Alpha Books
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Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group
, is an American publisher best known for their Complete Idiot's Guides series. It began as a division of Macmillan
. Pearson Education
acquired Macmillan General Reference from Simon & Schuster
in 1999. Alpha moved from Pearson Education
to Penguin Group
in 2003.
Penguin Group
The Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world , having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations...
, is an American publisher best known for their Complete Idiot's Guides series. It began as a division of Macmillan
Macmillan Publishers (United States)
Macmillan Publishers USA, also known as Macmillan Publishing, is a privately held American publishing company owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than 30 others....
. Pearson Education
Pearson Education
Pearson Education is an international educational publishing and technology company providing textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools...
acquired Macmillan General Reference from Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
in 1999. Alpha moved from Pearson Education
Pearson Education
Pearson Education is an international educational publishing and technology company providing textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools...
to Penguin Group
Penguin Group
The Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world , having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations...
in 2003.
Complete Idiot's Guides
Titles in this series include:- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Altered Art
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music TheoryMusic theoryMusic theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
, 2e - The Complete Idiot’s Guide to StretchingStretchingStretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle is deliberately elongated, often by abduction from the torso, in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone. The result is a feeling of increased muscle control, flexibility and...
, Illustrated - The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buying and Selling a HomeHomeA home is a place of residence or refuge. When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. Animals have their own homes as well, either...
, 5e - The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing the GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, 2e - The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Learning SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, 3e - The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Middle East Conflict
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Investing, 3e
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the BibleBibleThe Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
, 3e - The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buying Foreclosures
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Perfect ResumeRésuméA résumé is a document used by individuals to present their background and skillsets. Résumés can be used for a variety of reasons but most often to secure new employment. A typical résumé contains a summary of relevant job experience and education...
, 4e - The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Glycemic Index Weight LossGlycemic indexThe glycemic index, glycaemic index, or GI is a measure of the effects of carbohydrates on blood sugar levels. Carbohydrates that break down quickly during digestion and release glucose rapidly into the bloodstream have a high GI; carbohydrates that break down more slowly, releasing glucose more...
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Baby Sign Language
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science FictionThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science FictionThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction was written by Cory Doctorow and Karl Schroeder and published as part of The Complete Idiot's Guide series of non-fiction manuals by Alpha Books -Description:...
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to String TheoryString theoryString theory is an active research framework in particle physics that attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity. It is a contender for a theory of everything , a manner of describing the known fundamental forces and matter in a mathematically complete system...
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Surviving Divorce
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Vegan Living
External links
- Alpha Books at Penguin Group (USA)Penguin GroupThe Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world , having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations...