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 "Pick n' Choose" 2000-11-21
By Larry Pedersen (Buellton, Ca USA)
This book is a good source of various combinations. It is loaded with assembly details and tips on sources for high performance components that work. I'm going to build a proven combination the next time I build an engine. This book is a very enjoyable read and the results should prove very interesting. The selection runs the gamut in terms of size; 383, 406, 408, 427, 454, all small blocks!


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For twenty years this award-winning compilation has been the nonpareil benchmark against which all other annual fantasy and horror collections are judged. Directed first by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling and for the past four years by Datlow and Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, it consistently presents the strangest, the funniest, the darkest, the sharpest, the most original—in short, the best fantasy and horror.  The current collection, marking a score of years, offers more than forty stories and poems from almost as many sources. Summations of the field by the editors are complemented by articles by Edward Bryant, Charles de Lint and Jeff VanderMeer highlighting the best of the fantastic in, respectively, media, music and comics as well as honorable mentions—notable works that didn’t quite make the cut but are nonetheless worthy of attention. The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: 20th Annual Collection is a cornucopia of fantastic delights, an unparalleled resource and indispensable reference that captures the unique excitement and beauty of the fantastic in all its gloriously diverse forms, from the lightest fantasy to the darkest horror.

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 "Not Free SF Reader" 2008-02-16
By Blue Tyson
A very impressive volume, this year. Well ahead of the last couple, and has multiple excellent to outstanding pieces - Houser, Savory, Fountain, Rosenbaum and Pratt. I didn't except to come across a book in this series I would rate this highly (3.76 story average). So very well done for avoiding too many lame or dull stories this year.



The introduction again cracks the ton in pagecount, perhaps the only annoying bit there is the huge run on list of horror novels by Datlow that is rather hard to read. If you dump the useless music roundup, probably have space to put that into columns. Or eliminate the publishers, not many people are going to go and look up the publisher first, book second, and then perhaps it could be more readable. Or replicate it readably on the internet. Whichever. A minor quibble though for such a huge pile of useful info on the books that have come out over the year.



The state of horror focused webzines must be pretty bad, too, as I think Datlow only mentions ChiZine as far as I can see for electronic publications that specialise. Lastshortstory I think mentioned this as well, though.



Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter - Geoff Ryman

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : First Kisses From Beyond the Grave - Nik Houser

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : The Last to be Found - Christopher Harman

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Fourteen Experiments in Postal Delivery - John Schoffstall

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : The Night Whiskey - Jeffrey Ford

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : In the House of the Seven Librarians - Ellen Klages

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Drowning Palmer - Sarah Monette

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Landfill - Joyce Carol Oates

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Another Word for Map is Faith - Christopher Rowe

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Lionflower Hedge - Ira Sher

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : A Fearful Symmetry - Minsoo Kang

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Messages - Brett Alexander Savory

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : The Box - Stephen Gallagher

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Halfway House - Frances Hardinge

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : La Fee Verte - Delia Sherman

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Father Muerte and the Flesh - Lee Battersby

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Winkie - Margo Lanagan

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Dog Person - Scott Nicholson

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : The Extraordinary Limits of Darkness - Simon Clark

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Cup and Table - Tim Pratt

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : The Churring - Nicholas Royle

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Dead Sea Fruit - Kaaron Warren

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Directions - Caleb Wilson

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : La Profonde - Terry Dowling

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Journey into the Kingdom - M. Rickert

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : The Good Ones Are Already Taken - Ben Fountain

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : A Pig's Whisper - Margo Lanagan

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : 31/10 - Stephen Volk

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Sob in the Silence - Gene Wolfe

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Femaville - Paul Di Filippo

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : A Siege of Cranes - Benjamin Rosenbaum

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : The Lineaments of Gratified Desire - Ysabeau Wilce

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : Raphael - Stephen Graham Jones

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20 : The Muldoon - Glen Hirshberg



Surfeit of spirits.



3 out of 5





Purgatory High School.



4.5 out of 5





Hide and seek problems.



4 out of 5





Skiless and bitchy.



3.5 out of 5





Death booze corpse recall putdown getaway.



