Consumer Reports Used Car Buying Guide


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"Consumer Reports Used Car Buying Guide" gives shoppers comprehensive advice on more than 200 models, including reliability histories for 1992-1999 models of cars, SUVs, minivans, and pickup trucks. 225+ photos & charts.




The Consumer Bible


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Offers advice on saving time and money on food, health care, home, automobiles, finances, clothing, telephones, child care, vacations, lawyers, and funerals




Consumer Reports Used Car Buying Guide 2003


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The ultimate used car guide lists the best and worst used cars, summarizes the marketplace, shares advice on web shopping, discusses author insurance, and shares tips on buying and selling. Original.




Consumer Reports 1999 Buying Guide


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From cars to cell phones to washing machines, this book presents the most objective information available to the American consumer. Ratings, charts, & indices.




Driving from Japan


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This study chronicles the success of the Japanese car in America. Starting with Japan's first gasoline-powered car, the Takuri, it examines early Japanese inventors and automotive conditions in Japan; the arrival of Japanese cars in California in the late 1950s; consumer and media reactions to Japanese manufacturers; what obstacles they faced; initial sales; and how the cars gained popularity through shrewd marketing. Toyota, Honda, Datsun (Nissan), Mazda, Subaru, Isuzu, and Mitsubishi are profiled individually from their origins through the present. An examination follows of the forced cooperation between American and Japanese manufacturers, the present state of the industry in America, and the possible future of this union, most importantly in the race for a more environmentally-sound vehicle.




How to Clean Practically Anything


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Provides practical ways to clean household and personal items, including appliances, upholstery, carpets, and automobiles.




Ancestry magazine


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Ancestry magazine focuses on genealogy for today’s family historian, with tips for using Ancestry.com, advice from family history experts, and success stories from genealogists across the globe. Regular features include “Found!” by Megan Smolenyak, reader-submitted heritage recipes, Howard Wolinsky’s tech-driven “NextGen,” feature articles, a timeline, how-to tips for Family Tree Maker, and insider insight to new tools and records at Ancestry.com. Ancestry magazine is published 6 times yearly by Ancestry Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com.




The Technology Management Handbook


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If you are not already in a management position, chances are you soon will be. According to the Bureau of Statistics, the fastest growing areas of employment for engineers are in engineering/science management. With over 200 contributing authors, The Technology Management Handbook informs and assists the more than 1.5 million engineering managers in the practice of technical management. Written from the technical manager's perspective and written for technologists who are managers, The Technology Management Handbook presents in-depth information on the science and practice of management. Its comprehensive coverage encompasses the field of technology management, offering information on: Entrepreneurship Innovations Economics Marketing Product Development Manufacturing Finance Accounting Project Management Human Resources International Business




Consumer Reports Home Computer Buying Guide


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Consumer Reports helps the reader navigate the fast-changing home computer marketplace with its buying wisdom and incomparable brand-name ratings. Includes a Glossary of home technology terms and ratings of top e-commerce sites.




Consumer Economics: A Practical Overview


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This work focuses on the service economy, it introduces the fundamentals of markets, consumer choice, financial assessment, risk avoidance, and other topics.