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The time-tested advice you never learned in school for getting back to basics and running a healthy, happy, sustainable household.
In this amazing collection of proven wisdom and practical advice from real vintage textbooks, you’ll find everything you need to know about shopping, cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and managing a household like an adult—whether you’re renting your first apartment or establishing a family home.
- Learn handy home management skills such as:
- Replacing a button
- Planning a dinner party
- Choosing paint colors
- Reducing food waste
- And many, many more
Give your household a happier, healthier future with time-tested tips from the past!
Previously published in 2010 as Home Economics, this fully updated version includes a new introduction and improved advice on cooking and canning.
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Hip Snips
The Isosceles Triangle. The Charlie Chaplin. The Rising Sun. These might sound like the latest wave of trendy cocktails, but in fact they’re three of today’s most popular pubic hairstyles.
That’s right: Hip Snips will teach you how to look good-and feel great-by shaping your mons pubis into a variety of patterns and pictures.
Want to embrace your animal nature? Go wild with the Chewbacca! Care for something a little more sophisticated? Class up your lady garden with the Dame Judy Dench! Feeling insecure about your manhood? Behold the incredible trompe l’oeil effect of the Dong Lengthener! Whether you’re male or female, young or old, a veteran groomer or a pubie newbie, this illustrated guide will help you look hip between the hips!
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Hey! It’s That Guy!
So you’re watching Full Metal Jacket and there he is-that guy! What’s his name? You know, that guy who always plays a drill sergeant! Or you’re watching Fast Times at Ridgemont High and there’s another one-that creepy science teacher! That guy always plays a creepy somebody! What’s his name?
We’re talking about R. Lee Ermey and Vincent Schiavelli, of course-and you can read all about them in Hey! It’s That Guy!, a guide to identifying “famous” character actors and actresses. From Steve Buscemi and Philip Seymour Hoffman to J. T. Walsh, Judy Greer, and Amy Aquino, they’re all here. You may not know their names, but you’ll certainly recognize their faces!
Written by Tara Ariano and Adam Sternbergh (founders of the popular entertainment Web site Fametracker.com), Hey! It’s That Guy! features a full-color photo section for easy identification. Just flip to the actor of your choice, and you’ll be directed to an informative and irreverent biography. Organized by “Habitat” and complete with extensive cross-indexing so you can find an actor by TV show or movie, Hey! It’s That Guy! salutes the unsung heroes of the entertainment industry.
TARA ARIANO and ADAM STERNBERGH are the founders and editors of Fametracker.com, the Farmer’s Almanac of Celebrity Worth, a Web site that has received rave reviews from Entertainment Weekly, Variety, Playboy, Time, and many others.
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Handbook of Style
Do you need to polish your look? Are you ready for a fashion makeover? Authors Francine Maroukian and Sarah Woodruff have approached today’s top hair stylists, skin specialists, fashion designers, and makeup artists for a crash course in personal presentation. The result is The Handbook of Style, an essential reference guide to fashion and beauty.
Jeanine Lobell of Stila Cosmetics explains how to make a smoky eye. Michael Rabinowitz of Le Mystere shows how to buy a bra that fits. Paula Dorf of Paula Dorf Cosmetics teaches you to become your own makeup artist. And Donald J. Pliner of the Donald J. Pliner Collection helps you spot a comfortable and sexy shoe.
With elegant illustrations, this mock-crocodile-covered paperback is a stylish, must-have object in itself. No woman’s bookshelf will be complete without one!
SARAH WOODRUFF is an editor and publishing consultant.
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Haiku Mama
When she was my mom
she said no sweets before lunch.
Hypocrite grandma.
This collection of irreverent haiku explores the reality of modern motherhood-complete with dirty diapers, spilled Spaghetti-O’s, obnoxious purple dinosaurs, carseats, strollers, choking hazards, and more.
It’s the perfect gift for new moms with young children at home-a book that can be picked up for a minute and then put down to wipe a nose or settle an argument, all while making Mom laugh.
With more than 100 haiku and 40 whimsical illustrations, Haiku Mama is a collection of verse that all mothers (and their family and friends) will love.
KARI ANNE ROY is the proprietor of haikuoftheday.com, a blog devoted to parenting haiku and commentary on the daily activities of a busy household. She lives in Austin, Texas.
Haiku Mama
When she was my mom
she said no sweets before lunch.
Hypocrite grandma.
This collection of irreverent haiku explores the reality of modern motherhood-complete with dirty diapers, spilled Spaghetti-O’s, obnoxious purple dinosaurs, carseats, strollers, choking hazards, and more.
It’s the perfect gift for new moms with young children at home-a book that can be picked up for a minute and then put down to wipe a nose or settle an argument, all while making Mom laugh.
With more than 100 haiku and 40 whimsical illustrations, Haiku Mama is a collection of verse that all mothers (and their family and friends) will love.
KARI ANNE ROY is the proprietor of haikuoftheday.com, a blog devoted to parenting haiku and commentary on the daily activities of a busy household. She lives in Austin, Texas.
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