by Sunset  Synopsis Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and fresh-looking edition of the bible of Western gardening. With a new, easy-to-read design, more plant photography, larger illustrations, and more than 8,000 plant listings--500 of... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your Price $12.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies 
by Sarah Susanka Publisher Comments In her latest book, best-selling author of The Not So Big House Sarah Susanka teams up with architectural design writer Marc Vassallo to expand upon the message that has resonated with over a million homeowners and builders across the country: opting for... (read more) Your Price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Alain de Botton Publisher Comments The Achitecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations. One of the great but often unmentioned causes of... (read more) Your Price $16.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by George Howe Colt Publisher Comments In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. Faced with the sale of the treasured house where he had spent forty... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by William McDonough and Michael Braungart 
Powells.com Staff Pick "An eco-sustainable manifesto. The next Industrial Revolution will be Green!" Scott Smith, Powells.com... (read more) Your Price $27.50 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Judy Pangman Publisher Comments Easy-to-care-for, productive, inexpensive, and full of personality, chickens are popping up in backyards throughout the country— in the suburbs, rural towns, and even on city plots. All it takes to keep a small flock is a bit of land and a properly... (read more) Your Price $19.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Linda Dodds Synopsis Featuring black-and-white archival photos from the first half of the last century paired with modern shots of the same areas, "Portland Then and Now" documents the city's changing face. 140 photos, 70 in color.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your Price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Bryan Burkhart
Powells.com Staff Pick Mid-century houses were better. So were mid-century cars. It would follow, then, that mid-century homes on wheels were better too. Well, they were. Not that RVs are really a category worth arguing about. But there is one fifth wheel that holds its place... (read more) Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Bart King Publisher Comments Portland strikes a unique balance between the rich architectural traditions of the past and the cutting-edge creative developments of modern architecture. Within a small downtown area can be found 19th-century cast-iron-front buildings, skyscrapers, old... (read more) Your Price $22.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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Wednesday May 14, 2008
by James Grays Trulove Publisher Comments Over two dozen individual houses are featured - from locations as diverse as a Canadian cove to the Arizona desert.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your Price $13.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Jane Jacobs
Powells.com Staff Pick Ever wonder why we have suburbs? Or why we wanted them in the first place? What about the lovely ideal of the Parisian street lined with cafes and shops? Why don't we have more of those? Or would we want them at all? Then read this! If you live in, near,... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Neil Jackson Publisher Comments A leading proponent of the Case Study House program There are few images of 20th century architecture more iconic than the nighttime view of Case Study House #22 set on its eagle?s-nest site high above the lights of Los Angeles. With his two innovative... (read more) Your Price $9.99 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by James Howard Kunstler Publisher Comments The Geography of Nowhere traces America's evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where every place is like no place in particular, where the cities are dead zones and the countryside is a wasteland of cartoon... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
Arts and Crafts Art Nouveau and Art Deco by Klaus Jurge Sembach Synopsis TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition Big-sized, new designed edition at special bestseller price Art Nouveau, whose emergence at the same time as cinema was no mere coincidence, represents the most remarkable attempt to reconcile the demands of... (read more) Your Price $12.99 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Nate Berkus Synopsis Nate Berkus, a regular contributor on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," contributing editor to "O, The Oprah Magazine, "and nationally renowned decorator, has created a book inspired by his belief that everyone should love the way they live. This step-by-step... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your Price $10.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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