The Organic Garden: Green Gardening for a Healthy Planet
Allan Shepherd

HarperCollins UK, 2007

The meaning of "organic" is changing fast, becoming more and more an umbrella term for all things environmental: from ethical consumerism, waste recycling, and self-sufficiency to new trends in wildlife-friendly, sustainable, and forest gardening. This guide aims to redefine what it means to be an organic gardener by showing how these popular new areas of green living are relevant to ordinary ...
  
  











  



  
Food for Free (Collins Natural History)
Richard Mabey

Collins, 2007
  
  











  



  
Small Houses of the Twenties: The Sears, Roebuck 1926 House Catalog (Dover Pictorial Archives)8 reviews
Roebuck and Co. Sears

Dover Publications, 1991

Very interesting

+ Small Houses of the Twenties: The Sears, Roebuck 1926 House Catalog
+ Very nicely done
+ Excellent
+ Essential for any Sears home-owner
  
  











  



  
Kate Greenaway's Language of Flowers1 review
Kate Greenaway

Gramercy Publishing, 2002

Fun to read.

This is a fun book to read if you like symbolism, and even if you don't, it's fun to read the poems in the back. In this, almost every flower, clover and herb has a meaning and just about any flower you can you'll find in here. The illustrations are sweet, and this is a great reference if you're ...
  
  











  



  
The House in Good Taste2 reviews
Elsie De Wolfe

Rizzoli International Publications, 2004

what a joy

+ not trite

Elsie De Wolfe is acknowleged as the first woman to make a fortune as a decorator and can be called the first life style maven of the 20th century. Her opinions on home decor were eagerly seized upon by millions of aspirational women around the country. She wrote The House in Good Taste 90 years ...
  
  











  



  
In the Pink: Dorothy Draper--America's Most Fabulous Decorator18 reviews
Carleton Varney

Pointed Leaf Press, 2006

Terrific book

This is a wonderful book, full of excellent photographs and graphics, detailing the history and the flamboyant and highly sophisticated design of Dorothy Draper. The book includes treatment of her furniture, fabric designs, and public relations projects, as well as examples of her most important ...
  
  











  



  
Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui211 reviews
Karen Kingston

Broadway, 1999

Love This Book!

+ Beware--May Cause You to Clear Your Clutter!!
+ Turn your world upside down.
+ A gem on the subject.
+ Evocative
  
  











  



  
Outside the Not So Big House: Creating the Landscape of Home15 reviews
Julie Moir Messervy, Sarah Susanka

Taunton, 2006

A good gardening ideas book for both design professionals and ordinary gardeners

+ You can have a million-dollar view from your home

A house and its garden are different parts of the same overall design. Bestselling author Sarah Susanka and acclaimed landscape designer and award-winning writer Julie Moir Messervy understand this concept. They describe it as "opening up the relationship of indoors and out" and demonstrate it ...
  
  











  



  
The Little Book of Garden Heroes (Centre for Alternative Technology)
Allan Shepherd

New Society Publishers, 2005

This delightful little book shows how to attract beneficial wildlife and choose useful plants that will help rule out the need for chemicals in the garden. It takes the four basic ingredients that make a successful garden and selects the "heroes" (and some of their sidekicks) that best represent them: The earthworm soil improver The honeybee pollinator Comfrey, the beneficial plant ...
  
  











  



  
Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life : How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect and Happiness118 reviews
Karen Rauch Carter

Fireside, 2000

Terrific Feng Shui Book!

+ What Feels Good, Works Good...
+ Excellent
+ #1 Best Black Hat Sect (Bagua) Feng Shui book For beginners
+ I Moved My Stuff
  
  











  



  
Dare to Repair : A Do-it-Herself Guide to Fixing (Almost) Anything in the Home34 reviews
Julie Sussman, Stephanie Glakas-Tenet, 2002

I fixed my toilet!

+ Dare to Repair
+ Comes in Handy
+ Go ahead girlfriend
+ Great handbook for new homeowners: men and women alike!
  
  











  



  
How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office34 reviews
B. C. Wolverton

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1997

Fabulous

+ Clever Idea
+ Gets the job done.
+ how to grow fresh air
+ Wealth of information on houseplants
  
  











  



  
How to Make Soil and Save Earth
Allan Shepherd

Centre for Alternative Technology Publications, 2003
  
  











  



  
The London Ritz Book of Afternoon Tea10 reviews
Helen Simpson

William Morrow Cookbooks, 1986

The Best Resource for Tradition as well as Recipes!

+ Added to the whole series.....Putting on The Ritz!
+ Afternoon Tea!
+ Nice book on English Tea
+ Good things do come in small packages
  
  











  



  
Not So Big Solutions for Your Home (Susanka)19 reviews
Sarah Susanka

Taunton, 2002

Everyone should read this book!

+ My house isn't so big. Where do I put everything?
+ Great Guide for Remodelers
+ Love this concept!
  
  











  



  
Small Houses of the Twenties: The Sears, Roebuck 1926 House Catalog (Dover Pictorial Archives)8 reviews
Roebuck and Co. Sears

Dover Publications, 1991

Very interesting

+ Small Houses of the Twenties: The Sears, Roebuck 1926 House Catalog
+ Very nicely done
+ Excellent
+ Essential for any Sears home-owner
  
  











  



  
In the Pink: Dorothy Draper--America's Most Fabulous Decorator18 reviews
Carleton Varney

Pointed Leaf Press, 2006

Terrific book

This is a wonderful book, full of excellent photographs and graphics, detailing the history and the flamboyant and highly sophisticated design of Dorothy Draper. The book includes treatment of her furniture, fabric designs, and public relations projects, as well as examples of her most important ...
  
  











  



  
The London Ritz Book of Afternoon Tea10 reviews
Helen Simpson

William Morrow Cookbooks, 1986

The Best Resource for Tradition as well as Recipes!

+ Added to the whole series.....Putting on The Ritz!
+ Afternoon Tea!
+ Nice book on English Tea
+ Good things do come in small packages
  
  











  



  
Not So Big Solutions for Your Home (Susanka)19 reviews
Sarah Susanka

Taunton, 2002

Everyone should read this book!

+ My house isn't so big. Where do I put everything?
+ Great Guide for Remodelers
+ Love this concept!
  
  











  



  
Outside the Not So Big House: Creating the Landscape of Home15 reviews
Julie Moir Messervy, Sarah Susanka

Taunton, 2006

A good gardening ideas book for both design professionals and ordinary gardeners

+ You can have a million-dollar view from your home

A house and its garden are different parts of the same overall design. Bestselling author Sarah Susanka and acclaimed landscape designer and award-winning writer Julie Moir Messervy understand this concept. They describe it as "opening up the relationship of indoors and out" and demonstrate it ...