Books that Offer Good Advice on:
Cars, Computing, Clutter & Junk
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Car Buyer's and Leaser's Negotiating Bible By W. James Bragg
Before you walk into the showroom, learn to find reputable dealers,
negotiate the best possible price, and decide on warranties and other
options. Make sure you don't get ripped off at trade-in time and on
leases. Author James Bragg also offers an excellent car pricing service
... but read his book first. It'll help you beat the dealers at their
own games.
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$14.95 | ||
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Car Talk By Tom & Ray Magliozzi
Public radio's "Click & Clack, the Tappet Brothers," won't make you an auto mechanic, but they'll have you laughing, as you're
saving a lot of money on car repairs. Learn how cars work ... and where to kick them when they don't.
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$13.95 | ||
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HTML for the World Wide Web By Elizabeth Castro
Want to create a Web page for yourself or your business? This is THE book to get you
started -- or help you even further if you're already familiar with HTML, the language
used to write most Web pages. It's got very basic, step-by-step instructions for each phase
of designing your page. You'll learn how to import images, set up tables and
frames, link to other sites, and even add sound. Even if there's a web designer
already working on your virtual storefront, this book will help you understand
what's involved ... and show you that Web creation is not really all that complicated.
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$19.99 | ||
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Clutter Control By Jeff Campbell
This guide is a no-nonsense, clear-the-decks, total organization system
for putting your home on a "diet." Get this pro's opinion
on what you need, what you don't, and where to put it all.
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$9.99 | ||
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Invasion of Privacy: How to Protect Yourself in the Digital Age By Michael Hyatt
This guide will help you protect yourself from identity theft, stalking, lawsuits, credit card fraud, and government surveillance. It's also full of privacy resources. A very detailed and informative resource for today's privacy challenges.
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$27.95 | ||
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Stop Junk Mail Forever By Eisenson, Castleman, Ross, & "The Stop Junk Mail-Man"
This 28-page guide will show you how to stop those 533 or so sales
pitches that appear every year, uninvited in your mailbox -- at home and at work. Learn how your name is
being marketed -- at your expense -- and how the supermarket
scanner has added to the problem. Also find out how to nix those dreaded
telemarketers, and how to skip it on "spam," the junk mail that is now flooding the inboxes of computer
users who log onto the internet. (Price includes postage.)
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The Fiske Guide to Colleges By Edward B. Fiske
This guide offers excellent overviews of the top 300 colleges in America. You'll find out
what each school's strong and weak points are, and get a good picture of
campus life. Included are important data such as enrollment numbers, male/female
ratios, the percentage of applicants that are accepted, and what percentage
of students receive financial aid. There's even a rating of the school's academics,
social life, and overall quality of life.
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$22.95 | ||
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The Insider's Guide to the Colleges By the Staff of the Yale Daily News
The "insiders" who contribute to this book are current students at many of the
300+ colleges included in the guide. Compiled by Yale students, it covers such
essential information as each school's costs, application procedures, and academic
strengths. But The Insider's Guide is best known for providing nitty-gritty details
that kids want to know about campus life: how good or bad the food is, what's the
typical weekend scene, and the "hip" slang at each school.
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$17.99 | ||
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College Degrees by Mail & Internet By John & Mariah Bear
We've all laughed at the "correspondence courses" we've seen advertised on TV and in
magazines. But many bona-fide universities offer "distance learning" programs
via online classes, and independent study and coursework by mail. Some 100
accredited schools that offer degrees you can earn by home study are listed in
this guide. At some, you can get your diploma (one that's worth something) without
ever walking into a classroom!
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$12.95 | ||
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Paying for College Without Going Broke By Kalman A. Chany
If you're dreading filling out those complicated financial aid forms, this is
a great book to have by your side. It includes some 50 pages of line-by-line
guidance on completing the two most widely used forms. You'll also find lots of
valuable advice on long and short-term strategies for meeting all those college
bills -- without breaking the bank.
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$18.00 | ||
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Up Your Score 2002-2002: The Underground Guide to the SAT By Larry Berger (Editor), et al
Written for students, by students (including one who got a perfect 1600), Up Your Score is a funny, practical guide to this blasted test. Included are 600 vocabulary words, tips and tricks for the math test, advice on relaxation techniques, as well as concentration, and more. Our niece, Rachel, found it very helpful, much preferred it to other SAT books, and highly recommends it as summer reading for anyone who'll be taking the test in the fall.
