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1.		National Electrical Code 2008 (National Fire Protection Association National Electrical Code) from National Fire Protection Association Price: $63.99 Customer Review: I believe I got my money's worth with this publication. I feel it will last and give me a great deal of support. Amazon comes through again.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		The E-Myth Contractor: Why Most Contractors' Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It from Harper Paperbacks Price: $8.58 Customer Review: I ordered both the E-myth for Business and also the E-myth for Contractors. What I got was 2 of the same books (E-myth for Business). I returned one of the books with the explanation that I was suppose to recieve the E-myth for Contractors and I have yet to recieve it and that was over 2 mos. ago.... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		2006 International Building Code - Softcover Version: Softcover Version (International Building Code) from ICC (distributed by Cengage Learning) Price: $84.00 Customer Review: I needed a copy of this the 2006 IBC for business purposes. Price and delivery speed were important. I'm happy with the way Amazon expedited the process	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings 2006 from ICC (distributed by Cengage Learning) Price: $68.42 Customer Review: I know this is not amazons fault but this book is coming un-done after only a few weeks. If I could have bought it at a local bookstore I could return it but it took a long time in the first place to get from Code-It Books. You need at least 3 weeks lead time if you order online.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		The United States Constitution: What It Says, What It Means: A Hip Pocket Guide from Oxford University Press Price: $1.66 Customer Review: I expected this booklet to provide good solid information on the Constitution. Instead I got some information that was vague and some that was just plain wrong. Buy something better than this.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		A Matter of Interpretation from Princeton University Press Price: $36.00 Customer Review: In what may be the most important and timely law book of recent times, Justice Scalia takes aim at the debilitating disease of judicial lawmaking and offers a vigorous explication and defense of textualism and originalism, the twin pillars of his own jurisprudence. He does so persuasively,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		Building Code Basics: Residential: Based on 2009 International Residential Code from ICC (distributed by Cengage Learning) Price: $25.24 Customer Review: This book covers all of the basics you'll need to know from pouring a foundation to selecting tempered vs untempered glass near a doorway. Using easy to understand color pictures, this book makes the nearly indecipherable Residential Building Code quite palatable.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Be Your Own House Contractor from Storey Publishing, LLC Price: $9.97 Customer Review: Reading this book could make you believe you can handle a large construction project yourself, if you have a substantial ego. If you live in an area of the country where building codes are not that tough, this book probably is a decent blueprint. Personally, I looked at this book as a way to educate... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Markup & Profit: A Contractor's Guide from Craftsman Book Company Price: $21.09 Customer Review: I found this book informative. It has a wide range of information much of it I was already aware of. The break down on cost and markup was eye opening and made me reconsider my old school approach of fixed markup. The contract section is just as good though and worth a mention.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.	[no image]	How to Plan, Contract & Build Your Own Home from McGraw-Hill Companies Customer Review: As I am planning to build a huge home,and will probably be my own contractor, I have bought dozens of books so that I am well informed. This book is one of the best and has been extremely helpful to me in understanding the details of foundations, framing, roofing etc.The book is a great value... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		National Electrical Code 2005 Softcover Version (National Fire Protection Association National Electrical Code) from National Fire Protection Association Inc. Price: $64.17 Customer Review: I was very pleased to get a current code book at a reasonable price. The book was in good usable condition.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		International Fuel & Gas Code 2006 (International Fuel Gas Code) from ICC (distributed by Cengage Learning) Price: $57.59 Customer Review: This is exactly what is required by several states to assist with the masters exams and continuing education classes, for master gas fitters licenses.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		The Codes Guidebook for Interiors from Wiley Price: $41.04 Customer Review: The book came in great condition, I edge of the cover was bent, but could have easily happened during shipping.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Constitutional Law--Individual Rights: Examples and Explanations (The Examples & Explanations Series) from Aspen Publishers Price: $12.00 Customer Review: The Redlich hornbook is a lot shorter and easier to read, but unfortunately is last updated in 1999. Until it is current, these are the best.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		Construction Project Management: A Practical Guide to Field Construction Management from Wiley Price: $44.34 Customer Review: I recommend this book for its full coverage on all the aspects of construction management, approaching the real field problems, solutions, tips and the very well explained example that is built chapter by chapter. Theory and practice merge in a very palatable way. Any one who read it carefully,... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) 2007 Handbook from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $59.98 Customer Review: I would have liked to review this product but I never received it and never received a response from the seller. I attempted to purchase the book from one of the other seller that appeared on the Amazon site. I think twice now when I try to by from someone other than Amazon.	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		Pipe and Excavation Contracting from Craftsman Book Company Price: $19.14 Customer Review: Covers a lot of basic information. Worth reading if you are in the field. You may pick up a few tips & tricks.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home from Betterway Home Price: $15.59 Customer Review: I bought this book to further my education. I am in the business and was curious about what was being told and sold to consumers. This book is a joke. Seem like a plot to scare you away from building your own home. Trust me, the process is much simpler then this book describes it; slightly... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution from Knopf Price: $4.39 Customer Review: Justice Breyer gives us an intimate insight into the judicial reasoning he applies to his Supreme Court decisions. He covers fundamental aspects of our democratic political philosophy as the structure to demonstrate his interpretive concept of Active Liberty as opposed to the literalist approach... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		2006 International Mechanical Code: Softcover Version from ICC (distributed by Cengage Learning) Price: $59.36 Customer Review: Product arrived quickly and in perfect condition. This is the original IMC adopted by many cities across the USA. I wish Amazon would link the International Energy Code book so both could be purchased at the same time at a discount.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


