Yankee Magazine's Make It Last: Over 1,000 Ingenious Ways to Extend the Life of Everything You Own

by Earl Proulx

Book Overview

The author of "Yankee Magazine's" "Plain Talk" column presents more than 1,000 lessons in conservation and resourcefulness. 50 illustrations. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875962963
• ISBN13: 9780875962962
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Yankee Books
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

you need this if you want to be frugal

this book i wouldn't exactly describe as exciting reading but is deffinantly a must have, you can find out how to care for or repair most anything you use.

Earl Proulx is a god!

Full disclosure: I work at Yankee Magazine, and I worked on this book with Earl. That said, I'm proud to say that this book is packed with clever and useful advice: everything from how to make your light bulbs last longer to how to get the black crud off your cast iron skillet. This book has sold almost half a million copies through direct mail promotions. The first reviewer is right: it makes a great gift.

A good book of its type and great for a gift

While not the best of the Penny-pinching guides this one is up there. Earl Proulexs short side trips about his long history as a contracter make this a good read as well as informitive. The 30 or so "puzzlers" (pictures of odd tools that you have to guess what they do) are fun and may bring back some memorys in the over 60 group. If you need a present for someone who likes to putter aroud the house (and says " they dont make things like they use to") this would be a great gift.