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Etsy-preneurship

by Jason Malinak • 2012

From first sale to tax season: the Etsy seller's complete business manual, no MBA required.

3.80

311

🧶 Handmade Business 🛒 Etsy Selling 💼 Side Hustle Guides 💰 Pricing Strategies 📊 Small Business Finance

Etsy-preneurship

From first sale to tax season: the Etsy seller's complete business manual, no MBA required.

by Jason Malinak 2012 206 pages

3.80

311 ratings

🧶 Handmade Business 🛒 Etsy Selling 💼 Side Hustle Guides 💰 Pricing Strategies 📊 Small Business Finance

90 Days to Your Novel

by Sarah Domet • 2010

A novel in 90 days: the daily plan that trades inspiration for routine and complete draft.

3.77

391

📖 Novel Writing 📝 First Drafts ⏰ Daily Writing Habit 🗺️ Outlining Methods 🧱 Scene Construction

90 Days to Your Novel

A novel in 90 days: the daily plan that trades inspiration for routine and complete draft.

by Sarah Domet 2010 288 pages

3.77

391 ratings

📖 Novel Writing 📝 First Drafts ⏰ Daily Writing Habit 🗺️ Outlining Methods 🧱 Scene Construction

100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum

by Cathy Duffy • 2005

Match curriculum to learning style and philosophy, then pick from 100 reviewed options.

4.10

1k+

🏠 Homeschool Planning 📋 Curriculum Design 🧠 Learning Styles 📖 Educational Philosophy 🔬 Unit Studies

100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum

Match curriculum to learning style and philosophy, then pick from 100 reviewed options.

by Cathy Duffy 2005 320 pages

4.10

1k+ ratings

🏠 Homeschool Planning 📋 Curriculum Design 🧠 Learning Styles 📖 Educational Philosophy 🔬 Unit Studies

The Successful Author Mindset

by Joanna Penn • 2009

You can master plot and still not finish. The missing manual for the writer's inner game.

4.39

500+

✍️ Writing Mindset 💼 Author Career 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎯 Perfectionism 🗣️ Inner Critic

The Successful Author Mindset

You can master plot and still not finish. The missing manual for the writer's inner game.

by Joanna Penn 2009

4.39

500+ ratings

✍️ Writing Mindset 💼 Author Career 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎯 Perfectionism 🗣️ Inner Critic

The One-Minute Organizer Plain & Simple

by Donna Smallin Kuper • 2004

500 organizing nudges for the overwhelmed: start with one drawer and fifteen minutes.

3.57

500+

🏠 Home Organization 🗑️ Decluttering 🧱 Small Habits 🔄 Daily Routines ⏰ Time Management

The One-Minute Organizer Plain & Simple

500 organizing nudges for the overwhelmed: start with one drawer and fifteen minutes.

by Donna Smallin Kuper 2004 256 pages

3.57

500+ ratings

🏠 Home Organization 🗑️ Decluttering 🧱 Small Habits 🔄 Daily Routines ⏰ Time Management

Blog, Inc.

by Joy Deangdeelert Cho • 2012

The playbook for turning a blog about your obsessions into a business that actually pays.

3.64

1k+

✍️ Blogging Guides 🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 📋 Content Strategy 🖼️ Visual Branding 👥 Audience Building

Blog, Inc.

The playbook for turning a blog about your obsessions into a business that actually pays.

by Joy Deangdeelert Cho 2012 177 pages

3.64

1k+ ratings

✍️ Blogging Guides 🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 📋 Content Strategy 🖼️ Visual Branding 👥 Audience Building

Essential Oils

by Matt Hall • 2015

The 4,500-year-old plant remedy: safe ways to use it for sleep, pain, and immunity.

