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The
Household Book of Hints and Tips
By Diane Raintree
Published on: January 1, 2010
Binding: Paperback 240 pages ISBN: 0824604857 |
| Save time, save money, save energy
with this invaluable handbook for the homemaker. The thousands of helpful hints include
how to repair hairline cracks in the finest dinnerware, how to remove grease stains from
wallpaper, how to remove rust from scissors, how to protect a marble tabletop, and how to
repair a garden hose. Profusely illustrated with helpful line drawings. |
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Extraordinary
Uses for Ordinary Things:
2,317 Ways to Save Money and Time
by Editor’s of Reader’s Digest
Binding: Paperback 384 pages
Published on: 2007-03-22 ISBN: 0762106492 |
| Did you know that aspirin can
revive a dead car battery? This remarkable book shares amazing secrets to save you time
and money—and shelf space in the process. This practical guide contains over 2,300
handy tips about using more than 200 common household items in exciting new ways. |
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Classic
Household Hints: Over 500 Old and New Tips for a Happier Home by Susan
Waggoner
Binding: Hardcover 112 pages
Published on: 2007-06-07 ISBN: 1584795727 |
| Classic Household Hints returns to
those lovely days of yesteryear to gather hundreds of time and money-saving tips from
cleaning and organizing your home to buying and handling food. Want the freshest eggs in
the store? Pick the ones whose shells feel roughest to the touch. The book’s
quick-take, better-than-ever information is accompanied by lively full-color retro
illustrations, fascinating sidebars, quotes, and mini-facts. |
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12,167
Kitchen and Cooking Secrets: Everyday Tips, Hints, Techniques and More By
Susan Sampson
Binding: Paperback 480 pages
Published on: 2009-10-15 ISBN: 0778802221 |
| In thousands of entries on every
aspect of cooking and baking, Susan Sampson provides expert information that is
indispensable in any kitchen. Shortcuts, embellishments, restaurant tricks, presentation
tips, party planning and recipe development and more. This comprehensive reference answers
virtually every kitchen query and speaks to every culinary concern and condition. |
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Old-Time Household Hints: Timeless Bits of Household Wisdom for Today's Home
and Garden
by Yankee Magazine
Paperback: 384 pages Reprint Ed ISBN: 1616081759
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub (January 26, 2011) |
| A compendium of tips, recipes, and
sage advice on all aspects of everyday living. Find the best hints, tips, and secrets for
everything from cooking, cleaning, and home maintenance to pet care, gardening, and
holiday celebrations. You’ll also find ways to adapt and improve some old-time
methods. Discover an amazing variety of useful and clever ideas. |
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It
Works!: Over 1,000 New Uses for Common Household Items
by Mary Ellen Pinkham
Paperback: 48 pages ISBN: 0941298124
Publisher: Pinkham Publishing (January 2006) |
| Mary Ellen showcases some of her
very best tips using items found in every home. From A to Z, this book covers everything
from Alcohol to Zest. It Works! will not only save you money, it is fun to read and
features illustrations by Jonathan Richards. |
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The
Accidental Housewife: How to Overcome Housekeeping Hysteria One Task at a
Time
by Julie Edelman
Paperback: 176 pages ISBN: 0345490436
Publisher: Ballantine Books (May 30, 2006) |
| Entertaining and practical household
tips turn mundane chores into fun and easy tasks. Offering real life advice and simple
solutions, the book includes: a stress-free way to clean with minimum effort to achieve
maximum effect; deal with the most common stains using everything from industrial products
to everyday items such as hairspray, shaving cream, and ice cubes; harmonize chaos and
clutter and get energized in the process; uncover innovative ways to balance your
family’s nutritional needs with your desire to let them eat cake. |
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Don't
You Hate It When... How to Solve Life's Little Irritations
by Mary Ellen Pinkham
Paperback: 172 pages ISBN: 0941298167
Publisher: Pinkham Publishing (January 25, 2005) |
| Don't You Hate It... When you've
spilled candle wax on the carpet. When you can't get the dealer sticker off the car
window. When clothes get mysterious stains in the washing machine. When the screw won't
hold. When you can't get the wrinkles out. When you're up against annoying, everyday
problems like these, this is the book to turn to. Dozens of Mary Ellen-tried and
reader-tested solutions. |
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