books: home & garden - top sellers

books: home & garden - top sellers

books:

Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods

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.

Cute Overload Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Color Page-A-Day(r) Calendars)

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. ...

Building Construction Illustrated

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 ...

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)

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 ...

The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

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 ...

The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition)

William Sears, Martha Sears, ...

Little, Brown and Company, 2003

Wealth of Info for new attament parenters
This is a wonderful book for new parents. I am pregnant with my 2nd baby and wish I had this book the first time around. If you disagree with attachment parenting, you might not like this book; but if you plan on using babywearing, sleepsharing, and similar techniques ...

Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength

Bill Phillips, Michael D'Orso

Collins Living, 1999

The only thing better is if you can get Bill as your personal trainer!
Bill has shared his secrets of building beautiful, healthy bodies and a lot of the information just isn't available without hiring a personal trainer. The knowledge in this book, and the way he lays it out is very useful especially if you are just starting out into ...

Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems

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 ...

The Dangerous Book for Boys

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 ...

All New Square Foot Gardening

Mel Bartholomew

Cool Springs Press, 2006

My own Squarefoot of Happiness
I bought this book searching for a new way to garden, The soil where I live is poor mostly clay and huge rocks! It was wearing me out. I gave up 5 years ago and just grew container tomatoes and flowers. I found wood, four 6 foot planks for 20 bucks at lumber store. ...

Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life

Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier

Harmony, 2007

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 ...

It's Me or the Dog: How to Have the Perfect Pet

Victoria Stilwell

Hyperion, 2007

Finally! An owners manual for dogs!
I have had several dogs over the years, and have attended obedience training with all of them. This book was so interesting. I just love her ways to deal with problems. I have tried the methods written in this book and they work like a charm. If you have a dog or ...

The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit

Amy Goldman

Bloomsbury USA, 2008

It's A Masterpiece
Amy Goldman so captures the magic of heirloom tomatoes the reader almost inhales that distinct summer fragrance with every turn of the page. Each tomato has a carefully researched history and sometimes even a romance shared with the reader. I especially value the ...

Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog

John Grogan

Harper Paperbacks, 2008

The Dog Lover
What a great story for anyone that loves dogs and has lost them.... and if you have you will connect with this story. " EXCELLENT"

Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long

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 ...