Household management and home hints Books
Saint Benedict Press Theology of Home II: The Spiritual Art of
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£27.96
Saint Benedict Press Theology of Home III: At the Sea
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£22.36
Adams Media Corporation Organization Hacks
Book SynopsisFix your cluttered cabinets, overflowing drawers, and messy living areas with these tips, tricks, and project ideas from Carrie Higgins, the organization expert of the Making Lemonade blog.Carrie Higgins has made it her mission to share fresh ideas for the home on her blog Making Lemonade. In this guide she has collected her best quick fixes, innovative hacks, and DIY solutions to keep your home looking beautiful, such as: -Using a ladder and a collection of S-hooks for additional pots and pans storage -Attaching a binder clip to your nightstand for your phone charger so the end never falls under the bed again -Using daylight saving time as a reminder to check the expiration date on the medications in your cabinet. And some of her more in-depth projects include: -DIY magnetic spice jars to keep spices on your fridge and near at hand -Easy-attach baskets for storing bath toys for the little ones -A foolproof travel packing
£10.99
Adams Media Corporation Houseplants for a Healthy Home: 50 Indoor Plants
Book SynopsisThis A-to-Z guide illuminates the numerous health benefits of 50 common, easy-to-grow houseplants along with detailed care instructions and beautiful illustrations of each plant.With plant-scaped rooms popping up all over Pinterest, style blogs, and home décor magazines, houseplants are the hottest home accessory right now—and for good reason. Plants are a quick and easy way to add life, color, and texture to any indoor space. But houseplants offer so much more than just visual interest to a room. They can purify the air, reduce stress, improve sleep—and much more! Houseplants for a Healthy Home explains the specific health and wellness benefits of 50 common, easy-to-grow, and popular houseplants, while introducing you to new favorites bound to brighten your life. You will find an A-to-Z guide of a variety of the plants that includes a beautiful illustration of each plant, along with the plant’s health benefits and clear, detailed care instructions. Let Houseplants for a Healthy Home lead you to a life in full bloom.Trade Review"A good houseplant is next best thing to a live-in housekeeper. They add a little pizazz and cosiness wherever you place them, and they can even help you get a better night's sleep. With help from Houseplants for a Healthy Home … get ready to grab your gardening gloves and take a big, deep breath of fresh air (in your bedroom)." * Elle Décor *"In these turbulent times, there's one thing we can all agree on: Houseplants are magic. They can clean the air in your apartment and even grow in low-light conditions. And according to Jon VanZile's new book, Houseplants for a Healthy Home, houseplants can even help you sleep better. Take that, iPhone app that tells me what I already know (last night, you tossed and turned!)." * Architectural Digest *"Fact: Plants work wonders at sprucing up a decor scheme. But did you know that some can literally make you feel better, too? No for real—it’s backed by science. We consulted the new book Houseplants for a Healthy Home for ten beautiful, living, breathing decor additions...that also have surprising health benefits." * PureWow *"If there's an indoor gardener in your life or you're looking for a nice add-on to a growing gift, Houseplants for a Healthy Home by Jon VanZile provides details on caring for fifty different types of indoor plants. There's also info about the health benefits of living with plants and general advice on maintaining houseplants." * This Old House *"As much as I love creative garden ideas for outside, I love them even more for my indoor plants too! I’m learning so much from this book about the specific health and wellness benefits of popular houseplants while introducing you to new favorites bound to brighten your life. With plant-scaped rooms popping up all over Pinterest … houseplants are the hottest home accessory right now—and for good reason." * Sassy Townhouse Living *"This book really is SUCH a help and so much fun to read. The illustrations are pretty and this really explains the world of plants for those of us who really just don't get it. Sort of like plants for dummies. This can be very helpful when setting your home up for good Feng Shui." * Decorista *"Beautifully illustrated hard-back book about plants … .Master gardener Jon VanZile not only tells how to take care of houseplants, but writes about plants that are good and useful for the grower from cleaning the air to using in tinctures and tonics." * Arkansas Democrat Gazette *"If you're looking for ideas as to which houseplants are most beneficial for you and your family, this next book is a great source." * Woman in Real Life *"It’s easy being green — and healthy, too. Everyday plants in your home — yes, the kind in pots on your windowsill or desk — can result in physical and mental benefits … The purported boons of specific species are laid out in a new book Houseplants for a Healthy Home. Wellness expert Jon VanZile compiles fast facts on the exact advantages, from heart disease prevention to asthma relief, attributed to each type of flora and its associated lotions and tonics." * New York Post *"I highly recommend finding a book to help you select and care for plants that will fit your lifestyle the best. Houseplants for a Healthy Home is a book that does just that." * Decorology *"For a lighter read, Houseplants for a Healthy Home is an illustrated encyclopedia of easy-to-grow houseplants, annotated with each plant’s health benefits and detailed care instructions." * House Beautiful *"With color illustrations throughout, this charming compendium covers a veritable alphabet of beneficial plants, from sunburn-soothing aloe vera to toxin-removing Zamioculcas zamiifolia." * Classic Home *"For decades we have known that plants filter and clean the air we breathe, soak up carbon dioxide and, in turn, give back oxygen. VanZile shows us how to make this come true with 50 specific tropical plants that clean our indoor air ... and have healthful and healing effects on our bodies. Houseplants for a Healthy Home is a great little reference book. It is a fast and fun read crammed with important information. Buy it! You’ll love it!" * Dig It! Magazine *
£12.99
Adams Media Corporation Cleaning Hacks
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£12.49
Simon & Schuster Audio A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice
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£29.99
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 30 Days to a Clean and Organized House
£11.11
Skyhorse Publishing How to Build Your Dream Cabin in the Woods: The
Book SynopsisNow, everyone can have the refuge they want—a getaway beside a trout-filled stream, near a bass-laden lake, or by a mountain trail with a breathtaking view. This ultimate resource includes photos, blueprints, and diagrams, and covers the steps to constructing the cabin you've always wanted such as: Selecting a site Gathering construction materials Deciding on a design that is right for you Managing your property Building add-ons, including shooting ranges, an outhouse, or an outside fire ring Installing cabin security And more! For generations, nature lovers, writers, and sportsmen have found an escape from their day-to-day world in living closer to nature. J. Wayne Fears offers a complete guide to building without the hassle of a construction crew or outrageous costs.
