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As 2013 comes to a close, many of us are ruminating about the year just past and evaluating which parts of our lives could bear a little re-boot or renewal. If you are determined to begin a facet of your life anew, or you have been putting off a new venture because you don’t know where to start, read this blog to get some new ideas. Better yet, go onto the Library’s online catalogue and search using the keywords “beginners” or “start” and you will be rewarded with numerous books/DVDs in our collection that are geared toward persons who are at the beginning of a new adventure and need to learn the basics of a new skill or learned behavior.
The Mechanics’ Institute Library can help you learn a new language, start up a new business, lose weight, get organized, grow vegetables and a plethora of other exciting endeavors! Take a look at a sample of titles, for beginners, in our collection:
The Art of the Start: the Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki (658.11 K22)
If you have a great idea for a new product or business, this book will guide you through the required steps to realizing your dream. It is factual, insightful and uncompromising in its delivery of the need-to-know information to ensure that your great idea makes it to the marketplace.
Absolute Beginner’s Guide to eBay by Michael Miller (381.17 M64a)
Is your New Year’s resolution to get better organized and less attached to the clutter in your apartment or house? Then you need to learn how to sell your stuff on eBay! Who knows what treasures lurk beneath the dust and in your closets? You can make some money while you clean up your personal environment – this may be your best resolution ever!
The Beginner’s Guide to Growing Heirloom Vegetables: the 100 Easiest, Most Flavorful Vegetables for Your Garden by Marie Iannotti (635 I118)
A beautifully photographed book that instructs both beginning and established gardeners about the benefits of growing heirloom vegetables. Included are specific instructions on how to plant and propagate the vegetables; there are also chapters addressing how to save your own seeds both for specific vegetable varieties and in general.
Financial Fresh Start by Shari Olefson (332.024 O454)
Do your finances need a makeover? Financial Fresh Start provides a five step plan to organize your finances to prosper in the new American economy. The steps covered include banking, credit and debt, savings, homeownership, and more.
Beginning Programming for Dummies by Wallace Wang (005.1 W246)
Have you always dreamed of making your fortune in a tech start-up? Well, you have to start by learning how to program your computer. Wang covers all of the basics regarding programming including the need for different programming languages, the building blocks of programming, debugging programs and other advanced programming topics, internet programming, and a glossary of common programming terms.
Ceramics for Beginners: Surfaces, Glazes & Firing by Angelica Pozo (738.14 P893)
If your creative juices are flowing and you need an outlet, try picking up this book to see if you are inspired by clay! Pozo has presented an easy to follow and beautiful book that shows the steps to producing charming ceramic pieces. This guide is a step-by-step instruction book for beginners with lots of informative and inspiring pictures.
