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Afghan Crochet Patterns - Twenty Vintage Crochet Patterns for Modern Women


Cathy Crochet - 2012
    Features classic patterns with contrasting colors that stand out beautifully!Whether you’re searching for the perfect gift, creating a family heirloom, or just looking for a simple pattern to crochet, Afghans are a great place to start! Easy step-by-step instructions for 20 vintage crochet afghan patterns.Feeling adventurous? These classic Afghans can be created using a variety of modern yarns as well as the vintage yarns called out in these patterns. Designed and formatted specifically for your Amazon Kindle, you can easily navigate through chapters using the linked Table of Contents found at the start of this edition.

Jonathan Adler on Happy Chic: Accessorizing


Jonathan Adler - 2010
    Crafting sentences as dexterously as he does ceramic vases, Adler takes us on a whirlwind tour through gorgeously styled interior. Organized by type of furniture (bed, bookshelf, dining table, dresser, table), Adler divulges all the tricks and tips needed to artfully arrange anything in one’s home.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms: 101 Inspirational Stories of Joy, Love, and Wonder


Jack Canfield - 2011
    Celebrate the joy, love, and wonder of motherhood with these 101 stories from new moms.Share the excitement, the laughs, and the tears with other new mothers as you read their heartwarming, amusing, and inspirational stories about: the pregnancy countdown births, bodies, and babies becoming a new person — a mother! breastfeeding battles struggling with infertility adoption and other paths to motherhood the ups and downs of new motherhood great ideas for the sleep deprived moving on to the toddler years adding a second child and lots of funny stories for comic relief!

The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook Guide to Getting Published: The Essential Guide for Authors


Harry Bingham - 2010
    Together with interviews from authors, agents and publishers (including the CEO of Harper Studio, and the Editorial Director of Macmillan New Writing) as well as buyers from Waterstones and Asda, it offers advice on:* finding an agent or publisher * successful approaches for covering letters and synopses* understanding contractual terms * working with publishers and the editorial process * your role in helping to publicise your workThe Writers' and Artists' Yearbook Guide to Getting Published will enable you to market your work more professionally, understand the relationship you will have with both agent and publisher and offers a contemporary inside view of the publishing industry. Along with the essential contacts in the Writers' and Artists' Yearbook, this is a professional tool you will not want to be without.

The Cleaning Bible: Kim and Aggie's Complete Guide to Modern Household Management


Kim Woodburn - 2006
    Every tip and trick from their combined cleaning experience of about half a century is included, and they always use natural products where possible so even your conscience will be clean. Make a space next to Delia and Jamie and welcome Kim and Aggie to your domestic bookshelf!

How to Set Up Your Desk: A Guide to Fixing a (Surprisingly) Overlooked Productivity Problem


Matt Perman - 2014
    There is some good advice here and there, but it's typically scattered. There is no single go-to book that brings together into one spot the best principles and practices for getting a clear view of how to make your desk work for you as effectively as possible. So that’s what this book aims to do. We will look at why desk setup matters, basic principles for setting up your desk well, where to put your desk (and where not to!), what goes on your desktop (less than you think), how to set up the drawers, and how to set up the rest of your office. Along with this, we will also see the connection between setting up your desk well and changing the world, which is what all productivity practices are ultimately about.

From Clutter to Clarity: Clean Up Your Mindset to Clear Out Your Clutter


Kerri Richardson - 2020
    Clear out your emotional clutter for lasting decluttering of your home in this follow-up to the Wall Street Journal bestseller What Your Clutter Is Trying to Tell You.What causes the clutter in your home? Too little time and not enough space are common enough culprits, but are they actually the root sources?In the follow-up to her Wall Street Journal best-selling book What Your Clutter Is Trying to Tell You, decluttering expert, lifestyle designer, and coach Kerri Richardson helps you to: - Address limiting beliefs and behaviors that can manifest into specific types of clutter, - Clear out your emotional obstacles in order to reclaim your personal space, and - Manifest your newfound mental clarity into physical reality through practical, actionable exercises.From tackling perfectionism to procrastination to toxic relationships, Richardson's straightforward advice will help you to finally clear those stubborn stacks and piles, providing a clean start for you to transform both your home and your life.

Conversations with Raymond Carver


Marshall Bruce Gentry - 1990
    Collections of interviews with notable modern writers

Keep This, Toss That: Thousands of Organizing Secrets to Unclutter Your Life


Jamie Novak - 2015
    Featuring dozens of illustrated Keep/Toss Checklists, the book shows you exactly what you need—and what you can safely toss, regret-free (even if you’re a sentimentalist or saver)—in every room of your house, for each hobby or activity, and even online. It also includes:• quick tips on clever storage solutions• tools and utensils that can do double duty• advice on how to customize the lists to suit your house, your family, and your lifestyle Answering the one key question you need to get organized and live happily with just the stuff you love, Keep This, Toss That is the one organizing book you must have.

Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever (Revised Edition)


Jared Knott - 2020
    World History

ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life


Judith Kolberg - 2002
    It offers organizing advice that ranges from self-help to utilizing the help of nonprofessionals to using professional assistance.

Downsizing the Family Home: What to Save, What to Let Go


Marni Jameson - 2015
    Here, nationally syndicated home columnist Marni Jameson sensitively guides readers through the process, from opening that first closet, to sorting through a lifetime's worth of possessions, to selling the homestead itself. Using her own personal journey as a basis, she helps you figure out a strategy and create a mindset to accomplish the task quickly, respectfully, rewardingly and, in the best of situations, even memorably. Throughout, she combines her been-there experience with insights from national experts antiques appraisers, garage-sale gurus, professional organizers, and psychologists to offer practical wisdom and heartwarming advice so you know with certainty what to keep, toss or sell."

Real Simple 869 New Uses for Old Things: An Encyclopedia of Innovative Ideas for Everyday Items


Real Simple - 2010
    It showcases how to repurpose everyday items in clever ways. These ideas appeal to readers because they're a) economical, b) green, and c) surprising.Over the past decade, Real Simple has developed 800-plus ideas for all sorts of common items, from accordion files to zippered plastic bags. It seems fitting that in honor of their ten-year anniversary, they'd give readers the opportunity to enjoy these ideas in one convenient place.

Organizing for the Creative Person: Right-Brain Styles for Conquering Clutter, Mastering Time, and Reaching Your Goals


Dorothy Lehmkuhl - 1993
    Suggests a host of practical solutions, all in harmony with the way creative people think and act. 20 line drawings.

Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation


Walter Mosley - 2011
    Drawing from this intimate knowledge of addiction and recovery, Mosley explores the deviances of contemporary America and describes a society in thrall to its own consumption. Although Americans live in the richest country on earth, many citizens exist on the brink of poverty, and from that profound economic inequality stems self-destructive behavior. In Twelve Steps to Political Revelation, Mosley outlines a guide to recovery from oppression. First we must identify the problems that surround us. Next we must actively work together to create a just, more holistic society. And finally, power must be returned to the embrace of the people. Challenging and original, Recovery confronts both self-understanding and how we define ourselves in relation to others.