£15.29
Skyhorse Publishing 1,001 Kitchen Tips & Tricks: Helpful Hints for
Book SynopsisSimple, practical, and inspiring tips for cooking, baking, and cleaning!The kitchen is the “hub” of any house. With this compilation of helpful hints, you can keep it running smoothly. Find hacks for the care of kitchen appliances, utensils, and cooking equipment to extend their life span. Discover easy ways to improve and simplify your cooking and baking and advice for saving money and making your groceries last longer. Natural products are used wherever appropriate to encourage an environmentally friendly home. Put a paper towel in with baked goods when freezing them. The paper absorbs the moisture and prevents freezer burns. Place a wooden spoon across the pot when cooking pasta and it will not boil over. For fluffier, whiter rice, add 1 teaspoon lemon juice per 2 pints water. To add extra flavor and nutrition to rice, cook it in liquid reserved from cooking vegetables. When making soup stock add 1 tablespoon white vinegar to help extract all the calcium from the bones being used. There will be no vinegar taste. Poke a hole in the middle of hamburgers while shaping them. The burgers will cook faster and the holes will disappear when done. Instead of flouring the rolling pin, chill the rolling pin in the freezer and the dough will not stick. Many of the hints found here are the product of tradition passed from one generation to another. Interspersed throughout are poems and proverbs, as well as delightful illustrations.
£17.36
Skyhorse Publishing Unusual Uses for Ordinary Things: 250 Creative
Book SynopsisMost people use nail polish remover to remove nail polish. They use coffee grounds to make coffee and hair dryers to dry their hair. The majority of people may also think that the use of eggs, lemons, mustard, butter, and mayonnaise should be restricted to making delicious food in the kitchen. The Instructables.com community would disagree with this logic—they have discovered hundreds of inventive and surprising ways to use these and other common household materials to improve day-to-day life.Did you know that tennis balls can protect your floors, fluff your laundry, and keep you from backing too far into (and thus destroying) your garage? How much do you know about aspirin? Sure, it may alleviate pain, but it can also be used to remove sweat stains, treat bug bites and stings, and prolong the life of your sputtering car battery. These are just a few of the quirky ideas that appear in Unusual Uses for Ordinary Things.Readers of Unusual Uses for Ordinary Things will learn how to: Remove odors from clothes using vodka Shine leather belts, wallets, purses, and jackets using butter Remove scuffs from sneakers using toothpaste Locate small objects once thought to be gone forever using pantyhose And much more!
£15.29
Independently Published From Piles to Files: Easy ways to declutter your
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£7.54
Workman Publishing Home Ec for Everyone: Practical Life Skills in
Book SynopsisDid you remember your scissors?Discover the tremendous pleasure of learning how to do it yourself how to cook, sew, clean, and more, the way it used to be taught in Home Ec class. With illustrated step by step instructions, plus relevant charts, lists, and handy graphics, Home Ec for everyone offers a crash course in learning 118 practical life skills-everything from frosting the perfect birthday cake to fixing a zipper to whitening a dingy T-shirt to packing a suitcase (the right way). It’s all made clear in plain, nontechnical language for any level of DIYer, and it comes with a guarantee: No matter how simple the task, doing it with your own two hands provides a feeling of accomplishment that no app or device will ever give you.Trade Review"Even experienced homemakers will appreciate the refresher...These skills are essential, and this guide offers clear, friendly instructions and advice for better living at home. This would be a good gift for folks on their own for the first time and will circulate widely in public and school libraries." —Booklist
£11.39
Workman Publishing Sandra Boyntons Woo Hoo for You 2026 Magnetic
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£11.87
Pan Macmillan Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and
Book SynopsisAn ideal gift for fans of Marie Kondo, star of the Netflix hit show Sparking Joy. Kurashi at Home is her first full-colour, beautifully photographed guide.Over a decade on from the launch of her bestselling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo is back with new wisdom on how to transform your life and home into spaces of calm.This guide introduces the concept of kurashi – meaning way of life – and encourages readers to spend every day in the pursuit of joy.Now the mother of three young children, Marie moves her focus from the physical act of tidying towards an even more holistic and personal approach to curating our environments. Kurashi at Home gives us a personal glimpse of everything from favourite recipes to images of Marie with her family.Inspiring stories from Marie and her clients bring her concepts alive, illustrating how kurashi can be applied to all areas of our own lives.Trade ReviewThe Japanese organisation consultant has revolutionised the way we organise our homes, and our lives. -- Good HousekeepingJapan's pre-eminent guru of tidiness, a warrior princess in the war on clutter -- The TimesLife's overwhelm, conquered * The Atlantic *
£21.25
Ebury Publishing Happy Inside: How to harness the power of home
Book Synopsis‘I love this book. Strong, clever, intelligent advice with soul.’Mary Portas‘A wonderful look at how to transform our homes to be more mindfully aligned with our true nature and a reflection of who we are.’Fearne Cotton‘A happy home is a fundamental building block of happiness, and Michelle’s book is an essential, step-by-step guide to creating a home we love.’Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global‘A must-have read for anyone looking to improve not just their home but also their quality of life within it.’Matthew Williamson Be happier, healthier and more empowered with Michelle Ogundehin’s step-by-step practical guide to creating a home that supports your well-being.Whether that home is owned or rented, small or large, and regardless of how much money you have, Happy Inside shows you how to harness its potential in pursuit of becoming your best self. If you want to feel calm, content, soothed or energized, you must begin with what surrounds you. This comprehensive guide covers everything from how to create more light and space to how to get a good night’s sleep; the path to a perfect sofa and why a dining table is your most vital piece of furniture. Plus, how to decorate to promote joy; the importance of play (and circular side tables); your definitive capsule kitchen kit; and why your hallway is where it all starts. Combining Michelle’s knowledge of Buddhist philosophy, mindfulness, colour psychology and good design, Happy Inside is your one-stop guide to living well.Welcome to the healthy home revolution!Trade ReviewI love this book. Strong, clever, intelligent advice with soul. -- Mary PortasA wonderful look at how to transform our homes to be more mindfully aligned with our true nature and a reflection of who we are. -- Fearne CottonA happy home is a fundamental building block of happiness, and Michelle's book is an essential, step-by-step guide to creating a home we love. -- Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive GlobalA must-have read for anyone looking to improve not just their home but also their quality of life within it. -- Matthew WilliamsonPractical guidance on making the most of what we have in order to find inner calm and outer contentment * ELLE Decoration UK *