4 out of 5





Taxonomically sheltered upbringing.



4 out of 5





Pool mystery reunion.



4 out of 5





Fraternity rubbish.



3.5 out of 5





Religiously correct landscaping writ large.



3 out of 5





Mum, planted.



3 out of 5





Korean army abused ghost girl.



4 out of 5





Fugue god manuscript end Judgement.



4.5 out of 5





Copter simulation shadowy restraint.



4 out of 5





Butterfly piecemeal.



2.5 out of 5





Prostituting France future.



3.5 out of 5





Pope painting revenge.



4 out of 5





Like a wee infant? No problem, got piles of dead ones over here. Help yourself.



3.5 out of 5





Can't live without her, even with bacon.



4 out of 5





Native train sport haunting.



4 out of 5





Should I stay or should I go now?

If I go then fire and rubble

And if I stay it will be trouble



5 out of 5





Movie nightbird radiation.



4 out of 5





Tastes like ash.



3 out of 5





Driving to Xu needs plenty of liquids.



4 out of 5





Disappearing trick.



3.5 out of 5





Rules for snogging. 1. Check for life. 2. Check if human



3 out of 5





Voodoo Green Beret.



4.5 out of 5





Low down dead puddin' thieves, Cuddlepie.



3.5 out of 5





Poltercast redux.



4 out of 5





Horrific writer's fate well deserved.



4 out of 5





Tsunami refugeee imagineering exodus.



4 out of 5





Witch girl's zombie baby scorched earth revenge.



4.5 out of 5





Hardhanded with Piggy.



3 out of 5





Witchy girls really won't float too long.



4 out of 5





Grandparent stranding smasher.



3.5 out of 5

 "Always excellent" 2008-02-08
By H. Bradstreet (South Portland, ME United States)
The Year's Best series is always a good purchase for the lover of fantasy and horror. Here you get to meet the freshest talent and to sample their wares. My only critique is the "Best Of" sections at the front of the book, which seem to get longer and longer each year. Not that this section isn't worth reading to get ideas, but it's taking up valuable short story space. However, if you are ever in a bookstore and needing a new flavor, I suggest picking up a copy of this book and looking around the store to see if any of their suggestions are in stock. It's my own version of a fiction treasure hunt.

 "Another great year of fiction...though not as great as last year's" 2008-02-06
By David Roy (Vancouver, BC)
With me not being much of a Horror fan, you wouldn't think I'd get much out of The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: #20, edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant, with half of it being a genre that I really don't have any interest in. However, I really enjoyed last year's edition, with the Horror stories actually being more interesting than the fantasy ones. Sadly, this year the stories aren't quite as gripping, though I can't point to any that I didn't enjoy at least somewhat. It helps that quite a few of them are from one of my favorite anthologies from last year, Salon Fantastique (and thankfully, none of the bad ones in it are included).



As usual, the book begins with the state of the genre, written by all of the authors; Datlow covers the Horror side admirably, with the other two editors doing Fantasy. There's also a round up of media (by Edward Bryant), Comics & Graphic Novels (by Jeff VanderMeer), Music (Charles de Lint) and the past year's obituaries (by James Frenkel). This is a really nice overview of the year that was (2006, in this case), with all of these articles highlighting entries that you may have missed and wish to pick up.



Then we get to the stories. As usual, each story has a brief introduction by the editor(s) that picked it, so you can tell right away whether it falls into the Horror or Fantasy genre, though admittedly some of the lines are a bit mixed. Just because the story was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction doesn't mean that Datlow won't pick it for her list.



The best story in this year's edition is "The Night Whiskey," by Jeffrey Ford (from Salon Fantastique) and it was also one of my favorites from that book as well. The story is about a drink so potent that it leaves people drunk enough to meet up with the dead for a night. It's only consumed once a year by a select (but different) group of people every year. But what happens when one of this year's drinkers brings the dead back with him? This story is powerful and emotional, yet also very quiet. Ford's prose is as good as usual, immersing the reader in this little town that he's created and the characters who are trying to deal with a truly abnormal situation. One of my favorites in the original anthology, it's also near the top this time as well.



