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All-New Hints from Heloise: A Household Guide for the '90sby HeloiseISBN 0399515100 (0-399-51510-0)
Softcover, Perigee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All-New Hints from Heloise: A Household Guide for the '90s'Book summary:For over thirty years Heloise's column "Hints from Heloise" has been an American institution, read by millions daily. In All-New Hints from Heloise, her first new household-hints book in almost a decade, Heloise has created an indispensable home reference guide that focuses specifically on today's changing life- styles. The operative word today is convenience--getting what has to be done accomplished in the limited time available.[via]
You will still find an abundance of the time-tested household hints from Heloise so many have come to expect, from removing spots and stains to caring for household plants and fixing squeaky floors. In addition, you will also find scores of hints on using and maintaining household appliances that simply didn't exist in most homes a decade ago. Organized by subject, and cross-referenced with a comprehensive index, All-New Hints from Heloise provides up-to-date advice on everything from home care inside and outside to travel, entertainment, children, pets, and more.
This is the first household self-help book to take readers beyond the traditional concerns of the past and help prepare them to overcome the hurdles of the '90s.More editions of All-New Hints from Heloise: A Household Guide for the '90s:
The American Frugal Housewifeby Lydia Maria ChildISBN 048640840X (0-486-40840-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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- The American Frugal Housewife: ISBN 0918222982 (0-918222-98-2)
Hardcover, Ingram Pub Services - The American Frugal Housewife: ISBN 0939218224 (0-939218-22-4)
Hardcover, Alan C Hood & Co - The American Frugal Housewife: ISBN 0060114827 (0-06-011482-7)
Hardcover, Harper & Row - The American Frugal Housewife: ISBN 048640840X (0-486-40840-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
- The American Frugal Housewife: ISBN 0918222982 (0-918222-98-2)
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Beetpm's Book of Household Management (1861)by Isabelle BeetonISBN 187096215X (1-870962-15-X)
Hardcover, Equinox Publishing Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beetpm's Book of Household Management (1861)'Book summary:First published in 1861. Facsimile of the very rare first impression of the first edition with its splendid colour plates. This was Isabella Beeton's collection of the recipes that appeared in her husband's The English Woman's Domestic Magazine which ran for the three years (1859-61). It was to become the best-known cookery book in the English language, and covers not only cookery but also the management and duties of servants, legal affairs, medical matters and more. All recipes were edited, rewritten and personally tested by Isabella Beeton. [via]
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Better Homes and Gardens Household Hints and Tipsby Better Homes & GardensISBN 0696019620 (0-696-01962-0)
Softcover, Meredith Books
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The Cats' Houseby Bob WalkerISBN 0836221834 (0-8362-2183-4)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Clean and Green: The Complete Guide to Non-Toxic and Environmentally Safe Housekeepingby Annie Berthold-BondISBN 1886101019 (1-886101-01-9)
Softcover, Ceres Pr
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Clean House, Clean Planet: Clean Your House for Pennies a Day, the Safe, Nontoxic Wayby Karen Noonan LoganISBN 0671535951 (0-671-53595-1)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Clean, Naturally : Recipes for Body, Home and Spiritby Sandy MaineISBN 1883010985 (1-883010-98-5)
Softcover, Interweave Press, LLC
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Cleaning Plain & Simpleby Donna SmallinISBN 1580176070 (1-58017-607-0)
Softcover, Storey Books
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Clutter Control: Putting Your Home on a Dietby Jeff Campbell, Clean TeamISBN 0440503396 (0-440-50339-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Clutter's Last Stand: It's Time To De-junk Your Life!by Don AslettISBN 1593373295 (1-59337-329-5)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Confessions of an Organized Homemaker: The Secrets of Uncluttering Your Home and Taking Control of Your Lifeby Deniece SchofieldISBN 1558703616 (1-55870-361-6)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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The Country KitchenISBN 0933585187 (0-933585-18-7)
Hardcover, Family Circle Books
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The Country Kitchenby Time LifeISBN 0809467542 (0-8094-6754-2)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Country Kitchen: Country Style for the Most Inviting Room of the Homeby Time-Life BooksISBN 0809467550 (0-8094-6755-0)
Hardcover, Time-Life Books
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The Domostroi: Rules for Russian Households in the Time of Ivan the Terribleby Carolyn Johnston PouncyISBN 0801496896 (0-8014-9689-6)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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A detailed and colorful instruction manual on household management in sixteenth-century Russia, the Domostroi gives a fascinating glimpse of the world of the nobility. This "how-to" guide is one of the few sources on the social history and secular life of Russia in the time of Ivan the Terrible. Carolyn Johnston Pouncy here offers, with an informative introduction, the first complete English translation. [via]
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Emilie's Creative Home Organizerby Emilie BarnesISBN 1565073193 (1-56507-319-3)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emilie's Creative Home Organizer'Book summary:More than 285,000 copies of Emilies Creative Home Organizer have been sold! With its new cover, Emilies timeless household wisdom will reach even more women from all walks of life.
