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The Survival Doctor's Complete Handbook will take you step by step through the essentials of medical care during a crisis. Perhaps you’ve been stranded by a sudden storm when out camping. Maybe you live alone in a rural area and can’t easily get to a doctor when you hurt your arm. Or you just want to make sure you and your family are prepared to safely weather the next Superstorm Sandy, polar vortex, tornado strike, heat wave, earthquake, or other natural disaster. Whatever your situation and your health needs, The Survival Doctor's Complete Handbook is your must-have medical resource.

Reader’s Digest Homemade is your guide to saving a small fortune by making everyday household items yourself. Inside you’ll find low-cost, all-natural replacement recipes for more than 700 name-brand products that you buy week in and week out at the supermarket, pharmacy, or discount store. At the same time, you’ll fill your cabinets with fresh, super high-quality products that work or taste great—without all the chemicals and preservatives of store-bought versions.

The cures to everyday ailments are now right at hand with Reader’s Digest Home Remedies. This trusted health book is packed with 1,000+ safe & effective healing techniques that will save you time & money, plus ease your discomfort. From blisters to bronchitis, heartburn to high cholesterol, warts to wrinkles, you’ll discover doctor-approved treatments for 76 common health complaints—remedies that are easy, safe, clever, and effective.

Learn how you can heal safer & faster with Reader’s Digest Kitchen Cures. This comprehensive guide to healing is packed with 1,000+ timeless health solutions from yesteryear that are still trusted to “cure” common ailments today. Plus, every remedy is made with everyday pantry staples and carefully vetted by our medical experts, so you can heal yourself and your family safely & inexpensively.

Find the fun in the ordinary and the ingenious in the everyday...all while saving time & money! You can with More Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things. This handy book puts 1,600+ clever solutions for better living right at your fingertips—all proven solutions from everyday experts you can trust. So, you can count on these amazing hints, tips & ideas to help you get tasks done quicker, easier & cheaper!

Now you can discover the joy and pleasure of growing your own herbs for spicing up meals, creating crafts, treating ailments, and more. In this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated herbal guide you'll find information on herb history, cultivation, propagation, and harvesting, along with a wealth of great ideas for using these wonder plants every day in a variety of ways. Extremely informative and fascinating, this book gives you instructions for creating bursting-with-flavor recipes, health care products, decorative craft ideas, insect repellents, cosmetics, cleaning agents, and much more.

Reader’s Digest Quintessential Guide to Gardening brings you the best advice, straight to the point. This comprehensive A-Z guide covers everything from acid soil to zucchini. The hints and tips inside have been culled from leading horticulturists and accomplished home gardeners from all over the country. So, you can trust that these proven methods will work in your garden, too.

Whether you want to learn how to grow lemon trees in pots or to create your very own salsa window box with chilies, dwarf tomatoes, scallions, and coriander, Small Is Bountiful will show how! This growing guide teaches you how to use the latest practices of high-density patio gardening to grow a cornucopia of mouthwatering fruits, delectable vegetables, and fresh herbs in large and small plant containers, window boxes, and hanging baskets. With just a few simple steps, you’ll be able to enjoy picking fresh ingredients from your patio almost all year long.

YOU CAN DO IT! Remove ice from your windshield without a scraper. Save your keyboard after a coffee spill. Clear a blocked kitchen drain. It’s a snap with Easy Fixes for Everyday Things. Inside you’ll find 1,020 practical, no-nonsense solutions for fixing everyday “disasters” yourself using common items already in your house. So, you can count on these inventive tips to put you back in charge of your environment without spending much money or valuable time!

Home Hacks features surprising new uses for common items that will help you streamline your chores—all while saving time and money! Whether you are looking to organize your space, find simpler ways to clean including natural cleaning solutions, create systems to keep things tidy, keep your clothes in tip-top shape, or know which hooks are best for wall hangings, here you’ll find the smartest hacks for everyday problems.