Posts Tagged ‘Hardcover’
Japan Houses (Hardcover)
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
“The homes in Japan Houses represent an upper echelon of residences–largely unrestrained by budget or spatial limitations.”—Dwell
Japanese residential design has evolved as a distinctive response to social, political, and climatic pressures-along with the powerful individual ideas of its architects. Japan Houses presents 28 of the country’s finest contemporary houses. Each house is beautifully captured through breathtaking photographs, showcasing the creativ Read More
Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life (Hardcover)
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
From Publishers Weekly
In this deeply theological, welcome book, Peterson (Sing Me to Heaven) argues in favor of the idea—no longer fashionable—that Christian service and spiritual growth are inherent in the acts of keeping people fed, clean, housed and comfortable. Housekeeping, she says, is akin to a litany, a long public prayer to announce needs and requests. A litany is repetitive and focused on the basics: food, health, shelter. Similarly, housework is ongoing and incarn Read More
Random House Webster’s College Dictionary (Hardcover)
Monday, November 9th, 2009
Webster’s annually updated dictionary offers an outstanding blend of new-millennium lingo and the classic words and origins of the English language. For instance, it includes extensive computer terminology, such as bot, cookie, and terabyte, as well as cyberjargon, such as clicks-and-mortar (”adj. pertaining to being a company that does business on the Internet and in traditional stores or offices”). It even has slang listings for my bad! (”slang. my fault! my mistake!”) Read More
Building the Wooden House: Technique and Design (Hardcover)
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
The past decade has witnessed – especially among younger architects – a resurging interest in building with wood. The discourse has in no small measure been influenced by Konrad Wachmanns’ classic Holzhausbau. And yet, this standard work (originally published in 1930) was out of print for many years. Now Holzhausbau is again available and appears here for the first time in an English language edition. Wachsmann demonstrates how new forms can be achieved when modern manufacturing Read More
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The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution (Hardcover)
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
“‘This is the book on Elizabethan science everyone should read. Not only does it offer a convincing reinterpretation of the role of science in society, but it is written in an arresting style, jaunty, full of illuminating anecdotes, and widely accessible.’ Ian Archer, Oxford University ‘… a significant contribution to the history of science, but also to that of London, and an exciting portrait of life in the swarming, spreading city during the reign of the first Elizabeth.’ Ro Read More
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Home Comforts : The Art and Science of Keeping House (Hardcover)
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Virtually everyone enjoys a crisply ironed dress shirt, clean sheets on a well-made bed, and a savory home-cooked meal. Yet housekeeping today stands as a somewhat neglected, if not maligned, job. But as author Cheryl Mendelson points out in Home Comforts, keeping house well can be a rewarding position–it allows you to provide for the physical and emotional comfort of loved ones. It’s also not an easy job–there’s much to be learned about properly managing a home, and M Read More
Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition (Hardcover)
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Used as a reference by students of acupuncture, this is a hefty, truly comprehensive guide to the theory and healing power of Chinese medicine. It’s also a primer on nutrition–including facts about green foods, such as spirulina and blue-green algae, and the “regeneration diets” used by cancer patients and arthritics–along with an inspiring cookbook with more than 300 mostly vegetarian, nutrient-packed recipes. The information on Chinese medicine is useful for helping Read More