A time and organizational management expert, Emilie offers thousands of helpful tips for cleaning, cooking, gardening, staying healthy, raising children, and more. From the kitchen to the bathroom, from doing laundry to cleaning out the garage, readers will find innovative and practical suggestions for clearing out the clutter and organizing what is left to make life easier and allow time for more meaningful and fun activities.
Emilies Creative Home Organizer has the facts, ideas, and creative solutions guaranteed to help readers save time, use their energy wisely, and avoid stress.
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The English Housewifeby Gervase Markham, Michael R. BestISBN 0773505822 (0-7735-0582-2)
Hardcover, McGill Queens Univ Pr
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The English Housewife : Containing the Inward and Outward Virtues Which Ought to Be in a Complete Womanby Gervase MarkhamISBN 0773511032 (0-7735-1103-2)
Softcover, McGill-Queen's University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The English Housewife : Containing the Inward and Outward Virtues Which Ought to Be in a Complete Woman'Book summary:In 1615 Englishman Gervase Markham published a handbook for housewives containing "all the virtuous knowledges and actions both of the mind and body, which ought to be in any complete housewife." Markham reveals the "pretty and curious secrets" of preparing everything from simple foods to such elaborate meals as a "humble feast" - an undertaking which entails preparing "no less than two and thirty dishes, which is as much as can stand on one table." He instructs the housewife on brewing beer and caring for wine, growing flax and hemp for thread, and spinning and dyeing. As a housewife was also responsible for the health and "soundness of body" of her family, he includes advice on the prevention of everything from the plague to baldness and bad breath.No other source from this period provides the same richness of information in such a readable style. Michael Best's introduction and his abundant notes make "The English Housewife" readily accessible to the contemporary reader. Michael R. Best is Professor of English, University of Victoria. [via]
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Feeling at Home: Defining Who You Are and How You Want to Liveby Alexandra StoddardISBN 0688159052 (0-688-15905-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Getting Organizedby Stephanie Winston, Marnie Winston-MacAuleyISBN 0446694134 (0-446-69413-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Getting Organized: The Easy Way to Put Your Life in Orderby Stephanie WinstonISBN 0446391735 (0-446-39173-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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- Getting Organized: The Easy Way to Put Your Life in Order: ISBN 0393087867 (0-393-08786-7)
Hardcover, Norton - Getting Organized: The Easy Way to Put Your Life in Order: ISBN 0446971820 (0-446-97182-0)
Hardcover, Warner Books Inc - Getting Organized: The Easy Way to Put Your Life in Order: ISBN 0446391735 (0-446-39173-5)
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- Getting Organized: The Easy Way to Put Your Life in Order: ISBN 0393087867 (0-393-08786-7)
The Good Housekeeping Household Encyclopediaby Carolyn E. ForteISBN 0688120369 (0-688-12036-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Heloise from A to Zby HeloiseISBN 0399517502 (0-399-51750-2)
Softcover, Perigee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heloise from A to Z'Book summary:Readers demanded it, so here it is: a book of priceless hints in dictionary form for people who are so busy they don't even have time to look something up in an index.[via]
Included are some new hints, some old favorites, and some new old hints--old favorites with a new twist. The wide array of topics includes removing stains from clothing, unstopping drains, fixing squeaky floors, and saving supermarket dollars. In addition, there are scores of hints on using and caring for the modern home's high-tech equipment, such as microwaves, home computers, VCR's and more.
