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Offers an approach to construction techniques for building with bags filled with earth, and discusses the many merits of earthbag construction. more...

Price: $29.95

Get the home of tomorrow, today! Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation will help you turn your ordinary home into a high-tech haven. Want to schedule your lights to turn on while you're on vacation? Stuck late at work and want to start the roast you put in the crock pot this morning? You can make it all happen with the help of existing 110V electrical wiring in your home and this step-by-step tutorial. Through simple, do-it-yourself instructions, you will walk through the process of outfitting every room in your home with a network connection that you can control with a few clicks on your computer keyboard. Complete with illustrations and photographs, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation will have you riding the wave of the future in no time. more...

Price: $17.59

The secret to getting more checks on that to-do-list. As companies and workers are being pressured to do more for less, new ways of becoming more time-productive are essential. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Things Done gives readers the tools they need to increase personal productivity in the workplace, including how to visualize short- and long-term goals, tear down the walls of procrastination, manage energy instead of time, streamline work space, run productive meetings, work effectively with others, and more. -Over the past 10 years, American productivity has risen 46% while hours worked have remained flat (Bureau of Labor Statistics). -Books on personal productivity sell very well. -Author’s related book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Managing Your Time, is phenomenally successful. -Author is a nationally recognized speaker. more...

Price: $18.95

The perfect source for solar power—fully illustrated. Solar Power (photovoltaics) is now a one-billion-dollar industry, and it’s poised to grow rapidly in the near future as more pressure is placed on limited fossil fuel resources and as advances in solar technology drive down the costs of residential solar systems. This book helps readers understand the basics of solar power and other renewable energy sources, explore whether solar power makes sense for them, what their options are, and what’s involved with installing various on and off-grid systems. —Fully illustrated. —Covers every conceivable solar-power topic and concern, including updated information on the increasing number of state rebate and incentive programs more...

Price: $19.95

Get a realisitic guide to producing construction documents that clearly communicate the interior space of new construction, remodeling, or installation projects with Construction Drawings and Details for Interiors . This highly visual book:.:.; includes such details as furniture, finishes, lighting, and others. more...

Price: $55.00