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The useful book : 201 life skills they used to teach in home ec and shop / Sharon and David Bowers ; illustrated by Sophia Nicolay.

The useful book : 201 life skills they used to teach in home ec and shop / Sharon and David Bowers ; illustrated by Sophia Nicolay.
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ISBN 9780761171737 (pbk.)
0761171738 (pbk.)
Name Bowers, Sharon author.
Title The useful book : 201 life skills they used to teach in home ec and shop / Sharon and David Bowers ; illustrated by Sophia Nicolay.
Published New York : Workman Publishing, 2016.
Description xi, 403 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Notes Includes index.
"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited"--Title page verso.
Contents Cooking -- Sewing -- Laundry & clothing -- Domestic arts -- Life skills -- Domestic repair -- Woodworking & metalworking -- Plumbing -- Electrical -- Mechanical.
Summary A modern and energetically designed encyclopedia of DIY with everything you need to know to roll up your sleeves and cook it, build it, sew it, clean it, or repair it yourself. In other words, everything you would have learned from your shop and home ec teachers, if you had them. Features practical projects and how-tos, with step-by-step instructions and illustrations, relevant charts, sidebars, lists, and handy toolboxes. There's a kitchen crash course. Sewing 101. Housecare tips. Plus, in shop, the tools that everyone should have, and dozens of cool projects that teach fundamental techniques, from making a bookshelf to re-wiring a lamp.
Subjects Home economics
Dwellings -- Maintenance and repair
Life skills
Do-it-yourself work
Other Names Bowers, David, 1962- author.
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