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1 comments about Santa Fe: Houses & Gardens.

1. This book is exactly what I was looking for. Perfect condition and rapid delivery. Great service.

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1 comments about Mies van der Rohe - IIT Campus: Illinois Institute of Technology.

1. This is a nice book deadicaqted strickly to the IIT campus. It gives a brief history and understanding of the campus and its buildings. The black and white photos are compeling and are the focus of the book. It is a great and fast recource for a general understanding of this campus. I wish it had been longer and had more text is all i can really say bad about it.

5 comments about The Complete Guide to Decks: A Step-By-Step Manual for Building Basic and Advanced Decks (Black & Decker Home Improvement Library).

1. Tons of photos, very good step by step instructions. Great for the begineer to intermediate DIY'er.

   However, be sure to check your local building codes before making any plans. It will save you a lot of money. This book (like most deck building books) are written with people in the North Eastern US in mind. Readers in the South East don't need such deep footers for example. It goes the other way too, the directions for attaching a deck to your home were insufficient for code in my local area.
   This book, like most other deck books, focuses on tall decks and really doens't discuss much about ground level decks.




2. This book has great step by step instructions on how to build a deck in general. It also has several start to finish guides (with good pictures) for specific kinds of decks, and the special stuff you do for those.

   The one complaint I would have is that the deck was tailored to building a deck with a cantilevered beam. I was building a corner-post deck, and some of the examples didn't show both. (Some of them did, but I could have used more detail.)

   I've also heard the Home Depot deck book is good.




3. I checked out many books from my library (which did not have this book). This book beats all other deck books I've seen for the following good points: * Awesome pictures & drawings: B&D accomplishes with a picture what others can only do with a drawing. * Great mix of design ideas with how-to detail for each design flare. * Very complete how-to teaching style with a level suitable for beginner to advanced. * Clear, consise writing style.

   B&D has fast become my favorite home improvement book source. Their advanced wiring guide is also very good!




4. this book is great for beginners and has lots of pictures and step by step. lots of detail in this book even up to all the tools and parts you will need. im very happy with it.



5. I thought this book said it all. It delivers just what you need, for information. This book is great for the first timer and for the advanced deck builder.