The Perfectly Imperfect Home
How to Decorate and Live Well
Written by Deborah Needleman
Illustrated by Virginia Johnson

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $30.00

Style is a luxury, and luxury is simply what makes you happy.

Over the years, founding editor in chief of domino magazine Deborah Needleman has seen all kinds of rooms, with all kinds of furnishings. Her conclusion: It’s not hard to create a relaxed, stylish, and comfortable home. Just a few well-considered... Read more >

A Chicken in Every Yard
The Urban Farm Store's Guide to Chicken Keeping
Written by Robert Litt and Hannah Litt

Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $19.99

Got a little space and a hankering for fresh eggs?

Robert and Hannah Litt have dispensed advice to hundreds of urban and suburban chicken-keepers from behind their perch at Portland’s Urban Farm Store, and now they’re ready to help you go local and sustainable with your own backyard birds. In this... Read more >

Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook
Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis
Written by Peggy Layton

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 22, 2002
Price: $16.00

Always Be Prepared
What if your life was disrupted by a natural disaster, food or water supply contamination, or any other type of emergency? Do you have the essentials for you and your family? Do you have a plan in the event that your power, telephone, water and food supply are cut... Read more >

Flowers

Written by Carolyne Roehm

Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $85.00

It has been more than a decade since Carolyne Roehm first shared her love of gardening and flower arranging. Now, for the first time ever, she turns her own photographic lens to that passion with Flowers, showcasing more than 300 images of the varieties in her abundant gardens, all captured at... Read more >

The Botany of Desire
A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Written by Michael Pollan

Format: eBook
On Sale: June 12, 2001
Price: $11.99

The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in America

In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once... Read more >

A Victorian Flower Dictionary
The Language of Flowers Companion
Written by Mandy Kirkby
Foreword by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $22.00

“A flower is not a flower alone; a thousand thoughts invest it.”
 
Daffodils signal new beginnings, daisies innocence. Lilacs mean the first emotions of love, periwinkles tender recollection. Early Victorians used flowers as a way to express their feelings—love or grief, jealousy or devotion. Now, modern-day romantics are enjoying a resurgence of...

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The Poetics of Space

Written by Gaston Bachelard

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1994
Price: $16.00

Thirty years since its first publication in English, French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space one of the most appealing and lyrical explorations of home. Bachelard takes us on a journey, from cellar to attic, to show how our perceptions of houses and other shelters shape our thoughts, memories, and...

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Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms

Written by Paul Stamets

Format: Trade Paperback, 614 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2000
Price: $45.00

After years of living in awe of the mysterious fungi known as mushrooms-chefs, health enthusiasts, and home cooks alike can't get enough of these rich, delicate morsels. With updated production techniques for home and commercial cultivation, detailed growth parameters for 31 mushroom species, a trouble-shooting guide, and handy gardening tips, this... Read more >

The Beautiful Edible Garden
Design A Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs
Written by Leslie Bennett and Stefani Bittner

Format: Trade Paperback, 220 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $19.99

From the founders of landscape design firm Star Apple Edible & Fine Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area comes a stylish, beautifully-photographed guide to artfully incorporating organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs into an attractive modern garden design.

We’ve all seen the vegetable garden overflowing with corn, tomatoes, and zucchini that looks... Read more >

Grow Great Grub
Organic Food from Small Spaces
Written by Gayla Trail

Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $19.99

Your patio, balcony, rooftop, front stoop, boulevard, windowsill, planter box, or fire escape is a potential fresh food garden waiting to happen. In Grow Great Grub, Gayla Trail, the founder of the leading online gardening community (YouGrowGirl.com), shows you how to grow your own delicious, affordable, organic edibles virtually anywhere.                  ... Read more >