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Contracting, Timber Framing, and Computer Book Reviews
Well, I've been waiting a while, and it looks as though my husband
isn't going to find time to write the reviews any time soon. However,
he gave me a list of books that he recommends. Here it is!
Just click on the title or the picture of the book and that will take you
to Amazon.com where there might be a review or two for you to read!
The Complete Manual of Woodworking
by Albert Jackson
ISBN: 0679766111
check
for a USED COPY at Powell's |
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Homing
Instinct:
Using
Your Lifestyle to Design and Build Your Home
by John Connel
ISBN: 0070123462
check
for a USED COPY at Powell's |
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The Not So Big House:
A
Blueprint for the Way We Really Live
by Sarah Susanka, Kira Obolensky
ISBN: 1561581305
check
for a USED COPY at Powell's |
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How
to Plan, Subcontract and Build Your Dream House
by Warren V. Jaeger
ISBN: 0964782405
check
for a USED COPY at Powell's |
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Straw
Bale House
by Steen, Steen and Bainbridge
ISBN: 0930031717
(Straw Bale homes seem to
be all the rage these days)
check
for a USED COPY at Powell's |
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The
New Natural House Book:
Creating
a Healthy, Harmonious
and
Ecologically Sound Home
by David Pearson
ISBN: 0684847337
check
for a USED COPY at Powell's
check
for a USED COPY of an older edition at Powell's
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More
Healthy
Homes
Books
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Healthy
by Design: Building and Remodeling
Solutions
for Creating Healthy Homes
by David Rousseau, James Wasley
ISBN: 0881791350
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for a USED COPY at Powell's |
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Prescriptions for a Healthy House : A Practical Guide for Architects, Builders and Homeowners
by Paula Baker
ISBN: 0970210701
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for a USED COPY at Powell's |
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Timber-Frame
Home:
Design,
Construction, Finishing
by Tedd Benson
ISBN: 1561581291
check
for a USED COPY at Powell's |
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Timberframe:
The
Art and Craft of the Post-And-Beam Home
by Tedd Benson, Norm Abram
ISBN: 1561582816
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for a USED COPY at Powell's |
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Build
a Classic Timber-Framed House:
Planning
and Design, Traditional
Materials,
Affordable Methods
by Jack A. Sobon
ISBN: 0882668412
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for a USED COPY at Powell's |
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Timber-Frame
Houses
(Fine
Homebuilding's Great Houses Series)
ISBN: 156158150X
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for a USED COPY at Powell's
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not
available
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Building
the Timber Frame House:
The
Revival of a Forgotten Craft
by Tedd Benson and James Gruber
ISBN: 0684172860
check
for books (new and used) by Tedd Benson at Powell's
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Building
with Logs
by B. Allan MacKie
ISBN: 1552091023
check
for a USED COPY at Powell's
check
for other log-building books by B. Allan MacKie at Powell's
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Running a Successful Construction Company (For Pros by Pros)
by David Gerstel
ISBN: 1561585300
(The nitty gritty of running a construction
company--very helpful book.)
check
for a USED COPY at Powell's
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2006
National Construction Estimator:
Book plus CD-ROM
by Dave Ogershok
ISBN: 1572181591
(The National Construction Estimator
gets a lot of use around here.)
check
for other estimating guides at Powell's
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2006
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2006 National Home Improvement Estimator
by Ben Moselle
ISBN: 1572181613
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2006
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Standard Handbook of Architectural Engineering
by Robert Brown Butler
ISBN: 0079136923
check
for a USED COPY at Powell's
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Architectural
Graphic Standards
by Charles Ramsey, Harold Reeve Sleeper, John Ray Hoke Jr.
ISBN: 0471348163 hardcover
Architectural
Graphic Standards CD VERSION
check
for a USED COPY at Powell's
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***More links to construction
books after the computer books section***
Now for the computer books and software that my husband recommends.
Yep, he's still too busy working to write any reviews. Hopefully
other readers have left their comments about the books below at Amazon.com
for you to read.
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