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Impress your neighbors with style and freedom rather than with larger-scle impersonally built square footage. Small is beautiful in housing. Smaller scale homes can be more livable, cozy, magical, homey, enjoyable, low maintenance and easy to clean. They can be more affordable and socially responsible than the current trend of "MacMansionization" that is chewing up our farm land. Some tiny homes can be built on existing lots without requiring new land purchase.
You can live in an attractive, appealing, upscale house AND have a home that is quality built, architecturally beautiful, highly marketable and profitable. Uses for tiny homes include:
• A home for anyone who wants less space to take care of in exchange for more time, freedom and money.
• As a personal "get away" or "away space", home office, professional work space, writer's or artist's studio, or rental for passive income.
• For an elderly parent, student or return-to-the-nest kid to have an independent place of their own, yet be close by.
Tiny Homes is leading a grass-roots movement toward smaller homes. It shows that small is beautiful in housing.
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Tiny Homes - what the book is really about and why it's important.......2007-06-18
As co-author of A Tiny Home, I appreciate the comments from two of the reviewers that were looking for tiny house design plans and building instructions.
But building and designing a smaller home is not the intent of A Tiny Home to Call Your Own.
The intent behind Tiny Home is to raise awareness of how our housing choices affect our lives and our planet. The intent is that this book help to be a paradigm shifter toward housing that is better suited to life-styles, friendlier to ecology and encourages preservation of food producing land from becoming the ultimate crop: houses.
We get calls daily from excited folks telling us that a tiny home is just what they are looking for; the answer to their home quest. It is clear to me there is a grass roots desire for smaller homes. The interest is mushrooming. We have been in major national magazines and newspapers with articles about tiny homes and living smaller. We even got a call from Oprah.
I've been a guest on radio talk shows across the country talking about tiny homes. The discussions are always lively and provocative with "off the charts" calls and feedback from listeners.
The trend is clear: so many folks want an independent place of their own that is dignified, well-built, reflects their personalities, and is SMALL. We created the terms for this situation; "ill-fitting homes" and the antonym "just right homes".
I felt some of the reviews were a little quick to shoot from the hip about what this book is NOT about. In response, below are a few comments about A Tiny Home to Call Your Own that I'd like to submit for the record.
With love and hope,
Patricia Foreman, author
"I almost cried when I read the Tiny Home book. Boy oh boy, are you on to something! I'm a single mother, with one daughter. Who can afford the half million dollar houses going up everywhere? Our bigger and better society is frightening, and I'm so very happy you see through that illusion. I truly wondered if anyone else out there was thinking along the path I am. Small, and simple. I have put your site in my favorites. Good for you! Thanks again, you've made my day." -- Kim Labbe, New Hampshire
"I encourage you to take a look at The Tiny Home Book. I think it speaks to what our hearts long for...a place we can afford to live with love and laughter. All my life I have lived in small houses. My wife and I raised five beautiful children in a 1,200 sq. ft. house. And we owned that house. We were not strapped with a 30 year mortgage. We didn't have to work night and day to keep a roof over our heads. We had time for children and for ourselves. "A Tiny Home" is for anyone who wants more time and less house. "A Tiny Home to Call Your Own" is a must read."
-- Larry Haun, author, The Very Efficient Carpenter
"More and more of us, myself included, are struggling to define the connections between who we are, and what our "things" say we are. Bigger is not necessarily better. More is not necessarily richer. We live in a society that has lost touch with the deep satisfied knowing of "enough". The Tiny Homes book opens your thinking toward a down-to-earth, simple, quality, and yet elegant way of living we all long for."
-- April Getz, Coach and Speaker, Calgary, Canada
A Tiny Home to Call Your Own may well be the beginning of a HUGE cultural change towards TINY... making a much-needed shift in our bigger-is-better thinking. It's actually a book about living our lives in consonance with Mama Nature, without leaving a lot of destructive footprints along the way. This might mark the beginning of a great and much-needed difference in the world. God bless you for your efforts.
