Reluctant Entertainer, The: Every Woman's Guide to Simple and Gracious Hospitality
10 best books like Reluctant Entertainer, The: Every Woman's Guide to Simple and Gracious Hospitality (Sandy Coughlin): Creative Time and Space: Making Room for Making Art, Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life, Creating a Charmed Life: Sensible, Spiritual Secrets Every Busy Woman Should Know, God is No Laughing Matter, Bazaar Style: Decorating with Market and Vintage Finds, Eat More Dirt: Diverting and Instructive Tips for Growing and Tending an Organic Garden, The Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed and Overworked, The Life Organizer: A Woman's Guide to a Mindful Year, Seven Times the Sun: Guiding Your Child Through the Rhythms of the Day, Radical Womanhood: Feminine Faith in a Feminist World
| Author | Ricë Freeman-Zachery |
| ISBN | 1600613225 |
How do you make room for making art?
Do you long to uncover secrets to sneaking more creative time into your day, or to making your studio the perfect place to unleash your artistic potential? Have you often wondered how successful creative types seem to manage both with ease?
In her...
| Author | Irwin Kula |
| ISBN | 1401301924 |
"Irwin Kula shows us how to to live our humanness -- the pleasures and the challenges, the messiness and the triumphs -- with a profound acceptance of our desires and foibles and a joy that can only come from understanding." --Deepak Chopra "Yearning. After twenty-three years as a rabbi, I can think of...
| Author | Victoria Moran |
| ISBN | 0062515802 |
How Does She Do It?
We all know-and envy-women who appear to live "charmed" lives. They seem to unhurriedly and effortlessly manage the whirlwind of their busy lives with grace and poise. Good things happen to them, and their lives are filled with serendipity, joy, and prosperity. But it's...
| Author | Julia Cameron |
| ISBN | 1585421286 |
In God Is No Laughing Matter, bestselling author Julia Cameron takes a witty, powerfully honest, and irreverent look at the culture of "spirituality" today and offers insight to enable readers to determine their personal spiritual path. The important thing to remember, she says, is that God is both...
| Author | Selina Lake |
| ISBN | 1845976266 |
If you love rummaging through markets for unusual fabrics, and can’t pass an antique or second-hand shop without popping in, Bazaar Style is for you. Stylist Selina Lake and experienced interiors writer Joanna Simmons show you real homes furnished with intriguing pieces from different eras...
| Author | Ellen Sandbeck |
| ISBN | 0767909208 |
A witty, whimsical gardening primer for anyone who wants to tend their patch of earth with a truly green thumb.
A garden can either bring you bliss or drive you insane, but organic landscape gardener Ellen Sandbeck has spent a lifetime discovering creative, effective techniques for growing...
| Author | Ernie J. Zelinski |
| ISBN | 1580085520 |
Ernie Zelinski could change your view of the world forever. He has already taught more than 150,000 people what THE JOY OF NOT WORKING is all about: learning to live every part of your life-employment, unemployment, retirement, and leisure time alike-to the fullest. With this completely revised and...
| Author | Jennifer Louden |
| ISBN | 1577315545 |
Meeting with clients, hauling the kids to soccer, supervising the kitchen remodel — women today juggle so many commitments that many don’t find time to focus on their own dreams. First created for her own needs, Jennifer Louden’s Life Organizer is a datebook for the soul that helps women create...
| Author | Shea Darian |
| ISBN | 0931055962 |
Waldorf mother and educator Shea Darian offers a unique and wonderfully creative guide to help parents and children forge a strong family bond. Weaving songs, stories, family rituals, and verses throughout, Darian shows how to bring joy to such daily events as mealtimes, going to bed, chores, naps,...
| Author | Carolyn McCulley |
| ISBN | 0802450849 |
Biblical womanhood is not for the weak. In an age that seeks to obliterate God and His authority, modeling biblical womanhood involves spiritual warfare. RadicalWomanhood seeks to equip new believers and long-time Christians alike, exposing the anti-God agenda of the three waves of feminism to...
God on the Streets of Gotham: What the Big Screen Batman Can Teach Us about God and Ourselves
What do God and the Caped Crusader have in common? While Batman is a secular superhero patrolling the fictional streets of Gotham City, the Caped Crusader is one whose story creates multiple opportunities for believers to talk about the redemptive spiritual truths of Christianity. While the book...
