In today's busy world it's easy to understand the desire for shortcuts. With our time eaten up by work, family, and errands, we almost unconsciously look for quick fixes that aren't always the healthiest for our home or family. With The New Art of Living Green, authors Erica Pal…
Offers money-saving tips for such areas as grocery shopping, gift buying, necessities, emergencies, home improvements, family clothing, entertainment, and electronics.
Exploring the institution of domestic service, this book discloses processes of postcolonial class formation both as exploitation and cultural elaboration. It also uncovers gender struggles amongst workers and those who employ them.
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…
"Clear, step-by-step instructions with full-color photography show how to accomplish the most common home repair, maintenance and improvement tasks. A complete homeowners manual for jobs that cover every part of the home, including electrical, plumbing, flooring, walls, windows …
"Clear, step-by-step instructions with full-color photography show how to accomplish the most common home repair, maintenance and improvement tasks. A complete homeowners manual for jobs that cover every part of the home, including electrical, plumbing, flooring, walls, windows …
"Clear, step-by-step instructions with full-color photography show how to accomplish the most common home repair, maintenance and improvement tasks. A complete homeowners manual for jobs that cover every part of the home, including electrical, plumbing, flooring, walls, windows …
For the past few years, Grant Thompson has spent his weekends starting fires, building cannons, and experimenting with dry ice and liquid nitrogen. He's made pumpkins explode, defied gravity, and discovered countless ways to make everyday life easier using ordinary items such as…
From a Web-based community of motivated do-it-youselfers comes an invaluable how-to guide on a wide range of topics, from gardening and home repair to recipes and gadgets that defy categorization.
Processed Foods and the Consumer was first published in 1976. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. In this comprehensive guid…
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"This handy guide covers the essential household repairs that homeowners need to know. From easy fixes like tightening loose door hinges to more involved project such as bleeding your brakes, you'll learn how to handle issues in any room in the house, garage, and yard as well as…
"This handy guide covers the essential household repairs that homeowners need to know. From easy fixes like tightening loose door hinges to more involved project such as bleeding your brakes, you'll learn how to handle issues in any room in the house, garage, and yard as well as…
Chelsea Schelly uses ethnographic research, participant observation, and numerous in-depth interviews to examine four alternative U.S. communities where individuals use electricity, water, heat, waste, food, and transportation technologies that differ markedly from those used by…
From building a yurt to maintaining a thriving winter garden, this simple guide is all you need to live off the land.