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Ebury Publishing The Green Edit: Home: Easy tips for everyday
Book SynopsisCreate a happy, beautiful and eco-friendly homeHaving a happy, healthy home is a key part of our wellbeing, but how do we ensure the pursuit of our perfect living space doesn't negatively impact on the environment?Blogger and low-waste expert Kezia Neusch provides simple swaps and genius hacks to help you reduce your household’s ecological footprint, covering everything from how to break up with your tumble dryer and why your mid-morning snack might be harming the planet.This book contains everything you need to know to create a sustainable home for you and your family.
£9.49
Ebury Publishing Hill House Living: The art of creating a joyful
Book SynopsisYOUR @HILLHOUSEVINTAGE GUIDE TO SIMPLE DECORATING AND HOME STYLING TIPS & COSY RECIPESFeaturing 80+ of Paula's top: - home styling and gardening tips, - budget decorating advice, - soothing self-care rituals, - nature-inspired crafts projects, - tasty seasonal recipes.AS SEEN ON CBS THIS MORNING______________________________________________________________A happy home is everything.Hill House Living is your comforting guide to a happier home - a practical book filled with hundreds of simple, stylish and thrifty vintage-inspired tips and tricks for every area of your flat or house, no matter how big your space. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and drawings, this book also gives you an exclusive glimpse into 'Auntie Paula's best-kept secrets and life lessons, learned during her two-decade fashion career, move from city to country and life at Hill House today. In a world that often moves too fast, Hill House Living contains renovation and DIY ideas and recipes for every occasion and season and is an invitation to take a moment to style, make or cook something nice for its own sake - and yours. Slow down, cosy up and join the quest to making each day more intentionally joyful.Trade ReviewA must-have book... desperately needed * Candice Brathwaite, Sunday Times bestselling author of 'I Am Not Your Baby Mother' *A beautiful book - Paula's sense of style is both clearly defined and perfectly refined * Kate Watson-Smyth, author of 'Mad About the House' *A glorious, drool-making, richly illustrated celebration of the simple joys of seasonal country living * The Bookseller *
£19.80
Hodder & Stoughton The Little Book of Life Skills: How to Deal with
Book SynopsisFEATURED ON Deliciously Ella: The Podcast - 10 Ways to De-Stress Your LifeWith tips from leading experts in every field, The Little Book of Life Skills is the ultimate guide to solving the trickiest tasks in your day, making life easier with more time to do things that bring you joy.We all have areas of our lives that make us feel disorganised, unprepared or stressed out. From creating a calmer morning routine to setting yourself up for a good night's sleep, and everything in between, there are easy and proven ways to do things better. Whether you need advice on how to end an argument, iron a shirt or keep your inbox under control, Erin has spoken to experts including Arianna Huffington and Gretchen Rubin, and condensed their wisdom into easy to follow steps for all of life's simple and not-so-simple tasks, such as:- Working from home effectively- Keeping a houseplant alive- Unplugging from your phone- Walking into a room with confidence, and many moreThe Little Book of Life Skills offers simple strategies for streamlining your life. It's the perfect guide for anybody who wants to get their life in order, be more efficient throughout the day and finally learn the best way to fold that tricky fitted sheet!'If you've ever struggled with making a great cheeseboard, exiting a party gracefully or keeping a houseplant alive (um, guilty!), this is the book for you!' - Rachel Ray'A really interesting read that you will turn to again and again.' - Woman's Way
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Ebury Publishing Live, Laugh, Laundry: A calming guide to keeping
Book SynopsisIn this essential guide to all things laundry, much-loved online cleaning expert Laura Mountford shows us how we can all do our laundry better, so that we feel happier and calmer every day. With self-care tips to incorporate into your routine and beautiful line drawings throughout, in this book you'll find:- A guide to must-have products & laundry symbols- Instructions on how to wash any clothing/fabric- Troubleshooting for common mistakes- Tips for being more eco-friendly & saving money- and much more!Helping you feel less overwhelmed and full of new ideas that will make you excited to put on your next wash, Live Laugh Laundry is the soothing and useful guide we all need to the life-changing magic of laundry.'My laundry routine has helped me hugely on difficult days - I'd love for it to do the same for you.' Trade ReviewThe book I wish I had when I moved out of home. You'll be nothing but a laundry pro once you've finished this amazing book! -- Sophie Liard (@The Folding Lady)Every washing machine should come with this book as standard! An amazing guide to laundry. Written perfectly in Laura's lovely, friendly tone. -- Emma Conway (@brummymummyof2), author of Will I Ever Pee Alone Again?I love this book. It breaks down the complex world of laundering your clothes, to how to use a washing machine properly and what detergents to use. All this information is set out in a really easy user-friendly way. In my opinion this book is a must in your book collection. -- Richard Pearson, presenter of Channel 5's Filthy House SOS
£15.29
Ebury Publishing Love, Lists and Labels
