All the Modern Conveniences
All the Modern Conveniences

Author: Maureen Ogle

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Until 1840, indoor plumbing could be found only in mansions and first-class hotels. Then, in the decade before mid-century, Americans representing a wider range of economic circumstances began to install household plumbing with increasing eagerness. Ogle draws on a wide assortment of contemporary sources - sanitation reports, builders' manuals, fixture catalogues, patent applications and popular scientific tracts - to show how the demand for plumbing was more by an emerging middle-class culture of convenience, reform and domestic life than by fears abour poor hygiene and inadequate sanitation. She also examines advancements in water-supply and waste-management technology, the architectural considerations these amenities entailed and the scientific approach to sanitation that began to emerge by century's end.

Simple Matters
Simple Matters

Author: Erin Boyle

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2016-01-12

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1613128827

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More than a decluttering guide, this book “speaks to the heart and soul of the minimalist lifestyle . . . a must-have manual for serenity in the modern world!” (Anne Sage, author of Sage Living). For anyone looking to declutter, organize, and simplify, author Erin Boyle shares practical guidance and personal insights on small-space living and conscious consumption. At once pragmatic and philosophical, Simple Matters is an essential manual for anyone who wants to bring more purpose and sustainability to their daily lives. Boyle demonstrates how the benefits of “living small” are accessible to us all—whether we’re renting a tiny apartment or purchasing a three-story house. Filled with personal essays, projects, and helpful advice on how to be inventive and resourceful in a tight space, Simple Matters shows that living simply is about making do with less and ending up with more: more free time, more time with loved ones, more savings, and more things of beauty.

All I Have Needed
All I Have Needed

Author: Miriam Bradley

Publisher: Ambassador International

Published: 2013-06-03

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1620202107

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What legacy have you received? What legacy are you leaving? Miriam Bradley likes to say her childhood was nearly perfect, marred only by the death of her mother. This book is a celebration of the gift the author received from God, wrapped up in her parents and grandparents. Through stories about the common sense wisdom of the adults in her life, the author shares how God gave her everything she needed, even in the face of such loss. These stories are also a challenge. Can you identify your own God-given legacy? What kind of legacy are you leaving? Will those who follow be able to say, like the author, all I have needed has been provided?

Gross National Product, Canada, 1870-1926
Gross National Product, Canada, 1870-1926

Author: M. Urquhart

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1993-03-24

Total Pages: 725

ISBN-13: 0773563636

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This book, prepared by M.C. Urquhart, includes shapters on specific sectors of the economy by Alan G. Green, Thomas K. Rymes, Alastair Sinclair, and Marion Steele, and contributions by D.M. McDougall and R.M. McInnis. Gross National Product, Canada, 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates will be an essential reference tool for further investigation into the new basic estimates, qualitative economic history, and Canadian Econometrics.