Crafting a Meaningful Home: 27 DIY Projects to Tell Stories, Hold Memories, and Celebrate Family Heritage
As the second decade of the 21st century begins, we’re more compelled than ever to find refuge in our homes and personalize our living spaces with DIY projects that celebrate who we are and where we’ve been. In Crafting a Meaningful Home, Meg Mateo Ilasco shares 27 projects that tell personal stories...
| Author | Grace Bonney |
| ISBN | 1579654312 |
"The long-awaited home décor bible by the beloved design blogger"
Thank you, wrote a reader to Design*Sponge creator Grace Bonney, for teaching me that houses don't have to be frumpy and formal. They don't have to be matchy-matchy or rigidly modern. They can just be comfy and unique and reflect...
Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living
| Author | Annie Berthold-Bond |
| ISBN | 0609803255 |
These days, more and more people are saying no to "better living through chemistry" and yes to a lifestyle that is less toxic and more environmentally friendly. This trend toward a more natural lifestyle has become something of a crusade for Annie Berthold-Bond, author of Better Basics for the Home....
Homemade: How-to Make Hundreds of Everyday Products Fast, Fresh, and More Naturally
| Author | Reader's Digest Association |
| ISBN | 0762109041 |
For the first time in one book, here are low-cost, all-natural replacement recipes for 713 name-brand products that you buy week in and week out at the supermarket, pharmacy, or discount store. Save a fortune making your own everyday cooking, cleaning, and toiletry products! At the same time, you’ll...
Not Your Mother's Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbook
| Author | Jessica Fisher |
| ISBN | 1558327568 |
In today's fast-paced society, TV dinners and fast food can easily take the place of good home cooking. But with the help of one of the most underused appliances in most people's kitchen -- the freezer -- anyone can make and preserve about two weeks' worth of delicious home-cooked meals in a matter of...
Mrs. Meyer's Clean Home: No-Nonsense Advice that Will Inspire You to CLEAN like the DICKENS
| Author | Thelma Meyer |
| ISBN | 0446544590 |
When Thelma Meyer tells it to you, she tells it straight: Clean the kitchen daily! Don't waste anything (not even the water leftover from those potatoes you just boiled)! Always work hard! This philosophy meant that when Thelma's daughter Monica founded Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day products (named after...
| Author | Cook's Illustrated Magazine |
| ISBN | 0936184809 |
I've enjoyed all the cookbooks I've seen from America's Test Kitchen, but this one has been especially useful to me in my work as a caregiver for seriously ill people and their families. Often, my clients are too busy or too overwhelmed to think much about food, but a nourishing and comforting meal is just...
The Anxious Christian: Can God Use Your Anxiety for Good?
| Author | Rhett Smith |
| ISBN | 0802404448 |
Is anxiety "un-Christian"?
Many Christians believe the answer to this question is yes! Understandably, then, many Christians feel shame when they are anxious. They especially feel this shame when well-intentioned fellow believers dismiss or devalue anxiety with Christian platitudes...
Gray Matters: Navigating the Space between Legalism and Liberty
| Author | Brett McCracken |
| ISBN | 0801014743 |
Culture is in right now for Christians. Engaging it, embracing it, consuming it, and creating it. Many (younger) evangelicals today are actively cultivating an appreciation for aspects of culture previously stigmatized within the church. Things like alcohol, Hollywood's edgier content, plays,...
Ms. Understood: Rebuilding the Feminine Equation
| Author | Jen Hatmaker |
| ISBN | 1600062164 |
Throughout time, women have been identified in many conflicting ways. Sometimes goddesses, slaves, or seductresses, but always misunderstood—by themselves and others.
Jen Hatmaker uses examples from the five women named in Jesus’ lineage to help identify who a daughter of Christ...
Urban Pantry: Tips and Recipes for a Thrifty, Sustainable and Seasonal Kitchen
| Author | Amy Pennington |
| ISBN | 1594853460 |
You know, I was doubtful that this book had much to add to the new explosion of food preserving books, but I actually like this a lot. There is a dedicated focus on small-space living (small pantries, tiny kitchens, no counter space, etc). Any good urban-focused book should recognize how small the footprints...
Home Economics: Vintage Advice and Practical Science for the 21st-Century Household
| Author | Jennifer McKnight-Trontz |
| ISBN | 1594744610 |
“Housekeeping is becoming more and more a matter of science, and the laurels are bound to fall to the woman who conducts her household in a business-like way.”
Let the thrifty sensibility of yesteryear be your guide as you shop for the most economical foods, choose wall colors scientifically,...
Amish Proverbs: Words of Wisdom from the Simple Life
| Author | Suzanne Woods Fisher |
Through firsthand research and personal relationships, Suzanne Woods Fisher has collected more than 400 proverbs that uncover the rich heritage, folklore, faith, values, history, and essence of the Plain People. These proverbs serve as teaching tools and maxims for practical living--but they're...