Book SynopsisA Sunday Times bestseller'This book is a little bit about me and a little bit about you.'Having an organisation business, you might think I have everything worked out, but that hasn't always been the case. I went from working full-time as a nurse, with three young children and suffering from overwhelming anxiety, to setting up a business that helps people find order in their lives.Organisation makes me feel calm, it has soothed my anxiety and helped me to focus on getting to where I want to be. Whether it's a small change like organising part of your home or pursuing a long-held goal, I'm sharing tips, hacks and stories from my life to show you how you can organise, list and label your life to achieve your own dreams.Jemma x
£15.29
Rowman & Littlefield How to Weed Your Attic: Getting Rid of Junk
Book SynopsisHow to Weed Your Attic: Getting Rid of Junk without Destroying History provides answers to the question: when someone dies or it’s time to move --- or just clean out the attic, garage, or basement, what papers and other things should we save for the sake of history and what can we safely toss? After reading this clearly written book by a retired archivist and a retired museum curator, you can comfortably clean out your attic – or office, garage, basement, cupboards – with confidence that you’re not tossing out historically valuable (or invaluable) things, and that you will not ask your local museum to take things that really belong in a thrift store, junk yard, or recycle center. The book first describes how to identify historically important documents and artifacts. The authors explain a few simple rules: 1) a complete or long collection has more value than a partial one; 2) emotive material provides a richer picture than factual material; 3) unique usually has more value than mass produced; 4) documents and objects carry more information than they intend to; and 5) a 25-year rule exists without our consciously recognizing it. They then apply the rules and assess the probable historical value of four different types of materials: mass produced (from books to vehicles), individually created (from art work to toys), business materials (from governance documents to uniforms), and commemorative materials (from awards to wedding dresses). The book includes a brief description of the basics for preserving materials the reader wants to keep and references sources for more detail. It also recognizes that the reader may not want to keep stuff that clearly has historical value. For those readers, the authors describe how to donate materials to a cultural repository. In broad strokes, they explain how repositories differ, what the repository will want to know about the stuff you're offering, where an appraiser and/or tax advisor fits into the process, and what the reader can expect the repository to do and not do. Finally, the book addresses unexpected issues that may arise around questions of legal ownership and privacy. Throughout the book, the authors illustrate their points using photographs and vignettes. Trade ReviewDow and Cockrell’s approach and advice are right on target—no nonsense and frank, focusing on historical significance rather than nostalgia. They provide expert guidance in an accessible, practical format that we can all put to good use in the difficult task of taking care of the accumulations of family life. -- James B. Gardner, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian InstitutionThe significance of How to Weed your Attic lies in its ability to provide a basis for understanding why family history is important and what we can do to prevent its loss. The book offers solid guidance and pragmatic solutions, especially to those who may be unprepared to make decisions about family records and who fear losing family history. -- Amy Cooper Cary, Head, Special Collections and University Archives, Raynor Memorial Libraries, Marquette UniversityHow do we organize, prioritize, and thin out the mounds of accumulated papers and materials in our files, office drawers, and attics? Dow and Cockrell offer a clear and concise approach to these pressing concerns. This sensible and structured handbook provides encouraging and straightforward strategies for tasks that can otherwise feel overwhelming. From everyday family mementos and photos to corporate records and ephemera, this handy volume is an excellent resource to guide us through the challenges and find satisfaction in well-organized and thoughtfully selected collections. -- Julia Rose, Director and Curator, Homewood Museum at Johns Hopkins UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1 Why the Things in Your Attic Matter to History 2 General Rules for Making Decisions 3 Historical Value: Mass Produced Items 4 Historical Value: Individualized Materials 5 Historical Value: Corporate Records 6 Historical Value: Commemorative Material 7 Special Issues 8 Preserving Your Family Objects and Papers 9 Donating Your Family Objects and Papers Index About the Authors
£27.00
Rowman & Littlefield Saving Your Digital Past, Present, and Future: A
Book SynopsisAn engaging resource written for anyone interested in learning how to save their personal digital information. The digital era has reshaped the nature, scope, and use of personal information. People collect and store an ever-increasing volume of digital personal information on convenient portable devices and create substantial amounts of personal textual and visual digital information on their personal computers. Computer users have become accustomed to using a variety of tools that involve their interactive social activities. Because of social media, there is a large amount of user-generated content related to peoples’ lives and there is no way for creators to save it all. This phenomenon may thus result in a massive gap in our current history because invaluable information may be lost. Because we may lose so much information, it is helpful to find out as much as we can about how we can manage our personal digital information. This book analyzes the concepts associated with preserving and managing personal digital information. This book will be a resource for everyone interested in learning how to manage and preserve their personal digital lives. Furthermore, the contents provide visual and textual examples that will illustrate how to use best practices to ensure the longevity of information, while considering current solutions to the problems associated with personal information loss. The book is a detailed visual and textual guide to our PIM processes covering the following key areas for information and images of all kinds: ·Receiving ·Generating ·Keeping ·Using ·Organizing ·Re-finding ·Sharing. Sample Notable Sections ·DIY Personal Information Management step-by-step guidance broken down by digital tile types, with images that support guidelines. ·Analysis of all digital storage systems and tools that are available; for example, the diverse types of cloud storage systems. · Appendix of web resources containing personal information management tools.
