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Some Turtles Have Nice Shells
by Roger Beck  Publisher Comments A book on handmade housetrucks and housebuses. This soft cover book is a collection of over 390 exterior and interior photographs, with descriptions and comments by this Oregon author. Includes construction sections showing the building of a housetruck...
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A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder
by Michael Pollan Publisher Comments A room of one's own: is there anybody who hasn't at one time or another wished for such a place, hasn't turned those soft words over until they'd assumed a habitable shape? When writer Michael Pollan decided to plant a garden, the result was an award...
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The Cabin: Inspiration for the Classic American Getaway
by Dale Mulfinger Publisher Comments "The Cabin is our heart's retreat" write the authors, and what a wonderful place to escape to. Building on the theory that less is more, The Cabin takes this idyllic retreat from mind's eye to reality — with striking photographs and ample charm...
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Mini House
by Alejandro Bahamon 
Powells.com Staff Pick Tired of McMansions? Take a gander at Mini House, which features more than twenty-five tiny houses, lofts, and studios designed by top architects. The emphasis is on light, storage, and usability with high-quality materials. Integration of architecture...
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The New Cottage Home: A Tour of Unique American Dwellings
by Jim Tolpin Synopsis Fine craftsmanship can turn a basic house into a comfortable, inviting home. This handsome, full-color book walks readers through 28 newly constructed cottage homes and examines the elements that make them unique, personalized, and especially livable...
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Treehouses: View from the Top
by John Harris Publisher Comments Where there are trees and humans, here have always been treehouses ¿ places to sleep, to eat, to dream, and to play. This wonderful book presents an inspirational selection of some of the finest ever made by The TreeHouse Company, the world's...
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Design on the Edge: The Making of a High-Performance Building
by David W. Orr Publisher Comments The story of the Adam Joseph Lewis Center at Oberlin College--the first substantially green building to be built on a college campus--encompasses more than the particulars of one building. In Design on the Edge, David Orr writes about the planning and...
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Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter
by Lloyd Kahn Publisher Comments Building on the enormous success of his book Shelter, Lloyd Kahn continues his odyssey of finding and exploring the most magnificent and unusual hand-built houses in existence. Among the intriguing domiciles described in Home Work are a Japanese-styles...
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Yurts: Living in the Round
by Becky Kemery Synopsis Yurts: Living in the Round journeys from Central Asia to modern America and reveals the history, evolution, and contemporary benefits of yurt living. One of the oldest forms of indigenous shelter still in use today, yurts have exploded into the twenty...
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The Complete Yurt Handbook
by Paul King Publisher Comments The yurt or ger is a low-impact structure that causes no permanent damage to the land on which it is pitched. It is easy to erect and can be taken down in an hour. It is cool in summer and, with a stove, warm in winter. For centuries, people throughout...
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Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable Underground Home
by Rob Roy Publisher Comments An earth-sheltered, earth-roofed home has the least impact upon the land of all housing styles, leaving almost zero footprint on the planet. Earth-Sheltered Houses is a practical guide for those who want to build their own underground home at moderate...
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The Treehouse Book
by Peter Nelson Publisher Comments It seems that almost everyone likes treehouses. Smiles of recognition turn into grins of enthusiasm as more people discover them and dream about making their own private retreats or family play spaces. And it's nice to remind ourselves that treehouses...
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Waiting for the End of the World PB
by Richard Ross Publisher Comments A fascinating collection of photographs of bomb shelters around the world....
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The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
by Ianto Evans Publisher Comments Are you ready for the Cob Cottage? This is a building method so old and so simple that it has been all but forgotten in the rush to synthetics. A cob cottage,cobb, however, might be the ultimate expression of ecological design, a structure so attuned to...
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Freewheeling Homes
by David Pearson Publisher Comments The House that Jack Built SeriesEveryone has, at some point in their lives, entertained fantasies about spending some time—a few days, weeks, months, or years—in a home on wheels—whether a simple holiday caravan or a traditional horse...
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Minka: My Farmhouse in Japan
by John Roderick Publisher Comments In 1959 journalist John Roderick joined the Tokyo bureau of the Associated Press. There, he befriended a Japanese family, the Takishitas. After musing offhandedly that he would like to one day have his own house in Japan, the familya unbeknownst to Johna...
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The Concrete House: Building Solid, Safe & Efficient with Insulating Concrete Forms
by Pieter A. Vanderwerf Publisher Comments Prospective homeowners will welcome this introduction to a durable, energy-efficient new building technology: insulating concrete forms (ICFs). Written by a top expert in the field, and organized in an accessible question-and-answer form, it will help...
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The Rammed Earth House
by David. Photographs By Cynthia Wright Easton Publisher Comments The Rammed Earth House is an eye-opening example of how the most dramatic innovations in home design and construction frequently have their origins in the distant past. By rediscovering the most ancient of all building materials—earth—forward-...
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The Manufactured Home Buyer's Handbook
by Wes Johnson Synopsis This handbook details the steps the shopper must follow when buying a manufactured home. It offers advice on choosing a dealership, negotiating with sales people, understanding mortgage options, avoiding common trouble spots in setup and delivery, and...
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Timberframe Interiors
by Linda Corzine and Dick Pirozzolo Publisher Comments Now in paperback, Timberframe Interiors shows that a timberframe home need not be confined to any specific decorating style, but can be tailored to work with any individual decorating preference or taste. The unique aesthetic appeal of timberframe...
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