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World’s Best Life Hacks by Sarah Devos
#UM3342 Paperback, 205 pages; 2016 $16.95
Use an egg slicer to slice kiwis, mushrooms, strawberries, and bananas.
If you run out of fabric softener, try adding a half-cup of vinegar to the
wash. A fitted bed sheet can double as a sand-proof beach towel. Your
cell phone will charge faster if it’s in airplane mode. Create a “wall” of
ground eggshells in your garden to keep snails off your plants. These
clever tips are just a few of the “200 ingenious ways to use everyday
objects” collected in this handy how-to guide, full of surprisingly easy
shortcuts for cleaning, organizing, traveling, and more! (KG)
Members’ Price $14.41
BBS
The Best Paper Airplane on the Planet
#UL3312 $12.95
With The Best Paper Airplane on the
Planet, you’re just “seven folds of genius” away
from soaring through the wild blue yonder!
Included in the compact and cheekily funny
package you’ll find: simple step-by-step
instructions for folding “the Nakamura Lock”
(the absolute best design for paper airplanes),
tips for fixing ornery flight patterns (like
the “serious hook” and the dreaded “flip over
and crater”), some basic physics explaining
how planes fly, and thirty-five aerodynamic,
colorfully patterned sheets of 8½"x11" paper
(with the crucial first fold already in place).
Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
by Sonia Purnell
#UL8292 Paperback, 436 pages; 2016 (2015) $18.00
Late in the evening of Monday, June 5, 1944, Clementine Churchill walked
past the Royal Marine guards into the Downing Street Map Room wearing
an elegant silk housecoat over her nightdress....She went to him as she knew
she must, for no one else—no aide, no general, no friend, however loyal —
could help him now.
An extraordinary woman, a complicated marriage, and a famous man
you may think you know all about—this engrossing biography sheds
brilliant new light on all three. The essential roles Clementine Churchill
played in her husband Winston’s political career and in Britain’s efforts in WWII have long been
unrecognized...and they’re utterly fascinating! Ambitious, opinionated, always stylish, and devoted
to her man (to the point of jeopardizing her own children’s well-being), Clementine finally gets
some well-deserved attention in Sonia Purnell’s clear-eyed portrait of this complex woman. (CH)
BBS Members’ Price $15.30
“When in Doubt” Shirt
#UM3522 $24.95
The brightest witch of her age is a woman after
our own hearts! A beacon of wit and wisdom,
Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series offers up the
best advice for any situation: “When in doubt, go to the
library.” Though most of us won’t unravel a dark wizard’s
plot in our daily lives, we find a room full of books to be
the perfect solace in times of turmoil—or boredom! Our
slim-fit unisex shirt features Hermione’s literary guidance
in a shimmering gold print on distressed black fabric.
And, to make Hermione proud, every purchase sends a
book to a community in need. Made of a lightweight 60%
cotton/40% polyester blend and available in sizes S to
XXL. (Printed in the U.S.A. on imported materials.)