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There are few items like this one.

It is more or less a home companion on how to clean, maintain, do and repair most every item in your home. There is lots of wisdom like we used to pass down from generation to...
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This is the first time I've ever provided Amazon feedback. Don't buy this book!!!!! Buy Cheryl Mendelson's "Home Comforts" instead. Mendelson's is a practical, thoughtful, well-researched, personality-laden accomplishment. Martha's is a...
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It must be nice to own six homes in New England. In most of the chapters of this work, Martha Stewart tickles our imagination with her precisely chosen words, then delights us with sepia-colored photography and suggestions for homeowners who have...
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How wonderful to have such patient and understanding help in a sometimes frustrating endeavor, raising a puppy. The Monks' advise can be applied immediately, and really works
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Twenty years ago when they wrote "How To Be Your Dog's Best Friend," the Monks were cutting edge. Their philosophy of understanding and respecting their dogs was refreshing. However, they still advocated severe corrections such as scruff...
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As another reviewer noted, there's a lot of good information here -- but the correction-based methods are out of date. Puppy raising these days, except in a few die-hard trainer circles, is postive, reward-based and uses punishment only in...
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Of all the books I have read on growing grapes and making wine, and I have read a few this is the most comprehensive and useful. Jeff Cox is a master at making even the most difficult aspects of viticulture easy to understand. I recomend this...
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I found that Jeff Cox's book to be an excellent "short" guide for growing grapes and making wine. The book is targeted towards the backyard gardener and hobbyist. His examples of trellis construction is excellent with its illustrations of...
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This book provides all dog owners - new and old - with important information about all facets of dog ownership. From picking the right pup and handling the early years to coping with the illness of the senior canine - this book covers everything,...
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Are you interested in training with positive methods? Then skip this book! The monks rely too heavily on outdated methods of discipline. Alpha rolls? Scruff shakes? Sorry, but these techniques are terrifying to dogs, potentially dangerous to...
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The training methods the Monks of New Skete use frighten me.

This is not a book that should be put into the hands of new dog owners. The New Skete Monks methods are outdated and some are down right dangerous. I believe that even the Monks now...
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Tricia Guild is a world recognized expert on color and patterns. In this book she discusses the use of patterns used in interior decoration. These could be patterns printed on wallpaper, woven into fabrics, or embroidered onto fabrics. And the...
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i really liked the book and found it very user friendly
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This book seemed to offer a few good recipes for homemade solutions as far as insecticides, herbicides, etc., but.....This has got to be the absolute most disorganized book I have ever read.
My advice is, look for something else more...
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some good info on natural remidies but you need to get through all of the 'cute' riddles and hokey sayings to get there. I do enjoy a little 'quip' now and then for a fun read but this book is kind of like a preschoolers guide to potions. A little...
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A great book with very practical and inexpensive ideas for all kinds of homekeeping. I am not as type-A as Martha, but you've got to hand it to her - her books are useful, inspiring and usually quite practical (unless it's a craft project - I...
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This book will be a disappointment to subscribers of Martha Stewart Living because many of the ideas contained in the book have been previously published in the magazine. It's essentially a collection of Martha's "Good Things" for keeping things...
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The book was just what I wanted. The description of the book was accurate, and the book arrived promptly.
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The book was thorough and detailed. Illustrations were good. However, the book was aimed primarily at people who have a top of the line Babylock machine (which I do not have). Many of the applications that she described did not apply to my machine...
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This book is a good resource/ inspiration for people who want to get organized with their living space. Each chapter shows examples of how to deal with a specific organizing problem. The solutions are effective as well as the charming looks. This...
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For anyone who subscribes to or buys Martha Stewart Living, save your money on this book. It is basically a compilation of past issues on homekeeping and organizing techniques. There are a couple of new ideas(or maybe I don't recall seeing them...
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This book is loaded with tons of beautiful photographs of projects, however there are barely any instructions. Very disappointed, as I would like to implement some of her ideas in my own home but do not have the time to "write my own...
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