An indispensable guide to making your dream of living and working in the country come true… Country Careers Successful Ways to Live and Work in the Country "For the millions of professional people who dream of giving up their fast-track urban jobs and moving to greener, more relaxed places and pursuing more fulfilling careers, this book should be required reading." —John Herbers, author The New Heartland: America’s Flight Beyond the Suburbs and How It Is Changing Our Future "From fish farming to mail-order marketing, the wide range of real-life case studies detailed in this book offer would-be urban transplants both the inspiration and practical pointers needed to make the move successfully." —Steven Bliss, Editorial Director The Journal of Light Construction, published in Northern Vermont "Stop working on your job, and start working on your life—that’s the message in Jerry Germer’s book. It’s a message that should be heard by everyone who’s fed up and burnt out. If you’re looking for greener pastures—literally and figuratively—then you must read Country Careers." —Gil E. Gordon Gil Gordon Associates, Management Consulting Services Is getting out of the rat race really possible? Just ask the former stockbroker who now raises ostriches in Texas or the onetime L. A. divorcée who manages a nanny network in Montana. These are just a few of the business professionals you’ll meet in Country Careers, the complete guide for anyone who’s determined to abandon the urban maelstrom for small town life—and make a profit from it! Country Careers explores the entrepreneurial and employment opportunities for professionals who want to work and live in small towns and rural areas. In addition to its inspiring stories of people who have made the transition smoothly and successfully, this lively book includes all the practical information you’ll need to turn your dreams of moving to the country into economic reality: 
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<li>Offers dozens of tips on starting a variety of country careers, from operating a bed and breakfast to performing complex market research</li> <li>Provides a framework for making the decision to relocate based on personality, skills, experience, and potential locations</li> <li>Explores options like telecommuting, local employment, starting or buying an existing business</li> <li>Includes fact-finding worksheets for use at all stages and an appendix listing sources of additional help</li> </ul>

Country Careers

Business & Money

Germer, Jerry

Job Hunting & Careers

John Wiley&Sons

Ever want to chuck it all? Get out of the corporate rat race? Escape urban blight? This book shows you how by using a process of self-discovery and exploration of options in order to define an ideal yet practical working arrangement. Suggests opportunities outside cities and includes guidelines for relocating in the area of your choice. Features actual experiences of urban refugees who found a more rewarding life in rural locales.

Country Careers: Successful Ways to Live and Work in the Country

Business Culture

wiley

A how-to book to inspire adults to take up a musical instrument, with advice on overcoming obstacles, choosing an instrument, finding the best learning method, and finding other amateurs to play with. The text draws on the expertise of the authors, both amateur musicians, and the experiences of many other adults whose quality of life is enhanced by making music. Over 100 cartoons and illustrations make the book as entertaining as it is informative. The appendix gives a list of helpful resources, glossary, and index.

Horning in: The Grown-Up's Guide to Making Music for Fun

Arts & Photography

Germer, Lucie C.

Germer, Lucie

Music

Frost Hill Pr

Discusses the planning, layout, and construction of a home office, with details on determining how much space is needed and planning for utilities and communications equipment

The Complete Guide to Building and Outfitting an Office in Your Home

Architecture

Betterway Books

Ceramic Tile: Selecting, Installing, Maintaining covers everything that a DIYer needs to know about tiling floors, walls, counters, patios, and more. This is the only book to provide exhaustive background and how-to information along with step-by-step color photos in a complete package. Design and planning information helps readers select the right tile and prepare the site. Tiling skills, tools, and techniques are covered in detailed photos. Shows tile projects in how-to, step-by-step sequences. A complete tile-repair and maintenance guide is included. The emphasis is on solid, durable installations that can stand up to years of use in kitchens, baths, and other areas including exterior applications.

Ceramic Tile: Selecting, Installing, Maintaining (Smart Guides)

Creative Homeowner Pr

Provides instructions for planning and building or remodeling a bathroom, accompanied by creative bath designs.

Creating Beautiful Bathrooms: Design Tips, Remodeling Ideas, Building Projects

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Shows you how to save money by creating a comfortable and energy-efficient home, by insulating attics, cathedral ceilings, and basements. Learn how to seal up nooks and crannies, attach weatherstripping to windows and doors, apply vapor barrier to the walls, and install blanket and batt insulation. This guide even teaches you how to add soffit and roof vents, and install bathroom and kitchen exhaust fans. Each book in the Quick Guide Series has more than 190 two-color illustrations with easy-to-follow instructions.

Quick Guide: Insulation and Ventilation

Grover, Ron

Planning Your Addition is an information-packed decision-making book that will prove to be valuable to anyone who is considering building an addition. The book's wonderful illustrations and photos will attract anyone who picks it up. Readers will learn about the basics for designing their own addition. The book also explains the roles of the architect, designer, builder, and subcontractors who will work on the addition. In all, it will turn its readers into informed consumers who can really talk to the professionals involved in their project. Its entertaining, informative writing will encourage homeowners to read it cover to cover.

Planning Your Addition

Information on designing healthy houses, codes and permits, energy efficiency, foundations, floors, interior/exterior walls, doors and windows, roofs, surfaces, ceilings, mouldings, finishes and more.

Residential Construction: Systems, Materials, Codes

National Kitchen & Bath Assoc

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