While there aren't any truly awful stories in this collection (nor should there be in a "Best of" collection!), there are a few that just didn't do anything for me. Sadly, there were more of those this year than last. For the most part, though, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: #20 is an excellent read, full of "more than 250,000 words of the finest fantasy and horror." Unless you have a complete aversion to one of the genres, you'll probably find something in here that you like. If I can like a Horror story, some of you non-fans of Fantasy can give one our stories a try. Who knows? It may just grab you and suck you in.



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 "Consistently Entertaining Fiction" 2008-01-16
By Andrew Shaffer (Davenport, Iowa)
The short stories compiled here range from the hilarious "Fourteen Experiments in Postal Delivery" to the melancholy "Dog Person." While I picked up the "Year's Best" for the horror, I found the fantasy stories to be among the most interesting. The "fantasy" stories included are of the speculative variety and not the sword-and-sorcery variety--that's a plus for me, but it won't be everyone's cup of tea. One of my personal favorites here is Geoff Ryman's magical "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter," a story that reads like a Garcia Marquez/J-horror mash-up. And the supremely bizarro "Night Whiskey" by Jeffrey Ford is just too good to define.



Is every story going to please every reader? With such varied tastes, that's not a realistic assumption. There were a couple of stories I skimmed, but overall I found a lot of sparkling gems here. And even if there were no stories included, I would recommend this annual based on the year-in-fantasy and year-in-horror reviews that begin every volume.

 "As always an esstential collection" 2008-01-07
By Suzako (New York, NY)
I have a yearly ritual of reading the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. This year's collection is just as delightful and spooky as those past. I especially enjoyed M. Rickert's disquieting "Journey into the Kingdom", Tim Pratt's fun "Cup and Table" and the first story Geoff Ryman's dreamy "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter".



Of course, everyone will probably have different favorites and there are one or two stories I could have done without, but its a great survey of genre short fiction of 2006.


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 "End Result Is Off Topic" 2009-06-28
By Michael Lima (Fresno, California USA)
Alex Frankel states very early in Punching In that his purpose for writing the book was to explore companies with strong corporate cultures, and the effect those corporate cultures had on front-line employees. True to his word, Frankel does look at the culture of several companies, like UPS, Starbucks, The Gap, and Enterprise-Rent-A-Car. He also touches on that culture's impact on both management and employees within those companies. But, the lasting image that the reader takes away from the book is the effect that these companies and their cultures had on Alex Frankel. Frankel isn't shy about describing his feelings while working at these companies, and the eventual insights he made about his personality. As a result, the reader ends up finding out more about Frankel than they do about corporate culture.



The reader is left with the impression that Frankel worked for four to six weeks at each job. If that's true, then perhaps that wasn't enough time for him to really evaluate what impact a particular company's corporate culture had on its employees. Thus, while the book is concisely written and contains some interesting anecdotes, it doesn't deliver what it sets out to deliver. Given that flaw, I'm not sure too many readers will want to shell out money for a lightly concealed psychological profile of Alex Frankel.

 "Principles of organizational behavior at work" 2009-06-25
By Nidish Kamath
Alex Frankel, a writer from San Francisco, is enamored with the success of a few retail and service giants. So he works undercover for a few months at some of these to understand what corporate culture nuances make them tick.

A very nice light read that illustrates principles of organizational behavior at work (social proof and fairness among other concepts).

 "A Report From the Trenches" 2009-05-01
By Larry Underwood (Scottsdale, AZ)
As a former long term Enterprise Rent-a-Car employee (1974-2000), it was interesting to read about the whimsically inquisitive Alex Frankel's brief tours of duties, not only with Enterprise, but UPS, Starbucks, and Apple, among others.



I suppose I enjoyed his perspective so much, because I remember what it was like working in the trenches with Enterprise, although those tactics about calling the competition to check on pricing and availability of certain specialty vehicles hadn't even crossed our minds back in the '70s and '80s. We were busy enough as it was just taking care of our normal insurance replacement type customer; and besides, as far as I was concerned, the rate was the rate, and that was all there was to it.



