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Europe on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet Shoestring Guides)
Party in Tallinn or pose in Cannes; hike the Curonian Spit; be seduced by the Aya Sofia in Istanbul or simply learn the art of the Spanish siesta. Your European Adventure starts here with the most detailed guide available, featuring more than 40 countries, 200 maps and insider tips to help you to go further, stay longer and pay less for the ultimate European grand tour. GRAND TURISMO - Itineraries to aid your planning and splurge features to help you decide where to splash out, whether it be a night in an ice hotel or haute cuisine in Paris. BE IN THE KNOW - with a detailed Directory and dedicated language chapter, plus look out for our author picks highlighting the best of the best. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE - A Year in Europe helps you find out what's happening when, from the best music and sporting events to where to chase the northern lights. DO THE RIGHT THING - travel ethically and lightly with advice from our unique Responsible Travel section and make a positive difference along the way..
Price: $17.49
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Sneakier Uses for Everyday Things: How to Turn a Calculator into a Metal Detector, Carry a Survival Kit in a Shoestring, Make a Gas Mask with a Balloon, ... a James Bond Spy Jacket with Everyday Thing
How to Turn a Calculator into a Metal Detector, Carry a Survival Kit in a Shoestring, Make a Gas Mask with a Balloon, Turn Dishwashng Liquid into a Copy Machine, Convert a Styrofoam Cup into a Speaker, and Make a James Bond Spy Jacket with Everyday Things Did you know that your standard issue of Sports Illustrated magazine can be turned into over 20 useful gadgets? In author Cy Tymony's Sneakier Uses for Everyday Things, you'll learn how an average magazine can become many extraordinary gadgets such as a compass, hearing aid, magnifier, peashooter, and bottle opener. Sneakier Uses for Everyday Things covers 40 new educational and unique projects that anybody can successfully complete with simple household items. The book includes a list of necessary materials, detailed sketches, and step-by-step instructions for each gadget and gizmo. Among the sneaky schemes are: " Creating a electroscope out of a glass jar " Turning a drinking cup into a speaker " Using an AM radio as a metal detector " Making a spy gadget jacket with over 20 individual sneaky uses ranging from a siren and whistle to a walkie-talkie and voice recorder These days, "be prepared" applies to more than just the Boy Scouts. Sneakier Uses for Everyday Things provides loads of practical ideas, science projects, and captivating solutions for dealing with life's unexpected challenges. Great fun for the curious, inventive, and creative of all ages..
Price: $6.07
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Central America (Shoestring)
Dig into history along the Ruta Maya, zip through the rain forest canopy or spend the day searching out that perfect hammock spot by the beach. Adventures are born every day in Central America. And this comprehensive guide - with expanded Yucatan and Chiapas coverage - gives you the tools to avoid spending an arm and a leg on the journey of a lifetime. Explore More - expanded do-it-yourself features help you create your own adventure beyond the 'Gringo Trail.' Get Lost - detailed language and cultural coverage and more than 120 maps means you'll never get lost...unless you want to. Immerse Yourself - volunteer as a game warden, study Spanish, or simply learn how to extend your stay. Culture Club - candid local interviews reveal the true nature and spirit of the isthmus' No. 1 natural resource - its people. ALL NEW Highlights & Planning Sections Cutomized Itineraries Snapshot Coverage Responsible Travel Tips Cross-referenced Maps .
Price: $15.67
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Southeast Asia: On a Shoestring
Trek deep into the jungles of Borneo or laze on stunning Bali beaches Eat your way through Singapore or dance all night in buzzing Bangkok clubs. Discover ancient Angkor temples or go grass roots and volunteer in Hanoi. Whatever you seek, Lonely Planet's yellow bible has it covered. With more than 33 years of experience, and a team of backpacking authors, our guide helps you dig deeper, stay longer, and spend less. Get ready - your Southeast Asian adventure starts here. Get The Lowdown on the environment, history, culture and current events in our Snapshots chapter Eat Cheap and Sleep Easy with our fully updated coverage of the best street stalls, budget digs and places to party Blaze Your Own Trail using our full-color regional map and detailed local maps Talk The Talk with help from our Language chapter.
Price: $16.25
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South America (Shoestring)
Challenging? Check. Rewarding? Beyond your wildest dreams. South America is made for travel-the gripping, spine-tingling, adrenaline-charged type of travel you live for. Tred the Cordillera Blanca, glide along the Amazon, explore lost cities and samba up a storm. For backpackers, by backpackers, this best-selling, unbeatable guide gives you the tools you need to create your own adventure GET OFF THE TRAIL-emerging hot-spots, overlooked attractions, alternatives to the Inca Trail-our authors go beyond the obvious, and show you how to do the same. LIVE ON THE EDGE-the best spots for hiking, skiing, diving, surfing, rafting, paragliding, and other thrills. STRAIGHT TALK-opinionated reviews ensure you won't waste a precious peso. TREAD LIGHTLY-make a positive impact with sustainable-travel tips and volunteering opportunities..