3.69

1k+

🌿 Essential Oils 🌸 Aromatherapy 🌱 Natural Remedies 🍃 Holistic Health 📘 Beginner Guides

Essential Oils

The 4,500-year-old plant remedy: safe ways to use it for sleep, pain, and immunity.

by Matt Hall 2015

3.69

1k+ ratings

🌿 Essential Oils 🌸 Aromatherapy 🌱 Natural Remedies 🍃 Holistic Health 📘 Beginner Guides

Craft, Inc.

by Meg Mateo Ilasco • 2007

The business playbook for makers: permits, pricing, branding, and getting into stores.

3.86

1k+

🧵 Craft Business 🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🏷️ Brand Identity Design 📢 Craft Marketing 💪 Creative Confidence

Craft, Inc.

The business playbook for makers: permits, pricing, branding, and getting into stores.

by Meg Mateo Ilasco 2007 160 pages

3.86

1k+ ratings

🧵 Craft Business 🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🏷️ Brand Identity Design 📢 Craft Marketing 💪 Creative Confidence

Raising Good Humans Every Day

by Hunter Clarke-Fields MSAE • 2023

Fifty small mindful practices that fit into real life and quietly change the way you parent.

4.15

500+

🧘 Mindful Parenting 👶 Child Development 😌 Emotional Regulation 🗣️ Nonviolent Communication 🎈 Positive Discipline

Raising Good Humans Every Day

Fifty small mindful practices that fit into real life and quietly change the way you parent.

by Hunter Clarke-Fields MSAE 2023 218 pages

4.15

500+ ratings

🧘 Mindful Parenting 👶 Child Development 😌 Emotional Regulation 🗣️ Nonviolent Communication 🎈 Positive Discipline

Stuff Every Man Should Know

by Brett Cohen • 2009

The skills every man is expected to know but nobody teaches: fire, finance, and formalwear.

3.48

328

🛠️ Life Skills For Men 🎩 Gentleman's Guide 🏠 Adulting Basics 🍷 Social Etiquette 💰 Financial Basics

Stuff Every Man Should Know

The skills every man is expected to know but nobody teaches: fire, finance, and formalwear.

by Brett Cohen 2009 144 pages

3.48

328 ratings

🛠️ Life Skills For Men 🎩 Gentleman's Guide 🏠 Adulting Basics 🍷 Social Etiquette 💰 Financial Basics

The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes

by Jack M. Bickham • 1992

Thirty-eight mistakes that mark your fiction as amateur, and how to fix every single one.

3.78

1k+

🖋️ Fiction Craft 📚 Writing Reference 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development 🎬 Show Don't Tell

The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes

Thirty-eight mistakes that mark your fiction as amateur, and how to fix every single one.

by Jack M. Bickham 1992 117 pages

3.78

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Fiction Craft 📚 Writing Reference 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development 🎬 Show Don't Tell

The Nordic Guide to Living 10 Years Longer

by Bertil Marklund • 2016

Your genes only account for a quarter of how long you live. Ten habits cover the rest.

3.15

1k+

🌲 Nordic Lifestyle 🧬 Longevity Science 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🔥 Inflammation Reduction 😴 Sleep Hygiene

The Nordic Guide to Living 10 Years Longer

Your genes only account for a quarter of how long you live. Ten habits cover the rest.

by Bertil Marklund 2016 137 pages

3.15

1k+ ratings

🌲 Nordic Lifestyle 🧬 Longevity Science 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🔥 Inflammation Reduction 😴 Sleep Hygiene

Book in a Month

by Victoria Lynn Schmidt • 2008

A complete novel draft in 30 days: write forward, fix nothing, reach the end.

3.82

500+

📝 Novel Writing ✍️ Writing Craft ⚡ Fast Drafting 🏗️ Story Structure 🧱 Creative Resistance

Book in a Month

A complete novel draft in 30 days: write forward, fix nothing, reach the end.

by Victoria Lynn Schmidt 2008 288 pages

3.82

500+ ratings

📝 Novel Writing ✍️ Writing Craft ⚡ Fast Drafting 🏗️ Story Structure 🧱 Creative Resistance

It's OK if You're Clueless

by Terry McMillan • 2006

24 tips for college freshmen, starting with the permission to not have it all figured out.

