Synopses & Reviews
How do you give a good wedding toast? How do you fix a clogged drain? How do you end a relationship? Collected from the popular and#147;Life Skillsand#8221; column in the Chicago Tribune, this book is filled with often humorous instructions on performing tasks that many of us have never gotten around to figuring out. Some are truly useful explanations of technical topics, while others are good for a laugh or cover the more ambiguous areas of relationships, careers, and social interaction. With chapters on home economics, the office, recreation, and social issues, Life Skills is a unique guide to the many skills it takes a lifetime to learn and perfect.
Synopsis
How do you give a good wedding toast? How do you fix a clogged drain? How do you bowl without hurting anyone? Questions like thesesome highly practical, others wildly funnymake up this engaging do-it-yourself guide. Collected from the popular feature how-to columns in the
Chicago Tribune called "Life Skills," this book is filled with often humorous instructions on performing tasks that many of us have never gotten around to figuring out, or that we've always wondered about. Some are truly useful pieces of advice on technical topics with straight-forward explanations, while others are good for a laugh or cover the more ambiguous, open-ended grey areas of ending a relationship or breaking the ice.
Life Skills covers a broad range of subjects, with chapters on home economics, at the office, at play, technical topics, and social issues. It is a lighthearted and funny guide that is not your usual "self-help" book. Rather, it is a unique collection and simple guide to the many skills it takes people a lifetime to learn and perfect. Each step-by-step entry walks readers through the proposed solution and includes helpful illustrations to problems such as:
How to shine leather shoes
How to pick fruit
How to iron a shirt
How to fix a leaky faucet
How to jumpstart a car
How to light a fire
How to take/throw a punch
How to plant a tree
How to ask for a raise
How to flirt
A quick and easy read, Life Skills will certainly teach readers many new things and supply them with plenty of conversation points for their next party.
About the Author
The Chicago Tribune, founded in 1847, is the flagship newspaper of the Tribune Company. Its staff comprises dedicated, award-winning journalists who have authored many best-selling books.