Practical Books for Real-Life Problems
Straightforward guides for home repairs, emergencies, preparedness, and everyday life.
A Practical DIY Home Repair Guide
Simple Home Repair
The Best Simple Home Repair Guide
Stop waiting and paying for help with every small household problem. Simple Home Repair gives homeowners, renters, and DIY beginners straightforward instructions for handling common repairs safely, confidently, and without complicated technical language.
Choose paperback, hardcover, or Kindle.
Why This Book Matters
Home repairs do not always require an expensive contractor. This practical guide helps you recognize common problems, understand what you can safely handle yourself, and know when it is time to call a professional.
Who This Book Is For
Written for homeowners, renters, first-time buyers, and DIY beginners who want to take better care of their living space. No technical background is required—just a willingness to learn and follow clear instructions.
Practical Skills for Everyday Problems
What You’ll Learn Inside
- How to patch drywall holes and restore damaged walls.
- Simple fixes for leaky faucets and running toilets.
- Basic electrical safety and common outlet and switch problems.
- Fast fixes for doors, windows, hinges, and household hardware.
- Which tools every homeowner should keep ready for repairs.
- When a repair is safe to tackle and when to call a professional.
Start Handling Simple Home Repairs Yourself
Keep a practical repair guide within reach and approach everyday household problems with greater confidence.
Understanding Yourself in a Complicated World
Crazy or Just Human
Discovering Clarity, Confidence, and Self-Acceptance
Do you ever wonder whether you are losing your mind—or simply reacting like a human being to a difficult world? Crazy or Just Human offers honest guidance for understanding self-doubt, managing everyday stress, and building greater clarity, confidence, and self-acceptance.
Available in paperback and eBook formats.
Why This Book Matters
Modern life can leave anyone feeling stretched, judged, confused, or second-guessed. This book helps readers understand those feelings without treating every difficult moment as evidence that something is wrong with them.
Who This Book Is For
This book is for anyone struggling with self-doubt, stress, confidence, or the feeling that they are not enough. It offers useful perspective for students, parents, professionals, and anyone trying to better understand themselves.
Honest Guidance for Real Life
What You’ll Learn Inside
- How to recognize the difference between everyday stress, burnout, anxiety, and self-doubt.
- Practical ways to quiet your inner critic and build lasting confidence.
- Simple exercises for improving focus, grounding, and emotional resilience.
- Why self-acceptance is an important part of personal growth.
- How to stop measuring your life against everyone else’s expectations.
- How to approach difficult thoughts and emotions with greater clarity.
The ShopHenCo Books Difference
Real Talk for Real People
Written by Mark Henning and published through ShopHenCo Books, Crazy or Just Human combines personal honesty with useful, practical guidance. It is written to be understood, considered, and applied—not simply placed on a shelf.
Begin Understanding Yourself More Clearly
Discover a more balanced way to approach self-doubt, confidence, and the difficult moments that are part of being human.
The Fix-It Kit Survival Series
Urban Survival
A Fix-It Kit for Safety, Preparedness & Everyday Emergencies
Emergencies in a city create challenges you may not encounter in the wilderness. Urban Survival provides straightforward guidance for power outages, water shortages, transportation breakdowns, severe weather, civil unrest, evacuations, and other disruptions to everyday life.
Choose the Kindle edition or a downloadable PDF.
Why This Book Matters
Most survival guides concentrate on wilderness skills, but many emergencies happen where people actually live. This guide addresses city-specific problems such as crowded roads, limited supplies, power failures, interrupted water service, apartment safety, and neighborhood unrest.
Who This Book Is For
This book is for city residents, commuters, apartment dwellers, homeowners, renters, and families who want a realistic emergency plan. It gives everyday people clear steps without fear-based language, complicated terminology, or unnecessary survival equipment.
Practical Urban Preparedness
What You’ll Learn Inside
- How to create a practical 72-hour urban emergency plan.
- What to do during power outages, water shortages, and supply disruptions.
- How to prepare for transportation problems and crowded evacuation routes.
- Practical ways to improve personal and family safety during civil unrest.
- How to build a compact emergency kit for your home, apartment, or vehicle.
- Which supplies and tools are genuinely useful in an urban emergency.
- How to stay calm, evaluate risks, and make better decisions under pressure.
The Fix-It Kit Survival Series
Useful Guidance for Life’s Unexpected Problems
Urban Survival is part of the Fix-It Kit Survival Series from ShopHenCo Books. Each guide offers practical, straightforward steps to help readers prepare for emergencies, solve common problems, and respond confidently when everyday life does not go according to plan.
Prepare Before an Emergency Happens
Build a realistic urban emergency plan and learn practical steps that can help protect you and the people who depend on you.
The Fix-It Kit Survival Series
Car Breakdown Road Warrior
A Fix-It Kit for Roadside Survival, Emergency Repairs & Stress-Free Driving
A dead battery, flat tire, overheating engine, or roadside emergency can quickly turn an ordinary drive into a stressful situation. Car Breakdown Road Warrior gives everyday drivers practical, step-by-step guidance for staying safe, identifying common problems, and getting back on the road.
Choose the Kindle edition or a downloadable PDF.
Why This Book Matters
Roadside assistance may take hours to arrive, and some driving emergencies require immediate action. This guide helps you recognize common vehicle problems, respond safely, avoid preventable damage, and make informed decisions while waiting for help or attempting a basic repair.
Who This Book Is For
This book is for commuters, parents, new drivers, road-trip travelers, and anyone who wants to feel more prepared behind the wheel. No mechanical background is required—just a willingness to learn practical roadside safety and basic emergency procedures.
Practical Roadside Preparedness
What You’ll Learn Inside
- How to jump-start a dead battery while protecting your vehicle’s electrical system.
- How to respond safely to a flat tire, with or without a usable spare.
- What to do when an engine begins overheating.
- Which essential tools and emergency supplies belong in your vehicle.
- How to identify and respond to common roadside breakdowns.
- Ways to stay visible and safe during nighttime or bad-weather emergencies.
- How to remain calm, evaluate the situation, and decide when professional help is necessary.
The Fix-It Kit Survival Series
Practical Help When Life Breaks Down
Car Breakdown Road Warrior is part of the Fix-It Kit Survival Series from ShopHenCo Books. Each guide provides straightforward steps that help everyday people prepare for emergencies, solve common problems, and respond confidently when life does not go according to plan.
Prepare Before Your Next Roadside Emergency
Learn what to carry, what to check, and what to do when your vehicle leaves you stranded.
Behind the Work Orders
Maintenance Mayhem
Every day brought a new problem—and usually a new story.
What is it really like to manage a maintenance department? It means taking care of buildings, leading a staff, coordinating vendors, calming frustrated people, and somehow keeping everything working when nothing wants to cooperate.
Maintenance Mayhem is a funny, honest collection of stories inspired by my years as a maintenance manager. It celebrates the hardworking people, unforgettable personalities, unexpected problems, and crazy situations that made every day a new adventure.
“It was the kind of job you hated to love—and could never forget.”