3.84

177

🎓 Freshman Year 🛠️ Life Skills 🔍 Self-Discovery 💪 Self-Confidence ⏳ Time Management

It's OK if You're Clueless

24 tips for college freshmen, starting with the permission to not have it all figured out.

by Terry McMillan 2006 76 pages

3.84

177 ratings

🎓 Freshman Year 🛠️ Life Skills 🔍 Self-Discovery 💪 Self-Confidence ⏳ Time Management

Football for Dummies

by Howie Long • 1998

How to watch football and actually know what's happening: rules, positions, strategy explained.

3.69

500+

🏈 American Football 📚 Sports Reference 📖 Beginner's Guides 📋 Game Rules 📣 Fan Culture

Football for Dummies

How to watch football and actually know what's happening: rules, positions, strategy explained.

by Howie Long 1998 414 pages

3.69

500+ ratings

🏈 American Football 📚 Sports Reference 📖 Beginner's Guides 📋 Game Rules 📣 Fan Culture

Supermaker

by Jaime Schmidt • 2020

Natural deodorant at farmers markets: the scrappy playbook behind the brand Unilever bought.

4.21

255

📦 Cpg Startups 📖 Founder Memoirs 🏷️ Brand Building 🥾 Bootstrapping 💬 Customer Feedback

Supermaker

Natural deodorant at farmers markets: the scrappy playbook behind the brand Unilever bought.

by Jaime Schmidt 2020 309 pages

4.21

255 ratings

📦 Cpg Startups 📖 Founder Memoirs 🏷️ Brand Building 🥾 Bootstrapping 💬 Customer Feedback

Get Big Fast and Do More Good

by Ido Leffler • 2013

No-ad-budget playbook: trade-show stunts, a social mission, and partnerships that land retail.

3.75

220

🫂 Social Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Memoirs 🎯 Guerilla Marketing 🧱 Brand Building 🤝 Partnership Dynamics

Get Big Fast and Do More Good

No-ad-budget playbook: trade-show stunts, a social mission, and partnerships that land retail.

by Ido Leffler 2013 224 pages

3.75

220 ratings

🫂 Social Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Memoirs 🎯 Guerilla Marketing 🧱 Brand Building 🤝 Partnership Dynamics

The NFT Handbook

by Matt Fortnow • 2021

Set royalties, bypass galleries, and build a collector community: a guide to making it in NFTs.

3.76

293

🖼️ Nfts ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 🎨 Digital Art 💰 Creator Economy 🔑 Digital Ownership

The NFT Handbook

Set royalties, bypass galleries, and build a collector community: a guide to making it in NFTs.

by Matt Fortnow 2021 288 pages

3.76

293 ratings

🖼️ Nfts ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 🎨 Digital Art 💰 Creator Economy 🔑 Digital Ownership

Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0

by Jay Conrad Levinson • 2005

Ninety-five percent of jobs are never posted. The field manual for reaching them anyway.

3.83

425

🧭 Career Development 🏷️ Personal Branding 🎯 Creative Career Tactics 🔍 Hidden Job Market 🤝 Networking Strategies

Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0

Ninety-five percent of jobs are never posted. The field manual for reaching them anyway.

by Jay Conrad Levinson 2005 366 pages

3.83

425 ratings

🧭 Career Development 🏷️ Personal Branding 🎯 Creative Career Tactics 🔍 Hidden Job Market 🤝 Networking Strategies

How to Learn Any Language

by Barry Farber • 1991

Spare minutes, multiple tools, and vivid mnemonics: a language method that gets you speaking fast.

3.80

500+

🗣️ Language Learning 🧠 Mnemonic Techniques 📚 Vocabulary Acquisition 🌐 Polyglot Methods 💡 Memory Improvement

How to Learn Any Language

Spare minutes, multiple tools, and vivid mnemonics: a language method that gets you speaking fast.

by Barry Farber 1991 172 pages

3.80

500+ ratings

🗣️ Language Learning 🧠 Mnemonic Techniques 📚 Vocabulary Acquisition 🌐 Polyglot Methods 💡 Memory Improvement

All New Square Foot Gardening

by Mel Bartholomew • 1981

A grid-based method that uses 80% less space and 90% less water, and yields more food.

