books by Amy Dacyczyn

books by Amy Dacyczyn

books:

Amy Dacyczyn

The Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle

Amy Dacyczyn

Villard, 1992

TIGHTWADS! set the record straight ...
As a long time subscriber to the Tightwad Gazette, I can see many reviewers have a distorted picture of Amy and Family from only reading the book. First, it's not surprising someone got "bored" with it after reading 3/4 of it, it was meant to be read one issue at a ...

The Tightwad Gazette II: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle

Amy Dacyczyn

Villard Books / Random House, 1995

Amy's books are excellent!
To the reader who made reference to a reusable tampon, it is NOT a reusable tampon that is spoken of in the book. It is an alternative to the tampon called The Keeper. She's not dogmatic about it either. She suggests using non-disposable pads if you don't want to ...

The Complete Tightwad Gazette

Amy Dacyczyn

Villard, Random House, 1998

An excellent Dacyczyn
Dacyczyn does not encourage us to follow her methods literally; she only suggests looking at our spending habits and realigning them. Spending less money on areas which we consider low-priority leads to higher savings and monre money to spend on things we consider ...

The Complete Tightwad Gazette

Amy Dacyczyn

Villard, 1998

THE money-saving idea series
I've had the original series since they came out, and I still go back to these books for information. Not only does she give advice, she shows how she came up with it and how to modify it to your life. I use her recipes all the time (have the granola one memorized, ...

The Tightwad Gazette III: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle

Amy Dacyczyn

Villard Books / Random House, 1996

Spend the money for this, you'll save a thousand times over
I am just starting on the road to learning how to live on less, not because I have to; because I want to. There are some ways to save money listed in the book that I will probably never do, but overall I learned a lot, and enjoyed reading it while I learned. I ...