The Bargain Buyer's Guide 2004


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This bestselling guide contains the most current information on ordering products and services online, by phone, and by mail at savings of up to 80 percent off the retail price. While finding the best outlets and sources for bargains, consumers will learn how to "shop smart" for every product imaginable--from caviar, gourmet coffee, and clothing to linens, snow tires, and carpeting. Full of large and small businesses that have found innovative ways to save consumers hundreds of dollars on the highest-quality goods and best-known brands, this tome of money-saving advice offers tips on how to minimize shipping and handling fees, keep credit card information secure on the Internet, and access sites and savings unknown to the common consumer. Meticulously researched and actively tested by 25 successful years on the market, this bargain hunter's classic is a resourceful and indispensable sourcebook for those shoppers who refuse to pay market prices.







The Bargain Hunter's Handbook


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A guide to getting the best deal on a variety of items from antiques to consumer goods and services to real estate.




The Bargain Buyer's Guide


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Formerly known as "Wholesale by Mail & Online," this highly selective, sometimes quirky catalog of bargains features deals on everything from fresh-cut flowers to livestock, from professional cameras to gourmet coffee beans--all at savings of 30 to 90 percent!




The Bargain Buyer's Guide 2003


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The Consumer's Bible to big savings online and by mail.




Buyers' Guide 2004


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The Buying Guide 2004


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Whatever your shopping style - diligent researcher, casual browser, or determined time saver - "Consumer Reports" is there with its all-new 2004 edition of "The Buying Guide," Trusted product reviews, comparisons, test results and Ratings of over 800 products combined with the expertise of "Consumer Reports" will help you in making your buying decisions for the entire year.




Basic Library Skills, 5th ed.


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This brand new edition of Wolf's acclaimed work provides a self-contained, short course in essential library skills for patrons of college, high school and public libraries. The intent is to provide a quick and easy way to learn to do library research. The exercises contained herein give students hands-on experience by applying rules stated in the text to situations that approach real "research problems." Subjects addressed include a brief tour of the library; card catalogs and cataloging systems; filing rules; online public access catalogs; subject searching; bibliographies; book reviews and parts of a book; dictionaries; encyclopedias; handbooks; atlases; gazetteers; periodicals; newspapers; online database searching and reference sources; literature and criticism; e-books; government information and government documents; biographies; business, career and consumer information; non-print materials and special services; online computer use in libraries and schools; and hints for writing term papers. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.







Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide, 7th Edition


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Featuring a fresh layout, revised maps, and more detail than ever before, the seventh edition of Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide offers collectors and amateurs alike the ultimate resource to the world's best wines. Understanding that buyers on every level appreciate a good deal, Parker separates overvalued bottles from undervalued, with wine prices instantly shifting according to his evaluations. Indifferent to the wine's pedigree, Parker's eminent 100-point rating system allows for independent, consumer-oriented, inside information. The latest edition of Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide includes expanded information on Spain, Portugal, Germany, Australia, Argentina, and Chile, as well as new sections on Israel and Central Europe. As in his previous editions, Parker provides the reassurance of a simple number rating, predictions for future buying potential, and practical overviews of regions and grapes. Altogether, an indispensable resource from the man the Los Angeles Times calls “the most powerful critic of any kind.”