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Home by Design: Inspiration for Transforming House into Home
by Sarah Susanka

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Whether you're designing a house from the ground up, renovating an existing home, or simply trying to get the most out of your living space, consider Home by Design an indispensable guide. The underlying principles of residential architecture —... (read more)
 
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Sustainable Housing

Off the Grid Homes
by Lori Ryker

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Off the Grid Homes Case Studies for Sustainable Living Lori Ryker Photographs by Audrey Hall Off the Grid Homes looks at six contemporary architectural projects that integrate alternative technologies for generating and conserving energy. Being off the... (read more)
 
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National Electrical Code (NEC) 2008 (Softcover Version)
by NFPA

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The world's most widely adopted safety code, the National Electrical Code« (NEC) is now advancing electrical safety requirements with the 2008 edition in an effort to maximize public safety, emergency preparation, and electrical worker protection... (read more)
 
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Working with Concrete
by Rick Arnold

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- Over 1.2 million copies sold in Taunton's For Pros/By Pros... (read more)
 
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Do It Yourself

The Workbench: A Complete Guide to Creating Your Perfect Bench
by Lon Schleining

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In this fresh and contemporary look at the world of workbenches, Lon Schleining takes us on a guided tour of a wide variety of classic, modern, and specialty benches and offers hundreds of options for choosing or building that "perfect bench and its... (read more)
 
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Energy Efficient

Real Goods Solar Living Source Book: Your Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living, Special 30th Anniversary Edition
by John Schaeffer

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Concerns over dwindling resources and environmental degradation are driving many to seek alternatives to our wasteful, polluting lifestyle. Clean technologies such as solar power, wind power, and biodiesel fuel are soaring in popularity. Real Goods Solar... (read more)
 
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HVAC

Doolin's Trouble Shooters Bible
by Doolco Inc

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More than 200,000 servicemen own the Doolin's Trouble Shooters Bible. Hundreds of trade schools and community colleges use this book in their training programs. This book rides service trucks, is the shop manual of the trade and is used extensively by... (read more)
 
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Heavy Machinery

Operating Techniques for the Tractor-Loader-Backhoe
by Gary J. Ober

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The modern Tractor-Loader-Backhoe has become the most useful machine in general construction, and it has gained that reputation since its introduction in the late 1950's. This reputation as the "most useful" is due to the wide-ranging tasks that the... (read more)
 
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Masonry and Concrete

Concrete Countertops: Designs, Forms, and Finishes for the New Kitchen and Bath
by Fu Tung Cheng

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This book re-invents the countertop with a single material: concrete. Although this method of building kitchen and bathroom countertops is currently very popular, not one book on the subject exists ? until now. Enter Fu-Tung Cheng, master of design... (read more)
 
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Building with Nature: Inspiration for the Arts & Crafts Home Building with Nature: Inspiration for the Arts & Crafts Home
by Leslie M. Freudenheim

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This new edition of the classic, Building with Nature: Roots of the San Francisco Bay Region Tradition, focuses on the beginnings (1865 and on) of the Bay Area shingle style and Arts & Crafts collaboration in California, and the origins of the trend... (read more)
 
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Homing Instinct: Using Your Lifestyle to Design & Build Your Home Homing Instinct: Using Your Lifestyle to Design & Build Your Home
by John Connell

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For true hands-on builders and armchair architects--a fully illustrated guidebook to every aspect of planning, designing, and constructing a home, written by the visionary co-founder of the Yestermorrow Design/Building School. Includes questionnaires... (read more)
 
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Electrical

Wiring a House Rev Edition
by Rex Cauldwell

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This classic reference book on home wiring for homeowners, electricians and apprentices has been completely updated to reflect changes to the electrical code since it was first published in 1996. New material on home generators, lightning protection and... (read more)
 
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Treehouses

Treehouses: View from the Top
by John Harris

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Gorgeous color photographs of unique retreats--luxurious treehouses built in living... (read more)
 
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Management

Be a Successful Building Contractor
by R Dodge Woodson

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"A wonderful book on the industry ... If you are interested in becoming a contractor and don't have much experience with all of the building aspects, this book should enlighten you. I highly recommend it."* "Answers many questions about the business side... (read more)
 
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Structural Design Theory

Structures: Or, Why Things Don't Fall Down
by J. E. Gordon

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For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don't collapse under eight lanes of traffic, how dams hold back — or give way under — thousands of gallons of water, or what principles guide the design of a skyscraper or a kangaroo, this... (read more)
 
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Rigging

How to Use Load Charts
by Inc. Crane Institute of America

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Using load charts correctly is considered the single most important aspect of safe crane operation. Step by step, this guide explains how to determine the lifting capacity of a crane. Areas of operation, load radius, gross and net capacity, parts of the... (read more)
 
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Exams

Journeyman Electrician's Review: Based on the National Electrical Code (NEC) 2008, 6th Edition
by Richard E. Loyd

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Fully updated based on the 2008 edition of the National Electrical Code«, this all-inclusive Journeyman Electrician's Review provides users with a proven way to prepare for and pass professional licensing exams. In addition to three comprehensive... (read more)
 
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