books: home & garden - top sellers ...     books:       Building Construction Illustrated65 reviews Francis D. K. Ching Wiley, 2008 Undervalued as a professional resource and ARE study guide Please dont let this simple architectural graphic resource book that has been around now for decades be viewed as unworthy of your time, because it certainly has been beneficial as part of the resoureces needed for me to pass the ARE's and for a quick review in my professional life as well. This current edition is now updated with the needs of the 21st Century architectural firm and forward ...             Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog1324 reviews John Grogan Harper, 2008 Oh, those 1 star-reviewing crackpots John Grogan is a wonderful writer. This book is honest, funny, poignant and touching. His story is peeled to the truth, and about real life. Not everything goes smoothly, and just because it didn't with Marley, there's no reason to assume Grogan and his wife loved their dog any less. It is no surprise, though, that every crackpot who thinks he/she knows better, would come out here, scream like ...             Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)296 reviews Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ... Harper Perennial, 2008 Eat me! Barbara Kingsolver's lyric prose is so fun to read, and it's good for you too! It's heartening to see the locavore movement get such attention on a national scale. Maybe American food culture isn't doomed after all. The inserts from her family are entertaining, but sometimes awkwardly placed. I can't wait to lend this out to my friends.             The Birds in My Life99 reviews The Supreme Master Ching Hai The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Publishing Co.,Ltd., 2007 Pleasant Surprise Not only was the book very pleasing to the eyes, it held my full attention to keep reading non-stop! Fascinating information about the spiritual level of these beautiful birds was also revealed. WOW! Much kudos and thanks to the AUTHOR for enlightening me.             Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog171 reviews Ted Kerasote Harvest Books, 2008 Best , Most descriptive book I have ever read. This is most definitely a 5 Star book & also a 5 Kleenex read. The writer is a real human being & definitely a real dog too. His descriptions made it seem like I was right there every step of the way . What a beautiful story and a beautiful tribute to Man and his Dog. Even , what normally would be very dry commentary on the history of dogs, was most interesting to read. He made the ...             The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition)808 reviews William Sears, Martha Sears, ... Little, Brown and Company, 2003 This is the 4th time I bought this I give it to everyone. I bought this when I was pregnant. I was given it as a gift from my neighbor too. I have bought 3 more times as gifts for mothers to be. I will buy more. It is a wonderful resource on literally everything. I found that it is not too opinionated. They do state their preference and their the other choices. It is not set up strictly according to age either. I highly recommend ...             The Dangerous Book for Boys628 reviews Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden Collins, 2007 I knew this stuff but... I am a geezer and things like this were taught when I was young and had to run from dinos to avoid becoming supper while going home for supper BUT The IGGIES put everything right here!! -------- Get 2 copies of this book, one for the young man who needs to know these things because... a mans gotta know what a man should know. -------- Get the other copy for yourself because you've forgotten ...             The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night672 reviews Elizabeth Pantley, William Sears McGraw-Hill, 2002 It works!!! I bought this book because I was exhausted and about 650 people had given it positive reviews. It actually does work!!! Within 12 days, my son was sleeping through the night, and I re-entered the world of functioning, thinking human beings!! Pantley has taken a very scientific approach to developing this method, and it shows. It seems to be geared more toward co-sleeping families, but she ...             Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems670 reviews Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier Three Rivers Press, 2007 Now I know why I've been having problems! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307337332/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_title I have been a 25-year dog owner and rescuer. Before a career ending injury, the majority of dogs that I rescued where found out in the country where I delivered mail. People would just dump them or move and abandon their dogs. I spent fortunes getting them back in good health, but because of them being abandoned, most of ...             Cute Overload Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Color Page-A-Day(r) Calendars)9 reviews Meg Frost Workman Publishing Company, 2008 Meg, You have done it now! Meg Frost is the creator of CO. Now, she has taken the elctronic version of her website and made it into a printed version that can be spread throughout offices, homes, tents, trailers, RV's, cafe's, veterinary clinics, stores and anywhere else - ALL OVER THE WORLD. The future is ours - we have the menas to overtake the world with CUTENESS. This calendar will rock your world and you have to ...             