There are also time- and money-saving checklists for avoiding allergens, saving energy, winterizing cars, running a garage sale, avoiding income tax mistakes, and selling a house. Not forgotten are shopping checklists, useful to any consumer, but especially helpful to inexperienced buyers who too often pay more for less.
This is the first household self-help book of Heloise's timeless wisdom to be presented in a convenient, easy-to-use dictionary format.More editions of Heloise from A to Z:
Heloise to the Rescue: 1,245 Household Problems Solved from Basement to Atticby HeloiseISBN 157954696X (1-57954-696-X)
Hardcover, Rodale Pr
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Hints from Heloiseby HeloiseISBN 0877952604 (0-87795-260-4)
Hardcover, Arbor House Pub Co
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Home Comforts: The Art And Science Of Keeping Houseby Cheryl Mendelson, Harry BatesISBN 0743272862 (0-7432-7286-2)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Home Comforts: The Art And Science Of Keeping House'Book summary:Virtually everyone enjoys a crisply ironed dress shirt, clean sheets on a well-made bed, and a savory home-cooked meal. Yet housekeeping today stands as a somewhat neglected, if not maligned, job. But as author Cheryl Mendelson points out in Home Comforts, keeping house well can be a rewarding position--it allows you to provide for the physical and emotional comfort of loved ones. It's also not an easy job--there's much to be learned about properly managing a home, and Mendelson has set out to provide a guide to doing just that.
Mendelson, a homemaker, lawyer, and mother, learned about housekeeping from an early age from her grandmothers, one Appalachian, the other Italian. The two grandmothers taught her that although different ways of keeping house can be appropriate, there are generally smarter, faster, and more creative ways of housekeeping that make it less of a chore and more of an art. In a practical, authoritative tone, Mendelson discusses the ins and outs of homemaking, such as washing dishes, recommended cleaning methods for various surfaces, housekeeping for those with pets or allergies, and emergency preparedness and safety procedures.
Mendelson's well-researched book includes meticulous sections on food (for example, which foods belong in the fridge versus the pantry, food storage times, picking the freshest fruits and vegetables, and keeping your kitchen and food sanitary) as well as laundry (caring for various fabrics, how to read--and read between the lines of--clothing care labels, and removing stains). Mendelson covers a lot of ground, and as she herself points out, readers shouldn't feel required to do everything mentioned in the book--simply pick the activities that seem appropriate for your particular home. This is a comprehensive reference book that should serve homemakers well and induce a greater appreciation for the effort and specialized knowledge that go into keeping house. --Kris Law [via]
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- Home Comforts: The Art And Science Of Keeping House: ISBN 068481465X (0-684-81465-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Home Comforts: The Art And Science Of Keeping House: ISBN 0743246047 (0-7432-4604-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Home Comforts: The Art And Science Of Keeping House: ISBN 0743272862 (0-7432-7286-2)
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- Home Comforts: The Art And Science Of Keeping House: ISBN 068481465X (0-684-81465-X)
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Household Hints and Handy TipsISBN 0895772760 (0-89577-276-0)
Hardcover, Readers Digest
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Household Hints for Upstairs, Downstairs and All Around the Houseby Carol ReesISBN 0805007652 (0-8050-0765-2)
Softcover, H. Holt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Household Hints for Upstairs, Downstairs and All Around the House'Book summary:Filled with hundreds of household hints and indexed for ready reference, this book covers everything from spots and stains to insect bites and cooking disasters. Even offers useful tips on plants, kids, cars and pets. An easy-to-use, fun-to-give compendium. Line drawings. [via]
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How Clean Is Your House?by Kim Woodburn, Aggie MacKenzieISBN 0525948570 (0-525-94857-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Clean Is Your House?'Book summary:In How Clean is Your House Kim Woodburn and Aggie Mackenzie "The Nation's Dream Cleaning Team" continue the mission of their popular Channel 4 television series--to educate, inform and generally browbeat us all into cleaning properly. The double act (dubbed "Trinny and Susannah on Domestos" by one pundit) need little by way of introduction. Kim, who wears pearls and sports the type of ridiculous Beehive-cum-wasp-nest hairstyle that hasn't been seen on the box since Bet Lynch graced the Rovers Return, is the bruiser. To ladle on the 70s TV trivia, Woodburn is Bodie to the finicky wee Scot Mackenzie's Doyle--if The Professionals had been a pair of hygiene-obsessed middle-aged women and forgone the pleasures of driving Ford Capris through cardboard boxes choosing instead to give the u-bend a good going over.
