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List Price: $15.95Amazon.com's Price: $5.24 You Save: $10.71 (67%)as of 03/15/2010 01:28 EDT
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.70082
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Perigee Trade
Manufacturer: Perigee Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: May 06, 2008
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Studio: Perigee Trade
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Anything boys can do, girls can do better.
The hysterical, cheeky, female counterpart to the smash hit 211 Things a Bright Boy Can Do.
If youve ever wanted to walk on stilts, make sloe gin, ride an ostrich, or forecast the weather like your grandmother used to, this is the book youve been waiting for.
This surprisingly handy and delightfully amusing guide includes instructions for:
EVERYDAY SURVIVAL SKILLS:
How to manage an umbrella in the wind, escape a swarm of vicious bees, spot a love rat, get out of a cab without exposing yourself, and make a little black dress out of a garbage bag.
HANDY HOUSEHOLD ADVICE:
Learn 17 uses for spare fishnet stockings, how to remove any stain, rescue a meal thats gone wrong, and enforce toilet seat procedure in a shared dwelling place.
TOOLS FOR THE HOBBYIST IN THE KNOW:
How to groom a horse, read tea leaves, force a cucumber, and bellydance.
Average Rating: 
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We thought this was a kid's book. It's not. It is an adult book. The cover and the likeness to other similar books (i.e. The Daring Book for Girls) is misleading. This is adult reading.
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i checked this out at the library and just had to buy it. it is a very witty entertaining and handy book. incredible
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Cute book. No real practical use but fun to read and looks great on the book shelf. Good conversation starter. Might even pick up one or two tips but mostly for fun.
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There seems to be a whole cottage industry of books written to assist girls and young women along the way in their development as women. Some are useful diversions, some are just diversions, and some are a little bit of both. 211 THINGS A CLEVER GIRL CAN DO is a little bit of both. As noted, it is written by Tom Cutler's alter ego "Bunty Cutler, which raises some questions about the stories that accompanies the book, but the knowledge, as far as I have been able to ascertain is on the mark. However, ... Read More
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I picked this up on impulse for poolside reading. Very, very witty. Laugh-out-loud funny at times and remarkably useful, albeit odd, advice. The author opens each discussion topic with a humourous, slightly sarcastic and very cheeky personal story or comment about how she came to know how to do that specific task.
The surprising fact is that despite the whimsical and random nature of the advice, it is really a good book to have on hand. A modern, comic version of "Ask Heloise".
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