Home and Garden
Going Home (Modern Society)
“Africa belongs to the Africans; the sooner they take it back the better. But–a country also belongs to those who feel at home in it. Perhaps it may be that love of Africa the country will be strong enough to link people who hate each other now. Perhaps…” Going Home is Doris Lessing’s [...]
Handmade Modern: Mid-Century Inspired Projects for Your Home
Love the look of mid-century, modern, retro design, but don’t feel like dropping two weeks’ pay on an Eames chair? In Handmade Modern, Todd Oldham shares his passion for mid-century modern homes with over 52 do-it-yourself projects for anyone who loves crafts and longs to add character to every corner of his or her [...]
Health and the Modern Home (Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine)
Health and the Modern Home explores shifting and contentious debates about the impact of the domestic environment on health in the modern period. Drawing on recent scholarship, Jackson exposes the socio-political context in which the physical and emotional environment of the modern home and family became implicated in the maintenance of health and in [...]
Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
As the world’s population swells and the need for sustainable ways of living grows ever more urgent and obvious, prefabricated architecture has taken center stage. Even before our current predicaments, the mass-produced factory-made home had a distinguished history, having served as a vital precept in the development of modern architecture. Today, with [...]
House and Home in Modern Japan: Architecture, Domestic Space, and Bourgeois Culture, 1880-1930 (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
A house is a site, the bounds and focus of a community. It is also an artifact, a material extension of its occupants’ lives. This book takes the Japanese house in both senses, as site and as artifact, and explores the spaces, commodities, and conceptions of community associated with it in the [...]
200 Farmhouse and Country Home Plans: Classic and Modern Farmhouses from 1,299 to 4,890 Square Feet (Blue Ribbon Designer Series)
Celebrate country architecture with North America’s most popular housing style — the Classic Farmhouse. This book offers an impressive display of today’s most comfortable and picturesque designs. Buy From Amazon
Modern Furnishings for the Home (Acanthus Press Reprint Series. 20th Century, Landmarks in Design, V. 7)
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Kosher Cuisine: Gourmet Recipes for the Modern Home
Kosher Cuisine, the first cookbook of its kind, is a collection of today’s finest gourmet recipes adapted to conform with Kosher practices. Here are 250 delicious, easy-to-follow recipes that will open new worlds of cooking to all interested in being innovative while observing the Jewish dietary laws. Buy From Amazon
Modern Crafter - Home Stuff (Leisure Arts #4427)
You love the new fabrics you see today and want to update the look of your home. But who has time to sew anymore? You do! Skip the cooking tonight and call out for sushi. Then let Linda Lum DeBono’s urban designs inspire you to create a contemporary living environment. Today’s fuss-free attitude toward [...]
Contemporary Home Plans: 220 Sleek Designs for Modern Lifestyles
-Distinctive, bold and elegant plans to fit any lifestyle. -Organized into reader friendly color-coded sections. -Runs the gamut of Contemporary Architecture, from luxury homes to relaxing vacation retreats. -Homes from 810 to 6,312 square feet. -Complete construction drawings available separately. Buy From Amazon