£23.75
Rowman & Littlefield Saving Your Digital Past, Present, and Future: A
Book SynopsisA concise guide to managing your digital life.Today, we collect and store an ever-increasing volume of digital personal information on convenient portable devices and create substantial amounts of personal textual and visual digital information on their personal computers. We have become accustomed to using a variety of tools that involve interactive social activities. Because of social media, there is a large amount of user-generated content related to all aspects of our lives and there is no way for creators to save it all and invaluable content ranging from personal notes to photos to medical information may be lost. Because we may lose so much information, it is helpful to find out as much as we can about how we can manage our personal digital information.This book is a primer to preventing that loss. Here is an introduction to Personal Information Management (PIM) intended for a lay audience. The basic premise is that everyone needs to manage their digital information. This book introduces readers to the kinds of tools people most commonly use today. It will also consider the pros and cons of each of these tools. This book cover he concepts associated with preserving and managing personal digital information. Visual and textual examples illustrate how to use best practices to ensure the longevity of information, while considering current solutions to the problems associated with personal information loss. The book is a detailed guide to the steps involved in managing information and images of all kinds: Receiving Generating Keeping Using Organizing Re-finding Sharing. Most of us don’t know how to prevent information loss; this book introduces tools that will ensure the longevity of our digital lives.Trade ReviewMost of us live digital lives of abundance, creating and keeping evermore stuff. Vanessa Reyes has written a wonderfully practical and prescriptive guide for inventorying your personal digital belongings, organizing them, and keeping them safe without becoming a hoarder or minimalist. She explores the reaches of the question: not just saving, but also loss, intentional deletion, identity management, and digital estate planning. Reyes has written a book for everyone who wants to gain control of their digital legacy. -- Cathy Marshall, Adjunct Professor, Computer Science Department & Center for the Study of Digital Libraries, Texas A&M UniversityWith the overload of digital information, strategies for managing our personal information are continuously evolving. Do we keep or throw away newly encountered information? If we keep it, how should we organize it? And when the information is needed, do we have a known way to retrieve it? In this book, Dr. Reyes provides an account of various practices for managing our personal information. She describes, in very accessible language, some of the tradeoffs of managing our personal information. She describes common tools, practices, and conventions used to manage our information. In my experience, the best strategy to manage your information is always tailored to the particular details of your personal information space. In this book, Reyes provides the basics on how to begin to create such a personalized information management strategy. -- Dr. Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones, Professor, Department of Software and Information Systems, College of Computing and Informatics, University of North Carolina at CharlotteIt’s stunning how much research Vanessa Reyes has done on every aspect of managing personal digital information. In exhaustive detail, she explores methods of PDI organization and maintenance and offers strategies for ongoing PDI management. Geared toward general audiences and information professionals alike. -- Mike Ashenfelder, author of the chapter "The Library of Congress and Personal Digital Archiving," in the book Personal Archiving.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: From Past to PresentChapter 2: PIM Process Chapter 3: Changing Our PIM BehaviorsChapter 4: Loss of Our Personal Digital CollectionsChapter 5: DIY PIM Tools of the FutureChapter 6: How Do We Save It All? Resources and SolutionsChapter 7: Maintain Your Digital Life While Planning Your Digital EstateAppendix (Recourses)
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Grand Central Life & Style Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up in 535
Book Synopsis From breaking up with frenemies to fixing your toilet, this way fun comprehensive handbook is the answer for aspiring grown-ups of all ages.If you graduated from college but still feel like a student . . . if you wear a business suit to job interviews but pajamas to the grocery store . . . if you have your own apartment but no idea how to cook or clean . . . it's OK. But it doesn't have to be this way.Just because you don't feel like an adult doesn't mean you can't act like one. And it all begins with this funny, wise, and useful book. Based on Kelly Williams Brown's popular blog, Adulting makes the scary, confusing 'real world' approachable, manageable—and even conquerable. This guide will help you to navigate the stormy Sea of Adulthood so that you may find safe harbor in Not Running Out of Toilet Paper Bay, and along the way you will learn: What to check for when renting a new apartment—not just the nearby bars, but the faucets and stove, among other things. When a busy person can find time to learn more about the world (It involves the intersection of NPR and hair-straightening.) How to avoid hooking up with anyone in your office—imagine your coworkers having plastic, featureless doll crotches. It helps. The secret to finding a mechanic you love—or, more realistically, one that will not rob you blind.
£14.39
Balance The Little Book of Life Skills: Deal with Dinner,
Book SynopsisWith tips from leading experts in every field, The Little Book of Life Skills is the practical guide on how to solve the trickiest tasks in your day and make life a little easier. We all have areas of our lives that make us feel disorganized, unprepared, or stressed out. From creating a calmer morning routine to setting yourself up for a good night''s sleep, and everything in between, there are easy and proven ways to do things better. Whether you need advice on how to end an argument, iron a shirt, or keep your inbox under control, Erin Zammett Ruddy has spoken to experts including Rachael Ray, Dr. Oz, Arianna Huffington, and condensed their wisdom into easy to follow steps for all of life''s simple and not-so-simple tasks, such as: Working from Home Effectively Keeping a Houseplant Alive Giving Constructive Feedback Arranging the Perfect Cheese Board, and many more The Little Book of Life Skills offers simple strategies for being better grown-ups. It''s the perfect guide for anybody who wants to get organized, be more efficient throughout the day, and finally learn the best way to fold that #$% fitted sheet.