As far as selling the "extras" was concerned, one would be hard pressed to find any retail establishment that didn't try to figure out some way to generate "ancillary revenue". With Enterprise, and I'm pretty sure just about every rental company on the planet, we tried our very best to sell that collision damage waiver, or as we used to call it, "dub" (they still call it that, in fact).



Go into a Best Buy, purchase anything at all, and wade through the list of extras you can tack on to that purchase, to make sure you're fully covered; or Sears; or Uncle Larry's TV land; they'll try to sell you their form of "dub". Welcome to Retail-ville, America. You may walk in to buy that $399 whatever, but you may walk out paying a couple hundred extra. That's just American capitalism, baby.



What I found interesting is how so many companies, Enterprise included, really work those new worker bees into the corporate culture; some were laid back, others more conservative than bankers. Personally, I've long been a proponent of letting the Enterprise employees wear more comfortable attire when summer rolls around; particularly if you're working in the desert southwest, where 110 degrees is considered "chilly" in July and August.



By the way, as far as Starbucks is concerned, whatever they're doing is working as far as I'm concerned. I've never been treated rudely and my Venti Mocha Lite Frap...whatever is always perfect; every time.



But, I guess you could say I'm "old school". I think everybody should start out at the absolute bottom, anywhere. They learn the business from the ground floor up, and by the time they get into some sort of management capacity, they're ready for just about anything (aside from micro-managment, of course).



I liked Alex's style of writing, and his dry sense of humor. It made for an enjoyable trip through the ever changing cultures of corporate America, where the "sales" end of the culture is very strong; so buyer beware. If you don't want the "dub" don't take it. Personally, every time I rent a car, I always take the "dub". I knew that poor kid writing that contract would get something to brag about, after he sent me on my merry way. Besides, who needs the hassle if something did go wrong? My God, I'm trying to sell you the "dub" now.



Time to say, bye, and thank Alex for a fun-filled romp through the trenches where the going is still tough; but so what? This ain't no country club, kid.

 "Quick read, fun insight into these huge companies" 2009-01-12
By K. Stopher (Pleasanton, CA)
Going to work for the Apple store, Starbucks, Enterprise rent a car, UPS, and GAP takes Frank through a funny and strange trip behind these companies and the front line employees that work for them. For people who have worked the front lines, like Office Space, The Office, 10 Items or Less and similar things will likely find familiar and funny stories within these pages.

 "A 'decent' read but should've been 'great'" 2008-06-22
By Sibelius (Palo Alto, CA USA)
Alex Frankel's, "Punching In," is a decent to very good read for nosy folk like myself who have often wondered what it would be like to be a hourly waged worked at the likes of UPS, Starbucks, Gap, The Apple Store, etc. Frankel covers the entire process for each of the outlets he works for chronicling the application and hiring process, the minutiae of the actual workday itself and post-mortem reflections upon his inevitible resignation.



For the most part, "Punching In," is a brisk read and Frankel does a worthy job in capturing the employee atmosphere and atitudes of each of his postings and for these reasons alone the book is worthy of a 4-star review for anyone interested in the companies discussed or the thematics concerned. What would've pushed this book into 5-star territory would've been the inclusion of 2 items that were curiously lacking. First off, it would've been nice to learn the specifics of Frankel's hourly wages, what kind of perks workers are entitled to, etc. For a book that aims to be a 'fly on the wall' peek behind the curtain said omissions are puzzling. Also lacking is more insight into the lives of Frankel's co-workers who unlike him are actually in need of these monotonous and low-paying work for the sake of subsistence. Barbara Ehrenreich's, "Nickel and Dimed" is a brilliant and superior comparison to Frankel's. In the end however, this book is certainly worth a read if the material is of any interest to you.


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This book includes many of the best practices currently in use in classrooms all over the country. This book is a staple for new teachers who are just learning the ropes and experienced educators that are looking for the research to back up practices already in use.

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 "All Small & Mighty Concentrated Laundry Detergent for HE machines" 2006-02-22
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Seems to clean clothes just as good as other major brands. I really like the small bottle - takes up less room and is much lighter. I would buy this product again.