21.		RSMeans Residential Repair & Remodeling Costs 2010: Contractor's Pricing Guide from R.S. Means Company Price: $26.18	Click here for more information


22.		2006 International Plumbing Code: Softcover Version from ICC (distributed by Cengage Learning) Price: $54.21 Customer Review: The book came on time and was in outstanding codition! I will weork with this company again!!	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution from Vintage Price: $9.00 Customer Review: Rakove is one of the most eminent scholars of the Founding, as well as a self proclaimed Madisonian. The thoroughness, and writing style is excellent to be sure. One of the concerns I seem to have is the tendency to use the plethora of information in a way distinctly different than that in which... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		Construction Contracting: A Practical Guide to Company Management , 7th Edition from Wiley Price: $55.73 Customer Review: this book came quickly and it was in the condition i expected. pleasure doing business with you.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		Building a Successful Construction Company from Kaplan Business Price: $18.73 Customer Review: The author did an excellent job presenting the essential information every CEO must know in order to build a successful construction company. The book walks you through the steps of creating a working business plan, organizing marketing campaigns, organizing your business, and building a "core"... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.		National Electrical Code 2002 (softcover) (National Fire Protection Association National Electrical Code) from Delmar Cengage Learning Price: $39.99 Customer Review: This book was intact and in good condition. A good deal for the money.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		How to Start and Operate an Electrical Contracting Business from McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Price: $11.65 Customer Review: This book is a good study for another perspective on operating an electrical business. Getting opinions and help from many different sources can dramatically inproove your results in the long run.	Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction: Materials, Finishes, and Details from Wiley Price: $53.75 Customer Review: I am building a new house and wanted some detailed information on materials that would assist in all the choices I will be making. This book is so much better than the infomation you find that is intended for consumers, which is very lacking in details and substance. For example, you will find good... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.		Construction Business Management: What Every Construction Contractor, Builder & Subcontractor Needs to Know from RSMeans Price: $34.93 Customer Review: This book is great for someone just starting a business, I have been in the business for 10 years so most of it I was already doing, let me know I was on the right path. Good book to read before you start a construction business.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


30.		Illustrated Guide to the National Electrical Code (Illustrated Guide to the National Electrical Code (Nec)) from Delmar Cengage Learning Price: $41.09 Customer Review: I purchased this book to get ready for the nec test, after doing a practice test in the book I wanted to check my answers- could not find it anywhere within the book. I called DELMAR the publisher and they informed me only the instructors copy has answers to check your work, this instructors... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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