4.16

8k+

🏡 Small Space Gardening 🪴 Raised Bed Gardening 🥕 Vegetable Gardening 📐 Intensive Planting 🌿 Vertical Gardening

All New Square Foot Gardening

A grid-based method that uses 80% less space and 90% less water, and yields more food.

by Mel Bartholomew 1981 272 pages

4.16

8k+ ratings

🏡 Small Space Gardening 🪴 Raised Bed Gardening 🥕 Vegetable Gardening 📐 Intensive Planting 🌿 Vertical Gardening

Ingles para Latinos

by William C. Harvey • 1992

Spanish speakers, master English verbs as natives use them and crack the idioms textbooks ignore.

4.51

🗣️ English As A Second Language 📘 Bilingual Education 📖 Self-Study Method ⏳ Verb Tenses 📝 Vocabulary Building

Ingles para Latinos

Spanish speakers, master English verbs as natives use them and crack the idioms textbooks ignore.

by William C. Harvey 1992 368 pages

4.51

53 ratings

🗣️ English As A Second Language 📘 Bilingual Education 📖 Self-Study Method ⏳ Verb Tenses 📝 Vocabulary Building

Doing Diabetes Differently

by Chad T. Lewis • 2022

The diabetes industry profits from your sickness. The real prescription is food, not more drugs.

4.03

🍬 Diabetes Management 🫀 Metabolic Health 🏥 Chronic Illness Self-Care 🥩 Low-Carb Eating 🍩 Food Addiction

Doing Diabetes Differently

The diabetes industry profits from your sickness. The real prescription is food, not more drugs.

by Chad T. Lewis 2022 216 pages

4.03

65 ratings

🍬 Diabetes Management 🫀 Metabolic Health 🏥 Chronic Illness Self-Care 🥩 Low-Carb Eating 🍩 Food Addiction

Evernote for your Life

by Tyler Collins • 2012

Tags, not folders. Search, not filing. Turn one app into your documents, tasks, and contacts hub.

3.40

500+

📱 Productivity Software 🧠 Personal Knowledge Management 🗂️ Digital Organization ✅ Task Management 📄 Document Management

Evernote for your Life

Tags, not folders. Search, not filing. Turn one app into your documents, tasks, and contacts hub.

by Tyler Collins 2012

3.40

500+ ratings

📱 Productivity Software 🧠 Personal Knowledge Management 🗂️ Digital Organization ✅ Task Management 📄 Document Management

Decluttering at the Speed of Life

by Dana K. White • 2018

Skip the bins: a stepwise process that gets stuff out the door, beginning with the trash.

4.10

19k+

🏠 Home Decluttering 🧹 Practical Minimalism 🧠 Clutter Psychology 📋 Decluttering Systems 🧩 Progress Over Perfection

Decluttering at the Speed of Life

Skip the bins: a stepwise process that gets stuff out the door, beginning with the trash.

by Dana K. White 2018 240 pages

4.10

19k+ ratings

🏠 Home Decluttering 🧹 Practical Minimalism 🧠 Clutter Psychology 📋 Decluttering Systems 🧩 Progress Over Perfection

How to Win at Travel

by Brian Kelly • 2025

First class on a coach budget: the credit card and points playbook for unlocking premium travel.

3.81

2k+

🛠️ Travel Hacking ✈️ Points And Miles 😰 Fear Of Flying 🤝 Travel Etiquette 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Travel

How to Win at Travel

First class on a coach budget: the credit card and points playbook for unlocking premium travel.

by Brian Kelly 2025 336 pages

3.81

2k+ ratings

🛠️ Travel Hacking ✈️ Points And Miles 😰 Fear Of Flying 🤝 Travel Etiquette 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Travel

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