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English
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Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as he found it in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he formed the idea of journeying about his house from room to room to “write a history of the world without leaving home.” The bathroom provides...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they've dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive... As Alice is getting to know her neighbours, she discovers a devastating secret about her new home, and begins to feel a strong connection with Nina, the therapist who lived there before. Alice becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what happened two years before....
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"In the follow-up to the successful Van Life, Foster Huntington shares his experiences -- and those of others -- living by his own rules in this aspirational book filled with awe-inspiring photographs of unique homes in unexpected places"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Sometimes the messiest stuff and the biggest mistakes can take you someplace wonderful. With the help of their hit TV show, Fixer Upper, the husband and wife team of Chip and Joanna Gaines have transformed the seemingly everyday work of renovating homes and flipping houses in Waco, Texas, into something much more. With their fun personalities, good humor, strong love of family, and unique design style, they've managed to capture the hearts of Americans...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over fifty years. Their house has seen thirteen children grown and gone — and some returned; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit’s East Side, and the loss of a father. The house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city, and the inevitable shift outward to the suburbs. But now, as ailing matriarch Viola finds herself forced to leave her home and move in with her...
Author
Publisher
Collins Design
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
159 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A complete guide for creating an eco-home. Informative, clear, and with factual advice, tips, and beautiful color photos, Designing Your Natural Home takes readers through each step of the process, from defining the scope of the project to choosing materials and building methods to decorating the new abode. Along with practical, how-to information, photo essays present inspiring and stylish examples of natural design. The ten innovative homes featured...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
xxiii, 709 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Johnny Truant begins to fear an evil entity in his own life after finding writer Zampano's analysis of photojournalist Will Navidson's spooky documentary about a home, bigger on the inside than the outside and haunted by a fearful entity, in this multilayered horror story/satire of postmodernism and scholarly criticism.
11) Everyday house
Author
Publisher
LIttle Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text celebrates the special touches that make a house a home.
12) Haunted
Author
Series
Hannah Smith novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
The house is historic, some say haunted. It is also slated to be razed and replaced by condos, unless Hannah Smith can do something about it. She's been hired by a wealthy Palm Beach widow to prove that the house's seller didn't disclose everything he knew about the place when he unloaded it, including its role in a bloody Civil War skirmish (in which two of Hannah's own distant relations had had a part), and the suicides — or were they murders?...
Author
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
343 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides information on how to determine whether an old house is worth renovating, and offers illustrated instructions for replacing foundations, rebuilding windows, installing roofing and siding, upgrading wiring, repairing plaster, updating plumbing and heating systems, and other tasks.
Author
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
218 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
In response to tight times, a remarkably upbeat and widespread change is taking place in households across America. Homeowners are creating second dwelling units — often called in-law suites, mother-in-law apartments, or granny flats. Second units make a lot of sense. They’re perfect for families who want several generations living close by, they enable Baby Boomers to care for elderly parents while respecting their independence, provide private...
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Energy-efficient houses have more than just cost savings going for them. They can be stunningly beautiful and individualistic and fit into their surroundings with grace and style. The 31 articles from FINE HOMEBUILDING magazine collected here show how designers and builders have incorporated energy considerations into both traditional and modern houses, built for hot and cold and wet climates.
19) The little house
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.
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