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$10.95 | ||
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Take Control of Your Student Loan Debt By Robin Leonard and Shae Irving
The average college grad “earns” about $11,000 of student loan debt on the way to a diploma.Those who go on for an advanced degree can wind up $100,000 in the hole! This book details what you’ll need to know to stay afloat in the sea of student loans. It explains your repayment and consolidation options, and offers strategies for getting and staying out of default.
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$26.95 | ||
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The College Admissions Mystique By Bill Mayher
Bill Mayher's entertaining, easy to read book exposes the nonsense surrounding the often traumatic college admissions process.
He can help your family work through the tedium, tension, and tangles
that the process usually entails, as he puts the kabosh on the mistaken
notion that the hardest school to get into, is the best one for your
child to attend. This book will save the parents of college bound
high schoolers money, grief, and fights.
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$13.00 | ||
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Financing College By Kristin Davis
A senior associate at Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, Kristin Davis
puts it all into perspective in this easy-to-read guide. Her emphasis
is on helping you start early to develop an overall plan -- so that without
too much grief, you can pay your share and find the rest elsewhere.
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$17.95 | ||
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Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools You Should Know About,
Even If You're Not a Straight-A Student By Loren Pope
A fomer education editor at The New York Times, Pope focuses on small schools
-- but don't let their size mislead you. These college gems have top-notch
departments in subjects ranging from science to film making, government
to geology. This book offers great possibilities for those students who
for one reason or another haven't thrived in high school.
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$14.00 | ||
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Don't Miss Out By Anna & Robert Leider
The authors have been putting out annual editions of this comprehensive guide
for more than 20 years. (They need to, the rules keep changing.) It's a
classic, focused more on the brass tacks of maximizing the financial aid
your teen gets. This is the one to read when your child is a junior or
senior, and there are all those financial aid forms to fill out.
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$10.00 | ||
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Been There Should've Done That: 505 Tips for Making the Most of College By Suzette Tyler
Face it: Kids listen to other kids more readily than to parents or teachers.
That's the beauty of this little book, jam-packed with practical information
for surviving and thriving in college. Just about all of its pithy advice -- on
everything from coping with roommate troubles and campus crime to developing
good study habits -- comes from college students themselves. Easy reading, it's the
perfect book to send off with your favorite college students in the fall.
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$9.95 | ||
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From Seed to Bloom: How to Grow Over 500 Annuals, Perennials & Herbs By Eileen Powell
A flower growing bible, this book shows how to successfully germinate and grow hundreds of flowers. Includes how deep to sow the seeds, what temperature to keep them at, how long germination should take, and so on. Highly recommended!
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$19.95 | ||
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Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long By Eliot Coleman
The author makes growing produce year 'round seem simple. He does it in Maine! In additionto detailed info on individual vegetables, this book covers the fundamentals (e.g., soil and compost) and includes ideas on how to build and use cold frames, mobile greenhouses, and root cellars. It'll no doubt be guiding us as we try to extend our 2003 growing season.
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$24.95 | ||
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The BackYard Orchardist: A Complete Guide to Growing Fruit Trees in the Home Garden By Stella Otto
Stella Otto does a wonderful job of explaining how to care for fruit trees -- from how to pick the right site and prepare the soil, to how to prune and protect them from insects and disease. The chapters on each type of fruit are very helpful, as well as the sketches on pruning and bug identification. It's easy to do a better job of caring for fruit trees thanks to this book..
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$14.95 | ||
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Square Foot Gardening By Mel Bartholomew
A great book for the beginner gardener, Square Foot Gardening demystifies gardening, and presents clear, concrete advice on the perennial gardening question, "How far apart should I plant!"
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$16.95 | ||
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Your Money or Your Life By Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
This book will transform the way you view both your money and your life.
Based on their own experiences, Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin developed a nine-step
program that encourages people to analyze how they spend their money and their
life energy. They contend that most Americans are "making a dying," not a living --
working their lives away to buy things that aren't really satisfying. To break
this self-defeating cycle, they offer a "new road map" toward financial independence, one
based on getting out of debt, relishing the pleasures of frugality, and finding
work that is truly fulfilling. It's a journey that can change your life.