£16.00
BookBaby Organizing Your Kitchen With Sort and Succeed:
Book SynopsisOrganizing Your Kitchen with SORT and Succeed is the simple five-step system to declutter and organize your kitchen and pantry shelves. The kitchen is the heart of the home, even if we spend less time cooking. We still gather, work, meet, congregate and eat in and around the kitchen now more than ever. Clear some space, make it easier to get to essential kitchen items, and do it all while learning a simple system that you can use to organize any space in your home, beyond the kitchen. SORT and Succeed are the five steps used by Darla DeMorrow, CPO®, a professional organizer since 2005 and best-selling author. Also included: a printable Daily Kitchen Cleaning Checklist and a special report on what to do with those awkward corner cabinets.
£13.59
Grand Central Publishing The Little Book of Life Skills: Deal with Dinner,
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£26.25
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping: Tried
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£17.18
Fox Chapel Publishing Weatherproofing: The DIY Guide to Keeping Your
Book SynopsisHomeowners will learn how to fight rising energy costs and unpredictable weather with this clear, easy-to-follow guide to the ins and outs of weatherproofing your home. This book teaches what every homeowner should know about weatherproofing their home. It's not about fancy renovations or style. Instead, it's solid basic information that will help readers make their houses into warm, weather-tight family homes. Whether you need to add insulation in your attic or weather-strip your doors, this book has the details homeowners need to keep their home comfortable year round.Table of Contents1. Keeping a House Snug and Tight Blocking Drafts around Windows Weather-stripping Doors Plugging Up Cracks 2. Battling Moisture Gutters and Downspouts Underground Drains Diverting Water From Foundations Plugging Leaks in the Basement Sump Pumps Vents for Airflow 3. Shielding Against Heat and Cold Key Areas for Potential Heat Loss Adequate Insulation Attics Exterior Walls Storm Windows Storm Door Blocking Out the Sun 4 Protecting your Home from Disaster Windproofing a Picture Window Chimney Ties for Earth Tremors Lightning Floods
£12.99
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc Country Wisdom Almanac: 373 Tips, Crafts, Home
Book SynopsisA follow-up to Black Dog's bestselling Country Wisdom and Know-How, the Country Wisdom Almanac provides hundreds of ideas and methods for living the good and simple life, plus information on weather, gardening, buying produce and cooking by season, holidays, frost dates, moon phases, and more. Divided into the four seasons and then organized into 373 individual tips, the Country Wisdom Almanac presents a wide variety of ways to live a simpler, more self-sustained life year round. Each season offers home-improvement ideas (wallpaper a room in the Fall or build a stone wall in the Spring), crafts (create gorgeous homemade decorations for Christmas, Halloween, or the Fourth of July), recipes (use seasonal produce to create fresh, healthy meals), gardening advice (what and when to plant in order to get the maximum results from your land), and more. Also included is year-round advice on caring for pets, creating your own health and beauty remedies, canning and preserving food, and more. Each season opens with a list of holidays and a guide to in-season produce. Appendices cover average weather by city and month, frost dates, and moon phases.
£9.99
Workman Publishing What's a Disorganized Person to Do?
Book SynopsisAn easy-to-read, idea-packed guide for anyone who wants to be more organized—and who doesn't?Everyone has overflowing closets and desk drawers, countertops loaded with kitchen gadgets, and overstuffed computer desktops. We dream of getting organized—but what's a disorganized person to do? In this book, professional organizer Stacey Platt comes to the rescue with empowering ideas on putting and keeping things in order.Like earlier titles in the series, such as the best-selling What's a Cook to Do?, this book offers easy-to-scan and access solutions to everyday aggravations: How do you keep from misplacing your cell phone or house keys? What's the best way to organize the fridge? How do you pack efficiently for a trip? This user-friendly book, illustrated with stylish, full-color photography, is up-to-date on the latest technologies for organizing everything from music to family photos.Here are hundreds of ingenious solutions for gaining control of clutter so you can live happily in your space. There are quick solutions as well as one-hour projects—from organizing your emails so you can find your passwords to sorting the area under the bathroom sink—that readers can tackle, one weekend at a time, with big payoffs. From the kitchen to the home office, the bedroom closet to the car, this thoughtful guide will help readers carve out more space and more time.
£13.49
Fox Chapel Publishing Green Clean: Natural Cleaning Solutions for Every
Book SynopsisThis eco-friendly handbook explains how to eliminate toxic chemical household cleaning agents from your life and replace them with natural, homemade solutions. Inspired by the author's experience as the mother of an allergic child, Green Clean provides practical, comprehensive advice for every household cleaning need from kitchen, bathroom, and laundry to windows, floors, grills, decks, and cars. Jill Potvin Schoff shows how to green up your chores and reduce your family's exposure to hazardous chemicals. Using safe, effective and inexpensive ingredients and recipes, she offers simple cleaning methods and smart tips that will keep both you and the environment healthy.
£14.24
Fox Chapel Publishing 1001 Ideas for Kitchen Organization: The Ultimate
Book SynopsisFind over a thousand ideas for organizing and storing everything but the kitchen sink in this amazing book. 1001 Ideas for Kitchen Organization is a comprehensive resource for professional organizers, homeowners, and designers looking for ways to organize and get more storage and functional space in the kitchen. Maintain access to frequently used items without cluttering the countertop, make better use of cabinet space, discover easy and efficient ways to recycle, and enjoy a better kitchen using the professional advice in this essential reference guide. With over 1,000 gorgeous color photographs and illustrations, this book provides helpful tips and everything you need to know about kitchen organization.