 "Holds up to its name" 2006-01-30
By Terrific_Tigger (Orlando, FL)
For starters I am one of those cynics that think all laundry detergent is all the same. Why pay more for the name brand (Tide, Cheer, All, etc.) when the `off' brand will do? We'll I am here to tell you that I am wrong. (...) I can honestly say that I am glad I did. I am no longer washing things 2-3 times to get the stains out nor am I purchasing truck loads of extra stain removers. I put in the recommended amount of detergent and my clothes come out clean and smelling better than ever.

I have 2 small children that can't ever seem to find there mouth when eating so their clothes are always covered in food (they refuse to wear bibs). All has really come to my rescue. Not only does it get out fresh stains but it has also removed some 'old' dried in stains.

Love the fact that the bottle is smaller and takes up less room. Way to go ALL!!!

I didn't rate it 5 stars because I have yet to find a detergent that can get out everything but ALL goes a great job at a great price.

 "Fresh Rain Rules!!! " 2005-12-21
By Derrik Ammons (California, USA)
If this item sold in larger containers, let me know. I bought enough of these to get free shipping and will receive a $10 rebate. No tax, free shipping, and money back... Can't beat that deal.


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Silent Feet - Vibration Isolating Pads for Washing Machines and Dryers

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Silent Feet are the most advanced and effective appliance pad available. Using cutting edge space-age technology they absorb vibrations caused by appliances and limit vibration transmission to the structure of your home. This reduces noise and structural damage caused by these vibrations.




Silent Feet use patented Sorbothane polymers which are also used by NASA, the U.S. Military and NASCAR. Their unique design fits all washing machines and most other appliances. They also protect floors from scratches and scuff marks.




Made in the USA.
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- For Top and Front Loading Clothes Washing Machines and Dryers
- Stops upto 94.7% of vibration
- Limits Appliance Walking or Unwanted Movement
- Easy to Install (No tools or adhesives needed)
- Limited Lifetime Warranty
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 "Doesn't work" 2009-10-06
By K. Arnold (MSP)
Purchased these as I had read good reviews for them. I have a 2nd floor laundry room and my front-loader makes the entire house shake. There isn't even a slight difference in the amount of shaking that takes place with these on.

 "Excellent" 2009-06-15
By Jon (Appleton, WI USA)
I have used this product for over one month with complete satisfaction. Our front load machines are noticeably more quiet and they stay put--no walking. Smart, simple, quality design. Washer/dryer are on a ceramic tile floor.

 "amplify wobble during spin cycle" 2009-06-12
By dhan (Austin, TX)
I bought these hoping that they would make it easier for me to pull the machines out to clean up the lint behind them. Unfortunately, they amplified the wobble of my washing machine so I couldn't use them.



My top-load washing machine has a slight wobble during the spin cycle. It's not that loud. These feet amplified the wobble so much that the drum was banging against the sides of the washer. I tried comparing using the feet and not using the feet a couple of times, checking that the machine was level. Without the feet, the machine makes a "bumpbumpbump" sound. With the feet, the machine vibrates wildly while making a "BANGBANGBANG" sound.



I have laminate floors over a concrete foundation.

 "Fantastic product" 2009-04-09
By Robert Fewkes
This saved my sanity and my washing machine. We've had a front loading HE machine in a second floor laundry room for a few years now. Everytime it was loaded with something heavier than baby clothing, it would shake and vibrate half the house. It was so bad that it cracked some of the plaster in the room next to the laundry room. I was considering selling the washing machine and buying a top loader, but decided to give these a chance first. After installing the feet (took just a few minutes, would have been faster if I had someone to help me) I loaded the machine with some jeans to see what it would do. This has COMPLETELY eliminated the house shaking. I highly recommend to anyone trying to solve this problem.

 "These actually work!" 2009-03-21
By Susan Matney (Seaside, OR United States)
I balked at the price of these silent feet but went ahead and bought them for our efficient but noisy Maytag Epic washer. My washer sits on a wooden platform, made by my husband. He easily installed the feet and darn if they don't work! There is still a little vibration, but nothing like before. These little feet work. I can easily recommend them, if you have a noisy, walking, front load washer.


