The Complete Idiot's Guide to...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to... are reference books that provide a very basic understanding of seemingly difficult topics. This is accomplished by using very basic words and terminology to explain different facets of a topic. Definitions of words, profiles of people and a synopsis of events for context are also provided when necessary. They are very similar to the ...For Dummies books.
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[edit] Origin
The guide that brought the series to popularity was The Complete Idiot's Guide to DOS, or "Idiot's DOS" for short because the original cover made "Idiot's" and "DOS" huge in comparison to the rest of the title, the same way that DOS For Dummies popularized the Dummies series.
[edit] Subjects for which a Complete Idiot's Guide exists
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- Complete Idiot's Guide to Accounting
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Algebra
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Baby Sign Language
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Bartending
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying Foreclosures
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Chinese
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Coaching Youth Basketball
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Computer Basics
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Manga
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing People
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Glycemic Index Weight Loss
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Grant Writing
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Middle East Conflict
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Guitar
- Complete Idiot's Guide to RVing
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Science Fair Projects
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Spanish
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Spanish Program 2
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Statistics
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting Your Own Business
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Thai Green Curries
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Type 2 Diabetes
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Upgrading Your PC
[edit] See also
- ...For Dummies, a similar series of books