Home Management
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The Experts' Guide to One Hundred Things Everyone Should Know How to Do
Ettus, Samantha. Read by Mary Kane. Reading time 6 hours 57 minutes.
Home Management
Tips and pointers from specialists in their fields covering personal and professional situations. Provides advice on the best way to apply lipstick, tie a Windsor knot, handle job interviews, make conversation, give and receive compliments, do laundry, be a good houseguest, kiss, and plan and pack for a trip. 2004.
Get Organized with Heloise
Heloise. Read by Carol Dines. Reading time 3 hours 55 minutes.
Home Management
Good Housekeeping magazine columnist offers solutions for putting home and family in order. Using her "five minutes or five things" daily plan, time- and budget-saving tips, and letters from readers, Heloise explains how to get rid of household clutter, organize kids and pets, and reduce travel-related chaos. 2004.
Getting Organized: The Easy Way to Put Your Life in Order; Updated and Revised
Winston, Stephanie. Read by Patricia McDermott. Reading time 10 hours 5 minutes.
Home Management
Tells how to take control of paperwork, time, money, and space at home and at work. Looks at some personal reasons why life may become confused. This revision also describes home offices and working mothers in the 1990s.
Home Buying for Dummies
Tyson, Eric. Read by Ralph Lowenstein. Reading time 19 hours 48 minutes.
Home Management
Real estate and personal finance experts' updated guide to purchasing a condominium or single-family home. Provides in-depth but straightforward information on determining a price range, understanding credit scores, assessing home values, inspecting a property, selecting a mortgage, working with agents, brokers, lenders, and lawyers, and negotiating a deal. 2006.
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House
Mendelson, Cheryl. Read by Kerry Cundiff. Reading time 57 hours 13 minutes.
Home Management
Helpful hints on a range of domestic topics--planning and preparing meals, doing laundry, cleaning each room in a home, preserving books and furniture, caring for pets, fire safety, and many others. Includes guidelines for both the novice and longtime housekeeper and bits of wisdom gained from older relatives. Bestseller. 1999.
Homemade: How to Make Hundreds of Everyday Products Fast, Fresh, and More Naturally
Earnest, Don. Read by Kerry Dukin. Reading time 21 hours 10 minutes.
Home Management
Recipes for making more than seven hundred common food, household, and pet products. Offers tips on saving money and creating healthier, more natural items that replace store-bought pantry staples, toiletries, cleaning supplies, pet food, and garden helpers. 2007.
How to Organize Just about Everything: More than Five Hundred Step-by-Step Instructions for Everything from Organizing Your Closets to Planning a Wedding to Creating a Flawless Filing System
Walsh, Peter. Read by Gary Tipton. Reading time 31 hours 57 minutes.
Home Management
Anti-clutter expert and host of television's Clean Sweep offers advice on organizing your entire life from education and career to social life and family affairs. Includes solutions for preparing for the unexpected, simplifying your life, and achieving dreams. 2004.
If I Had a Hammer: More than One Hundred Easy Fixes and Weekend Projects
Ridout, Andrea. Read by Kerry Dukin. Reading time 11 hours 36 minutes.
Home Management
Renovation expert and host of radio's Ask Andrea offers step-by-step instructions for do-it-yourself home-improvement projects at all skill levels. Tasks include painting and decorating, caring for wood floors and furniture, remodeling kitchens and bathrooms, and maintaining appliances. Provides time-saving tips and advice on proper tools and techniques. 2008.
Label It! Braille and Audio Strategies for Identifying Items at Home and Work
Home Management
Advocates investing time and energy to label items to organize one's environment and make daily life more manageable. Offers tips on methods, tools, and materials for creating labels for apparel, medications, food containers, appliances, and miscellaneous items. 2008.
Mortgages 101: Quick Answers to Over 250 Critical Questions about Your Home Loan
Reed, David. Read by Kerry Cundiff. Reading time 11 hours 8 minutes.
Home Management
Loan officer describes how to negotiate the "mortgage maze" and obtain the best financing to purchase a home. Discusses finance fundamentals, credit scores, insurance, refinancing, and loans as well as interest rates, closing costs, and finding the right lender. Includes a chapter on use of the Internet. 2004.
Popular Mechanics When Duct Tape Just Isn't Enough: Quick Fixes for Everyday Disasters
Petersen, C.J. Read by Lou Harpenau. Reading time 3 hours 42 minutes.
Home Management
Tips for dealing with home plumbing, electrical, gardening, cleaning, and structural problems, as well as issues with tools, furniture, and appliances. Topics include handling noisy sinks and radiators, freeing jammed garbage disposal blades, deodorizing microwaves, watering plants while you are on vacation, and collecting a basic set of tools. 2007.
The Queen of Clean Conquers Clutter
Cobb, Linda. Read by Margaret Strom. Reading time 4 hours 21 minutes.
Home Management
Author of books on house cleaning (RC 51054) and home management (RC 53944) offers suggestions for getting rid of clutter. From room to room Cobb shows how to use her QUEEN system: question, unpack, evaluate, eliminate, and neaten up. Her advice for the kitchen covers storage life for various foods. 2002.
The R.A.T. (Real-World Aptitude Test): Preparing Yourself for Leaving Home
Moyer, Homer E. Jr. Read by Ray Childs. Reading time 16 hours 5 minutes.
Home Management
The Real-World Aptitude Test, for young people preparing to live independently, provides questions, answers, and helpful hints on practical knowledge and survival skills. Topics include sex, drugs, etiquette, budget, employment, nutrition, cooking, and emergencies, among others. For senior high and older readers. 2003.
Rightsizing Your Life: Simplifying Your Surroundings While Keeping What Matters Most
Ware, Ciji. Read by Carol Dines. Reading time 10 hours 53 minutes.
Home Management
Aiming her advice primarily at midlifers who are relocating, Ware describes ways to deal with the practical and emotional aspects of winnowing possessions to fit a new lifestyle and a smaller living space. Includes seven steps to accomplish rightsizing, tips on maintaining the changes, and a resource directory. 2007.
Two Hundred Fifty Tips for Making Life with Arthritis Easier
Schwarz, Shelley Peterman. Read by Ted Stoddard. Reading time 2 hours 32 minutes.
Home Management
Practical advice, tips, and techniques on simplifying home lifestyle by organizing, streamlining, and consolidating everyday tasks. Discusses alternating periods of activity and rest, planning ahead, and taking advantage of readily available labor-saving devices. An official publication of the Arthritis Foundation. 1997.