Taking up where Emily Post and Miss Manners left off, Diane Mapes counsels the dating-distressed on today's new rules of courtship. This smart, savvy etiquette guide addresses both nuts-and-bolts questions (Who asks' Who pays' Who makes the first call' Who brings out the condoms…
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The City Homesteader is the handbook for the world of self-sufficient living. It's about living tangibly in a virtual world. It's about being resourceful, saving money, reducing consumption, and increasing self-reliance. Join the many who are raising backyard chickens in the cit…
Designed as an educational and training text, this book provides a clear and easily understandable review of cosmetics and over the counter (OTC) drug-cosmetic products. The text features learning objectives, key concepts, and key terms at the beginning and review questions and …
This textbook is written to cover the modular CACHE diploma and BTEC National Diploma in child care and education. All the core topics of the diploma are covered in full, with plenty of activities and exercises to engage students' interest.
This study demonstrates that today's domestic advice writers -women such as Martha Stewart, Cheryl Mendelson and B. Smith - are part of a long tradition. Sarah A. Leavitt crafts a cultural history and genealogy of domestic advice, based on her readings of manuals spanning 150 ye…
Not quite part of the family and definitely an employee; idealised or deominsed, the nanny has had a difficult role in family life over the past 200 years. Any discussion of nannies arouses strong emotions in those who have employed them and a sometimes shocking range of experie…
This is a collection of bag designs, which can be easily made from cheap and accessible components. Each of these designs is elegant and striking, ranging from classic vintage silk evening bags to funky painted canvas shoppers for the market.
Features over twenty-five hat projects from contemporary designers from all over the world, including a bonnet, a cap, a cloche, and a tam, as well as such accessories as headbands, fascinators, and scarves.
Offers advice and tips on how to clean a house using natural and common household products such as vinegar, olive oil, a blow dryer, and talcum powder.
A dating guide for geeks reveals the perils and pitfalls of meeting women, going on dates, getting serious, breaking up, and establishing a successful lifelong relationship that does not involve Star Wars bed sheets.
"An account of Boye's experiences building and occupying alternative, sustainable houses"-- "Living simply isn't always simple. When Alan Boye first lived in sustainable housing, he was young, idealistic, and not much susceptible to compromise--until rattlesnakes, black widow s…
Clothing for Children and Teenagers: Anthropometry, Sizing and Fit addresses the complexities of developing size specifications for clothing aimed at seven to seventeen year olds. Children and teenagers experience rapid physical growth and alterations in body shape as they devel…
