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2) Home
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A whimsical tribute to the myriad possibilities of home depicts homes in different real-world environments as well as fantastical settings.
3) Piranesi
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Language
English
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Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an...
Author
Language
English
Description
Poor Hermit Crab! He's outgrown his snug little shell and has to find a new home. And he does, with help from some friends who make the move less scary. Children facing change in their own lives will relate to Hermit Crab's story-and learn a lot about the fascinating world of marine life along the way. Hermit Crab's problem is that he keeps outgrowing things. When he outgrows his first shell-house, he's a bit scared. The next one he finds is big enough...
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
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Description
Passive solar heating and passive cooling—approaches known as natural conditioning—provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel. Yet while heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved.
Now Dan Chiras, author of the popular book The Natural House, brings those principles up to date
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Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 14
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An unexpected inheritance gives the Heffley family a chance to make major improvements to their home. But they soon find that construction isn't all it's cracked up to be. When things get rough, will the Heffleys be able to stay...or will they be forced to move?
Author
Language
English
Description
"Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you'll find the entrance to Slade House: a surreal place where visitors see what they want to see, including some things that should be impossible. Every nine years, the house's residents--an odd brother and sister--extend a unique invitation to someone who's different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a divorced policeman,...
8) Farmhouse
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A farmhouse provides the setting for a dozen children to live and grow, and when they leave, another family arrives to fill the house with love again.
Author
Series
Haunted home renovation mysteries volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Melanie Turner has made quite a name for herself remodeling historic houses in the San Francisco Bay Area. But now her reputation may be on the line.
Author
Language
English
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Description
100 energy saving tips for everything in your home or business!
Did you know . . .
- Heating and cooling account for about 56% of the energy use in a typical home
- Energy-efficient light bulbs last about 12 times longer than ordinary bulbs, and consume about 1/5 of the energy
- If we all turned off our TVs and other gadgets that are kept on stand-by, we could shut down a couple of power stations in the United States, with huge
13) The blue house
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Both Leo and his father are angry and sad when their landlord says their old house will be torn down, but soon they find a way to make their new house feel like home.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Summer begins with Mary Kay Andrews, in this delightful summer read about flipping houses, and finding true love. Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen; married the boss's son at twenty; and was only twenty-five when her husband, Hank, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Broken hearted, but determined to continue the business of their dreams, she takes the life insurance money,...
19) Brightwood
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
When her mother disappears and a menacing stranger tries to claim her home, Brightwood Hall, for himself, Daisy must use her wits, courage, and help from her imaginary friends to survive.
20) The Water Castle
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
Moving into an inherited mansion in Maine with their mother and stroke-afflicted father, three siblings uncover a mystery involving hidden passageways, family rivalries, and healing waters.
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