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Author
Publisher
Althea Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xi, 150 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Outlines an action plan for living with less in order to focus on what matters, discusses how to create a minimalist mindset, offers strategies for de-cluttering the home, and presents tactics for getting the rest of the family on board.
11) Wash your hair with whipped cream: and hundreds more offbeat uses for even more brand-name products
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
ix, 177 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
This best-selling guide to decluttering your home from Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Steer your organization away from burnout while boosting all-around performance The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit presents realistic strategies for leaders looking to optimize organizational achievement while avoiding the common nonprofit burnout. With a uniquely holistic approach to nonprofit leadership strategy, this book functions as a handbook to help leaders examine their existing organization, identify trouble spots, and resolve issues with attention...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An authoritative handbook by the domestic-lifestyle expert shares hundreds of ideas and instructions for homemaker skills, from transporting a decorated cake and folding an American flag to playing a classic lawn game and bathing a cat.
15) Hershey
Author
Series
Publisher
Kaleidocope Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
What a sweet treat! This title is packed with the history of The Hersey Company through narrative nonfiction, informative sidebars, Fun Facts, and more.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xxii, 278 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents step-by-step instructions for more than one hundred basic domestic life skills from building a fire and hemming pants to rolling a pie crust and planting a vegetable garden, in a guide that includes tips for saving money.
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Discover the sublime pleasure and endless rewards of being self-sufficient. In two smartly designed and straightforward encyclopedias of DIY, Home Ec for Everyone and Shop Class for Everyone (previously published together as The Useful Book), here's everything you need to know to fix it, cook it, make it, clean it, build it, and sew it yourself. Each title features dozens of essential skills, practical how-tos, and projects, each explained and illustrated...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. The term "home economics" may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken cakes. But obscured by common conception is the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists,...
Author
Series
Lily volume 9
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
115 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After asking for a great deal of camping and survival gear for Christmas, Lily discovers that ingenuity can be more helpful than quantity when she and her family become stranded in a winter storm on their way to their mountain cabin.