All New Square Foot Gardening114 reviews Mel Bartholomew Cool Springs Press, 2006 Great for Australia This is a fantastic concept and ideal for Australian conditions. As we have no snow where I live we grow veg's all year round. The concept is great fun, effective and we are growing heaps of veg's. Looks good to the eye and creates heaps of interest for visitors. My square foot garden now consumes most of my free time as I enjoy it so much. The book is very easy to read and you don't put it ...             Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength941 reviews Bill Phillips, Michael D'Orso Collins Living, 1999 This fitness program is the real deal! Great book! "Body For Life" is the most approachable, motivational, and effective fitness program I have encountered. Several of my male friends were getting in extremely buff while following this program, and their wives were getting into great shape, so I had to toss my skepticism aside and give it a try. Sure enough, even after 6 weeks, people were noticing that I looked "physically fit." The ...             Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods17 reviews Edward Allen, Joseph Iano Wiley, 2003 Excellent Resource I am still using my 1985 Edition! It is a resource you will want to keep around. The technical background and drawings are great! It has some of everything - residential and nonresidential. Thanks Edward Allen-great book.             Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long42 reviews Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch Chelsea Green, 1999 The College Course for Gardening! Eliot Coleman is a superb author and teacher. This little book would inspire anybody to grow their own, stash and enjoy the larder of their labor and give humor along with it all! I also bought his other book on Organic Gardening and it's also very informative.....they go hand in hand and I feel like I've taken a biological study in the basics - right down to the tools! A great read...             The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible ...155 reviews Ross W. Greene Harper Paperbacks, 2005 Great Book, Big Help! I loved this book. I have to say I was skeptical at first, as I felt the author was talking down to the reader, however, I was being over sensitive. As the mother of an adhd child, often a person gets over sensitive to percieved criticism when none is really there. Anyway, this book opened a whole new view for me on my child's behavior and the basic reasons behind it. At last I saw why ...             Parenting From the Inside Out23 reviews Daniel Siegel, Mary Hartzell Tarcher, 2004 An Excellent Book Parenting from the Inside Out is an easy-to-read book on the neurobiology of parenting. It builds upon the attachment theory of child development and contains useful exercises that are aimed at helping readers identify and work with psychological issues related to parenting. The core theme of this book is that when parents cultivate a strong, healthy relationship with their children, it ...             Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables26 reviews Mike Bubel, Nancy Bubel Storey Publishing, LLC, 1991 I'm inspired Well researched and considered. Thorough, yet practical and attainable. I appreciated learning about all the different types of root cellars and how to build them. Previous to reading this book, a root cellar to me was and expensive underground project with stairs and cement walls and electricity. Until I can afford that we can inexpensively create/build/dig the other options.             It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff109 reviews Peter Walsh Free Press, 2007 A life-changing book! Peter Walsh, the professional organizer from TLC's reality show "Clean Sweep" holds forth on how and why we are overwhelmed with "junk" and what we can do about it. Instead of offering simple "how to clean" advice he tackles the psychology of why people have trouble letting go of things. Basically, there are two reasons people have trouble thinning down. 1) They have an irrational ...             Martha Stewart's Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share (Martha Stewart Living Magazine)71 reviews Martha Stewart Living Magazine Clarkson Potter, 2008 Every recipe a winner! Okay, perhaps I exaggerate just a bit, but I have made about eight of the cookie recipes and every one of them has been a hit. The Chewy Chocolate Ginger Cookies are the best cookies ever. Sometimes the recipes are more work than anticipated for a simple task like making cookies, but the results are always worth the extra step involved.             Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life91 reviews Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier Three Rivers Press, 2008 Be The Pack Leader I don't have satellite, and so I rely on the season DVDs to watch Cesar Millan. I am always impressed and inspired. Watching and listening to him has carried over into my relationship with my horses. I have enjoyed hearing an expanded version of his philosophy on this audio book, Be The Pack Leader. I suspect most fans of Cesar have carried his concepts over into their relationship with the ...              search for books building, calendar, calendars, cellaring, chronically, construction, correcting, dangerous, everyday, everything, explosive, four-season, freethinking, frustrated, fundamentals, gardening, illustrated, inflexible, magazine, materials, overload, page-a-day, parenting, problems, solution, strength, transform, understanding, vegetable, vegetables books:    randomly chosen musical instruments: Mackie SRM350 10"2-way Compact SR Loudspeaker home  impressum - about us