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BOOKS TO TEACH YOU ABOUT IMMEDIATE NEEDS
Water- Food- Heat- Waste

PROTECT YOUR WATER SUPPLY

The Home Water Supply: How to find, filter, store and conserve it by Stu Campbell. Knowledgeable discussion of home water systems, potential water problems, and practical solutions. Extensive line drawings, and good how to advice on building a pond, a catchment, water for gardens and much more. 8.5x11, 240 pages, paperback. #7020...$19.00


Private Water Systems Handbook Some people do not have access to municipal water supplies. This handbook addresses how much water is needed, water quality treatment, and equipment. Various water sources such as wells, catchments, ponds, and springs are discussed. The information helps the reader make correct planning decisions for new systems and also helps find and correct problems in existing ones. 72 pages, 4th Ed. #7004....$8.00
Home Water Treatment...#7539...$16.00 Details 23 common water treatment devices and methods, filters, great for understanding household systems and what to do to test and fix problems with drinking water. 120 pages.
Cascade Solar Water Heating Plansby Bob Larson. Easy to follow do-it-yourself plans for custom designing and building a passive "batch type" solar water heating system. The CASCADE SYSTEM can be built in or on your roof and made to look like a skylight. The CASCADE SYSTEM integrates solar collection and storage and can be baked up with wood or electric heat. #5020...$10.00
COOKING HOT MEALS AND KEEPING WARM
Woodstove Cookery-At Home on The Range by Jane Cooper. You'll learn how to buy a stove, new or used, how to set it up, how to fuel it for various uses, how to keep it clean and in peak operating condition. In a woodstove hot air bakes from all four sides of the oven creating an even cooking environment. Dozens of recipe best adapted to the kitchen range -baking breads that smell heavenly, stews that gain goodness in hours on the back of the stove, roasting meats, and more. 208 pages, 6 x 9, *paperback. #5030...$13.00
Book with the MOST information on how to build a masonry stove/oven.
The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens, by Daniel WIng & Alan Scott. This book has over 65 pages of complete building and construction detail. The balance of the book is about masonry stove bread baking, with recipes, stories, and more. The Stove building section has many drawings, descriptions, instructions on materials, tools, techniques, problems, fixes and more, on masonry ovens. Photos show indoor and out door ovens, old style and new, and a masonry oven with or without a bread baking area, can be designed and built using this book. 253 pages, 12 color and 60 b&w photos, illustrations, and bread recipes too, plus commercial baking information. #4001...$35.00
Also see the Ken Kern Masonry Stove & Fireplaces books for great how-to for the owner-builder.
The Book of Masonry Stoves by David Lyle. Builder Rob Roy says these stoves are 35% more efficient than the best 'air-tight' stoves. Learn how a masonry stove can maximize wood heat in your home. These stoves are designed so you can sit close and not be burned if you touch them, heat radiates out, making living areas comfortable for hours with less fuel consumed. An excellent introduction to this most environmentally friendly of combustion-based heating systems. Includes extensive history of wood burning, principles of masonry stoves, and examples of masonry stoves used around the world. 52 photos, 92 illustrations, index, paperback. #4014...$25.00
LEARN TO SAVE AND STORE FOOD PROPERLY
Home Storage of Fruits and Vegetables Well designed and detailed information on the outdoor/indoor/underground/cool-box method of storing food. Many simple, economical storage building plans and ideas for adapting areas in the home for cold storage. Contains excellent information on food characteristics of many vegetables, optimum storage conditions and harvesting methods, 28 pages, illustrated. #5016...$10.00
HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
How To Live Without Electricity -And Like It! by Anita Evangelista. There's no need to be dependent on commercial electrical systems for your home's comforts and security. Describes dozens of alternative methods that can help the individual become more self-reliant and free from utility companies. Tells: How to calculate your actual power usage * Employ alternate light sources, including candles, oil, kerosene, gas, and solar-powered lamps * Obtain, pump and store potable water * Cook with gas, wood, and solar heat * Heat and cool your home effectively * Refrigerate food without electricity * Maintain radio communications * Generate power and recharge batteries * And much, much more! Numerous illustrations and photographs, listings for the best mail-order sources for the products depicted. This is a complete sourcebook for those who wish to both simplify and improve their lives.1997, 5x8, 168 pages, illustrated, soft cover. #5013...$15.00
DEAL WITH HUMAN WASTE SAFELY!

The Humanure Handbook II -A Guide To Composting Human Manure

-Joe Jenkins' very practical solution to waste management. This book describes a very simple safe way to handle daily human 'waste' and even how to process it for safe garden compost. His family has used this simple 'bucket' system for 15 years. This book answers every question anyone could have about managing a compost toilet and compost pile. 198 pages, indexed illustrated, color photos, funny, fulll of cartoons. Prevent illness, and plan to handle waste safely. #7006...$19.00 (new edition published 1999)

FIX UP AND REPAIR THE HOUSE YOU HAVE
People in this book are living comfortably now, 'off-the-power-grid'.

The Passive Solar House: Using Solar Design To Heat & Cool Your Home by James Kachadorian. Practical, applicable solar design advice that is usable in any region or climate. Information includes * Proper siting and strategic window selection and placement * Energy and money-saving construction tips * Ideal air-exchange rates, and ways to avoid overheating * Methods for gauging and maximizing thermal mass * Criteria for sizing of backup heating systems * Interior design for year-round comfort. 220 pages, 50 b&w and color photos, 50 illustrations, charts, paperback. #5002...$25.00
The Solar Powered Home from Rob Roy This VIDEO shows how to plan, purchase and set up your own home photovoltaic system, with tips from some of America's leading experts in renewable energy and home power, 84 minutes. #5009...$29.00 OR RENT this video $10. for 14 days, credit card orders only, see order page.
The Solar Electric House by Steven J. Strong. Excellent introduction to photovoltaic-powered houses, including design, wiring, and energy management by one of the design pioneers. Covers both stand-alone and grid-connected PV houses, 288 pages, paperback, graphs, charts, index. #5003... $22.00
USEFUL PRODUCTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
LEARN ABOUT ALTERNATIVE HOUSE BUILDING OPTIONS

Alternative Housebuilding by Mike McClintock. A giant, oversized, one-volume working encyclopedia! Why are so many craftsmen turning to alternative housing instead of conventional home designs? The Author thinks it is because you get to 'build something personal and something special, and enjoy the trip as much as the destination.' This book is your guide through the world of alternative house construction. It shows how to build with traditional systems now enjoying big revivals: log buildings, timber frame houses, structures made from adobe, stone or cordwood. And you also see how to build with the newer systems: pole foundations, rammed-earth walls, earth sheltering. But this is much more than a look-and-dream book. You get complete information on the construction techniques, with hundreds of step-by-step photos and drawings. If you are looking for alternatives to mass-produced housing, this is the most complete and authoritative guide in print. 1989, 8 x11, 379 pages, illustrated, indexed, soft cover. #6012...$22.00


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