Building a Deck


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This book takes the reader through the entire process of building a deck - from planning stages, through construction to the custom details that make a deck more functional and attractive.




Stacked Decks


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A surprising look at the power and perspectives of city building inspectors as they seek to navigate within the inequalities of today's housing environment. Though we rarely see them at work, building inspectors have the power to significantly shape our lives through their discretionary decisions. The building inspectors of Chicago are at the heart of sociologist Robin Bartram's analysis of how individuals affect--or attempt to affect--housing inequality. Using both ethnography and statistical analysis of the building inspectors who respond to complaints about housing conditions in Chicago, Bartram calls attention to the importance of these frontline workers and the power of their agency. In Stacked Decks, she reveals surprising patterns in the judgment calls inspectors make when deciding whom to cite for building code violations. These predominantly white, male inspectors largely recognize that they work within an unequal housing landscape that systematically disadvantages poor people and people of color through redlining, property taxes, and city spending that favor wealthy neighborhoods. While they often act out of a desire to bring justice to this uneven playing field by penalizing those perceived as advantaged, Stacked Decks illustrates the uphill battle inspectors face when trying to change a housing system that works against those with the fewest resources.




Popular Mechanics MoneySmart Makeovers


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Complete Deck Book


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The Complete Guide to Building Decks


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This is a manual for building basic and customized decks.




Generation Decks


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1001 Ideas for Outdoor Spaces


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Whether budget allows for a few added accessories and plants or a full landscaping project complete with a deck or patio, this book will offer readers the many options they have to get the perfect outdoor space. With hundreds of photos, this text sets the perfect foundation for the dream outdoor space.




The Pitch Deck Book


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The Pitch Deck Book is a step by step guide to raising seed capital from Venture Capital and Angel investors. This guide was built by Tim Cooley who has spent more than 10 years screening deals and raising more than $200M in seed and early-stage capital for over 100+ companies. "The Pitch Deck Book is-hands-down-the clearest, simplest, and most concise guide ever written to creating and delivering an effective startup fundraising pitch. Three hours spent reading and applying the lessons in Tim Cooley's book will save you thirty hours of well-meaning-but-ineffective feedback from random advisors. Tim comes from the perspectives of both a founder and an investor, and as the Executive Director of a highly regarded angel group, he is EXACTLY the audience your pitch is aimed at. Founders around the world (not to mention investors who have to sit through awful pitches!) owe him an enormous debt of gratitude."-David S. Rose, "The Pitch Coach", author of "The Startup Checklist" and "Angel Investing", founder of New York Angels.Inside The Pitch Deck Book, you will find a guide to creating all the key elements you will need to engage investors. You will learn everything you need to do before you ever set up a meeting. You will learn the best format to present your business so that investors will get excited about your business. Finally, you will be shown a number of actual pitch decks with some of the most common issues that most founders come across when they pitch. Not only do you see the actual decks used, but also the feedback on how to fix them.If you do not want to be the 99% of companies who never get funded and are looking for the most comprehensive way to present your business to investors, this is the book for you.For more information and to get a FREE one-pager builder go to my website: TIMLCOOLEY.CO




Arthur Decks the Hall


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Ultimate Guide


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Explains how to plan, design and build a deck, in a resource that offers step-by-step instructions for 30 deck projects, complete with floor plans and materials lists; money- and time-saving tip boxes that reveal carpenters' tricks of the trade; 545 color photos and 325 color illustrations; and more. Original. 15,000 first printing.