The useful book
Subtitle: 201 life skills they used to teach in home ec and shop
By: Sharon and David Bowers ; illustrated by Sophia Nicolay
Contributors: Bowers, David, 1962- author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780761171737
Subjects: Home economics; Maintenance and repair; Life skills; Dwellings; Do-it-yourself work
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes index.

"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Cooking; title: Sewing; title: Laundry & clothing; title: Domestic arts; title: Life skills; title: Domestic repair; title: Woodworking & metalworking; title: Plumbing; title: Electrical; title: Mechanical.