condition book, dust jacket has a couple of small tape repairs.