£18.04
Workman Publishing Organizing Plain & Simple: A Ready Reference
Book SynopsisTake control of everyday disorder. With strategies for everything from keeping track of mittens and scarves to combining two households, Donna Smallin takes a personalized, nonjudgmental approach as she explains how to assess different situations and decide where to start organizing. Whether you’re craving a more functional closet, having trouble planning meals for your family, or trying to make sense of your finances, this straightforward guide offers proven techniques for living an efficient and clutter-free life.
£13.29
Workman Publishing The One-Minute Cleaner Plain & Simple: 500 Tips
Book SynopsisClean smarter, not harder. Donna Smallin shows you how to quickly and effectively clear clutter, destroy dirt, and restore order. With 500 plain and simple strategies for efficiently eliminating the mess in every room, you’ll discover how easy it can be to maintain a clean home without devoting hours on end to housework. Learn how to use a spare minute here and there to shorten chores and free up more time to do the things you love.
£8.99
Fair Winds Press 10Minute Declutter Hundreds of Tips to Organize
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£10.79
Turner Publishing Company Feng Shui Your Life: The Quick Guide to
Book SynopsisGet rid of clutter, reorganize your home, and revitalize your life with this simple guide to feng shui. What does the stuff in your home say about your life? Do your closets overflow? Is the area under your bed permanent storage space for junk? An ancient Chinese proverb says that if you want to change your life, you must move things in your home. In Feng Shui Your Life, Tisha Morris provides quick, easy, and practical feng shui techniques to help you get rid of clutter and rearrange your home. By following her simple steps and checklists, you can create an inviting, personal atmosphere in your home, ultimately renovating your life. Discover how to: Manageably clear clutter to optimize space Use lighting, color, and simple objects to create good energy flow Space clear to promote good health Integrate natural elements into your home to create harmony, prosperity, and happiness
£12.34
Rowman & Littlefield Knack Clean Home, Green Home: The Complete
Book SynopsisThis book features:Green quick-cleaning techniques Environmentally safe methods for deep cleaning and tough situations Every room in the house covered: kitchens, baths, bedrooms Indoor and outdoor solutions Keeping indoor air clean Laundry and stain removal Getting people and pets clean, too Decodes product ingredients and labels
£14.99
Time Inc Home Entertaiment Solutions
Book Synopsis"Real Simple Solutions" resolves life's little complexities - and allays the stress that accompanies them. The book is full of ideas that are smart, surprising, and easy to do - and that, perhaps best of all, cost little or no money. Readers are guaranteed timeless, rock-solid information and advice, whether it's step-by-step directions for hand-washing delicates, a soup-to-nuts list of pantry essentials, or new uses for household items. Inspired by the magazine's perennially popular Simple Solutions section, the book logically organizes ideas by activity and presents each chapter in a consistent. clear, and artful fashion. Page after page, "Real Simple Solutions" features: quick, low-cost ways to elevate the ordinary or unexpected, from dinnertime meals to bedroom decor; new uses for everyday items, such as emery boards, baking soda, and old beach towels; and, simple instructions for doing common - but often difficult tasks, like painting a room or carving a turkey.
£15.99
Rodale Press Super Natural Home: Improve Your Health, Home,
Book SynopsisBeth Greer had been living what she considered a healthy lifestyle when a medical crisis prompted her to re-evaluate everything - from the food she ate to the personal-care products she used and the environment she lived in. Now, in "Super Natural Home", she shows the alarming extent of the dangerous chemicals we unwittingly expose ourselves to every day. As she did in her own life, she invites readers to put their lives under a microscope - to scrutinize what people put in and on their bodies and bring into their homes - and to make personal choices that will enable them to 'live clean' in a toxic world.The straightforward, solutions - based approach of "Super Natural Home" - complete with quizzes to help identify and correct potential toxic hot zones - speaks directly to what environment - conscious consumers really need: ultra-practical advice on what they can do right now to limit exposure to the poisons that are endangering them and their children. At a time when impeccable scientific research points to an alarming correlation between common chemical compounds and cancers, allergies, psychiatric disorders, and birth defects, among other serious health concerns, "Super Natural Home" gives consumers the tools to start protecting themselves and their families.Trade Review“Super Natural Home seeks out the silent violence—i.e., toxins—in and around the place where you spend most of your time, awake and asleep. . . . It’s required reading for anyone with a home and a healthy desire to see the unseen for the whole family.”—Ralph Nader, lawyer and consumer advocate“Super Natural Home is a concise and helpful book for people who want to lead a healthy life. I love it and think everyone should read it.”—John Gray, bestselling author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus“Super Natural Home offers important information on how to stay healthy along with practical, easy tips that are backed by scientific research. Every household should have this book on hand.”—Marci Shimoff, New York Times bestselling author of Happy for No Reason and Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul“For those of us who think our lives are already detoxified, Super Natural Home offers an important reminder that there is more we can do to create healthy spaces for ourselves and our families.”—Stacy Malkan, co-founder, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and author of Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry“Organic and green-minded consumers are waking up to the fact that we not only need an organic food and farming revolution, but a new economics in our households as well. Super Natural Home is an indispensable tool for conscientious Americans who want to do their part to address the energy and climate crisis.”—Ronnie Cummins, co-founder and national director, Organic Consumers Association“This easy to read, step-by-step guide offers practical advice and healthy solutions for reducing our toxic exposures, the ones that invisibly invade our lives on a daily basis. . . . Here’s to Beth for giving us all a wake-up call and challenging us to become educated consumers to save our health and our earth.”—Judi Shils, director, Teens Turning Green“In a world were we are overexposed to thousands of dangerous toxic chemicals, education is the key. Super Natural Home provides vital information for anyone interested in reducing their chemical exposure.”—Dan Jacobson, legislative director, Environment California“Beth Greer is a knowledgeable expert, and every reader will benefit from the insightful instructions and questions she offers that empower us to change the way we live for ourselves and future generations.”—Lynne Twist, president, Soul of Money Institute, and co-founder, The Pachamama Alliance“I love this book! It gives a unique blend of the author’s personal experience as well as cutting-edge research to enlighten us on how our environment impacts our health. I highly recommend it.”—Catherine Oxenberg, award-winning actress and mother of five“Beth Greer is a correspondent on the front lines who leaves no stone unturned in her search for emerging news of crucial and timely relevance to wellness in today’s changing environment. I am eternally grateful to her as a resource for my family, my patients, and the entire globe. Thank you, Super Natural Mom!”—Michelle Veneziano, DO, family practice physician, Mill Valley, California
£12.07
Workman Publishing Clear the Clutter, Find Happiness: One-Minute
Book SynopsisGet rid of the clutter — and keep it away! Organizing expert Donna Smallin shows you how to enjoy the happy, healthy, and inviting home you long for with hundreds of time-saving, clutter-busting tips. Smallin’s simple and manageable approach helps you focus on the things that will make the biggest difference in the least amount of time. Clear away the clutter once and for all, and discover the peace of mind that has been hiding underneath.
