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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Parnell, Frances Baynor.
Succeeding in life and career / Frances Baynor Parnell ; contributor for sewing
chapters, Joyce Honeycutt Wooten. -- 10th ed.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: Skills for living / Frances Baynor Parnell. 2008.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-60525-453-1
1. Home economics. 2. Life skills. 3. Vocational guidance. I. Wooten,
Joyce Honeycutt. II. Parnell, Frances Baynor. Succeeding in life and
career. III. Title.
TX167.P38 2012
640--dc22
2011010271