Author: Alicia Rockmore
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580053092
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Negative self-image. Fantasy-induced overspending. Marital tension. A new kind of airbrushed concoction is wreaking havoc on homes and psyches, and Sarah Welch and Alicia Rockmore have a name for it: org porn. It’s in magazines, coffee table books, advertisements, and TV shows, promoting a perfect — and entirely imaginary — world in which everything is always pristine, serene, and flawlessly organized.Pretty Neatis a handbook that embraces the chaotic reality that lies beneath org porn’s glossy veneer, offering pithy anecdotes and candid advice from experts and real women alike on tackling organizational inertia. Funny, irreverent, entertaining, and helpful, the book covers all facets of clutter-control, from tried-and-true tips for conquering to-do lists and wrangling family schedules to ideas on excavating inboxes, eliminating excuses, and delegating housework. Most importantly,Pretty Neatinsists that women need to stop holding themselves to impossibly high standards, and focus instead on defining their own, realistic organizational goals. Full of engaging examples from everyday women,Pretty Neatoffers readers unorthodox, surprisingly simple methods to reduce their org porn–fueled stress, insisting that perfection is impossible — and unnecessary — in this messy, unpredictable world called real life.
Pretty Neat
Author: Alicia Rockmore
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580053092
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Negative self-image. Fantasy-induced overspending. Marital tension. A new kind of airbrushed concoction is wreaking havoc on homes and psyches, and Sarah Welch and Alicia Rockmore have a name for it: org porn. It’s in magazines, coffee table books, advertisements, and TV shows, promoting a perfect — and entirely imaginary — world in which everything is always pristine, serene, and flawlessly organized.Pretty Neatis a handbook that embraces the chaotic reality that lies beneath org porn’s glossy veneer, offering pithy anecdotes and candid advice from experts and real women alike on tackling organizational inertia. Funny, irreverent, entertaining, and helpful, the book covers all facets of clutter-control, from tried-and-true tips for conquering to-do lists and wrangling family schedules to ideas on excavating inboxes, eliminating excuses, and delegating housework. Most importantly,Pretty Neatinsists that women need to stop holding themselves to impossibly high standards, and focus instead on defining their own, realistic organizational goals. Full of engaging examples from everyday women,Pretty Neatoffers readers unorthodox, surprisingly simple methods to reduce their org porn–fueled stress, insisting that perfection is impossible — and unnecessary — in this messy, unpredictable world called real life.
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580053092
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Negative self-image. Fantasy-induced overspending. Marital tension. A new kind of airbrushed concoction is wreaking havoc on homes and psyches, and Sarah Welch and Alicia Rockmore have a name for it: org porn. It’s in magazines, coffee table books, advertisements, and TV shows, promoting a perfect — and entirely imaginary — world in which everything is always pristine, serene, and flawlessly organized.Pretty Neatis a handbook that embraces the chaotic reality that lies beneath org porn’s glossy veneer, offering pithy anecdotes and candid advice from experts and real women alike on tackling organizational inertia. Funny, irreverent, entertaining, and helpful, the book covers all facets of clutter-control, from tried-and-true tips for conquering to-do lists and wrangling family schedules to ideas on excavating inboxes, eliminating excuses, and delegating housework. Most importantly,Pretty Neatinsists that women need to stop holding themselves to impossibly high standards, and focus instead on defining their own, realistic organizational goals. Full of engaging examples from everyday women,Pretty Neatoffers readers unorthodox, surprisingly simple methods to reduce their org porn–fueled stress, insisting that perfection is impossible — and unnecessary — in this messy, unpredictable world called real life.
Tools of the Imagination
Author: Susan Piedmont-Palladino
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568985992
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Covering 250 years of design tools and technologies, this book reveals how architects have produced the drawings, models, renderings and animations which show us the promise of what might be built.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568985992
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Covering 250 years of design tools and technologies, this book reveals how architects have produced the drawings, models, renderings and animations which show us the promise of what might be built.
Bulletin
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Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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“The” Floricultural Cabinet and Florist's Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Pages : 350
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The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine
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Category : Floriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Category : Floriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. ...
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Category : Horticulture
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Category : Horticulture
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Heartbreak Hotel
Author: Gabrielle Burton
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 9781564781673
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Devoted to the pains and pleasures of being female, the Museum of the Revolution--with exhibits such as "The Menstrual Show" (performed in redface), "The Hard-to-Please Momma," and "The Litany of the Clothes"--is under siege. The City Fathers, frightened by its continual expansion, are out to destroy it once and for all. But the City Fathers haven't reckoned with the residents of Heartbreak Hotel, a way station for Museum tour guides on mandatory rest leave, including an ex-nun, an unhappy comic, an aging cheerleader, a bitter cop, an accomplished translator, and a very sensuous ex-car hop. Fiercely funny, astonishingly inventive, Heartbreak Hotel maps both the familiar and the uncharted landscapes of women's lives.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 9781564781673
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Devoted to the pains and pleasures of being female, the Museum of the Revolution--with exhibits such as "The Menstrual Show" (performed in redface), "The Hard-to-Please Momma," and "The Litany of the Clothes"--is under siege. The City Fathers, frightened by its continual expansion, are out to destroy it once and for all. But the City Fathers haven't reckoned with the residents of Heartbreak Hotel, a way station for Museum tour guides on mandatory rest leave, including an ex-nun, an unhappy comic, an aging cheerleader, a bitter cop, an accomplished translator, and a very sensuous ex-car hop. Fiercely funny, astonishingly inventive, Heartbreak Hotel maps both the familiar and the uncharted landscapes of women's lives.
The Passion Premise
Author: Bill Reamer
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504923634
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Passion Premise is the third book in Bill Reamers The Dates, Scott Mountain trilogy. The storyline picks up after Ian Scotts passing in Seattle. Choices, consequences, actions, and reactions lead the characters on a thrilling, if not an outright dangerous, journey. Along the journey, the next generation is forced to mature rapidly as they are confronted with matters from the past. Though not totally chained to historical events, they are not totally free from them either. The past inhibits their future and decisions must be made and the consequences of those decisions endured. In the end it gets down to either choosing a life driven by passion with all of its accompanying precipitous peaks and valleys, or a more bland, lethargic, rudderless existence totally driven by the whim of external uncontrollable forces. The traditional themes of more is expected and the right thing to do is the right thing to do no matter the cost reverberate throughout the storyline but the phenomena of living a life with passion is the dominant message explored. The Passion Premise completes the series of these books that began almost ten years ago, or perhaps . . .
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504923634
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Passion Premise is the third book in Bill Reamers The Dates, Scott Mountain trilogy. The storyline picks up after Ian Scotts passing in Seattle. Choices, consequences, actions, and reactions lead the characters on a thrilling, if not an outright dangerous, journey. Along the journey, the next generation is forced to mature rapidly as they are confronted with matters from the past. Though not totally chained to historical events, they are not totally free from them either. The past inhibits their future and decisions must be made and the consequences of those decisions endured. In the end it gets down to either choosing a life driven by passion with all of its accompanying precipitous peaks and valleys, or a more bland, lethargic, rudderless existence totally driven by the whim of external uncontrollable forces. The traditional themes of more is expected and the right thing to do is the right thing to do no matter the cost reverberate throughout the storyline but the phenomena of living a life with passion is the dominant message explored. The Passion Premise completes the series of these books that began almost ten years ago, or perhaps . . .
Engineering Your Retirement
Author: Mike Golio
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470112468
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A practical retirement planning resource for engineers, scientists, and mathematicians In 1995, Dr. Mike Golio, an electrical engineer, became seriously interested in planning for early retirement. In 2003, at the age of 49, he and his wife achieved their goal of financial independence and retired. Engineering Your Retirement is an outgrowth of his research. Whether retirement is imminent or many years off, this valuable guide's straightforward, analytical approach to financial independence answers the critical questions to achieving successful, comfortable, and meaningful retirement. Written specifically for professionals in the engineering, science, and math fields, Engineering Your Retirement examines such important questions as: * How much money will I need to retire? * How long will it take for me to accumulate it? * What types of post-retirement activities are available to technical professionals? Engineering Your Retirement discusses financial independence from the unique cultural view of the technical professional and features many charts, graphs, analytical tools, and equations to help present the financial nuts-and-bolts of retiring in a logical and analytical manner. It offers practical, firsthand advice from an industry expert on: * Effectively budgeting for investments * Planning for health insurance * Choosing a retirement community * Building up a cash/bond ladder * Considering inflation * Portfolio requirements * Investment allocations * Paying off a mortgage * And much more!
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470112468
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A practical retirement planning resource for engineers, scientists, and mathematicians In 1995, Dr. Mike Golio, an electrical engineer, became seriously interested in planning for early retirement. In 2003, at the age of 49, he and his wife achieved their goal of financial independence and retired. Engineering Your Retirement is an outgrowth of his research. Whether retirement is imminent or many years off, this valuable guide's straightforward, analytical approach to financial independence answers the critical questions to achieving successful, comfortable, and meaningful retirement. Written specifically for professionals in the engineering, science, and math fields, Engineering Your Retirement examines such important questions as: * How much money will I need to retire? * How long will it take for me to accumulate it? * What types of post-retirement activities are available to technical professionals? Engineering Your Retirement discusses financial independence from the unique cultural view of the technical professional and features many charts, graphs, analytical tools, and equations to help present the financial nuts-and-bolts of retiring in a logical and analytical manner. It offers practical, firsthand advice from an industry expert on: * Effectively budgeting for investments * Planning for health insurance * Choosing a retirement community * Building up a cash/bond ladder * Considering inflation * Portfolio requirements * Investment allocations * Paying off a mortgage * And much more!
Spark of Madness: The Dream Show
Author: Alexander Rebelle
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312905816
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
There is a new tenant moving into the apartment complex, and Eliza Fields cannot help but wonder about him. Who is he? Where did he come from? And what do the strange inscriptions on his jacket mean? After introducing herself and helping him move into his apartment, Eliza Fields learns the new tenant's name: he is Theo, and he is a man determined to leave his mark on the world around him, and he will let nothing stand in his way. But Theo does not know the danger he is in. There is another man in the shadows, driven into madness, that seeks vengeance for Theo's pursuit of his dream. But can Theo save himself before it's too late? Spark of Madness: The Dream Show is a gripping and suspenseful tale of ambition, rivalry, madness, drama, and the art of Kung Fu. In what is, without a doubt, Alexander Rebelle's crowning achievement as an author to date, Spark of Madness offers an exciting story for everyone to enjoy.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312905816
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
There is a new tenant moving into the apartment complex, and Eliza Fields cannot help but wonder about him. Who is he? Where did he come from? And what do the strange inscriptions on his jacket mean? After introducing herself and helping him move into his apartment, Eliza Fields learns the new tenant's name: he is Theo, and he is a man determined to leave his mark on the world around him, and he will let nothing stand in his way. But Theo does not know the danger he is in. There is another man in the shadows, driven into madness, that seeks vengeance for Theo's pursuit of his dream. But can Theo save himself before it's too late? Spark of Madness: The Dream Show is a gripping and suspenseful tale of ambition, rivalry, madness, drama, and the art of Kung Fu. In what is, without a doubt, Alexander Rebelle's crowning achievement as an author to date, Spark of Madness offers an exciting story for everyone to enjoy.