Yard Sale

“While the topic of moving is covered in a multitude of picture books, this one looks at it from a difficult perspective that most authors choose to avoid or gloss over.” — School Library Journal (starred review) Almost everything Callie’s family owns is in their front yard — their furniture, their potted flowers, even Callie’s bike. They can’t stay in this house and are moving to a smaller apartment where most of their things won’t fit, so today they are having a yard sale. With sensitivity and grace, Eve Bunting and Lauren Castillo portray an event at once familiar and difficult, making clear that a home isn’t about what you have, but whom you hold close.

In this hilarious and heartfelt memoir, Haley McGee sets out to calculate—with mathematical precision—the exact cost of love, and whether all of her former relationships were worth it. Haley McGee is in debt. The solution? A yard sale of gifts from her ex-boyfriends. But when it comes to pricing, she gets stuck. Surely the ways we invest in our romantic relationships should be reflected in the price. But how? Is the mixtape from your first love worth more than the vintage typewriter from a philanderer? Does sitting on an X-Acto knife wedged between seats on a bus to see the boyfriend you lost your virginity to increase or decrease the value of the necklace he gave you? Should you be compensated for the miserable times or do they render an item worthless? Haley decides to gamble on a larger payout. She interviews her exes and enlists the help of a mathematician to create a formula—with eighty-six variables—for the cost of love. As she's searching for answers, the one that got away reappears with a new proposition. Female desire, heartbreak and the chance for integrity in the aftermath of both are held up in this whipsmart, original and daringly candid memoir. As Haley McGee interrogates her romantic triumphs and failures with unflinching detail and hilarity, her exquisite prose elevates this all too human conundrum: Is love worth it?

This book pits the good against the bad and the good win--how imaginative. However, it is not your typical murder mystery in that the hero, Chas Kirkland, is a married homicide detective and he doesn't get involved in affairs with every woman he meets. The story revolves around a friend of the detective who disappears travelling to the beach in Delaware. The detective learns that other women are also missing and he pulls out all the stops with his fellow police officers, his wife and their friends to find the women. Will he be too late or does he rescue them? Is one of the missing women a secret lover of a state Senator--did he kill her? You learn to hate the villainous leader of the Sparks Clan and root for justice to be done. Root for Chas and he might let you in on some other exciting police stories.

One of the main reasons people organize yard sales is so they can sell enough items to pay the bills. But at the end of many events, most sellers have not accomplished their goal. Before you even hold a yard sale, be sure to steer clear of violating any ordinances. Go to your town or city hall, and check if you need a license. This will be an operating expense just like advertising and promotional costs. But once you take care of it, the selling can begin! In this step-by-step guidebook, you will learn the sales techniques that will make people buy; the appropriate pricing to help your items sell; the importance of having stoppers that will generate a crowd; the strategies to beat your yard sale competitors and maximize profits. Written by Enock Lynn Norrbom, who has been generating revenue from yard sales for decades, this guide offers a better understanding of how selling at yard sales can be a serious home-based business that generates income. Move closer to your customers and achieve your objectives as you discover How to Yard Sale.

What is there to do with a closet bursting with outgrown clothes, a toy chest brimming with old playthings, and drawers overflowing with forgotten knickknacks? How about a yard sale! With a little hard work, readers can find new homes for the belongings they�ve outgrown - and fill their pockets in the process! Readers will learn valuable lessons throughout this engaging book, such as how to let go of things they no longer need and the value of a good work ethic. They�ll gain skills in communication, organization, and money management, all while having fun!

In this cozy mystery by the author of Tagged for Death, this little town’s garage sale is full of hot deals and cold-blooded murder. When Sarah Winston turns Ellington, Massachusetts, into New England’s largest garage sale for a day, it’s the small town’s biggest event since the start of the Revolutionary War—but without the bloodshed. That is, until a valuable painting goes missing . . . and the lifeless body of an Air Force officer is found in Carol Carson’s painting studio, his face perfectly framed with the murder weapon—a metal picture frame. Sarah is mad as heck that someone used her town-wide garage sale to commit a crime—and frame her good friend Carol. She is definitely on this case . . . but it’s not easy rummaging through increasingly strange clues that point to cheating spouses, downright dirty investment schemes—even the mob. And Sarah will have to be very careful if she wants to live to bargain another day . . . Praise for The Longest Yard Sale “Readers will have a blast following Sarah Winston on her next adventure as she hunts for bargains and bad guys. Sherry Harris’ latest is as delightful as the best garage sale find!” —Liz Mugavero, author of the Pawsitively Organic Mysteries “You’ll absolutely get your money’s worth with The Longest Yard Sale . . . Once again Sherry Harris entwines small-town life with that of the nearby Air Force base, yard sales with romance, art theft with murder. The story is a bargain, and a priceless one!” —Edith Maxwell, Agatha Award–winning author of the Lauren Rousseau Mysteries

One person's trash is another person's treasure. Sometimes people want to get rid of things from their home but don't want those things to be thrown away or wasted. However, they also don't want the work of planning and executing a yard sale. With this volume, readers will learn how to plan a yard sale for their own unwanted possessions, and how to plan a friend or neighbor's yard sales. A complete list of supplies, such as price stickers and folding tables, aids readers in taking the first step toward entrepreneurship.

The Yard Sale Wars; The Flying Carpet Caper is a mystery with offbeat humor; two rare carpet merchants are found split from here to Oklahoma on Ophelia Johnson's white Mohair carpet. This brings about an estate sale of their business and their home. The resale shop owners are asked to come to the Anderson’s beautiful spacious home to purchase the interior assets. We walk into a beautiful house with pastel walls, high ceilings and grand rooms to find furniture which Kurt aptly called World War I Polish surplus.