£9.82
Workman Publishing Naturally Bug-Free: 75 Nontoxic Recipes for
Book SynopsisProtect yourself, your children, your pets, and your home from bugs — without using harsh or toxic chemicals! Herbalist Stephanie Tourles offers 75 simple recipes for safe, effective bug repellents you can make at home from all-natural ingredients. For protection from mosquitos, ticks, and other biting insects, there are sprays, balms, body oils, and tinctures, with scents ranging from eucalyptus to floral, lemon, vanilla, and woodsy spice. There are also recipes for pets, such as herbal shampoo, bedding formulas, and flea-and-tick collars and powders. And Tourles includes repellents for the home, such as sachets that repel moths, carpet powders that repel fleas and ants, and essential oil repellents to keep your pantry pest-free. A detailed ingredient dictionary explains the properties of all the herbs, essential oils, and other key ingredients.
£8.99
Morgan James Publishing llc Behind the Clutter: Truth. Love. Meaning.
Book SynopsisYou are already a masterpiece Have you ever wanted to know the secret to creating a life you love? How do you discern what’s really standing in your way of becoming all you were born to be? In Behind the Clutter, June Saruwatari opens her home and her heart to reveal the transformative decluttering approach that has kept her in demand as a lifestyle, business & relationship coach, and professional organizer to investment bankers, attorneys, judges, artists, politicians, writers, rabbis, university professors, doctors, mothers, children, Hollywood producers, and celebrities. The key to your best life is to master the spaces of your body, mind, soul, and heart, and let go of the clutter within and without. In this part spiritual memoir, part self-help book, June vulnerably and relentlessly examines her own internal and external “stuff” through her unique fourfold lens of TruthLoveMeaningPurpose: TRUTH: What is the truth of my current situation? LOVE: Do I absolutely love this? MEANING: What is the meaning of this for me? PURPOSE: What purpose does this serve in my life? With fearlessness, vulnerability, and childlike enthusiasm, June digs deep to uncover the thoughts, feelings, memories, and beliefs that lay behind the clutter – and shares effective strategies to identify both internal and external clutter, let it go, and create space for miracles. As you go behind the clutter with June as your guide, you’ll discover that you are your own best expert at designing your life, learn to apply your own TruthLoveMeaningPurpose to all the “stuff” of life, and uncover the masterpiece of yourself that’s been there all along.Table of ContentsPreface Stuff Test Introduction Part One. The Foundation Me & My Stuff You &Your Stuff Truth.Love.Meaning.Purpose. Truth Love Meaning Purpose Part Two. The Journey Shift Mindset Shift Stuff Shift Perspective Everyday Rituals, Tools & Strategies Let Go. Create Space Move Forward. A New Way Move Forward. The Best Journey Conclusion About June
£19.79
Morgan James Publishing llc Behind the Clutter: Truth. Love. Meaning.
Book SynopsisIn Behind the Clutter, lifestyle coach, business consultant, and professional organizer June Saruwatari opens both her home and her heart as she shares her simple but transformational approach to living a clutter-free life. In this part spiritual memoir, part self-help book, Saruwatari vulnerably and relentlessly examines her own internal and external “stuff” - beliefs, thoughts, feelings, relationships, time, objects, and physical spaces - through her unique lens of “truth, love, meaning, and purpose.” As she reveals the ups and downs of her journey, June models for readers how to connect the dots between their own internal and external clutter, realize they are already a masterpiece that simply got cluttered up along the way, and fearlessly and effortlessly tackle their own internal and external stuff. As they complete the detailed but doable exercises at the end of each chapter, readers will emerge with their own personalized guidebook to “live life as art”, curating all the stuff of life based on their personal TruthLoveMeaningPurpose and creating the life they love.Table of ContentsPreface Stuff Test Introduction Part One. The Foundation Me & My Stuff You &Your Stuff Truth.Love.Meaning.Purpose. Truth Love Meaning Purpose Part Two. The Journey Shift Mindset Shift Stuff Shift Perspective Everyday Rituals, Tools & Strategies Let Go. Create Space Move Forward. A New Way Move Forward. The Best Journey Conclusion About June
£27.19
Trusted Media Brands Family Handyman Ultimate Storage Solutions: Solve
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£17.99
Trusted Media Brands Family Handyman Make It Last: 750 Tips to Get the
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£17.99
Trusted Media Brands Reader's Digest Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary
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£18.99
Trusted Media Brands Reader's Digest Home Hints & Timeless Tips: 2,635
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£14.39