Here Kim and Aggie do actually include a series of Crime Files; factoids of horrifying information, usually about "beastly bacteria", which are destined to make you at least question, briefly, the wisdom of opting to leave your dishes soaking overnight after that joyously wine, port and a whisky or seven-for-the-road-fuelled dinner party. "When you let dirty plates sit for a long time the food contributes nutrients for bacteria, so they will rapidly multiply". It's therefore best, they suggest, to "wash all dirty dishes in hot soapy water as soon as possible." (Paper plates are, of course, always an option.) Divided into chapters that cover each room and full of astonishing top tips, such as using a banana skin to dust plants ("the dust" apparently "clings to the skin and the juice nourishes the leaves") it will have you on the way to meeting their notoriously exacting standards. But, a note on the back of the jacket kindly reminds us to give this volume "a dust every now and then" and under no circumstance use it "as a coaster or a dinner tray." --Travis Elborough [via]
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How to Clean and Care for Practically Anythingby Consumer ReportsISBN 0890439656 (0-89043-965-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Clean and Care for Practically Anything'Book summary:[via]Cleaning doesn't have to be a chore if you know the best, most efficient way to get the job done. Consumer Reports How to Clean (and Care for) Practically Anything is the one book that gives you smart cleaning strategies, plus:
* At-a-glance charts for removing stains from fabric, upholstery, floors, and more
* Comprehensive A-to-Z listing for the best way to clean more than 200 household items
* What to know when choosing the right cleaning agent for the job at hand
* An in-depth guide to all of the cleaning appliances and tools you might need, from air cleaners to vacuums, from brooms to water filters
* A separate section of Special Cleaning Advice, with comprehensive care information for laundry, flooring, and more. Plus recipes for everyday household cleanersMore editions of How to Clean and Care for Practically Anything:
How to Clean Everything: An Encyclopedia of What to Use and How to Use Itby Alma Chesnut MooreISBN 0671228811 (0-671-22881-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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How to Clean Practically Anythingby Monte Florman, Consumer Reports BooksISBN 0890430586 (0-89043-058-6)
Softcover, Consumers Union
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Hardcover, St Martins Pr - How to Clean Practically Anything: ISBN 0890432848 (0-89043-284-8)
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How to Clean Practically Anythingby Consumer Reports Books, Edward KipelISBN 0890438439 (0-89043-843-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Clean Practically Anything'Book summary:With first aid for carpet stains (blot with white clothes, immediately) and instructions on care for bronze, silver, and cast-iron, Consumer Reports continues its efforts to educate and protect the masses. There are details on house cleaning products, furniture care, clothes washers and fabric softeners, air cleaners and hand soaps, and a full appendix on stain removal. Next time you trip with your cup of coffee, you'll wish you had some fast answers. [via]
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How to Fix Almost Everything: The Standard A to Z Guide to 1001 Household Fix-It Problemsby Stanley SchulerISBN 0871311798 (0-87131-179-8)
Hardcover, M Evans & Co
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How to Fix Almost Everything: The Standard A to Z Guide to One Thousand and One Household Fix-It Problemsby Stanley SchulerISBN 0871311801 (0-87131-180-1)
Softcover, M Evans & Co
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I Hate to Housekeep Bookby Peg BrackenISBN 0449233588 (0-449-23358-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influenceby Amy SedarisISBN 0446578843 (0-446-57884-3)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence'Book summary:Are you lacking direction in how to whip up a swanky soiree for lumberjacks? A dinner party for white-collar workers? A festive gathering for the grieving? Don't despair. Take a cue from entertaining expert Amy Sedaris and host an unforgettable fete that will have your guests raving. No matter the style or size of the gathering-from the straightforward to the bizarre-I LIKE YOU provides jackpot recipes and solid advice laced with Amy's blisteringly funny take on entertaining, plus four-color photos and enlightening sidebars on everything it takes to pull off a party with extraordinary flair. You don't even need to be a host or hostess to benefit-Amy offers tips for guests, too! (Number one: don't be fifteen minutes early.) Readers will discover unique dishes to serve alcoholics (Broiled Frozen Chicken Wings with Applesauce), the secret to a successful children's party (a half-hour time limit, games included), plus a whole appendix chock-full of arts and crafts ideas (from a mini-pantyhose plant-hanger to a do-it-yourself calf stretcher), and much, much more! [via]