-- Nancy (Scooter) McMoneagle, author, Faber, Virginia
"Tiny Homes are one of the best answers I have seen to help with the continuing problems of urban densification without compromising quality of life. They add value and lessen the human impact to the environment. A smaller footprint reaps big rewards with Tiny Homes." -- Jill Marilley, City Engineer, Washington State
This is the perfect book for a society living under the pall of half-million-dollar homes. Compact houses are cozy, affordable, energy-frugal, and easy to keep--a perfect choice for owner-builders and those who favor creativity over pretense.
-- Richard Freudenberger, Publisher, BackHome Magazine
My imagination soared after seeing the quality and craftsmanship in the tiny homes during a photo shoot for Virginia Living magazine. These dwellings blend the wonder and imagination I loved as a kid with the environmental responsibility I embrace as an adult. Architecturally beautiful, aesthetically appealing, upscale small houses made with quality material... Structures that beg to become a private guest room, home office, workshop or hobby house, "Pout" house or men's cave, granny flat, weekend getaway or vacation cottage. --Tyler Darden, Virginia Living Magazine
A Tiny Home to Call Your Own is a valuable and delightful resource for learning how these appealing structures can meet many needs. The authors have created inviting homes with style and respect for the Earth's ecology. -- Paulette Dininny, Journalist, Washington, D.C.
Tiny Home Book Huge Waste of Time.......2007-04-16
I rarely feel as cheated as I do from purchasing this book. 90% of the book is devoted to convincing the reader to build and live in a tiny home - extoling the virtues of a smaller home. I purchased the book. I don't need convincing. 5% of the book is the writers bragging about and marketing their business. The remainder of the book is common sense advice that is repeated many times. I am going to follow the writer's advice and down size this book (into the trash can).
The pictures are black & white and very poor quality - quite fuzzy.
It would have been nice for the author to have provided color pictures, floor plans, construction methods specific to small houses, and most importantly - advice on how to layout a small house. The author has the experience to provide this information but left it out of the book.
The bottom line: Save your money. If you live and breathe, you have more common sense than that provided in this book.
More rah-rah than practical.......2006-01-11
I got this book thinking it would help me design a small dwelling, but was disappointed. It doesn't contain house plans to compare or copy or detailed descriptions of handling essential systems (heating, plumbing, etc.). Instead it's more about psyching the reader up-- encouraging the reader that it is possible to live in a smaller home, how it could be good for them and the world, how there are issues they might need to deal with (e.g. getting rid of stuff).
That's fine I suppose, but the product seems a bit odd, since anyone who picks this book up to read it probably already believes its arguments on some level. And even those arguments are more anecdotal than systematic. This isn't research as much as it is a recounting of the authors' experiences with a certain kind of semi-suburban, semi-rural client, which again is fine, but it lacks scope and perspective.
I imagine that many readers are like myself, and are looking for more practical info about design and systems. For those things I would look to books like Lester Walker's A LITTLE HOUSE OF MY OWN: 47 GRAND DESIGNS FOR 47 TINY HOUSES and (for interiors) Cristina Paredes' SMALL SPACES: GOOD IDEAS. Both those books cover spaces of less than 500 square feet (unlike many books that are supposedly about "small" spaces and start at 1000 sq ft or larger). The Walker book has some great examples of small dwellings in American history. The Paredes book is a more urban, interior-designy book, but it mostly sticks to a level of artistry that is conceivable for many readers.
Practical info.......2005-08-20
This book contains practical info about choosing a smaller house. You won't be able to build a house from this book, but it will help you figure out what you want and how to get it. The houses described are small, but not so extreme as to be unlivable. These houses occupy the "just right" niche that makes them affordable and environmentally sound, but still be livable.
BTW- I live alone in a 700sf house. I could be comfortable in half that space if my house were better designed.
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With Mark Willenbrink's golden touch, new artists really can have fun while they master the basics of watercolor. This highly visual guide shows absolute beginners how to express their creative sides through painting.
