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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for Your Home, 3rd Edition
DK Publishing 2010; US$ 19.95All the power you need is already there. This third edition helps readers understand the basics of solar (photovoltaic) power and explore whether it makes sense for them, what their options are, and what's involved with installing various on- and off-grid systems. Solar power is a $3 billion industry, and it's poised to grow to $39 billion by 2014.... more...
Solar Home Design Manual for Cool Climates
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 51.95If you want an inexpensive, environmentally sound source of energy for your home, you need look no further than the sun. Solar heat is not subject to rate increases, is totally renewable, pollution free and requires little or no technology. It is here for you today, and can easily provide up to 50% of your space and water heating requirements. This... more...
Decoding Homes and Houses
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 60.00Exploration of the relationship between the design of housing and domestic routine. more...
150 Best Eco House Ideas
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 23.99Featuring an extensive collection of full-color photographs, 150 Best Eco House Ideas features eco-friendly house designs created by internationally renowned architects and designers who have achieved practical, innovative, and stunning solutions adapted to the specific needs and tastes of their clients. Included here are the latest innovations... more...
Building or Renovating a Small Barn for Your Horse
Storey Publishing, LLC 1999; US$ 3.95Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence... more...
How to Build Animal Housing
Storey Publishing, LLC 2011; US$ 24.95Cows and horses, donkeys and mules, sheep and goats, pigs and fowl, even llamas are living on small farms and in backyard barnyards throughout the United States. But how and where are these critters being housed? Author Carol Ekarius knows. In How to Build Animal Housing , she provides dozens of plans--with illustrated, step-by-step instructions--for... more...
A Horse in the Bathroom
Summersdale Publishers Ltd. 2012; US$ 9.99"Maggie wants a house with lots of light. I need one with character. And what we do have in common doesnt help either were both stubborn."When Derek, a former TV journalist, and his partner Maggie decide to escape to the country, they dont opt for the simple life. Instead they set about converting an old Cotswold... more...
The Greek House
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013; US$ 26.99A richly rewarding narrative about a young painter?s love affair with the Greek island of Sifnos When Christian Brechneff first set foot on the Greek island of Sifnos, it was the spring of 1972 and he was a twenty-one-year-old painter searching for artistic inspiration and a quiet place to work. There, this Swiss child of Russian émigrés, adrift... more...
The Story of Western Furniture
New Amsterdam Books 1998; US$ 25.99" A well organised survey of a facinating subject." David Pearce, RIBA Journal more...









