Books on keeping house:

* Home comforts: the art & science of keeping house, by Cheryl Mendelson.

* A Mother's Book of Traditional Household Skills, by L.G. Abell

* A Well-Kept Home: Household Traditions and Simple Secrets From a French Grandmother, by Laura Fronty

 * Clean Like a Man, by Tom McNulty

* Clean Naturally; Recipes For Body, Home and Spirit

* Field Guide to Stains, by Virginia Friedman, Melissa Wagner and Nancy Armstrong

* Good Things for Organizing: Good Things with Martha Stewart Living. by Martha Stewart

* How Clean is Your House? by Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie