Do it yourself

The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton (Paperback)

We each of us strive for domestic bliss, and we may look to Delia and Nigella to give us tips on achieving the unattainable. Kathryn Hughes, acclaimed for her biography of George Eliot, has pulled bac...
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The Goodman of Paris (Le Menagier de Paris) (Paperback)

A Treatise on Moral and Domestic Economy by a Citizen of Paris, c.1393

Deals with a wife's religious and moral duties, while giving a picture of the medieval view of wifely behaviour. This book is illustrated by a series of stories drawn from the Goodman of Paris' extens...
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Making a Family Home (Paperback)

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Domestic Bliss (Hardback)

How to Live

From throwing dinner parties that everyone will be invited to and welcoming house guests in style, to forcing the more tedious domestic chores into submission and becoming the most ingenious present-g...
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Cold Meat and How to Disguise it (Hardback)

A History of Advice on How to Survive Hard Times: A Hundred Years of Belt Tightening

Hunter Davies looks back at a hundred years of economising at a time when a lot of the old tips and hints are still useful today as the same sorts of problems present themselves. 100 black & white ill...
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Cold Meat and How to Disguise it (Paperback)

A Hundred Years of Belt Tightening

Hunter Davies looks back at a hundred years of economising at a time when a lot of the old tips and hints are still useful today as the same sorts of problems present themselves. 100 black & white ill...
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Healthy Child Healthy World (Hardback)

Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home

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