Even people who've never picked up a brush will be amazed at how easy it is to complete their first project. This book walks readers through such essential topics as materials, value, color and composition. There are also helpful demonstrations on proper brush technique and planning a painting.
In the second part of the book, Willenbrink leads budding artists through 15 rewarding projects. Readers are sure to come away with a painting they'd be proud to give as a gift or hang on the wall!
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Wonderful book for the beginner.......2006-06-18
I am an absolute beginner and knew nothing before I picked up this book, but found it easy to follow and a lot of fun. I spent as little as possible because it all adds up fast. Among the recommended supplies, I bought 2 round brushes, a bamboo brush, and a 3-inch hake, and got by fine without the others. There are 11 recommended paints for the projects. He describes the different paint grades (professional vs. student), and while professional are typically preferred, they are also more expensive. I was pleased with the results I achieved with the cheaper student grade paints and encouraged by the thought that they might be even better if I invest in better paints. All in all, I would highly recommend this book. You can start it without knowing a thing, and finish it excited about what you've achieved and the possibilities that lie ahead.
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Dennis Hopper: Paintings, Photographs, Films
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Dennis Hopper, one of Hollywood's last great cult figures, is best known for his depiction of social outcasts in films such as Rebel Without a Cause and Apocalypse Now, as well as for directing classic films like Easy Rider. Hopper has also, however, made a name for himself as an artist and a photographer. His photographic chronicle of America in the 1960s, a decade marked by awakening and rebellion and documented by Hopper in forceful black-and-white pictures, has now become legendary. A System of Moments, published on the occasion of a major retrospective exhibition at the MAK, Vienna, is a kaleidoscopic documentation of painting, photography, film, and life. It is the first comprehensive publication that takes in to account all of the diverse artistic activities in Hopper's nearly 50-year career, and it examines particularly the subtle connection between genres that is a hallmark of his work. For the first time, recent photographic works, which emerged after a long hiatus from the medium in the 1990s, are also presented. A major retrospective that will be the definitive statement on Hopper's career.
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Kids love making things, and what better way to make things than with origami based on the adventures of ten-year-old Laura, her pet golden hamster Hamtaro, and his Ham-Ham Gang? Included are 80 colorful pages of origami paper imprinted with the hottest new Japanese pop culture phenomenon Hamtaro and the Hamtaro characters and simple, straightforward instructions for beginners. The preprinted paper and instructions direct readers in creating three-dimensional figures of the whole gang — Laura, Hamtaro, Pashimina, Bijou, Maxwell, and other Hamtaro characters — as well as characters they dream up on their own. This colorful kit is not only perfect for teaching kids hand-eye coordination and problem solving, it's fun too!
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Don't waste you money!.......2003-01-21
It was fun till you get to about the 5th step and you get so lost that you just want to rip the paper up and never even want to see it again! It makes no cents! So don't waste your money on this! That is all I have to say!
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Ernest Hemingway: A Documentary Volume (Dictionary of Literary Biography)
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Racheltracks
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The story takes place mostly in Florence, Italy, where Rachel has a life of learning, of traveling, of being exposed to different cultures and peoples of the world. She sees viewpoints and belief systems entirely different from those with which she was raised. She parties, she hitchhikes through Europe, she travels to Thailand, she dates, she falls in love, she lives a step away from poverty, and sometimes begs on the streets for money. She writes for a newspaper, she models nude for artists, she teaches English and cleans houses, she runs a restaurant out of her house, she sells paintings on the street. And in the midst of all this chaos and eclectic being, she discovers why she is who she is, and how living and being overcomes and triumphs over the early injustices of her life. She learns to take care of herself and be responsible in many ways, and still, she keeps getting older without growing up.
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Overcoming The Odds.......2000-09-26
I loved this book! I found it to be very inspiring. This woman fought to overcome the hand that life had dealt her. She is descriptive in a way that made feel as if I were right there with her throughtout her travels in life. I laughed with her and cried with her.
I hope that this book will encourage many women to keep going and not give up when times seem tough. Rachel shows us that with hope and stamina, you can overcome anything in life. The author seems to have a lot of spunk, a tough exterior and a soft heart. She is truly a survivor. She has overcome the odds.