Price: $21.29
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Modern Shoestring: Contemporary Architecture on a Budget
Residential design provides a rich testing ground for architectural innovation. Intimate scales and specific programs inspire distinctive homes, and comparatively small budgets are catalysts for exploring nontraditional materials. Modern Shoestring proves that building a contemporary house can be affordable and shows how constraints actually stimulate the most creative design solutions. Eighteen residential projects are presented, with emphasis on the goals of the owners, the site, and the cost in the design process. Collections determine floor plans, observatories are built for starry rural nights, and found and industrial materials such as highway construction remnants, laboratory counters, plastic water bottles, and discarded chalkboards keep costs low while imbuing structures with character. These ingenious designs range in cost from $50 to $220 per square foot and represent geographical settings from Los Angeles to Anchorage to East Hampton..
Price: $24.31
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Yankee Magazine's Living Well on a Shoestring: 1,501 Ingenious Ways to Spend Less for What You Need and Have More for What You Want
In Living Well on a Shoestring, you'll find more than 1,500 practical money-saving techniques for every aspect of your life, from getting out of debt and finding money for retirement to decorating on a budget and cutting pet-care costs. The penny-pinching editors of Yankee magazine know firsthand that you can learn to live well while staying well within your means. And now they're on a campaign to show you how it can be done!
Inside these covers, you'll discover the four essential keys to spending wisely and stretching your income: knowing budget basics, getting out of and avoiding debt, increasing your savings, and living within your income. You'll also get all the information you need to build a solid financial foundation for living the good life, including tax-trimming ideas and a list of easy ways to increase your earnings.
Once you've mastered the four basic elements that will help you transform your spending style without settling for less, you're ready for the nitty-gritty, penny-pinching, day-to-day details of consistent and mindful saving. Check out the scores of ingenious ideas jam-packed into chapters like Frugal Lawn and Garden Care, Thrifty Ways to Dress Well, Spending Less for Quality Health Care, Saving on Electronics and Small Appliances, and Cutting Transportation Costs.
This book offers hundreds of tried-and-true tips for leading a thrifty lifestyle. Need supplies for your home office? Keep your eyes peeled for businesses that are closing or relocating. Want to lower your auto insurance rate? Ask about hidden discounts that your insurance company may not be revealing up front. In the market for a new bicycle? Shop in late September or early October, just after the industry's largest trade show-- and don't be afraid to barter.
Sprinkled throughout these pages are entertaining real-life "It Worked for Me" success stories and top-notch recommendations from "The Yankee Miser." Perfect for skimming or reading cover to cover-- you may have trouble putting it down-- Living Well on a Shoestring is a comprehensive, information-packed volume that guarantees you'll have more money in your pocket at the end of each and every day.
More than two million devoted readers agree that the editors of Yankee0 magazine are the most trusted authorities on the art of living well on a shoestring-- after all, it's a Yankee tradition!
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Price: $2.50
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Educational Travel on a Shoestring: Frugal Family Fun and Learning Away from Home
Educational Travel on a Shoestring shows parents how they can help their children learn–and have a blast–while traveling. From researching destinations to sharing activities that both teach and entertain, this priceless guide offers practical information for parents who want to have more fun with their kids, build closer family ties, and enjoy richer educational experiences–all without spending a fortune..
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Shoestring Venture: The Startup Bible
This is the century for small business . . . You have the tools to build a powerful start-up organization, from financing to product development to marketing, without ever really having to walk out your front door. Using global communications and data networks, you can staff an entire organization with every human resource and skill you need at rock-bottom prices. You are, in short, running a virtual organization using only a desktop or laptop computer. It's the magic of outsourcing. It means that you can be a pretty formidable player in the business world. Why? Because it permits you to focus your energies on what brings real value to your business-what you do best. That's what this book is all about. Shoestring Venture gives you the tools you need to start your new venture or take your current business several levels higher by exploiting the resources our interconnected world offers you.
Price: $24.34
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Curtain Sketchbook 3: Wendy Baker's Collection of Classic and Contemporary Curtain Designs
The third revised edition of the Curtain Sketchbook is a comprehensive collection of quintessentially English designs for curtains. There are many new designs and an informative measuring section with sketches of various shapes of windows. The black line drawings are purposely kept simple so that the lines of the design can be seen clearly and for that reason also they are not coloured - colour can be added to the sketch at a later stage. Decorators and curtain makers find Wendy's books an important tool for their work especially when trying to explain certain window treatments to their clients. The sketches can be reduced to put on a sample board together with the chosen fabrics for the room scheme. The Curtain Sketchbook, along with Wendy Baker's other books, is used in many Interior Design Colleges and Degree courses in the UK and widely in America. The inspirational ideas take into account all kinds of windows shapes including those difficult ones, eliminating costly mistakes..
Price: $18.25
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