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Children's & YASeptember 2020Stainy and Grimy on a messy sleepover
by Jelena Pervan, Jelena Brezovec
When Stainy and Grimy were only little bacteria, they visited Grimy’s grandmother Smudge for their first sleepover. Grandmother Smudge was a hoarder of unnecessary things and the messiest grandmother in the world. So, it is no wonder she found her home in the room of the messiest girl in the world – Pavla.That day, Pavla had her friends Borna and Una also coming for a sleepover. But one could not even move in her room for all the dirt, muck, and scattered things, least of all play and sleep. To make things even worse, Stainy, Grimy, and grandmother Smudge gave her many messy troubles.The picture book “Stainy and Grimy on a messy sleepover – Story of a messy room” is part of a children's book series about hygiene. It is intended for curious little ones that wish to know more about what could happen if we don’t clean and tidy our rooms regularly.
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Lifestyle, Sport & LeisureOctober 2015Declutter Guide
How to Organize your life in 2 weeks or less
by Ariel Benet Savant
Don’t get paralyzed by your clutter and stuff. Start applying proven systems that work!! Do you feel you’ve become a slob or a clutter bug? Does tidying up or home organizing seem like a never-ending chore? If you are struggling in this area and want solutions that speak to you as you are guided through the maze of clutter, then this book is written just for you. Learn easy to apply tips to end the mess and live clutter-free without becoming overwhelmed or depressed. Decluttering doesn’t have to be stressful when you have the right information. Life’s constant demands can be stressful and keep in mind as long as you are living, clutter will always appear. Once you apply the time-saving tips in this guide, you will learn how to become more efficient and tame the clutter bug. Let’s face it- Clutter is a BIG problem. Some people’s homes are so full of junk and clutter that they experience a never-ending cycle of anxiety. Many people are simply too embarrassed to invite friends over. Excess clutter affects relationships, can cause a home to become unlivable and can make you feel tired and fatigued. So what makes the Declutter guide special? The Declutter Guide helps you discover the following: • Why you clutter and how to break the cycle • Helping your family declutter • Declutter in the midst of real-life challenges • Working out one room at a time systematically • Identifying the emotional challenges that make it difficult to declutter • How to avoid digital clutter trap which zaps your time and energy • How to determine what you must keep, donate, or throw away Decluttering expert and author, Ariel Benet savant knows that letting go of the things that are personal and sentimental can be difficult. You will quickly find you can follow the easy to follow procedures and start enjoying a clean, organized, and clutter-free home or office that will make you proud. Ariel grew up knowing how to apply these strategies and helped her friends, co-workers, and family achieve astounding results.
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FictionThe Broken Ones
by Natércia Pontes
A powerful and harsh novel about a family, a messy apartment and the painful discoveries of adolescence. Many things were missing in apartment n. 402, but there was plenty of many others: paper boxes, boards of isopor, knick knacks, cockroaches, termites, dust, dirty glasses. Abigail, Berta and Lúcio are a non conventional triplet: two teenagers that share the apartment with their father, a loving man and a compulsive hoarder. While he hopes for death to arrive soon, he likes giving peculiar advice to his daughters: “Being hungry is cool”.This novel tells a tragic and touching coming-of-age story, though able to make you laugh. Natércia Pontes draws a fascinating picture of three people trying to live with their dreams and fantasies, their fears and manias, in the middle of the piles of waste that inhabit their house.
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Love Objects
by Emily Maguire
The stunning new novel from the acclaimed author of An Isolated Incident Nic is a forty-five-year-old trivia buff, amateur nail artist and fairy godmother to of the neighbourhood’s stray cats. She’s also a hoarder. Her only connection to the outside word is with her niece, Lena. But when Nic fails to turn up for one of their regular lunch dates, Lena travels back to her aunt’s home to find her unconscious and buried under and avalanche of a lifetime’s worth of objects. But in cleaning up her aunt’s mess, she has no idea the irrevocable pain she will cause… From the acclaimed author of An Isolated Incident, this is a novel about family, forgiveness and the things we do to fill our empty spaces.
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Business, Economics & LawPut More Time on Your Side
How to Manage Your Life in a Digital World
by Jan Yager
A practical guide to getting more done in a world that is more 24/7 than ever before including dealing with common time wasters like procrastination and getting too easily distracted as well as implementing the author's unique P.I.E.- Prioritize, Initiate, Evaluate –and ACTION! Strategy to getting more done every single day. The author shows readers how to use technology while avoiding fragmentation. Dr. Yager, a sociologist and business consultant, is the author of seven books on time management.