I hope that she publishes another book soon!
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There are so many concerns for new parents to worry about: food additives and crib death, bed wetting and bottle-feeding, pacifiers, spoiling, and independence. And while there's always time for worry, there's rarely the time for library afternoons, so a help book is a boon, especially one that's organized alphabetically and provides information on feeding, socialization, diseases, fears, toilet training, and how to deal with whining. It touches on more than 170 childcare topics covering behavior, development, and care, and delivers more thoroughly researched answers than a late night call to your sister is apt to supply.
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Here are the answers to questions parents ask most during their child's first five years.
This practical encyclopedia of child care contains more than 170 topics organized alphabetically for easy access. Now you can easily find answers to questions about your child's physical, emotional, and intellectual development.
This book details what to expect during the first five years of your child's development and how to deal with any problems that may arise. Its clear, helpful writing style and reader-friendly format have already made Child Care A to Z one of Great Britain's best-selling parenting books. American parents will find it an indispensable, frequently used reference tool that provides helpful information on such topics as
Milestones: teething, walking, talking, toilet training, starting school;
Learning: concentration, curiosity, memory, imagination, coordination;
Relationships: parents, grandparents, sibling rivalry, aggression, jealousy;
Problems: bed-wetting, bullying, tantrums, hyperactivity, lying, whining;
Discipline: praise, punishment, routines, spoiling, manners, spanking; Health: crib death, immunization, congenital problems, hearing, vision.
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Complete early child care.......2000-04-22
Good book for newly delivered mothers
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Kagan's Inexhaustible Guide to the Peloponnesian War.......2006-11-14
The Peloponnesian War, along with the myriad feuds that latched on to the central conflict between Sparta and Athens in the latter half of the fifth century BCE, can be an exhausting subject. The civil and international politics involved in fostering and perpetuating the war rival even today's most complex conflicts.
In this, the third of four volumes on the subject, Kagan skillfully presents, comments on, and refutes the hypotheses presented by history and historians, while still managing a very approachable narrative. These books come in and out of circulation, so best to get ahold of them while they're available. Again, Kagan's work is superb
For the historian, or avid history buff (however you might self-identify), these works are a necessary addition to your library. The more casual reader might, however, consider purchasing Kagan's abridged work entitled simply "The Peloponnesian War." It includes the main thrust of the narrative, but with markedly less analysis of the political motivations included in these volumes.
Alciabades' "Bright Shining Lie".......2002-08-04
The first of Kagan's epics had a "Guns of August" feel; the second, with its deconstruction of the false "victory' of the Archidamian War, felt Tolstoyan; the parallel for the Sicilian Expedition, however, is painful and obvious: this was Athens' Vietnam. The mighty commercial power decided to cement its influence in a far flung land across the sea; what resulted was a massive haemorraging of blood and treasure, and complete defeat at the hands of small provincial armies. Among the characters we meet is the incomparable Alciabades, the Athenian general who advocates the expedition, only to be arrested, and escape, just as things begin to turn sour. Another terrific retelling of the great disaster. The battle narrative around Syracuse has a definite Dien Bien Phu feel.
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Outbreak of the Peloponesian War.......2002-05-06
This book is the first in a series of four covering the massive confrontation that destroyed the greek world. The subject matter is Thucydides Peloponesian War which Kagan manages to give many new insights into. With his thourough analysis he looks at the archealogical evidence as well as the literature in a way that gives pause to those judging Thucydides to be the first "unbiased" historian. Thucydides used the facts for his own purposes and left out important details about the epic conflict that would leave a blemish on his side of the story.
In the series Kagan wonders at some of the details of the Peloponesian War that remain unexplained, for example, how Pericles expected Sparta to wear itself out invading the Attic country side.
Some of these questions leave inexplicable holes in Thucydides narrative.
Overall an excellent comapnion to the Peloponesian War that throws a critical light on all that is said in that tomb.
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