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Organic Housekeeping: In Which the Non-Toxic Avenger Shows You How to Improve Your Health and That of Your Family, While You Save Time, Money, and, Perhaps, Your Sanity

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Longing for a kinder, gentler world? As the old saying goes, everything begins at home, and odds are, if you live in the all-American household, the air inside is more toxic than the air outside, even if you live in the most polluted of cities. You regularly handle the filthiest object in your home -- the kitchen sponge -- and put the same chemicals on your face that are used in brake fluid and antifreeze.

The cleaning agents and personal care products commonly marketed to and used in American homes contain not only some very dangerous, toxic chemicals, but they also create an "overly clean," chemically bombed-out house that compromises immune systems. And with more than fifty million Americans suffering from allergies and other autoimmune diseases -- not to mention the developing and fragile immune systems of children and seniors -- large numbers of people are actually being made sicker and sicker by their homes.

Learn to live a clean, healthy, more economical way with Ellen Sandbeck, the nontoxic avenger. In this must-have book for the twenty-first- century home, this passionate, witty advocate of all things organic will teach you how to maintain every part of the home -- from living room to septic tank, kitchen floor to bathroom sink -- using safe, simple cleansers and quick preventative measures as well as the most effective organic products on the market to get the job done.

Learn time-saving, preventative housekeeping, such as taking thirty seconds to clean the shower while you shower. Take care of bathroom stains with baking soda and vinegar rather than commercial, toxic bathroom "bombs" peddled to you with such force by manufacturers. Need whiter whites? There is no bleaching power on earth stronger than the sun. Snow clean your fine rugs. Choose fruits and vegetables from the relatively pesticide residue-free list. Clean felt-tipped pen stains with vodka. Make furniture shine with olive oil and lemon. Your house will also smell as great as it looks.
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- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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 "Realistic Guide to Real Household Cleaning" 2009-11-02
By N. Seldomridge (Colorado)
This is the ultimate household guide on how to easily live free from the chemicals that the world would like to call "necessary:" and yet are the evil agents that destroy our health. I borrowed it from the library because I wanted to learn what natural cleaning methods we could use during a pregnancy, I ended up buying it because I knew it would be the resource I would want to turn to time after time.

Guess what: vinegar works just as well as "blue, scented wax spray" for cleaning glass; plus, it's a lot cheaper, and won't disrupt your endocrine system!

 "Fantastic reference book" 2009-09-08
By Stacey L. Brown (san jose, ca)
I initally checked this book out from the public library. I was so please with it, that now I am buying it. I agree with the other customer who has one that it is an invaluable book to have handy on the kitchen shelf. I could kiss Ellen for telling me about Borax. I never knew about this product before, even though it's an old and goody. I used Borax mixed with water to clean the stove. I could not believe how easily and streak free the grease came off. I did not have to use any muscle at all. Swipe, swipe and the stove top was spotless. Right then and there I knew I wanted to have this book on hand--a book that is pro-green and has already gone a long way to making housework easier. Win-win--and I am loving it. Stacey in San Jose, CA.

 "A great book.....but there were some print issues" 2009-02-03
By Adrienne M. Card (Ithaca, NY)
I very much enjoyed this book. However, I first sat down to read the book two days after the return policy ended....and unfortunately the book was bound missing 40 pages (pg. 10-42 are missing). So, I just want to warn others, since it is likely that this happened to more than one book and Amazon will not allow you a full return if you do not realize this in time!

 "Quality of item" 2009-01-25
By Robert Baldursson
The introduction on Amazon was very gripping so I bought it. The Book has been written in a way that has obviously been studied and tested. It has been written in a simple and chit-chatty way. It is very easy to follow and the advice written in the book is very practical and definately useful.

 "Funny & straight-forward" 2008-09-29
By Denise E. Talley
This book is excellent, if you are looking for an easy approach to going organic in your home. The author is witty and not afraid to tell you like it is. Her tips are simple and attainable.


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