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Laundry: The Home Comforts Book of Caring for Clothes And Linensby Cheryl MendelsonISBN 0743271459 (0-7432-7145-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Laundry: The Home Comforts Book of Caring for Clothes And Linens'Book summary:For Cheryl Mendelson laundering is the best part of housekeeping. It's full of physical pleasures -- the look of favorite clothes restored to freshness and beauty, the tactile satisfaction of crisp linens in beautifully folded stacks. Good laundering preserves things you love and protects your pocket book. It doesn't take much time or effort. What it takes is knowledge, and "Laundry" is the comprehensive, entertaining, and inspiring new book on the art of laundering.Culled from the bestselling "Home Comforts, " with revised and updated information and a new introduction, "Laundry" is an indispensable guide to caring for all the cloth in one's home: from kitchen rags to bedding, hand-washables, and baby clothes to vintage linens. Mendelson offers detailed guidance on when to disregard labels, removing stains, making environmentally informed choices, sewing, and storing clothing and fabrics. A much-needed antidote to the standard-issue how-to manual, "Laundry" celebrates the satisfactions of ironing, folding, and caring for clothes and linens. Both pragmatic and eloquent, Mendelson provides beginning and veteran homemakers with a seamless combination of reliable instruction, time-tested advice, and fascinating personal narrative.As a farm girl in Pennsylvania, Mendelson -- who is a philosopher, lawyer, and professor, as well as a homemaker, wife, and mother -- received a classic domestic education from her grandmothers, aunts, and mother. "Laundry" combines the best of the traditional lore they taught her with the latest in technical and scientific information. Writing with infectious love and respect for her subject, Mendelson is sure to instill in readers a newfound affection and appreciation for the art of laundering. [via]
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Living a Beautiful Life: 500 Ways to Add Elegance Order Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Lifeby Alexandra StoddardISBN 0380705117 (0-380-70511-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Living a Beautiful Life: 500 Ways to Add Elegance Order Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Life'Book summary:Eating. Sleeping. Bathing. Chores. These are the things we do every day, yet few of us stop to consider how we perform the routines that occupy 95 percent of our lives: in chaos or serenity, with irritation or with joy.
Here, in one elegant, copious and forever rereadable book, Alexandra Stoddard shows how to live a more beautiful, more ordered life, every single day. Drawing on the wisdom of Emerson, Samuel Johnson, Rilke and many others and warmed by Alexandra Stoddard's personal anecdotes, this book deals with life both philosophically and practically -- from discovering the sources of your well-being to buying the right stationery or sheets; from using solitude to replenish your spirit to using fabrics, ribbon, paper and your own five senses to transform your daily life.
Living a Beautiful Life demonstrates how to use the ordinary in extraordinary ways, suggesting hundreds of techniques for turning dull, irritating routines into life-enhancing rituals; hundreds of simple ways to transform your days -- or your bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and desk -- into delights of beauty and efficiency. There's a marvelous trick for locating the perfect psychological spot for your bed, a quick way to use "remembrance of things past" to choose color schemes that suit you, suggestions for how to turn a fifteen-minute lunch break into a restorative experience. And throughout, Alexandra Stoddard shows how taking care of "the little things" can ultimately add up to a change in the big things.
