The Queen of Household Help shows how to save time, trouble, and money on hundreds of household problems with this collection of tips culled from many of her bestselling books. Wings

Had enough of experts who make you feel you need a million different cleaning products, loads of time and encyclopedic knowledge to have a clean, comfortable house? Then you're ready for Good Enough Housekeeping. Here's the most practical advice ever from Mary Ellen Pinkham, the best-selling helpful hints expert and star of HGTV's "TIP-ical Mary Ellen"-the "good enough" method of getting the job done with little time and little or no help. "Housekeeping is like painting the Golden Gate Bridge. When you get to the end, you just start over," Mary Ellen says. "It's overwhelming unless you unless you know where to begin-and when to stop." That's what this book will explain. Good Enough Housekeeping is cleaning off the handprint without going on to wash the entire wall Good Enough Housekeeping is sweeping the floor to protect it but not worrying if it's clean enough to eat off. Good Enough Housekeeping is recognizing that the hygiene standards for a bathroom are not the same as for an operating room. Good Enough Housekeeping means knowing when the job is done and not spending another second on it. You're good enough to deserve a break. Start practicing Good Enough Housekeeping now.

The bestselling author of Suck Your Stomach In & Put Some Color On! returns with more helpful how-to's and keen observations from Dixie. Guided by principles from the ancient Belle Doctrine, the host of radio and television's All Things Southern offers down-home advice on everything from health and fitness-managing thy caloric calculations without going Straight Running Crazy and surviving the Raging Inferno Syndrome (aka hot flashes)-to the Southern art of handling your man (Bubba Whispering). Whether giving business tips or debunking the Big Boned Theory, making political observations or celebrating the inevitable resurgence of big hair, Shellie is an adviser women can relate to and laugh with regardless of their age or which side of the Mason-Dixon they call home.