Appreciate the artistic beauty of driftwood shacks and other beachcombing wonders with this unique hardcover book of photography.Beach life is amazing, and perhaps nothing captures the quirky nature of those drawn to a place where ocean meets sand like driftwood shacks. The unique and whimsical structures are constructed by anonymous builders. They’re shaped by whatever materials are lying nearby and are ephemeral—short-lived victims of wind, waves, and high tides....

Master builder Louie Frazier's Japanese-style pole house in Northern California, reachable on a 500-foot cable across a riverIan MacLeod's handbuilt stone house in South Africa, where baboons jump on the roof at nightMa Page's bottle house in the Nevada desertArtist Michael Kahn's semi-subterranean sculptural village in ArizonaBill and Athena Steen's strawbale housesIanto Evans' cob houses in OregonThe Archlibre group of cou...

Learn all about household septic systems—including how to maintain and repair them—whether you’re planning to build or already own a home.More than 28 million households have septic systems, yet few homeowners know how they operate or how to maintain them. The Septic System Owner’s Manual describes the conventional gravity-fed septic system, how it works, how it should be treated (what should and should not go down the drain), how it should be maintained, ...

Meet the DIY builders of the Pacific Coast, whose homes are practical, imaginative, and environmentally friendly.If you’re fascinated by homes and architecture or if you’re seeking inspiration for your own DIY building project, then you have something in common with Lloyd Kahn. In 2004, he discovered a group of unique carpenters along the Pacific Coast of North America. Over a two-year period, he made multiple trips up the coast, shooting photographs and interviewi...

Discover the benefits and joys of simple living in this coffee-table book that presents the homestead of Lloyd Khan and Lesley Creed.If you’ve ever researched a DIY home-building project, then you’ve probably come across the books of Lloyd Kahn. If you’ve ever been curious about self-sufficient living, The Half-Acre Homestead is for you. Lloyd, the former shelter editor of the Whole Earth Catalog, has published several books—including some of the ...

Labor De Hogar: Una Memoria De Mis Años En Hollywood de Lloyd Kahn: Conversaciones EscritasLa célebre actriz, artista teatral, cantante y autora Julie Andrews ha lanzado su última novela, Labor de hogar: Una memoria de mis años en Hollywood. Es la continuación de su primer libro de memorias titulado Hogar: Una memoria de mis primeros años. Labor de hogar se llevó el título de Bestseller internacional del New York Times. Ofreció una mirada al interior de los primero...

Frank Lloyd Wright's classic account of his vision for an organic architecture—in a beautifully designed new editionModern Architecture is a landmark text—the first book in which America's greatest architect put forth the principles of a fundamentally new, organic architecture that would reject the trappings of historical styles while avoiding the geometric abstraction of the machine aesthetic advocated by contemporary European modernists. One of the most ...

What are the limits of justified retaliation against aggression? What actions are morally permissible in preventing future aggression? Against whom may retaliation be aimed? These questions have long been part of the debate over the ethics of warfare. They all took on new meaning after terrorists hijacked four U.S. airliners on September 11, 2001.War after September 11 considers the just aims and legitimate limits of the United States' response to the terrorist attacks. Si...

Read the definitive, complete guide to shelters—more than 300,000 copies sold!Shelter is so amazing, so revolutionary, that the best way to describe it is with one word: everything! It’s a history of architecture, a do-it-yourself (DIY) guide, a scrapbook, and a collection of essays and stories. If you’ve ever wondered about any aspect of houses, homes, or other simple structures in which people have lived, this is the book for you.First published ...

This anthology draws bold comparisons between secularist strategies to contain, privatize, and discipline religion and the treatment of racialized subjects by the American state. Specializing in history, literature, anthropology, theology, religious studies, and political theory, contributors expose secularism's prohibitive practices in all facets of American society and suggest opportunities for change.