Most of all, Living a Beautiful Life reveals how a beautiful life can be achieved; how daily motions become truly satisfying patterns of pleasure; and how these patterns of pleasure can add up to a life lived deeply and well, transforming even the most cluttered and hectic existence. [via]More editions of Living a Beautiful Life: 500 Ways to Add Elegance Order Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Life:
- Living a Beautiful Life : 500 Ways to Add Elegance, Order, Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Life: ISBN 0679456236 (0-679-45623-6)
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Living a Beautiful Life: Five Hundred Ways to Add Elegance, Order, Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Lifeby Alexandra StoddardISBN 0394555392 (0-394-55539-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Making a HomeISBN 0696214563 (0-696-21456-3)
Hardcover, Meredith Books
Find This BookBook summary:First portion of the book teaches how to maintain a home and its contents, the second portion offers advice on improving home life through better organization, etiquette, and time management.
Up-to-date, reliable information collected from universities, trade associations, federal agencies, and acknowledged experts on everything from pets, and home office equipment to home legal issues and environmental safety. [via]
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Making a Home: Housekeeping for Real Lifeby Better Homes and GardensISBN 069621203X (0-696-21203-X)
Hardcover, Meredith Books
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Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook: The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Homeby Martha StewartISBN 0517577003 (0-517-57700-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Mary Ellen's Clean Houseby Mary E. PinkhamISBN 0517588234 (0-517-58823-4)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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A Medieval Home Companion: Housekeeping in the Fourteenth Centuryby Tania BayardISBN 006092182X (0-06-092182-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Messie No Moreby Sandra FeltonISBN 080075302X (0-8007-5302-X)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Messie No More: Understanding and Overcoming the Roadblocks to Being Organizedby Sandra FeltonISBN 0800758277 (0-8007-5827-7)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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The Messies Manualby Sandra FeltonISBN 0800751337 (0-8007-5133-7)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Miserly Moms: Living on One Income in a Two-Income Economyby Jonni McCoyISBN 1888306149 (1-888306-14-9)
Softcover, Hibbard Pubns Inc
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Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Managementby Nicola Humble, BeetonISBN 0192833456 (0-19-283345-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Mrs. Beeton's Book of Cookery and Household Managementby Bridget JonesISBN 0706373200 (0-7063-7320-0)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Mrs. Dunwoody's Excellent Instructions for Homekeeping: Timeless Wisdom and Practical Adviceby Miriam LukkenISBN 0446530131 (0-446-53013-1)
Hardcover, Grand Central Publishing
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New Fix-It-Yourself Manualby Reader's DigestISBN 0895778718 (0-89577-871-8)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The New Messies Manual: The Procrastinator's Guide to Good Housekeepingby Sandra Felton, Sandra Messies Manual FeltonISBN 0800757262 (0-8007-5726-2)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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After thirty-seven printings and over 300,000 copies sold, The Messies Manual is a proven best-seller. Now completely revised and updated, The New Messies Manual provides more foolproof strategies for overcoming messiness as our lives become busier and busier. Seven new chapters have been added.
A reformed Messie herself, Sandra Felton founded Messies Anonymous to help people improve their organizational skills. Combined sales of her Messies books now number over half a million. In this practical and perceptive book, Felton helps readers who swim in clutter every day learn the secrets of good housekeeping. This book was first published in 1981. [via]
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Organizing from the Inside Out: The Foolproof System for Organizing Your Home, Your Office, and Your Lifeby Julie MorgensternISBN 0805075895 (0-8050-7589-5)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Morgenstern's "from the inside out" system begins by laying out the possible reasons for a failure of organization: technical errors (like having a complex organizing system that breaks down), external realities (like not enough space for your belongings), and psychological obstacles (like fear of failure--or success). Then, her Analyze and Strategize steps help create a plan of action based on your needs and goals, and the brief chapter called "Attack: Getting the Job Done" offers basic ideas for making space. The largest section of the book, "Applying What You've Learned," addresses the specifics of organizing workspaces, home offices, living spaces, and storage areas. Each section has a "How Long Will It Take?" box that gives a realistic time estimate, and Morgenstern's "Julie's No-Brainer Toss List" for each area gives the permission and encouragement that most of us have been waiting for to get rid of things we'll never use again. The section at the end, "Tackling Time and Technology," is worth its weight in DayTimers and PalmPilots. Whatever your organizing issues are, you're not a hopeless case, and you don't need special equipment--just a little understanding of the problem and a willingness to plan before diving in. [via]
