Life Skills : How To Do Almost Anything

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staff, Chicago Tribune.

Contributor:

Staff,Chicago Tribune, Contributor.

Chicago Tribune Staff, Content Provider.

Chicago Tribune (Firm), Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Change (Psychology).

Life skills.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Self-management (Psychology).

Life skills--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Home economics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Home economics.

Etiquette.

Local Subjects:

Change (Psychology).

Life skills.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Self-management (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Other Title:

Life Skills

Place of Publication:

: Agate Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do you give a good wedding toast? How do you fix a clogged drain? How do you bowl without hurting anyone? Questions like these-some highly practical, others wildly funny-make up this engaging do-it-yourself guide. Collected from the popular feature how-to columns in the Chicago Tribune called ""Life Skills,"" this book is filled with often humorous instructions on performing tasks that many of us have never gotten around to figuring out, or that we've always wondered about. Some are truly useful pieces of advice on technical topics with straight-forward explanations, while others are good

Contents:

""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""About This Book""; ""BASICS""; ""Arrange Flowers""; ""Clean a Bathroom""; ""Clean the Refrigerator""; ""Cut Your Own Hair""; ""Decode Nutritional Labels""; ""Hang a Painting""; ""Iron a Shirt""; ""Make a Good Sign""; ""Pick Fruit""; ""Plant a Tree""; ""Polish Your Nails""; ""Repot a Houseplant""; ""Sew a Button""; ""Shine Leather Shoes""; ""Snuff a Kitchen Fire""; ""Tie a Bow Tie""; ""Wash a Dog""; ""Wash a Window""; ""Wash a Wine Glass""; ""Wrap a Gift""; ""AT THE OFFICE""; ""Ask for a Raise""; ""Clean a Computer Keyboard""; ""Clean Your Desk""

""DIY Facial Massage""""PLAY""; ""Avoid Dog Bites""; ""Babysit a 1-Year-Old""; ""Bowl Without Hurting Anyone""; ""Grab a Cab""; ""Keep Score at the Ballpark""; ""Make Outfield Grass Patterns at Home""; ""Pack for Road Trips""; ""Photograph a Dog""; ""Prepare an Evacuation Kit""; ""Summer First Aid for Kids""; ""Teach Bike Riding""; ""TECHNICAL""; ""Change a Tire""; ""Critical Car Checks""; ""Display the American flag""; ""Fix a Leaky Faucet""; ""Jump Start a Car Battery""; ""Load a Truck on Moving Day""; ""Make Campfire Without Matches""; ""Create fire without matches:""

""Smarter Lawn Mowing""""Take/Throw a Punch""; ""Unclog a Bathroom Drain""; ""SOCIAL""; ""Apologize""; ""Ask for a Favor""; ""Be a Good Witness to a Crime""; ""Break the Ice""; ""Choose an Engagement Ring""; ""Door Etiquette""; ""Drive in a Funeral""; ""End a Relationship""; ""Flirting""; ""Get Your Foot in the Door""; ""Give a Wedding Toast""; ""Have a Tough Conversation""; ""Picking Up the Check""; ""Someone�s Fly is Down""; ""The Social Kiss""; ""Tip for Services""; ""Turn Down a Request""; ""CREDITS""; ""Illustrations created by Rick Tuma.""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-57284-420-5

OCLC:

815390565