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$13.95 | ||
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The Simple Life By Larry Roth
Larry Roth, a master of living simply and cheaply, has put together this
anthology on the many ways you can thrive on less. There are lots of great
tips on how to save money and reduce stress, and explorations of approaches
such as living rent free as a caretaker and going dumpster diving. The book
includes contributions from some of our favorite thinkers in the voluntary
simplicity/frugality movement, as well as new voices. Whether you're a newcomer
or old-timer in the fine art of living better on less, you'll find this
a highly practical, enjoyable guide.
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$13.00 | ||
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Extreme Simplicity: Homesteading in the City By Christopher & Dolores Lynn Nyerges
Can't remember enjoying a book as much as this one! It's as entertaining as it is enlightening. The Nyergeses experiment with things we've never tried, like composting toilet paper with the help of worms, for example, as they create an ultra-simple lifestyle -- in Los Angeles of all places. They also cover tamer back-to-basic techniques, like gardening, solar cooking, collecting rainwater, finding wild edibles, recycling, etc., as they prepare to survive the disaster most likely to befall that city of angels, an earthquake. The Nyergeses have truly brought nature to their home, and can cope with both natural as well as man-made disasters. Very inspiring, especially in these times.
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$16.95 | ||
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Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace and Fulfillment in a Complex World By Linda Breen Pierce
Pierce is the founder of The Pierce Simplicity Study, a three-year study of 211 people who simplified their lives. Her book tells the story of some of these people -- those just starting out simplifying and long-time simplifiers, people who are employed and those who are not, people who own homes and those who rent, etc. Ms. Pierce emphasizes there is no one-size-fits-all definition of simplicity, and simplicity means different things to different people. We all just need to find a level we're comfortable with.
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$16.95 | ||
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The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living By Helen and Scott Nearing
This book is a one volume edition of Living the Good Life and Continuing the Good Life. The Nearings are recognized for their work in demonstrating the importance of living sustainable, frugal, non-violent, and conscious lives. Their Good Life Center is located in Maine, and more information and resources are available here.
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$15.00 | ||
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Living the Simple Life By Elaine St. James
Open this guide to any page, and you'll get a well-written prescription
for living more simply. Read it from cover to cover, and you'll soak up
Elaine St. James's 100 tried and true principles for gaining free time,
reducing clutter, and enjoying your life more -- with less. You'll even
learn how to solve the "lost sock in the wash" dilemma!
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$9.95 | ||
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Making the Best of Basics: Family Preparedness Handbook By James Talmage Stevens
The premise here is that we all know we're at high risk for some disaster.
We just don't know when or what. But whether flood or unemployment, the
unexpected crisis needs to be weathered when it hits. In this bible on self-
sufficiency, you'll learn about basic home storage of food and water, basic
recipes, basic kitchen gardening, basic directions for drying fruits and
vegetables, and even basic self-health care. Very reasonable, down-to-earth
advice to keep you watered, fed, and healthy during tough times.
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$22.95 | ||
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The American Red Cross First Aid & Safety Handbook By The American Red Cross and Kathleen A. Handal, MD
This excellent guide covers all the basics (treating burns, bites, and sprains)
and much, much more. With the book's clear, easy-to-follow instructions and
illustrations, you can quickly learn to cope with virtually any emergency --
even delivering the first baby of the new millennium!
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$17.95 | ||
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Voluntary Simplicity By Duane Elgin
In this groundbreaking book, social scientist Duane Elgin interweaves his
personal philosophy of choosing to live simply with the thoughts and experiences
of many people who followed the same path. He makes a compelling case -- survival
of the planet -- for adopting the principles he espouses. Whether voluntary simplicity
is the foundation of your life or a concept you're just beginning to
explore, you'll find much to ponder in this classic work.
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$12.00 | ||
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Back to Basics: How to Learn & Enjoy Traditional American Skills By Reader's Digest Books
From home building to gardening, from cooking to fishing, this Reader's Digest
book is a treasure trove of useful and fun information. It's an excellent "pick and
choose" guide. You might not be thinking about raising chickens, but you might
enjoy making your own ice cream or cheese. You might not want to learn blacksmithing,
but perhaps you'd like to weave a basket, tap a maple tree (we tapped 5 this year), brew
beer, build a Tom Sawyer raft, or create some natural cosmetics.
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$30.00 | ||
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Stalking the Wild Asparagus By Euell Gibbons
First published in 1962, this is the classic wild foods book. Whether you'd
ever eat cattails, tap maple trees, or bring home 'possum for dinner, Euell
Gibbons will change how you see a lawn, roadside, or forest.
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$17.50 | ||
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