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Polish Your Furniture With Panty Hose: And Hundreds of Off-Beat Uses for Brand-Name Productsby Joey GreenISBN 0786881089 (0-7868-8108-9)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to Paradiseby Peggy Jones, Sydney Craft Rozen, Young, Pam and Jones, PeggyISBN 0446677671 (0-446-67767-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to Paradiseby Young, Pam and Jones, PeggyISBN 0446377651 (0-446-37765-1)
Softcover, Warner Books Inc
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The Sidetracked Sisters Catch Up on the Kitchenby Pam Young, Peggy JonesISBN 0446370460 (0-446-37046-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Sink Reflectionsby Marla CilleyISBN 0553382179 (0-553-38217-9)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles: Amusing and Useful Techniques for Nontoxic Housekeeping and Gardeningby Ellen SandbeckISBN 0767905423 (0-7679-0542-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Speed Cleaningby Jeff Campbell, Clean TeamISBN 0440503744 (0-440-50374-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Speed Cleaning: Tips, Tricks & Strategies to Get Everything Done in Half the Time or Lessby Jeff Campbell, Clean Team (San Francisco, Calif.)ISBN 1594862745 (1-59486-274-5)
Hardcover, Rodale
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Spiritual Housecleaning: Healing the Space Within by Beautifying the Space Around Youby Kathryn L. RobynISBN 1572242396 (1-57224-239-6)
Softcover, New Harbinger Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Spiritual Housecleaning: Healing the Space Within by Beautifying the Space Around You'Book summary:Spiritual Housecleaning takes you on a journey with a natural energy healer and body worker who still remembers the lessons she learned as a former professional housecleaner. Chapter by chapter, room by room, author Kathryn Robyn shows you how the cleanliness and order of each room in your house affects specific aspects of your spiritual health and well-being. Each chapter also provides a series of practical exercises to help you tackle the work that needs to be done with mindfulness and self-examination. Where the Zen Buddhists have always advised adepts to ichop wood, carry water, i Spiritual Housecleaning counsels spiritual seekers to iwipe counters, scrub floors.i Lowly as they are, these inescapable daily tasks offer 21st century readers a chance to achieve the same spiritual goals of inner peace and freedom from stressowith the extra benefit of ending up with a clean house.
Kathryn L. Robyn is a natural energy healer who helped support herself for ten years by cleaning houses while studying healing and transformational theater. She lives in Studio City, CA. [via]
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Spring Cleaningby Jeff Campbell, Clean TeamISBN 0440501628 (0-440-50162-8)
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Spring Cleaningby Monica Nassif, Patrick FoxISBN 0811839850 (0-8118-3985-0)
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Talking Dirty With the Queen of Cleanby Linda CobbISBN 0743490401 (0-7434-9040-1)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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"There are five cleaning products you should never be without," says the Queen, "and most of them are things you already have in your home." What are they? White vinegar, baking soda, lemon juice, club soda, and Spot Shot Instant Carpet Stain Remover (her favorite brand). With these simple items, you can clean and deodorize nearly every room in your home, thereby saving money on expensive store-bought cleaners and reducing the amounts of chemicals in your home. Did you burn a casserole? Fill the dish with hot water, one tablespoon of baking soda, and soak. Try cleaning brass and copper with half a lemon sprinkled with salt. It should shine right up (and smell good, too).
The chapters are short and sweet, and besides the usual home/pet/kid/upholstery cleaning techniques, the Queen also tackles patio furniture, the grill, electronic equipment, plants, and smoke and water damage. Did you know you can distract grasshoppers by planting basil around your flowerbeds? They'll eat that and leave your flowers alone. Here's our favorite tip: when painting or washing walls, wrap washcloths or old rags around your wrists and secure them with rubber bands. When you lift your arms, the paint or water drips will be absorbed instead of running all the way down your arms. Keep this book handy. --Dana Van Nest [via]
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Tiptionaryby Mary HuntISBN 0805401474 (0-8054-0147-4)
Softcover, Broadman & Holman Pub
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A Well-Kept Home: Household Tranditions and Simple Secrets from a French Grandmotherby Laura Fronty, Yves DuronsoyISBN 0789305283 (0-7893-0528-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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