Beaded Critters

Half of the projects in the book are wire projects which I was not interested in. This book does not discuss different types of threads, beads, or pliers. I did not find this book informative at all. I would not recommend this book to anyone. 

Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual: Completely Revised and Updated

This super-handy manual has received a major upgrade. Seventeen chapters' worth of fixer-upper opportunities are enhanced with more than 3,000 photos and illustrations that would look equally at home in an upscale home decorating catalogue. The first few chapters cover hand and power tools, fasteners and adhesives, and are enough to incite hardware envy among even dwellers of tiny apartments. There is strange beauty in the cutaway views of five different hollow-wall fasteners and the machinations of nine types of pliers.